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. It was released in Japan on April 18, 2004, followed by a North American release on August 18, 2004, a European release on February 11, 2005, and an Australasian release on February 23, 2005. Astro Boy is a 3-D third person adventure game and has open world capabilities; throughout the game, Astro is controlled by the player and learns more of his abilities that can be used outside of battles and also in battles as well. Players explore a series of many levels towards a particular game cycle of events. Astro Boy also has a day and night cycle depending on the said storyline and events throughout the game. The game received a generally mixed response upon release.

Reception

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s Matt Helgeson gave it a 5.5/10, commenting that "The amount of time you have to spend tweaking your viewpoint with the shoulder buttons is ridiculous, an unwanted flashback to early 3D platformers like Gex and

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." In a second opinion, Matt Miller rated it 6.75/10, praising "incredible special effects and a smorgasbord of boss battles", but stating that it is "unlikely to entrance for more than a weekend".

References

External links

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