After cameoing in Astro Bot, these games deserve to be on PS5

One of the best things about Astro Bot is all of the cameos from PlayStation’s history that it features. Astro Bot highlights iconic franchises like God of War, Horizon, and Uncharted, as well as more obscure or dormant ones like Ape Escape, Wild Arms, and Cool Boarders. My favorite cameos are the ones that are impossible to find elsewhere on PS5. For most of the games referenced within Astro Bot, there’s a way to play them on PS5, mainly through PS Plus Premium’s classics catalog or PS3 game streaming. Some of the VIP Bots in Astro Bot that are based on characters from these games aren’t so lucky.

It’s wonderful that Astro Bot can serve as a springboard for people to look up and familiarize themselves with video games, both iconic and obscure. It’s also in Sony and other game publishers’ best interest to have those titles readily available for interested players to purchase and play on PS5. These VIP Bots need stronger representation on PS5, and I hope Astro Bot lights the fire required for rereleases or remasters of these games.

Legacy of Kain

Crystal Dynamics’ Legacy of Kain fantasy action games are beloved by many, and the series shares connective tissue with PlayStation because Uncharted’s Amy Hennig honed her narrative skills with it before moving on to Naughty Dog. Sadly, the series has not seen a new single-player entry since 2003, which makes VIP Bots based on Kain and Raziel’s appearance in Astro Bot bittersweet. Of all the series on this list, Legacy of Kain is the most likely to make a comeback. Crystal Dynamics recently conducted a survey asking people if they’re interested in a remaster of the series, it’s getting an Evercade cartridge, and a leak at San Diego Comic-Con outright claimed a remastered collection is in development. After all of that and these Astro Bot cameos, I really hope a current-gen rerelease of the Legacy of Kain games happens sometime soon.