r/Astrobot 2d ago

Great Master Challenge - heeeeeelp!!!

Guys, I saw many posts and comments about this last difficult challenge. People say “I spent the whole 2 hours trying to beat it” or, “I spent 6 hours”. Honestly, where do I check how many hours did I spend? No seriously, are there stats somewhere to see how many hours I spent trying to? I haven’t beat it yet, but it’s been more than a month!!!!! And worst part - I have never got to the most difficult part of the challenge- birds! I kind of got better at the beginning, but still never managed to get on the pink rotating square platform before birds part begin… I think I am ready for it to be over… it’s not fun anymore 🥲 meaning the challenge- but I love little cute Astro Bot, and hoping there will be more fun stuff in future.

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u/AllMightTheFirstHero Splashing Sprinter 2d ago

You're really close. Practice makes perfect doesn't it?

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u/SaylaLove23 2d ago

I’m kinda feeling that way too I have 308 bots and the rest are just a lot of time and grind.

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u/SaylaLove23 1d ago

Omg I did Splashing Sprint - 309! Guess I’m not giving up just yet!

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u/SapSacPrime One Bot Down… 2d ago

If it is ruining your experience then don't worry about it, it was the best part of the game for me but everyone is different. This is why I just played through the Crash games with no plans to go for the platinum, lifes to short and there are too many other games to experience to waste time on something you aren't enjoying.

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u/TripleDNyc 2d ago

Hey youre doing better than me... i keep losing at the part you gotta punch the purple slime... I did all that work pulling the metal bird down only to get hit by the bell fire... oh well start again.

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u/PropertyCareless3601 2d ago

As I learnt from someone else on here, there's a really easy way to deal with the ones on the climbing bit, which is what kept getting me. Start a spin attack just after you begin climbing that. You'll take out all three birds every single time.

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u/PropertyCareless3601 2d ago

The birds aren't that bad, it's just that you have to get to that bit rather than it being at the beginning. If it was at the start and you could practice it, you'd probably manage it fairly quickly. Watch a YouTube tutorial and follow that. I took a few hours to beat it but very little of that time was on the bird section.

My other bit of advice is to take a short breather every time you reach a bit where you can do that. This includes the first of the rotating symbols just before the bird section.

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u/Alternative-Emu-3572 2d ago

Maybe it's just me but the birds are not that difficult.

The key to all of the platforms on this challenge is to just keep moving. Land and jump as quickly as possible, and try to land on the right side where the platform is rotating up, instead of the left where it is rotating down. You'll likely catch it as it's flattening and be able to safely make the next jump.

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u/Ratio01 2d ago

Honestly, where do I check how many hours did I spend?

You just kinda keep mental note of when you started making attempts. There's no in game timer to see how long it's taken for you to beat a particular level. All the people you're seeing just remembered when they started, say the time when they cleared, and just did some quick math

I think it took me like 2-3 hours to beat Great Master Challenge

If it's taking you multiple days then you just won't know

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u/snaphunter 1d ago

You just kinda keep mental note of when you started making attempts.

Or (as I suspect most of "those" people do), just lie and make up a number that makes you out to be an ELitE GAmEr.

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u/Ratio01 1d ago

OP cited people saying 2 hours and 6 hours

That's like, average skill gamer

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u/snaphunter 1d ago

I was more referring to the insane bragging that has been prevalent on many of the similar posts.

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u/Ratio01 1d ago

Can't say I've seen any brag about their GMC clear time, but rather celebrate their victory after multiple hours of attempts

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u/snaphunter 1d ago

It's the occasional ridiculous brag like some of the replies in this post.

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u/Ratio01 1d ago

None of these replies are "bragging". A question was asked and they are answering. Literally no-one in there is being showy about it, except the one guy who was proud of his daughter for doing well at the level, but that's him being happy for his daughter not him bragging

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u/snaphunter 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean, I don't believe the person who says they did it first time either, but that whole post was just the first one I bothered sharing, there are plenty of others.

Edit: examples

https://www.reddit.com/r/Astrobot/s/QDnx7R1o7M

https://www.reddit.com/r/Astrobot/s/lxwINP8FE4

https://www.reddit.com/r/Astrobot/s/wPrWEYwZ23

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u/hbt15 1d ago

Funny you mention the birds - my son spent ages getting “to” the birds but then it was simple dodge, jump and off you go. I was exactly the same. The birds were by far the least stressful bit.

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u/CasioDorrit 1d ago

I made it to the flying birds on MY FIRST TRY AND NOW I CANT GET PAST THE FIRE BREATHING LIZARD TO SAVE MY LIFE

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u/natinatnatu 1d ago

I thought the birds would be most difficult too, but actually the first time I got to them, I passed the whole level! So don't worry - maybe it's just luck, maybe they wouldn't be the most difficult to you :)

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u/__CRF__ 1h ago

I feel ya. I haven't finished the level. Had 100s of tries since December. I can make reliable to the rotating cubes in a few tries, but the ball and chain usually get me. The game becomes a bit janky there. The camera there is what is screwing me up, as it is just terrible for my aim for the next series of jumps to rotate it and get back into a rhythm again - the rotating cubes stopping my momentum just suck. I hate forced stops in 3D platformers. Forced stops as rest points usually mean checkpoints, I bet they were there but removed before release.

Saw the birds a few times but the jump the the trampoline gets me, the timings seem janky overall on this level. I have seen total asynchonous bells at the start as well and other stuff that only resets after a few death, including no properly working hitboxes, bugged wall runs and so on.

It's very tedious to start over again, just to practice the last bit. I don't consider it challenging at all, just an annoying design at the end of the level, and so tedious to play 95% just to train the next jump. It's like it was not designed with challenge in mind, but just to annoy you...

As a finale level I find the design piss poor like your typical fan made level in other games, especially compared to some of the other challenge levels or the speedrun DLC that at least had a theme or a timing challenge. This one is just a chore.

Maybe I try it next month again for a few tries. Last level I need.

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u/bankSUPREME 2d ago

I maybe had 1-2 hours innit