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Before Insomniac was known for its creative weapon design in Resistance, it was famous for its creative weapon design in Ratchet & Clank. For those that haven’t played the series, if you had to shoehorn these games into a genre, you’d label them action-platformers - the combat is frantic, there’s some skill required getting around the various planets and it’s all topped off with light puzzle solving. That, however, would be missing the truth of the matter; the hook at the heart of these games that keeps players on the line, jonesing for just one more mission.
A series that has been around for 20 years, GameSpew looks back on the history of Ratchet & Clank before the release of Rift Apart.
Nice retrospective article. I love this series so much, and am dying to jump into Rift Apart this Friday!
*I have 7 Platinums across all of the releases. This will be #8. :)
The Lombax and his faithful robot are back in amazing form.
I'm glad they went the full reimagining route. It really shows how far technology has come. The differences here are night and day. Still, watching the video and seeing the original running at 60fps does make me a little sad that Insomniac didn't go for it. Regardless, their recent outing is beautiful and certainly a labor of love.
Well done, Insomniac.
Any one notice besides me, Ratchet in each game his head is bigger
and his body is thinner??
The gaming world is rife with partnerships. Recently Joel and Ellie from 'The Last of Us' and Booker and Elizabeth from 'Bioshock Infinite' burst onto the scene winning the hearts of gamers everywhere. But which partnerships have made to top five list...?
I disagree about Red and Pikachu, but seeing as the author admitted to being a big Pokemon fan, I can easily respect his opinion. I completely agree with the rest of this list though.
Garcia Hotspur and Johnson.
clearly thwe author has missed out on Shadows of the Damned.
a pretty good review. its a lot more sensible and in-depth than those 2 moronic french sites who reviewed it a few weeks ago. I noticed that they are no longer up on N4G. probably because no one agreed with their asinine opinions (comparing R&C to yearly sports game updates), ignorance of the franchise's history, and blatant fanboyism.