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Insomniac Games: Only way to bring Ratchet & Clank to PS4 was by rebuilding it

With nearly 14 years separating the release of the series' first game and tomorrow's PS4 game, it was an easy decision for Insomniac and Sony to make as to whether or not they should rebuild the game for PS4.

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DragonDDark3360d ago

Good on them for creating a quality game.

TwoForce3360d ago

And Welcome back, Insomniac !

Germany73360d ago

I'm expecting great sales, i really want more R&C and 3D platformers this generation.

RAM0N 3360d ago

Yea this will be my first R&C game day 1 buy

ShottyatLaw3360d ago

Hoping for the same. More sales towards a great franchise, a disappearing genre, and a quality dev.

Between Sunset and now R&C, it looks like Insomniac is really delivering this gen.

-Foxtrot3360d ago

ND need to do this with Jak and Daxter. Imagine the first game with open world like maps similar to the sequel :3

magiciandude3360d ago

That would be a dream come true.

Thatguy-3103360d ago (Edited 3360d ago )

If this does good I see lol Sony bringing back a lot of their old platformers. Want a new ape escape, croc, tomba, CRASH and maybe SPYRO lol that's of they get a hold of the IP's for the last two titles that I listed.

mkis0073360d ago

Spyro is pretty much impossible because activision uses the spyro ip to great success... Skylanders is spyro. Crash at this point has to be on its way...too many coincidences.

-Foxtrot3360d ago

@mkis007

Skylanders has moved waaaaaay past Spyro they don't even use him anymore.

Hell it's not even called "Skylanders: Spyros Adventure" anymore

Imalwaysright3360d ago (Edited 3360d ago )

I don't understand why some people are still waiting for a new Jak or even Crash from ND. ND moved past those franchises and want to create story driven games.

-Foxtrot3360d ago

Jak was pretty story driven so no idea what your talking about there

Realms3360d ago

I don't know maybe because they enjoyed those games. Myself included bringing back Crash Bandicoot would be epic.

Imalwaysright3360d ago

@ Realms

That I understand. What I don't understand is seeing people "asking" ND to make a new Jak when they stated on more than one occasion that they moved past it.

Imalwaysright3360d ago (Edited 3360d ago )

But they want to create "mature" story driven games that are "grounded on realism". Like I said ND moved past those franchises.

http://www.playstationlifes...

http://powerupgaming.co.uk/...

ND even started developing a Jak and Daxter reboot but they said that it wasn't "working for them" and they started working on a new project.

http://www.examiner.com/art...

By expecting a new Jak (or Crash) from ND you're just setting yourself up for disappointment. This doesn't rule out a reboot or a sequel but it won't be developed by ND.

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Ristul3360d ago

Good call Insomniac, it looks amazing!

PhoenixUp3360d ago

So does that mean we won't see another Ratchet & Clank game that takes place after Into the Nexus

NotanotherReboot3360d ago

That would just confuse the new players they will bring in with this entry.

Aloy-Boyfriend3360d ago

They can make another game set in that timeline

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8 Years Later, It's About Time Sony Revives The Rest Of Ratchet And Clank

Hanzala from eXputer: "On this joyous 8th anniversary of the Ratchet and Clank reboot, it's about time Sony considers reviving the originals to complete the saga."

shinoff2183430d ago (Edited 430d ago )

It's not the ideal situation but Sony does offer them on ps plus. I to would just like a big ass compilation on doscto though

purple101430d ago

Insomniac roadmap leaked a while ago and they are making another, they’re doing the best they can and these games, especially the last two, are master pieces

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AMD users left in the dirt with "ludicrous" Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart hardware issues

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart hardware issues are a huge problem for AMD users

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ocelot07697d ago

Strange with the ps5 being amd based it would of been more optimized for amd gpu's.

mkis007697d ago (Edited 697d ago )

Lets see just how widespread these issues are... doesnt make a bit of sense because the game was made for amd hardware.

: oh its just complaining over amd's poor implementation of things on the pc side.

PunksOnN4G697d ago

Why would it be its obvi on AMD drivers

mkis007697d ago (Edited 697d ago )

Maybe you are not up to date on the current state of AMD's Raytracing support and FSR.

Please tell me were you got never sony from in my comment?

ModsDoBetter697d ago

"Please tell me were you got never sony from in my comment?"

This is a first party title.
Released and poorly optimised. You jump straight to AMD being completely at fault as if TLoU PC port didn't happen.

Christopher697d ago (Edited 697d ago )

AMD themself said it was a driver issue.

generic-user-name696d ago

You should probably make sure it is Sony before trying to fling mud.

ModsDoBetter696d ago

@Generic with the cope:

From DigitalFoundry,

"The comparison, which was shared by Digital Foundry, was accompanied by a written analysis that goes over some of the port's best features, such as good scalability, which allows players with the proper hardware to enjoy much better visuals than on PlayStation 5 and those with underpowered machines to have still a decent experience barring some stuttering, and issues, such as missing transparency effects at max settings, texture loading issues, shadows issues with ray tracing enabled, stability issues and more. With the additional disabling of ray tracing on AMD GPUs due to stability issues, it feels like this is yet another port that was launched in an unpolished state and that will require multiple patches to be in a truly acceptable one."

"it feels like this is yet another port that was launched in an unpolished state and that will require multiple patches to be in a truly acceptable one."

This is not solely an issue with AMD, the port is "yet another" with missing features.

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Jin_Sakai697d ago (Edited 697d ago )

AMD has always been crap compared to Nvidia. The only advantage they have is price.

DarXyde697d ago

And power efficiency. And arguably better performance on 1080p/1440p cards. And availability.

Nvidia cards really aren't worth hunting high and low for when there are very comparable AMD cards that are cheaper. I really have to give credit to AMD for their very frequent and consistent grind with RDNA. This issue I reckon is a developer level problem.

Can't really miss with either, but considering Jensen and Lisa are relatives, they probably laugh about these debates over a very expensive holiday dinner.

iAmyRose697d ago

Naw AMD have had instances of being good, Nvidia do have better features, raytracing and AI performance if you play with software that uses it though.

KeeseToast696d ago

@DarXyde
Power efficiency is not true at all this gpu generation. Nvidia‘s 4000 series is more power efficient that AMD 7000

DivineHand125696d ago

I believe AMD offers higher vram at lower price points compared to NVidia. We have found out that this generation needs at least 8GB to load the highest detail textures at 1080p.

This issue with the drivers will eventually be fixed for Ratchet and Clank, however, the vram issue NVidia has on their midrange and entry level cards can only be fixed by spending more money on a higher end card.

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CantThinkOfAUsername697d ago

AMD has already confirmed it's a driver-related issue on their cards. Besides, AMD 'users' can't stop telling us how not important Ray Tracing is, how they always play with it off, and how it's an 'Nvidia gimmick.' This shouldn't be a problem for them I believe.

On a side note, kudos to Nixxes and Sony for releasing one of the best PC ports in 2023. Amazing graphics with Ray Tracing, great performance, detailed system requirements, plenty of graphics options, all upscaling technologies (DLSS, FSR, and XeSS), DirectStorage 1.2, and native Mouse and Keyboard support.

INMATEofARKHAM697d ago

Not surprised by an AMD driver issue... I love they are in the market and help keep Intel honest but I've had some whacked driver issues with then so I always just go with Intel anymore.

I'm sure they'll have it fixed in the coming days, if it even takes that long, just one of the joys of PC gaming.

ChasterMies697d ago

Imma just sayin’, this is why I play on consoles.

Good-Smurf697d ago

No issues at all on PS5 and some already called me being trolling yesterday.
No telling how well it will run on my PC because there's too things that can go wrong there being High End Nvidia stuff and everything.

MadLad697d ago

Consoles are highly limiting; and when devs screw up optimizing their games on console, you're screwed. You don't have the option of powering through it.

Binarycode697d ago

That's why always wait and see what the game plays like on any device before you buy.

I think they've done a good job porting it to pc, but it needs to be able to run on lower end cards and should have a ram indicator to show how much video ram is being used.

ChasterMies696d ago

That’s why I play on PS5. The user base is so big, devs can’t afford to screw up optimizing their games for it.

MrVux000696d ago

Looking at the overall state of PC gaming and its ports of AAA games for the past 3-4 years vs consoles ports.

Not really helping your case.

1nsomniac697d ago

People never listened when I said that this game doesn’t use “real” ray tracing on PS5. I believe it uses a very clever advanced/modified screen space reflection system. Which is why the real ray tracing doesn’t work on pc.

Outside_ofthe_Box696d ago

Does it matter? I thought we were past this "real" nonsense. The end results matter more. If you can't distinguish, who cares. If it allows for better/more stable frame rate who cares. MS f'd everything when they started using terms like "true" and "real" in their marketing when they launched the One X last gen. People are finally starting to realize that "True 4K" doesn't matter if you have to sacrifice framerate to achieve it. In the end something always has to give if you are truly pushing the hardware.

Binarycode696d ago

Raytracing reflections are used on PS5 as they are in Spiderman, Same engine. tested by professionals with first hand knowledge.

PC Ray-tracings problems are bugs and on AMD side a driver issue.

Lastly if AMD want to compete in the RT space, they need to come up with a solution. As in a unique chip to do it, not just make the gpu with some driver things help it. It's miles behind Nvidia.

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Three Original Games That Still Stand Tall Alongside Their Remakes

Usually, remakes outclass their predecessors in every way. Some games are just too good to fade into the shadow of a remake though; here's a short list of the best.

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TricksterArrow860d ago

Missing Resident Evil 2 and 3. Arguably Resident Evil 1 as well.

NecrumOddBoy860d ago

Oddworld Abe’s Oddysee is 1000% better than New and Tasty and Abe’s Exoddus is about 100,000% better than that abysmal SoulStorm.