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“PS5 Is the Least Constrained Hardware We’ve Ever Worked On”: Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart Dev

IGN India says: “Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart game director Mike Daly on designing for the PS5, weapons, story, and more.”

waverider1494d ago

Really hype with this game. I think Insomniac is the studio more experienced with next gen. They really are working like Covid doesnt exist.

NealGamby1494d ago

Completely agree. This is my most wanted game right now.

Jin_Sakai1493d ago

Just watched some 4K YouTube preview footage and the visuals are something else. Insomniac are quickly becoming my favorite Sony developer. Can’t wait.

waverider1493d ago

Agree! Cant imagined what they are already working! Beside Spiderman 2.

Darkborn1493d ago (Edited 1493d ago )

I hope their working on a venom game. I wonder if that's "spiderman 2". Either way, venom will be in the next game regardless.

boing11493d ago

Definitely a showcase for PS5. Looks stellar.

SullysCigar1493d ago

Sony and Cerney put a lot of work into reducing any bottlenecks as much as possible. PS5 feels like a real step forward and this game is looking awesome!

silkylove1493d ago

The game looks great. That quote is silly though. Isn't it always the case that the newest PlayStation you're working on is the least hardware constrained that you've worked on?

Magog1493d ago (Edited 1493d ago )

They have also made Xbox One and PC games.

silkylove1493d ago

Xbox One is an order of magnitude weaker than PS5. Insomniac's last PC game was for the Oculus Rift which runs on a GTX 970. So again, it's no surprise that the PS5 is the least hardware constrained system they've developed for.

BlaqMagiq11493d ago

I mean not necessarily. The PS3 despite being more powerful than the PS2 was a nightmare to develop for. Even though the PS5 has an obvious power advantage over the PS4, the built-in SSD is the real game changer since it allows for seamless transition between worlds.

RazzerRedux1493d ago

Are you equating "less constrained" with "most powerful"? From the article:

"“Game development is always constrained,” he says. “But one of the reasons we are so excited to work exclusively on PS5 is because it is the least constrained hardware we've ever worked on. The new features of the console give us opportunities to take our games further than we've taken it before.”

Interestingly, he points to some of its more bespoke features rather than the obvious bump in visual and processing improvements that you’d expect from a generational leap in console hardware.

“And now that I've had experience working with a super fast hard drive 3D spatial audio and controller haptics and adaptive triggers, I would see the lack of those things as much more of a constraint than anything that the console gives us,” he says. That said, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart will ship with two modes allowing for 30fps and 60fps gameplay options."

Clearly he is referring to more options beyond just visuals.

VariantAEC1490d ago

^This
Game development is more than how many CPU/GPU cycles you have available per second. It's about what other things the hardware as a whole can allow you to bring to the table. Sounds like PS5 allows Insomniac to really open up the floodgate!

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How ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Did Dual Protagonists Right (And Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Didn’t)

Shaz from Pixel Swish: “Both Insomniac Games and Ubisoft have given us games with dual protagonists. However, where Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart’s duo feel exactly the same, Assassin’s Creed Shadow’s Yasuke and Naoe feel unique.”

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-Foxtrot70d ago

They are exactly the same because it's another version of Ratchet within the multiverse. It's not Ratchet himself or a female version of him but it's someone else who's taken his place / role within that Universe.

The_Hooligan68d ago

Agreed! A better comparison take would have been between AC Syndicate and AC Shadows.

gold_drake70d ago

with ratchet, they are the same, they play the exact same.

im not even sure why this needs to be said, we all know.

isarai70d ago

They weren't trying to make them play differently, literally 2 versions of the same person. Wo ur saying they failed at something they never set out to do 🤨

Profchaos68d ago

What in the f who even thought of that concept and connect these two games that released years apart and have nothing to do with each other.

You could of said fuel protagonist vs other times where AC did duel protagonist or a game like GTA v that allows for on the fly switching

Like how desperate are they for clicks

Levii_9268d ago

Rivet's character was more useless and forced than Abby from TLOU2.

MULTIVERSESSSSSSS!!! Remember that trend people lol? Also remeber how a beloved vilain Dr Neferious was reduced to a braindead wimp and a parody of himself?

P_Bomb68d ago

“MULTIVERSESSSSSSS!!! Remember that trend people lol?”

It’s still going on. Especially @ Marvel.

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Our First Look At FSR 4? AMD's New AI Upscaling Tech Is Impressive

DigitalFoundry : Running on AMD's new Radeon 9070-series GPUs at CES 2025, a machine learning upscaling demo of Sony's Ratchet and Clank is almost certainly FSR 4 AI upscaling - and as it's running on Ratchet and Clank - our 'go to game' for AI upscaling quality tests, we could really put the tech through its paces. Oliver and Alex are at the show - and this is their report.

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ZycoFox155d ago

They're saying better than PSSR! Impressive.. guess it's really close to Nvidia's solution. I'm interested in seeing how the 9070XT or whatever their highest end card will perform, we already know AMD are only aiming for the mid range (or upper mid range) with these new cards but it will still be interesting to see how they compare to a 5070Ti on price/performance.

But certain apps don't play well with AMD that do with Nvidia cards, shame because these cards could be great/price performance.. but not an issue for pure gamers.

883155d ago

Visually it may well be similar to DLSS, but they were quick to point out that they do not have any actual performance data at this point. Time will tell, but it is definitely promising and good to see them impressing.

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Psychonaut85155d ago

Interesting. Since AMD is largely behind PSSR, they’ve now sort of have two different upscalers in play. Curious to see how it all pans out.

piroh201d ago

There's too many games to choose from

No Metal geat solid 1,2,3,4?
No Resident evil?
No Silent hill?
No Midnight club 3?
No NfS Underground 2?
No Final Fantasy?
No Burnout 3?
No Dragon quest 8?
No Days gone?
No Ace combat?
No Tekken/Soul calibur?......
just from the top of my head

PS1 era was full of great RPGs, PS2 was racing generation i would pick top 200 and even that would be just a fraction.

FinalFantasyFanatic201d ago

30 is way too low over the entire history of Playstation, I just wouldn't be able to narrow it down that much, I would pick 100 at least.

Storm23201d ago

Yeah...really odd list. I get that it is personal preference and I love most of the games listed, but my list would definitely be different. I agree though, it would be incredibly difficult to come up with just 30.

lockedongamer1201d ago (Edited 201d ago )

I only picked first-party titles. Otherwise, I agree!

EDIT: Except for Days Gone, I don't get the love for it but you do you!

Chocoburger192d ago

I didn't like Days Gone either, it doesn't deserve to be on any best of list.

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