Ratchet and Clank Future Graphics Comparison

How much has Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time improved over Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction in terms of graphics?

[cranium]

Judging by the blue wrench in the last image, it looks like we will have some type of upgradeable OmniWrench this time around. Probably like the one in Up Your Arsenal, but I'm hoping for some more depth in terms of customizability.

[N4GAddict]

Actually Insomniac has a really deep customization system planned for A Crack in Time:

http://gamevideos.1up.com/v...

[presto717]

They are just too easy and you have wayyy too many weapons. And its not like each weapon has unique properties; they pretty much kill the same enemies the same way.

I just hope this new game will be deeper, longer and harder (no pun intended).

@Spacesquirrel
More platforming would be nice too. I'd also love it if there were more engaging boss fights. And also more parts where you use the six axis to fly. I loved those a lot.

BTW Does anyone know if you play as Ratchet in this game? I think I read somewhere that you play as his ancestor or something. Not sure.

[SpaceSquirrel]

Hopefully, there will be more platforming portions as well.

[cmrbe]

Yes they should include a hard mode for gamers that like a bigger challenge but do rememeber that RC was made to be played by kids as well.

[Bubble Buddy]

That's why I always preferred Jak more :P. Jak 2 was challenging but you felt so nice when you completed a mission. I'm also a huge Ratchet fan though and I still like Up Your Arsenal the best.

Lightsaber instead of your wrench = win.

RYNO5 anybody?

[spunnups]

Isn't hard mode unlocked after you complete it on normal?

[cmrbe]

even that hard mode feels like a normal level to me. Perhpas an extra extra hard mode.

[whoelse]

Wow, at the time they looked like amazing graphics. Now, they look basic in comparison.

[ReservoirDog316]

@cmrbe and presto717

I read somewhere that they were putting a bunch of difficulty modes because a major complaint towards tools of destruction was the difficulty. From easy to really hard.

By the way, if you want tools of destruction to be harder, just don't upgrade the armor so often. That makes things really hard. Especially the ending stage.

[cranium]

I beat the game without upgrading armor at all and I didn't buy any weapons until the flamethrower. So you can try doing things like that to challenge yourself a bit more. And it saves you a ton of bolts/raritanium :)

[Kurisu]

It could pass as a Disney Pixar film!

[SpaceSquirrel]

We need more colorful titles like Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time IMO. We have too much brown and gray in this generation so far.

[LazyDevs]

It could pass for a pixar film if you drooled from the mouth and hit yourself in the chest with your hand.

[Seven_ate_Nine]

*ahem

http://n4g.com/ps3/News-365...

[cmrbe]

to improve from TOD graphically because it was already near toy story graphics. I love TOD, Still play it often.

[beavis4play]

ToD was/is gorgeous. i still play it a couple times a week at least.

[xg-ei8ht]

I really enjoyed the first one and the graphics were very nice first tiem around, but yes they've upgraded it bigtime.

Better lighting,shaders, and hopefully game will be harder, i actually want less weapons, with more punch when you get the big ones.

But i'm guessing it'll be an awesome game either way.

[Cajun Chicken]

This and Uncharted are opposite sides of the spectrum, near perfection in cinematic realism, Uncharted 2. Playable Saturday morning cartoon crossed with Pixar, Ratchet and Clank CiT, ToD looked amazing.

[crinale]

Damn gorgeous.

[nycredude]

There is a huge upgrade in the shaders and lighting department, and is it me or there are much more colors!

[popup]

Technical side has improved but it seems to me that one of their artists is missing this time round. I can't put my finger on what it is but I hope it's only paranoia??????

Still going to buy it though cos they are always good fun:)

[2FootYard]

These games scare the s*** out of me.

[shutupandplay]

Too shiny, too shiny, too shiny, too shiny. Ratchet`s armor looks TOO SHINY! LOOKS LIKE PLASTIC! Oh, I forgot, its on ps3 so it`s ok.

[pure pwnage24]

but teh 360 is maxed out in a game about a Park Ranger wit a flashlight! (Alan DaGay), but then 75% of shooters on 360 use unreal engine 3 and thatz like super duper shiny like Gears 2, shutupandplay is a hypocrite and needs to quit flamin out the @ss.

[topdawg122]

Shutup, its pretty obvious which type of artstyle they are going for. You're name is ironic because you talk more than any other xbot on this site. Both games look fantastic, and a crack in time looks more vibrant and colorful, goin for that pixar look, gonna be sweet

[frnkyl]

The difference is Ratchet & Clank makes the shiny look work :D

[Gue1]

Plastic does not shine you moron... Actually it does. mmmmmmm

[free3sixty]

looks more like R&C 1.1

Either PS3 games are too bright with less colour or they look like a plastic game like R&C or uncharted.

[frnkyl]

Wait if you don't like the PS3 why bother commenting on its games? Also those "plastic" games look better than your "plastic" games lol XD

[-MoOkS-]

Graphics can't save the tired, dull and unimaginative gameplay. R&C has been stale, gameplay wise, since the 2nd one on ps2.

[likedamaster]

I couldn't agree more.

[shutupandplay]

I loved these games when I was 12. What? is this the 6th one or something? Nice. lol.

[pure pwnage24]

thats funny because all the same could be said with Halo 3 and the savior of 2009 for teh botz Halo: RRoDst xD

[raztad]

@pure pw

You really owned those guys. LOL

LOL@Stalled gameplay. Too much variety anyone? Gamespot R&C review.

[FlipMode]

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[Grandreaper9999]

Colors are always welcome.

[Shadow017]

Don't you bots have a xbla game to play? I know it's been awhile since you've had an exclusive and all oh nvm that 2hr gameplay didin't last that long huh = (

[shutupandplay]

"Don't you bots have a xbla game to play?" A new one every week to be exact. Hey you are here too, what, you bored of fat princess already? Overhyped piece of trash sitting on 80 at metacritic.

[odisho68]

since when is 80 a bad score? fat princess is in it's own category and so is shadow complex...this is about ratchet & clank so leave it at that

[only on playstaychun]

81 actually now, and fun games never get high reviews because most critics are too boring to look past the games flaws and enjoy it for what it is. Fat Princess got 9 from IGN and Shadow Complex got 9.4 - but fact is most people will end up spending more time on Fat Princess than on Shadow Complex for the same price. Makes you wonder...

[likedamaster]

Won't make this game any less of a turd.

[The-Warranty]

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[frnkyl]

Why are there so many bots here? I thought 360 fanboys never troll PS3 articles and vice versa although this is a PS3 article. :)

[rukia_chan]

PIXAR GOT OWNED FOR THIS GAME.

[food86]

so what would would be banjo's excuse ? i mean it was a 360 exclusive so why did it look so crappy? ive played the game by the way so i know how it played and looked. btw these comparisons show visual upgrades from insomniacs in house engine. can't wait for r3

[free3sixty]

Shadow you know that every PS3 owner owny himself very hard talking about exclusives.. cause yes.. we always talk about sales and you know why?

Cause our crap games like lego indiana jones or Kung Fu Panda sold more like your LBP, KZ2, uncharted together, loooool!

So yes.. the only thing ps3tards are good in is talking about how much NO NAME exclusives they have and which they at the end dont BUY like sales show us right:)? Thats why sony has to bundle EVERY noname exclusiv they got to look sales at least with the support of a bundle look good.

poor ps3tards..

i mean you own yourself really hard every time.. even with saying something about an XBL game which got a 9.4 score and will be downloaded twice as much as your exclusives sell.

And when i look on some PSN cars hell.. its crazy to see always 8 multiplatt games and only 2 exclusives.. thats the 2 one which are included when you buy a PS3, haha!

Just fuken get it, that nobody cares about sony no name exclusives.

The ONLY game which i would like to have on 360 is MGS4... thats it!

And your plastic clones like uncharted or R&C or the lame shooter called Resistance or the bad gameplay shooter called KZ2, hell.. keep it in your as*ses!

[The-Warranty]

keep going though its making my day

[frnkyl]

Oh noes! KZ2, LBP, Uncharted didn't sell 10 million in 5 minutes!!! Those games suck! /s

[only on playstaychun]

Actually KZ2, Uncharted and LBP put together out sold Kung fu Panda and Lego Indiana Jones put together. Uncharted and LBP even outsold games like Mass Effect and Bioshock. Please shut up, and stop playing sales, because you obviously can't play good games.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

...'Banjo Kazooie:Nuts and Balls'...

'Ratchet and Clank Future:ACiT' = (Better than)Pixar Graphics ;-P

'Banjo Kazooie:Nuts and Balls' = N64 Graphics ;-D

+ MAN!!! The ChatBots have very LOW STANDARDS(i just saw the 'Alan Wait' Video) ;-D

[raztad]

Yeah, Alan Wake visuals are really average, and 360 fans call them awesome :D

I love R&C franchise. Great game, not matter the age. Gameplay is brilliant and graphics are plain beautiful.

[free3sixty]

every ps3 exclusiv gets forgotten after 3 months.. while 360 ones keep the hype for 3 years! SO i like better an exclusiv with 12 months DLC support against 5 middelcore exclusives like sony has with no support.

[pure pwnage24]

So while you twiddle your fingers I'll play uncharted 2, God of War 3, Gran Turismo 5, MAG, and Ratchet @ Clank

while you play Tickle Me Elmo HD with teh expansion of Tickle Me Master Quief xD

[3sq]

"every ps3 exclusiv gets forgotten after 3 months."
Answer: Because Sony keeps releasing new exclusive games. And they have new games to look forward and hype for.

"while 360 ones keep the hype for 3 years!"
Answer: Because those are the only ones Bots have. They don't have new games so they kept on hyping old games over and over again. Pathetic, eh? I know I know hahahaha

[Shadow017]

Well that's obvious ps3 keep getting games every 3 months while 360 have about 2 decent games every 1 and a half year so ya... some ps3 games are forgotten because it's a lot of good one's to pick from while you xbots still talk about halo 3 and gears.

[raztad]

Wow, bots like free2sixty are getting desperate. Now is a bad thing to have new exclusive games frequently, trendy is to play the same game alomg the whole generation isnt it freesixty?. This is getting more fun by the minute.

[PHIL1017]

i can see he is very jealous of ps3 exclusive games! what a sad, low mind person.

[frnkyl]

I find it weird that the bots keep clinging to Halo 3. Don't get me wrong, it's a good game and all but no game lasts forever, you tire of it eventually.

[akaFullMetal]

can't wait for this, also my gf can't either

[Troll_Police]

Wow, only PS3 exclusive see upgrades in quality like this.

[pure pwnage24]

this game has way better graphics than the Atari 2600, OOPS! I mean the 'RedBox" 360 because they like there gay p0rno movies from netflix so they can share wit there other gay xbot friends!

[Tinted Eyes]

a cell phone from 1998 has more proccessing power than a sh!tbox 360?

[xtreampro_REVENGE]

Those screens of R&C:ACiT are from the old build and Insomniac have confirmed that the new build of that same stage will be shown at GamesCom but the detail has improved so much. R&CF:TOD looks really good but bland compared to the crisp detail in R&C:ACiT.

And shutupnplay Ratchets armour is meant to be shiny you dumbass bot because he's wearing metal armour duh!, are you retarded or are you just extremely retarded.

and who said Ratchet was going to save the PS3 but since YOU bots brought it up that means that R&C:ACiT has been lingering in your puny minds and has been disturbing you from your sleep because you fear it'll kill the 360 so thanks for admitting a PS3 exclusive will kill the 360.

[xtreampro_REVENGE]

The detail looks much more crisp and clear compared to R&C:TOD.

But remember the screens of R&C:ACiT in this article are from the old build. The devs said that the new build will be shown tomorrow.

I think it'll look better then this.

[raztad]

Looking forward to that video, R&C needs more exposure. I love R&C franchise. ACiT is day one for me.

Tomorrow, finally august 18 is just few hours away. Rumors will be put to rest, or will be confirmed. I'm excited.

[-DeathWraith-]

Ratchet&Clank: A Crack In Time isn't going to be at GamesCom, as previously confirmed. Insomniac Games stated so in their latest Full Moon show.

[SoapShoes]

*drools*!!! I know this game will look great. Look at the huge improvement between TOD and Q4B. Look at the huge improvement between R: FOM and Resistance 2.

[xtreampro_REVENGE]

Yeah that's right! Insomniac already confirmed that a new build of the same stage will be shown at GamesCom and normally a 'New build' for a PS3 exclusive game normally means giant leaps of improvements from lighting, colours, textures & shaders to improved environments & animations and a whole lot of other improvements.

I can't wait to see my best franchise of all time.

[cmrbe]

when the biggest game on the x360 is a power ranger rip off.

[xtreampro_REVENGE]

Power ranger rip off LMAO!!! XD

A lot of people think the art style has changed but I think it's because of the added colour and crisp textures and detail that gives it more of a CGI look rather then a Cell shaded look like everyone is saying.

I bet you right now free3sixty is sitting in front of his TV screen listening to GO! GO! POWER RAAANGERSSS LOL!

[frnkyl]

Don't forget the men with giant tumors in their necks XD

[Ravage27]

glad to see that they are working on increasing the depth and difficulty of the game. ToD was incredibly fun, but it was way too easy.

[-DeathWraith-]

If only Resistance could look so good.

[N4G king]

wow
the bots talking about shiny and plastic games

ummmm

halo + forza + gears

they all sayes hi

:D

[Ninjamonkey]

Im not too bothered about graphics with this game though they are good.

I just hope the game overall this time is deeper. The gun customisation looks MUCH better but Im talking about mini games as well. The galdiator arena needs to have way more content like the older games, I want racing back in (hoverboard please!!!) and just more difficulty in the mini games in general...

[Niske]

GTFO its not hard to see that you are jealous and i have Uncharted and R&C no way do they have plastic looking graphics.