Ratchet & Clank All 4 One (2011) offers multiplayer – you can play up to 4 characters: Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Dr. Nefarious either co-op online or local. The last time Insomniac gave us multiplayer and co-op was on the PlayStation 2 in Ratchet: Deadlocked – a mostly forgettable effort. R&C All 4 One mostly lives up to the hype – the game is as beautiful and lush as one would expect from this team and the comedy and characters are just as fun as always. Due to the multiplayer elements the camera is not ‘free’ to move around – and you’ll find most of the gameplay either side-scrolling or moving forward into the background. The development team has done a great job of breaking up the scenarios and landscape as you progress – advancing the visual style along the way.
A ‘strange but true’ fact about Ratchet & Clank All 4 One is that it is more enjoyable as a single-player experience rather than a four-player one. As strange as it sounds – when you have all four characters on the screen (Ratchet, Clank, Qwark & Dr. Nefarious) things are just ‘too busy’ and really hard to focus on the gameplay. I would suggest the best way to go about tackling this game is to give it a whirl in single player and then dive back into things with your friends to co-op after for some repeat/casual random fun.
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. :)
"Amazon has added new game deals for April 29th. Deals are Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls $24, Gravity Rush Remastered $23, Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One $11 and lots more!"
PSLS: "With over 10 entries in the series, it can be hard to decide which is the best Ratchet and Clank game. We’re up for the task, though, and it made sense to rank the series from best to worst with the upcoming PS4 [reboot] out tomorrow"
I agree with the first place, it's also my favorite, but i really love all the main games of the series.
Already ordered it for my Son. As a parent I love watching my kids play these sorts of games and they love playing them.
is it just my dirty mind or has this rachet and clank title lost the sexual innuendo that previous titles had.
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
but this one, nothing....unless im not getting it.