Ratchet and Clank Are Off To The PS3 Nexus This Xmas

[Quiotu]

Well I'd recommend Deadlocked actually because it's still a lot of fun to play. Different, yes but still fun and not really mediocre like how Full Frontal Assault was. Funny thing was that if you purchased Full Frontal Assault you actually got Deadlocked from the PSN for free when it came out. XD

Let me put it another way. When you play the R&C games, if you enjoyed the Arena challenges strewn throughout them, then pick up Deadlocked. It's basically one giant arena challenge after another.

 

[Grimh]

I am so fucking happy right now.

I recently played through all 5 & 1/6th of the main games in a row, and it'll be nice to get a real R&C game again especially after those two spin-off games I don't care about.

 

[Ghonzor]

The only game I've missed was All 4 One. I fully intend to buy this, as I enjoyed all of the Future series especially.

 

[momijirabbit]

OT: The worst mistake this series made was trying to establish somekind of serious lore, turning both Ratchet and Clank into Chosen Ones. I never knew where this "last of the lombaxes" nonsense came from either, seeing as R&C3 had two lombaxes besides Ratchet, one of whom was president of the freaking galaxy. And I don't know exactly what Angela from R&C2 was, but she was definately lombax-ish.

Sasha isn't a Lombax, she is a Cazar and Angela is the last known living female lombax.

OT: Excited, I love Ratchet and Clank games and I will be buying this one.

 

[ninjaRiv]

I'm excited but now that I know it's digital only (as far as we know) I'm less so. Digital only R&C suggests that it's short and there's no confidence in it. Like Insomniac are generate interest for the movie but don't really care for the game.

 

[JSoup]

Oh, fucking finally. I've been hoping they'd return to the gameplay I know and love since the collective mess that was All 4 One and Full Frontal Assault.

 

[Raggedstar]

I'm excited but now that I know it's digital only (as far as we know) I'm less so. Digital only R&C suggests that it's short and there's no confidence in it. Like Insomniac are generate interest for the movie but don't really care for the game.

It's not digital only. The article here is wrong, but I've heard other sources say it's coming to both retail and digital. Mind you so was FFA and I doubt will be a full length release (I'm guesing 6 hours as opposed to the usual 10+). Then again, for a 4 hour adventure, I quite enjoyed Quest for Booty.

That bit in the article really should be changed.

Skip Deadlocked
Skip Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank

Play Future: Tools of Destruction
I'll probably play Quest for Booty anyway since it's cheap and short and since Future is meant to be a trilogy I don't really wanna cut out the middle part no matter how inconsequential.
Play Future: A Crack in Time

Skip everything after that. It seems like I don't actually have a lot of work ahead of me, talk about ups and downs.

Deadlocked ain't bad. It's just...different. Neronium is right though in respect to the whole "if you liked the arena battles of the other games, it's more of that". It is darker, but at the same time it has it's funny moments (there are also a few references made to this game in future installments, but nothing that crucial). Personally I liked Deadlocked, even if it's one of the weaker ones (certainly above A4O and FFA). It has a lot of vehicles, a multiplayer and co-op mode (though unlike FFA and A4O, it's doesn't so much feel like it or force you to do it), sparse platforming, and a weaker weapon selection. If you do get around to playing it, I advise you to NOT play it on PS3. I got that version with my copy of FFA and the characters in the cutscenes jitter constantly (not to mention the framerate is terrible, and this is the kind of game where you routinely have a million baddies on the screen).

Regarding Quest for Booty, for sure it's the one that can be the most neglected, but if you're willing to play it then sure. Not a whole lot of story there, but for those 4 hours, there is a lot of quality there. It introduces the kinetic tether (one of Ratchet's new tools he uses in ACIT too), some decent platforming and puzzles, pretty environments, and a surprising amount of atmosphere. The game was meant to be a primer for ACIT and introduces the conflict of the game. And besides Rusty Pete is in it!

I really like Insomniac's style, even if some of their recent titles weren't Stirling winners.

Considering that at the time Jim gave Insomniac their lowest score in history with All 4 One, their titles weren't...
*dons sunglasses*
...Sterling winners either.

(wow, first time I did one of those)

 

[ninjaRiv]

I'm excited but now that I know it's digital only (as far as we know) I'm less so. Digital only R&C suggests that it's short and there's no confidence in it. Like Insomniac are generate interest for the movie but don't really care for the game.

It's not digital only. The article here is wrong, but I've heard other sources say it's coming to both retail and digital. Mind you so was FFA and I doubt will be a full length release (I'm guesing 6 hours as opposed to the usual 10+). Then again, for a 4 hour adventure, I quite enjoyed Quest for Booty.

That bit in the article really should be changed.

That's a flipping relief! Not a huge relief as I know it'll be good, providing they stick to the format seen in the Future Trilogy. That's R&C at its best.

I saw an IGN video about it and the narrator said this was the first in a new trilogy so it could be a good length.

Quest for Booty was actually my introduction to the series.