Xbox One. Xbox Series X. Nintendo Switch. Join the conversation There are 9 comments about this story. Load Comments 9. The story and player's perspective alternate between Ratchet and Clank, the two perspectives also have unique gameplay from one another. This game sets the comical tone used throughout the series, especially the banter between Ratchet and Clank.
The game remains enjoyable even to this day, and it's obvious how it was able to spawn such a successful series. Tools of Destruction was one of the best titles in the early years of the PS3, as well as being one of the first games to support the DualShock 3 rumble on the system.
The new generation of systems allowed Insomniac to produce the most expansive game in the series, with 16 planets to explore and three combat missions. The newest entry in the series, Rift Apart is considered one of the best looking games on the system and offers some of the most interesting and creative gameplay seen in the series. The rift mechanic, which makes use of the PS5s SSD, allows players to seamlessly switch between completely different locales.
Going Commando was the first in the series to implement RPG-lite elements such as upgrading health and weapons. Going Commando is largely seen as a refinement of the first game, with performance and graphics being a major improvement over the original. The highest-rated game in the series and one of the best titles on the PS2, Up Your Arsenal, was the first entry in the franchise to add online multiplayer alongside the main story campaign.
Other new additions include larger worlds, better graphics, and drivable vehicles. Peter Parker's adventure into the metaverse could have been so much more. Tom Heath is a writer currently completing his journalism masters in the UK. Ratchet using his OmniWrench against a horny toad.
In the main series, gameplay focuses on Ratchet, who carries Clank as a backpack, as he explores different planets to complete objectives before unlocking and moving onto another. Ratchet can jump and double jump, aided by Clank through built-in gadgets such as the Heli-Pack , plus he wields a wide variety of weapons and gadgets. Ratchet's most common device is the OmniWrench , which appears in many varieties and is used as a melee weapon in combat, for turning bolt cranks , and picking up and throwing items in later installments.
His other weapons and gadgets can be cycled through using pause menus or the Quick Select. Bolts , which serve as the main form of currency in the series, can be obtained by defeating enemies and smashing crates , and they are required for purchasing weapons, armor, and other items the player may need. The player character is provided with health, in the form of nanotech , which is displayed after the first two installments as a numeric value.
It can have its maximum capacity upgraded by defeating enemies after the first installment and can be replenished from nanotech crates. When depleted, the player will respawn at the most recent checkpoint with no other negative consequences. Gadgets are normally earned through story objectives, and they help Ratchet progress through otherwise inaccessible areas. These gadgets come in the form of items that can be manually controlled in place of weapons with the most common being the Swingshot or equipped items that, once acquired, will activate when needed with the most common being Grind Boots and various hacking devices used to solve puzzles to unlock a room.
Weapons are normally purchased at vendors with bolts or obtained for free by completing side or main story objectives. They can be upgraded and, in some cases, customized by the player in some form. In addition to this, Ratchet can purchase armor to help resist damage. Many objectives also allow the player to control Clank exclusively, whose objectives involve puzzle-solving to complete them.
Clank has a basic moveset, with the ability to double jump and use melee attacks, and like Ratchet, he can collect bolts and nanotech by breaking crates though his maximum nanotech cannot be upgraded. Aside from this, Clank features different abilities depending on the game to allow him to resolve puzzles and move onto the next objective. Most commonly, Clank can command different Gadge-Bots or Microbots in the second installment through an environment to direct them to enter into terminals, allowing him to proceed.
Ratchet and Clank sometimes pilot vehicles to complete story and side missions. As they fly various spaceships on their adventures, they can often fly them in battle, dogfighting against enemies in space, or the skies of several planets. Additionally, they are often able to operate vehicles used in galactic racing events, such as hoverboards and hoverbikes.
The series is set in a science-fiction universe, in which Ratchet and Clank visit many planets within the Solana Galaxy , Bogon Galaxy , and Polaris Galaxy. The timeline begins with the first game in the year , with time kept in a calendar similar to Earth's calendar.
Aesthetically, many planets in the universe feature metropolises which are similar to s and s science fiction, [3] and feature a collision between nature and architecture, with signature rivets, cables, and tension wires holding things together.
Each galaxy is typically dominated by a megacorporation — Gadgetron Corporation in Solana, Megacorp in Bogon, and Grummel Net Industries in Polaris — whose vendors feature around the world, from which Ratchet purchases all his weaponry.
The universe was once home to the lombaxes , a race of expert engineers, who developed some of the most advanced technology and fastest spaceships in the universe. However, the lombaxes were mostly defeated by Percival Tachyon , a cragmite who sought revenge for his species after the lombaxes had defeated the cragmites during the Great War.
While Ratchet is the last known lombax in the universe, he encounters two other lombaxes during the series: Angela Cross and Alister Azimuth. The space-time continuum in the universe is kept in balance by the Great Clock , a space construct located roughly in the center of the universe operated by the Zoni , an invisible hive mind species who can manipulate time.
It was constructed by Orvus to repair the space-time continuum after it was torn apart by the overuse of time travel by the fongoids.
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