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Ratchet & Clank PS4 Debut Trailer, Screenshots and Eight-minute Gameplay Video

Sony Computer Entertainment and Insomniac Games have released the first trailer and screenshots for Ratchet & Clank, the upcoming PlayStation 4 game based on the spring 2016-due movie.

Genuine-User3276d ago (Edited 3276d ago )

I can't wait to get my hands on this. Look at those graphics!

DarkOcelet3276d ago (Edited 3276d ago )

This brings back my childhood when visuals used to blow me away.

The game looks so damn beautiful.

Seriously Naughty Dog's next game should be Jak 4 with those visuals.

This is next gen!

ShugaCane3276d ago

This brings me back my childhood when platformer was a relevant genre.

All Hail, Insomniac Games ! Bring the gadgets !

MasterCornholio3276d ago

Reminds me of how the classic R@C games used to play. Thats why I'm so excited.

Crimzon3276d ago

The game looks fantastic but I really hope it has a horde mode similar to what we saw in A Crack in Time as well, it suited the franchise really well.

I hope that Insomniac brings Sunset Overdrive to the PS4 as well, I've been dying to play that game ever since they released it.

Army_of_Darkness3276d ago (Edited 3276d ago )

The graphical improvements when it first released on the ps3 looked much more obvious and better. This one however just looks more like a remastered version for the ps4 rather than an actual new current Gen release....
I think it could have looked better than this.

DarkOcelet3276d ago

@Army of darkness

If you dont think this looks phenomenal then you need to wear glasses.

This looks like a PIXAR movie in terms of visuals.

Gazondaily3276d ago (Edited 3276d ago )

Damn! That looks like CGI!

Sony really must have some amazing stuff to show at E3 if they are already showing this off.

davemyrose923276d ago

Yes I'd go crazy for jak 4, as much as I love the last of us, I watched a documentary on naughty dog and they said they were working on jak 4 then cancelled for last of us, let's say I stopped watching the documentary after that lol

super_bruno3276d ago

really clean IQ. Looks really good.

Army_of_Darkness3276d ago (Edited 3276d ago )

@DarkOcelet

Naw bro, this looks good.... but not pixar good.

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Newmanator3276d ago

If this is the closest I can get to a new Crash Bandicoot I'll take it! Looks great!

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SniperControl3276d ago

Wow, that looks amazing! Me and my little lad are gonna love this, roll on next spring.

Thatguy-3103276d ago

The game looks freaking lovely! Now I can't wait to see if Sly cooper will get the same treatment! Did someone else find the train sequence reminiscent to the one in Uncharted 2? Damn I can't wait to get my nephew into this franchise!

Magicite3276d ago

Sony should buy Insomniac.

Retroman3276d ago (Edited 3276d ago )

they should title it " LAZY game".... old game with new features and guns and rocket boots from crack in time with full frontal assasult weapons and tools of destruction weapons, plus Mr Zurkon. more like combination of all 3 nothing new or inovative. .i pass .

t-hall7853276d ago

Most definitely beats out Knack...

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Rimeskeem3276d ago

I think I just came a little..... Game looks great, can't wait to play it!

MasterCornholio3276d ago

Looks fantastic.

Oh and you can't have this game without everyone's favourite giant green idiot.

:)

CyrusLemont3276d ago (Edited 3276d ago )

Looks stunning. Just how I imagined it would. As if platformers are dead. I'm pretty sure millions of people would kill to play more games like this with Pixar like graphics. I think the whole "Nintendo didn't make a more powerful console because of its cartoony graphics" was complete bullocks. Look how incredible a platformer can look with lots of power behind it.

filchron3276d ago

I know right? Ive been telling nintendo kids on nintendo articles that NX should come with really good specs to make it up to the hardcore "N"64 era fans. they downvoted me for suggesting that a next gen mario should look like this: http://www.hanging-waters.c... http://www.gamecrate.com/si... instead of more of this: http://pre14.deviantart.net... and to think nintendo used to be the pioneers in gaming technology and digital story presentation...smh.

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8 Years Later, It's About Time Sony Revives The Rest Of Ratchet And Clank

Hanzala from eXputer: "On this joyous 8th anniversary of the Ratchet and Clank reboot, it's about time Sony considers reviving the originals to complete the saga."

shinoff218340d ago (Edited 40d ago )

It's not the ideal situation but Sony does offer them on ps plus. I to would just like a big ass compilation on doscto though

purple10139d ago

Insomniac roadmap leaked a while ago and they are making another, they’re doing the best they can and these games, especially the last two, are master pieces

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AMD users left in the dirt with "ludicrous" Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart hardware issues

Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart hardware issues are a huge problem for AMD users

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ocelot07306d ago

Strange with the ps5 being amd based it would of been more optimized for amd gpu's.

mkis007306d ago (Edited 306d ago )

Lets see just how widespread these issues are... doesnt make a bit of sense because the game was made for amd hardware.

: oh its just complaining over amd's poor implementation of things on the pc side.

PunksOnN4G306d ago

Why would it be its obvi on AMD drivers

mkis007306d ago (Edited 306d ago )

Maybe you are not up to date on the current state of AMD's Raytracing support and FSR.

Please tell me were you got never sony from in my comment?

ModsDoBetter306d ago

"Please tell me were you got never sony from in my comment?"

This is a first party title.
Released and poorly optimised. You jump straight to AMD being completely at fault as if TLoU PC port didn't happen.

Christopher306d ago (Edited 306d ago )

AMD themself said it was a driver issue.

generic-user-name306d ago

You should probably make sure it is Sony before trying to fling mud.

ModsDoBetter306d ago

@Generic with the cope:

From DigitalFoundry,

"The comparison, which was shared by Digital Foundry, was accompanied by a written analysis that goes over some of the port's best features, such as good scalability, which allows players with the proper hardware to enjoy much better visuals than on PlayStation 5 and those with underpowered machines to have still a decent experience barring some stuttering, and issues, such as missing transparency effects at max settings, texture loading issues, shadows issues with ray tracing enabled, stability issues and more. With the additional disabling of ray tracing on AMD GPUs due to stability issues, it feels like this is yet another port that was launched in an unpolished state and that will require multiple patches to be in a truly acceptable one."

"it feels like this is yet another port that was launched in an unpolished state and that will require multiple patches to be in a truly acceptable one."

This is not solely an issue with AMD, the port is "yet another" with missing features.

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Jin_Sakai306d ago (Edited 306d ago )

AMD has always been crap compared to Nvidia. The only advantage they have is price.

DarXyde306d ago

And power efficiency. And arguably better performance on 1080p/1440p cards. And availability.

Nvidia cards really aren't worth hunting high and low for when there are very comparable AMD cards that are cheaper. I really have to give credit to AMD for their very frequent and consistent grind with RDNA. This issue I reckon is a developer level problem.

Can't really miss with either, but considering Jensen and Lisa are relatives, they probably laugh about these debates over a very expensive holiday dinner.

iAmyRose306d ago

Naw AMD have had instances of being good, Nvidia do have better features, raytracing and AI performance if you play with software that uses it though.

KeeseToast306d ago

@DarXyde
Power efficiency is not true at all this gpu generation. Nvidia‘s 4000 series is more power efficient that AMD 7000

DivineHand125306d ago

I believe AMD offers higher vram at lower price points compared to NVidia. We have found out that this generation needs at least 8GB to load the highest detail textures at 1080p.

This issue with the drivers will eventually be fixed for Ratchet and Clank, however, the vram issue NVidia has on their midrange and entry level cards can only be fixed by spending more money on a higher end card.

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CantThinkOfAUsername306d ago

AMD has already confirmed it's a driver-related issue on their cards. Besides, AMD 'users' can't stop telling us how not important Ray Tracing is, how they always play with it off, and how it's an 'Nvidia gimmick.' This shouldn't be a problem for them I believe.

On a side note, kudos to Nixxes and Sony for releasing one of the best PC ports in 2023. Amazing graphics with Ray Tracing, great performance, detailed system requirements, plenty of graphics options, all upscaling technologies (DLSS, FSR, and XeSS), DirectStorage 1.2, and native Mouse and Keyboard support.

INMATEofARKHAM306d ago

Not surprised by an AMD driver issue... I love they are in the market and help keep Intel honest but I've had some whacked driver issues with then so I always just go with Intel anymore.

I'm sure they'll have it fixed in the coming days, if it even takes that long, just one of the joys of PC gaming.

ChasterMies306d ago

Imma just sayin’, this is why I play on consoles.

Good-Smurf306d ago

No issues at all on PS5 and some already called me being trolling yesterday.
No telling how well it will run on my PC because there's too things that can go wrong there being High End Nvidia stuff and everything.

MadLad306d ago

Consoles are highly limiting; and when devs screw up optimizing their games on console, you're screwed. You don't have the option of powering through it.

Binarycode306d ago

That's why always wait and see what the game plays like on any device before you buy.

I think they've done a good job porting it to pc, but it needs to be able to run on lower end cards and should have a ram indicator to show how much video ram is being used.

ChasterMies306d ago

That’s why I play on PS5. The user base is so big, devs can’t afford to screw up optimizing their games for it.

MrVux000305d ago

Looking at the overall state of PC gaming and its ports of AAA games for the past 3-4 years vs consoles ports.

Not really helping your case.

1nsomniac306d ago

People never listened when I said that this game doesn’t use “real” ray tracing on PS5. I believe it uses a very clever advanced/modified screen space reflection system. Which is why the real ray tracing doesn’t work on pc.

Outside_ofthe_Box306d ago

Does it matter? I thought we were past this "real" nonsense. The end results matter more. If you can't distinguish, who cares. If it allows for better/more stable frame rate who cares. MS f'd everything when they started using terms like "true" and "real" in their marketing when they launched the One X last gen. People are finally starting to realize that "True 4K" doesn't matter if you have to sacrifice framerate to achieve it. In the end something always has to give if you are truly pushing the hardware.

Binarycode306d ago

Raytracing reflections are used on PS5 as they are in Spiderman, Same engine. tested by professionals with first hand knowledge.

PC Ray-tracings problems are bugs and on AMD side a driver issue.

Lastly if AMD want to compete in the RT space, they need to come up with a solution. As in a unique chip to do it, not just make the gpu with some driver things help it. It's miles behind Nvidia.

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Three Original Games That Still Stand Tall Alongside Their Remakes

Usually, remakes outclass their predecessors in every way. Some games are just too good to fade into the shadow of a remake though; here's a short list of the best.

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TricksterArrow470d ago

Missing Resident Evil 2 and 3. Arguably Resident Evil 1 as well.

NecrumOddBoy470d ago

Oddworld Abe’s Oddysee is 1000% better than New and Tasty and Abe’s Exoddus is about 100,000% better than that abysmal SoulStorm.