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Insomniac Explains How Ratchet & Clank PS4 Will Be A “Different Experience,” Details Length Of Game

GearNuke: "Insomniac shares details on the game's length and explains the changes between the original and the new release."

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DarkOcelet3252d ago (Edited 3252d ago )

10-12 hours game length for 40$ is pretty good.

I am pretty excited to play this.

I pray that Naughty Dog looks at this game and try to make Jak 4 close to it. With their wizardly skills in the visual department, it could be one the best looking games in the history.

littlezizu3252d ago

It is more than 12 hours as they said the game is longer than the previous Ratchet and Clank game Into The Nexus, which took around 10 to 12 hours to complete.

deadpoolio3163252d ago (Edited 3252d ago )

Into the Nexus was like a 2-3hr game....I think your thinking of Crack in time...Nexus was definitely short.

pivotplease3252d ago (Edited 3252d ago )

I thought Quest for Booty was 2 to 3 hours because it was 15 dollars and Into the Nexus was like double that because it was 30 or something.

Edit: Yeah that's right. How long to Beat has it at about a six hour average time to beat. Only 11 hours for completionist. I wish this was a 20 hour R&C game because it looks amazing.

littlezizu3252d ago

@deadpool, my mistake, mixed up time of crack in time with into the nexus.

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rashada073252d ago

And it's fun to play new game + which insomniac has always included in this series, so even more play time!

Retroman3251d ago (Edited 3251d ago )

@ Rashada

it would been nice if insomniac made this game from scratch instead of combinding all4one , parts of QFB, parts of into the nexus, parts of crack in time,parts of tools of destruction. one gun from each game added .

what i've seem so far flame thrower and Negotiator, and New pixilator gun look Beautiful.

yewles13252d ago (Edited 3252d ago )

"We’re 1080p/30fps… our goal was to match or exceed the fidelity of CG animated movies. When we first started we realized that was actually possible with PS4. Pretty exciting."

Thank the lack of sales for ACiT for this...

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

Eonjay3252d ago

This is very interesting. So according to this, they purposely go 30FPS in order to max out graphics. And they don't feel that it makes any difference to their bottom line.

Pretty honest IMO

rainslacker3252d ago (Edited 3252d ago )

Framerate hardly makes any difference in sales. It's more for bickering on internet forums. Graphics quality on the other hand is much more tangible,and while I know it's kind of messed up, graphics quality still matters to many consumers. More often than not, the vast majority of people wouldn't sit there and focus on the frame rate while playing a game. They may notice its not as smooth, but that's about it.

Kind of been that way since the beginning of console gaming, as the best looking games generally always sold well.

jcnba283252d ago

I don't get why they do this.. 720p 60fps > 1080p 30fps

MasterCornholio3252d ago (Edited 3252d ago )

Because they would have to downgrade the assets as well.

Dropping the resolution doesn't guarantee a solid 60FPS.

With the way the game is looking I doubt anyone would want Insomniac to downgrade the game to satisfy a minority.

Peace_Love_and_FPS3252d ago

I think there should be more options on consoles. Let us choose: 720p 60fps or 1080p 30fps!

Seriously, can't argue with choice like that, then we don't have huge arguments over it and they can max their sales.

UltraNova3251d ago (Edited 3251d ago )

@Peace

You are right, but I'm sure they dont want that extra man hours to be spent on optimizing a different output, after all this is console gaming where the name of the game is coding for a fixed set of assets,hence why console gaming is so sought after and profitable.

jcnba283251d ago

@MasterCornholio

So what you're saying is the developers care more about graphic fidelity than the performance of how the game runs?

That's exactly why I prefer 720p 60fps over 1080p 30fps.

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aquaticDonut3252d ago

It's really sad but this is how most devs think. improving graphics just sells better than improving gameplay.

Peace_Love_and_FPS3252d ago

Frame rate* although some do sacrifice gameplay for graphics as well.

_LarZen_3252d ago

That's what we get for playing games on the cheapest possible hardware for AAA gaming.

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WizzroSupreme3252d ago

It sure looks like it'll be the Ratchet and Clank experience I've dreamed of.

Eonjay3252d ago

So by different experience they mean not this:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
but rather this:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Yup that quite the upgrade.

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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."

shinoff218316d ago (Edited 16d 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

purple10115d 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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ocelot07282d ago

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

mkis007282d ago (Edited 282d 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.

PunksOnN4G282d ago

Why would it be its obvi on AMD drivers

mkis007282d ago (Edited 282d 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?

ModsDoBetter282d 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.

Christopher282d ago (Edited 282d ago )

AMD themself said it was a driver issue.

generic-user-name282d ago

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

ModsDoBetter282d 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_Sakai282d ago (Edited 282d ago )

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

DarXyde282d 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.

iAmyRose282d 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.

KeeseToast282d ago

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

DivineHand125281d 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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CantThinkOfAUsername282d 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.

INMATEofARKHAM282d 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.

ChasterMies282d ago

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

Good-Smurf282d 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.

MadLad282d 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.

Binarycode282d 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.

ChasterMies281d 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.

MrVux000281d 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.

1nsomniac282d 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_Box282d 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.

Binarycode281d 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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TricksterArrow446d ago

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

NecrumOddBoy446d 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.