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IGN: Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty Review

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty has been designed as a quick four-hour experience and it feels shortchanged because of it. Though its shooting and platforming sequences are fun and of high production, it still seems like there's something missing... and that's because there is.

Certain games are just meant to be big in scale and scope -- RPGs, 4X strategy ventures, sandbox games, and yes, Ratchet & Clank titles. Anything less ends up feeling rather incomplete. So, while Quest for Booty does provide a decent gameplay experience for a competitive price in addition to a very (very) cool twist on the already-mysterious Zoni kidnapping of Clank, fans need to keep themselves from expecting too much. Let the countdown to fall 2009 begin...

TheExecutive5735d ago

Kinda disappointing but I can understand his complaints. I can also understand the 15 dollar price tag. It seems like a good review its just the game doesnt perform in its usual case.

Considering I was dumb enough to buy novastrike for 10 bucks this seems like a steal lol

Kami5735d ago

"So everyone is jerking off to Braid and Portal despite being extremely short but this game gets the shaft for being short? Fairness rules the world I see."

and i think is very true

RememberThe3575735d ago

But how much is this one going for?

ScottEFresh5735d ago

Going to have to pick this one up.

Mao5735d ago

It troubles me to even try and let comments like "something's missing" or "too short" sit well with me. Maybe it's the free 10/10's the Orange Box got last year for just value, or maybe the inflated scores for a horrible Lost Planet port this year to PS3 because of the price point.

I would have preferred a full Ratchet title, but Quest for Booty should be good fun. I'm looking forward to it next week!

BiggDaddy3115735d ago

There is no longer any doubt in my mind that they are being paid by MS to give poor scores to anything Sony publishes (MGS4 published by Konomi). I mean for a 15 dollar game with the most impressive graphics of any Arcade or PSN title ever... a 7.4!! Let's see so it is worst for the value than DARK SECTOR and ARMY of TWO, CONAN and TIMESHIFT!! Call me a conspiricy theorist all you want but IGN is nothing more than a XBOX fanboy site!!

Surfman5735d ago

not really, IGN are kinda the best for the reviews, without being bias. Which website would you trust now if you dont trust IGN? Gamespot, the big 360 fanboys? 1UP? They are worst. Gamedaily? ahaha. Eurogamer? ouch. GameTrailers? mega-ouch. IGN gave good scores generaly to the deserved games, like Uncharted (9.1) and MGS4 (10).

Trust IGN, they are the most repectful gaming website.

TOSgamer5735d ago (Edited 5735d ago )

between people that cover games and consumers. They are use to getting their games for free. So isn't it hard to judge a $60 game you got for free vs a $15 game you got for free? Free is free. Quest for Booty is 4 hours long. A regular Ratchet game is about 12 hours long. A consumer is getting 1/3 a normal game for 1/4 the price. But all the review sees is that its 4 hours long.

Shankle5735d ago

Official Playstation Magasine UK give the best reviews.

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Celebrating 20 years of Ratchet & Clank

20th Anniversary Armor Pack arrives today for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart; more games coming to PlayStation Plus Premium November 15.

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darthv72541d ago

Man... what i wouldnt give to have a full PS5 UHD of all the R&C games in one collection. i guess streaming them on PS+ is the next best thing (or naturally a PS3)

Aloymetal541d ago

Rift was a joy to play, absolutely beautiful.

FallenAngel1984541d ago

They couldn’t make PS2 versions of those R&C games like they did with the J&D games?

mkis007541d ago

considering they are ps3 games that never had ps2 versions....no.

CobraKai540d ago

Yeah? You might wanna double check that.

mkis007540d ago

Kobra
What fan that waited for launch day needs to know? There were 4 ps2 games the rest starting with tools was ps3 only. Quest for booty, a crack in time, nexus, full frontal assault were ps3 games.

FallenAngel1984541d ago

You really saying Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal and Ratchet: Deadlocked weren’t on PS2? 🤨

theandinator92540d ago

Even Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank had PS2 versions...

mkis007540d ago

Of course I wasn't talking about the actual ps2 games...why would they need to make ps2 versions of ps2 games? That is why I only included the ps3 games in my comment.

FallenAngel1984540d ago

@ no

You must’ve misunderstood what I asked for.

I’m saying they should’ve made PS2 Classic versions of these Ratchet & Clank titles on PS4 so they’d be downloadable just like Jak & Daxter had rather than just streaming the PS3 versions

mkis007539d ago

Ya I realized you meant emulated versions after the fact.

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Relientk77541d ago

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is amazing. I really hope Insomniac are working on more. I'm always up for another Ratchet & Clank game.

CobraKai540d ago

I think it’s still the only “Next Gen” game that truly looks next gen.

Levii_92541d ago

Sick ! R&C is still one of my favourite franchises.

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Ranking the Ratchet and Clank Games from Worst to Best

From Xfire: "Insomniac Games first introduced the unlikely duo of Ratchet and Clank back in 2002 on the PlayStation 2. Since then, the series has taken audiences on a journey that has spanned not just an entire galaxy, but multiple dimensions, with its most recent outings."

Levii_921044d ago

Best games of the franchise are Up Your Arsenal, A Crack in Time, 2016 Remake and without a doubt the newest one Rift Apart. You simply can’t go wrong with these.

Man what a glorious game series.

neutralgamer19921044d ago

Only ones I don't like as much are all 4 one and full frontal assault other than that all games are awesome( even these are good games just not up to the standard of other games in the series)

victorMaje1043d ago

Nice article, good list, they're all fun & I love this game!
Rift Apart is spectacular.
Insomniac are wizards, I want their next game to be a new Resistance. I can't wait to see what they have in store for us next.

DOMination-1043d ago

Ryan Mccaffrey said last week that Resistance 4 was in development but Sony cancelled it due to the high number of post-apocalyptic games around at the moment.

victorMaje1043d ago

Well that’s a shame. I feel they could do something truly special with today’s technology.

chicken_in_the_corn1043d ago

I'm looking forward to playing Rift Apart then the whole series sometime afterward. Up Your Arsenal is my favourite

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Retro Review - Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty

Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty is typically regarded as one of the worst in the Ratchet & Clank series, and it’s clear why after playing it over the Holiday season. It is only set in one world with little story to be be had, the level design can be frustrating, and the lack of weapons (and anything new) make this short 3-hour entry worth skipping in the series.

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