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Ratchet & Clank Review | IGN

IGN:
Ratchet and Clank is a culmination of everything Insomniac has done with the series over the past 14 years. It takes the characters that we fell in love with long ago, and sets them off on their most gorgeous quest yet. The deep and rewarding weapon system, beautiful and varied worlds, and charming-as-heck story make it an adventure that anyone with a PlayStation 4 should strap in for.

uptownsoul2955d ago (Edited 2955d ago )

Can't wait to play this game. Insomniac looks like they really put their foot in this bad boy.

NukaCola2955d ago

Looks like Insomniac really brought it all together. $40 for a massive platformer rebooted and reborn. Just look at all those 9+s flooding in! I am glad others are enjoying this. I cannot believe how amazing this looks. PIXAR quality in gaming form. Cannot wait to redive back into this.

blitz06232955d ago

"Occasionally Lonely"

Wut

nix2955d ago (Edited 2955d ago )

Welcome back home, Insomniacs.

OT:

Bad:
"Occasionally lonely"

i'm guessing he has never played Soul series. I felt hopeless in Demon's Souls specially in the swamp area.

affrogamer2955d ago

@blitz0623 LMAO that's IGN for u!

Paytaa2955d ago

@blitz0623 That is seriously almost as bad as "Too much water".

OT: Didn't grow up with R&C but it's great that kids now have another great platformer to play. Platformers were what introduced me into gaming so seeing a resurgence for a new generation is awesome.

G20WLY2955d ago

^@Paytaa, "kids"?! LMAO, yeah right, us adults are all getting stuck into this amazing game too! Kids, indeed... :^)

Great to see another top score, though! I guess those articles were right; the review scores we got before were fake - in reality the scores are apparently EVEN HIGHER!

Paytaa2955d ago

@G20WLY Oh I know adults can play it too lol. I was just using kids as an example because that's when I was really into platformers and I think even today it's a great genre for younger people to start with when they game for the first time.

Don't take what I said as an insult, I know plenty people in their 30's who have been longing for a proper Crash and or Sonic game. No shame in embracing light-hearted entertainment.

naruga2954d ago

i see R&C beauty and i want a Crash Bandicoot 4 for PS4..also i wonder why japanese devs except Nintendo have stopped to develop platformers...

MRMagoo1232954d ago

it's only $54 here in Australia at ebgames and they are usually the highest price .........imho I feel like I'm ripping insomniac off getting it this cheap 😂

bouzebbal2954d ago

People as always waiting for review scores to buy a game.
So pathetic...
All Ratchet main episodes are worth buying blindly. If you are a platformers fan you don't need review score. Gameplay videos speak for themselves

starchild2954d ago

It's sounding like most reviewers are really enjoying the game. That's awesome. Congratulations to Insomniac.

Fatal-Aim2954d ago (Edited 2954d ago )

Yet another ps4 exclusive. Told you their 1st and 2nd party was a beast.

So let's recap:

January - The Witness
February - Street Fighter 5
March - MLB The Show 2016
April - Rachet & Clank

Next up....

May - Uncharted 4
June - No Man's Sky

Dreams, Ni Oh, The Last Guardian, Playstation VR alone with many others are still on the way this year.

'You R Not read-E' 😉

jb2272954d ago

@fatalaim

"You R Not read-E' "

Oh man, you are dropping nostalgia bombs...I still remember seeing those ads in my comics when I was a young un, for some reason I never got the "read" part & I always thought it said "You Are Naughty"....it never made sense to me back then, but now come to think of it it could make a great slogan for Naughty Dog...

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Relientk772955d ago (Edited 2955d ago )

Ratchet & Clank is back

:-)

Edit @ below: Mr. Zurkon is amazing lol

Aloy-Boyfriend2955d ago

Mr. Zurkon is also back for vengeance

oasdada2954d ago

"Death is too stupid for Mr. Zurkon."

Love Mr.Zurkon lol

DEAD-DEVIL-DISCO2954d ago

Everyone seems to love this series and say its back. Never played it and just payed attention today other than hearing pixar comment. The fans and scores sold me.

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TwoForce2955d ago

@Paytaa Dude, seriously ? Ratchet and Clank is my childhood game since i was a kid till this day.

callahan092955d ago

With Dark Souls 3 unlocking on Steam in a few hours, I was going to wait on this game. But with 20% off at Best Buy from the Gamer's Club, and all the great reviews, and I'm such a huge fan of the franchise, I just had to bite the bullet and I just pre-ordered the game right now. 30 bucks for this game is a heck of a deal! Why are they selling it for $40 MSRP anyway? That's awesoem! I'm not complaining at all haha.

Kribwalker2955d ago

My favourite PS IP. After quantum break I'll pick this bad boy up

showtimefolks2954d ago

Mr zurkon can't wait to blow up the baddies

Mr zurkon doesn't get hungry he feeds on fear

Insomniac Playstation is your true home and we have supported your amazing gamer for a long long time

Please make resistance amd include 8 player Co op

SniperControl2954d ago

Another high scoring exclusive in the Playstation stable!

Currently on 86 on Meta.

IamTylerDurden12954d ago

Wow, Marty gave it a 9/10, former xbox guy.

The game is obviously great.

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Gazondaily2955d ago

Great start! The PlayStation library is gonna be untouchable this year (not even including VR goodness).

remixx1162955d ago (Edited 2955d ago )

Yeah we already have gravity rush remaster, alienation, the witness, street fighter 5.....in progress, mlb the show and now ratchet pretty soon. Uncharted 4 and no man's sky in the next 2 months.

Man im gonna be broke, wanna loan me some money and good will :P

Gazondaily2954d ago (Edited 2954d ago )

"Man im gonna be broke, wanna loan me some money and good will :P"

Ha I'll be begging for cash too. I'm gonna be like the crackhead from Dont Be a Menace:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1lU8...

IamTylerDurden12954d ago

Salt and Sanctuary, Enter the Gungeon, and Stories as well.

Genuine-User2955d ago

Man the extra wait for us brits will be excruciating. lol

SniperControl2954d ago

God damn, us Brits getting screwed over again.

Are they pulling this crap for UC4?

IRetrouk2954d ago (Edited 2954d ago )

no, worldwide release for that, it does suck we have to wait a bit longer for ratchet n clank but it will be worth it im sure.

Genuine-User2954d ago

Uncharted 4 is a worldwide release. Not to worry mate.

Perjoss2954d ago

Gives me more time to perform foolish deaths in Dark Souls 3

rainslacker2954d ago

Thought street dates were often broken over there.

There's still hope...or you could always relocate.:)

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PaleMoonDeath2955d ago

After Dark Souls, you're mine.

Der_Kommandant2954d ago

Same here, that means somewhere 2020

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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."

shinoff218324d ago (Edited 24d 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

purple10124d 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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ocelot07291d ago

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

mkis007291d ago (Edited 291d 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.

PunksOnN4G291d ago

Why would it be its obvi on AMD drivers

mkis007291d ago (Edited 291d 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?

ModsDoBetter291d 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.

Christopher291d ago (Edited 291d ago )

AMD themself said it was a driver issue.

generic-user-name290d ago

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

ModsDoBetter290d 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_Sakai291d ago (Edited 291d ago )

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

DarXyde291d 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.

iAmyRose291d 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.

KeeseToast290d ago

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

DivineHand125290d 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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CantThinkOfAUsername291d 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.

INMATEofARKHAM291d 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.

ChasterMies291d ago

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

Good-Smurf291d 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.

MadLad291d 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.

Binarycode290d 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.

ChasterMies290d 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.

MrVux000290d 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.

1nsomniac291d 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_Box290d 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.

Binarycode290d 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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TricksterArrow454d ago

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

NecrumOddBoy454d 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.