Ratchet finally brings Toy Story pre-rendered graphics

Ratchet and Clank A Crack in Time finally brings the graphical quality of pre-rendered CGI to video game consoles.

Insomniac's hard work has finally produced CGI quality graphics rendered in real-time on the PlayStation 3. Sure, it might not quite be at Wall-E level yet, but Toy Story 2 quality pre-rendered graphics have definately been reached.

Insomniac Games, who have produced more games for the PS3 than any other developer (Resistance 1, Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, Resistance 2) brings their fourth game, Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time (or what they like to call Clock Blockers) with an even more polished engine.

The pre-defined animation and limited scope of the cutscenes mean that Insomniac can pull more out of the PS3 for their real-time rendered cutscenes in A Crack in Time, though the gameplay graphics are just as spectacular.

Have a look at the comparison picture below, featuring a new screenshot released by Insomniac and Sony, to see how far video game graphics have come, from a rumoured Sony comment that the PlayStation 2 could produced Toy Story quality graphics, to the reality of Insomniac's work on the PS3.

[qface64]

that's what people said about the last ratchet game i forget the name

honestly i disagree it really looks much different in motion that's what matters in the end right? least to the people that love graphics i guess?

[Lucreto]

The first Ratchet& Clank was Toy Story 1 type graphic but this article says it is as go as Toy Story 2.

[beavis4play]

i can't wait for aCiT. but, i look forward to the game for the story as much as to see how great it looks.

and qface, unless you've seen the final, finished game "in motion"........maybe you should wait till it comes out? and if you weren't impressed with ToD.......what animated game do you think looks better?

[starchild]

That looks amazing. They really have achieved Toy Story quality graphics.

[hay]

Maybe I'm being weird or something but I think the R&C screenie looks a lot better than Toy Story 2.

[FamilyGuy]

After watching Toy Story 1 and 2 in HD I'd have to say they are still pretty far off. I don't know about this newest game, obviously, but the older was touted as pixar graphics and even though they were and ARE one of the best looking 3 dimensional animated games it was not on THAT level. People take credit away from Toy Story since it's an older movie but once you've seen it in HD you really REALLY wouldn't know. This comparison is of the dvd version (the photo comparison) which definitely makes more sense.

This claim is on par with saying that the game looks like a cgi cutscene and i don't think we're there yet. Even pc games in all their glory don't match that fluidity level yet.

Speaking of which:
I think Cars and even more so Monster Inc. should be mentioned whenever someone speaks of pixar movies.

Oh yeah, I'm glad they've created difficulty setting for this title more than them improving the graphics as i thought the last ones graphics were great but it was a little too easy.

[Montrealien]

These kinds of comparisons are getting old no? Both of these articles and quotes are almost 10 years old right from the Mouth of Sony and MS themselves. The Sony one is ten years old.

Bill Gates once said about the Xbox 1...

"We're approaching the level of detail seen in Toy Story 2,"

http://wired-vig.wired.com/...

Oh! an lets not foget Sony!

"The new microprocessor will allow users to handle nearly 50 times more 3-D image data compared with Sega Enterprises Ltd.'s (7964) Dreamcast game console. It will also let users produce game characters comparable in image quality to Walt Disney's Toy Story."

http://terror.snm-hgkz.ch/m...

[vhero]

Nobody ever said the first game looked like toy story stop making crap up but anyways my comment on this is simples.

Only on Playstation.

[LazyDevs]

While i am very excited for the new R&C. Cutscenes have looked this good for a while now. You get gameplay that looks as good as TS2 then we will talk.

[SuperM]

Well i think videogames today have alot of effects that wasnt present in the toy story movies, so in some ways id say it looks better then toy story. But perhaps not as much when it comes to polygons etc.

[morganfell]

Well Montrealian, you are wrong on both your quotes. The Sony quote isn't a quote from Sony. It is a quote from Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Nihon is the Japanese equivalent of the Wall Street Journal. It isn't Sony.

Second, Bill Gates never made that quote. Wired is wrong. Here:

http://www.microsoft.com/pr...

The quote comes from Seamus Blackley who was onstage with Gates.

"This is Alice and, again, I hasten to point out that this is all real-time, this isn't pre-rendered, as you'll see when I screw up controlling it, I'm sure. Let's just take a look at Alice here for a second. I mean, that's just stunning. These guys are achieving the level of visual detail that you really did get in Toy Story, and this is a real game, this is the way the game really plays. In fact, let's play some game now. I can do a couple of nasty things to these bugs, I can smear them, actually my favorite thing, I've actually got to get lined up for over here a little bit is the death roller. See, this is how you can tell it's not a canned demo. Come on. You guys are watching a demo from Seamus, the expert gamer here. There you go."

In any event, they have nailed the graphics in R&C. I had a chance to play it on the show floor at E3 and the difference from FTOD/QFB is staggering and those titles were eye-popping in and of themselves.

[HardcoreGamer]

this game is abotu gaming an not toy story - heck yeh it looks good like toy story and it doesnt but the first ps3 ratchet was great , and reviewers were blown away by its visuals if this is better graphics with the smae great gameplay and story elements mixed in tihs is a block buster title for gamers, the downside for some

ITS ONLY ON PLAYSTATION 3

[Montrealien]

morgan, you are unreal. btw, I am not saying that R&C does not look amazing, I remember thinking that the first one on the PS2 was insanly georgeous, the PS3 versions are no different.

But don`t twist quotes up, Nihon Keizai Shimbun got that info from Sony when they revealed the Ps2 specs to the japanese press. Why do you (enthusiasts) care so much if sony said this or not anyways? I mean, really? sad, sad indeed.

As for Gates saying that quote, my bad, and wired`s bad also I guess, some one at MS said it, just like someone at sony said something similar when they where presenting the specs of the PS2 to the press. The 100 or so people that troll this place and think that sony or MS are the holy grail of gaming need to wake f*ck up, you guys know nothing. And outside, in the real world, you are a joke, enjoy the little warm feeling being anonymous and on the internet gives you. End of story, do not pass go, and thx for following me, and ignoring me.

[morganfell]

Here, let me stick a pin in your ego. I am not following you. I don't follow anyone. It is a PS3 thread so naturally I am in it. And just as naturally you are in it attacking Sony. That and the fact you are incorrect...on both counts...is why you were cut down.

Wired reported something that turned out to be incorrect and you think Nihon, also a publication is suddenly infallible? Where is the direct quote? Answer? It isn't a direct quote. You fell on your face in your attempts to drag down the thread. Goodbye. Good riddance. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[salgoods]

as morgan stated just provide the direct quotes so you both can stfu. end of whose right and wrong. give us a link to the direct quotes and the back and forth can end.

[Lifendz]

And saying it's at a Toy Story level of beauty isn't such a stretch considering Toy Story is more than 10 years old. In some ways, I think Ratchet looks better than Pixar's early work. Maybe next gen we'll see games that look as good as Pixar's work now (UP! for example).

[morganfell]

Resorting to playground name calling is an admission of defeat. Thanks for the trophy. Goodbye. One of the reasons I game on PSN is to avoid kids such as yourself. I wouldn't lower my enjoyment by adding you to any list other than the one labled Ignore. Why would I engage in anymore activity with anyone that resorts to adolescent name calling? I wouldn't. Here's the Ignore button. And you do look like a 2 week old dandelion in a weedeater. Cut down.

At everyone else, the bottom line is they have matched that level that Toy Story brought. As I stated, I gamed it at E3 and it is stunning to see how far they have come since QFB.

Just when you didn't think they could innovate on the crazy weapons they managed that as well. Environmental interaction is more important and prevalent than ever.

[Montrealien]

You know morgan, I will never admit defeat, but I will admit being wrong, would you ever do that?

Now to conclude this thing once and for all, where people using Toy Story as an example of what the PS2 was going to be capable of? Yes, it was all over the internet at the time sony reveiled the spec in march of 1999. Did Sony say it themselve? nope, not with the Toy story as an example, their wording was more along the lines of..

From the official Sony press release.

(This allows for unparalleled real-time computer graphics expressions and techniques to be used in software for the first time. Imagine walking into the screen and experiencing a movie in real-time…this is the world we are about to enter.)

http://arstechnica.com/cpu/...

Who started using Toy story as an example of what sony meant by ,walking into the screen and experiencing a movie in real-time? We will never know maybe. I am sorry for the confusion this may have caused, using Toy Story as a bench mark almost 10 years after people where using it as an example, still old.

have a nice day.

[FamilyGuy]

http://www.querocolorir.com...

Visual flare, dynamic lighting and all those things aside, this is CGI people. The character move too smoothly to be compared.

Oh, and to think they improved on this
http://www.destructoid.com/...
Then wow o.O

LOL, maybe this pic proves my dis-agreers point...

Maybe you guys were watching it on public HDTV?
http://i38.tinypic.com/34ee...

[morganfell]

Family Guy, it isn't CGI. Everyone that played the demo at E3 said the same thing. And the demo was running on PS3s, not dev kits or anything of the nature.

Lifendz, it was the fur on Ratchet that dropped my jaw.

http://gamersyde.com/news_r...

[talltony]

Really I thought ratchet and clank future was Pixar cgi quality already infact they even said that back when it was released now they are just saying it again For the sequel.

[FamilyGuy]

I wasn't saying the Rt&C was CGI, i was saying that Toy story, even though it's 10+ years old, is STILL CGI. It was still in imax theaters and I saw it at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood when i was in like the 4th grade (im 24 now).

Im just saying the blu-ray version of toy story 2 is still above what we see in games because of how fluid the characters move. Because of all the special effects (for lack of a better word) related to your weapons and the overall theme of the Rt&C games they definitely DO look better but they are not "toy story graphics". I guess im counting polygons here so for a better understanding of my comparison.

Yeah, i never once thought those new RC videos were cut-scenes.

http://images.gamersyde.com...
then again holy shi, just look at those friggin crabs. *hugs PS3*

[morganfell]

Ah, I see, I did misunderstand. I have Wall-E on Bluray and it is just breathtaking (in image quality as well as story).

Hopefully once you see ACIT in person you will change your mind as none of the vids or screens even comes close. And it is fluid in game.

[JBaby343]

I don't think it's Wall-E level but definitely Toy Story 1/2. Plus all the things that go on in the game that don't in the movies. The amount of things in R&C Future on the first level alone were amazing. Can't wait for ACIT.

@ Montreal - Shut up already. You were wrong and just trying to spread fud and sling mud at companies then someone that put you in your place. You've actually done that many times since I've been on this site.

[JBaby343]

I got you confused with someone else. Still wrong on the quotes but I don't think it was malicious on your part but it was on mine for thinking you were someone else. Again sorry for the mistake.

On Topic: ACIT is looking great.

[iiraymoii]

WOW...Dont you find it pathetic to bubble yourself up? Its just a website, how about you try hard at life like you do here you might get some where.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

The first R&C for PS3 looked amazing to me!!! It is a feat in itself, and I almost bought the game. However, I think my brother picked it up instead. Wish there were trophies on it though.

[badz149]

I'm huge fan of R&C! the gameplay is amazing IMO! imagine the puzzles that can be done using that mechanism shown in the video! I'm pumped to get my hands all over this game! this and Uncharted 2 will fulfill my year end's gaming needs! TS2 graphics or not, no other game in the same genre comes close to the quality of R&C on PS3!

[JL]

First let me say this: I just started ToD the other day (my first Ratchet game ever) and I have to admit it looks really good and it's been pretty fun so far. Now as for the Pixar comparisons? No way. The game looks great, it does not touch Pixar CGI though. Maybe it's more like DreamWorks Animation, but not Pixar. Like FamilyGuy said, Ratchet does NOT compare to even Toy Story if you watch an actual HD version. And that's not even counting stuff like Cars (Monsters, inc? really? not doubting, just doesn't seem right, only watched the DVD though). And the bar has been set with, in my opinion, Wall-E. That looks AMAZING on blu-ray. So yea, graphics wise, Ratchet isn't touching Pixar. They're can maybe compare to DreamWorks. But like FamilyGuy also said, when you factor in animation, the games can't hold up to them at all.

Ok, after looking at some of the screens, maybe I can give you Toy Story. NO WAY does Ratchet touch Pixar's best though.

[FamilyGuy]

the game is awe inspiring

You haven't seen monster inc in hd/blu-ray?

720p, 1080p is more difficult
http://img240.imageshack.us...
http://img200.imageshack.us...

[JL]

Damn, that fur looks really good. Haven't seen it on blu-ray. Might have to check that out though. However, I have seen a few Pixar movies on blu-ray: Cars, Ratatouille, and Wall-E. All of which look really really good. And in my opinion, nothing touches Wall-E. That movie had my jaw hanging open on blu-ray. Is it too greedy to ask for that level of cgi in new games? lol ok fine..thought so.

I do have to admit though, some of those screens of Ratchet there are really really good (admittedly I jumped the gun and just went on assumptions from the ToD and commented before I looked).

[RockmanII7]

Wonder what Toy Story 3 is going to look like

[The Wood]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

not the bigest jump but its still a great looking animation

[The Wood]

they will continue to push the ps3. They have shown great ambition since they entered this business and i hope they continue. Some dont care about graphics as much as they used to but Im not one of those guys. We can have great gameplay, story AND graphics. I want it all

[Admiral_Benson]

You greedy mo fo! (jks)

So true, the likes of Insomniac and Naughty Dog have proved that you can have the full package or great gameplay, story and graphics. They've raised the bar for developers and lead by example and seem to put alot of pride and effort into their games that some other devs seem lack sometimes!

I can't wait for R&C:ACIT, gonna start replaying Tools of Destruction again this weekend for a little refresher!

[mastiffchild]

Thing is Insomniac churn out R&C games every two years with a Resistance inbetween(and a Q4B!). Without their self imposed time restraints just imabine what the games would look like? They must be gamers inside the dev coating to want their games out so often for us all!

Whether Pixar graphics have been achieved is neither here nor there for me, the fact is that Ratchet games have always been among the most attractive on PS2 and PS3 and ACiT will be no different. So many people love the series and it surprises me that even more don't as the quality rarely, if ever, slips below excellent.

[xg-ei8ht]

I love KUNG-FUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uu

[Troll-Killer]

Toy Story came out 14 years ago, and Sony was claiming the Emotion Engine would bring Toy Story level graphics to the PS2 back in 1999....and it never happened. Now, the PS3 is supposedly pulling off Toy Story visuals...which would be far less impressive, given the age of Toy Story, and the leap in tech from PS2 to PS3...yet some are still impressed. At this point, R&C should be compared to The Incredibles, at the very least...which is still about 5 years old...to be an impressive benchmark. But, there's no way anyone with a brain could thing R&C...or ANY game...looks like The Incredibles. Fact is, these CGI animated films are made with computers that cost several thousand $$, with software that scales appropriately in cost. The most expensive gaming PC still couldn't pull off the visuals of something like The Incredibles, in real time; the lighting, textures, water, etc. are all far superior to even Crysis on Ultra High settings. To think a videogame could look anywhere CLOSE to these movies, using far inferior budgets AND hardware, on the PS3, is ridiculous....but whatever makes fanboys happy.

[LittleBigSackBoy]

actually, toy story had REALLY bad textures, so some parts of PS2 games did look better imo

[cayal]

lol someone's jealous.

[Boody-Bandit]

http://www.wired.com/scienc...

Quoted from the article:
"Gates said the 3-D chips in the Xbox would be three times faster than anything on the market and offer nearly unlimited graphical visuals. "We're approaching the level of detail seen in Toy Story 2," he said, referring to the computer-generated kids film from Disney/Pixar."

Get your story straight next time

[starchild]

How can a supposed "troll killer" be a troll himself?

You're just jealous because your favorite console doesn't have a game that is being compared to Toy Story. ;/

[Montrealien]

hmm, mr honest, one google search is not enough,

"The new microprocessor will allow users to handle nearly 50 times more 3-D image data compared with Sega Enterprises Ltd.'s (7964) Dreamcast game console. It will also let users produce game characters comparable in image quality to Walt Disney's Toy Story."

http://www.psy-q.ch/mirrors...

They both claimed it.

[divideby0]

be careful calling the kettle black...reread your post...

[PLAYINB3YOND]

Your obviously a Wii owner which I pity you for but R&C, irrespective of gameplay, is one of the most beautiful games I have ever seen. It is also one of the funniest and the Insomniac guys really do have an awesome sense of humour. Its nice to see a developer really pushing the PS3 hardware and you shouldn't put it down for being an amazing looking game. When Killzone came out everyone said it looked good becuase the only colur used was grey, which was untrue, and now R&C is out with a huge vibrant, colurful orld and you bash it. Shame on you.

[hay]

True. R&C is fantastic series with sweet visuals, simple yet addictive gameplay, tons of neat humour, good story and satisfactory audio.
I wasn't really interested in the games but my friend suggested me to try it. Now I love it.
Haters just didn't play the game. And if they did, they were too ashamed to admit it's great title.

[Ju]

Bist du deppert! That's all I can say to those shots in there. Insomniac ramped it up against the early R&C title. Just the fur shader alone are worth it (no fur in toy story! At least not in those shots). Pity to those who think the comparison is not a valid statement. It sure is.

[JBaby343]

Better textures and lots more happening on screen in Ratchet. Bring on ACIT please.

[thereapersson]

Behold the Power of Playstation, baby! There are a lot of jealous 360 fanboys in here trying to spin this in a negative light. It just shows that people are scared of the evident truth put forth here.

Can't wait for this game to come out. :)

Go ahead and disagree without showing your faces. It's all you fanboys are good for around here...

[I only have a ps3]

HAHAHA yeah! Their jus jealous. Stoopid fanboys.

[starchild]

Don't worry, it's summer vacation and a lot of Xbox owners are kids so they have a lot of extra time on their hands. Soon they will go back to school and won't have so much time for trolling.

Anybody can see with their own eyes that it is a beautiful game with visuals that are certainly on par with Toy Story.

[LazyDevs]

I guess if you are blind you can say it is on par with toy story. But seriously it is not really close if you ask me looking like toy story, maybe i am on higher level than you guys and it is easy for me to see the differences. The game looks great none the less, but putting fanboyism up front and making a dumb comment such as this is just stupid.

[christian hour]

Are you serious? Do you honestly think its just 360 fanboys trying to spin it in a negative light? I guess that technically makes you a fanboy too, as only a fanboy would say stuff like "the power of the playstation" or be completely ignoant to the fact that no, R&C or any game for that matter, has not matched toy story visuals yet. And that doesn't mean I'm saying R&C doesn't look good, it really does, but you are only fooling yourself if you think videogames have reached CG standards.

And starchild, I know alot of spoilt little bats on my road that own ps3's and their on summer vacation too. Heck they're probably on this site right now, trolling a 360 forum too. And no I'm not here to defend the 360, or attack the ps3, I just think you guys need to get your head out of the clouds and actually use some reasoning for once.

Just be happy that Ratchet & Clank looks amazing, but just nowhere near CG.

On an unrelated note, I've seen a lot of people mention other pixar movies that it should be compared to (since its unfair to compare it to a 14 year old cg movie apparently?) like the incredibles etc, and how great the incredibles looked. I just wanna say to everyone hear, get Wall-e on Blu-ray. One of the most beautiful CG movies I have ever seen. That film look they got for it was just poifect!

[raztad]

"Just be happy that Ratchet & Clank looks amazing, but just nowhere near CG."

@above

How do you know that? have you already played RC:ACiT? R&C:ToD looked amazing, but it seems ACiT is a big improvement over it. So probably this article is right and ACiT indeed looks comparable to Toy Story CGI.

[christian hour]

I know it because the technology just isn't there yet, and because of what I've seen of the new R&C game. It is one of the best looking games this gen, jus not toy story cg quality. Maybe the textures might be as detailed, but the lighting, or the pixel count are just nowhere near it.

Sorry but I'm just been realistic here, you don't have to get butt hurt, R&C is still an amazing looking game. We're just not a CG quality yet. You are only fooling yourselves.

edit: dont mean to sound like such an ass... I'm Irish and our text doesn't really translate well over the internet, we always come off sounding very harsh :P We just don't take things very seriously. Lighten up folks :D

[raztad]

@above

Lighting is not the problem, PS3 can do awesome lightning, in any case if something might be missing is the ultra-high polygon count.

Anyway, R&C:ACiT is shaping to look so damn good that it's the closest thing ever to Toy Story. Happy now? :D. I suggest you to give it a try if you own a PS3. R&C is really awesome gameplay-wise.

[christian hour]

Of course I own a PS3 :P I'd be a fool not to. Its on my must have ps3 games list, right below uncharted 2, and above god of war 3, but nly cos gow3 is still a ways off.

Lets be friends RazTad :D We can get high together if that floats yr boat.

[thereapersson]

PLAY B3YOND

:)

[ultimolu]

Damn straight. :o

[Babypuncher]

this game is on my must-have list just below Uncharted 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction. A definite day 1 purchase. I can't wait to see what the trophy list looks like.

[mastiffchild]

R&C is always a good reason to own a Sony playform. Even the farmed out PSP Size Matters is worth a play or two! Many gamers sadly feel it's below them to like or even play games like Ratchet with cartoony looks as it's a bit of a loss to their gaming experiences-they're also among the best scropted light hearted games around.

[TheTruth89]

It's really funny see "DVD Capable 360°C Mini-Furnace" supporter in the Gamer Zone that are crying like b1tches

[Huluvu]

..when making the decision to buy a 360 and not a ps3..
well.. uhm.. damn =D

[tnator]

Toy Story 2 is still brilliant, after all these years. Oh and Rachet looks pretty sweet as well.

[Redlight]

So Sony fulfilled the promise they made for the PS2 four years into the PS3's lifecycle.

Hmmm, at this rate the PS3 should have cross-game chat sometime in 2016.

[Admiral_Benson]

I hope so.

That means we've got at least another 5 years of not having to endure listening to a load of random people talking $hit about everything but the game they're actually playing.

I don't understand why people get such a hard on for cross game chat, that's what phones are for!

I have to put up with listening to dozens of people's pointless and annoying conversations on their phones on the train on my way to/from work, i really don't want the same situation during my gaming time!

Keep you're cross game chat, i'm more than happy without it!

[ps12&3lover]

last time i checked ps3 was going on 3 years..dont be mad cuz wreck box 3fixMe is in its 4th year and still has the same graphics since it came out

[starchild]

Except that it wasn't Sony that made that "promise", it was Microsoft talking about the original Xbox. As Brutallyhonest quoted above:

"Gates said the 3-D chips in the Xbox would be three times faster than anything on the market and offer nearly unlimited graphical visuals. "We're approaching the level of detail seen in Toy Story 2," he said, referring to the computer-generated kids film from Disney/Pixar."
http://www.wired.com/scienc...

That quote was somehow mis-attributed to Sony. I have never seen anybody be able to show where Sony ever promised that the PS2 would do Toy Story quality graphics.

[Montrealien]

once again, they BOTH claimed it for crying out loud! Sony doing it first with Toy Story 1, an Bill Gates Using toy Story 2 for the Xbox.

"The new microprocessor will allow users to handle nearly 50 times more 3-D image data compared with Sega Enterprises Ltd.'s (7964) Dreamcast game console. It will also let users produce game characters comparable in image quality to Walt Disney's Toy Story."

http://www.psy-q.ch/mirrors...

[Loxhart]

Better late then never I guess?

I just want the freakin' game already, lol. It looks amazing, haven't played a Rachet and Clank game since the third title.

[starchild]

@ps12&3lover

Actually, the PS3 is only a little over two and a half years old. And in Europe it is not even two and a half years old, since it came out in March 2007 over there.

@montealien

Good job. You are the first person that I have ever seen be able to produce an actual quote. That said, they did specify "game characters" being comparable to Toy Story graphics, which is more reasonable. Game characters are often the most detailed parts of a video game. The point stands, though, that Sony shouldn't be getting called out by 360 fanboys for something both companies said.

Edit: No, no, I didn't think you were calling them out, nor did I think you were a 360 fanboy. I was referring to Redlight. Based on his comment it is obvious what is motivating him. You ARE just stating facts, and I appreciate it. I have heard people say that Sony said that, but I never saw anybody back it up so I assumed it was a mis-attributed quote. I was wrong on that point.

[Montrealien]

I will quote you starchild

(That quote was somehow mis-attributed to Sony. I have never seen anybody be able to show where Sony ever promised that the PS2 would do Toy Story quality graphics)

did you read my comment?

@starchild

I am not calling out no one, I am just stating facts. Don't defend or twist Sony's claims from 1999, they are facts an documented, I was there, I was following the PS2 news on the internet like everyone else, and like any console maker pushing their console to investors, they make bold claims. If you are affected by the MS (enthusiasts) stupid comments, that just means you are a sony (enthusiast) nothing surprising here.

[likedamaster]

Just no.

[ultimolu]

Uh...yes.

[OmarJA]

Only on the PS3... :)

R&C got better art direction though.

[Shane Kim]

Only Insomniac and only on PS3.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

I loved Toy Story 1 + 2(can't wait for number 3? if they are making 1)
+ I love R&C Games to;)

[locos85]

They are making it.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

That is well COOL;)

[LONEWOLF231]

Too late id say. Those graphics should of been produced when they were announced. And if i am no mistaken they were announced when the PS2 was around.

[techie]

Actually no-one can find where Sony ever said that

[kewlkat007]

is getting old.

[Ravage27]

ToD was already looking phenomenal back then, so no surprises there

[San Frandisco]

h3llz yeah,this game is gunna be AMAZING,i love how insomniac can go from a bloody guts"n"gore type of game like resistance to a funny comedy CGI type adventure game all while making them AAA titles like nobody's business.

It just goes to show you that Insomniac's minds are with their fans.
i Will buy this game DAY 1 and support insomniac as they continue to do great things with the PS3.

[clintos59]

Even the first on the ps3 was phenomenal at its time. Insomniac are just great devs.

[psycho360]

Great 9 years late but still whose counting..

[rukia_chan]

already is better than this crap movie imo.

sir ken kutaragi:

rofl!!! BANJO IS GARBAGE GAME IMO.:)

[themyk]

are you calling toy story a crap movie?

those movies are brilliant.

[rawd]

Brilliant for 8 yr olds

[divideby0]

and the PS3 is barely 1/2 into its life cycle...amazing

[starchild]

Indeed. In fact, if the PS3 is scheduled to have a 10 year life cycle it is only around a quarter of the way into its life cycle.

[IQUITN4G]

So many dumb f!cks on here

At a glance yes you can have something that looks very much on par but i doubt even the next gen will manage to equal the actual geometry and just sheer lighting perfection of cgi

It doesn't mean that PS3 can't produce magnificent visuals and of course it may appear to some that PS3 already has delivered cgi quality, but a closer examination reveals it's a million miles from Toy Story standard - be real some of you

Killzone2 proved that cgi could be bested but that was only artistically and regards to it's direction perhaps - certainly not the unbelievable levels of polygons used on the cgi

It's just plain embarrassing reading some of these comments

[christian hour]

Ah... a sane person. Hi there! Ditto, though I didn't feel embarrassment so much... just disappointment. Use your heads people! Don't let yr inner fanboy write your comments for you.

[Jdoki]

I think some people are confusing 'Pixar style' with 'Pixar quality'.

Ratchet and Clank is the closest game we have seen to a Pixar CGI animation, in terms of style, look, feel, mood, humour and so on. But for actual quality, as you guys have said, it lags behind.

However, just because R&C graphics are not on the same level as Pixar CGI, we shouldn't overlook what a phenomenal job Insomniac have done.

Also, it doesn't really matter the graphics are not quite matching CGI in a pixel for pixel comparison, and it's really an apples to oranges comparison because of the totally different ways in which the two mediums are rendered.

If it fools the eye enough then it's good enough. A few friends who saw the first couple of cutscenes in Killzone 2 thought they looked better than Final Fantasy Spirits Within. On close examination the comparison would probably fall down - but on casual inspection the quality is mind blowing.

[Milky]

The graphics look beautiful but the gameplay looks even better :)

[Jdoki]

The great thing about Ratchet and Clank games are that they have...

Great graphics
Interesting story
Humourous characters

AND phenomenal game play.

I feel sorry for the people who claim R&C games are 'kiddie' and dismiss them so quickly.

[christian hour]

hate to be the one to say it, but not even close. Until CG quality images can be rendered in 1/60th of a second, we won't see videogames on par with them.

It was the same with that GOW3 looks as good as GOW2 CG article a good few weeks ago. Yes GOW3 looks amazing, but its not near GOW2's CG quality. To say that is just absurd. That or the people who write these articles just have no idea of the vast differences in CG and Videogames.

Wake me up when videogames look almost as good as wall-e. Now that was some of the most amazing CG I've ever seen. And a great movie. Say in about 50 years?

[OmegaSlayer]

Graphic apart, this is the best platform of this gen, and yes, it's better than Super Mario Galaxy

[theonlylolking]

PS3 exclusives just keep getting better and better each time a new one is realeased. Someone name 1 PS3 exclusive that is out that was not a good to awsome game?

If you say motorstorm then you are wrong that game is great just it takes skill so some people might not like it.

[Jdoki]

Asking a question like that is asking for fanboy retaliation! :)

As much as I love my PS3, I would have to say Lair and Haze.

I thought the motion controls in Lair were actually alright once I got used to them - the problem was the game was just dull and boring.

Haze was just far too generic. It was average at best (but not as bad as some people make out).

Motorstorm is on the edge of average/good to me. There was nothing particularly wrong with it - it was just I never really felt I was in the thick of racing other opponents after the first few corners. And as much as the crashes/physics were cool, the actual vehicle vs vehicle barging and banging always felt a little hollow.

[Matpan]

Mmmm nope... that is not close to Toy story 2 Quality. Not in a freezed frame... least in motion.

[locos85]

Do you have to play Rachet Future ToD to understand this game?

[Marty8370]

No
The devs said they have recapped the story so far, so new gamers to the R & C series can pick it up and play.

[xg-ei8ht]

Soz i think Kungfu panda,beowulf are among the best animations there are.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

@AuRoN89 why did you bring up the 360 for no reason, look I support the PS3 but sometimes you just need to chill on the 360 bashing.

Anyway's on topic check out these screens:

http://www.gamezine.co.uk/o...
http://www.gamezine.co.uk/o...
http://www.gamezine.co.uk/o...
http://www.gamezine.co.uk/o...

The graphics upgrade is amazing! I can't wait to see this game running on my 1080p 100Hz Samsung (^_^)

[edwineverready]

On my sony l.e.d is going to be sweet

[ultimolu]

...WOW.

This game looks freaking amazing. :o

[Figboy]

looked phenomenal, and i never thought it'd be bested, but damn, here we are.

Insomniac needs to license this engine out big time.

i don't see how any developer making a more "cartoony" style game wouldn't want to use the Insomniac engine.

and to think, they even have the Nocturnal Initiative to show developers some of their tricks for maximizing SPU usage on the PS3.

at this point, what with Nocturnal, Edge, and Naughty Dog releasing their source code for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (available to first parties), there is absolutely no excuse for other developers to not put out some amazing looking and running games for the PS3.

A Crack in Time is looking amazing.

trying to compare it to a CGI movie is retarded, but the fact that such a comparison can still be made is just awesome.

i mean, i grew up in an era when video games looked like this:

http://www.tremnet.com.br/r...

now they look like this:

http://www.gamezine.co.uk/o...

do you really think i'm going to complain because they don't look like Toy Story, or any other CGI movie?

some of you guys trying to downlplay the graphical significance of this game are simply over-privileged and spoiled in my book.

[The Wood]

how true, how true

[whateva]

to me the last Ratchet was up there with Toy Story.

[donnie-2105]

although the r+c games do look great i wouldnt say their anything special and do not show anything that couldnt be easily acheived on other platforms.so far this gen insomniac have produced some decent ps3 exclusives but visually both resistance 1 +2 were VERY average looking, with nothing in the graphics above a decent multi plat.anyway decent dev who can get reasonable results out of the ps3 hardware without taking years/massive budgets to do it

[rob6021]

Well you could say ratchet could be done on 360 all you like, but the proof is in the pudding, where is this game that looks comparable to ratchet? I have banjo, and apart from some higher res textures here and there it's not on the same level as ratchet and runs at a much lower frame-rate. Viva pinata, fable2 no; not even close.

[Enigma_2099]

... that's NOT why I'm a fan of the series...

[FamilyGuy]

wrong post

[Unicron]

http://bestphotoshoptutoria...

The same was practically said about Tools of Destruction, by the New York Times no less... so how is this news really if we are restating the obvious? =)

[Znealk]

BEST GAME EVER!
GREAT GRAPICHS

[PS3Freak]

Insomniac games are one of the leading developers not just on the Ps3, but in all.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Totally underrated title. I just watched the episode about this game on G4TV and it was phenomenal.

[Gun_Senshi]

uses black mage!

[Lex Luthor]

Anyone with eyes and a brain knows it's still far off from achieving this.

[rob6021]

Ratchet looks amazing, I'm still kind of amazed everyone leaves ratchet out of all the graphics talk, when It definitely deserves a spot. The demo on ratchet doesn't do it justice, you have to get further in the game the graphics just get better (the snow level is crazy) And btw Ratchet runs at 60 fps toy story ran at 30 fps. It will be better in some ways worse than toy story in others I'm sure.

[Xi]

sony always likes to compare themselves to toystory.

[Karum]

This would be Insomniac's 5th game, technically. I'm counting Quest for Booty too!

can't wait for the new Ratchet game

[Wolf873]

than I would say 'Bravo', it looks like one of Pixar's creations. Let's see how it turns out.

[dan_dufferin98]

Yes, Ratchet and Clank looks amazing, and probably the best we'll see for graphics in a console. But, to compare it with Toy Story? Please, that's wishful thinking. Toy Story is in a league of its own

[Barragan]

in comparison and ratchet and clank a crack in time doesnt meet pixar or toy story (which it does), no one knows what the polygon count and all that ratchet and clank a crack in time is pushing, or all that is being used in the game, in terms of the game actually being a game and playable the game already destroys all that a cgi movie has anyway, a 1 and a half hour vs a 30 or 40 hour game yeah ratchet and clank wins, whos the say what a ps3 can achieve if it was just a technical demonstration of the hardware runing a fully framed movie, i guarantee ps3 could best the best of cgi movies, wardevil already will best all the cgi films anyway, ratchet and clank a crack in time isnt the best looking game on consoles, its the best looking game as of now on ANY platform, pc games arent pushing cgi looking games this generation and never have, pc games are going the photo realism route this gen cause pc has to use real world enviornments as their crutch, but yeah, even if ratch and clank didnt look good as toy story 1 or 2, ratchet and clank has about 1/4 the budget of their movie, and 1/4 the developers that they had working on several servers on several renderfarms all needed to make visuals that really if they do look better than ratchet and clank, its not by much, add it up small budget game, with normal game developers vs movie cgi developers, a fair comparison would be between wardevil and toy story or whatever other cgi movie, time-money(maybe)-developers-r enderfarms would be maybe fairly compared, cause wardevil is actually being exclusively developed for ps3 by high end cgi developers, then the field is leveled, comparing a game develepers graphics developing skills that probably isnt all that knowing of how the cell works, the cell being a chip that sony uses when they make movies anyway, one reason i know ps3 can make cgi movie visuals no prob to the same spec maybe greater, but put up digi guys on the ps3 thats real testament to what ps3 can do

[rawd]

Day 1 purchase

[outlawlife]

not even close

the lighting alone would choke any game console out there

pixar movies take literally weeks to render, if you actually think that looks "the same" as toy story or any other pixar or dreamworks film you know nothing about 3D games or film

if game consoles were rendering toy story level animations in realtime don't you think rendering times would speed up a bit for movies?

there are gigantic warehouses filled with computers linked together for the sole purpose of rendering, if a ps3 is doing what a render farm is doing then why do the farms still exist?

models in those movies are comprised of millions of polygons, game characters <10k polygons

huge difference, the only way you'll get pixar level looks on your home console is if you buy the blu ray

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

Graphics look so awesome.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

Many of you idiots think that games with CGI quality will never exist when all it takes is a console capable of running millions of poly's for characters and scenery in a more efficient way.

It'll either be done at the end of the PS3's life cycle or it'll be done on the launch titles for the PS4 but it will happen.

This is only the beginning. Once the technology exists for running millions of polygons on screen in real-time in a more efficient way then making games with such graphics or even exceeding CGI quality will be as easy as slicing butter.

These so called 'efficient' programming methods will exist and will be worked and improved on in the next 5 years before they're used for game development.

As I said it's not far off and this is only the beginning.

[outlawlife]

you also think cg isn't evolving

games now look like older cg, but games and cg will never be on the same plane

now stop calling people idiots

[crystallakekiller]

ok ultimate revenge..its official!..your a moron!

[CobraKai]

I think the new Ratchet surpasses TOy Story 2. Toy story 2 looks very simplistic now that I've seen it again. Makes you wonder if they can reach Wall-E level graphics with the next game. After seeing Uncharted 2, I think they can.

[XerockX]

yeah right!
I'll believe it when i see it.

[militant07]

[solar]

day 1 purchase....

but still not up to snuff as a pixar movie.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

CG in games is evolving just as fast as CGI in the theaters not to mention that the real-time aspects of a game are getting better & closer aswell.

[lagoonalight]

It takes one look at bluray to realize that they haven't quite matched toy story in game but as far as cinematics yeah I think they are there and even better in some respects. The problem in game comes down to detail and AA and other filters that haven't quite showed themselves on the PS3. It is getting there tho.

Cars and WALLE no not even close.

[mirroredderorrim]

Ratchet and Clank have done TS2-like graphics since it's tour de force inception this generation.

I have no reason to not believe that they won't get closer or passed TS2.
TS3 is another 'story' and it's in production (can't wait to watch it!)

[SixAmpFuze]

the screen shots look great but the video looks like any other platformer visuals

[Campy da Camper]

it's just an overall well made game. From the voice acting, to the art design to the comedy. The pirates crack me up. Reminds me of Oddworld. I am very excited to get this but just looked at the upcoming releases and October is going to KILL my moneyclip.

[crystallakekiller]

great graphics but toy story 2 great?...NO WAY! we wont see cgi graphics quality before the next generation!

[topdawg122]

Wow those graphics do look like toy story, but aside from that I think the gameplay and time mechanics look pretty sweet

[Pootangpie]

so I'm sorry sony but your not special and no one is buying the whole PS3 is a supercomputer BS

[kraze07]

@ Pootangpie
Achieving toy story graphics has not been happening since HL2.

I was never really a big R&C fan but the games have been getting better and better. I'm definitely going to pick up A Crack in Time.

[baodeus]

hand down to Sony,

They have created a religion.

[Born2BK1NG]

OMG GUYS! I was looking at Infamous at the frys store today, happen to take a glance at it being played on a small Sony 720p tv, and OMG, it looked so real and amazing! Maybe its because I'm stuck with a Wii, and haven't actually seen a ps3 game in action, UNTIL, Infamous. I have to get a ps3 now, I had no idea the graphics this gen were so advanced, and I thought Resident Evil 4 on my Wii was okay, this is my first REAL post by the way, I just had to post and tell someone about my experience, GOD I AM EXITED!

[maka]

ONLY ON PLAYSTATION 3 MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

[Ninjamonkey]

the game will look awesome.

But what i dont get is that obviously these guys can do some great visuals, so what happened rto resistance 2 which just doesnt match this???