Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3 Platinum)
This is a welcome return for Ratchet and Clank.
I was a big fan of the games on the Playstation 2, and now they’ve made the game bigger and it looks absolutely gorgeous in HD!
This time around, Ratchet is being hunted down by the evil Emperor Tachyon who wants to destroy the lombax race and will stop at nothing to accomplish his goal, and Ratchet is the last one alive!!
It’s the same type of game as the previous Ratchet and Clank games, but they’re just so much fun. There’s a lot of humour in the cuts scenes and same really good one-liners from Captain Qwark who appears again as the village idiot who just keeps ruining things and getting himself into trouble. Along the way, Clank starts seeing like alien robots called the ‘Zoni’ and he starts the think he’s losing his bolts as only he can see them.
The weapons come in all shapes and sizes and are of course bigger than Ratchet himself, and some really cool gadgets including the ‘Groovitron’ which, once thrown, makes your enemies break out into some funky dancing, which is quite funny, and then your enemies are just sitting ducks there for the smashing. There’s more to upgrading your weapons as you have to earn lots of Raritanium to earn extra power, ammunition etc which you’ll need to do to have any chance of beating the bigger enemies.
Some people might be put off by the fact that this game is very similar in the way that our heroes travel the galaxy trying to find answers to the threat they face. But with some great scenery, HUGE enemies to destroy and new worlds to explore, there’s no reason as to why you shouldn’t buy this game.
It does get quite tricky at times, which is what I like about R&C games because you can’t complete them in a couple of hours. There are the usual side missions that you can play to add a bit more fun and earn some extra bolts.
This has to be one of the best looking games of the Playstation 3 out at the moment. There is so much depth to the scenes and you’ll be stopping in the middle of a gun fight to look around at your surroundings (which isn’t the best idea as you might kill Ratchet!!) because they do look that good!!
Whether you’re a fan or a newbie to the Ratchet and Clank series, it’s a game that is definitely worth having, especially now that you can it at a cheap bargain price with its PS3 Platinum Games release.
You can now buy Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction for just £14.98.
Also watch out for the new Ratchet and Clank adventure ‘Quest for Booty’, which is being released on the Playstation Network very soon. So watch out for my review of that in the near future.
4 out of 5
Ender
I really loved this game when it came out. The R&C formula has worked great for some time now, and it certainly doesn’t slouch in ToD.
For me, though, I can’t help but think that I’m really ready for a change in the series. Maybe not something completely drastic, but the formula is wearing a bit thin after maxing out all the weapons in 5 different games. I would really love it they integrated the combat more with the platforming, since the two have been totally separate entities thus far.
Actually, just more emphasis on the platforming in general would be a welcome change. I mean, where else can they really go with the whole weapon combat thing? Between the five games (not to mention handheld/mobile games) we’ve been given just about every weapon we could hope for and maxed them all out. Sure, they could come up with a few more “wacky” types of weapons, but who cares? That area’s all dried up as far as I’m concerned.
As much as I love the series (especially ToD), I just can’t see myself getting as excited for any new installments the way I am for, say, the new Banjo Kazooie game, which is doing some really interesting things to advance the formula that worked so well in the first two games.
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I’ve never really played Ratchet and Clank myself, however it does look like an enjoyable platformer to chill out playing on the sofa on an evening - I’ve got an Xbox 360, but am I right in thinking there aren’t many games like this for it?