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Ratchet and Clank (PS4) - First Trailer [Up: 8 minutes of gameplay, $40]

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RyType

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I never could get into the Ratchet series but maybe I'll give this one a try, especially since its a remake(?).
 
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OCD Guy

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Zen_Arcade said:
No one is surprised at the game existing. They're surprised that the first footage is being shown a week before the biggest video game trade show. This is the kind of stuff that used to be held off for E3 press conferences, but now companies just throw this stuff out whenever they want. It's just going to show how pointless E3 press conferences are the more these companies realize that the internet exists and they don't need an event to get people hyped up about their game.
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Showing it in two E3 shows in a row though? I don't think it's a big enough game to get that much airtime, that's probably why they've shown it now.

I do hope that all the things mentioned before E3 are so we have new stuff shown. e3 will be disappointing if it's just all about the stuff we already know, I.e Xbox 1tb, ps4 1tb, ratchet, dark souls 3, Devils third, fallout 4, black ops 3 etc etc
 
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Skeptical that the final game will look nearly as good. Insomniac did sub 720p all last generation while releasing screenshots that were obviously not direct frame grabs considering the final games.
 
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Hot Coldman

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I am so into this. Looks like the PS2 game, but with more cool weapons, and with some of the best graphics I've ever seen.

Man. Maaaaaaaaan. I might need a PS4?
 
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TheJoRu said:
As I said in the other thread; graphics are AMAZING! Unfortunately, and I know many will disagree, I've always found the gameplay in these games (I've played most of them) to be a bit meh.The platforming lacks momentum and the combat feels very weightless. I'm not convinced by this footage, looks like this ain't for me.
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I have the same feeling. The presentation, style and idea of the Ratchet and Clank series looks amazing and i really want to be into it, but the overall gameplay is just too average. This version sadly looks very similar in this regards. Who likes the series because of it, is properly happy. But alone the non-dynamic weapon switching, which destroys the flow, shows me, where the developers set there focus .
 
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Not sure which thread is real so cross post of gifs

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ElBoxyBrown said:
And Naughty Dog still be like "we don't think fans want a new Jak and Crash game."
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Activision owns Crash and Jak was nowhere near as successful as Uncharted and The Last of Us.

Anyway, looks incredible. I remember being really down on Insomniac back when this was announced, thanks to Fuse and all the weak R&C games since ACiT, but the break since Nexus has me pumped up for this one. Really looking forward to it.
 
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privitsan02 said:
It's a remake, obviously it'll have several things that are similar and I've said this for months.

That being said it looks good, but too bad its just a remake/reboot/movie-tie. I don't see the point unless they plan on rebooting the franchise, but then its kind of a slap in the face considering all the games they've just made prior. What a messy set of releases since Crack in Time.

Best wishes.
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Another remake?

Mirror's edge being a remake was a disappointment and now this?
 
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This and Uncharted 4 both in spring. This reminds me of when I bought my PS3 with a copy of Uncharted and Ratchet & Clank. Good times.
 
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Caipirinha

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Tbh this is one of the first games I've seen approaching the AAAA status of Naughty Dog and Blizzard in terms of overall polish and production values.

If the movie is half decent this could be pretty massive, but the PS4 will need more games to appeal to the kids AND a pricecut by April if it's going to capitalise on the potential here. There's a Sly Cooper movie in the works for 2016 also.

If it plays all those cards write then you could see a major major boost for the PS4 (and therefore console gaming) coming out of this.

Can't help but feel like this has been Cerny's plan for some time based on some of the things he said around launch and his decisions to focus himself on Knack; the only children orientated launch game for either the PS4 or the Bone IIRC. With the implosion of Nintendo's home console presence, there's a huge gap in the kids market, and if it means great Pixar style "something for everyone games" like R&C then we all win.
 
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DrGonzo615

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Looks good for sure but it does look like the same formula from every previous game....which is a little disappointing. Im sure its going to be a lot of fun like the previous games but I cant help but wish they try to mix it up a bit.
 
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ElBoxyBrown

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Everything I'm seeing about this game:

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I hope the movie is decent. Sony seems like they want to make the movie as good as possible.
 
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http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/10/87...playstation-4-is-a-new-game-not-just-a-remake

"Ratchet and Clank is a new game that takes elements from the original," explains production director Shaun McCabe. "What we imagined when we started was a curated first Ratchet experience."

Insomniac's initial vision was to mix the core story and world progression of the original Ratchet and Clank with some of the more modern aspects of PlayStation 3's Ratchet & Clank Future games. But before they knew it, their vision shifted into something greater, which was part of the reason for the recent delay to a spring 2016 release timeframe.

"As we developed this, it grew, as things do at Insomniac," McCabe says. "Nothing we make ever stays small. We ended up adding a ton of stuff."

Additions to Ratchet and Clank include new planets to explore, new weapons, Clank-focused gameplay that wasn't in the original title, a fresh weapon upgrading system and more.

"What we ended up with was a new game and what we think is a new beginning for Ratchet and Clank," says McCabe.

The game will also be told from the perspective of Captain Qwark, a dimwitted superhero idol of Ratchet's who bounces between helping the titular duo and (often inadvertently) sabotaging their best efforts. His point of view will often change events from the film, embellishing them to provide longer, more action-packed scenarios for our heroes to fight through.

Of course the most important element of any Ratchet and Clank game is its arsenal of off-the-wall weapons. Where the original Ratchet and Clank had a relatively tiny selection compared to how the variety expanded in later games, the PlayStation 4 version will have tons of new weapons to choose between.

"More than half of the weapons in this game were not in the PlayStation 2 Ratchet and Clank," says Insomniac community lead James Stevenson. "They're either new weapons or weapons from the movie or weapons from the Future series."

Some fan-favorites being added from later games include the Groovitron, a disco ball that forces enemies to dance when thrown. Every enemy in the game will have unique dance animations to go along with this weapon, including bosses. The ever-popular deadly robot companion Mr. Zurkon will also return.

We weren't shown many new weapons in the demo, but one stood out: the Pixelizer. This gun demakes any enemies it hits into a pile of NES-style pixels. If they require more than one hit to kill, it will only transform them momentarily, but if you get a killing shot with the gun, they'll dissolve into a pile of blocks. As with the Groovitron, this will work on bosses as well.

One of the biggest changes between the guns in Ratchet and Clank on the PlayStation 4 and the original is just how much easier it is to shoot them.

"The original Ratchet and Clank was not modern," Stevenson says. "You couldn't aim. You couldn't strafe. We did not want to just remake Ratchet and Clank. This was about creating a whole new beginning, the ultimate beginning."

That new beginning will implement all the expected moves and improvements from across 15 years and a dozen or so games of development iteration. If you go back to the original Ratchet and Clank, it's easy to see how it was a first draft, created before there were certain standards about how third-person action games control. The PS4 Ratchet and Clank controls nearly identical to the PS3 games, with strafing, side-to-side jumping, free aiming and so on.
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