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[Miles Quaritch]

kinda. Usually if a game costs less, I'm not shocked when there is less content.

You should probably rethink this approach to pricing and perceived content/game length.

Think back to Order 1886, was the $60 price a good indication of how much content there was? Or the £10 or so for Freedom Cry?

Now more than ever, price probably shouldn't be used as a way to gauge how much content a game offers.

 

[Skux]

10-12 hours sounds like the usual PR padding.

8-10 hours would still be a great deal though. And as a SP game you bet your ass I'm hunting that plat.

 

[PeregrinSe7en]

way longer than that

hey mr stevenson will there be multiple difficulties in this one?. i'd like a super hard mode that would challenge my R & C skillz. keep up the good work!

 

[driver116]

So why have Sony shown off The Uncharted Collection and R&C ahead of the show? I'd have thought those would both be big deals for the conference.

Must be new stuff.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

there is 8 min gameplay video.
watch it.
if is not good for you deal with it.

Lol I've watched the video and I'm fine with it. But his claim was still ridiculous.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

10-12 hours. A few posts up.

10-12 hours aside from the replay value that most Ratchet and Clank games offer is pretty damn good.

 

[GIANKRATOS]

 

[Demon Lizardman]

As a biased Ratchet fan, I am fine with 30 FPS since the game looks gorgeous and the gameplay looks like a blast. Can't wait. I wonder if it will include all the levels from the original as well as new ones.

 

[WooHooAlex]

For $40 I'm in. Day one!
This looks fantastic!

 

[GnawtyDog]

What the hell are you on about? The difference between 30 and 60 fps is not hypothetical.

As it pertains to this game what is the difference? If you can tell me how much the animation will improve - please do so - measure it, give me the example. Since you're not the developer, you sadly can't. You can just speculate that a higher frame-rate will equal smoother animations from what's already smooth animation - a more is better argument. That's defined as a hypothetical.

Will you ever see the game in 60 fps? No. So in short, debating an improvement that your eyes will never see.

 

[hesido]

Screw this.. Seriously. Ratchet and clank, at 30fps. God damn it.

I hope this is an encoding problem or whatever.. God damn. You botched it big time Insomniac. I won't even buy this at the bargain bin if it is 30fps.

 

[jstevenson]

Sony PR US gave us permission to post raw (at least for those of us who asked). Gamespot also has raw gameplay:

http://www.gamespot.com/videos/ratchet-clank-aleero-city-gameplay/2300-6425204/

several outlets did take direct feed playthroughs last week when we took a kit with the E3 build to San Francisco for the day

vs

b-roll which is selects.


either way, you can post them online.

 

[Daingurse]

Looks like a next-gen Ratchet game, good stuff.

 

[2thepoint]

I can't get over how good this looks.

And for $40, it's just simply a no brainer.

Spectacular looking.

 

[TheSlySoul]

10-12 hours aside from the replay value that most Ratchet and Clank games offer is pretty damn good.

I remember the original being around 10 hours, so not that surprising to me.
Will be interesting to see 100% time.
Link: http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=7585

 

[jett]

As long as the animation is not janky we're good - and from what can be seen in the video - it's not. You're only talking about a hypothetical improvement your eyes will never see. Lets stick to reality.

 

[AmaterasuOni]

This looks so good. I'm in!

 

[SerTapTap]

10-12 hours sounds like the usual PR padding.

8-10 hours would still be a great deal though. And as a SP game you bet your ass I'm hunting that plat.

At least according to How Long To Beat every "mainline" R&C has been that long, not counting Nexus, booty etc as mainline. (and my personal estimations don't conflict with that)

 

[Icyflamez96]

Not sure about pausing for weapon switches. I hope there's an option to keep it in real time for us veterans.

There's tapping triangle to rotate between your last 3 weapons.

Well that's how it is in other games, and i'm pretty sure that's how it will work here.

 

[Hero Prinny]

Oh damn its $40?! Screw week one, im in that day one!

 

[Pai Pai Master]

As it pertains to this game what is the difference? If you can tell me how much the animation will improve - please do so - measure it, give me the example. Since you're not the developer, you sadly can't. You can just speculate that a higher frame-rate will equal smoother animations from what's already smooth animation - a more is better argument. That's defined as a hypothetical.

Compare ToD to ItN. No longer hypothetical. Or any game on a PC where you can lock the frame rate between 30 and 60.

It is a personal preference yes but when you have a lot of action on screen many people prefer a smoother 60fps. Insomniac have made a decision to go with 30fps that people should be satisfied with but it's not unreasonable for people to prefer going the other route.

 

[Newtype-001]

I was only mildly interested in this game but know im super hyped. I havent been this excited for a platformer in ages!

 

[Loudninja]

10-12 hours sounds like the usual PR padding.

8-10 hours would still be a great deal though. And as a SP game you bet your ass I'm hunting that plat.

Its the same as the first game.

 

[Salty Hippo]

if it ain't broke don't fix it

R&C is glorious exactly as it is.

We'll see what else the game will have. Like space flight, different gameplay mechanics in other worlds, that sort of thing. But nah, this is R&C and this is what makes it amazing. No need to mess with it.

Change it for what?

It works very well as it is.

Like what? Change for the sake of change is not good, also we only saw a small snippet there could be a lot more they need to unveal yet. The games are great as is, too much change and people would whine about that.

I don't know what they could do to make it fresh. Maybe tone down the shooting a little? I'm just sick of playing what feels like the exact same game over and over. To be fair they are giving the IP a little rest this time with a 3 year gap, but I'm still so very much burnt on this formula. Hopefully they'll do something to make this one stand out, but I'm not very confident judging from the video.

 

[Hydrargyrus]

way longer than that

Good to know!!

 

[Jigolo]

Someone get Blim the 8 minutes of b-roll footage.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Looks good. Surprised about ball this early info before E3.

 

[Orin GA]

Gotta keep our expectations low this gen, people are tired of being hurt

 

[GnawtyDog]

Compare ToD to ItN. No longer hypothetical.

Better case would be TLOU PS3 to TLOU PS4. That's not Ratchet and Clank - nor is this one in specific.

 

[DNAbro]

You should probably rethink this approach to pricing and perceived content/game length.

Think back to Order 1886, was the $60 price a good indication of how much content there was? Or the £10 or so for Freedom Cry?

Now more than ever, price probably shouldn't be used as a way to gauge how much content a game offers.

That's why I said I would be more okay with Ratchet and Clank having less content at that price. The Order had shit content for the price. Ratchet and Clank might be a steal.

 

[witness]

$40? Well day 1 then. Looked great already.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

I think this new weapon is kind of a throwback to the Pixel movie from Sony.

 

[acklame]

Pre-ordered. I genuinely can't wait for this. Somehow that trailer rekindled my love for the series.

 

[Carl]

Surprised it's that cheap. If it's anything like every other Ratchet and Clank game, i will get endless hours of fun from it

 

[Caayn]

I've got a feeling that he's serious and he's using the old "you're not the dev" card for it.

 

[bananafactory]

Lol. This is why devs are afraid to price games below the standard 60. People automatically assume it's somehow inferior in quality or length

 

[Mass Effect]

This is looking great. At $40, I'll probably be picking this up day one.

 

[benzy]

It's coming out this month!?

 

[GnawtyDog]

I've got a feeling that he's serious and he's using the old "you're not the dev" card for it.

I'm no need to guess.

 

[outunderthestars]

several outlets did take direct feed playthroughs last week when we took a kit with the E3 build to San Francisco for the day

vs

b-roll which is selects.


either way, you can post them online.

Looks amazing! Day one for me. Will this be the only project you show at E3?

 

[Trace]

Damn it looks good. Legit thought it was 60fps for a minute, quality motion blur. The first Ratchet game was always my favorite so I'm hoping this game can do it justice.

 

[SgtCobra]

I'm at work and thus not able to watch this.

Fffffuuuuuuuuuccckkkkkk

 

[Jimmyfenix]

It's coming out this month!?

noooooooooooooooo spring 2016!

 

[DNAbro]

It's coming out this month!?

what? no. next year, spring

 

[Robaperas]

Screw this.. Seriously. Ratchet and clank, at 30fps. God damn it.

I hope this is an encoding problem or whatever.. God damn. You botched it big time Insomniac. I won't even buy this at the bargain bin if it is 30fps.

Yeah, they should apologize and cancel it, or they can kiss their business goodbye and all that.

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The game looks incredibly clean and polished, I'm really impressed.

 

[JumPeRJumPzZ]

Looks amazing.

And only 40 bucks? Nice

Release?

 

[Loudninja]

I don't know what they could do to make it fresh. Maybe tone down the shooting a little? I'm just sick of playing what feels like the exact same game over and over. To be fair they are giving the IP a little rest this time with a 3 year gap, but I'm still so very much burnt on this formula. Hopefully they'll do something to make this one stand out, but I'm not very confident judging from the video.

You should find another series then, they are not going to change a successful formula.

For the main series anyway.

 

[jstevenson]

I don't know what they could do to make it fresh. Maybe tone down the shooting a little? I'm just sick of playing what feels like the exact same game over and over. To be fair they are giving the IP a little rest this time with a 3 year gap, but I'm still so very much burnt on this formula. Hopefully they'll do something to make this one stand out, but I'm not very confident judging from the video.

By the time this hits it'll have been 6.5 years since ACIT (with A41, FFA in there, as well as the more "classic" ITN)

Over the first 7 years of the franchise you had 7 mainline games (counting Q4B)

 

[73V3N]

Dat post history, too obvious...

just like your post history made it obvious you would quote me

 

[Elios83]

Pretty honest on their part to price it at 40$ considering it will share a lot of contents with the original game and I guess it won't have multiplayer. It will benefit sales a lot.