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Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus Hits PS3 November 12th
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A smaller game for a smaller price. This game is not as long as Crack in Time but not as short as Quest for Booty.
Not even remotely. Maybe it's a solid game, not really sure, but it's not even a R+C game as far as I'm concerned.
Crack in Time is one of my favorite games of the generation and the only game I've played in the series. It's been a long wait but I'm glad we're finally getting a sequel. One thing that I was disappointed with was the absence of the Clank puzzles from ACiT, hope the new Clank levels are as interesting.
Think about an open world Ratchet and Clank game...
Like ACiT 2... except on PS4. Jesus that would be insane...
Or what if they did all of this to make an incredible single player (which ACiT was!), but then took the same kind of build + battle style gameplay that was done in Starhawk, balance/simplified it more (doesn't need to be too complex - more like as accessible as a CoD game, but with 16 vs 16 matches with balance, chaos, and fun being the main objective here) , and then applied that to the multiplayer aspect of the game within the Ratchet and Clank universe. The gameplay would be nuts, the space levels would be nuts...
That would probably be one of the most fun Playstation titles ever.
Insonmiac, stop messing around and make this happen, please.
Thanks.
Like ACiT 2... except on PS4. Jesus that would be insane...
Or what if they did all of this to make an incredible single player (which ACiT was!), but then took the same kind of build + battle style gameplay that was done in Starhawk, balance/simplified it more (doesn't need to be too complex - more like as accessible as a CoD game, but with 16 vs 16 matches with balance, chaos, and fun being the main objective here) , and then applied that to the multiplayer aspect of the game within the Ratchet and Clank universe. The gameplay would be nuts, the space levels would be nuts...
That would probably be one of the most fun Playstation titles ever.
Insonmiac, stop messing around and make this happen, please.
Thanks.
According to EB Games, it's coming on November 6th in Australia. https://ebgames.com.au/ps3-163158-Ratchet--Clank-Nexus-PlayStation-3 is this wrong?
Chronology
Member
Just finished reading through the thread and I thought it'd be nice to say thanks to Jstevenson. It's really great that you go this far for the community, what with the status updates and extra favors and whatnot, and I appreciate that you do this for us. It's nice to have person to talk about the game rather than a PR machine for once.
http://www.insomniacgames.com/community/showthread.php?53579-Update-on-Release-Dates
"Hey guys, just wanted to give you a heads up of release dates. Tomorrow 11/6 Nexus will be available at retail in AU (not digitally via PSN yet). If you live in any EU region except Germany, Austria, Switzerland, or Italy the game will be available at the original release dates of 11/13-11/15 (both blu-ray and PSN, including AU PSN). Germany, Austria, Switzerland, or Italy will be 11/20 still.
North America is also still 11/12 download and disc.
Hope that helps!
Bottom line: Check with your local retailer. They should have official release dates at this point."
"Hey guys, just wanted to give you a heads up of release dates. Tomorrow 11/6 Nexus will be available at retail in AU (not digitally via PSN yet). If you live in any EU region except Germany, Austria, Switzerland, or Italy the game will be available at the original release dates of 11/13-11/15 (both blu-ray and PSN, including AU PSN). Germany, Austria, Switzerland, or Italy will be 11/20 still.
North America is also still 11/12 download and disc.
Hope that helps!
Bottom line: Check with your local retailer. They should have official release dates at this point."
Question that has probably already been asked: Do only the first-run copies come with a download code for Quest for Booty? I got Tools of Destruction and Crack in Time last year. Played through ToD, but decided to hold off on CiT until Quest for Booty dropped in price. It never did. $30 is an incredible deal, but I have plenty of new games to play at the moment and would rather hold off on purchasing it for a bit.
The more I see this title, the less I care about it. I know it will be utter shit like the last two, but not as bad as Deadlocked HD. The 30FPS or less margin has been giving me headaches and I can't stand watching one of my favorite studios crumble. I really hope I'm wrong, but I don't see any justification to this game.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
uhhhhhh
badcrumble
Member
My feelings are so mixed on the R&C:F games. I adore them both, it should be clear, first and foremost.
A Crack in Time is absolutely the most polished and well-balanced Ratchet & Clank game - every weapon has a distinct purpose from the others and remains useful for the entire game (exceptions made for the RYNO, of course, which pretty much makes half of your arsenal obsolete by virtue of being intentionally overpowered). The entire game design is absolutely lovely and fleshed-out.
Tools of Destruction is a good bit jankier (I fell through levels several times, much of it feels a good bit more sterile, and so on), but I found that game to be more *fun* than A Crack in Time even though I think ACiT is clearly the *better* game. It's probably because ToD has bazillions of weapons (and a more complex weapon upgrade system) - I enjoyed it as a goofy fun shootbang game. ACiT also had more occasions where I felt like I was using a weapon not because it was the ideal time to use it, but just to get it leveled up; ToD's dual-upgrade system (you upgraded weapons with experience *and* you upgraded weapons by dumping currency into them) was a good way to make sure you were never forced to use a weak weapon until it became usable.
I dunno. R&C has always been a great franchise regardless (aside from some of its recent non-traditional side games). I'm super excited for this return to form.
A Crack in Time is absolutely the most polished and well-balanced Ratchet & Clank game - every weapon has a distinct purpose from the others and remains useful for the entire game (exceptions made for the RYNO, of course, which pretty much makes half of your arsenal obsolete by virtue of being intentionally overpowered). The entire game design is absolutely lovely and fleshed-out.
Tools of Destruction is a good bit jankier (I fell through levels several times, much of it feels a good bit more sterile, and so on), but I found that game to be more *fun* than A Crack in Time even though I think ACiT is clearly the *better* game. It's probably because ToD has bazillions of weapons (and a more complex weapon upgrade system) - I enjoyed it as a goofy fun shootbang game. ACiT also had more occasions where I felt like I was using a weapon not because it was the ideal time to use it, but just to get it leveled up; ToD's dual-upgrade system (you upgraded weapons with experience *and* you upgraded weapons by dumping currency into them) was a good way to make sure you were never forced to use a weak weapon until it became usable.
I dunno. R&C has always been a great franchise regardless (aside from some of its recent non-traditional side games). I'm super excited for this return to form.
Bronetta
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injurai is.
This game is going back to the 'good old' R&C games like ToD and ACiT. Neither A4O or FFA are 'shit' games in any objective view, A4O has a different audience, and FFA is a fun but short romp with a bad online component. They maybe aren't as good but Nexus is meant to 'fix' that.
Other than 30 FPS, which has been done to death, what have your heard about this game do you not like? Because I've heard nothing but good things (You could argue it would be nice if the game was longer but eh)
Yeah so I was lurking and realized I am now unbanned...
anyways I'm busy this week so I won't be starting it until Saturday. That seems fine for the other launch zones so I apologize to all the AU players.
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
Damn I thought this was pushed back to Nov 22???
Now it's going to compete with Burial at Sea and my impending PS4 launch anxiety.
Now it's going to compete with Burial at Sea and my impending PS4 launch anxiety.
heh... hehe... *gulp*
It will be my second |OT| ever, first being the HD Trilogy Collection.
Miles Quaritch
Member
WHAT? This is bogus man, why do we have to wait 9 more days...what the hell, Insomniac.
We're PAL too...
Lordwindowlicker
Member
This game makes the horny.
eddfromtheriver
Banned
Ahem... ok...
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
honestly, I don't know all the reasons why various countries get it when. But NA was full speed ahead for next week, there was something in place with a retailer in Aus for today, and while technically the game slipped in some European countries, SCEE was able to preserve the date in most countries over there.
All a little crazy with all the stuff going on right now, but trying to get it into as many people's hands as soon as we can
Miles Quaritch
Member
Thanks for the reply, it's appreciated. I imagine it is pretty crazy but 9 days before the UK? Man....that's a hard pill to swallow. Ah well, gives me a reason to replay ACiT I guess. I just have to hope I don't encounter any spoilers over the next 9 days....
You know what would make up for AUS getting the game early...some Sunset Overdrive footage...
I don't know man, for people who care about 60fps, reading posts like yours pretending it's just useless crap is annoying as hell too.
I've come in terms with this game being 30fps, and I hope it's as good as the Future trilogy, but I also really hope they go back to 60fps some day, maybe on the PS4.
badcrumble
Member
The number one reason I am excited for this and why I find it impossible to become less excited about it (as that one poster said) is because the last time Insomniac dealt with a big backlash over one of their franchises (the fan reaction to Resistance 2), they delivered an absolutely fucking incredible game afterward (Resistance 3).
I'm not saying that incredibly aggressive fan backlashes are a good thing or that they're remotely fun for Insomniac to deal with - they're not - but when Insomniac needs to prove themselves and deliver a fun-as-hell game oriented toward their fans, they do it. I'm not worried. That kind of love note to the fans (rather than an attempt at expanding the audience) seems to be what Into the Nexus is all about.
I do hope they get to deliver the same sort of retort with Fuse at some point, but maybe the sort of thing we saw with R3 and that I hope to see with Into the Nexus can only happen with IPs funded by a platform holder and not with a third party publisher who is extremely aggressive about the bottom line like EA.
I'm not saying that incredibly aggressive fan backlashes are a good thing or that they're remotely fun for Insomniac to deal with - they're not - but when Insomniac needs to prove themselves and deliver a fun-as-hell game oriented toward their fans, they do it. I'm not worried. That kind of love note to the fans (rather than an attempt at expanding the audience) seems to be what Into the Nexus is all about.
I do hope they get to deliver the same sort of retort with Fuse at some point, but maybe the sort of thing we saw with R3 and that I hope to see with Into the Nexus can only happen with IPs funded by a platform holder and not with a third party publisher who is extremely aggressive about the bottom line like EA.
I dont think its useless crap, but in the last months it really feels like the only important thing for neogaf in a game is the FPS-count and nothing else.
It feels like every time I look into a thread there are just people posting sarcastic comments like a game would be a big pile of software crap when it is under 60FPS. Its not like I dont like smooth running games, I dont even have something against the people who prefer 60FPS games, but all these sarcastic oneliners are really annoying me.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Fuse's retort will be Sunset Overdrive.
Friday the 15th is correct, as per the official information from Insomniac.
What I saw was not at a public event, and thus, embargoed.
The reason the outcry against Ratchet going 30 fps is so large is that the series is popular in large part due to the previous games running at 60 fps. If the developer downgrades a key element of the series' gameplay to a severe degree, of course fans are going to be angry about at and are going to make their voices heard. You can bet that if Insomniac removed the strafing controls that have been in place since R&C2, fans would be mad about that as well.
SpideySenses
Member
Do we have any word if Quest for Booty is a limited time deal? The thing isn't even listed in my Amazon UK order.
More likely to get an iOS version than a Vita one that runs well.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
it's not like 30fps is a total downgrade, there are tons of graphical things we can do in place of that.
it's a tradeoff. We think it was worth it. You can decide when you see and play it
badcrumble
Member
Yeah, agreed (and it's funded by a platform holder, so hopefully that means Insomniac will feel comfortable taking risks - the trailer certainly looks interesting and fun rather than mass-market pandering to me).
You also italicized the word 'retort' and now I'm feeling bad about my word choice. :'( :'(
TheSpaceBetween
Member
Can't wait to play this next week! Fingers crossed that the next game is a full, proper Ratchet for PS4.
Obviously lots of Ratchet fans don't agree with you. The negative reaction to All 4 One should have clued you in.
RPGCrazied
Member
Does this have space missions and exploring? One of my favorite things to do in Crack in Time. So its a little shorter. I'm guessing 5 hours in length?
HeroesInAHalfShell
Neo Member
Can't wait to play this next week. And I never got the chance to play Quest for Booty so this is a dream package for me 
£16.60 if you managed to get your order in as soon as the listing went up
High-five! o/
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
I don't think people's reactions to A41 had much to do with the frame rate.