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Ratchet & Clank Into the Nexus - Review Thread
- Thread starter Suzzopher
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What the fuck? Going Commando, Up Your Arsenal, and A Crack in Time are all incredibly fun, well-made games and among the best of their gens. Deadlocked is pretty underrated too even if it is different from typical R&C.
Yup. The media are obviously down on the game because it's "more of the same", but since we haven't had a traditional R&C game since ACiT that's a good thing. From everything I've seen and read about this game, this is what I've been craving for 4 years. That said, if Insomniac wants to focus on multiplatform projects (or no longer wants to do R&C) Sony could hand it off to another 3rd party developer or one of their internal teams. Sanzaru did an excellent job with Sly 4, for example.
I think that's already happened? The main R&C team hasn't worked on the series since ACiT, I believe a new team has been doing All 4 One, FFA, and now Nexus.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
:lol woops!
3rdamention
Member
Moving on from what?
Great post. I'm going to buy and play it for myself and I'm pretty sure I won't regret it. Every traditional R&C has been great and I'm sure this won't be any different. If you're going to let your opinion of the game be shaped by spinoffs, trend following shooters that have nothing to do with Ratchet, or some manchild-like emotions because they "betrayed" you by make a game for Microsoft, then that's your loss.
thanks
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
Didn't QfB get similar reviews?
They went on to deliver the masterpiece that is A Crack in Time afterwards, so I'm not too concerned.
They went on to deliver the masterpiece that is A Crack in Time afterwards, so I'm not too concerned.
This team is primarily made up of those studio veterans who have worked on Ratchet since the beginning.
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NoirVisage
Banned
I will reserve judgement until i see some of the boss monsters and the ARENA..for me its ALL about the ARENA!!
I'm here with you.
Only recently i finally got to play "Heavenly Sword" - game that is bashed universally like one of worst games on PS3 ever, but i enjoyed it quite a bit. Character of Kai and her missions were just so good that even final boss battle didn't ruin overall impression of game
Uno Venova
Banned
I feel like I'm missing something...no one gave it a bad score but edge yet right?
Black Door
Banned
I would love for them to give Ratchet some personality for once. Hate how he approaches everything from being talked to by girls, to facing down giant aliens, to being told his race will be completely annihilated with either dull surprise or mild annoyance
I think he means moving on to being a multiplatform dev.
TheRealTalker
Banned
Expected an 8 and 7 really (s̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶v̶i̶e̶w̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶h̶a̶r̶s̶h̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶p̶l̶a̶t̶f̶o̶r̶m̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶N̶i̶n̶t̶e̶n̶d̶o̶.... - Scratch That even Nintendo games at some point get the hammer since it isn't the next $$$$ game) Edge giving it a 5 is likely because it is a cheaper title compared to the budget of R&C ACIT... and it is a platformer
Doug Heffernan
Member
Ouch, rough but expected.
I'll just replay Crack in Time instead. Love that game.
I'll just replay Crack in Time instead. Love that game.
Black Door
Banned
Just buy those HD ports of 1-3 instead.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Both stopped caring, I think. Sony shouldn't have pushed for such regular releases, and Insomniac feel like they were just uncaringly shoving out games to fulfil a contract.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Insomniac Games has been losing it recently. Did a lot of core people leave recently or something?
I also like how Ratchet doesn't need to regain abilities. Hoverboots, swingshot, gravity boots, grind boots, etc - they add new things in each game while keeping the old from the get go.
Or I could just play the new one instead?
You can say that nonsense about any game series.
They didn't give it a bad score.
EDGE scale: 1-10
Most other publifications scales: 6-10
They've made some of the best PlayStation exclusives around. That's the truthfact. A Crack in Time is one of the best games of the generation, easily.
Henry Jones Jr
Member
I'm looking forward to getting it tomorrow. I just hope that it is at least better than FFA. Being better than A4O would be nice too.
I have not had a chance to read the reviews yet so I am not sure if this is the case here, but I find that most reviewers forget that game like this are not $60 when reviewing them. It often seems that $30-40 games like this and Puppeteer are measured against full $60 games. From listening to podcasts and such, people who are reviewing games, or just sharing their opinion about them, don't know how much the games cost, probably because they often don't have to pay for them.
I have not had a chance to read the reviews yet so I am not sure if this is the case here, but I find that most reviewers forget that game like this are not $60 when reviewing them. It often seems that $30-40 games like this and Puppeteer are measured against full $60 games. From listening to podcasts and such, people who are reviewing games, or just sharing their opinion about them, don't know how much the games cost, probably because they often don't have to pay for them.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Another rough Insomniac product. Man, they lost the plot a long time ago. 
TheRealTalker
Banned
so if your a R&C fan you'll like this game... great getting it either Tomorrow or on Wednesday
Colonel Nasty
Member
Insomniac probably shouldn't have two teams but people acting like they are bad is crazy. Resistance 1&3 were good to great and the first couple PS3 Ratchets are among the best PS3 exclusives. Franchise fatigue for all those involved is the problem here.
This is why Ratchet in the original game was my favorite depiction of him. He was more of an asshole wannabe hero that you didn't necessarily have to like and it made him pretty flawed. Then when Going Commando came along and James Arnold Taylor took over the honors of being Ratchet he felt a lot less excited about things.
I guess that's character development for you but I liked him having a lot more of a snarky edge to him that made him a bit easier to relate to if you were in his situation.
batman2million
Member
Well, scratch this game off the list.
this is the problem I have with metacritics and compiling scores in general. You really have to know your reviewer to come away with their intent.
Beck
Member
Here's Hardcore Gamer's review (3.5/5).
I really want to get into this series one of these days, but it seems like it's slowly slipping.
I really want to get into this series one of these days, but it seems like it's slowly slipping.
This is true, people had some serios blinders on during the PS1-PS2 days but their problems only got exacerbated with the jump to next gen.
Opinions. They've never been able to make good combat encounters, having complex level design, or been able write humor very well. Their biggest claim to famw is 'look at our wacky weapons' which offer no real strategy or enjoyment or emergent gameplay. The signature weapons (like the Winter themed weapon in this one) are all a bunch of 1 dimensional gimmicks. The puzzles have always had the complexity of a being made for a 2 year old on top of that.
Jim's review at The Escapist.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...s/10731-Ratchet-Clank-Into-the-Nexus-Review.2
4/5
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/art...s/10731-Ratchet-Clank-Into-the-Nexus-Review.2
4/5
WrenchNinja
Member
IHaveCandy
Banned
Are you going to argue that Going Commando and A Crack in Time were not better than the original?