Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time First Review, Demos and New Videos

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As many of you know, things are heating up here as we’re approaching the launch of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time for PS3 next week! Today IGN ran the first review of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time and you can check it out here.

Also to celebrate the launch, you’ve been invited to Insomniac Games’ Community Day as well as the PlayStation Home space for Ratchet & Clank. We’ve even dropped the price of Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty!

And the hits keep coming, as I’m happy to announce today that this Thursday on the PlayStation Store, you’ll be able to download the first of TWO Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time demos and we’re inviting you to check out the Clank Demo.

In this demo, you’ll take get to take control of Clank as he explores the Great Clock learning more about his past and his new time-based abilities that you’ll need to utilize to solve puzzles and defeat some of Dr. Nefarious’ minions. This is some brand new gameplay that Insomniac Games is introducing to the series and we all hope you enjoy it!

Details on the second demo, the Ratchet Demo, will be coming in the next few days, so keep an eye out! In the meantime, check out these sweet videos showing off some of Ratchet’s new arsenal and giving you more information about the Constructo line of weapons!

And this week, Insomniac Games Creative Director Brian Allgeier will be stopping by PlayStation.Blog for a PlayStation Eye Chat. So make sure to ask your questions in the comments section!

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  • Did you guys choose a more bada** image for Ratchet?
    He always looks mad…
    (probably because clank is gone)

  • Is the game rendered in 1080p?

  • Buying it day 1.

    I know you guys have said numerous times that trophies are out of the question for Tools of Destruction, but PLEASE consider it! PLEASE!

  • 9,0 by IGN! NICE WORK!

  • Ratchet Demo should of been first :(
    The Clank section’s are the weakest part of R&C for me.

    • Don\’t knock it \’till you try it! Insomniac\’s paid close attention to feedback and so far the reception has been very positive to the new Clank stuff!

  • I’m interested in getting this game but I’ve never played any of the earlier Ratchets. If I just pick up Tools Of Destruction first will I understand the story or should I play the earlier gams too?

    • You don\’t need to have the other titles, but we\’d like you to get them ;-)

      We\’d definitely recommend ToD and Quest for Booty to get the full picture, but in either case you\’ll get the story.

  • I can’t wait, I already have this pre-ordered, looks like I’ll be playing Uncharted 2 until then.

  • Tried this game at futureshop, while buying a PS3 Slim… AWESOMENESS

  • How come you guys haven’t done online multiplayer? I remember back then Rachet & Clank: Up your arsenal had it and it was fun!

  • Looks like time’s runnin out (pun intended) for me to beat ToD and Quest for Booty before this gobbles me up.

  • If you’d love for us to try the two previous PS3 games, please add trophies to them. It is seriously the only thing that kept me from picking up Tools of Destruction last week when I was out to pick up Afrika and Brutal Legend.

  • Sorry for a second post, just wondering if anybody can point out where I can offer suggestions for blog features or stories?

    Also, I totally agree with #61. Trophy support for the original Tools and Quest would be really nice, though I’m much less devoted to my player level compared to others ;)

  • definitely getting this next week, can’t wait to see what kind of trophy’s you come up with

  • I myself hope to get plenty of hands on during the community day this friday for those who are going see you there and for those who aren’t, well…I will gleefully rub it in upon my return….bwaaaaahahahahaha………………
    ha.

  • WHAT THE HELL, Please try to space out these amazing games…my wallet is thinning :)

  • How much is Quest for Booty? Is there gonna be a sale?

  • Will there a spin-off of this series/franchises once R&C: ACiT is being released by next week…???

    Aye or Nay?

  • @Cristian
    thanks for the reply. Don’t worry, I’ll probably pick up the originals I just wasn’t sure if I’d ned to play the whole catalog before hand

  • to bad that i got fired last friday, no more games for me :'(

  • I love this game franchise can’t wait.

    Also, just wondering…
    when it HOME going to be fixed?

    I am STILL unable to log on since the update!
    It freezes the entire PS3 every time I try to log onto home.
    Freezes during initialization process…

    Please reply to this so I can know what is going on.

    And…I don’t care if this is the incorrect place to ask…if the blog was designed better with places to ask questions, then I would post there.
    Since I cannot…please give me an answer.
    I have invested a lot of time an money into Home and I find it unfair that I should be afraid to update.
    FIX IT!

    • I\’m just going to cut and paste a reply from one of our earlier blogs:

      We have received reports from users regarding difficulties logging into PlayStation Home. We want to assure you that our development team is working diligently to address these issues, and we thank you for your patience and understanding in the meantime. There are short term workarounds that you may employ to gain access to the service, which we have detailed in this forums post: http://tinyurl.com/yh99myd

  • And fix the blog to allow a preview/edit option!

    I mean seriously…why has this not been done already???!!!

  • What type of surround sound does this game support? 7.1, by chance?

  • i cant wait , already beaten Uncharted 2 , just started on Demons Souls and im almost there on Motorstorm Arctic Edge , next week is Ratchet’s time !!!!!

  • wasnt really interested in this series on ps2… happened to get ToD free with my PS3 a couple years ago and was pleasantly surprised.

    Just got FIFA 10, Uncharted 2 and preordered MW2… so this one will wait. Excited for demo

  • can’t wait to play demos. Played the ratchet demo at wallmart

  • @10 lol me 2
    I’m broke lol, I havent bought a game since street fighter iv lol. Still need to pick up Batman: AA, This game, Uncharted 2 and later Modern Warfare 2, and the God of War collection. Good thing other games i wanted got delay lol. :)

  • Awesome! Then I’m definitely getting Quest for Booty. Thanks!

  • Brought Tools of Destruction and Quest for booty. Look forward to playing this!

  • Hi there, I just want to know *only* 1 thing from the game’s sequel.

    Is this game going to be the final instalment chapter of ‘finding Clank serie’?

  • Cool!

    I never finished Tool of Destruction… UGH

  • Pre-order R&C Future: A Crack in Time – $56.49
    Family sized bag of Cheetos – $3.99
    6 Bottles of Orange Crush – $4.99

    Having time to cause absolute chaos and total destruction using the RYNO V – Priceless

    Thank you Insomniac…thank you

  • mister1337 is still appalled by your lack of Dissidia.

  • Insomniac Games how dose it feel to release 4 awesome games in 4 years ?

  • Ugh! Why did I have to find a cavity on my wisdom tooth! I had to cancel my pre-order *sobs*. Don’t worry guys at Insomniac, I’ll buy this game ASAP! Still Looking forward to it!

  • I hope there’s not “too much variety” :P

  • This game looks AMAZING!!! I can’t wait! I’m out of town right now, but when I get back on the 28th, I’m going straight from the airport to get this and Uncharted 2. Good times ahead!!!

  • Just read the ign review, the end said graphics were not as mind boggling as the photo realistic Uncharted 2. PLEEEEEEASE don’t listen to them. I see photo realistic art every single day. Why create a world that looks exactly like ours when you can create whatever you want? It’s a goofy cartoony world that is unique not realistic movements, they are just copying real life.

    That’s not to dog the style of Uncharted 2 too much, it’s kind of an apples/oranges thing. And then it comes down to preference, and I have always prefered the cartoony look of R&C.

    But yeah, I’ll still get Resistance.

  • @45

    Um….it isn’t sexist … its funny. Both the man AND the woman come off as idiots. Did you complain that the $299 ad ONLY had a male blogger looking like a jerk? Gaming is supposed to be FUN.

  • I want the Ratchet demo first. Please?

  • dam i need money………

  • Thank you thank you thank you! Can’t wait for the demos!

    This is already a day one purchase for me =D

  • That animation in the constructo trailer was great. It reminded me so much of Ren and Stimpy. It wasn’t made by John Kricfalusi was it?

  • There are so many games coming out on the 27th… but I’m a fan of this series, eventhough I haven’t played them all, hell I haven’t even beat one (due to my PS2 breaking down twice and having to play it on someone else’s system) but this it going to be a buy for me. Gotta line Insomniac’s pockets so we can get a stellar Resistance 3, right?!

    Seriously though, I’m having trouble getting through Demon’s Souls and Uncharted 2, let alone when I go to buy Brutal Legend and Borderlands tomorrow.. then Ratchet & Clank, Tekken 6, DJ Hero and Fairytale Fights all in one week. Not that I’ll be dropping the $120 on DJ Hero but it looks pretty cool. Screw Activision and, more specifically, Bobby Kotick.

  • My PS3 has broken down due to faulty hardware. My Blu-ray drive has stopped working and while updating the firmware it now freezes halfway through every time in an endless loop…. restarts and freeze. The error message says contact technical support but technical support only tells me that I have to pay $150 to get it fixed. Only a few monthes out of warrenty.

    I hope that the ps3 slim will drop in price now that the 120GB is coming out and hopefully you wont just charge more than $300 for the 120GB. If that happens and there is no price drop I am done with sony and will not buy another ps3 now or ever. I am not going to waste more of my money. I miss being able to enjoy games at my own conveniance but now that has been taken from and its not worth $300 just to maintain that. I think sony should take care of me, take my ps3 plus $100 and send me a new freaking one… that will not lose you revenue and you can actually make more money as I will start buying games again.

  • This game should’ve definitely added multiplayer, it would’ve been fun.

  • Boo on the 720p. The system has been out for 3 years now and there’s still only a handful of full-length games available that are rendered in 1080p. All the exclusives should be in 1080p. This isn’t too much to ask for considering it was one of the major selling points for the system when it first came out.

  • This series is stale as day old bread. Ditch this crap and Resistance and make something worth my $60 Insomniac.

  • I would have bought Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty if it had trophies.

  • horrible horrible game. but its got good storyline i guess.

  • Wow you guys should stop winging about the clank parts. Go read the reviews all of them are saying that the clank parts are great.

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