Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction Review
Platform: PS3
Developer: Insomniac Games
Publisher: SCEA
Genre: Platform/Shooter
Mode: Single Player
History
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction is the successor to the quirky and fun filled adventures of Ratchet, the last of the Lombax race, and his metallic side-kick Clank. The previous installments had received positive reviews from many respectable gaming sites and this had been one of the most awaited titles for the PlayStation 3 this year by many gamers.
Story
Ratchet and Clank are on vacation in Metropolis when they are given a distress call by Captain Qwark claiming that the city was being attacked by an unknown robotic space armada. Later it is known that the target of the invasion was Ratchet himself as he is the last of the long lost race of Lombax. Another sole survivor of a race called Crag-Mites is leading the invasion who is the self proclaimed Emperor Percival Techyon. The Lombaxes had got rid of the Crag-Mites with help of a special secretive technology and Tachyon is trying to find it by combing out the galaxy, to bring the Crag-Mites back. And so Rachet and Clank gets on their recently fixed motor-cycle to save the universe from the ever impending doom of the returning Crag-Mites, and hilarity ensues.
Gameplay
Like the previous installments of the series you play most of the game as Ratchet and some amounts as Clank. Ratchet is armed with a large arsenal of weapons most of which are pretty useless when it comes to the latter part of the game but still fun to use. Groovitron is an example of this factor as when you throw a disco ball at your enemies they obviously (note the sarcasm?) starts dancing so it would be easy for you to take them out. There are still other weapons such as the RYNO IV (Hint: Collect all HOLO Plans) which kicks serious amounts of ass in one go so it isn’t all fun and games, most of the time.
While Ratchet and Clank are not kicking alien asses they are skating on rails, dancing with pirates, solving ball puzzles and taking a ride on the Gyro-Cycle as well as collecting hidden Golden Bolts (Hint: Explore all the levels, very rewarding) to unlock various cool stuff throughout the game. There is so much variety in the game that you would never ever feel that it is getting repetitive or that this game is a generic platformer or shooter.
Graphics
Now this is where the game kicks more amount of ass than Ratchet does with those helmet-filled brains. The worlds are gorgeous; it feels like you’re in a PIXAR movie, but in this case you get to control your characters. Now isn’t that cool? And it can only happen with the power of the next generation consoles, this being the PS3 of course. W00t!
Final Impressions
Truthfully when I bought this game for my younger brother I never thought that I would play this, I thought this was just a game for kids, silly me. But when I saw him play this game and Ratchet kicking major amounts of ass (yes I like saying that a lot :D) I knew I had to play this game! It was so much fun exploring the worlds to find the gold bolts, and the holo plans to unlock the final weapon that I could not put the game down for one second. Kind of disappointed that the game ended but it had a great ending and I can’t wait till the next game comes out, till then I’m going to satisfy my Platformer thirst with Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters for the PSP.
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Side-note: No penguins have been harmed while making this review.
