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Very Fun Platformer.
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User
I love the ratchet and clank series because the weapons are sweet,the story rocks,controls are easy,difficulty gets increasingly difficult as you go on,and the game is funny.The story starts off as you,Ratchet,fixing a ship.You are on your homeworld Veldin when you see ship crash to the surface.You go explore and find Clank,a small robot.When he tells you he can get you off the planet you are thrilled.The story takes off from there.
As you are on your adventure you collect Bolts that pay for some of your guns and ammo.To aquire Bolts you can do 4 things:Kill an enemy,destroy boxes,participate in hoverboard races,or collect them as you see them.
On every planet there are Gold Bolts that help you aquire gold weapons(More on them later).
The weapons are funny as well as deadly.There is a Blaster,Pyrocerator(flamethrower),R.Y.N.O.(Rip Ya a New One),Suck Cannon(Sucks up small enemies to be shot at other enemies,a Morph-o-Ray,and many others.There are also gadgets that help you in your journey.There is the Swing Shot that allows you to swing through marked areas,a Hydrodisplacer that allows you to suck up water from certain nozzles as well as place water in certain nozzles,and a gadget that allows you to open otherwise unaccsesible areas.
The planets are nice sized with many surprises like Gold Bolts,weapons and Skill Points.Skill Points come into affect after you win the game.You can choose to replay the game with all your weapons and bolts and if you do you can get skill points by completing certain hidden tasks that you must do by either using the strategy guide,or decoding the title of the skill point.
Clank upgrades are awesome.You can have a Helo-Pack which allows you to glide across gaps easier,a thruster-pack which is an upgraded Helo-Pack,and a pack that allows you to swim very fast underwater.Helmets are also cool.One allows you to breathe in space or underwater,another allows you to pilot enemy fighters(in certain missions only),and one allows a sandmouse(A floating robot with machine guns)to accompany you for a short time.
Missions are fun and varying and help ease the story along.All missions happen for a purpose.There are no worthless missions that are there for no reason which is good.Plus some missions allow you to play as Clank!
Now on to the bad.When selecting a weapon the game doesn't pause time so you are completely vulnerable when selecting a weapon.Also you must choose to use gadget from the inventory screen instead of letting you press a button to do so.Those are my only complaints.Go out and get yourself a fantastic platformer and read reveiws on Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal if you like this one!
A revolution in third-person shooters
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User
Before Ratchet and Clank, the majority of "toon" third-person adventure games followed the same pattern: perform stupid tasks for NPCs to collect Stars or Shines or whatever, collect huge piles of items that don't serve any actual purpose, and exhaustively explore giant levels filled with nothing. Your protagonist either rarely or never spoke.
Ratchet and Clank provides you with sensible missions. The only thing you "collect" is money and occasional secrets. Ratchet and Clank are active participants in their adventure, and have character, motivations and goals.
And need I mention that instead of jumping on things' heads you get to blow them away with a huge arsenal of fascinating weapons, ranging from a Han Solo-style blaster pistol to an armed inflatable decoy?
If you're looking for a "toon" shooter or platformer that lives up to the promise of being an interactive cartoon with a wicked sense of humor, providing great gameplay and a memorable plot and characters, you've found it.
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