Playstation Ratchet and Clank future details

[Chandoo]

source :

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=145346

- There will be spaceship battles, and they will return to the arcade style of the first game, rather than the wannabe Colony Wars/Wing Commander sequences of Going Commando.
- Rail gliding levels will be back for the first time since Going Commando. The article doesn't say if the rail gliding or spaceship sections will use motion control, although it would be nice.
- Competitive online multiplayer is in the air and may not be included. Online co-op is more likely, but not 100% confirmed.
- Captain Quark will return, and will be the only returning supporting character.
- Some new characters mentioned are Cronk, Zephyr and Willie, a trio of decrepit, outdated robots who each think they're superior to the other two. Cronk is quite proud of his Blu-ray technology, while Zephyr has advanced online connectivity and Willie spazes out and flails around battle. Willie was killed on their last mission.

 

[devilscallmedad]

The April issue is supposed to have the first screenshots

 

[Chandoo]

this will probably be the first really really really good platformer for the ps3

 

[devilscallmedad]

this will be actually the first platformer of next gen i think

 

[Chandoo]

i'd say zelta TP on the wii was sort of a platformer as well, unless you discount the wii from next gen.

 

[devilscallmedad]

zelda ain't a platformer, its an action game R&C will be the first next gen platformer if Bangoo 3 doesn't get released before that.

 

[devilscallmedad]

First Screenshots

 

[Chandoo]

more details from 1up's staff

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The game engine: This is all tech that developer Insomniac created themselves (which they adapted/refined from working on Resistance). So the folks who thought this was an engine that Insomniac borrowed from Naughty Dog (of Jak fame)--you're dead wrong.

The frame rate: In the demo we saw, the game ran at 45 frames per second (most next-gen games are still only doing 30), but Insomniac is shooting for the super-smooth 60. I suspect they'll make it since the game isn't due until this fall (the fact that Tools of Destruction is already running at 45 is pretty damn impressive).

The space combat: I mentioned this a bit in our cover story, but I really didn't go into much detail. Tools of Destruction will see the return of space combat, which to me felt very much like a Star Fox level. You're on rails, yet the backdrops were pretty damn amazing, as one section had Ratchet navigating through this enormous asteroid field (think Star Wars Episode II) while dodging enemy fire. I suspect you'll encounter this type of gameplay whenever you travel from planet to planet.

Ratchet's love interest: Well, maybe he has one. See, along the way Ratchet and Clank team up with a female lombax named Talwyn who's searching for her papa.

The environments: The screenshots in our cover story were all taken from the Kerchu City level (and just to reiterate--yes, the game really does look as good as those screenshots). But we also got to check out some other interesting backdrops, including:
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