Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Review

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3 min readJun 24, 2021

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Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Review

No doubt the first name that comes to mind when you say Platform games will be Super Mario. Many of us have helped them in the adventure of two plumber taps to save the Princess. Of course platform games are not limited only to Mario. Sonic, Giana Sisters, Prince of Persia are among the memorable names. In the years when the platform genre began to meet 3B, there was such a memorable masterpiece as Crash. When the PS2 was first released, Sony introduced us to Ratchet & Clank, which will make its name.

Ratchet is different this time

Ratchet and Clank have been celebrating our consoles with many versions over the past time. The Last of the series is titled Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (R&C for short). The production has a standalone script and has a gameplay time of about 11 hours. Our heroes live in parallel universes, whatever their destiny is.

The story can play on different planets. As Ratchet struggles to illuminate his past, he fights against evil forces trying to take possession of the planet with his life story, which is interesting and somewhat emotional in Clank.

On racthet’s planet, we play as classic TPS. Clank’s planet passes through different galaxies and deep space. To save the script from uniformity, we can go to any galaxy on Clank’s planet. So we have a chance to move on in different ways. Collected objects and creatures we kill allow us to level up automatically or on demand. The level jump applies to our character and the vehicles we use. The importance of creatures called Zonie is revealed at this point that they Level Up ratchet’s spaceship and allow interplanetary travel. The variety and development of weapons make it easy for us. In addition to the weapons you remember from the old versions, newly designed ones have been added. Some of these weapons are even reportedly designed by Rachet & Clank fans.

I’m in trouble with puzzles.

Ratchet & Clank has an arena section that will challenge you. I can advise you to play here. As I mentioned above, construction becomes more difficult when interplanetary transitions begin. The Arena section helps you with these difficulty levels. Another element that appears in Crack in Time is puzzles. With Ratchet, we deal with puzzles such as finding a number of objects and taking them to specific locations as we move more weapon-based. As we continue with Clank, we engage in more puzzle-oriented and sometimes exciting challenges. Puzzles are well thought out and designed in the form of small games based on intelligence.

It is possible to say that R&C has been successful compared to other games in the series. In some places we encounter camera errors, but it’s not too disturbing. The graphics and physics engine used in the construction has been improved more successfully with each new version. Graphics and character drawings are pleasing to the eye.

What planet should I go to now?

Sounds pretty good. Beautiful vocalizations since previous series attract attention in a Crack in time. Although we can’t say the same words about the dialogues, the music playing in the background is at a level that will allow you to pass through the game. As a result, if you like the platform genre and have not played the other Ratchet & Clank series before, I can recommend that you get acquainted with this fun game as soon as possible.

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