Ratchet & Clank
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Ratchet & Clank

Insomniac Games

2002•Shooter•PEGI 7•About 12 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurecomedyscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalmusic/dancerobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, expansive shooter: breakneck and glossy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

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About This Game

Ratchet & Clank is a 3D platform-adventure game featuring the protagonists Ratchet, a furry alien creature, and Clank, a small robot. The two travel across the galaxy in search of Captain Qwark and ultimately become involved in an effort to prevent a threat to the galaxy. The game follows conventions established by earlier 3D platform games such as Rayman, Sonic, and Mario while introducing its own mechanics and structure. Its levels consist of large environments with detailed buildings and distant areas that can often be reached and explored. The game also includes several gameplay sequences outside its standard platforming, including space combat and first-person turret sections resembling Missile Command. The game contains more than twenty levels, each set on a different planet, along with numerous real-time cutscenes that develop the story. Progression is partly non-linear, requiring...

Summary: IGDB

Story

On a fine day on the planet Veldin, a furry Lombax named Ratchet is working on his spaceship when a robot crash-lands near his home. Ratchet recovers the robot from the wreckage, naming him “Clank.” Clank shows Ratchet a recording of Chairman Drek of the Blarg race. In the recording, Drek explains that his home planet has become so polluted it is now uninhabitable. Drek’s solution is to build a new planet for his race by extracting areas from other planets! What’s worse is that Drek has developed a superweapon called the Deplanetizer, which will destroy Veldin to make room for his new planet....

Screenshots

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Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureComedyScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalMusic/danceRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

ExplorationMinigamesMascotDeathRobotsRun and gunSpaceshipFlight

Details

Developer
Insomniac Games
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Released
4 November 2002
Series
Ratchet & Clank
Platforms
PlayStation 2
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Time to beat
12h normally
Age rating
PEGI 7
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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