Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction

Photobucket

Mission

While on a much needed vacation, Ratchet and Clank's rest and relaxation time is suddenly cut short as they soon find themselves lured into a mysterious quest. Following the trail of a kidnapped girl, Ratchet and Clank rediscover a forgotten race of genius inventors known as the Technomites. They soon uncover a plot more dangerous than they could have imagined.

Gamer Reviews:

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Future) is the fifth game in the long running series which encompasses three PS2 games and one PSP game. With the move to the PS3 the series gains significant graphical polish as well as some new mini-games influenced by the Sixaxis controller. Obviously that graphical polish will be a little underwhelming if you don't have an HDTV. I played the game through on my 50" Sony SXRD with 1080p functionality and it looked fantastic even if the game itself is rendered in 720p.

Ratchet and Clank TOD is a great game. It's lots of fun. Each level is interesting and has it's own challenges. For those who want more, there are a lot of things to pursue (golden bolts, hologram parts, etc.). The graphics are excellent and produces a full HD (1080) image. Not only that, it's absolutely fantastic to see all that is going on in the background. This game takes full advantage of the power of the PS3 in a way that no other game does! Not only that, but my kids enjoy the game and there's nothing that I find offensive in it that would worry me to have little ears hear. My only issue with the game is that it seems a little short, and it was a little on the easy side. But that also makes it a little more fun and relaxed. Also, the kids can play it without much of a problem. The nice thing is that once you complete the game, it gives you the opportunity to play it all over again with all of your upgraded weapons and the enemies are more difficult. You can, at that time, make any upgrades that you didn't make before, and you can buy the "Omega series" of 3 or 4 weapons for low low payment of millions of bolts. But you also have the advantage of a "bolt multiplier". When you defeat enemies without getting hit, your bolt multiplier increases. That makes it easier to afford the millions of bolts prices. Regardless, it's a great game, lots of fun, and really playable more than once. I give it 5 stars!