Ratchet and clank a crack in time release date crack#

Ratchet and clank a crack in time release date crack#

I must say I was a bit disappointed with the arsenal in A Crack in Time, having been spoiled in Tools of Destruction. In addition, Ratchet gets to play with all the awesome gadgets. Though we learn quite a bit about Clank's background, even more is once again revealed about Ratchet's storyline. Suffice it to say that the complexity ramps up quickly, allowing you to have multiple instances of yourself, which will have you scratching your noggin' in no time.įor all this expansion of Clank's role, Ratchet still has a huge part to play. The basic puzzle is telling your past self to go press a switch to open a door, and allowing 'present' Clank to then go through it. As a side note, the virtual training grounds where you're taught the mechanics of the Chronoscepter are visually impressive, featuring blue platforms that come together as you walk in an endless plane of white.Ĭlank also gets to take the player though a second new class of puzzles, one where Clank can perform actions and go back in time to do something else in the presence of his 'past' self. In a less graphic display, this effect works on the usual bolt boxes too. While this is often used for a whole new class of puzzles, it's often entertaining and hilarious to throw it at enemies, bash their head in, and watch the splatter slowly disperse. The genius part is that this thing can also throw time grenades, which displace a sphere of distorted spacetime where everything moves extra slowly.

Given to you by the junior caretaker of The Great Clock, this wand-like thing has the power to reverse time, effectively fixing all those things lying around the place that Ratchet would normally bash to bits for bolts.

Despite the fact that Ratchet still claims a larger portion of the gameplay, Clank gets a lot more screen time than ever before (except perhaps in Secret Agent Clank) and has control of the most innovative features of this game. From the very beginning of the game, Clank will get his own parallel timeline and will find his own way to kick some cragmite. However, Clank has found some gusto in his metallic underbelly and won't be taking it lying down. In past titles, that would be all and well. So, given that less-than-simple setup, Ratchet must obviously find and save Clank before Nefarious achieves his goal. Should the machine fall into the wrong hands, it could be used to alter time and eventually cause the universe to rip itself apart. Nefarious plans to use Clank to gain control of The Great Clock, a massive structure built by Orvus (Clank's father) at the centre of the universe to repair rips in the spacetime continuum that have been caused by an abuse of time travel technology. Nefarious (from Up Your Arsenal) to fix him.

The gist of it is that the mysterious Zoni have abducted Clank and have taken him to another galaxy, where he's been damaged. The story picks up from the end of Quest for Booty, though those who skipped that one will find that the opening cinematic fills in the small gap since Tools of Destruction. No one would dispute the fact that one of the series' strongest points is its well-crafted plot.

The answer to these questions and more follows, fellow sidekicks. The real question in my mind, following last summer's PSN release of A Quest for Booty, is whether Clank will once again be at the forefront of the storyline. The latest title, A Crack in Time, has fans of the franchise everywhere wondering what zany weapons has Insomniac dreamed up this time. Ratchet and Clank have returned to the PlayStation 3 in an all-new adventure.