| Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3) |
| Written by Gérard | |
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ToD is the latest entry in the long running Ratchet and Clank series for various Playstation brand platforms. This latest incarnation has been out for Playstation 3 since December 2007.
In this installment, we see the Fox-like protatgonist and his robot sidekick faced with emperor Percival Persiae’s plans to take over the galaxy and rid it of the Lombax race, of which Ratchet is the last known survivor, for good. As an 3rd person action-adventure platformer, ToD fulfills its goals rather well. A nice amount of in-game mechanics make sure that the game always has the ability to surprise you even in the later stages. You will mainly be fighting Percival’s troops, a horde of robotic commandos, controlled by watertank dwelling goldfish look-a-likes. One their metallic bodies are destroyed they’re organic leftovers flop around like fish out of water waiting for a mercy-kill. Other opponents include Pirates, and the Fauna of some inhospitable Alien worlds. On your way, you will learn more about the Lombax race as well as a race of robotic fairies that are constantly evolving Clank. Interestingly, this leads to you controlling the small robot on a number of occasions which creates a nice change in the gameplay again.Where ToD excells is in the humour department. The cutscenes are very funny but the in-game dialogue, character design and first and foremost, Mr. Zurkon a weapon you obtain later on had us holding our tummies with laughter. The arsenal at your disposal is an enormous one and ranges from your basis fireball-gun, over flamethrowers, shuriken- and rocketlaunchers, Laserweapons to grenades, energy whips and the awesome Groovitron, a discoball that makes all your opponents dance one the spot, giving you time to pick them off. The downside to the game might be twofold. One, the game is perhaps a bit too easy even if Boss-battles are cranking up the difficulty every now and again, the sheer amount of lackeys thrown at you are easily enough dispatched with the vast number of weapons at your disposal. Two there is no multiplayer for this, yet. For a „next“ generation game it seems somewhat odd that there is no multiplayer, even as an added bonus.All in all though these negative sides are part of what makes Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction the fun game it is. A Solid 8/10 |
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| Last Updated ( Monday, 28 January 2008 ) |