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SneakySnake
29 Nov 2009, 12:06pm
Overall, i'd say this game was amazing. The graphix were much like R&C Future; TOD, so were most of the weapons, but the story was amazing.

You can play 3 modes: Easy (for nubs), Medium (for pro nubs), and Hard.
Once game is beaten you unlock Challenge mode (atleast I think I did, never really checked.)

I attempted playing on Hard, and found it not too difficult, only took me 14 hours to beat the game, and collected all Zoni's.


Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time in most PAL regions) is a platform (http://www.steamgamers.com/wiki/Platform_game)-shooter (http://www.steamgamers.com/wiki/Shooter_game) video game developed by Insomniac Games (http://www.steamgamers.com/wiki/Insomniac_Games) and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (http://www.steamgamers.com/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment). It is the sequel to Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (http://www.steamgamers.com/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank_Future:_Tools_of_Destruction) and Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (http://www.steamgamers.com/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank_Future:_Quest_for_Booty), and is the conclusion of the Future trilogy.[8] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-7) The game was released for PlayStation 3 (http://www.steamgamers.com/wiki/PlayStation_3) in North America on October 27, 2009,[1] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-usrelease-0) in Europe on November 4, 2009,[2] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-ukrelease-1) Australia on November 5, 2009[3] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-gamespy_home-2) and in the UK on November 6, 2009.[2] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-ukrelease-1)


Gameplay
A Crack in Time features gameplay mechanics new to the Ratchet & Clank series. One such mechanic involves the chronosceptor: a staff that Clank carries, which can slow time in the area when it is used, this device may also be used like ratchets wrench, to fight off enemies.[9] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-cvg-8) By using special "time pads", Clank can also record up to a minute of his actions and then a holographic Clank replays them, while the real Clank does something else. Up to four copies of Clank can be recorded at a time. These holographic Clanks can help to solve puzzles and defeat enemies.[10] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-9) In addition to gadgets like the swingshot and gravity boots from previous games,[11] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-gameinformer-10) Ratchet has a pair of hoverboots, allowing him to move more quickly around planets.[12] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-eurogamer-11)
In a noticeable departure from all previous games in the series, Ratchet can now fly his ship freely between planets on a two-dimensional ecliptic (http://www.steamgamers.com/wiki/Ecliptic) in various zones, [13] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-ign-12) going to small moons and completing optional challenges, earning special items such as Zoni, gold bolts, and weapon mods in the process.[12] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-eurogamer-11) The ship's blasters, missiles, and armor can also be upgraded by obtaining additional Zoni.
The game's weapons fall into three main categories, according to Game Informer (http://www.steamgamers.com/wiki/Game_Informer): shotgun, rocket, and machine gun.[11] (http://www.steamgamers.com/forum/#cite_note-gameinformer-10) Three of the weapons are "Constructo" weapons, which can be modified with a number of different "constructo mods" obtainable through side-quests and secret areas.



Plot

Continuing from the end of Quest for Booty, Clank has been abducted by the Zoni on behalf of the robot Dr. Nefarious, who is trying to discover the secret of "The Great Clock" from him. Nefarious finishes the necessary repairs he promised the Zoni, but before he can access Clank's memory banks, Clank is taken away by the Zoni, betraying Nefarious, and Nefarious' operating is disrupted by Ratchet and Captain Qwark. Nefarious escapes, but sets his troopers to seek out Ratchet while ordering his robotic butler Lawrence to find Clank.
Clank awakes to find himself at the Great Clock. Through the help of the robot Sigmund and devices that tap into his memory banks, Clank learns that the Great Clock was constructed by the scientist Orvus as a means to heal the universe caused through excessive time travel. A portion of Orvus still resides in Clank's memory banks, put there when Clank was constructed by Orvus, so that one day Clank would be able to take up the mantle of Caretaker of the Great Clock with the help of the Zoni. Clank learns how to operate the clock through additional information in his memory banks, including brief contact with the Plumber. However, as Clank attempts to fix various time streams, the Clock is attacked by Lawrence, and Clank is captured.
Meanwhile, Ratchet and Qwark keep ahead of Dr. Nefarious' forces. They learn of "the exile" that is also fighting Nefarious, and trace the being down to another Lombax, General Alister Azimuth. Azimuth tells Ratchet he knows of his parents, and that it was his fault that the Cragmite Emperor Percival Tachyon was able to come to power, having shared the Lombaxes' technical genius with him. When the Lombaxes left for another universe, Azimuth was forced to stay behind. As Ratchet, Azimuth, and Qwark stay ahead of Nefarious' troops, Azimuth informs Ratchet of the Great Clock, and that they may be able to use it to bring back the Lombaxes to this universe. After hearing of Clank's capture, they are able to free the robot. The group launches a stealth mission aboard Nefarious' base, but are eventually caught. Before launching Ratchet and Clank on an asteroid into deep space, Nefarious reveals that he plans to use the Great Clock to go back in time to foil the various heroes and allow he and other villains to rise to power. Ratchet and Clank's asteroid crashes into a near-by planet though the two are safe. They find a ship and return back to Nefarious to face him again before he can reach the Clock. They are able to defeat him, with Nefarious apparently destroyed in the explosion of his own ship, while Lawrence takes the escape pod. Just as the ship comes into impact with Nefarious's base, Azimuth comes to rescue Ratchet and Clank, as the duo run towards the ship, and manage to escape, with Nefarious ship destroying his base.
The group returns to the Great Clock, where Clank is ready to resume his duties. However, when Clank refuses to allow Azimuth to use the machine to bring back the Lombaxes, with Ratchet supporting him. Azimuth fires his weapon at Ratchet, knocking him over the edge of the Clock and apparently killing him. Clank locks himself in the Orvus chamber where the main Clock controls are located to prevent Azimuth from getting in, but then recalls the advice given to him by the Plumber, and uses the Clock to go back in time six minutes, where he is able to push Ratchet out of harm's way from Azimuth's blast. Azimuth uses the distraction to get into the Orvus chamber and fully activates the clock. Sigmund tries to stop him, but Azimuth over powers him, and blasts him away. As he and Ratchet fight, the chamber and Clock start to fall apart on them. Ratchet eventually gives the upper hand, and convinces Azimuth that the past is best left where it is and the Clock is not a time machine. Azimuth sees the error of his ways and agrees, and stays behind to help prevent the Clock's destruction, sacrificing himself in the process.
After the Zoni repair the chamber, Ratchet bids Clank a farewell, telling him "Take care of yourself." Clank, however, realizes that finding his own family means that he can't leave Ratchet, so Clank then promotes Sigmund to Senior Caretaker and rejoins Ratchet, leaving the two to soar into the stars for another adventure.
After the Credits, Captain Qwark is seen stuck on asteroid, with Snowball trying to eat him.



This game was too fun to stop playing, I stayed up till 2:00am this morning, got 5 hours of sleep, and continued playing.

Alot of reviews said Captain Qwark was "hilarious" in this game, I didn't find it really that amusing, except for when he was "Nurse Shannon", and when Snowball was trying to eat him.

The weapons in this game were very much like the past game, You got that blade gun, the disco ball, that pistol, shotgun, nades, etc. Even the RYHNO 5, but you have to collect all 10 pieces (fuck that).

Finding the Zoni's was hard as fuck, same goes for finding the weapon upgrades.

I would rate this game a 9/10, because the the few gltiches that pissed me off (pistol glitch, transporting glitch on DR.Nefarious' ship, etc.).

cjc153
11 Dec 2009, 08:53pm
I want this game for christmas, seems awesome. Ive heard nothing but good things from people. Would you call this one better than 3? Which is by far the best R and C.

Game Freak
13 Dec 2009, 01:17pm
The 3 is the best if ye ask me , it was epic , the guns , the story , the multiplayer , the epic boots ,

but this one is rlly good , 2nd best im stil playing on hard actually and it rlly isn't as hard as on 3
but the graphs are rlly good

i would give it 97%