Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Insomniac takes its greatest successful series of last console generation into the new next-gen console with "Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction". The game will take us to a long travel to far planets and galaxies searching for answers to the questions that we’ll wonder after the invasion of the evil Tachyon on the Metropolis planet.
GAMEPLAY
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction doesn’t separate from the platform genre unlike its predecessors, but it introduces news and ideas that makes this title funny and various. As the title "Tools of Destruction " we’re having a really wide arsenal at our disposal, the choice of the guns to be used will change from the enemy we’re going to face but moreover from their strength, in fact we’ll often be fighting hordes of armored monsters and the choice of the best gun can save our life. Guns have got a “level”, and the more we’ll use a determined gun, the upper its level will go and so, its power ill increase, guns, costumes and strengthening can be bought by non-playing characters we can find on our road. Opposing the phases we’re going to use Ratchet for most of the story, there will be moments we’ll need to use Clank. In these moments we’ll have to help Clank find and solve little enigmas we’ll need to continue the game. The usage of SIXASIS is implemented in a funny way, as in some parts of the game we’ll have to open doors by making a little metal ball roll along a printed track, which you can incline by using the pad, to take electricity from one point of another of the circuit by uniting with the ball the broken points, or in other moments where our hero is falling you’ll need it to avoid debris or even flying cars.
AUDIO
Ratchet & Clank hasn’t got an unforgettable soundtrack, but offers some funny and “bright” music on theme with surrounding environment. Dialogues between main characters and the sentences repeated by enemies when they see our hero are, instead, laughing. The game is fully translated and dubbed into Italian with a good interpretation by dubbers.
GRAPHIC
From the graphic point of view, Insomniac has really put all its knowledge, creating a really upsetting product. Saying that it looks like you’re watching PIXAR or DREAMWORKS movie is not exaggerate, the 60fps are constant and solid for the whole duration of the game, light effects are really wonderful, main characters and secondary ones are created with an almost maniacal featuring and the graphic engine which doesn’t show any difficult not even in the most “full” moments, with dozens of 3D objects moving on the screen, which has really something unbelievable. You can just find some little flaws in some textures not that detailed, but on the whole, we can see that what we can see is absolutely wonderful.
CONCLUSIONS
Developers really gave their own best by creating a really funny e various product, which is also involving and ironic. The difficulty level is well balanced, easier at the beginning, just to get players used at new controls and game functions, to then get on top with the ending Boss. A product for every age that can surely give you many playing hours (about 15) that you can long if you want to strengthen all the guns and discover all the secrets. |
FrancescoPontillo - 03/04/2008
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Title: Universe At War: Earth Assault
Platform: PC
Release date: January 2008
Genre: Strategy
Author: zsinger
Vote: 7.6
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Universe at War: Earth appears to be, at first sight, an attempt to deliver and old style RTS game, with some innovations. Petroglyph developers have introduced three new alien races, two of which never seen before in RTS gaming.
Plot
“And the earth stands on the brink of destruction…” it’s the year 2012 and the alien forces called The Hierarchy have descended upon the planet earth destroying everything in their path. As human force prepare for strikes back, a new mysterious alien force arrives: the Novus. Novus are sentient machines whose only will is to destroy their nemesis, The Hierarchy. .... |
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