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PS2 | Adventure | Ratchet & Clank

Boxart for Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank 48 screen shots
  • GRAPHICS: 5.0
  • SOUND: 4.0
  • CONTROL: 4.0
  • FUN FACTOR 4.5
  • AVG USER SCORE 4.8
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 4.1
Winner of the GamePro Editor's Choice Award

First Look: Ratchet & Clank -E3 Preview

First Look by FENNECFOX | 05/20/2002 | 17:01:56 PM PST

The team behind Spyro the Dragon has unveiled its first PS2 project, an action/adventure with two very odd heroes.

The team behind Spyro the Dragon has unveiled its first PS2 project, an action/adventure with two very odd heroes. Ratchet is an alien mechanic with a yen to see the galaxy, but he's having some trouble getting his do-it-yourself rocket to take off. Enter Clank, a robot who crash-lands on Ratchet's planet while trying to escape from his evil creators. Both need each other's help to get where they want to go, so the two form an uneasy friendship and set off for high adventures in outer space.

Ratchet & Clank won't be just another platform collect-a-thon. Our heroes will use 35 weapons and tools to advance through the game, including grappling hooks, blasters and flamethrowers. These items will be available only in shops along the way, so you'll need to spend time defeating enemies and collecting money to acquire them all.

The game engine will borrow from RPGs and action/adventure games, allowing you to pursue whatever game path you feel like. Both Ratchet and Clank will be playable characters, and there will be a huge variety of locales for them to explore in each alien world. Insomniac Games is trying something very new with the genre; we'll see how its experiment turns out this holiday season.