Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
- Go aboard on a galactic adventure with gadget-building hero, Ratchet, and his brainy robotic sidekick, Clank
- Try to find an ancient device that is the key to preventing the return of an ancient, evil race of interdimensional aliens
- For some unknown reason the evil Cragmites despise Lombaxes of which Ratchet is the sole living survivor
- Ratchet and Clank must not only save the galaxy from annihilation, but also unravel the mystery of Ratchet’s origin
- New characters, new weapons, and all-new worlds to explore
Product Description
Ratchet & Clank: TOD PS3
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When I tried to install the game it says there was sufficient memory and bunged the install. Looked up this conundrum and the game’s creator says just delete or add 500mb of disk space. Since I don’t have any thing on the ps 3 except the OS am I supposed to wipe that out? Or maybe I am supposed to buy a flash guide and maybe that might fix this conundrum.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is a excellent game for younger kids, who delight in watching cartoons and cute small animals talking. But for grown-up more mature core gamers like me, it’s a small juvenile. There is no blood, no mature themes, no “adult situations” if you know what I mean.
So if you’re over 12, reflect twice before buying Ratchet & Clank.
Rating: 2 / 5
I have yet to be able to play this game. It comes from the manufacturer with a flawed code that does not allow it to load. I get a message telling me I have insufficient internal memory but I have a new 80G PS3! The 800 number operators told me to make memory by downloading demos then deleting them. This did not work and I have to to be able to play this game. Since no exchanges are allowed I do not recommend you buy this game
Rating: 1 / 5
I have the same problems as the other 1 star reviews. I have a groundbreaking new 80 G PS 3(bought in Oct 08). I receive an error saying I don’t have enough space to install the game when not anything else is on my machine with over 65 G of free space available! If you do buy it, just be warned that you may have not anything to show for your cash.
Rating: 1 / 5
I just bought this game recently and place several hours into it before deciding that it was not enough fun to continue playing.
The Excellent:
1. Graphics/Visuals (4/5)
This is really the strength of Tools of Destruction. Even at 720p, this game looks very impressive. No, it’s not like an interactive Pixar movie, but you could see why people might compare this to playing in a Dreamworks Animation movie. This game is just full of bright colored, smoothly animated objects/environments/characters, that it is really fun to just watch. The cut scenes are well made as well, and give a cinematic feel to the game. There are a lot of moving objects in the social class, especially in the cities, that give a vibrant and more realistic feel to the environments. Breaking boxes/containers is especially fun to watch (and hear).
2. Sound/Music (4/5)
The sound as well is brilliant. Splendid game music and sound effects that can really be appreciated if you have a decent 7.1 lecturer system. The sound of breaking/destroying objects/containers is splendid, and the effects when you pick up various objects/bonuses considerably add to the fun of this game.
Unfortunately, that’s where the excellent ends.
The Mediocre:
1. Tale/Acting (2.5/5)
Comparing this game to a generic animated film, like Ice Age or Pleased Feet would be understandble, but to compare this game to a Pixar movie is just ridiculous. You will not find Pixar quality writing in this game. The characters are not fascinatingly designed and the writing is not very humorous or gifted. Kind of like any non-Pixar animation studio movie, which is not to say that it is horrible, just mediocre, as one would expect from a video game of this type.
The Not So Excellent:
1. Gameplay (2/5)
Right, I did not end the game, and only played owing to the first few levels before I packed it up and sold it on the most well loved auction site. But, the gameplay left me rather bored after awhile. Initially, it was fun running around, hitting or shooting enemies, picking up objects, jumping up parapet, and sliding on rails/tracks (which thankfully are not accompanied by visual cues of which buttons to press while sliding, as in New and Heavenly Sword). But after awhile, it became extremely tedious and dull. From the beginning, this game plays as an arcade game, with non-stop hack and slash action. Not until you pass a couple of levels is there even a spot where you are not constantly fighting. The fighting, also, gets tiresome quickly. You can slash with your melee weapon or shoot a variety of guns/projectiles/etc. But you’ll find that it is far too simple to just use the same attack (slash attack when midair for a huge, circumferential attack) to kill all enemies in the first few stages.
2. Linearity (1/5)
This is a gameplay issue as well, but deserves its own section because it is so extremely linear that it significantly and negatively affects gameplay. This game basically is running/jumping/gliding from point A to point B and so on. You do not get a sense that this is a real world, but rather just a series of hiking trails in a variety of environments. This makes it simple to navigate yet extremely dull. Between the linear stages are cut scenes, that while nice, give you the feeling that you are watching an interactive movie where you can control the characters but that ultimately everything is following a pre-written script. There is zero free exploration in this game, essentially it is as open-finished a world as you would find in a classic 80s side-scrolling game.
3. Lack of anything to do but hack n’ slash (1/5)
Also a gameplay issue, but there is not anything to do in this game but endlessly hack n’ slash. No exploration, no real puzzle solving (at least in the first few levels), no figuring out what to do next. Just following the pre-scripted levels one tedious level after the next.
The Bottom Line:
Basically, this game has splendid presentation and production values, but the gameplay just flat out sucks. So dull unless you are the type of gamer who enjoys linear gameplay with mindless hacking and slashing. I would not recommend this game to anyone I know except as a demo to demonstrate the visual/audio capabilities of the PS3.
By and large rating is a 2/5 stars, because the brilliant presentation does not compensate for the extreme linearity and tedious nature of this game, which in the end, should be fun, not just fun to look at and listen to.
Rating: 2 / 5