Product Reviews Net » Ratchet & Clank http://www.product-reviews.net Information on the latest gadgets, technology, news and product reviews Sun, 27 May 2012 08:13:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Patch 1.02 – list of changes http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/11/17/ratchet-clank-all-4-one-patch-1-02-list-of-changes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ratchet-clank-all-4-one-patch-1-02-list-of-changes http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/11/17/ratchet-clank-all-4-one-patch-1-02-list-of-changes/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:19:06 +0000 Jamie Pert http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=145231 If you have recently played Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One on your PlayStation 3 you will have noticed that a new title update for the game has been rolled out over the PlayStation Network, today we thought we would give you a quick run through of what changes this patch brings to the game.

According to this post on the Insomniac Games forums the patch is 23MB in size, therefore it shouldn’t take too long to install. Once installed you should notice that online stability should be improved and we are told that bandwidth optimizations have been made, also audio problems which occurred during Gorthon Crater segment should be fixed along with another issue with purchasing weapons when joining late to a game.

Some of our readers are self-confessed Trophy hunters, well Insomniac has revised some Trophy descriptions so that it should be easier to understand exactly you need to do to earn particular Trophies. The only change which will change gameplay relates to public games, apparently players will now be able to join public games in levels which they have not yet unlocked – are you happy with this change?

We are hearing some reports of problems post update, a member of the forums called “willynt” suggests that since installing the patch his game crashed twice in 20 minutes, whilst another gamer claims that the update has changed the taxi segment of the first level and it is now impossible to avoid damage. You can find out all about problems with this patch here, if you have experienced any issues since installing the update feel free to leave us a comment below.

Are you happy with the changes this update brings to All 4 One?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/11/17/ratchet-clank-all-4-one-patch-1-02-list-of-changes/feed/ 0 New Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One trailer – shows over-the-top weapons http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/07/30/new-ratchet-amp-clank-all-4-one-trailer-shows-over-the-top-weapons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-ratchet-amp-clank-all-4-one-trailer-shows-over-the-top-weapons http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/07/30/new-ratchet-amp-clank-all-4-one-trailer-shows-over-the-top-weapons/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:06:52 +0000 Jamie Pert http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=137945 Ratchet & Clank is one of a few select franchise survivors to have made it from the PS2 era of action-adventure games. Yet another Insomniac Games release that is hitting headlines today along with the start of the Resistance 3 multiplayer beta, is the new Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One trailer, we have embedded this trailer at the end of this post, below we talk about some of the exciting things the video reveals.

As with every Ratchet & Clank game, the incredible diversity and immense arsenal of available weapons is astounding. This is what the new series of trailers intends to show us, and with part one we get to see just some of the exaggerated, over the top weaponry that can turn our enemies into space dust.

First up, the Combuster. Nothing really fancy about this one apart from that it shoots spurts of yellow light-filled plasma at enemies. From the not-so-fancy to the damn-right ridiculous, the Darkstar Fission Tether is a beast in its own right. From what we can see, the Tether connects you all by an electic force which then also fires this lightning-styled thunderbolts at groups of enemies, meaning that you kill and damage more than one at once.

The Warmonger, on the other hand seems like a heavy weapons substitute, and looks as though it will be used to create much more damage at the penalty of not having a quick fire rate. Last but not least, the Thundersmack which acts a lot like the Combuster, but instead of yellow plasma, this fires blue thunderbolts to destroy enemies.

All in all, the reception that Ratchet & Clank seem to be getting with their latest outing; All 4 One, is mostly positive. The inclusion of four-player online co-operative gameplay is a sure-fire way of expanding the series, and will allow you to take control of the 4 in-game characters; Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Dr. Nefarious who will be once again ridding the world of evil in their rather unique and quirky way.

As for the games plot, main characters Ratchet, Clank, Captain Qwark and Doctor Nefarious find themselves in a machine known as the Creature Collector after a an evil plan set in motion by Nefarious backfires. You can find out more about the game from Wikipedia.

What are your first impressions of the weapons available in Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One? Will you be purchasing when the game gets a release on October 18 (US), October 20 (AUS) and October 21 (EU)?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/07/30/new-ratchet-amp-clank-all-4-one-trailer-shows-over-the-top-weapons/feed/ 0 Ratchet & Clank All 4 One: 3D PS3 Release Confirmed http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/03/14/ratchet-amp-clank-all-4-one-3d-ps3-release-confirmed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ratchet-amp-clank-all-4-one-3d-ps3-release-confirmed http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/03/14/ratchet-amp-clank-all-4-one-3d-ps3-release-confirmed/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:50:54 +0000 Jamie Pert http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=125244 Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One is set to be released this year on Playstation 3 and the big news on this one is that it has 3D graphics. Yes, we’ve seen 3D becoming alot more dominant in media these days and with the Nintendo 3DS release coming, it seems as if R&C developers Insomniac thought that 3D was the way forward for their platformer.

The game will support stereoscopic 3D visuals and by the looks of things will be exclusive to the PS3, however we wouldn’t be surprised if a Sony NGP spin-off is revealed in the future. At the time of this post no solid release date was known, however Wikipedia suggest that a Fall 2011 release is expected.

The new title in the series of Ratchet and Clank games will have a co-op mode which enables four players to drop in and out of games as they wish and all play on the same screen simultaneously. This is supposed to be the game’s big feature which may see fans flocking to the title or depending on the quality of multiplayer fleeing.

With 3D visuals and drop-in / drop-out multiplayer functionality it is clear that Insomniac are working hard on Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, let’s just hope it doesn’t disappointed. What do you think of the news that R&C is going 3D?

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