With so many of the 3D platformers of yesteryear confined to obscurity by the industry’s shift towards first-person-shooters and more action-oriented gameplay, it’s testament to the quality of Insomniac’s much loved platformerthat it has managed to live on successfully into the current generation, and withyet another release on the way, now is as good a time as any to, either reacquaint or introduce yourself with this rather fantastic franchise.Īnd I’m not just saying that in a purely nostalgic sense either. While all extremely playable, even by today’s standards, there is no doubting that each game shows a significant improvement over its predecessor. Like so many other collections of this type, it truly is amazing just how far Ratchet & Clank progressed over the course of their first three adventures.
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In the case of The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy, we get to see those initial links to the primary coloured platform boom of the mid to late nineties and the series’ humble beginnings as a traditional platformer through to its expansion as a series that, while always keeping true to its platforming roots, grew to incorporate design choices and gameplay from a raft of other genres. If there is one thing that the recent bout of HD trilogies are great for, it’s being able to chart the progression of an individual series over the duration of a console generation.