Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart - Review
Just finished rift apart! It was a pretty fun game! I mean, it takes a lot for a game to hook me enough to where I'll play in excess of a couple hours a session (3 sessions, two of which were 6-7 hours and the last one being 4-5). I definitely enjoyed it :) minor issues aside, the gameplay itself was super solid and the story was good too! It still had a lot of charm and moments where I genuinely laughed, although there were some annoying over the top kind of things.
It is definitely a classic video game, if you have a ps5 for some reason I would highly suggest giving it a playthrough! There's no bullshit in it, just a good ol' game and it's really fun. I'd say I hope it comes to pc one day, but none of the other R&C games have so I wouldn't hold out for it. That's why I was happy to be able to play it on my friend's ps5.
It didn't feel as good as the first one did, and I think that might come down to the animation quality. It definitely has plenty of its own mechanics and the whole premise of the story is great too. The last game seems like it was a little bit bigger in scope while still being really tight, whereas this one is smaller in scope but still equally as tight. It definitely could not have been pulled off on the ps4 that's for sure, the switching between various worlds and dimensions happens super seamlessly and they're like COMPLETELY different scenes, really cool tech on display. It runs at 60fps too so that's nice :)
I actually didn't really use any of the wackier guns, just stuck with the classics because I wanted to go a little bit monkey mode.
The Clank and Glitch gameplay was done well enough, but unlike the first game I never felt particularly challenged by any of the puzzles. They were all pretty easy, the only time I got a little stuck was at the very end and it took me only a few minutes to figure out, and would have been even without NPCs giving me super blatant hints on what to do.
I gotta say I do actually like all of the new characters. They all seemed pretty worthy of being in the game. Glitch was pretty charming, and the counterparts to Ratchet and Clank, Rivet and Kit, were also pretty cool and unique enough to justify being their own characters instead of just a pallette swap. The only one I didn't like was Zurkon Jr, he was annoying as shit.
I think a 9/10 is a little too high, but maybe like an 8.9/10 is perfect. I had a really good time with it.
Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart - Review
I'm actually... Kind of sad it's over now. Unless I manage to get a PS5 for cheap somewhere somehow down the line for some reason I'll never be able to play it again.
I get that way with some other games when I 100% them. It's bittersweet, knowing a game was really good but also knowing that you've seen everything there is in it, and trying to replay it just isn't the game as the first time you experienced it.
That just goes to show that I think it is a really good game, though. If I owned a PS5 I would probably start playing the new game + mode and try to 100% complete it right away, but I know I wouldn't have enough time so I'm just gonna leave it at that. If I ever get to play again I'd be more than happy to replay it a bunch of times.