Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is just a few short weeks away, and as with any intelligent life in the galaxy, we're super excited. It's a good thing Insomniac Games keeps putting out new screenshots and videos to keep us going, then. The latest trailer for the PlayStation 5 exclusive is embedded above, and it's an overview of sorts that explains some of the title's weapons and traversal options.
Hosted by Zurkon Jr., the video shows off the Rift Tether, allowing you to warp Ratchet through to new areas in a flash. The pint-sized robot also talks about the Phantom Dash, which is the game's term for the dodge move that sees Ratchet phase out of existence for a moment.
The video then switches speeds to focus on weapons, and we see some gameplay snippets showcasing guns new and old. These include Buzz Blades, Blackhole Storm, The Enforcer, and more. It's not an exhaustive list of weapons, but it goes to show how imaginative the arsenal is — as usual.
This video seems to be the first in a series, so we're looking forward to hearing more from Zurkon Jr in the run up to launch.
[source blog.playstation.com]
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This game looks amazing, but the real question is now that we've seen Ms. Zurkon and Zurkon Jr, will we see Mr.Zurkon as hopefully a weapon choice again?
Blitz Cannon will always be my #1 😎
Super excited for this game but only found out today the horrible news that Jim Ward (Captain Qwark) isn't lending his voice due to Alzheimer and then being hit so hard with Covid to the point he was paralysed for months
Hopefully Insomniac make a dedication. He was an integral part of the R&C series
One moment, need a change of pants
@Perryg92 I haven't heard of this! Poor guy...
I see the "PlayStation 5 Console Exclusive" text at the end is already being picked apart all over YouTube and Twitter as a sure sign that it's also going to PC.
It's clearly a mistake just like Demon's Souls was but there's been way too many messaging blunders that it's no wonder people are starting to question the competence of PlayStation's marketing.
Oh boy. The same weapons we've been seeing game in and game out since 2007 with Tools of Destruction. Buzz Blades, Mr Zurkon, surprised the Combustor isn't back again.
It is pretty, but the gameplay looks just like R&C ps4. Add to that the easy platinum and i'm definitely not forking out 70 big ones for it!
It's a shame the working class's children won't be able to play it day one though, but it's obviously not for them, hey?
Some of these guns I know are gonna feel just as dope as Returnal's, can't wait! Dualsense really was worth the hype
@Perryg92 Damn, that's awful. I was definitely wary of the fact that we haven't seen Qwark yet. I still want him to be in the game, but Jim Ward is pretty irreplaceable. Damn...
@truerbluer A "mistake..."
Or Sony has decided to drop the pretense and actually be honest with us? I mean, they do have a Steam page now, so they probably figure that it's pretty out in the open that all of their exclusives are just console exclusives now.
@Loftimus Can we not have this kind of thing every single thread? If you bought a PS1 game for £35 or more back in the day, you've spent more than £70 (in 2020 money) on a game.
@Matroska i'll say what i want, when i want (within reason). You are totally off by the way as you haven't added market growth into it, which pretty much outweighs inflation.
Loved the vacuum gun for breaking crates.
@QBGaming12 I want an entire dimension of Mr Zurkons lol
Mr. Zurkon is one of my favorite weapon in ratchet & clank ps4, his quips are really funny lol.
@art_of_the_kill Ordinarily if it was another game I'd be slightly wary too but this game specifically has been showcased as only currently being possible on PS5 due to the intrinsic use of the custom SSD in game design.
From a business standpoint it makes little sense for it to go to PC when only a fraction of all PC players would even be able to meet the requirements to play the game as is; it would be a complete waste of development resources to re-do the game to accommodate the larger selling base on weaker hardware.
Also, it's listed under the "exclusive" section on the official site: https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/ps5/games/
And Insomniac themselves have stated it's exclusively on PS5:
https://twitter.com/insomniacgames/status/1392872514339049472
@art_of_the_kill epic store
@truerbluer (shrug) It does seem like an odd coincidence that just a few days after Sony formed their Steam page, R&C has suddenly been downgraded to "console exclusive" after being promoted as an exclusive up to this point. I've mentioned that the blatant dishonesty from Sony is one of the main issues I have with them porting exclusives. I would at least welcome them being honest about the fact that they're just straight-up not going to have exclusives anymore since that's where I believe they're headed.
Whether it's a mistake or not, I'll say again that the more Sony is encouraged to do this, the more likely it becomes that the time between PS and PC releases will shrink. So them teasing that a first-party game is merely a console exclusive before it even releases seems like a pretty huge escalation to me.
@art_of_the_kill Just tweeted by James Stevenson (Insomniac Community Director): https://twitter.com/JamesStevenson/status/1394717189626728453
Hopefully that clears up the FUD spreaders.
@Loftimus you need to get your money up dude💰 .
@4kgk2 plenty of cash, plenty of principles as well. It might shock you but i'm not just thinking about myself. There are alot of families out there that could stretch to £50 for a day 1er that everyone can play, but £70 prices them clean out of it. The price is not down to gaming dying and devolopers going hungry, but because Sony decided to stick a £15 tax on software out of greed due to lack of competition. Is that fair?
If you want to champion that then do so on your own time, but don't reply to me again!
@Loftimus no we all are tried of hearing you complain about every game from Sony price it’s getting old. games are still selling well at that £70/$70 price point so Sony isn’t gonna lower the price on their new games so stop crying about it and just wait for sales on games like you said you would a hundred times now. let’s the rest of us enjoy buying theses games at full price in peace please.
@4kgk2 like i've said before skip my comment or ignore me, i'm happy either way. My comments aren't for you! If you dont want to hear Brits moaning about UK prices, why come to a UK site and then moan about it?
@4kgk2 let me moan in peace. Move on!
@Loftimus so I’m not welcome here because this is a Site base in the uk and I don’t live in uk that like saying you can’t game on ps5 because it’s a Japanese console and you British. You like the only one here complaining in every article about every Sony game price it’s annoying as hell.
@Loftimus It would be smarter for you to actually complain to Sony not to the pushsquare comment section.
@4kgk2 good. You are happily paying £55 worth of dollars. What have you got against me "protesting" to get the same deal as you in my country? How selfish do you have to be, to think like that? Stop replying lad, you'll make me do it even more...
@Loftimus you complaining here isn’t doing nothing. go complain to a Sony rep on Twitter that would be more effective than complaining here.
@4kgk2 already have. I'm not just on here mate. I'm spreading seeds of anger (not incitement) across the web... Best stay out of it...
@4kgk2 and you do know if our games stay a $90, yours will be going up to that price as well soon enough? I'm doing this for you as well... What do you think about that?
“Death is too stupid for Mr. Zurkon.”
I love him so much - I so can not wait for this game.
@Loftimus really doubt it the exchange rate on video games right now are based on u.s currentcy. My country already making us over pay for health care and higher education while it’s free in your country that’s more unfair than paying less for video games in my opinion.
@4kgk2 how does healthcare and its cost relate to video games and their pricing in any way? What a ridiculous argument! What is next excuse? We don't have your winters?
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