Ratchet & Clank
Ratchet & Clank is a single-player third-person shooter with platforming elements, and a reimagining of the series' first game. Players mainly control Ratchet, traveling from planet to planet to battle enemies…
Ratchet & Clank is an adventure developed by Insomniac Games, released 12 April 2016 on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 13.9 hrs to finish.
What Ratchet & Clank is
Ratchet & Clank is an adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and released in 2016. It was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
On the planet Veldin, a young Lombax mechanic named Ratchet dreams of joining the heroic Galactic Rangers, but he is turned away. His life changes when he rescues a small defective warbot fleeing a factory where Chairman Drek of the Blarg is building a mechanical army. Ratchet names the robot Clank, and the two set out to warn the Rangers that Drek intends to destroy planets to build a new homeworld for his people. Teaming with the boastful Captain Qwark, the unlikely pair join the fight to stop the scheme.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ratchet & Clank series
Ratchet & Clank is the 25th of 32 entries we hold in the Ratchet & Clank series. It arrived 2 years after Ratchet & Clank: Ginga Saikyo Tristar Pack. The next entry was Ratchet & Clank: Special Limited Edition in 2016. Its critic score of 84 is 8 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction at 92.
How it was received
Ratchet & Clank holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 482 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13.9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 24.5 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Ratchet & Clank launched on 12 April 2016, within three weeks of Dark Souls III, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Don't Starve Together and Quantum Break. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Dark Souls III, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Don't Starve Together, Quantum Break.
Cheats and codes
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