Desperate times call for desperate measures – and these really are the most desperate of times. It may very well be Good Friday, but it's certainly not looking like a Good News Day. There's only one thing for it, then – peruse the replies of various Twitter accounts hoping to find at least one 140 character tidbit that we can write about here. Success strikes at Insomniac Games.
Asked about the state of Ratchet & Clank PS4 – which was announced almost a year ago but still hasn't actually been shown – the Burbank-based developer reiterated that it's still working on the title, and that it's "looking and playing great right now". You didn't expect anything more meaningful than that, did you?
We were confident that this would have been officially unveiled by now, but it looks like Sony's saving it for a big event – presumably E3. It was originally due out in the first half of the year, but it looks like it will now probably be a holiday release. The developer's been screen testing the movie of late, so surely we'll be hearing more from Qwark and crew soon? Patience is a virtue.
[source twitter.com, via paradiger.com]
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Hmm why do I think someone is telling porkies?
Hopefully it will be better than their last 2 big games that were rubbish(i.e FUSE & Sunset Overdrive) Please don't make Qwark Mad Insomniac, you wouldn't like him when he is mad(in his Pink Robe)
@Carl-G Uuhm sunset overdrive has scored big time... Critical reception was oustanding. If it was on playstation you would be all over it.
I imagine this is gonna be the substitute game to release this holiday in the place of uncharted 4.
@Belazur I think that's unfair. An 80 on Metacritic is a great score; devaluing games that are received positively across the board is what's led us to this point where "PS4 has no games" because it took until Bloodborne for a big-budget exclusive to score over 90. It's ridiculous.
As far as I'm concerned, anything on this site that scores a 5/10 or above is average or better - and I could even make a case for some 4/10s that I've awarded, like Farming Simulator, that there's enjoyment there for the right person.
It's frightening to me that an average score of 80 is deemed merely "good".
@get2sammyb dont get rid of scores though please It may be that a lot of media outlets and magazines used to chuck 90plus scores out like nobody's business - couldn't this be a reason metacritics ratings are down across the board? Edge was one of only a few outlets were a max score was difficult to achieve. I believe that games reviewers now are generally better writers and can find more points to critique, we've become more edge than mean machines.
I know it wasn't exactly the cup of tea for regular Ratchet & Clank fans, but I would really like another co-op game or another one like All4One to play with my kid. We had a blast with that one.
Lots of blasts, actually. Pretty much every weapon was explosive.
@get2sammyb
I totally share your sentiment about how gamers perceive game scores these days. They take that number and run with it without doing any further research or thinking.
One of my favorite games of the last generation received lackluster scores--the Splatterhouse revival. It's hovering around a 61 or 62 or something on Metacritic, and while imperfect, I truly enjoyed that game. It's the only game of the last generation I played through twice.
In Hollywood, a movie with a 30 or 50% rating will still be considered good and loved by tons of people. We need to get over this "90 or above" mentality for gaming. It's idiotic, and unfair to so many great and enjoyable games.
@get2sammyb this gen I use knack as my example of how review scored can be deeply flawed. Is knack a decidingly average game? Yes. But like a lot of Nintendo games it's "fun" factor is off the charts. Yes it lacks the Nintendo polish, but like Mario, or Kong, I can sit down and beat knack for a 6th time any time I want and enjoy every moment. Some games just don't review well but speak to an individual. Knack is my current gen game that way, defiance was my previous gen game that way.
@Sanquine It was mediocre.
@get2sammyb
Well put, there are plenty of games which scored highly, eg: Miami Hotline, OliOli and a few others which I can't get into at all. Infamous would be another of these. Yet I love Knack and Awesomenauts which don't score as highly. I think people need to concentrate more on a game's feel and merits than the final score - whether or not they would like a certain type of game....but at the end of the day I think we all know a turkey when we see it. Happy bad Friday:)
I'd rather see the game for myself. I can understand if they're being all secretive because of the movie, but at least show a screenshot of Metropolis or something.
I'm really hoping they surprise me with an excellent return to form for this franchise. Back in the PS2 days, I thought there were few games better than R&C, especially Going Commando. Even on PS3 while I didn't enjoy Tools of Destruction or A Crack in Time as much as the PS2 trilogy, they were still great games. Then came the endless spinoffs which just sucked and Into the Nexus which was merely decent at best.
I'd like to think this will change all that but given as Insomniac seems to have other passions now and has frankly phoned it on the recent R&C's, I'm not expecting much. I also think there is some strained relationship between Sony and Insomniac. They couldn't wait to tell the world they were moving away from PlayStation and talked up Sunset Overdrive - great game by the way - more than any game they had created. I wish if Sony were going to reboot the series, go all out and try a new studio as well. It may be Insomniac's creation, doesn't mean somebody else can't do a good job with it, especially when the original creators have had some very recent duds.
@WebHead
I think you're right, but I hope that's not the case. I'd prefer a game we know is going to be good.
@Gamer83
Mayhaps but I think the game will be good. And honestly I doubt Sony is going to have something like Gran Turismo 7 or GoW 4 ready this year. I bet R&C is nearly finished and was gonna be out like July or so but uncharted got delay so ratchet is going to fill in for Mr. Drake instead.
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