With its coming fifth anniversary since its initial release on the PS2, Ratchet & Clank has had a pretty memorable history with its fans. Apart from the game's fourth offering for the PS2 on 2005, which tampered on the winning formula at length (to the fans' dismay), the tandem of Ratchet & Clank has on a whole gained success on every platform it has been on. With its more varied gameplay as compared to Crash Bandicoot, fans are full of anticipation for the game series' debut on the Playstation 3.



Although Ratchet & Clank is new to the PS3, the developers have decided to employ the same tried and trusted approach as they did with the previous installments. The story will surely be pleasing to the ears of its fans, as Insomniac finally makes known the origins of Ratchet as well as the reason why he was the lone survivor of his clan. His robot accomplice, Clank, will be there to help him accomplish his mission of finding this out. When you play this game, be sure to expect the same old crazy antics of this popular duo as they did in the past. You can expect to be treated to some crazy antics of these two as they've always been known for in the past.

To give this new Ratchet & Clank adventure an improved look, developer Insomniac have given the game engine a total makeover. The changes made are very notable with its use of the new Sixaxis controller. Not wanting to settle only for the touch-sensitive feature of the controller, Insomniac went beyond extremes in making use of every angle as much as they can. This time around, aside from the standard analogue stick and button combinations, you have numerous ways of using the controller. It's a minor transformation, but you'd be surprised at what it can do for the game.

To help Ratchet fulfill his mission objectives, he has got a bounty supply of weapons at his disposal. Being one of the most prominent features of the game, the guns have been improved to perfection. With some new essential features that will make your character even deadlier, the new enhanced features are everything you could have hoped for. Not only that, you can also incorporate the various weapons that you have and make one super weapon in them.

One thing that most fans are anticipating with Ratchet & Clank's offering for the PS3 is its graphical quality. And with that, the expectations for the game in terms of graphical quality is tremendously high. The graphics and animation are so fluid and precise. Well, it looks like the developers have really invested on the graphics of this game, considering that they have doubled the amount of animation used for this one as compared to the previous game Insomniac has released for the PS3, Resistance: Fall of Man. Many of those who has had a preview of the game has implied that this is the closest any game has ever gotten to looking like a Pixar film. Pretty promising, huh?

One thing that should be owed for Ratchet & Clank's success is its sticking to the formula that has endeared many of its fans. It's hard to think fans won't be enjoying this game as they did the previous versions.