If you like this recent Insomniac developed game then you’ll also like their last game, Sunset Overdrive. In fact this game is using a modified Sunset Overdrive game engine. Sunset Overdrive is still one of Insomniac’s best original IP and original creation. Without Sunset Overdrive, this game couldn’t have been made. I support the multiplat developer Insomniac so I’ll get this but maybe later when it’s on sale. I was going to pre-order to get the pre-order skins but I read they’re just early access and could be unlocked in game. Can’t wait to see it on my 4K 65” TV set on my Pro.
It's actually not.......it's using the Ratchet & Clank engine which is different.
There was a thread about it a few weeks ago.
You're almost accurate. The techniques and engine first showed up in Sunset Overdrive and then in the latest Ratchet which came after. So they're using the original techniques and engine that was first used in Sunset Overdrive. Insomniac said it here: https://kotaku.com/podcast-how-spider-man-ps4-came-together-1796328173 and Digital Foundry also states that it first originated in Sunset Overdrive around the 6:45 mark here: https://youtu.be/L2wr7vebb6Y
An Insomniac dev already confirmed on Twitter a while ago it’s the R&C engine. It is ing the same techniques isn’t the same as using the same engine. Games can share techniques without sharing engines when they are made by the same dev.
Yes but Ted Price who is Insomniac's CEO and Founder stated it's using a modified Sunset Overdrive's engine, the conversation starts 41:22 mark here https://kotaku.com/podcast-how-spider-man-ps4-came-together-1796328173 Sony approached Insomniac because Marvel loved what they did with Sunset Overdrive so much, they wanted Insomniac to make a Marvel game using Sunset Overdrive's template. They could have done another Marvel hero game but ultimately chose Spider-Man because of how he traverse and in the 44:39 mark states because of what they learned from Sunset Overdrive they could apply it to a Spider-Man game. Even Wikipedia states they're using Sunset Overdrive's engine which came before the Ratchet remake. The ultimate point here, is that this Spider-Man game could not be done if the great game Sunset Overdrive wasn't created. It was Sunset Overdrive that attracted Marvel and Sony happen to have rights with the Spider-Man character.
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