If this is the last Ratchet and Clank game made by Insomniac they have gone out in style.

User Rating: 9 | Ratchet & Clank Future 2 PS3
This is the third Ratchet and Clank game made for the PS3 and it is a continuation of the last game A Quest for Booty. So how is it.

Story

You get a quick recap of the previous 2 game installment of what happened to Clank by Captain Qwark. It appears Nefarious is back and he wants to turn back time using the Great Clock to make it so that every heros triumph never happened and also destroy Ratchet as well for what he did to him in Ratchet and Clank 3. Ratchet with the help of Arzamuth a friend of his father wants to help Ratchet so he can see his parents but doing that could have dangerous consequences for the universe

Gameplay

For starters a Ratchet and Clank game with 3 difficulty settings. A casual mode for beginners. Medium which is normal and hard for expert players and that is a nice change for the series letting you play a certain difficulty level which adds replayability because once you done one difficultly you will want to try a harder one.Okay now onto the gameplay then well Ratchet and Clank are separated and aren't together till very late in the game. Onto the gameplay. Well with Ratchet games you are never too different from each other. The guns and gadgets are the main focus in Ratchets gameplay. There are some cool new weapons as well as returning old ones. You can upgrade and modify you weapon giving it a different type of attack but for that you have to find weapon mods. Ratchet and now go through the levels alot faster making it more action packed with the hoverboots to give him speed and help him jump off speed ramps.You will also like previous game have to get armour when you have the required amount of bolts or some later enemies will destroy you.unless your a pro so getting the armour upgrades is necessarily epically against bosses. The old favorites return like Grindboots and Slingshot which are regulars in the series.

Ratchet must also collect Zoni little aliens that captured Clank and took him to Nefarious. He will need them to power up his ship because he will need more firepower and some areas are off limits if you don't have the required amount for your ship. Unlike previous games you can wander round in space looking for little small planets which usually have Zoni on them and bolts of course. The small Galaxies let you walk all around them and just about everyone has has a Zoni on it. The big planets are like the old games large with certain required missions. You can do a barrell roll to dodge fire and a U Turn to turn around. You can also carry some ships and you can also fire missiles and blast enemies. Also you face a few big ships in space and while they aren't too hard they can be a bit annoying and there are plenty of small ships to blow up in space too.

Clanks sections are different to previous games. He can slow enemies down or change a platform using a Time Bomb. Also if an enemy fires at him he can deflect an attack. Some of the early puzzles can be easy but they get harder as you progress. There are switches that need to activate a door and 4 time pods which Clank can record himself on and then play to help get past the certain area. The record system has you moving to an exact location and you press triangle and go back to that point and that recorded pod will do the exact thing Clank just did. The person who helps you is Sigmund he explains it very well and shows you how to do it so hopefully you don't have to many problems. Clanks sections seem much better than previous one with his Hyper Sonic Brainwave Scrambler weapon. So its really got a good feel to it.

Graphics and Sound

The graphics make this look like an animated feature film in terms of looks. It looks so nice. Not the big step up from Tools of Destruction but it is nice. The sound is also quiet good you get a good feeling with all the levels and in space. The voice acting is good with some humor in there and the series has been good at that.

Lastabilty

About just over 10 hours of story but you shall want to get all the upgrades,all the skill points and all the Zoni so there's reason to come back as well as Challenge Mode.

Overall Opinion

One of the best looking titles on the console. While it has truly changed alot the game feels more action packed and has an excellent story. Space Traveling for stuff can be fun and some of the puzzles are quiet clever. Some the weapons don't feel to different from previous games but there are some good ones in there. What is a bit disappointing is there is also no online multiplayer and this game could have been fantastic if it had it. Overall though one of the best Ratchet and Clank games of all time.