Ratchet & Clank have definetly replaced Sonic The Hedgehog as Mario's rival.
SOUND: The game has a lot of neat sound effects. While smashing and bashing the baddies, you will feel as if you're in a factory, or maybe an auto shop because you'll hear the clanking of tools like nuts, bolts, metal, and other mechanical objects bouncing all over the place that explode out of them. The sound effects from the space fights really help drawn you into the experience. It gives that Space Invaders feel to it.
The voice acting is great. There are a lot of recognizable voice actors voicing the characters. They do a good job of brining the characters alive. The hordes of creatures that you have to smash your way through have great voice work behind them as well. They also do a good job of making them sound very annoying.
The soundtrack is great. It's mixed with house, hip hop, and orchestration. They all come together nicely in this game. The boss themes help really intesfiy the seriousness of battle and approrpiatetly takes you away from lightheartedness of the game.
GRAPHICS: Tools of Destruction is colorful, vibrant, and the character models are well animated. As the characters speak, the body language flows nicely along with it. Never do the characters seem robotic. The characters are very lifelike. Although not on the level of Pixar studio animation, but this is the closest thing to a Pixar movie you will get in a video game.
GAMEPLAY: So far in this review I've talked about the good of this video game, and here's where I talk about the bad. There isn't much of it though. Complexity and Platformers aren't what most gamers are use to seeing. Ratchet & Clank is a surprisingly complex Platformer. There are tons of weapons to choose from, and almost every one of them can be leveled up. Most gamers playing this will probably not even use all ot them and just stick to maybe 5-7 weapons, but it's almost a sin to not put them to use.
With the complexity of this game, I was expecting to be a more chlallenging experince along with it. The amount of weapons to choose from, and getting use to of the strange names of the weapons and icons may pose enough of a challenge to some. Once that has been accomplished, the game becomes a cakewalk.
BOTTOM-LINE: The game is a lil too easy, but it's still an enjoyable experience. That's all that should matter. This is a Playstation 3 title that can be enjoyed by anyone.