Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction screens and details

  

Insomniac Games‘ Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for the PlayStation 3 has already gathered quite a following since its first showing in the GDC 2006. This PS3 exclusive has a lot going for it and judging from the new info that was given out in a recent press release, it looks to be packed with features that fans of the series will enjoy.

The storyline of the game has Ratchet looking for his origins. Emperor Percival Tachyon, still bent on wiping the last-known Lombax off the universe, sent his forces to ambush Ratchet and Clank in their home galaxy. Ratchet and Clank steal TachyonÂ’s imperial warship and go on an adventure to unravel the mystery of the Lombaxes.

So what does this new game have to offer gamers? We’ve already discussed some of the details of the game in past articles but it seems that the guys at Insomniac wanted fans of the game to get a few more tidbits on it.

Features:

• Increased draw distances, enhanced lighting and shadowing, and more fluid and exaggerated animations as compared to older iterations
• Encounter an entirely new cast of characters and some old favorites and the introduction of a variety of new alien races and life forms.
• A more emotive Ratchet with nearly as many animation joints in his face (90) as PS2 Ratchet had in his entire body (112). This joint density applies to many of the characters featured in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, enabling more detailed, personable and expressive characters.
• Clank returns as a playable character, and Ratchet will have new enhanced abilities.
• Fire a fully stocked arsenal of all-new weapons such as the Plasma Beasts and Tornado Launcher, which uses the SIXAXIS™ controller to direct tornadoes that suck up enemies and whip them around with debris.
• Use the SIXAXIS controller to maneuver, destroy enemies and solve puzzles.

We’re just going to have to wait and see how this game pans out once it’s released this Fall. Before you go, be sure to check out some of the screenshots of the game below.

  

More details on the game after the jump.

  

Insomniac Games‘ Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for the PlayStation 3 has already gathered quite a following since its first showing in the GDC 2006. This PS3 exclusive has a lot going for it and judging from the new info that was given out in a recent press release, it looks to be packed with features that fans of the series will enjoy.

The storyline of the game has Ratchet looking for his origins. Emperor Percival Tachyon, still bent on wiping the last-known Lombax off the universe, sent his forces to ambush Ratchet and Clank in their home galaxy. Ratchet and Clank steal TachyonÂ’s imperial warship and go on an adventure to unravel the mystery of the Lombaxes.

So what does this new game have to offer gamers? We’ve already discussed some of the details of the game in past articles but it seems that the guys at Insomniac wanted fans of the game to get a few more tidbits on it.

Features:

• Increased draw distances, enhanced lighting and shadowing, and more fluid and exaggerated animations as compared to older iterations
• Encounter an entirely new cast of characters and some old favorites and the introduction of a variety of new alien races and life forms.
• A more emotive Ratchet with nearly as many animation joints in his face (90) as PS2 Ratchet had in his entire body (112). This joint density applies to many of the characters featured in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, enabling more detailed, personable and expressive characters.
• Clank returns as a playable character, and Ratchet will have new enhanced abilities.
• Fire a fully stocked arsenal of all-new weapons such as the Plasma Beasts and Tornado Launcher, which uses the SIXAXIS™ controller to direct tornadoes that suck up enemies and whip them around with debris.
• Use the SIXAXIS controller to maneuver, destroy enemies and solve puzzles.
• Upgrade and customize weapons with a new system that provides greater power and flexibility. Players also will have the ability to upgrade RatchetÂ’s armor.
• Utilize RatchetÂ’s new supply of consumable “on-demand” combat devices, such as the Groovitron, which causes enemies to dance uncontrollably to ‘70s disco hits.
• Gadgets gameplay returns as Ratchet and Clank will have more gadgets at their disposal to help them bounce, fly, evade and defy gravity.
• Pilot RatchetÂ’s ship through asteroid fields while trying to destroy enemy fleets in a complete redesign of classic Ratchet & Clank space combat gameplay.

We’re just going to have to wait and see how this game pans out once it’s released this Fall. Before you go, be sure to check out some of the screenshots of the game below.