Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Review on PlayStation
| BASIC INFORMATION ON THE GAME |
Platform : PS5
Genre : Action
Release Date : June 11, 2021
Developer : Insomniac Games
Publisher : Sony Interactive Entertainment
Ratchet and Clank are back! Help them stop the robotic emperor, who dreams of conquering all multiple dimensions, because their home dimension is next in line. The best team in the world becomes even stronger, because Rivet, a Lombax resistance fighter from another dimension, joined her.
| GAME ENGINE |
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is being developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5 gaming system. The game is directed by Creative Director Marcus Smith and Game Director Mike Daly. The game was announced on June 11, 2020 at Sony's PlayStation 5 presentation. At the opening of Gamescom on August 27, 2020, Insomniac Games hosted a 7-minute gameplay demo of the game as part of the PlayStation 5 promotional campaign. On April 26, 2021, at the State of Play presentation, Sony unveiled a large 16-minute gameplay trailer.
The game uses the power of the DualSense controller, the Tempest Engine audio engine, and dedicated ray tracing hardware to support correspondingly enhanced haptic feedback, 3D spatial audio, and real-time ray tracing effects. Thanks to increased processing power and the inclusion of a dedicated SSD in the PlayStation 5, the game features a greater variety of NPCs, enemies, visuals, and objects in game scenes. Improvements in game design are aimed at significantly reducing loading times when transitioning between worlds, which should provide a seamless and immersive gaming experience.
Marcus Smith, creative director of Insomniac Games, in an interview with GamesRadar+, responded to a question about making workflows easier with the specially designed PS5 SSD, stating that "the game uses dimensions and spatial rifts, and this would not be possible without the PlayStation 5 SSD", adding further, that it is “surprisingly fast. It allows us to create worlds and move players from one place to another almost instantly. It's an incredible change to the game: we can now make gameplay where you're in one world and the next moment you're in another."
| TECHNICAL INFORMATION |
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart occupies about 42 gigabytes on the console's hard drive.
PlayStation 4 version not available.
| CONTROL |
Control settings are involved in the corresponding submenu, there are 3 modes available:
Everything is customizable to the player's preference, but the most interesting is the full immersion mode.
| SETTINGS |
In the PlayStation 5 graphics settings we have 3 graphics modes:
In our opinion, if you want to play with RT and 60 FPS, then it is better to use the performance mode with ray tracing.
| COMPARISON OF GRAPHICS QUALITY MODES |
In this case, we are comparing the game in different performance modes:
As we wrote above, it is better to use the performance mode with ray tracing, the difference with the Quality mode in dynamics is almost imperceptible, and the FPS is much higher . Below is our comparative video review directly in the gameplay ( be sure to watch in 4K mode! ):
| HDR OFF/ON COMPARISON |
In this section, we have presented comparisons of picture quality with HDR on and off through still photography.
The HDR mode looks a bit preferable, although color gamut tastes vary.
| OVERALL VISUAL GAME EXPERIENCE |
The graphics in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart are real nextgen, without any compromises and looking back at the past generation:
So if you have the desire and opportunity to get acquainted with the games of the new generation on the PlayStation 5 , then it's best for you to start with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart .
| GAME PROCESS |
Well, below are the first 20 minutes on the PlayStation 5 console itself :
Flaws:
- for many, the downside is the gameplay similarity with the previous parts of the series
Advantages:
- nextgen graphics
- quite interesting and addictive gameplay
| Game rating 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 66% [19 Votes] | PlayStation 5 | RT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 75% [20 Votes] |