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his duo feel inextricable
from PlayStation.
Insomniac Games, on the
other hand, only joined the
PlayStation family officially
in 2019, after Marvel’s Spider-Man
launched. But seeing the studio lead
the way on PlayStation 5 feels right.
Not only is Marvel’s Spider-Man:
Miles Morales pencilled in for later
this year, but it was also recently
confirmed that Ratchet & Clank:
Rift Apart will be a launch-window
title for PS5 – and Insomniac gave
us a glimpse of the gameplay.
The studio confirmed that the
game will offer two resolution modes
to make full use of the next-gen
hardware – 4K at 30fps, plus a
smoother 60fps performance mode.
PS5’s custom SSD has done away
with in-game load times. Bits of
scenery instantly move around as
Ratchet makes use of the titular rifts
to blitz around levels, whether that’s
grappling parts of the stage to fold it
in on itself, or literally falling from
planet to planet during chase
sequences. According to the dev,
you’ll feel that rift jumping in your
hands through the DualSense, as well
as hear it thanks to PS5’s 3D audio
Tempest Engine. The Dualsense’s
adaptive triggers affect how you use
your guns, such as pulling halfway to
shoot one blast of a shotgun, and
then locking it down to fire a second.WORLD SHATTERING
The story fits smoothly into the
primary game universe (PS4’s
Ratchet & Clank was a remake of
the first game that tied neatly into
the animated movie). It features
the return of longtime series villain
Dr Nefarious, but is aimed to be
enjoyable for newcomers – though
plenty of series references have been
teased. One key addition is a female
Lombax who will be playable from
some sort of parallel world. Insomniac
has been cagey to give more details,
refusing even to divulge the number
of letters in her name (leading to fan
speculation that this could also be
Ratchet from an alternate universe).
The game looks super-slick, and is
the best we’ve seen to date for
demonstrating just how advanced
PS5’s tech truly is. It might be a
colourful, cartoony platformer and
blaster, but the world is amazingly
vibrant, and everything is wonderfully
fluid – especially when it comes to
using the rifts to warp and pull the
world around you. Rift Apart is going
to be a PS5 launch-window must-
play, along with Insomniac’s latest
Spider-Man outing.“Feels good to be back in
action,” Ratchet declared
in the gameplay demo. It
certainly looks good in action!PS5 HOT FIVE
025T
his duo feel inextricable
from PlayStation.
Insomniac Games, on the
other hand, only joined the
PlayStation family officially
in 2019, after Marvel’s Spider-Man
launched. But seeing the studio lead
the way on PlayStation 5 feels right.
Not only is Marvel’s Spider-Man:
Miles Morales pencilled in for later
this year, but it was also recently
confirmed that Ratchet & Clank:
Rift Apart will be a launch-window
title for PS5 – and Insomniac gave
us a glimpse of the gameplay.
The studio confirmed that the
game will offer two resolution modes
to make full use of the next-gen
hardware – 4K at 30fps, plus a
smoother 60fps performance mode.
PS5’s custom SSD has done away
with in-game load times. Bits of
scenery instantly move around as
Ratchet makes use of the titular rifts
to blitz around levels, whether that’s
grappling parts of the stage to fold it
in on itself, or literally falling from
planet to planet during chase
sequences. According to the dev,
you’ll feel that rift jumping in your
hands through the DualSense, as well
as hear it thanks to PS5’s 3D audio
Tempest Engine. The Dualsense’s
adaptive triggers affect how you use
your guns, such as pulling halfway to
shoot one blast of a shotgun, and
then locking it down to fire a second.WORLD SHATTERING
The story fits smoothly into the
primary game universe (PS4’s
Ratchet & Clank was a remake of
the first game that tied neatly into
the animated movie). It features
the return of longtime series villain
Dr Nefarious, but is aimed to be
enjoyable for newcomers – though
plenty of series references have been
teased. One key addition is a female
Lombax who will be playable from
some sort of parallel world. Insomniac
has been cagey to give more details,
refusing even to divulge the number
of letters in her name (leading to fan
speculation that this could also be
Ratchet from an alternate universe).
The game looks super-slick, and is
the best we’ve seen to date for
demonstrating just how advanced
PS5’s tech truly is. It might be a
colourful, cartoony platformer and
blaster, but the world is amazingly
vibrant, and everything is wonderfully
fluid – especially when it comes to
using the rifts to warp and pull the
world around you. Rift Apart is going
to be a PS5 launch-window must-
play, along with Insomniac’s latest
Spider-Man outing.“Feels good to be back in
action,” Ratchet declared
in the gameplay demo. It
certainly looks good in action!