We know that next year Sony will be bringing the adorable yet deadly Lombax Ratchet and his faithful companion Clank to the big screen. However, Insomniac Games will also be bringing the heroic duo to the little screen as well.
Coming exclusively to PlayStation 4 in spring 2016, the game will be a companion piece to the movie, meaning it will retell Ratchet's origin story. But it won't be a remake of the first game. Instead, Insomniac wanted a new experience while retaining some of the mechanics found in the original game.
Insomniac Games' Community Lead, James Stevenson, took to the PS Blog and gave fans a little background on what to expect from the game, while also providing a new trailer comprised of footage from the film as well as gameplay footage captured directly from PS4.
We knew early on that we didn’t want to just up-res Ratchet & Clank for PS2. We started out thinking of Ratchet & Clank on PS4 as a “re-imagining” of the 2002 original, revised to tie in with the deeper version of Ratchet’s origin story (as seen in the film). We envisioned a curated Ratchet & Clank experience that borrowed from the spirit of the classic PS2 games while infusing some of the best elements from the Ratchet & Clank Future games.
We ended up with a new game, with elements based on the original — but now with modern controls, several new planets, new and updated gameplay segments, all-new Clank gameplay, all new boss fights, new flight sequences, and more… all constructed to take advantage of the graphical prowess of PS4. Throw in James Arnold Taylor as Ratchet, and you have a new beginning.
Since it's a game based on the movie, that's also based on the game, I think we have a Street Fighter the Movie the Game scenario here.
