The two genius criminals somehow manage to engineer an escape plan and escape amidst the chaos of a mass jailbreak. The two criminals are being transported to a high secrutiy prison called the Vartax Detention Center, where they are expected to spend a great deal of time locked away. The story opens with our two heroes, Ratchet and Clank providing an escort for two captured and highly dangerous villains that go by the names of Vendra and Neftin Prog.

Clank will be used in new ways now, being used to solve puzzles and navigate his way through dangerous mazes to help add another layer of depth to the already exceptional Ratchet and Clank Gameplay. Raritainium will be used to upgrade the various weapons that you gain access to throughout your far reaching quest. The illusive element, Raritainium will be put to use as a gameplay mechanic that goes hand in hand with the skill points. The implementation of new weapons for our heroes to wield allows them to dispatch their enemies in various ways, bringing back the much loved Skill Point mechanic for improving your experience as you go relative to you skill level. Insomniac Games have made sure to let players know that despite this games location in the “future” series, it will still be taking place in exotic locations with unique and original designs that can only be found in the R&C universe. To help this decidedly more modern Ratchet and Clank games retain their traditional standard. This has always been accomplished through the implementation of a refined control scheme and clever in game mechanics that allow the player to manipulate the world around them in various ways in order to progress forward in the game. A long standing characteristic of the Ratchet and Clank games has been a commitment to solid gameplay without sacrificing what is, in essence a platforming game. This close to release it is rather uncommon for so little development information to be available to the press and media outlets, but what few details we do know are certainly very important.

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