Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Is A Good Intro To An Old Series - Kotaku

An exception to this rule is Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, released earlier this month for PS5, which doesn’t require even a wink of familiarity to be a good time.

(Earlier this year, I played approximately 30 minutes of the 2016 remake before getting distracted by a cascade of newer but not necessarily better games. I haven’t found the time to return.) But I wanted to play Rift Apart, because, well, freakin’ look at it:.

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In fact, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart even comes out of the gate with a cinematic sequence starring Rivet, a creative choice that seems designed to onboard newcomers who might not be up to speed on the decades-old PlayStation mascot.

Rivet’s brand new to this fictional universe, just like those of us who haven’t played a Ratchet game before.

There’s also the matter that Rift Apart, perhaps more so than any game I’ve played for the PS5, is unabashedly a video game.

Much of Rift Apart is nonsensical in a way many video games aren’t these days.

I’ve only played two of these games, Rift Apart and the 2016 remake/reboot/movie tie-in