For the most part you're just blasting enemies (which is fine by me), but there's also an inordinate amount of boxes lying about that are just begging to be smashed to bits, and doing that is a game in itself. To start all you have is a melee attack, but over a very short period of time you'll pick up the Gravity Bomb, Mini Rocket, and the Boarzooka (which turns your enemies into tiny boars), among other cool devices.Īs I played the game I found Ratchet & Clank to be a simple title that has a satisfying amount of depth.
RATCHET AND CLANK GOING MOBILE SERIES
Plus, and keeping with series tradition, there is a host of over the top weapons at your disposal. In typical platform game fashion, Ratchet can wall jump, grind on poles, and swing about. There are ten levels in the game (with five more Arena Levels, which are basically the same environments but with various objectives), and each of them looks and feels different, as there are several enemy types to smash and objects to make use of. Sony's done a nice job with this game, instilling it with solid elements from the console series while at the same time setting it within this old school NES-like backdrop that really looks impressive considering the platform. There are evil robots and other critters stalking them and, playing as Ratchet, you must beat and blast the heck out of them and search for a way out. Unfortunately, as good old Admiral Ackbar from Return of the Jedi once said, "It's a trap"! The device shrinks them down into digital matter (so they're basically stuck inside of your cell phone), and upon their arrival they're attacked by the nefarious Dr. In it, our heroes have been invited by Microcorp to use this new machine called the Biological to Digital Matter Transfer Computer. The mobile version of Ratchet & Clank is a 2D side scrolling game that features Sony's dynamic duo. At first glance it appeared to be simplistic, but after delving into a few of its levels and using several of the game's weapons, it proved that looks can be quite deceiving.
RATCHET AND CLANK GOING MOBILE PS2
However, I have the privilege of checking out a plethora of hot titles, the latest of which is Sony Pictures' pint-sized version of the best-selling PS2 franchise, Ratchet & Clank. I've been really digging cell phone games lately, so much so that I'm upset that my current handset wasn't built to play them (oh Verizon.so mean to me).