Ratchet & Clank 2016

Released: April 12, 2016
Anniversary: Turned 10 on April 12
Genres: Shooter · Platform · Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5
Developer: Insomniac Games
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
More info: Wikipedia IGDB

Where to buy

Digital: PlayStation
Physical: Search on Amazon

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Is it still worth playing?

Captain Qwark tells his own version of the 2002 original from a prison cell to a fellow inmate in this April 2016 PlayStation 4 game, released alongside the film of the same year. It is closer to a new telling than a remake: planet by planet, each opening as the last one's work is done, with weapons from across the series' fourteen years, the new Pixelizer, which turns an enemy into 8 bit blocks, and Raritanium to upgrade them. Clank's stretches are his own, with no gun, punches and rooms that are puzzles rather than fights. Retelling the origin story makes it easy for newcomers to join in. It was given away in Sony's Play at Home in 2021 and runs at sixty frames on a PlayStation 5 since a patch. Qwark's version of events is still what frames the game today.