STACK April 2016 Issue 138

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Ratchet & Clank
is coming to both PS4
and movie theaters this
month! STACK’s Alesha Kolbe
quizzed Insomniac Games
studio director Chad Dezern
about what to expect in
this “reimagining” of the
beloved series.
Is this a revamp of the series, a remake,
or something else entirely?
It’s something else entirely! It’s the
ultimate version of Ratchet & Clank’s
origin story, designed to sync up with the
feature film. It really is the game based
on the movie based on the game, so we
added over an hour of cinematics to keep
the game and movie stories together.
But we didn’t stop there - virtually every
part of the game is new and improved.
We refined the controls, created new
Clank gameplay, added three planets,
expanded existing planets with new
gameplay sections, reworked every
enemy setup and boss encounter in the
game, developed a new weapon arsenal,
and dramatically reworked the visuals. At
times we call it a “re-imagining.” But it’s
really more of a new game.