Insomniac Games' "Weapons 101" PAX panel had a pair of treats for Ratchet and Clank fans. After giving attendees a look at Crack in Time's expansive list of armaments, the game's director, Brian Allgeier, revealed two brand new guns: The Chimp-O-Matic, which turns enemies into adorable monkeys (and changes robotic enemies into robotic monkey toys with cymbals), and the Rift Inducer 5000, a weapon which summons tentacles from an interdimensional portal, which in turn grasp enemies and abscond with them through the vortex.
Man, that seems kinda unfair, doesn't it? "You, enemy, will be turned into an adorable monkey. However, your friend is going to be abducted to a Hell dimension, where he'll be defiled by Cthulhu forever."
PAX: Two new Ratchet and Clank Future: Crack in Time weapons revealed
by Griffin McElroy 
on Sep 4th 2009 6:00PM
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 7:15PM (Unverified) said
with the rift inducer 5000 you can make enemies "face the thing that should not be" - Metallica
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 6:03PM (Unverified) said
Sounds good, and I'm glad I was able to preorder it the other day. Ratchet games are always enjoyable even if there's not too much to them, but I'm really looking forward to the space exploration in the game.
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Posted: Sep 5th 2009 1:24AM Scratchcard said
I dont understand...
I think the cover art is pretty sweet.
Evokes classic Struzan Star Wars posters.
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I think the cover art is pretty sweet.
Evokes classic Struzan Star Wars posters.
Posted: Sep 4th 2009 8:03PM Metal Muse said
i'm so glad that you approved the box art but its still ugly boring lazy and reminds me of the mortal kombat vs DC.
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 10:23PM (Unverified) said
Yeah, I think the game is going to kick ass, but that box art just looks lazy. The box art for Tools of Destruction does too.
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 6:11PM (Unverified) said
I have never been disappointed by a Ratchet & Clank game. I need to get a PS3.
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 7:52PM spin cycle said
I guess since 3 was so much better than 5 (R&C Future:ToD) and 6 (Q4B) was so short, even lacking a collect-a-thon to add playtime, I have been disappointed by R&C games before.
But I don't expect to be disappointed this time.
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But I don't expect to be disappointed this time.
Posted: Sep 4th 2009 9:27PM deathxrebirth said
You were disappointed by TOD, but you expect to like this one? I don't get the logic...
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 11:34PM (Unverified) said
i need to get tod before this games comes out...
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 6:16PM Rhamsey said
Wish I caught Ratchet and Clank the first time around but I have still yet to play one of the games (its games right? I'm pretty sure). Anyway, the trailer shown during the halo ODST playthrough looked cool, and I've heard good things about the game. Gonna have to pick them up.
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 7:06PM LuTon James said
This game flew under the radar. Everything I hear about it makes it sound like it could be one of the best Ratchet games yet.
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Posted: Sep 4th 2009 9:16PM ptcamn said
The R&C commercials have always been hilarious. These have been probably one of the best game ad campaigns ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH2dM_LLKJg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH2dM_LLKJg
Posted: Sep 4th 2009 8:04PM (Unverified) said
I am so sorry Insomniac,After I played Resistance 2 and it was not as good as I thought it wouold be my faith wavered. I even thought about buying Demon Souls as opposed to RAC:CIT. But now I see. I should never doubt a Rachet game. I have enjoyed all versions of it and I should have seen that this one would rock the house no matter what the non-believers say. This game should never been under the radar, it should have hit the radar head on,broken it off and send it crashing to the ground. Don't worry Insomniac you will definately have me as a buyer. Demon Souls, GT5 and Heavy Rain will just have to wait
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Posted: Sep 5th 2009 6:49AM (Unverified) said
Nice to see The Groovitron is back. I just hope they would change it to be a weapon instead of device.
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Posted: Sep 5th 2009 5:05PM (Unverified) said
All I want out of this is for it to be challenging, even for people who use lock-strafe, which makes aiming a lot more accurate. Up Your Arsenal and Deadlocked did this fine, but I found playing through Tools of Destruction on Lock-Strafe to be way too easy.
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