PSN Thursday: Take Ratchet, Fat Princess, LocoRoco, Jak and Daxter for a test drive
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Oct 29th 2009 at 8:45PM } 
Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list:
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(Note: Continue past the break to view both release lists.)
Playable Content
- Inferno Pool ($9.99)
- Hasbro Family Game Night ($39.99)
- Ratchet And Clank Future: A Crack In Time - Ratchet Demo
- Fat Princess Demo
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Demo
- PAIN - Celebrity Character Elvira ($1.99)
- Trivial Pursuit Sports Pack ($4.99)
- DJ Hero Extended Mix Pack ($5.99)
- Guitar Hero: All Hallows Eve Track Pack ($5.49)
- "Gor Gor" by GWAR ($1.99)
- "Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson ($1.99)
- "Astro Zombies" by The Misfits ($1.99)
- Rock Band: Rock Band Weekly Update
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Behind The Scenes - Mastering the Cell Processor
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Behind The Scenes - Online Technology
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Behind The Scenes -Thinking Like A Dog
- The Saboteur - Irishman In Paris
- NBA 2K10 - Post-Moves Trailer
- Just Cause 2 - Vertical Gameplay
- Just Cause 2 - Panau Trailer
- Just Cause 2 - Announcement Trailer
- Front Mission Evolved - TGS 2009 Trailer
- Dragon Age Origins - Warden's Calling
- Dragon Age Origins - Dalish Elf
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Squad Story 1
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Squad Story 2
- Assassin's Creed II - Dev Diary 1
- Assassin's Creed II - Dev Diary 2
- PAIN - Celebrity Character Elvira Trailer
- Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Story Trailer
- Apache Gunship Theme ($1.49)
- German Panther Tank Theme 2 ($1.99)
- Infantry Theme ($1.49)
- Lingerie Football League: Dallas Desire Theme ($1.99)
- Skull Bash Theme ($1.99)
- It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Theme ($1.99)
- South Park Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
PSP Content
PSP Sale- Super Stardust Portable, echochrome, Myst, Brain Challenge, and Unbound Saga are 50% off through November 4. Manhunt 2 reduced to $19.99.
PSP Minis
- Zombie Tycoon ($7.99)
- Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam ($4.99)
Downloadable games
- LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival ($14.99)
- NBA 2K10 ($29.99)
- Darkstalkers Chronicles: The Chaos Tower ($19.99)
- Mega Man Maverick Hunter X ($19.99)
- Crystal Defenders ($9.99)
- Petz Dogz Family ($29.99)
- Petz Hamsterz Bunch ($29.99)
- Petz Saddle Club ($29.99)
- LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival demo
- Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Demo
- Crystal Defenders Demo
- Petz Saddle Club Demo
Video
- Beaterator - Timbaland Trailer
- Beaterator - Intro Trailer
- Beaterator - Sessions: Max & Clay
- Beaterator - Sessions: Artist Series 1
- Beaterator - Sessions: Artist Series 2
- Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier - Story Trailer
- Thexder Neo - Launch Trailer
- Apache Gunship Theme ($1.49)
- Infantry Theme ($1.49)
- German Panther Tanks Theme 3 ($1.49)
- German Panther Tanks Theme 4 ($1.49)
- Lingerie Football League: Dallas Desire Theme ($1.99)
- Skull Bash Theme 1 ($0.99)
- Skull Bash Theme 2 ($0.99)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Hace @ Oct 29th 2009 8:49PM
What in the fuck were they thinking when they released the Clank demo first? No one cares about Clank gameplay. And no matter how many times they try to mix it up is that ever going to change.
tmacairjordan87 @ Oct 29th 2009 8:51PM
I've been playing the game and the Clank gameplay is pretty fun this time. I still like playing as Ratchet more, since he can fly around in space explorin shit but the Clank portions are much better than they usually are.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Oct 29th 2009 9:32PM
uh... you DO know the NAME of the game IS Ratchet AND Clank right??
Filthy Assistant @ Oct 29th 2009 10:35PM
Why is he downvoted, it's true. If they took out the clank gameplay nobody would have cared. I like Clank as a wisecracking little robot on my back, I've never really cared about playing as him.
Heimbachae @ Oct 30th 2009 1:09AM
guys, we aren't 14 anymore, you don't have to downvote people for not wanting to play a kiddie game. go get unchartered, demon souls and borderlands those are mature games for us MATURE people.
Filthy Assistant @ Oct 30th 2009 2:04AM
What? That's not what either of us were saying. I love Ratchet and Clank, and I assume he at the least enjoys it. We're just saying the Clank segments aren't as fun as the Ratchet segments. Dismissing it as a "kiddie" game is amazingly ignorant.
sk8monroe81 (PSN--XBL) @ Oct 30th 2009 4:12AM
ive tried to be 'macho' and call R&C a kids game franchise, which of course it is great for kids, but the game is just to fun me to just call it a kids game. i am 27 and there are just some games that are really meant for everyone and they dont come around that often.
sorta like a great pixar or animated movie IMO.
:)
its ok to not like the game, but to just call it a kids game is your opinion and not mine. :)
and btw i haven't enjoyed playing as clank either, but haven't bought the new game yet.
A1 @ Oct 30th 2009 5:24AM
The reason they put out the Clank demo first was so that people (like yourself) could see how much they had changed that part of the game.
Developers do usually listen to the people who buy their games you know, so don't base this game on Tools of Destruction base it on what it is....a new game.
Rick @ Oct 30th 2009 6:41AM
i know that this is going to sound like the biggest bullshit ever but for some reason i cannot download either one of the ratchet and clank demos. i just get error 80710723 every time i try. is there something wrong with my internet connection or what?
emperorzeroxx @ Oct 29th 2009 8:51PM
no ps1 games =/ at least I can try the new ratchet and clank game
Reuben @ Oct 29th 2009 9:15PM
I don't really like how Sony handles the PSOne games. They tend to have a great update one week (Oddworld) and then the next week there is crap or nothing. I realize that digital distribution of these titles may be difficult, but my gut tells me that Sony has it handled better than they have let on in the past, and just go by whatever schedule they come up with.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Oct 29th 2009 9:34PM
yea I'm fairly certain that they have the next 6 months of PS1 releases ready and are simply throttling them....spreading them out....I expect quite a number of good ones to go up right before or after Christmas
That_Guy436 @ Oct 29th 2009 9:59PM
I know, it sucks that Japan has a crap load of PSOne titles, and we don't. I know I can buy them from over there, but I would like to transfer them to my PSP without having to change accounts associated with my PSP. I would like to have those titles under my main account.
meatee @ Oct 30th 2009 12:42AM
http://video-games.products.half.ebay.com/sony-playstation_W0QQcZ2QQcatZ159018
I found 'em for ya!
JeremyR @ Oct 29th 2009 8:54PM
Bleh. Time to go back to sleep for another for another week in hopes of something good in the update.
fundando @ Oct 29th 2009 10:12PM
don't you have any games to play? I'm glad there is nothing I want here. Last week I spent $50 in the psn.
Bleh your face.
go play borderlands, uncharted 2, the new ratchet and clank, trine, demon's souls, dj hero or whatever you are into. I'm going to go play all of those.
shaybryder @ Oct 29th 2009 8:58PM
Crystal Defenders.
PSP Go launches, and SE offers minimal support. We yearn for Dissidia, Crisis Core, hell, even the FF1 and 2 remakes. What do we get?
Crystal Defenders.
Thanks square, yeah, that's what we wanted.
NevilleThegame @ Oct 29th 2009 9:09PM
even though i dont care about the game, y no Trine Demo for the US store?
Matt @ Oct 29th 2009 9:16PM
I've been waiting for a while now for them to finally release Final Fantasy 8 on PSN.
I've been parked on the other half of my $20 PSN card FOR this game.
Get with the F'ing program, Square.
Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 29th 2009 9:17PM
I just want SE to release FFVIII for the US PSN store.
Matt G. @ Oct 30th 2009 9:41AM
The good news is that it's already been released in Japan, so it can't be more than a few months away from hitting the States. At least that's what happened with FFVII.
Huey2k2 @ Oct 30th 2009 10:22AM
1. Buy PS2 slim.
2. Buy PSOne games off EBay.
3. ???????
3. Profit!
Blackbyrd82 @ Oct 29th 2009 9:06PM
Doesn't $40 seem a little insane for Hasbro Family Game Night?
I played a bunch of those games as a kid, might of considered getting it at, say $20, just for the nostalgia. Does anyone like Sorry that much?
Jonathan @ Oct 29th 2009 9:29PM
I'd expect a price drop pretty soon. I'd be surprised if even 10 people paid $40 for that.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Oct 29th 2009 9:36PM
yea thats just rape....I wont par more than $10....hell I can go buy all those games in the store for like $15-20 combined on sale
Dale @ Oct 30th 2009 11:16AM
It's just as expensive on XBLA, too... and I don't know about PSN, but XBLA had it broken out. There was the core game that held it all together, then each individual game had to be bought separately.
Saad77 @ Oct 29th 2009 9:06PM
Aww....i was hoping rock band would get a misfits song but guitar hero gets in instead. I guess rob zombie will have to do, but still not as good as misfits. :(
Solace @ Oct 29th 2009 9:07PM
Ratchet & Clank Future: ACiT is easily my choice for GOTY. Best R&C game since Up Your Arsenal. ToD and Q4B were both such a let down after playing them in september for the first time, it was the same old game with weapons that felt old and boring but this game actually has it all. Great story telling, new gameplay mechanics while staying true the series and some really amazing weapon mods and new weapons. This is the best game I've played on the PS3 so far even better than Uncharted 2.
Saihna @ Oct 29th 2009 9:12PM
I dunno about that, I think Demon's Souls is better. Dont get me wrong though, R&C is a really fun game (the demo was fun, only played clank though) It's just that Demon's Souls is one of the best games ever [to me]! :D
tmacairjordan87 @ Oct 29th 2009 9:40PM
lol, downvoted because you said you liked something more than Uncharted 2. Now you see why sony fanboys have been aggravating me lately.
I'm not sure if I agree with you yet, as I really liked the campaign. But ratchet's really goddamn good.
Saihna @ Oct 29th 2009 9:46PM
I haven't played the ratchet one yet, i only have about 10gbs left on my ps3, and i needo get rid of alot of stuff.
Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 29th 2009 9:48PM
How big is your HDD?
Saihna @ Oct 29th 2009 9:53PM
80gig. I got it about a year ago, I cant afford to buy more memory, I'm 15. :P
Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 29th 2009 9:56PM
I wasn't saying you should buy a new one. I just haven't come close to filling mine (160GB) and I was wondering how much content you had.
Saihna @ Oct 29th 2009 10:12PM
Yeah, i know i was just pointing that out, I actually don't have much content, just like 10 demos, and 3 games.
deaftly (PSN,LIVE,STEAM) @ Oct 30th 2009 12:24AM
Batman, KZ2 and R&C are all tied for me for GOTY
cylet @ Oct 29th 2009 9:09PM
WTF where is dino crisis and RE2 and RE3?! at least maverick hunter x is on the store
Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 29th 2009 9:13PM
The Ratchet demo is a little larger than most. 2.3GB is considerable.
tmacairjordan87 @ Oct 29th 2009 9:17PM
Tell me about it. The clank demo, which is the same size, took my ps3 5 hours to download while my 360 downloaded Gay Tony (1.8-1.9gb) in about 20 minutes. That's a big reason why I try to avoid downloading demos on ps3 unless they're exclusives.
I'm not looking forward to the day when I buy and download Siren on PSN, which is something like 9gb. Better set a whole day aside to download it :(
2nd Lieutenant Gunther (PSN: helghast102) @ Oct 29th 2009 9:17PM
That's smaller than the Clank demo!
and QfB is 3.4GB so compared to demo, that's insane.
2nd Lieutenant Gunther (PSN: helghast102) @ Oct 29th 2009 9:19PM
@tmac
with Siren cant you just download the first few episodes and then background download the others while playing?
or is it more expensive doing it by chapter?
Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 29th 2009 9:19PM
I'm lucky to have my PS3 hooked up through an external wireless switch (gets better range, and I use it with my 360 as well), so it runs through the Ethernet port instead. It shouldn't take more than an hour and a half to download. Still a while.
tmacairjordan87 @ Oct 29th 2009 9:25PM
I'm not sure but I think it's cheaper to just buy the whole thing, like $5 or so. But yeah if you did it by chapter bundles then the others could background download while you play the 1.
The thing that confuses me with my speeds is that both my ps3/360 use the same wireless and they're close to each other. Maybe it's just the better infrastructure of xbox live. I've heard from wii owners who say even the wii downloads faster than ps3 which is kinda sad. I'll find out after christmas if that's true or not.
Sly @ Oct 29th 2009 9:40PM
and please, let's not have a major fanboy come in and start a debate. speeds are different for different people. slow PSN download speeds are pretty common. in my case, the speeds are fine, but i have a friend who is on the same service as me and lives like 3 miles away from me, and his speeds are MUCH slower on PSN.
Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 29th 2009 9:43PM
My speeds have always been pretty good, but it probably depends on where you live at, and the nearest server.
johnnynumber5 @ Oct 29th 2009 9:44PM
Even if you buy the whole Siren game you still download it individually as episodes as if you bought them individually.
johnnynumber5 @ Oct 29th 2009 10:25PM
@T-Mac
Have you configured your Nat Type on the PS3? I'm not sure it has anything to do with infrastructure since it's not an issue that effects everyone. Seems pretty intermittent. Oddly enough our Wii seems to download stuff pretty slow ... never tested anything but just doing the system updates takes a while and it usually
never finishes without messing up at least 4-5x.
I never had any speed issues when I had the 360 either ... again, not sure any of that is helpful since it seems intermittent with everyone.
You need to setup change some settings and you can configure your PS3 to be as fast as your 360.
NAT/Port Forwarding: (best solution)
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=killzone2&thread.id=305580
QOS (Boost your PS3's priority on your network)
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psnetwork&message.id=297137
Some people have had success using a Proxy server - including Vidikron (requires additional computer)
http://www.psu.com/forums/showthread.php?s=64b7578fb055a5fecc476a2024ec53a2&t=190858
Luckily for me the type of router I have automatically configured correctly and I've never had slow download speeds. But, the problem is more than likely with the configuration and not the PS3 itself since you've said the 360 is zippy fast.
2nd Lieutenant Gunther (PSN: helghast102) @ Oct 29th 2009 11:39PM
Might as well join this download party.
Im on Virgin Media 10MB and use WiFi on my PS3, and i have no problems with my download speeds, R&C:ACiT Ratchet Demo downloaded in 30 minutes for me. (also, i did speedtest.net on my PS3 browser and got a 7-MB download)
Maybe its just a US problem, eh?
Vidikron @ Oct 30th 2009 2:25AM
I actually don't have to use the proxy any more. I had one set up and used it during big downloads for a few months. It worked fantastic. My download speeds skyrocketed. Then one day I forgot to enable the proxy before starting a download and noticed my speeds were going fast. Not sure why the slowness suddenly went away, but I get great speeds now.
But, tmac, I'd highly recommend you give the proxy a shot for big downloads. When I used to have the slow downloads using the proxy made the downloads as fast or faster than XBL. I downloaded the clank demo a week ago in about 20 minutes. All you need is a computer on your LAN with a static IP. It takes 5 minutes to set up and then you can enable/disable the proxy on your PS3 in seconds. It saves the setting even after you disable it... so the next time you want to use it all you have to do is re-enable it in the network settings.
tmacairjordan87 @ Oct 29th 2009 9:15PM
Boring update, but hey at least my ps3 is finally getting some (sustained) love with Uncharted, Demon's Souls and Ratchet. I haven't had that many ps3 games at once in....well, a very long time.