Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

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5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 180 Ratings

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  1. piglordofallham
    Jul 27, 2023
    6
    Its okay. Its not terrible or anything, but it is quite disappointing unless you are absolutely brand new to the series. Soundtrack? Pretty bog standard. Gameplay? Well its most of what people like about the games, even I think its fairly slick now as it controls rather flawlessly via a mouse and keyboard (though some button placements are a little odd). It reminds me a lot of ToolsIts okay. Its not terrible or anything, but it is quite disappointing unless you are absolutely brand new to the series. Soundtrack? Pretty bog standard. Gameplay? Well its most of what people like about the games, even I think its fairly slick now as it controls rather flawlessly via a mouse and keyboard (though some button placements are a little odd). It reminds me a lot of Tools of Destruction, especially because the opening is a huge set-piece that shows off the engine, and a lot of the effects, but it slows to a snails pace fairly soon after that bombastic intro. A lot of the newer Ratchet & Clank games have had this issue because quite frankly we aren't ever going to get the original trio of titles again. The formula just isn't there anymore inside of these games. So you end up with a lot of pretty visuals, some cornball dialogue, and a lot of cutscenes that sort of impact the overall world-building by being so schizophrenic in terms of pacing that you don't really want to chill out or explore anything as the narrative is just pushing you to the next set-piece or action sequence.

    My biggest gripe is the colors are ridiculous. A lot of very bright neon greens, purples and some of the effects kind of make stuff difficult to actually see what's going on in particularly busy segments. This title has a lot in common with a Crack in time in terms of its narrative flow, but that is just a huge disservice to the evolution the series needs to survive- its not there. Crack in time was literally my last Ratchet & Clank title that I bothered trying to play through and it became sort of dull after the first hour or so. That's pretty crazy to me, since that came out 14 years ago. That's how little these games have changed to be quite honest. Though I do like the addition of a female Lombax character (again, even though their already was one and they just sort of wrote her out of the plot for no reason several times), I think Rivet should've just got her own game. The fact that they don't want to really explore new territory or that stuff is basically just recycled wholesale from the older games (like entire levels passed off as homages instead of the recycled maps that they are) tells you all you really need to know about the development team behind the series now.

    Personally, its perfectly fun, its nothing amazing and it might even be the end of the series for a while, but that's alright. We still have the originals, and a couple of the PS3 titles are certainly worth checking out. Its just sort of a shame that this newer series doesn't really share the same passion or quality writing the older series had. Performance-wise I really didn't have issues.. which was shocking. I got about 60 fps or more with a few dips below 60 with everything set to very high preset alongside Ray tracing set to all very high/ high settings. The game looks good with Ray tracing, but not good enough for the performance penalty. I'm running a 2080ti, and a 11900k with some decently overclocked 32GB of Patriot DDR4 RAM and didn't run into stutter outside of one or two instances during the "rift" jumping sequence near the beginning of the game. Considering how often Sony articles seem to paint these games as "only being possible" on their hardware, its interesting that we got a port that doesn't really have any issues or limitations based on the hardware it was made for. Ironically, I'm running the game on an NVMe SSD, which is probably 2 or even 3 times faster than the Playstation 5's SSD.

    I think its worth trying, but if you're a fan of the older series I would wait for this to go on sale later on down the road before picking it up.    … Expand
  2. JFallenJ
    Jul 28, 2023
    5
    Like Marvel's Spider-Man, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart suffers from combat that's sometimes too messy, a maximum difficulty that's certainly not tested in the game as a whole, soulless side quests (though admittedly more acceptable than in Spider-Man), a more than dubious optimization, notably with ray-tracing, and a release status where players are still considered beta testers. MaybeLike Marvel's Spider-Man, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart suffers from combat that's sometimes too messy, a maximum difficulty that's certainly not tested in the game as a whole, soulless side quests (though admittedly more acceptable than in Spider-Man), a more than dubious optimization, notably with ray-tracing, and a release status where players are still considered beta testers. Maybe Insomniac should try making movies, because their video games aren't quite there yet...… Expand
  3. veckans
    Jul 31, 2023
    5
    Nice graphics, excellent performance, almost zero to none stutter and good sound effects. Well polished game overall.
    But the game is insanely repetitive, same mobs from the beginning to the end, and the same miniboss keeps spawning in almost every fight. Story is kinda boring but then again quite decent considering it's a game made primarily for children.
    I had a decent time playing    Nice graphics, excellent performance, almost zero to none stutter and good sound effects. Well polished game overall.
    But the game is insanely repetitive, same mobs from the beginning to the end, and the same miniboss keeps spawning in almost every fight. Story is kinda boring but then again quite decent considering it's a game made primarily for children.

    I had a decent time playing through this game but nothing more. If you can get it really cheap it might be worth picking up. Your kids will probably like it more.

    EDIT: I had 2 crashes playing through this game entirely. Not perfect but overall very playable. People complaining about constant crashes have old garbage PCs that don't even live up to the minimum requirements. The game is not to blame for you having a garbage rig, buy a new one instead.    … Expand
  4. Masterofevil22
    Aug 1, 2023
    6
    So, this game is extremely fun and well done from an "overall game" perspective. The mechanics are sound. The technology is good. It has great characters, a good enough story to stay entertained, etc., etc.

    That said, this game is broken. I have both an RTX 3060 & 7900 XTX and with or without RT on, the amount of JUST GRAPHICAL BUGS is Bountiful. That said, it does run extremely    So, this game is extremely fun and well done from an "overall game" perspective. The mechanics are sound. The technology is good. It has great characters, a good enough story to stay entertained, etc., etc.

    That said, this game is broken. I have both an RTX 3060 & 7900 XTX and with or without RT on, the amount of JUST GRAPHICAL BUGS is Bountiful. That said, it does run extremely well (120fps+ avg at native 4k max sans rt on my 7900 XTX bc there is no freaking RT support right now.. face palm & 60fps avg at 1080p with RT reflections bc they're the only RT worth enabling at the moment imo on my RTX 3060.). So, at least it has performance going for it.

    They just need to FIX the game and stop releasing games that are not ready to be released!! Please, fix RT on AMD and FIX RT IN General. I did you fixed the low texture streaming thing and the water randomly turning itself on/off. This is good progress. Please Keep Going!    … Expand
  5. pheonixx74
    Jul 30, 2023
    6
    good game but not finished as usual, no ray tracing on AMD CG, crash on nvidia CG if reflex activated apparently. With a little more time, the devs would surely have delivered a well-finished product.
  6. Dubeau
    Jul 30, 2023
    6
    Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart is a fun game. The story is great and has a lot of small twists in it. The fighting is awesome. The upgrade system is interesting. The missions are fun too, even the sides quests. Graphically the game is awesome, but suffer from going through walls and ground bugs. Speaking of bugs, this game is still another bad port from console. The game produce various PCRatchet and Clank Rift Apart is a fun game. The story is great and has a lot of small twists in it. The fighting is awesome. The upgrade system is interesting. The missions are fun too, even the sides quests. Graphically the game is awesome, but suffer from going through walls and ground bugs. Speaking of bugs, this game is still another bad port from console. The game produce various PC crashes in non specific places. Sadly, I have one that stopped progression of the game, which was very frustrating. The sounds also produce a lot of garbage, stuttering. I give the game 65%, but in reality, if the port would be better, that game should have a 80-90% score. But, the port is just horrible, and I would advise waiting for several patch before buying it on PC.… Expand
  7. petriAND
    Aug 2, 2023
    7
    Gameplay - 8/10
    Story - 6/10
    Visuals - 9/10
    Sound design/OST - 7.5/10
    Acting/cinematics - 7/10
    Fun - 7/10
    Optimization - 5.5/10
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  8. Visitbr
    Aug 1, 2023
    7
    é um jogo bem divertido e satisfatório, ele tem animações ótimas e detalhadas, gráficos muito bonitos e combate refinado, mas em questão de performance ele peca bastante, por mais que o porte nao seja tao ruim, o jogo tem quedas de quadros a todo momento independente do hardware que é utilizado, o uso de ssd não é necessario, eu estou jogando em um hd 7200rpm e nao tive problemas comé um jogo bem divertido e satisfatório, ele tem animações ótimas e detalhadas, gráficos muito bonitos e combate refinado, mas em questão de performance ele peca bastante, por mais que o porte nao seja tao ruim, o jogo tem quedas de quadros a todo momento independente do hardware que é utilizado, o uso de ssd não é necessario, eu estou jogando em um hd 7200rpm e nao tive problemas com travamentos ou loading… Expand
  9. somovbiu
    Sep 3, 2023
    5
    Definitely a kid's game. Can be dumb fun for adults. But the 70-dollar price tag is justifiable in no universe.
  10. Sole13
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    It was my first game from the series and I quite enjoyed it until cca half after that the combat started to feel little boring. Story was okay, nice likeable characters. I didnt encounter any crashing problems as others are suggesting.
  11. Nemesis95
    Aug 11, 2023
    6
    Ein sehr gutes Spiel leider ruckelt es oft sehr stark besonders beim erst start.

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86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 22, 2024
    100
    The successful port brought a game to PC that simply isn't available on Steam or the Epic Game Store. Seriously, you just can't get a game like this on PC. Accessible, entertaining in every aspect, funny, cleverly written and acted, audiovisually awesome. This is a AAA production with everything you expect from it. [Issue#329]
  2. Gamereactor Finland
    Nov 8, 2023
    90
    It's very hard not to like this. It's really good.
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  3. Gaming Age
    Sep 24, 2023
    91
    Not that being more emotional and being fun are mutually exclusive – as Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart proves time and again. As the series enters into its third (!!!) decade, this PC port is a fine way to show that the Ratchet and Clank are still compelling characters, and even if there are a few points where it feels like the game could use a little more polish in terms of performance, they can’t take away the fact that Rift Apart is an outstanding game.
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