The portable Vita gets another console port, and this one is louder and prouder than the rest.
Ratchet and Clank are the PlayStation family's lovely little demolition crew and, after a remastered run on the PS3 last year, the original PS2 trilogy is in your hands for mayhem on the move.
It's another pitch-perfect choice for this device as the series' formula of gadgets, adventure, puzzles, and laugh-out-loud cheekiness position it quite snugly in the mobile games family.
Vita owners aren't quite spoiled for choice yet, but it seems we're getting there.
There's a little bit of boom-factor lost in the transition to the Vita and its bikkie-sized screen, and veteran eyes may need some time to re-contextualise the games' familiar space-baddie-bashing action within a smaller space. But rest assured that all of that satisfying, crunchy Ratchet and Clank gameplay is intact.
If not for the rich history of its console versions, you might think this set was made for portable play.
If this is your first time in this clever, twisted, and delightfully irreverent universe, then throw your buckle off and get ready to let loose.
This is still a ride like no other.
Platform:
PS Vita
Rating:
PG
Click here to buy Ratchet and Clank for PlayStation Vita.
- TimeOut