[PS3] Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

[deepbrown]

http://www.gamezine.co.uk/news/game...-toy-story-pre-rendered-graphics-$1313581.htm

Not really that interesting but it compares Toy Story 2 to Clock Blocker (Everyone should refer to crack in time as this now as it's pure genuis ) with the aid of a dodgy 480i DVD pic to a Clock Blocker 720p Hi-Def image.

It does look really good though in fairness.

Is Clock Blocker really that rude? They should definitely change the name to that!

 

[Arwin]

It was one of the names Insomniac themselves came up with. I think it was even their favorite, but considered a bit too much. i think the difference is just too small with the actual offending term.

 

[Scott_Arm]

Probably worried about slips of the tongue at press conferences.

 

[deepbrown]

It was one of the names Insomniac themselves came up with. I think it was even their favorite, but considered a bit too much. i think the difference is just too small with the actual offending term.

Can you remind of all the Ratchet game's subtitles?

 

[deepbrown]

Are the cutscene's real-time? I remember lots of transitions from cutscene to gameplay that looked natural in TOD

 

[DJ12]

I doubt it, they recorded (some of) the cutscenes in the first PS3 game so they could load in the background. I would imagine they will do the same this time for the same reason.

 

[patsu]

[gt]53093[/gt]

Clank's time puzzle gameplay!

That's pitifully little material for fans ! >8^O




This is better (Found in the gamezine article. There are more videos there it seems):

 

[el_rika]

Are the cutscene's real-time? I remember lots of transitions from cutscene to gameplay that looked natural in TOD

All the cutscenes in the first one are prerendered.

Seeing how they praise the graphics in the cutscenes for the new one, i'm guessing this time they'll actually run in realtime.

 

[Gitaroo]

All the cutscenes in the first one are prerendered.

Seeing how they praise the graphics in the cutscenes for the new one, i'm guessing this time they'll actually run in realtime.

actually not all, quite a few are in game, when you start a new game+ the one with Ratchet wearing the original costume from the beginning of the game are all prerendred. The one that actually changed with what ever your characters is wearing in the game is all real time. I say about half and half.

 

[betan]

That sounds, about right.
The new one will probably have more though, with the new holo armor and all.

 

[RenegadeRocks]

Its good to see they have made Clank faster ! It used to be chore playing as Clank ! Now, he has got some moves too !

 

[el_rika]

That sounds, about right.
The new one will probably have more though, with the new holo armor and all.

that would be great !

 

[betan]

To be clear, I meant more prerendered cutscenes, since with the new armor they will have some kind of explanation for why the cutscenes have different Ratchet than the one player customized.

 

[patsu]

What does holo-armor do ?

 

[el_rika]

To be clear, I meant more prerendered cutscenes, since with the new armor they will have some kind of explanation for why the cutscenes have different Ratchet than the one player customized.

that would suck

 

[betan]

What does holo-armor do ?

Since it's _holographic_, they can now switch the armor off before cutscene.

that would suck

I disagree. 99.9% of all realtime cutscenes are useless besides player customization (clothing and weapons etc.).

It really bugs me that they are never dynamic, and the in-game to cutscene transition is always as disconnected as prerendered stuff.

As long as that's the case, I see no point of keeping the cutscene realtime, total waste of resources.

 

[Gitaroo]

I like all in cut scene to be done in game just for maximum quality without any video artifacts.

 

[Sigfried1977]

The only pre-recorded cut-scenes in the first PS3 R&C game were the ones in the first level, everything else was rendered in real-time. (unless Insomniac recorded every single cut-scene 5 times for every armor variation, not to mention at insane quality settings)

 

[Iron Tiger]

The only pre-recorded cut-scenes in the first PS3 R&C game were the ones in the first level, everything else was rendered in real-time. (unless Insomniac recorded every single cut-scene 5 times for every armor variation, not to mention at insane quality settings)

Isn't that what Blu-ray's for?

 

[Gitaroo]

Isn't that what Blu-ray's for?

one of their podcast mention the game went way over 25 gigs before but they want to make it fit a single layer disc so they trim it down. Doing most of the movies ingame is probably how they trim it down to fit.