WithReturnallaunching on April 30, the next big PlayStation 5 exclusive game to look forward to isRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the latest installment in the critically-acclaimed 3D platforming franchise from Insomniac Games and Sony. Sony’s latest State of Play presentation focused almost entirely onRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart, revealing all kinds of interesting details about the upcoming title.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, like previous games in the series, will once again feature a weapons vendor that players can interact with to buy new weapons, gadgets, and upgrades. Most games in theRatchet & Clankseries relegate this role to a Gadgetron box, but inRift Apart, the role is given to Ms. Zurkon, who fans may recognize fromRatchet & Clank: Into the Nexus. Ms. Zurkon will be accessible to both Ratchet and Rivet throughout the game’s various levels.
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In theRatchet & Clank: Rift Apartgameplay presentation shown during theState of Play event, fans got to Ratchet meeting Ms. Zurkon for the first time, as well as Rivet purchasing weapons from her. It’s unclear exactly how far into the game the footage was, but it showed that Rivet already had five weapons from Ms. Zurkon and could purchase two more.
The weapons from Ms. Zurkon were as follows:
In the gameplay footage,newRatchet & Clankhero Rivetpurchases the Topiary Sprinkler from Ms. Zurkon, and then fans get to see the weapon in action. It sort of acts like the turrets from previousRatchet & Clankgames, except it sprays water and fertilizer at enemies instead of shooting them. However, this makes plants grow on the enemies and in turn makes it so they are rendered mostly immobile, leaving them open to shots from other weapons in Rivet’s arsenal.
Fans didn’t get to see Ms. Zurkon’s upgrade screen, but so it’s unclear what exactly that is for. Based on theRatchet & Clank: Rift Apartgameplay footageseen so far, it appears as though weapons will still upgrade based on how much they’re used, which is how it worked in previous games. Perhaps the upgrades are to purchase special modifications for the weapons, or maybe they’re to improve the stats of Ratchet and Rivet. All fans can do is speculate for now, unfortunately.
With theRatchet & Clank: Rift Apartrelease dateless than two months away at this point, though, fans should get concrete answers sooner rather than later.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apartlaunches June 11, exclusively for the PlayStation 5.
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