From amusing dialogue to dry, subtle jokes buzzing in from various intercoms in certain stages, the game erupts with wit and charm. It's hard not to get a warm chuckle out of the franchise's geriatric robot heroes, Cronk and Zephyr, who adorably bicker over war stories and age. For example, there is a gun that lobs a grenade that summons a ghoul in the form of a pirate or clown to scare enemies, and another called the Winterizer, which plays holiday music while turning foes into grinning snowmen brandishing candy canes. The jokes come early and often throughout the campaign, from slapstick moments thanks to the bumbling gator-faced Thugs-4-Less goons, to the zany array of weapons. The classic sense of humor of the franchise remains intact and always hilarious. The Temporal Repulsor delivers a shotgun blast of quantum energy to multiple foes. This is an epilogue, designed to cap off the Future trilogy of games and tie up loose ends in the process. Coming in at around five hours, the budget-priced Into the Nexus is short, but that brevity supports its narrative purpose. What follows is a daring chase by Ratchet and Clank as they hop among five different planets in pursuit of the fleeing felons.

In an explosive introduction, Vendra is rescued by her twin brother Neftin Prog and his horde of Cockney-voiced hired goons working for Thugs-4-Less. It's a laugh a minute in this exuberant return to form, which has the heroic lombax coming to terms with his rightful place in the universe.įollowing the events of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, the heroic duo is transporting the infamous criminal Vendra Prog to a detention center.

It doesn't represent a great departure from the franchise, but instead hones in on what made the games so fun in the first place: fast-paced, gun-toting mayhem.

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus is a lean, mean machine.

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