Finally finished the last two campaign levels thanks to my newly upgraded Level 5 weapons and headed online... played an awesome match 2v2 so I went in for another, but somehow all of my team's generators got destroyed in the first phase within a minute (the part where you're getting nodes.) Maybe I'm missing something, but is that supposed to be able to happen so quickly?
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Ratchet & Clank Full Frontal Assault |OT| The Skinemax of MOBAs
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Your team mate quit the match.
New map / patch isn't out yet, but I'm patiently waiting. Until then, Skidd over at Insomniacgames.com community made what is, quite possibly, the best Ratchet & Clank fan art...ever.
Really awesome stuff.
Original Post.
Really awesome stuff.
He does such amazing artwork, style is very similar to those of Creaturebox that do Insomniacs concept art. He once did a rough sketch for me of Ratchet as Kratos, and I still love it.
If anybody is curious you can see his work on deviant art. He's also a gaffer *waves*
Such an incredibly talented guy. Didn't realize he was on GAF! Cool beans.
Game delayed till Spring 2013
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/02/07/ratchet-clank-qforce-ps-vita-update/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013...ontal-assault-for-ps-vita-coming-this-spring/
US get Ratchet Deadlocked (Whenever that comes out =P) and EU get Motorstorm RC... Which is a cheap game, already on sale. I mean, at least give us the Complete Edition with all the DLC. Better than nothing but man, not great.
I mostly feel sorry for Insomniac, getting messed around by Sony so much and Tin Giant clearly not delivering on what they said they would. Game will get released in the middle of nowhere and unless advertised will be sent out to die pretty much... Awful situation all round for everyone =/
Still, if Tine Giant are porting the engine, maybe we will get some older R&C or even Resistance games on Vita.
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/02/07/ratchet-clank-qforce-ps-vita-update/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013...ontal-assault-for-ps-vita-coming-this-spring/
US get Ratchet Deadlocked (Whenever that comes out =P) and EU get Motorstorm RC... Which is a cheap game, already on sale. I mean, at least give us the Complete Edition with all the DLC. Better than nothing but man, not great.
I mostly feel sorry for Insomniac, getting messed around by Sony so much and Tin Giant clearly not delivering on what they said they would. Game will get released in the middle of nowhere and unless advertised will be sent out to die pretty much... Awful situation all round for everyone =/
Still, if Tine Giant are porting the engine, maybe we will get some older R&C or even Resistance games on Vita.
I'm cool with that. I'm more irritated at this point that a very huge patch for the game containing some content, balance tweaks, and very necessary adjustment to other areas of the game (matchmaking lobbies and EXP system) has been with them (Sony) over a week!! I've never seen a patch sit so long with Sony for certification before being launched. Absurd! Poor Insomniac. 
Sweet, I am definitely ready to return to Metropolis. Man, between this, Sly 4, and Bentley's Hackpack, I've got a lot of reasons to play my PS3... but not enough time to play it!
EDIT: And... first match I get into, my partner quits again within seconds. I think they should change it so if you quit, your PS3 explodes.
It'll take people time to get adjusted to not seeing the rating prior to a match up. I pretty much only play 1v1, so this isn't an issue for me. I think the game is less fun in 2v2, too many variables, especially with randoms.
Were people quitting from the pause menu before or just quitting the game from the XMB? I don't see the option to quit from the pause menu during online (besides surrendering) so can't people still just rage quit by backing out to the PS3 XMB, therefore avoiding any sort of harsh penalty to their rank with patch 1.04? How would they be notified?
SCEE got their act together!
EU PS3 owners of the game will now get Ratchet Gladiator as well as Motorstorm RC!
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/02/22/ratchet-clank-qforce-ps-vita-update-2/
This is all reliant on Ratchet Gladiator actually releasing at some point =P
EU PS3 owners of the game will now get Ratchet Gladiator as well as Motorstorm RC!
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/02/22/ratchet-clank-qforce-ps-vita-update-2/
This is all reliant on Ratchet Gladiator actually releasing at some point =P
So now EU owners get the better deal!? What a ripoff, Sony! D:<
(Of course, US Vita owners got MotorStorm RC for free last year, so I have no real reason to complain...)
Lol yeah has now turned out that way, they should have just offered R:G from the start. Motorstorm RC is a cheap little game anyway that is often on sale in the EU, it's not much of anything.
What really gets me is how anyone, at anypoint in time, thought a small team (Tin Giant) could port a 7th generation PS3 engine and game at the same time as it was being built by Insomniac.
It's lunacy, Tin Giant either way over promised and Sony is just chucking more time/money at them to just get it done and out of the way and recoup what they can, or they are doing this as part of a bigger project to bring Insomniacs other games to the Vita or future hardware. The game will come out around 6 months late, by which time most people will have stopped playing it, it will be on the Vita which has a low install base, and they are giving away Ratchet Deadlocked/Gladiator to all owners which are probably Ratchet fans and are the main people that would of actually bought RD/RG when it came out. Not to mention Idol Minds have also had around a year delay in porting Deadlocked/Gladitor which will be costing Sony more money, though I hope by now they will also be working on vita/ps4 porting.
Sony have been mismanaging both projects so badly, delayed months, giving away free dlc and games along the way. It must be costing them and losing them a lot of money.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
Sooo..
Any news on the Vita version?
Any news on the Vita version?
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
working on trying to get it to you. still waiting
doniewhalberg
Member
Can't imagine how pissed you are about this. Obviously it has nothing to do with IG, but it's likely the average joe or 10yr old kid who bought the ps3 version in hopes of playing his vita version too will never know that. Doesn't help that many on the eu ps blog seem to have had to resort to contacting customer services to get their motorstorm rc code.
Square Triangle
Member
Just bought and installs this giant patch now. Did I still make it in time for the free Deadlocked?
I don't think a cut off date was mentioned. So long as you put the disc in/play it before the Vita version comes out, whenever that comes out..., you should get Deadlocked for free... whenever that comes out to.
Interesting to note that Tin Giant have updated their website a bit:
Tin Giant
http://www.tingiant.com/staff.html
At least one former Insomniac and one past Idol Mind person that did the R&C HD collection.
And they list these as their projects:
http://www.tingiant.com/projects.html
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Resistance 2
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Resistance 3
Ratchet and Clank: HD Collection
Ratchet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault
Fuse
Now, they are either just listing all Insomniac's PS3 games (Bar Fall of Man) or they really are working on porting Insomniac engine/all Insomniac's games, to Vita. Including the PS2 one's i bet.
Square Triangle
Member
Lol. Well of any GAFers still actively play, I'm down for some.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
to be very clear, those are just projects Rob Wyatt worked on.
Thanks for clarifying. Still seems odd to me that two R&C HD porters are working at a new studio that was (I believe) set up to handle porting FFA.
What's your PSN ID? I'm down for either co-op, or showing you the ropes of the glorious MP.
doniewhalberg
Member
Yea, I saw that list last week, wtf. Not really something you can class as the projects Tin Giant worked on.
you are, they said on the blog that they would do another data capture prior to release of the vita version to get everyone that's eligible. However, they stated they would do this by who has played online. So to cover yourself, play one game online. Then you've played, you'll have the trophy, and you've got yourself covered. I'm actually saving the game to play when both versions are available but I jumped on and did the same, got trashed naturally haha.
I can imagine people who have their copy sitting in shrinkwrap waiting for news of the vita version will be really unhappy if they don't get deadlocked because they hadn't logged time into the game. Seems a dumb way for Sony to do it.
Eh, those people are foolish for buying a game months and months ago and not even opening it. They're still getting the Vita version, and there's no other way of identifying early-adopters.
Square Triangle
Member
Jrod87
doniewhalberg
Member
See, this is how I would have expected it to be done for all territories. I would what the technical limitation is there between region. We certainly have the disc benefits option.
Square Triangle
Member
Man, not a single ranked or custom game to join.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
Man, not a single ranked or custom game to join.
that should hopefully changed soon with the new mode/map coming out very very soon
Not to mention the Vita version. That alone will kick the player count up I bet.
Hopefully the PS4 has a system that tells users when a game they have played have updates/new content added. (I wouldn't count PS+'s auto update message as doing that properly)
Man, not a single ranked or custom game to join.
Will add you soon. Might be able to squeeze in some play time this week. In the mean time, check this YouTube channel for some tips / match vids.
www.youtube.com/thacon
Man, not a single ranked or custom game to join.
Add me, I'm FoomMan. We can play sometime.
What's not clicking with you? Also, if you don't really like the game why on earth do you want it on your Vita? xD
Excellent questions. Why not just keep it? It's a solid game, but if you don't like it... why hold onto it for another version?
Did you only play the SP? Or did you even try the MP? I don't understand what's not to get into? It's basically a traditional Ratchet & Clank (from a genre stand point, it's TPS with classic controls). The only difference is that it is arena based instead of a heavy focus on exploration (though there is exploration) and it's clearly more bite sized. For $20 (or in your case, cheaper) it is an absolute steal, especially since it comes with the Vita version and Deadlocked (provided you play an online match in Europe).
Seems like a silly thing to do, honestly.
Also: Really excited to learn what is coming in the new patch. We know a new map is coming, some more tweaks to MP, and JS hinted at a new Mode on the way. Very excited to see how this all turns out. I'm definitely making a new thread so I can pimp the DLC and HOPEFULLY spur some interest for this game on GAF. I mean, I know it's no Bioshock Infinite, but it deserves a fair shake from MOBA fans!
I'm hoping the new mode is CTF or Siege, like from UYA's multiplayer. Take out the 'stages' and make it all even. Can still take nodes, still get weapons, still get money for defences and attack, but you can set when attacks happens.
It depends on the time of day you play. I'd probably wait until after the new patch / map / content. Once that's released, it'll pull back a decent amount of people (and I'll probably pimp a new thread on GAF to see if I can't bring more new people in?). Right now, you can find matches, but it may take a few minutes.
That would be pretty awesome. I'd love something a bit more constant honestly, sort of like a traditional MOBA. A more linear map with set lanes, and minions constantly spawning. You have to capture nodes on the lands in order to press forward and destroy the enemy base. I think a node like this would absolutely have to be 2v2 though, no question about it.
Still patiently waiting on that Skidd McMarxx skin, James.
Ready to get back into this soon!
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
me too