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At a time of crisis for the black platform games, which actually lasts for five years, abundant, Insomniac try another experiment with the most famous through his series Ratchet & Clank: All for One? That is not just an episode with co-op, but a title modeled entirely around multiplayer, whether locally or over the Internet. Let's see if the beloved mascot solo is equally well suited to the game in the company.

First you say the game is funny, and quite a lot. Much of the previous chapters, above all, jokes are rarely granted.

The nature of the multiplayer game shows since the beginning of the game menu, where you are asked to create a match as if we are online or offline in any shooter. Atmosphere and a checkpoint I decided to start with (of course related to the bailouts), you choose the number of participants and then jump into the fray. Everything is immediate and quite fast, but still some discomfort during the game frankly unnecessary checkpoints as far apart from each other. There is often required to repeat long sections have already seen, perhaps also closed by a movie and have seen that we can not jump. If played alone, the computer will join us to Clank, driven by an artificial intelligence altogether fair. The presence of a "companion" is required because of switches, machines and bosses where you need to work together. For example, there are doors to be opened by shooting with the other player, and enemies too tough because one character can shoot them down without taking too much time. The elements of cooperative whole are well studied but most are integrated with the action without changing it too far. Almost never having to stop or get stuck in front of a gimmick too complicated, or because someone else did not understand how to proceed (but a minimum of cooperation is of course necessary). On the other hand, there are no big surprises in the design or action levels observed in the general sense, which recycles many elements from the old Ratchet & Clank as scenarios, enemies and even arms. So, who does not intend to take advantage of the strong nature of the multiplayer game, is likely to get bored after a few minutes early, when it finds situations already seen and perhaps has no sense of humor necessary to capture all the various audio commentaries.

In the field of realization, Insomniac has done another good job, albeit with slight uncertainty on the side of the frame-rate and some cameras that occasionally obscures the action. The overall effect is excellent, given the large number of objects on the screen and a medium-high detail especially in terms of quality and variety of scenarios. Even the complete absence of loading levels, although they are huge, demonstrates the commitment spent on the purely technical. The margins of improvement can be identified in a definition somewhat "mixed" and artificial intelligence of enemies, just ok. The opponents are limited to fire or run meetings and even the bosses (very well designed in design) beyond a predetermined behavior, which is easy to identify and make them harmless. So, alone with the computer already, the difficulty remains quite low average and often repetitive fights, because dying is almost impossible because all the characters have to succumb together. But it was clear long ago that Ratchet & Clank: All for One was a title directly to the mass audience and the younger users, so there are serious shortcomings, even considered a long life medium-high platform for the category. Remain strong linearity and recycling some of the elements seen in the chapters "single player", which instead will lower the overall profile, especially for those who know by heart the previous releases. The conclusion is that you have already caught some line: if you have friends around or often you go online, is a good title that can become great with the right teammates. But lonely is nothing that we have not seen in the predecessors but, yes, a rate well above the average of humor.