Ratchet & Clank, along with Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper have become the Crash Bandicoot of the millennium--the unofficial mascot for the Playstation Brand. These platformers have offered up Playstation owners grand experiences and have created life-long fans of the brand. Characters have appeared in numerous other genre titles, and some of the duos have had their stand-alone titles. Now, developer Insomniac Games is introducing two of the series well-known villains in the series--Captain Qwark and Doctor Nefarious as playable characters in Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One.

All 4 One, at least from the descriptions reminds me of playing the old Konami arcade titles in the arcade like The Simpsons Or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The four-player action in the game was insane--and I'm all for having three other people in your living room playing a co-op game. It made games like WWF No Mercy and New Super Mario Bros. Wii that much better. Luckily, if you're not one for social interaction Insomniac Games is allowing up to 4 players to play simultaneously online in a "drop-in, drop-out" mode. 

The four player co-op' story mode is centered around a botched plan by Doctor Nefarious to destroy Captain Qwark, Ratchet and Clank that sends them spiraling into a machine known as the "creature collector." The four are forced to put their differences aside and work together to escape the confines of the machine and return back home. Not a bad story to base some co-op play off of. And luckily, it will be nothing like the wagglefest that was Playstation Move Heroes.

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One is expected to hit store shelves sometime in Fall 2011. Check out some screenshots below.

About the Author

Jared Bernhardt

Game Reviews Editor

Jared Bernhardt has had his hand in many different areas of entertainment. He was an intern at both World Wrestling Entertainment and Pro Wrestling Illustrated, in addition to working alongside Microsoft, 20^th Century Fox and Mozilla on marketing ventures. He graduated Cum Laude with a BA from Dickinson College and has his sights set on taking the world of video game journalism by storm. And he wrote his thesis on professional wrestling—I mean, how epic is that? He has composed articles for Nintendojo, The Dickinsonian, GamingRing and Crispy Gamer.