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What lies ahead for Insomniac Games after Spider-Man?
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I'm not sure if you could say that Spiderman is a complete departure from their previous games. Insomniac has always excelled doing third person action games that involve combat and exploration. It just so happened that the IP they were working with had been gaining steam and the game itself was released at the peak of Spidey-mania.
I think with the marketing muscle and support of Sony, the creative worlds that Insomniac has constructed just has more funding to flex that marketing muscle and perhaps get a bit more freedom to go truly deep into their own aesthetic as opposed to being focus-group'd to hell (a la Fuse).
I think with the marketing muscle and support of Sony, the creative worlds that Insomniac has constructed just has more funding to flex that marketing muscle and perhaps get a bit more freedom to go truly deep into their own aesthetic as opposed to being focus-group'd to hell (a la Fuse).
This. They could also re-imagine Resistance instead of a new IP.
Exactly. And that was them who chose to work on Spider-man initialy. I think they have done enough Ratchet and clank games.
The Charlotte team will probably be working on something different from the California team.
I love R&C, but there is no way the new game is anything but Spider-Man 2 after the massive success they had with the first.
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I'm genuinely surprised that people want more Ratchet. That seems to be the prevailing opinion in here, actually it seems like SM2 is a no-brainer, and people want a new IP, and many still want more of R&C. I thought people would've been fatigued but the output of titles that have been released over the years.
It's strange how titles such as Halo, GoW, and Gears came to be viewed as stale and same-y and experienced sales slumps but R&C has managed to avoid that fate so far. It really is shocking when you consider how little the series and latest title have changed compared to the franchise initial debut way back in 2002.
Still have my fingers crossed for that new IP though.
It's strange how titles such as Halo, GoW, and Gears came to be viewed as stale and same-y and experienced sales slumps but R&C has managed to avoid that fate so far. It really is shocking when you consider how little the series and latest title have changed compared to the franchise initial debut way back in 2002.
Still have my fingers crossed for that new IP though.
100% it will be Spider-Man 2 and they will also spin up a small team to work on either a new IP or a Ratchet sequel. I never really got into Resistance but would not be opposed seeing that franchise rebooted.
Ratchet has managed to innovate and introduce new.elements to the core gameplay loop from the original release and all the way to Into the Nexus. The brand is established as a successful, international IP in a way that few Sony IPs manage. Like it'd be foolish not to expect a new Ratchet.
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I don't think Ratchet and Clank as a series has seen any type of drastic gameplay changes aside from Clank and his Zoni puzzles from A Crack in Time. The core gameplay, as good as it is, has remained roughly the same for nearly 17 years. Just my opinion, I don't think much would be lost if they stopped producing the games because much hasn't changed between releases.