Parents need to know that Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus is a third-person action-adventure hybrid that has you fight against robotic and alien enemies using a variety of weapons. One gun is used from a first-person perspective for more realism.

There are fanboys of Ratchet & Clank out there. I am not one of them. I do not get how anyone can call a hack and slash with a monkey wrench game family friendly. I do not get how anyone can call a shooter family friendly. We can shoot the enemies with guns.

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus , the intergalactic duo's sixth PlayStation 3 outing, is a largely tedious affair. If you've ever played a Ratchet & Clank game before, well, you might as well have already played Into the Nexus .

Ladies and gentlemen, we gather here today to mourn the loss of one of the most enjoyable gaming franchises of the past decade. The Ratchet & Clank Franchise enjoyed a great run between its launch in 2002 and 2009's entry, A Crack in Time , but it appears as though developer Insomniac Games has all...

Ratchet and Clank has always been a favorite franchise of mine, specifically because of the awesome co-op. Which this game for some reason does not have. The title of the game is Ratchet and Clank, but you can only be Ratchet, it makes no sense.

Lives up to the Ratchet and Clank name has some flaws as of, it being an all around shorter game than the others, some of the new gimmicks added to the game can get quite boring, and the controls are a little weird but they can be easy to get used to.

The final Ratchet & Clank game on PS3 evokes the magic of the early games, but what does it imply for the future of the series?

Excellent graphics and some amusingly inventive weapons; Surprisingly nuanced storyline, although the quality of the jokes is below par

The back to basics approach means even less substance than usual and very little platforming or puzzles; Clank's sections are a wasted opportunity

Ratchet and Clank have been all over the place--and I'm not just talking about the different planets they've traveled to. After defending the universe from power-hungry fools and dabbling in a few different genres, the galactic duo is back doing what they do best: running around, cracking jokes, and...

Fun platforming and shooting levels; Contains the humor the series is known for

Story ends too abruptly; Side-scrolling sections aren't that fleshed out

Ratchet & Clank have been Playstation all-stars from the PS2 era onwards, and their first trilogy remains solid even today, which isn't half bad, considering that the first game came out over ten years ago

Back to quality platforming of before; free flight

weapon upgrade system underdeveloped; short play time

Insomniac's Ratchet & Clank games have been a mainstay on Sony platforms since their debut on the PlayStation 2 back in 2002. The Playstation 3 brought with the the mostly excellent Future trilogy (Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, A Crack in Time), revealing the final fate of the Lombaxes and...

Platforming and shooting gameplay is as solid as ever; The visual appeal continues to please; Maxing out a weapon's upgrades and the ensuing carnage never gets old

Doesn't live up to the rest of the series in terms of scope and quality; A depressed Lombax isn't very funny; Clank's puzzle levels are awkward and simplistic