Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus
Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus is a mobile application released for Android and iOS on December 18, 2013. The player plays as Ratchet and has to jump between grindrails in order to collect bolts which can…
Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus is a platform developed by Darkside Game Studios, released 18 December 2013 on Android and iOS.
What Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus is
Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus is a platform game developed by Darkside Game Studios and released in 2013. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on Android and iOS. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a live Polaris News Update, news announcer Stone Stonefield reported on the mysterious disappearance of the Terachnoid scientist Fleebar Snuttleblast, who was believed to have skipped work to attend a Captain Qwark vid-comic convention. However, it was later discovered he was abducted by the twin crime team, Vendra and Neftin Prog, lead suspects in the theft at Pollyx Industries. On Terachnos Ratchet looked at the Prog Duo's M-class star cruiser as it flew past him and shot at him. He began chasing them across grindrails, city sections, inside buildings and on land, eventually defeating them and capturing Vendra while rescuing Terachnoids on the way.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Ratchet & Clank series
Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus is the 23rd of 32 entries we hold in the Ratchet & Clank series. The next entry was Ratchet & Clank: Ginga Saikyo Tristar Pack in 2014.
What it launched against
Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus launched on 18 December 2013, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster and Final Fantasy X HD Remaster.
Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster, Final Fantasy X HD Remaster.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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