
Clank has entirely new gameplay sections, which are two dimensional sidescrolling sections in which he is sent to the Netherverse, and crosses this environment by manipulating its gravity.

Ratchet has a similar core moveset to previous entries with an updated control scheme, has many returning weapons and gadgets, as well as several new ones with a focus on gravity manipulation and interaction with the Netherverse. Into the Nexus is a third person three dimensional action game with elements of platforming, shooting and role playing, in which the player controls the lombax Ratchet, who carries a broad arsenal of weapons and gadgets, as well as his sidekick Clank, who Ratchet carries as a backpack to make use of the Heli-Pack, in addition to having his own sections. It also features entirely new Clank gameplay, in which Clank completes side-scrolling sections within the Netherverse wherein he can manipulate gravity to reach objectives.Īt launch, each physical copy of the game included a download voucher for Quest for Booty (which have since expired).

It features many new weapons and gadgets based on manipulating gravity and interacting with the Netherverse, along with many weapons and gadgets returning from past titles. Into the Nexus is a third person action adventure game in the vein of core Ratchet & Clank gameplay, with elements of platforming, shooting, role playing and side scrolling. The plot centers around Ratchet coming to terms with the decisions he made in A Crack in Time. Ratchet and Clank aim to stop her from doing that, but Prog's search to find her own race may give Ratchet the opportunity to search for his own. When her brother Neftin Prog hires the mercenary group Thugs 4 Less to free her, she seeks to bring the nethers from the Netherverse to attack this dimension.

The game takes place in four worlds in the Polaris Galaxy (including three in the abandoned Zarkov Sector, said to be "haunted"), in which Ratchet and Clank have been assigned to escort dangerous criminal Vendra Prog, the last of a race known as the nethers, to the Vartax Detention Center on the Nebulox Seven Prison Ship. A related mobile spinoff, Before the Nexus, was also released that could transfer Raritanium to an Into the Nexus save. It was also added to the PlayStation Now streaming service library of games. It was released in November 2013 for the PlayStation 3. It is a shorter title than A Crack in Time, but longer than Quest for Booty or Full Frontal Assault. Ratchet & Clank (2016) Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus (known as Ratchet & Clank: Nexus in Europe and Australia) is an entry in the Ratchet & Clank series serving as an epilogue to the Future saga, developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (chronologically)
