I can't think of too many party-oriented games that feature anything resembling a cohesive story. Super Smash Bros. Brawl comes to mind with the Subspace Emissary campaign, but that wasn't really much of a party. I also seem to recall Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble attempting it. Probably not best to speak further on that note.
Leave it to Insomniac to craft a story trailer for such a game that actually compels me to want to know more. This new trailer for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One does just that, as Dr. Nefarious' plans for galactic domination go horribly awry. The punchy dialog never hurt anyone either. It's really too bad that I almost never have anybody to play these games with as this looks like fun.
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I have liked every ratchet and clank to date and I'm sure I won't be disappointed in this one. And for not having anyone to play with I'm sure they already confirmed online and offline co-op.
Totally agree with your last sentence. I also have nobody to play games with (unless I want to pound a few brewskies and ONLY play madden/black ops for hours). So then I complain that a game forces you to play with other people and people say "LOL U HAVE NO FRIENDS"
oh well, I don't have a PS3 so I'll probably never buy this game anyway.
sad that this game isnt going to see the light of day, due to the fact of its fan base to move ratio, IMO... i played and beat (sever times) every ratchet and clank, and im upset that they went this way, and im one of those that dont HAVE to plan on spending over 100$ on accessories alone just to play a game thats allready 60$.... so bad, i would have really liked to have played this game
as a Ratchet and Clank fan who's had diminishing interest with every new release, I doubt I'll be buying this. it almost reminds of of later Crash Bandicoot games...
We better hear the ending to Nefarious's soap opera. (if you do not remember its this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYGXfAHygNA&playnext=1&list=PL06182FE356EC7ED3) But having direct dialog and content with both Nefarious and Quark is brilliant. and how on earth did Quark become president?
What was wrong with Deadlocked? It's my favorite R&C game to date.
Also, Sony has some of the worst marketing teams in the industry.
360 games are hyped ages before they come out. I've seen one KZ3 commercial that didn't feature Kevin Butler, and it didn't show anything but the logo.
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10:40 AM on 03.22.2011 | 
oh well, I don't have a PS3 so I'll probably never buy this game anyway.
At any rate, I figured it'd be bad, but y'know, I'll give it a try.
The trailer sounds like your average sitcom/romantic comedy trailer, though.
Also, Sony has some of the worst marketing teams in the industry.
360 games are hyped ages before they come out. I've seen one KZ3 commercial that didn't feature Kevin Butler, and it didn't show anything but the logo.