![]() ![]() And Clank can use rotor blades to give you a little extra lift when necessary. The platforming is augmented by the use of a few neat bits of kit, such as Ratchet's grappling hook, which is easily deployed when you approach a green grapple spot. ![]() It's clever way to make the platform part of the game, even if it is a minor thing. Now they're essentially trapped in your cellphone, and you have to help them out. The story involves poor R&C getting all small'd down after a blast from Microcorp's Biological to Digital Matter transfer Computer. Ratchet & Clank unfolds over seventeen pretty good-sized levels. And for an old-timer like me, that's the sweet spot. It's a classic 2D-style platformer full of all of the running, jumping, and shooting action that fueled gaming in the late eighties to mid-nineties. Honestly, I think I may be enjoying Ratchet & Clank Going Mobile more than I am Ratchet: Deadlocked. A month ago, JAMDAT released an excellent mobile edition of Sony's SOCOM, and now Sony themselves has unleashed their own mobile entry in the Ratchet & Clank franchise. However, even though Sony has it's own portable gaming rig, the PSP, it apparently feels no competition from the mobile arena. You can see maybe why Nintendo opts to keep their prized games off of the platform - some of the best handsets can hold their own against the Game Boy. As cellphone tech becomes more advanced, the games we play on them start creeping up to the quality of dedicated handheld games. ![]()
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