Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Preview of the new title from Insomniac Games

Ready for a space-dimensional journey?

As for the narrative structure, it is not yet clear when the new adventure with protagonists will take place Ratchet e Clank. For the moment, in fact, it has not been specified whether this new title in the series will follow in the footsteps of Nexus (from which, however, he inherits the concept of "Rift", or dimensional rifts) or if it will be a sequel to the 2016 reboot. As for the aforementioned space-dimensional fractures, it is self-evident already from the trailer that the thing will be a driving force not only of the gameplay but also of the narrative. While the two protagonists travel between one dimension and another, during a battle they find themselves separated into two different realities. In the one where Clank ends up, it seems that Nefarious managed to triumph, creating a real dictatorship. Here we will meet the mysterious Lombax that, according to the latest news released by Insomniac itself, will be a playable character.

Play as Ratchet AND a mysterious new female Lombax from another dimension. # RatchetPS5 #RiftApart pic.twitter.com/aMDSAB77iG

- Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) June 16, 2020

This announcement has raised several questions in the imagination of fans: will the gameplay of this mysterious Lombax use its mechanical arm and its futuristic hammer? Is this girl related in any way to our hero's past? Or could it be an alternate version of it in another dimension? For now, none of these questions have an answer. What is certain is that this is undoubtedly an absolute novelty for the saga. In all previous chapters of the series, players have always taken the commands of either Ratchet or Clank, and only in the spin-off Secret Agent Clank was given the option to control another character, namely the Captain Qwark (of which we could also play the role in the video comics of Ratchet & Clank 3).