Ratchet & Clank

Upgradeable exotic weaponry pulled the mascot platformer toward third-person shooting.

Released 2002 Developer Insomniac Games Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment Platform PlayStation 2 Genre Platformer Era Broadband & the console shooter

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Ratchet & Clank inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

In-Engine Cutscene ~~1984~~Analog Free-Roam 3D Movement ~~1996~~Hub-and-Spoke World Access ~~1996~~Contextual Lock-On Targeting ~~1998~~

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