Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault

Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault, called Ratchet & Clank: QForce in Europe and Australia, is the upcoming 10th installment in the Ratchet &amp; Clank series set to be released in Fall 2012. It will be a downloadable PlayStation Network title in NTSC regions, while it will also be available on Blu-ray Disc in PAL regions, in a similar way to Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty. It will be a shorter adventure, but will boast online and offline co-op mode, as well as a significantly higher replay value than the previous short adventure, Quest for Booty. The game will return to the typical Ratchet & Clank classic style with a third-person camera, but will also feature a twist on tower-defense gameplay.

Overview
Full Frontal Assault will involve an intergalactic conflict, and revolves around the co-op mechanics of dropping into the battlefield, choosing your weapons and experiencing it with friends.

Ratchet & Clank 10th Anniversary
For Ratchet & Clank ' s tenth anniversary, a worldwide special surprise was announced to celebrate the anniversary along with The Ratchet & Clank Collection. This worldwide surprise was revealed to be Full Frontal Assault on May 30, 2012

Plot
The story involves Ratchet, Clank and Qwark confronting an alien army across three different planets. A new nemesis also has a nasty surprise planned for Qwark.

Gameplay
Full Frontal Assault will feature three playable characters: Captain Qwark, Ratchet and Clank. Gameplay is returning to the traditional third-person camera in classic Ratchet & Clank style. The gameplay will be more classic action based Ratchet & Clank but relates more to the battlefield gameplay in Ratchet & Clank:Up Your Arsenal than corridor style gameplay. This is primarily due to the new tower-defense element involving building and defending a base.

The game will feature a full arsenal of weapons and a multiplayer element which will work with two player splitscreen or on-line co-operative play. It will also feature five levels set on three different planets.

Full Frontal Assault is designed to have more replayability than Quest for Booty. Medals are awarded based on the player's performance in the tower defense segments, encouraging the player to replay these as medals unlock new perks and armors for Ratchet, Clank and Qwark.

Levels in Full Frontal Assault are set up in an open fashion. Weapons are dotted around the level and are hidden in pods, with the stronger weapons being harder to find. During the level, the player has to kill enemies while he traverses the level to find weapons. Near the end of the level, the tower-defense aspect is brought in and a "major assault" is unleashed. The player has to set up defenses around the level to defend against the onslaught, and defenses are brought with bolts obtained from killing enemies before the major assault.

There will also be a competitive multiplayer mode in Full Frontal Assault, that is based around the co-operative game.

Graphics
Graphically the game uses the same engine as Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One.

Trophies
As with all PlayStation 3 releases the game will feature trophies. According to James Stevenson, Insomniac Games are trying to include a platinum trophy.

Characters

 * Captain Qwark
 * Clank
 * Ratchet
 * The Plumber

Weapons

 * Buzz Blades
 * Combuster
 * Doppelbanger
 * Groovitron Mine
 * Mr. Zurkon
 * OmniWrench Millennium 12
 * Plasmabomb Launcher
 * Pyro Blaster
 * Warmonger

Gadgets

 * Hoverboots

Ratchet

 * Pilot Suit

Enemies

 * Grungarian Brawler
 * Grungarian Engineer
 * Grungoid
 * Missile Minion

Locations

 * Ebaro