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 on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, while it will also be available on Blu-ray Disc (PlayStation 3 only) 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. The 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 were trying to include a platinum trophy. They later announced the game would include a full set of trophies, including a platinum trophy.

Cross-Play, Cross-Buy, and Cross-Save support
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault will feature Cross-Play and Cross-Save support allowing full compatibility between game saves and multiplayer with both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita system. As part of Sony's new Cross-Buy program, this also means the PlayStation Vita version of the game will be available for no extra charge when the PlayStation 3 version is purchased.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the game was composed by Michael Bross.

Characters

 * Captain Qwark
 * Clank
 * Ratchet
 * The Plumber
 * Talwyn Apogee (multiplayer skin only)

Weapons

 * Buzz Blades
 * Combuster
 * Doppelbanger
 * Groovitron Mine
 * Mr. Zurkon
 * Omegatech Frost Cannon
 * OmniWrench Millennium 12
 * Plasmabomb Launcher
 * Pyro Blaster
 * Sonic Eruptor
 * Thundersmack
 * Warmonger

Base Defenses

 * Combuster turret
 * Pyro Blaster Turret
 * Warmonger Turret
 * Slow-Mo Mine
 * Groovitron Mine
 * Barrier

Gadgets

 * Hoverboots
 * Grind Boots

Ratchet

 * Pilot Suit

Species

 * Anthropods
 * Grungarians
 * Lombax
 * Markazian
 * Robot
 * Unnamed blue humanoid species

Enemies

 * Anthropod
 * Grungarian Brawler
 * Grungarian Engineer
 * Grungoid
 * Missile Minion

Locations

 * Ebaro