“Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault” (“FFA”) is the third minor release in the ‘Ratchet & Clank’ franchise to grace the PlayStation 3. None of these other spin-off titles have lived up to the greatness of the core ‘Ratchet & Clank’ games, with which developer Insomniac single-handedly proved that 3D platformers could be about more than collecting stars and yelling, “YIPPEE!” Yet my appreciation for the characters and the universe has kept me coming back, even in the face of disappointment. “FFA” promised to rejuvenate the franchise with a dose of Tower Defense, which led me to envision something like “Dungeon Defenders,” except without the hideously unbalanced DLC and painful amounts of grinding. And while “FFA” doesn’t have a lack of balance or a larg... |
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