Ratchet & Clank for PS4 Lost Sight of What Makes the Series Special Ratchet & Clank is one of my favorite PlayStation series. Insomniac Games’ iconic lombax and defective combat drone have engaged in everything from traditional sci-fi shenanigans to high-seas pirating to a bit of tower defense. No matter where you put them, Ratchet and Clank just work effortlessly. Which is why I was more than a little perplexed with their only appearance in Ratchet & Clank on PlayStation 4. At the time of its release, the series had already teased something huge was coming at the end of Into the Nexus on PlayStation 3, a big-budget movie adapting the first game’s story was about to release to herald a lineup of Sony game movies, and Insomniac had just wrapped up its first and only Microsoft exclusive. Yet the game that accompanies all of this feels almost like an afterthought, lackadaisically going through the motions without the heart, soul, and hint of edge that makes