Codex [exclusive]: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Rift Apart reset the franchise’s timeline, allowing future games to follow Ratchet, Rivet, Clank, and Kit as a quartet. Insomniac confirmed post-launch that they have no plans for a direct sequel immediately, focusing on Wolverine and Spider-Man 2 , but the ending (Rivet repairing her Dimensionator) is an open invitation. Conclusion: A Dimensional Classic Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is more than a tech demo. It’s a mature, heartfelt adventure that proves linear, joyful games still have a place in an open-world industry. It respects its 20-year history while fearlessly introducing new heroes. And in an era of broken launches and live-service grinds, it’s a polished, complete, and beautiful artifact — a game that understood the assignment and then tore a hole in reality to exceed it.

Here, the game introduces its secret weapon: , a female Lombax freedom fighter missing her right arm (replaced by a cybernetic prosthetic). Rivet is not a gender-swapped skin; she’s a fully realized character with her own arc — mistrustful, impulsive, scarred by years of resistance against the Emperor. She has her own companion, Kit (a defective warbot who rejected violence, analogous to Clank’s logical pacifism but with more guilt). ratchet & clank: rift apart codex

For the Lombax, the robot, and the fans who’ve followed them since 2002, Rift Apart was worth the wait. And for the rifts still open… the adventure continues. Rift Apart reset the franchise’s timeline, allowing future

The game was announced in June 2020 during the PS5 Future of Gaming event. The reveal trailer — showing Ratchet falling through a rift into a neon-drenched pirate city — became an instant benchmark for next-gen expectations. To understand Rift Apart , you must first understand its backbone. The PS5’s custom 825GB SSD is capable of reading 5.5 GB/s (raw) and up to 9 GB/s compressed. Insomniac used this to eliminate corridor-based hidden loading. In prior titles, you’d squeeze through a tunnel or wait for a elevator; in Rift Apart , you pull a lever, and the world fractures. It’s a mature, heartfelt adventure that proves linear,