However, it’s only challenging for your first run through the game. It's a fun and comfortable way for longtime platforming fans to ease into the new strategy elements.Įach level can be finished in less than an hour-shorter if you plan on completing the speed run challenges-and typically end with a massive invasion from the AI enemies. The levels have a nice large expanse to run around and search for hidden goodies like collectibles and more money, and the multiple planes in the platform-based environment certainly add to the scope of the exploration. In each, the player is tasked to seek out and pull a series of levers, which will eventually unlock a larger switch.

The single-player or cooperative (online or split-screen local) campaign mode is set across five large, open levels. Once all six generators inside the player’s base are destroyed by the opposing forces, the player loses. Mixing elements of tower defense and capture the flag, the game includes both cooperative and competitive modes, where players arm and defend their base from either the oncoming invasions of AI-controlled opponents or other players online. Stepping outside the franchise's 3D platformer comfort zone, FFA takes Sony's series in the direction of the real-time strategy genre. The purists among us might scoff, but it turns out that their skepticism will be unfounded. While specific elements of the Ratchet & Clank franchise persist, Full Frontal Assault isn’t a typical game in the series.

Quick question: Do you like the idea of a cherished platforming franchise celebrating its 10 year anniversary with a strategy spin-off? If not, you better stop reading.

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