10 Most Essential PS4 Exclusives - Ranked

9. Ratchet & Clank

Yooka-Laylee and Snake Pass are leading the revivalist charge for 3D platformers in 2017 - something we'll have to wait and see if Crash's N. Sane Trilogy can capitalise on. However, a far more immaculate entry already dropped ahead of time in 2016, and Insomniac's soft reboot of Ratchet & Clank is possibly the best example of how to modernise a classic I've ever seen.

Framing its story as Captain Qwark telling the events in retrospect, you've already got the excuse for tons of "Well, that's not how this went down!" cuts to different scenes and record-scratch resets of iconic scenes, though it's in gameplay where the most meaningful change was made.

Directly addressing how the franchise went hard into third-person shooting over the years, now all you need to do is hold L2 to swap standard platforming controls into aiming, hybridising the two styles and providing the perfect solution. It lets fans of all the Ratchet games come together, lets you play through that original game in a new way, and is by far the best-playing Ratchet & Clank has ever been.

With a solid frame rate, the best animated visuals on PS4 and one of the best guns in gaming history (it turns enemies into pixel art!), R&C's 2016 edition was cast aside when the movie adaptation was a dud, but don't let that be the reason you never experience it.