16 Insanely Underrated PS4 Exclusives You Must Play

8. Ratchet & Clank

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Insomniac

There's a chance that with Crash Bandicoot's remaster, Yooka-Laylee and the truly awesome Snake Pass all dropping in 2017, Ratchet & Clank's potential 3D platforming-revival was just a year early.

With any luck it'll see some retroactive interest, as initially releasing alongside a tie-in movie that totally tanked at the box office all but killed Ratchet's comeback in the eyes of the mainstream. Thought of as a bad game tie-in, that couldn't be farther from the truth.

Ratchet & Clank's 2016 edition is a remake of the original, just as much as it's a continuation (the game is told through flashbacks and narration, allowing for loads of "That's not how that happened!" jokes), and the overall production quality should have this right next to Uncharted 4 in terms of sheer technical prowess.

Needless to say, every single pixel is polished to a mirror sheen in Insomniac's latest, and that's before you get to the satisfyingly tactile platforming, unique weapons (a gun that turns enemies into pixel art, anyone?) and the worlds themselves that are a joy to see in motion.

Ratchet & Clank deserves all the attention for doing what Crash is also attempting later this year, but time will tell who truly deserves to stay on top.

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