Ranking Every PS5 Game From Worst To Best (So Far)

1. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Sometimes you need a game to come along and blow everything out the water.

In a time where even 2022's God of War Ragnarok will still be on PS4, and the rest of 2021 is filled with cross-gen releases, we were aching for something to showcase why the newest hardware on the market matters.

Thankfully - and it achieves this in the opening playable section - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is that game.

Built from day one for PS5, its core story of various dimensional tears being opened in time and space allows for level design that loads entire worlds in split-seconds, seeing Ratchet and newcomer Rivet tumble from one place to the next.

Background detail is also absurd. Nighttime future cities have skies filled with floating vehicles, expansive mining planets see scores of minecarts whizzing overhead, while collapsed nebulas have light refracting off all surfaces, realising the potential of ray tracing on consoles. On a micro level these are character and weapon models the likes of Pixar would be jealous of.

The open expanse of Savali also lets Insomniac experiment with their biggest environment yet, taking a page out of Naughty Dog's book to feature enemy arenas and collectibles in all directions.

All this and I've not touched on how Rift Apart has Insomniac's best combat model to date. A beautifully responsive mesh of punchy weapons, a new dash move, some rocket boots to get you out of trouble and a reliably punchy melee if you get boxed in.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart gets everything right. It's one of Insomniac's finest, and the most recommendable PS5 exclusive so far.