Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 87.88% |
| Metacritic | 87/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A |
| Computer and Video Games | 8.0/10 |
| Eurogamer | 7/10 |
| G4 | 5/5 |
| Game Informer | 9.25/10 |
| GamePro | |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GameTrailers | 8.9/10 |
| IGN | 9/10 |
| PSM3 | 90/100 |
| Giant Bomb | |
| Play | 9.5/10 |
A Crack in Time has received generally favorable reviews, according to Metacritic. IGN's Ryan Clements called it "One of the best Ratchet games ever made" and also noted that it plays like the other Ratchet installments and that players who are not yet tired of the series formula will enjoy it. Eurogamer scored the game 7/10 criticizing the game's lack of innovation and describing it as "more of the same". Reviewer Ellie Gibson did however praise the game as a "quality platformer" commenting specifically on its "superb combat system, decent puzzles, fun weapons, pretty visuals and variation". GameTrailers said that "If A Crack in Time is indeed the final Ratchet & Clank game, then the series has been finished the right way". PSM3 scored the game 90/100 calling it as "Massive, rewarding, funny - all you'd expect, plus some cute new twists".
GamePro reviewer Will Herring felt that the game's camera angles were problematic at times, a statement echoed by Joe Rybicki of GameSpy, but praised its new innovations, calling the hoverboots one of the game's "most enjoyable additions ". Rybicki found the game's weapon selection "lackluster", especially early in the game, while praising some of the time-based Clank levels. Dan Ryckert, of Game Informer, said that "the Clank sections are the best puzzles seen in the series to date".
GameDaily's Robert Workman found that the game's audio was "superb".
A Crack in Time was nominated for the "Outstanding Achievement in Animation", "Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering", "Outstanding Achievement in Original Story", and "Adventure Game of the Year" Interactive Achievement Awards from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
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