History VideoGame / RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus

In this installment, Ratchet and Clank must pursue Vendra and Neftin Prog, a brother-sister duo who attempt to bring their race into the universe, with disastrous effects. The game is shorter than most installments, and serves as the GrandFinale of the ''Future'' series. Following the release of [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 the 2016 re-imagining of the first game]], the next game in the main Ratchet & Clank continuity following this one is ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart'', set to release over seven years after ''Into The Nexus''.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: The controls are quite different compared to [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime the previous main game]] in the series:
** Auto-targeting is significantly downplayed compared to ''all'' previous games, instead placing a higher emphasis on manual aiming. As a result, the game plays much more like a traditional 3rd-person shooter. This change would also carry over to the [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 2016 reboot.]]
** In a positive example, Ratchet can now double-jump after performing his initial jump in any direction; previous games locked the double-jump if Ratchet started with a backflip or sideflip, frequently leading to unnecessary deaths. This change greatly improves Ratchet's mobility and was also carried over to the reboot.

*** L1 is used to aim/strafe, rather than L2 which is dedicated to the [=GrummelNet=] Jetpack.

*** This is especially bad once you get the Hoverboots: in ''[=ACiT=]'', boosting with the Hoverboots and preparing for a Comet Strike are both R2, meaning that while you were boosting, you could throw your Omniwrench simply by pressing Square. In this game, using the Hoverboots is still R2; however, this no longer simultaneously prepares the Comet Strike. This may lead to some confusion for veteran ''[=ACiT=]'' players who try to throw the Wrench while Hoverbooting and then wonder why they came to a dead stop to swing the Wrench instead, since they probably weren't also holding L1 at the time.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Clank takes the broken Dimensionator in the very last cutscene for an unknown reason, despite knowing that it's too dangerous to use]].

* SelfImposedChallenge: It's actually possible to reach ''all'' the fossilized Gargathon horns ''without'' using the jetpack, by [[NotTheIntendedUse taking advantage of the decorational level geometry]]. And since there are exactly as many non-living horns as are needed to get the jetpack... [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the hardest to reach fossil doesn't actually spawn until the player acquires the jetpack, so no SequenceBreaking for you. Still, it's the journey, right?]]

* FluffyTheTerrible: Vendra calls the Nether Leader "Mr. Eye" in one of her audio diaries. Justified, as she's a child when she meets him, so either she started calling him "Mr. Eye", or he introduced himself as such.

* RiseToTheChallenge: In a couple of occasions on planet Silox you must escape from rising water. Which is incredibly funny given that Ratchet can still officially swim AND has an O2 mask (as the section out in space in the first level proves), meaning that rising water shouldn't even BE an issue except for the fact that Insomniac is refusing to add swimming back in. Made even funnier when Ratchet is saying "That was a close one" as if he's forgotten how to swim completely.

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!!Now I pray on these tropes because the economy is in the sh—

--> '''Mrs. Zurkon:''' The family that slays together, stays together.

* VideoGameFlight: The Grummelnet {{Jetpack}} gadget allows you to fly anywhere. Except you need to fill it at a fuel station first. And not all planets have fuel stations. And the fuel depletes the more you use it. And one planet has "No-fly Zones" that will automatically remove all your fuel.

!!''Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus'' provides examples of:

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Heavier Weaponry.]]]]

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* BagOfSpilling: While he did lose a lot of upgrades throughout the series, Clank loses his Thruster Pack upgrade in this game, which is jarring because in nearly every other game he had it from the start.

In this installment, Ratchet and Clank must pursue Vendra and Neftin Prog, a brother-sister duo who attempt to bring their race into the universe, with disastrous effects. The game is shorter than most installments, and serves as the GrandFinale of the ''Future'' series. Following the release of [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 the 2016 re-imagining of the first game]], the next game in the main Ratchet & Clank continuity following this one is ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart'', set to release seven years after ''Into The Nexus''.

In this installment, Ratchet and Clank must pursue Vendra and Neftin Prog, a brother-sister duo who attempt to bring their race into the universe, with disastrous effects. The game is shorter than most installments, and serves as the GrandFinale of the ''Future'' series. Following the release of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 the 2016 re-imagining of the first game]]'', the next game in the main Ratchet & Clank continuity following this one is ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart''.

In this installment, Ratchet and Clank must pursue Vendra and Neftin Prog, a brother-sister duo who attempt to bring their race into the universe, with disastrous effects. The game is shorter than most installments, and serves as the GrandFinale of the ''Future'' series, and the most recent game in the series' original continuity as of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016''.

The 10[[superscript:th]] ([[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters or]] [[VideoGame/SecretAgentClank twelfth]]) game in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, ''Into the Nexus'' is the first game since ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'' that doesn't focus on multiplayer. It's intended to serve as an "epilogue" to the series, going back to the style of the ''Future'' games and closing out the different plot elements of those games, while at the same time utilizing new gravity-based gameplay mechanics. It was released on the [=PlayStation 3=] on November 12, 2013.

The 10[[superscript:th]] ([[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters or]] [[VideoGame/SecretAgentClank twelfth]]) game in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, ''Into the Nexus'' is the first game since ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'' that doesn't focus on multiplayer. It's intended to serve as an "epilogue" to the series, going back to the style of the ''Future'' games and closing out the different plot elements of those games, while at the same time utilizing new gravity-based gameplay mechanics. It was released on the PS3 on November 12, 2013.

The 10[[superscript:th]] ([[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters or]] [[VideoGame/SecretAgentClank twelfth]]) game in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series, ''Into the Nexus'' is the first game since ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'' that doesn't focus on multiplayer. It's intended to serve as an "epilogue" to the series, going back to the style of the ''Future'' games and closing out the different plot elements of those games.It was released on November 12, 2013.

In this installment, Ratchet and Clank must pursue Vendra and Neftin Prog, a brother-sister duo who attempt to bring their race into the universe, with disastrous effects. The game is shorter than most installments, and serves as the GrandFinale of the ''Future'' series and the original continuity as whole after the release of VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016.

... for now, at least.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Not the game itself, mind you, but the museum in Meridian City has no evidence that the events of ''Size Matters'' or ''Secret Agent Clank'' ever took place; this officially renders the two spinoff games non-canon.

* SpaceX: Vendra is referred to as a space witch, and Ratchet is commonly called a "space rat".

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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you are a certain height off the ground, you can't do your slam attack, which is nice if you're gliding over a large pit. This also holds true for the Netherverse puzzles, [[GravityMaster wherever the ground may be]].

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The [[SniperRifle Plasma Striker]] returns, with it's ability to display and hit weak points for additional damage intact. In this game, however, you can purchase upgrades to increase the amount of extra damage that is done. One upgrade even slows down time when zoomed in, allowing you to use the sniper more effectively without needing to keep away from the enemies.

* BadassFamily: Upgrading Mr. Zurkon to level 3 gives a whole family of deadly synthenoids to follow Ratchet around.

*** L1 is used to aim/strafe, rather than L2 which is dedicated to the GrummelNet Jetpack.

* IGaveMyWord: [[spoiler:Neftin promises that if Ratchet and Clank save Vendra and help her defeat the Nethers, he'll turn himself in to the police for the murders of Cronk and Zephyr. At the end of the game, he says, "A deal's a deal," and heads to jail along with Vendra (though the latter needs to be carried off by her brother, and she isn't exactly pleased with being forced back into imprisonment).]]

* SelfImposedChallenge: It's actually possible to reach ''all'' the fossilized Gargathon horns ''without'' using the jetpack, by [[NotTheIntendedUse taking advantage of the decorational level geometry]]. And since there are exactly as many non-living horns as are needed to get the jetpack... [[spoiler: Unfortunately, the hardest to reach fossil doesn't actually spawn until the player acquires the jetpack, so no SequenceBreaking for you. Still, it's the journey, right?]]

In this installment, Ratchet and Clank must pursue Vendra and Neftin Prog, a brother-sister duo who attempt to bring their race into the universe, with disastrous effects. The game is shorter than most installments, and serves as the GrandFinale of the ''Future'' series.

** The Clank levels allow manpulation of gravity.

** The "For Cronk and Zephyr" Skill Point, which requires you [[NoDamageRun to beat Neftin Prog without taking damage]], can also be received by beating his robotic double in the arena with the same criteria.