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03 Feb, 2010
You'll need a Crack in Time!
2 of 4 found this helpful I purchased this title for my son for the holidays just past in part to demonstrate my trust in him since this is not rated for 'Everyone' and he is hitting adolescence and his mother still tends to be a tad over-protective. Good news, tho', moms: unless you are trying to keep your kid in some kind of isolation ward, they're going to interact with their friends and you want to make sure that any rope that you give them with which to 'act their age' can still be controlled by you! 'Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time' is just the right type of rope. The violence is really mild, even compared to most cartoon that are targeted for the over-5 crowd but it is filled with a wonderful assortment of unique weapons (such as a "burp gun" that literally disables your opponents with belches of varying sizes. This game gives the user not only the standard First Person Shooter (FPS) experience of wielding a weapon against your foes but it also provides additional challenges and, as you progress through the game, it requires additional problem solving challenges that are rooted in mathematics (tho' it's not shoved in your face as a "math challenge".) It includes flight simulation and multiple character roles to aid anyone who doesn't think about how their actions affect the lives of others. Of course, none of this is 'advertised' (because, face it, how many kids (over the age of 7-8) bug their parents for the latest, greatest Educational game? But this isn't the singular concept/mode-of-play that has been the staple of "video games" (and not to imply that this is the first. It's just one of the best for kids over the age of 9-10.)
I do have one major complaint about this game, though, and it's one that I share with many parents: All of these games should be created so that there is at least one variation of the game that allows for multiple players. I don't want to send my kids to their rooms to play games. Heck, I like playing with them if only for the time together, but it's tough to justify allowing one kid to take control of the family room TV and driving everyone else away or, worse, making them angry. I'm beginning to wonder if I might not have been better off getting a Wii and a separate BD players... But that's not the fault of the designer(s) of this game. If it weren't for the fact that this is only a single player game then it would make my (rather short) list of all-time best games... (Well, that and the few bugs that I've found - but you have to work hard to expose 'em!!!)