I had some reservations before playing the demo. Mainly based on the fact that I bought one Ratchet game for PS2 and it just never really grabbed me. But the demo was pretty awesome and yeah it looks fantastic.

I know what you mean, I had the same experience with one of the R&C sequels. But from the onset, this one appeared a bit different, bringing back the platforming elements that had grown less prominent in the franchise. I can't wait to download the demo.

Arg. This game is going to make me buy a Ps3. I'm incapable of resisting the game's sweet, sweet, siren song.

INSTANT PURCHASE.

It feels like you are playing a Pixar movie - It's easily up there and even surpasses the current heavyweights in terms of visual quality. Not a spot of aliasing to be seen, and completely fluid. The amount of objects and destruction on screen are very impressive.

The controls are tight and you can turn on a dime - the way a platformer should feel. The weapons (and most importantly the Disco ball - pure awesomeness) are great.

I know the reviewers will find a way to tear this down in some way (my guess: they will try to play a 'short length' trump card) but by all means this is shaping up to be the PS3's first real (yes, real) killer app.

I started the download last night, but it didn't finish before I went to bed. From all the praise here, though, I'm quite excited to check it out, even though it's been quite a long time since a non-Mario platformer has really grabbed my attention (over the past few years I've tried out two of the Jak games and two of the Sly Cooper games, and both sort of lost me after an hour or two). It's actually quite strange, since I loved the genre so much as a kid and a teenager, but I think I may have played one too many Donkey Kong 64/Banjo Kazooie style collectathons and got frustrated with that kind of premise. Anyway, here's hoping the that this game might be able to re-ignite that old flame.

Apparently on the Insomniac podcast they said the camera controls and lock-strafing are fixed up in the final game.

As for game length, I'm not even worried if it's a little on the short side. Insomniac is great with replay and typically reward you for going through a game multiple times. In the past couple iterations of R&C the weapons can typically be upgraded even further upon playing through again and sometimes there are even more weapons to be found.

That demo was awesome. I've always been a Ratchet & Clank nut (beaten the whole series) and this is one PS3 game I'll definitely be buying on day one.

I have my copy in my hands. Probably won't get to spend much (if any) time with it tonight but hopefully tomorrow night I'll be spending some quality time with the Lombax and robit.