Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart New Female Lombax is Playable - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 July 2020 / 2,954 Views

Developer Insomniac Games announced the "mysterious new female Lombax from another dimension" that appeared in the Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart announcement trailer will be a playable character in the game.

View the announcement trailer below:

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a third-person shooter platformer and in development for the PlayStation 5.

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16 Comments

KLAMarine (on 17 June 2020)

She better be after showing her. No complaints from me: more options, the better.

DonFerrari (on 17 June 2020)

But will it play like ratchet? Because the way I see the name I imagine someone will need to do the role of him for clank and vice-versa.

omarct (on 17 June 2020)

thomas995 omarct (on 17 June 2020)

"the way things are going"?

khotboat2 omarct (on 17 June 2020)

I think he means a lot of male characters are being replaced with female characters or the franchise is rebooted with female characters for the sake of "diversity and representation"

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The_One_19 omarct (on 17 June 2020)

Don't talk facts in this website, their users cant take it.

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Zoombael omarct (on 17 June 2020)

Tbh, me too.

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Immersiveunreality omarct (on 17 June 2020)

I'm not seeing the same as you in this case,it is not because you see a female or someone of colour that you need to think it is forced in.No need to always jump to extremes.

khotboat omarct (on 17 June 2020)

Yeah it doesn't look forced. I don't care if the character is male or female, as long as the game is good fun!

AngryLittleAlchemist omarct (on 17 June 2020)

Enraged gender politics in my anthropomorphic alien species action game. VGChartz never disappoints.

Kinneas14 omarct (on 17 June 2020)

Is there a problem with how "the things are going"? As long as the games are good, female main characters are more than welcome.

Look at Uncharted The Lost Legacy or Horizon. They both got female main characters and they are amazing games.

khotboat omarct (on 17 June 2020)

There's no problem with female characters. The problem would be replacing an established male character with a female one and vice versa. How would God of war fans feel in the next game if Kratos was replaced with a female character "for diversity"? How would The last of us fans feel if Ellie was replaced by a male character "for diversity"? If the game is good, cool. But instead of replacing the character with the opposite gender, why not just create a new character?

Kinneas14 omarct (on 17 June 2020)

Would you feel the same if Kratos was replaced by a male character? The important thing is that the 'new' character is good...that's it.

(not related to this article -> ) In videogames there's an over-representation of white male protagonists, so a bit of 'diversity' is nice and needed.

Kinneas14 omarct (on 17 June 2020)

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khotboat omarct (on 18 June 2020)

Depends on who would replace Kratos, if it was atreus then i would have no problem. If it was some random person ( male or female)then yes, problem unless the story was fleshed out and the game is good, Kratos story had ended, then i couldn't care less what gender the new character is. Also on a side note, kratos true skin colour is technically tanned (white after ashes).