Ratchet and Clank are back with their biggest adventure yet. This time, Ratchet is wondering about his origins and his family. Too bad the nefarious Emperor Percival Tachyon and his insect army, the Cragmites, hope to settle an old grudge by destroying Ratchet.

At its core, Tools of Destruction seems to play like any Ratchet and Clank video game, with Ratchet busting up bad guys, tackling humongous bosses and collecting bolts to upgrade weapons. At this early stage, the game's graphics remain its most impressive feature. Built from the ground up on PlayStation 3 and powered by an overhauled proprietary engine, the game showcases sprawling and exquisitely detailed environments populated by an assorted cast of characters, mountains, oceans, fortresses and sprawling yellow buildings with slides and rails for Ratchet to hitch a ride on. Furthermore, Ratchet features a whopping 90 joints in his face alone, compared to PlayStation 2 Ratchet, which had 112 in his entire body

Built from the ground up on PlayStation 3 and powered by an overhauled proprietary engine, the game showcases sprawling and exquisitely detailed environments populated by an assorted cast of characters, mountains, oceans, fortresses and sprawling yellow buildings with slides and rails for Ratchet to hitch a ride on. Furthermore, Ratchet features a whopping 90 joints in his face alone, compared to PlayStation 2 Ratchet, which has 112 in his entire body.

Tools of Destruction sounds promising, but we're curious to see how it will play when we get out hands on the promised E3 demo in July.

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