Okay, well it didn’t just ship, it’s been out there for a couple of weeks now I think, but the important thing is that it’s on the store shelves now. It’s what I’ve been working on for the last year or so, and it’s always good to see something you’ve worked on out in the stores.
It’s been getting some good reviews too…check out the scores at Metacritic.
Here’s a shot of Metropolis, which is the opening level in the game, and is also what you see in the demo you can download on the Playstation Network. This is one of the levels I lit, and I think it came out pretty well.
I’m looking forward to playing it …I only lit about five of the levels myself, so there’s a lot of the game that I haven’t even seen yet. So go buy one. Or two. Buy lots for all your friends. 
Check out the official Ratchet and Clank website here.
Tags: Games, Insomniac Games
Wow, you did a very good job. It feels really strange to be talking to the person responsible for such a huge metropolis! I do not own Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, neither do I own a PS3, but when I do I will definitely be picking up the game. Ratchet & Clank is a fascinating series and even my hatred of the character of Captain Quark doesn’t get in the way of my playing it. Did you model any particular character in the game?
Hey Xelaalex, I’m a lighting artist at Insomniac, so I’m one of the guys that lights the game levels and cinematics. Glad you like the R&C series!
-E
Ah right! I did not realise that you only did the lighting for the models, though you did do a very good job. In actual fact, though, a few things do stop me from loving the R&C series as much as I might want to, the series seems to have a thing for more gruesome aliens (a certain boss in Ratchet and Clank 3, I believe its the Mother Terranoid? is a good example) and some of them really disturb me. I dare say the Future series doesn’t use these so strongly and so frequently, but I cannot say as I haven’t yet played them (do not own a PS3). Also pleased with the changing in Quark’s personality from being a galaxy-sized big head to a more compassionate ordinary coward. Those robots I forget the name of which only Clank could see, they were pretty awesome, shame that they later turned out to be Nefarious’s henchmen (terrific that they brought back Nefarious, particularly if no Tyrranoids are featured, I loved him and his butler in R&C3!!!) I’m also hoping that Ratchet meets with yet another cute girl in R&C-Crack in Time, though I will not be put off if he doesn’t. I just need to know if any disgusting or creepy aliens are involved (if you could tell me, I’d be grateful). (in R&C1-3 Quark consistently put me off, I hated him as a character, both in appearance and personality)
Whew…long comment, thanks for taking time to read it. I intend to get into using Blender myself, since I just feel that I may be more skilled in 3D art than 2D, though I am going to choose to use cell-shading and create more cartoon-styled models, if I do find 3D to be my thing. I will probably also create my own “Nymph” as fanart based off your beautiful Forest Nymph, if I may.