I believe R&C will provide enough improvements in graphics and levels to perceive this game as a fresh stuff.

 Obviously this particular reviewer didnt think so. 

Personally I dont believe graphics can ever do a very good job of making a game actually better as a game, its just polish on top. Levels however can make or break a game.  But if you dont have the basics down right, the gameplay and everything, then your screwed from the outset and from what Im reading the reviewer seems to have got that impression. Of course reviewers can be wrong.

I agree. We'll see, but as I've said, I personally think R&C is one of the Playstation's best franchises, and I think Insomniac is an excellent developer. We'll see, of course, but I always suspect that individual reviews like this that are vaguely negative are aberrant and won't be indicative of the general opinion. As I said, we'll see, but that's often true. 

In the games defense though. When you can have the detail of fish/slug aliens sloshing around inside fish bowl helmets that can lead to a very entertaining experience. Humor, story and animation are part of what will make the current gen of consoles successful... if they are successful against the you system that S--------y is on.

(I am trying really hard not to say Wii, because I don't want to wake up the blind fanboys. R&C will probably be a solid game that will be great for people who want a humorous action platformer. I prefer a platformer that is based on manuevering through platforms, i.e. Super Mario Galaxy)

Screw Mario, Screw R&C. Give me Jack and Daxter!

The dancing gun alone in Rachet is new.  I'm not concerned yet.

Another hands-on perspective from 1up:

"Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction -- Man, this game is so fuckin' fun. I got to play it yesterday for the first time and I was shocked how enjoyable it was. Well, not so much shocked, but surprised I didn't realize before it was so good. I say this because although I always thought it looked good (and I've always enjoyed the Ratchet series) TOD didn't really do it for me...until I played it. Not only is this game a total looker, but the variety of gameplay (just in the 10 minute demo I played) was fabtastic. So yeah, if you're like me and kinda dismissed Ratchet because you thought you've played it before, don't -- you wanna check this out. Plus, it's soooooo refreshing to see a classic platformer again. I love me some first-person shootin' and some hardcore hack-n-slashin', but it's been a LONG while since I got some quality hop, skip, and rail-glidin'."

Anyway check out all the gameplay videos at Gametrailers and make up your own mind, and BTW I love the fact that this game's graphics is like a Pixar animation movie:

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/4572.html

"gameplay feels identical to previous iterations"
Oh my, what a surprise !
Killzone 2, Halo 3, Lost Odyssey and Super Mario Galaxy are going to be so freakin innovative, yeah ?
No.
But we would still love them.

And R&C looks fantastic.