Just got the platinum trophy for the second time on my alt-account (This time on the hardest difficulty) and I have to say...yeah Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart is damn near perfect. I beat it three times in a row (once on normal mode, once on a harder difficulty challenge mode, and once on the hardest difficulty on my second account) and I still wanna play it! Rivet is cute as hell, I actually really like Kit and Emperor Nefarious and all the alt-dimension versions of the characters we know and love, and holy hell the final level/gauntlet/boss fight is truly, TRULY epic.

I Still think it'd be nice to have more arena fights and maybe some sort of traversal through space like Going Commando and A Crack in Time, but aside from those two small areas which could use improvement it's damn near perfect! Oh, and I guess the trophy list is a little TOO Easy. I'd like for there to be some sort of 'beat the game on the hardest difficulty/challenge mode' trophies, but alas we are not there. I did it, I loved it, I would do it again!

Housemarque has been purchased by Sony.

I thought Returnal was a commercial failure, well, according to some vgc users, it is ? 

But this is such great news, they are a fantastic and very talented studio.

I hope they can deliver more Returnal in the short future and more amazing games as always. 

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/06/29/welcoming-housemarque-to-the-playstation-studios-family/#sf247184082

Also seems they've purchased BluePoint.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/06/sony_acquisition_of_bluepoint_games_supposedly_leaked_by_image_mistake

Every time I restart the game I'm reminded just how amazing the battle system is. Sadly my personal gameplay style has not done well for me and I keep failing to finish a game I know I love. 

Same thing with Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon Zero Dawn. I know I'll love em, so it sucks that I keep getting sidetracked. 

As an aside I do find it funny how many people are decrying this for its hypocrisy, saying 'Sony ponies bemoan Xbox buying Bethesda but praise this?' Like, there's context to consider, here.

1 - Housemarque has basically been owned by Sony for years now, since they almost exclusively make games for Playstation platforms.
2 - Sony has been nurturing the company for just as long and have had a wonderful working relationship.
3 - Housemarque is a relatively small indie studio, not some major once-third-party publishing house worth billions

If Sony bought EA or Ubisoft or Activision I'd think that was just as bad. The only potential exception is maybe Square Enix, because Square-Enix is a Very Japanese company and, again, has been affiliated with Sony for a long time now and has been partnering with Playstation going into this generation. There's a world of difference between Microsoft buying Bethesda and Sony buying Housemarque/Insomniac/Sucker Punch, and I really wish people would stop conflating the two based on arguments that are completely devoid of all historical context.