That's what shocked me most about Into the Nexus. I thought my PS3 was shitting itself or something, but no, that's actually the norm. IIRC, Insomniac wanted to do one more R&C before they put it on indefinite hold, so they rushed ItN pretty heavily - the 30fps framerate was simply due to lack of time for optimization.
That's kind of disappointing, I like the game despite its short playtime but the frame rate kills it.
Of course, Sony 'convinced' Insomniac to make the R&C: the movie: the vidya game tie-in, so that 'indefinite hold' didn't last long.
This is going to sound weird but I actually like the PS4 reimaging and, to some extent, the film. The game is a good R&C title gameplay-and-graphics-wise but the story is garbage. The same can be said for the film but it's more of a "this is how to
not adapt a video game IP into a film" example.
Besides the length, the character designs were at an all-time low with Nexus, they all looked like fucking shit. At least they were doing something new with the story, and the Lovecraftian angle was neat.
I think part of the reason why the designs were so shit was due to Insomniac trying and failing to find a middle ground between the designs used in earlier titles and the ones used in A4O/FFA. At least they fixed it up to some extent in R&C 2016 and RA.
Do you have the digital version or the physical copy?
I luckily have a physical copy, thankfully it's still in working condition.
Everywhere I looked, the Nexus physical disc was expensive as shit.
IIRC part of the reason why it's so expensive (and the physical version of QfB, which resells for $100+ compared ItN's $40-$60 range) is due to the initial scare of Sony shutting down the PS3's Playstation Store and the prices never really recovering after they backed out of doing it. I also wouldn't be surprised if the game was shortprinted due to PS4 releasing in North America two days after it released.
PS3 discs are very finicky when it comes to scratches, in my experience. You can try buffing them out, but odds are they're junk now. Worth a try, at least.
I did some research on the topic and apparently BDs in general are almost impossible to repair, the bottom of the disk has a scratch-resistant surface and there are data layers directly below said surface.
I ultimately bent the knee and bout the titles digitally since the closest retro game store to me doesn't have either title in stock, thankfully the digital versions were only 10 bucks each (compared to spending almost double that price). I will eventually get physical versions before the Playstation Store shuts down permanently though.
No one would rather play those. They are better off ignored.
I'd play the first two if I had a serious itch, the only title I wouldn't play is FFA and that's because combining the traditional R&C formula with tower defense elements just makes for a terrible experience.
