Playing Ratchet & Clank (2016) for the first time. It looks gorgeous and the game play is still a lot of fun but man. They murdered my babies. Ratchet & Clank both have no personality, no chemistry and I hate their dynamic in this game. Ratchet could literally be any plucky dreamer hero character, he has no unique personality traits anymore and I feel like 95% of Clank’s dialogue so far has consisted of introducing himself and Ratchet to people. I also hate Drek’s re-design and voice, they made him another goofy ass villain that you can’t take seriously. We already have that covered by Dr. Nefarious. I don’t think I’ve ever liked the characters of Ratchet & Clank less than in this game
Yea that's been my problem with the series post-Deadlocked. Still fun games, great gameplay, ruined the story and characters
Playing Ratchet & Clank (2016) for the first time. It looks gorgeous and the game play is still a lot of fun but man. They murdered my babies. Ratchet & Clank both have no personality, no chemistry and I hate their dynamic in this game. Ratchet could literally be any plucky dreamer hero character, he has no unique personality traits anymore and I feel like 95% of Clank’s dialogue so far has consisted of introducing himself and Ratchet to people. I also hate Drek’s re-design and voice, they made him another goofy ass villain that you can’t take seriously. We already have that covered by Dr. Nefarious. I don’t think I’ve ever liked the characters of Ratchet & Clank less than in this game
Yea that's been my problem with the series post-Deadlocked. Still fun games, great gameplay, ruined the story and characters
Same though I thought they were alright in Size Matters
Playing Ratchet & Clank (2016) for the first time. It looks gorgeous and the game play is still a lot of fun but man. They murdered my babies. Ratchet & Clank both have no personality, no chemistry and I hate their dynamic in this game. Ratchet could literally be any plucky dreamer hero character, he has no unique personality traits anymore and I feel like 95% of Clank’s dialogue so far has consisted of introducing himself and Ratchet to people. I also hate Drek’s re-design and voice, they made him another goofy ass villain that you can’t take seriously. We already have that covered by Dr. Nefarious. I don’t think I’ve ever liked the characters of Ratchet & Clank less than in this game
Yea that's been my problem with the series post-Deadlocked. Still fun games, great gameplay, ruined the story and characters
Same though I thought they were alright in Size Matters
I consider Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank part of that same era
I fell off at the Future stuff and never really picked back up. Haven’t played Quest For Booty, only played a third of a Crack In Time and haven’t played Into The Nexus, All 4 One or Full Frontal Assault
I casually played them. Been meaning to replay because its been many years. They made Nefarious too prominent of a villain. Should have been a one-and-done like all the villains in the original four, but for some reason he became THE villian for the franchise.
Overall they ditched the crude humor, corporatist commentary, sarcasm and wit, and made it a generic Pixar kid friendly space fantasy. Again, good gameplay, they're fun. But they dont feel like R&C anymore.
Rift Apart was especially aggregious. Generic, shitty multiverse story. Nefarious, AGAIN. Hollow, gender swap Ratchet. Sam Maggs's bullshit influence was apparent on it.
Dude I can’t fucking stand Nefarious. I loved him in Up Your Arsenal but like you said the schtick wears thin when he’s the villain for every game. The newer stuff I’ve played is just so bland and inoffensive I miss when they had some edge to em. Ratchet gets more generic as a character everytime I see him.
Dude I can’t fucking stand Nefarious. I loved him in Up Your Arsenal but like you said the schtick wears thin when he’s the villain for every game. The newer stuff I’ve played is just so bland and inoffensive I miss when they had some edge to em. Ratchet gets more generic as a character everytime I see him.
Check out the game Akimbot. Aesthetically, it's got that Ratchet Deadlocked feel. Gameplay is similar to R&C but different enough to be it's own thing, much smaller scale. Main character is a complete asshole, and I love it
Playing Ratchet & Clank (2016) for the first time. It looks gorgeous and the game play is still a lot of fun but man. They murdered my babies. Ratchet & Clank both have no personality, no chemistry and I hate their dynamic in this game. Ratchet could literally be any plucky dreamer hero character, he has no unique personality traits anymore and I feel like 95% of Clank’s dialogue so far has consisted of introducing himself and Ratchet to people. I also hate Drek’s re-design and voice, they made him another goofy ass villain that you can’t take seriously. We already have that covered by Dr. Nefarious. I don’t think I’ve ever liked the characters of Ratchet & Clank less than in this game
Beat this today. 4/10. It gets worse as you go and pretty graphics ain’t enough to save it. Fuck this game
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Overall they ditched the crude humor, corporatist commentary, sarcasm and wit, and made it a generic Pixar kid friendly space fantasy. Again, good gameplay, they're fun. But they dont feel like R&C anymore.
Rift Apart was especially aggregious. Generic, shitty multiverse story. Nefarious, AGAIN. Hollow, gender swap Ratchet. Sam Maggs's bullshit influence was apparent on it.