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
Yea Astro Bot was immaculate. Couldn’t stop smiling from beginning to end. There were points I even got teary eyed strictly from the nostalgia. A complete love letter to the entire PlayStation family and franchise through and through. They really did it and created a mascot that stands toe to toe wit Mario. And on a gameplay level it’s flawless. Mechanics are rock solid, I love even the tiny details like the little taps inside the controller for every single footstep, they truly didn’t miss a thing. It even FEELS polished. Level design was upper echelon creative. It doesn’t hit quite the same heights as certain levels on Odyssey, but it gets very close. Can’t wait to see the future of the franchise, and it deserved every last bit of the GOTY award, this is what the fuck video games are sposed to be about. 10/10
Luckily Grand Master Challenge didn’t cause me too much trouble, I checked the exact time I started it, and it took me exactly 20 minutes of retries. Nowhere near as bad as that bullshit final gauntlet on Sackboy. 2 or so minutes of no checkpoints >>>>>>>> 12 minutes minimum of no checkpoints. Once you learn how to time that middle section wit the 2 purple shooting glob monsters, it’s a complete cakewalk. I was preparing for the worst cause guys on the YouTube comments were saying they were trying for a week straight and couldn’t get it, it made them give up on the Platinum, etc., but literally they’re jus trash lmao, I yelled a few times but it wasn’t horrible at all. Game took me 16.5 hours exactly to get the Platinum.
Started Indiana Jones right after and it’s gooood. 4 hours in so far. Luckily not an Uncharted clone at all, in fact it actually reminds me of Dishonored/Thief more than anything. And the catacombs and Italy areas even reminded me of Assassin’s Creed 2 and Brotherhood over Uncharted or Tomb Raider.
Yea Astro Bot was immaculate. Couldn’t stop smiling from beginning to end. There were points I even got teary eyed strictly from the nostalgia. A complete love letter to the entire PlayStation family and franchise through and through. They really did it and created a mascot that stands toe to toe wit Mario. And on a gameplay level it’s flawless. Mechanics are rock solid, I love even the tiny details like the little taps inside the controller for every single footstep, they truly didn’t miss a thing. It even FEELS polished. Level design was upper echelon creative. It doesn’t hit quite the same heights as certain levels on Odyssey, but it gets very close. Can’t wait to see the future of the franchise, and it deserved every last bit of the GOTY award, this is what the fuck video games are sposed to be about. 10/10
Luckily Grand Master Challenge didn’t cause me too much trouble, I checked the exact time I started it, and it took me exactly 20 minutes of retries. Nowhere near as bad as that bullshit final gauntlet on Sackboy. 2 or so minutes of no checkpoints >>>>>>>> 12 minutes minimum of no checkpoints. Once you learn how to time that middle section wit the 2 purple shooting glob monsters, it’s a complete cakewalk. I was preparing for the worst cause guys on the YouTube comments were saying they were trying for a week straight and couldn’t get it, it made them give up on the Platinum, etc., but literally they’re jus trash lmao, I yelled a few times but it wasn’t horrible at all. Game took me 16.5 hours exactly to get the Platinum.
100% agree with every word of what you said. Fun ass platinum hunt. I think I got the platinum in nine hours lol
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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.
Luckily Grand Master Challenge didn’t cause me too much trouble, I checked the exact time I started it, and it took me exactly 20 minutes of retries. Nowhere near as bad as that bullshit final gauntlet on Sackboy. 2 or so minutes of no checkpoints >>>>>>>> 12 minutes minimum of no checkpoints. Once you learn how to time that middle section wit the 2 purple shooting glob monsters, it’s a complete cakewalk. I was preparing for the worst cause guys on the YouTube comments were saying they were trying for a week straight and couldn’t get it, it made them give up on the Platinum, etc., but literally they’re jus trash lmao, I yelled a few times but it wasn’t horrible at all. Game took me 16.5 hours exactly to get the Platinum.