>>1255505 >>1255817 I hear it, ToD's soundtrack is very impactful and has quick tonal changes that all work well together, where ACiT's soundtrack has a steady flow to it and a buildup to different parts of the music, it's not very memorable because it blends together too well for any of it to stand out. Compare these two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHuhwbg3JBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u32PLEFp38Y

Going commando is the best game in the series. Up your arsenal is pretty good but the formula was getting a bit stale at that point and I don't think it holds up as well as its predecessor. Haven't played any of the newer ones.

>>1256267 As soon as David Bergeaud left the soundrack went to shit

>>1256294 >Going commando is the best game in the series Water is wet :^) 3 has significantly worse level design, it feels like an awkward stepping stone between Ratchet 2 and 4. 4 is doing the same thing 3 tried to do but much better. >Haven't played any of the newer ones. Tools of Destruction is alright, it feels like a worse retread of Going Commando. Quest for Booty is a weird experiment that feels like a tech demo, you can skip it. A Crack in Time ties for best game in the series in my opinion, the dumb story holds it back but the actual game is fantastic. Into The Nexus is a fun "bite sized" Ratchet adventure, basically what Booty was trying to do. Like many of the post-Deadlocked games, it's following in the style of Going Commando. I hate how you can't switch to the classic controls Ratchet 2016 is perfectly meh, I think I'd rank it around Size Matters. It plays fine, but the story is based on the terrible movie and the writing isn't great. I haven't beaten Rift Apart, but so far it plays alright and I dislike like the writing even more than the PS3 games.

Rift Apart annoys me because with a few small tweaks to the writing the execution could’ve been much better. >drop the whole dimensional counterpart angle with Rivet and Kit. Have Rivet be the daughter of the map maker and she somehow got stranded in the bad end universe. Kit is just a random warbot. >Drop Ratchet’s inferiority complex subplot entirely, why is this here >Make “the Fixer” a red herring. You can have your ebin set piece but at the end the giant robot looks confused when they ask him to fix it, then the plumber walks in from stage right and hands them a new phase quartz (he keeps finding them in clogged drains). Drop the line about Gary being his son. >Final act reveal that Emperor Nefarious was actually that universe’s Lawrence, who offed his Nefarious and stole his identity because no one would take “Emperor Lawrence” seriously. Use this to better explain why he just randomly fucks over Dr. Nefarious beyond “I’m evil-er” >DON’T end the game with Clank hitting the “Fix Multiverse” button. Instead, shit is still getting worse and Ratchet and Rivet now need to find the Lombaxes to help fix it, as opposed to them just going on a road trip off screen and maybe finding a plot along the way like, this wouldn’t save the game’s writing by any means, but it wouldn’t completely feel like a late season filler episode either. It’s like if Megaman got a game (ha) covering the Elf Wars but the plot revolves around Axl being audited by the IRS.

>>1257798 >drop the whole dimensional counterpart angle with Rivet and Kit. This fucks up the main plot point, part of the reason why Nefarious had never lost before is because none of the people who opposed him went down a path that would lead to defeating him, Ratchet and Clank being from outside the universe had the power to influence an otherwise impossible change. >Have Rivet be the daughter of the map maker and she somehow got stranded in the bad end universe. This is as dumb as Clank being the son of the clock maker. >Kit is just a random warbot. She is, that's part of the plot, Kit wasn't programmed for good like Clank was, that came after meddling by Ratchet and Clank. >Drop Ratchet’s inferiority complex subplot entirely, why is this here It's not an inferiority complex, he's just doubting himself. >Make “the Fixer” a red herring. You can have your ebin set piece but at the end the giant robot looks confused when they ask him to fix it, then the plumber walks in from stage right and hands them a new phase quartz (he keeps finding them in clogged drains). You would invoke the wrath of everyone who cares about this series, an ass pull to rival all ass pulls. >Drop the line about Gary being his son. First good idea you've had, it was kind of just thrown in there. >Final act reveal that Emperor Nefarious was actually that universe’s Lawrence, who offed his Nefarious and stole his identity because no one would take “Emperor Lawrence” seriously. Use this to better explain why he just randomly fucks over Dr. Nefarious beyond “I’m evil-er” Pic related >DON’T end the game with Clank hitting the “Fix Multiverse” button. Instead, shit is still getting worse and Ratchet and Rivet now need to find the Lombaxes to help fix it, as opposed to them just going on a road trip off screen and maybe finding a plot along the way I think it's implied they're going their separate ways after the game, if we see Rivet again it'll probably be her own title. >like, this wouldn’t save the game’s writing by any means You're right, this would soak it in gasoline and set it on fire.

Is it true that the PS3 version of Deadlocked is a glitchy broken mess?

>>1256484 Space radio was kino thoughbeit

>>1240827 >What do you think of Nefarious? He was pretty generic and forgettable in debut game, when they brought him back he quickly outstayed his welcome. I really don't understand why insomniac is so obsessed with him.

>>1254363 How did a little retard like this win against the Lombax?

>>1256717 >3 has significantly worse level design, I think you really hit the nail on the head for that. Ratchet 3 really felt like it didn't do anything interesting that 2 didn't already do, whereas ratchet 2 is a clear improvement from the first game. It's been a long time since I played a ratchet game, might have to see if I can emulate the ps3 ones sometime. I'm pretty unfamiliar with the library of that console.

They should port Deadlocked to PC and make sure to also have the online multiplayer available.

>>1260455 How did the Jews win against the gentiles?

>>1258806 All the PS3 ports were pretty flawed in one way or the other, mostly when it comes to the cutscenes from what i've seen, but apprently Deadlocked has slowdown as well on PS3, so it's really not worth it if you can just play the PS2 versions, or emulate them. >>1260569 With the current rate of game decompilation hopefully sooner or later the PS2 Ratchet games are all going to get fan made PC ports. It already happened with Jak and Daxter, and they're working on Jak 2 and 3 right now.

>>1260455 Exploiting the lombax's Alister's "white guilt", getting gibs, then turning an army loose on them.

I fucking love the Visibombs, what's your favorite weapon from the series? And why did the Visibombs never come back, they were so fun

>>1291725 I forgot where I heard this, but the Visibomb gun was such a difficult weapon to implement in the game that they had to design the way the game loads map data around the fact that the player could be flying around anywhere in the map with the missiles. that's probably why they weren't itching to do it again >favorite weapon the infector from UYA was very interesting for tactical reasons. it often changed the order that I went about killing enemies in an encounter and it was a weapon that I had in the back of my mind when looking at a group before engaging, or while hiding behind cover. that's a sign of a good weapon

>>1240596 Canonically, Rivet doesn't exist. Angela does.

>>1233432 he's like Sonic >wisecracking platform furry who gradually turns into a bland boy scout >handful of good early games surrounded by a sea of mediocre gimmick titles the major difference is that Sonic's movie debut was good and R&C's was ABSOLUTE SHIT

>>1325455 Sonic has honestly way more worldwide appeal and the "cool" factor from his design and world. You can't expect people to get behind Ratchet with such an unconventionally ugly design and world. Nobody is lumping in Dr. Nefarious or Chairman Drek in with Eggman, Shadow or Metal Sonic. I sincerely doubt anyone mainstream can name a single track from it, meanwhile people can endlessly pick out songs from each Sonic game. And lets not get started on the "waifus". Amy Rose was the awakening for millions, maybe 10 people considered Angela Cross theirs.

>>1233432 Into the Nexus. Because gameplay and levels. Yes, I know PS4 quadrilogy has overall best music.

>>1326953 *PS2 quadrilogy And maybe quadrilogy is not even a word.

>>1325455 >bee movie uncanny valley face >just like sonic

>>1233881 >More recently, Rift Apart is just as good as the PS2 quadrilogy. But is the writing? Because I feel the Ratchet series stopped being well written around Size Matters. Plenty of the games have still been fun mind you, ACIT is arguably the best in the series.

>>1385618 Ah yes, Size Matters writing. Though not as stupid as SAC, SM gets worse the more you think about it.

>>1386219 I do love the fact that SM and SAC were made by a guy from the OG devteam that thought he could do R&C better than the others.

Rift Apart's camera mode is fun >>1233881 >>1385618 I wouldn't put Rift Apart on par with even the PS3 series, let alone the PS2 games. It's definitely fun, but it's lacking a lot of content. The arena is especially anemic. This might be controversial but I didn't like the combat as much as ACIT or GC. The enemies move too fast and their melee range is crazy, you have to start sprinting and dashing around and it stops feeling like Ratchet & Clank.

Ratchet and Clank? More like Whack It and Wank lol

I heard there are lesbians in the Ratchet and Clank franchise.

>>1714605 A bitter ex-writer said that to stir up drama, the character in question is not. She (Rivet) is implied to be with Ratchet in the credit sequence. I can't believe this is still being relitigated 3 years later. There's a lot of drama around the person who said that and it seems she's been blacklisted from the industry since, if you've ever heard anything about Rivet being lesbian or trans, it's bullshit. It's possible Rivet was queer during an earlier draft of the story, but that's irrelevant as the game was completely rewritten by Lauren Mee and the Folkman brothers.

>>1234654 I know I'm four months late, but I forgot Full Frontal Assault even had multiplayer. Not like I had anyone to play it with. It's not at all nearly impossible to beat Single Player. Don't go in expecting a normal Ratchet game, expect a tower defence focus and a shorter game (as it was sold as a budget game). But it works fine for what it is, and you don't need multiplayer at all. All 4 One suffers more if you don't have multiplayer, but it's still very playable and beatable in single player, too. >>1245010 He has his own levels in Secret Agent Clank, and All 4 One is basically about him. He became the President (in the comic book) and it's about that. And of course he's playable. Yeah, he's a buffoon, but he also seems competent enough to be respected. And of course it's commentary on things like the Governator, but he's still a good guy. >>1249848 The redesign was clearly done for SJW reasons, and clearly done to Tawna because SJWs were offended by her being hot, which is why she was removed in the first place.

>>1714478 J&D has better gap bait.

>>1714478 No, Scratch It & Wank (YTP series)

>>1714704 Would. It's not gay if it's a space kangaroo thing.