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>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”
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>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.