PS2 Ratchet and Clank Megathread!

[Bomberman]

I like the original PS2 trilogy a lot. Replayed on PS3 years ago but never played Deadlocked.

The PS3 and PS4/PS5 games have the gameplay down but are lacking tonally with the greatness of the OG trilogy.

I also miss the old art direction but the new one isn't necessarily bad just pixar esque

 

[JusticeAvenger]

I like the original PS2 trilogy a lot. Replayed on PS3 years ago but never played Deadlocked.

The PS3 and PS4/PS5 games have the gameplay down but are lacking tonally with the greatness of the OG trilogy.

I also miss the old art direction but the new one isn't necessarily bad just pixar esque

I agree wholeheartedly. Seen many fans express that online. We'll always have the classics! Four awesome PS2 games is more than most.

 

[Spyrone]

I love the Ratchet & Clank series. It's consistently been my favorite platformer series since the first released, and it's one of two platformers I consistently go back and play through a chunk of the series yearly (1-3 + Size Matters, the other franchise being my namesake). My favorites are probably Going Commando and A Crack In Time. I haven't played Rift Apart yet, but I've got it wishlisted on Steam. I also love that the series is basically a cyberpunk dystopia with atompunk aesthetics, with a corporate war being mentioned in the backstory of Going Commando and central galactic government in Up Your Arsenal only appearing after Drek Industries started a galactic war that destroyed several planets and invaded Gadgetron's HQ and flooded it.

I recommend Deadlocked! It's very different but very fun and has a lot more of that biting satire that Ratchet 1 has, which is sadly not as present through the rest of the series. I had to come to accept that fact, but also it helped me appreciate the games that had it even more while allowing me enjoy the ones that didn't.

Y'know, I honestly have avoided that one for the longest time because of it being an arena shooter. I remember playing a demo of it back when it first released, when I was in elementary school, and thinking "what the hell, this is just the arena levels turned it to the whole game, what a bunch of bull". But, now that you've mentioned the satire from the first game is present, I'm probably going to check it out. That's the one thing most of the other parts of the series is missing- all the other mechanics (and the other characters, Dr. Nefarious and Qwark in particular being consistently great) consistently improved but Ratchet became such a lame hero cliche.

 

[Iracunda]

I like the original PS2 trilogy a lot. Replayed on PS3 years ago but never played Deadlocked.

The PS3 and PS4/PS5 games have the gameplay down but are lacking tonally with the greatness of the OG trilogy.

I also miss the old art direction but the new one isn't necessarily bad just pixar esque

I just want them to bring the original composer back. All the music after the original ps2 games is so forgettable.