How Ratchet Lost Its Edge | 2002 Original VS 2016 Reboot Comparison ( Strong Language )

[@TheGamingBritShow]

The Tools of Destruction music used in the Reservoir Dogs parody segment had to be replaced with royalty free music due to a copyright claim.

[@themega8319]

Bruh after 4 years they take down the music lol.

[@OnTheArchipelago]

I just want to use this space to say that while. Rift Apart was pretty fun, I was disappointed with it..

[@superlombax1561]

Aww...

[@markarias8735]

I also noticed the Drek boss battle music was toned it down Such a shame Still to this day i listen this video like a lullaby

[@coolgirl2044]

Damn it.

[@timtrzepacz3452]

I was a gameplay programmer on the the original Ratchet & Clank, and on RC2. I programmed planets Umbris, Gaspar, and Gemlik Base, and most of the weapons, including Pyrocitor, Suck Cannon, Visibomb, Decoy Glove,Boxing Glove, Bolt Detector, Bombs, and the Agents of Doom.. It's been a long time, it's hard to remember; I had to look up the names of the planets because when I worked on they we called them things like Quark's fort, lava level, and space combat. I seem to recall having to tone down muzzle flash on the Blaster because there had been the epilepsy scare with Pokemon on TV and we were worried about giving Japanese kids seizures. I haven't really been able to bring myself to play any of the games after that, so it was nice to see your video and hear that maybe we did some stuff right with the original games. I do remember being told that story wasn't important at all and that I shouldn't worry about it, so it is surprising that our story for the original game actually is as deep as you say. I remember being upset at the setup for story for the 2nd game, and actually submitting my own story that didn't get used. I was the one of the last of the original gameplay programmers from Ratchet & Clank 1 to leave the company, save for the Hastings brothers. Some tools programmers stuck around a little longer. A lot of the original team did go to High Impact Games to work on Size Matters on the PSP.. That was fun; like getting the band back together; I miss those guys! Anyway, thanks again for your very detailed video. It is kinda painful to revisit those games after all these years, but I suppose that it is nice to remind myself that I programmed some maybe cool stuff, once upon a time...

[@timtrzepacz3452]

Instead of Ratchet and Clank being bored layabouts in the beginning, they were immediately approached by a scientist who warns of a plot by Megasoft to take control of all of the robots in the universe. Facing a public that is blind to the problem unfolding right in front of them, R&C travel around trying to enlist various factions to help them. One group are the Xunil are a group of monastic bearded hackers who are a too lost in their own mysticism to be of much use at first. The second group are the Mapricot, an erudite and haughty cult that promises aid, but ultimately betrays them to Megasoft. The game would also introduce a new character named Bug who gets very small and goes inside computers and machines to solve puzzles and clear the way forward. Ratchet and Clank also start to build a larger spaceship that their tiny ship docks to. It starts with just a cockpit and a cargo module, and as they progress, new modules can be added to it that actually become locations where they can go. This was to be sort of like building a stronghold in Morrowwind. I was also going to add sections where you have to go outside and fix stuff on the ship (sometimes during battle!); finally a real use for the magnaboots! This was inspired by Sundog: Frozen Legacy (which was inspired by Star Wars, 'natch). There was also going to be a section that implemented a courier delivery game in one of the city levels using the grappling gun. Vaguely crazy taxi inspired. Some of the levels that were polluted in the original game could be returned to and you could play them in restored beauty, or in the process of being cleaned up. The end of the game was going to be a big strategic space battle, where you not only shoot ships, but also have to send your various forces around the galactic map to fight Megasoft's enslaved robot spaceship army! The broad strokes of an evil corporation, a female scientist, and a plot to take over robots were all that actually made it in, and I think even that may have been a coincidence.

[@Lotuseless]

That's a nice and unique comment, my friend ;) Always nice to see an opinion of a person that worked on a game. I can't say pretty much anything except thank you for such a great game

[@metalfaceduude]

Tim Trzepacz thanks for the memories dude

[@G396]

"that I programmed some maybe cool stuff" Fixed it. "that I programmed some very cool stuff" after this heap you should try and "get band back together" once again and make your R&C-esq IP throw it up on KS or go to some indy pub.

[@emilythedragon]

Ratchet and Clank was probably the third title I ever played on my PS2. It would have been my first, but the game was so popular it took me 4 different stores just to find one that wasn't sold out. My love for this series is so deep I can tie each level to some pretty significant moments in my middle school life. I played the game so much I got every gold bolt except for one without using a guide. A decade and a half later and video games are my passion and I'm learning to make games myself. Thank you for helping in creating such an awesome experience!

[@Aristocles22]

The lack of dialogue until Ratchet and Clank meet in the original really reinforces the idea that Ratchet is very much alone on Veldin.

[@codygreene9067]

I always liked it too, because it further enforced his motivations for finishing his ship. He wants to hurry up and get it built so he can get off his boring home world and see the galaxy. Now he’s a Boy Scout mechanic who works for an owner of a garage and it’s horrible.

[@Itsdeadfrosty]

Nonamearisto facts like veledin had this atmosphere of desert and desolation vs EVERY FUCKING PLANET IS SO FUCKING VANILLA every planet is teeming w life blah blah blah

[@cyclops8238]

@Jasper Arce Squidward: I gotta get out of here!!

[@vigil4270]

The lack of dialogue is just old game design, id much rather have an alive and engaging game than an empty and soulless one. Most games were like that back then so its not really something you can award them for.

[@Aristocles22]

@@vigil4270 The game isn't THAT old. This isn't Myst or Wizardry 1-7.

[@MsHarpsychord]

you were spot on about rachet being a hillbilly, because that's a real character. He's just a rough dude who goes to sleep still covered in grease and random metal filings in his fur. Wakes up at the crack of dawn pours a cup of coffee grabs an old street sign and wonders if will be able to hold in the vacuum of space better or will the old trash can work instead. Even the dynamic in the first game is better, clank wants to save the galaxy. Ratchet just wants to go somewhere more interesting than a god damn desert.

[@hurricane7727]

True and in Rac Rift Apart he is a returning Older well known Hero

[@kokorogensou]

i'm forever going to prefer the casual everyman vision of ratchet the older games had as opposed to the SUPER SPECIAL LAST OF HIS KIND AND ALSO HIS DAD GUARDED THE DIMENSIONATOR schtick they've been going with since the ps3 era

[@hurricane7727]

@@kokorogensou True. My Last Full rac Game was Ratchet Deadlocked

[@Drowsyspace128]

I personally would have preferred if it was a “polygonizer” and not a “pixelizer” where it turned them into their old model

[@crunchie101]

holy shit that would have been so good

[@Pimperson]

that would have been sick

[@lethauntic]

That's a neat idea

[@jenjenparibou3995]

@Innocent JoggerThe Ratchet and Clank series is well known for going to such lengths just for a single weapon lol , like the visibomb gun and the groovitron

[@jenjenparibou3995]

​@Innocent Jogger Man, I wish we could go back to a time where most game developers put their heart and soul into their games, instead of what we have today where we rely mostly on indie titles for the innovative stuff. And honestly I hate shit like the Groovitron and Mr. Zurkon too, just thought it would be worth it to point it out.

[@JWilliamsLOL]

This video is actually very reassuring, because I was afraid I was just getting too old and jaded to enjoy a whimsical video game.

[@JerryMcB3rry]

Yeah same actually. When I played the reboot the first time I was scared I was going crazy for not liking the game, but this video helped me understand why exactly the game felt off to me when I first picked it up. I love the original, and I can admire the fact they wanted to reboot a great franchise, but they sanded all the edges off to make it a very smooth and bland game. I won't call it terrible because I do enjoy the gameplay a lot and there are some quirky parts I enjoyed, but as a whole, this reboot was a swing and a miss for me.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Just finished 100%ing the original ratchet and clank on PS2 like 5 minutes ago. It’s still an amazing video game, never let it go from your hearts.

[@RareVideosByJavierVargasTV]

No I remember years ago seeing just the look of the new Ratchet and Clank and almost fucking vomiting, like yep...they ruined it. I watched like 22 minutes of the movie and shut it off. Corporate bastards turned it into a wannabe pixar Disney bullshit bland mess.

[@AndrewAce.]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 I started playing again on the PS2 but my disk won't let me go to Hoven. And the second game gets stuck on this one cutscene. And my PS3 has the memory of a goldfish and can't seem to save any games even when completely empty 🤣 And after I went and collected over 1 million bolts too. *Edit:* Problem solved...

[@queenpurple8433]

Rare Videos by Javier Vargas TV! Sounds like you judged the game based off of the movie

[@Hamuelin]

Literally all they had to do was update the graphics, add a few extra secrets. They didn't have to change anything else. Why?! Like seriously why?

[@jamesadams4648]

Why? To promote the movie, There was no other reason then that.

[@sph00n]

I got to be honest that updated controls would change the game completely for the better, the lvling weapons are nice but yeah other than that they didn't have to change a thing, I like the new one but it's lost its soul

[@TehGM]

I agree. I didn't play original R&C, but after watching this video, I have to agree. Gladly Spyro Reignited did just that. It's a worthy remaster of my favourite game ever. Well, maybe except that fortnite dance.

[@oxey_]

@@TehGM Yeah the game played quite okay and was my first platinum in a while, but looking at this I see how much more potential it had. The lines in the first game had actual meaning to it, meaning I didn't realise was missing from the reboot. Quite ironic how the game became the exact thing it once wanted to destroy

[@GotFaculty]

Just bought this game before looking at gameplay or reviews Thought it was going to be just that. Woops

[@DeadYorick]

One of the reasons they did this to R&C1 was because one of the criticisms people had of R&C1 back when it first came out was they thought Ratchet was too mean to Clank throughout the game. It was something Insomniac paid attention to and was one of the reasons why they replaced Ratchet's voice actor with James Arnold Taylor and made him less abrasive as a character. What people at the time and especially now don't pick up on is if you remove Ratchet being abrasive from the story, the entire thing falls apart and you just have a bright yellow dude shooting things. Which is what this Reboot ultimately boils down to.

[@popintarts6362]

Actually, Overstrike changed to Fuse mostly because Insomniac was under a contract with EA. EA really likes focus grouping with 12-year olds, which thought the original concept with quirky characters where "too kiddy", so EA decided that Insomniac should make a more "serious" game to compete with Call of Duty. Sunset Overdrive was something that Insomniac had more creative liberties with, but tried way too hard to please the gamer crowd. But in that game, they had this one sidequest that made fun of the dumb focus grouping tests that large corporations like to do in order to appeal to a certain crowd.

[@epichal4883]

I didn't mind the original Ratchet.

[@TailsKitsune7]

DeadYorick Yeah thats actually true He was WAY more interesting in that game. I liked it. It showed Ratchet wasnt your perfect hero

[@mattopiiskamiks5350]

DeadYorick So this shell of a Ratchet we see in reboot is the product of kid friendliness taken up to eleven huh. I get that they want to please parents by making everything inoffensive, they're mostly the ones buying the games after all but DAMN I doubt this'll be the game kids remember ten years from now like people today recall the original. Breaking stuff and platforming is fun, but there really is no soul behind it, no memorable moments. Just another mindless thing that keeps you occupied couple of hours and then is forgotten forever. What a waste.

[@dannypalin9583]

Coincidentally, Insomniac did something similar with Spyro as well. In the first game, Spyro doesn't really feel like a hero. He's more of a bolshy little brat who is more concerned about fighting Gnasty Gnorc than saving the lives of the other dragons. The dragons even brought the whole conflict on themselves. Spyro learned nothing from the adventure as he insults Gnasty in the 100% ending and all the dragons get turned back into stone. Then, in the next two games, Spyro was given a slight personality overhaul: he was still arrogant, but he made a conscious effort to help people, even when he had been roped into doing so. Insomniac should have done the same thing with Ratchet instead of completely changing him into a overly nice Boy Scout figure.

[@x7snow]

The 2016 version is how things would be if Ratchet signed the deal with Vox

[@wolfheri2496]

Perfect comment

[@Ricky911_]

Lmfao I'm dead 🤣🤣

[@nerdstorma8427]

THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE! THAT MAKES *TOO* MUCH SENSE!

[@buttermeat6529]

when a random witty comment has more interesting and believable lore than the Future series.

[@Spitfire_94]

I'm a simple man; I see a reference to Deadlocked, I upvote. Holy shit this comment is gold.

[@BlahBlahBlah13623]

The series went from mocking artificial popular culture in Courtney Gears, to being so blindly symbolic of the culture itself.

[@mcrsit]

This.

[@FakeWonder]

That's some deep shit

[@dannypalin9583]

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

[@SepiaDragoonGR]

One word my friend: Political Correctness (well, and overly sensitive assholes who are triggered by everything, so i guess that's more than one word but whatever you read all of it)

[@AmaroqStarwind]

I think Rachet & Clank (2016) is about as good as Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). #RetconTheReboot

[@ellis4752]

A game killed by consumerism while it was what it had been criticizing it from the beginning . HOW IRONIC

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

and sad

[@jennam492]

Yep it became that which the original mocked.

[@maestrofeli4259]

_It could make fun of consumerism but couldn't prevent itself to be made fun of. Ironic._ -Sheev "the senate"

[@the_wake_]

I guess it's hard to have an anti-consumerism message when your game is an excuse to sell toys and movie tickets.

[@maestrofeli4259]

@@the_wake_ the mere existence of the reboot is a bruh moment

[@gajspalt]

From edgy satire that mocked the corporate consumerism and celebrity culture, to simping and becoming the very thing it mocked. How ironic

[@Lucios1995]

Yeah, 1:17:45

[@thelrproject257]

Remember Courtney gears? The original trilogy was one of a kind

[@ooffordays566]

Just like the Simpsons, honestly.

[@scholartheterminator94]

@@ooffordays566NO BUY DISNEY +

[@Boomrainbownuke9608]

@@ooffordays566 and the cause may be similar. both have gone on for too long. simpsons went on for so long that it lost more and more of its original team of writers. and the same may have happened to ratchet. the original dev's may have gotten burnt out and stopped working on the games causing insomiac to replace them with new people. people that didn't understand the character's or universe of the games.

[@Dunestorm333]

When a PS2 game with barely any production value or pre-rendered sequences conveys more emotion than the works of an entire movie production...

[@queencancerous5332]

Because companies don’t want to make movies that actually make children think anymore

[@jay-d8g3v]

Human greed is fun. Man this shit is mentally exhausting

[@MrNobody47710]

Direction has more importance than production value.

[@_Tzer]

a literal screen with text words in said ps2 game literally has more emotion than the entire movie you know what screen i am talkin about.

[@I-VisiBomb-I]

@@_Tzer you're talking about the gadgetron vendor right? kidding ik you talk about "that" scene

[@tacowookie6932]

Ratchet and Clank slowly gaining each other's respect was a slow burn in the original, but it felt earned. Ruining the premise of how R&C bonded already left a bad taste, but the biggest insult was shoehorning Nefarious into the mix; Chairmen Drek deserved way more respect as a character. I LOVE Nefarious, but damn he's not the only villain in the series.

[@Lezard_Valeth]

This. The og Drek was a good villain with a good voice actor, and compared to all the other villains in the franchise he's the most competent one. I like all the others too, but i like Drek being a serious threat, which is of course fucked in the reboot/movie version. It was his henchmen (including Qwark) who were the incompetent morons he would get mad at which is funny because Drek is like the smallest character after Clank but everyone is afraid of him

[@totalradicalness]

Yeah they did Drek dirty, like i beat all the classics except the first, i was literally at Drek never beat him before my brother sold my ps2. Was pretty annoyed i didnt get to kick his ass in the reboot, also i miss the poison planet

[@Lezard_Valeth]

@@totalradicalness Orxon was one of the hardest planets in a good way and the music was one of the best when you go as Ratchet

[@mr.s9783]

I agree.

[@matthewlayford1736]

The Virgin 'Ratchet': I've died and gone to nerd heaven. The Chad Ratchet: 𝘕𝘦𝘳𝘥.

[@redhoodedwanderer6663]

Let’s imagine that ratchet got captured by a super villain. New ratchet: sad face and doesn’t say a word. Old ratchet: “Get me out of this thing you blag headed frumph monkey! I can barely breath and my tail feels like its shoved right up my...”

[@maestrofeli4259]

@@redhoodedwanderer6663 lmao gotta love deadlocked

[@Jackrabbit7]

Matthew Layford 2% Milk vs Soy Milk

[@Kilo_Maybe]

New guy is not ratchet is notchet

[@NeroCM]

Feels rather insulting to be honest. It's like whoever wrote/approved the characters came from 20 years ago and still thinks that only nerds with no life play videogames, so only a nerdy character would be relatable Never mind that videogames are one of the many forms of escapism we partake in as a society, and therefore the possibility to play as someone we are not in real life is a big selling point of a lot of action titles.

[@dragonphoreal]

Why is Ratchet & Clank consider kids' game franchise? The first 3 were rated T for teen and had numerous crude jokes and puns.

[@SRUFUS3D]

Brandon Dozier Because it has an anthropomorphic talking animal, so that immediately classifies it as a kiddy franchise as far as the general public is concerned.

[@TheGoldenBolt]

With the HD Collection, they were retroactively labeled E10+. The series was essentially ALWAYS E10+, but that rating didn't exist until five games into the series!

[@CruelestChris]

Because kids like crude jokes and puns. As a documentary about Roald Dahl once put it, "kids don't want to read stories about flowers and rainbows, they want to read stories about poo and willies."

[@dragonphoreal]

CruelestChris In that case, kids must not like thr new reboot then.

[@CruelestChris]

Yeah, they probably don't. Kids generally don't like the things that adults think they should like, like when they throw in a kid character thinking kids will want to _be_ that character, and kids wish that character would just piss off because they're annoying and get in the way.

[@ViceHacks]

They destroy ratchets character in the first 20 mins, he literally said he didn’t want to be a hero in the original. He was selfish, it was only through the story he grew into the hero he was. Wow this is just sad.

[@chrisnichols9014]

He doesn't really care about anything until the end of the game. After he takes down Drek, he starts to understand that the galaxy actually needs a hero to save it. The first 3 games are still the best.

[@versatileduplicity9313]

That’s what happens when writers are idiots !!! The writers themselves are disgusting money pigs

[@tyrantcynicalgaming]

@@chrisnichols9014 Don't you mean once he took down Qwark and saw the info bot after?

[@galten7361]

He's just a MCU protagonist.

[@randomidoit9605]

He just goes back to save his planet, that’s pretty expected.

[@grocery-k9h]

Imagine if Sly Cooper had a reboot where he is a police officer. That's what this game did

[@zealousmathematician5490]

Nick Filion stop giving them ideas

[@kratchetV9]

yes but i think this wrong way was already taken before this game :/ let's take the bright side and consider that it makes the first ones even more legendary and classic ;)

[@refusingtoconform]

Well, that just made me depressed.

[@dimitriouspapadopoulos3483]

Grand theft auto vice city reboot, with tommy versetti the cheerful kindegarden teacher.

[@Ryu99420]

well couldn't be much worse I played the first 3 sly games on my vita for platinum trophys and these r the most boring games I played so far a real pain in the ass

[@nemtudom5074]

Ratchet 2016 is the product Ratchet 1 was making fun of.

[@deeheezed]

So IRONIC

[@Liliquan]

DEEHEEZED A level of irony that causes migraines.

[@hiphop90s98]

everything was fucked up about the remake we want a ps5 remastered trilogy for ps5 in 4k i hope we still get 1-3 for ps5 like the HD trilogy for ps3 only 4K on the ps5 then cause im not also sure if rift apart will also be that good as the classics , the good old days 👊🏼

[@solarenemy3733]

Insomniac is so out of touch with their audience, at least telling from 2016. I'm hoping rift apart can divert the series back to where it was before that game. Looking at the gameplay I'm not really feeling it, even if on a technical level the game is impressive. At least the weapons have changed from what has been shown.

[@redlightning0001]

@@solarenemy3733 Unfortunately I think they'll double down on 2016 in Rift.

[@duncanshepherd1631]

Qwark's betrayal makes more sense in the original because it's implied that he's a washed-up celebrity at this point. Ratchet even says as much when they watch the Big Al commercial, commenting off-hand, "Man, Qwark's really sold out!" Him being a spokesman for Drek is really just a last-ditch effort to hold on to some relevance, since he's really got nothing more to lose at this point (See: Krusty the Clown). However, in R&C 2016 it seems like he's still at the height of his career, so, nah, it really don't make no sense.

[@Vladicarus]

in the reboot, it was basically. "buh ratchet's better then meh." which is..wrapped up hugely quick. he goes from a boss fight weith "Screw you ratchet :C" to "OH GOD RATCHET i"M SORRY" it's..sloppy. mostly cuz they had to tie into the movie (which was a bad choice.)

[@heroomori3819]

Vladicarus lol that is pretty dam accurate

[@HeilRay]

Washed up hero angle was perfect

[@michaeldunlap1032]

At least the movie itself explain why he chose to be on drek's side, unlike the ps4 game where he is just... there with him. Yeah, the ps4 game left ALOT of details out on the movie, to the point where it's a confusing mess with a shit ton of filler too.

[@galten7361]

@duncansheperd1631 They were just making Qwark more in line with his post-Ratchet 3 characterization where he became the duo's gloryhound sidekick rather than a villain.

[@ectothermic]

Basically a franchise based entirely on satire of soulless consumerism becomes soulless consumerism. Ironic, but hilarious.

[@matrix91234]

Tyler Durden: Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we dont need" Though then again Fight Club 1999 movie is also a good dangerous warning to what masculinity taken too far does. So i do love the movie alot for some slight criticism on consumer crap culture owning people. But also is man enough to warn that excessive violence is not the answer.

[@matrix91234]

Or my favorite joke "You are not your khakis" from Fight Club 1999 movie. Thats also the funniest line too

[@randomidoit9605]

Really want to know why you think that, can’t be the video, he only includes things that fit his narrative.

[@delluminatis]

"Ironic, it could save others from consumerism but not itself"

[@randomidoit9605]

@@punishedbnnuy You know when 2002 Ratchet Destroys New Quartu? In 2016 the destruction of New Quartu was an accident, but 2002 Ratchet and Clank both wanted and did destroy it. Without stopping to think about how it could have been used as a new home for anyone Drek miss placed. Or letting the rest of the Blarg settle peacefully as long as they don’t sell it like Drek wanted. But both of their minds go directly to destroying for no reason than the developers wanting a flashy finish, and he says that 2016 Ratchet is a manic for defending himself. 16:34.

[@gold24k54]

Don't understand why the original has only "generally positive reviews" instead of "Universal Acclaim", it is a masterpiece in my eyes.

[@Somerandomperson-hl1kt]

GOLDSC24k5 yea...

[@KaiDecadence]

It definitely is a game that pushed boundaries in the platforming genre.

[@SirDavid290]

Lack of strafing.

[@Somerandomperson-hl1kt]

Sir David strafing? Why?

[@SirDavid290]

@@Somerandomperson-hl1kt Because, to aim, you have to face the ennemy (walking towards them) and so, you might get hit by thier projectiles. Wich is why splash damage is so important in R&C 1.

[@johnoswald7321]

The fact that the dev's think the old dialogue was "cringe worthy" but the new stuff isn't, is absolutely insane. Uh I want to add this is purely related to 2016. I have not played rift apart yet.

[@Reelfilms1998]

🤣🤣🤣 sure

[@P0k3D0nd3M4cG]

It's called growing up, having kids, all that jazz. You're talking about people in their 20s vs people in their 40s and 50s

[@johnoswald7321]

@@P0k3D0nd3M4cG nah you can be older and still have a good sense of humor.

[@MrOzzification]

@@P0k3D0nd3M4cG The thing is, the dialogue in the newer titles is noticeably a lot more cringe with humour that often feels forced and contrived in comparison to the older games. That's why its bizarre to hear a remark like that.

[@P0k3D0nd3M4cG]

@@johnoswald7321 a "good" sense of humor is relative. My boss' humor is still stuck in the early 2000s. It's corny at best

[@RiseUpToYourAbility]

I really like the original game because Ratchet's goals are the same as mine. He just wants to travel too cool planets and collect all these sweet ass weapons, and that is something that I can relate with. When I first played the game, I didn't care about save the universe. My sole motivation in playing the game was to check out what kinds of cool weapons and gadgets existed on other planets.

[@user-qs3ih3ll5f]

No, he just want to say thank you to everybody.

[@vintheguy]

@@user-qs3ih3ll5f what?

[@TalTheBest]

So you also just want to travel to cool planets and collect sweet ass weapons? 💀💀

[@chrisdawson1776]

@@TalTheBest Why are you gay?

[@DoktorPaj]

I feel the same whenever I play any open world games and begrudgingly crawl back to an uninteresting main story after noticing all content is arbitrarily locked behind story progress. Who would have thought that in 2002....

[@yderga8707]

I hate, hate, HATE, the argument that something is for children so therefore it needs to be completely devoit of intelligence and realism. The olden cartoons and video games were nitty and gritty and prepared children for reality and taught valuable lessons *SUBVERTLY*. Specifically in the early 90s to late 2000s. I remember shows like courage the cowardly dog were designed to warn children about the danger of strangers and was designed to deter children from trusting everyone they meet, which worked VERY WELL. Shows like Kim possible and Powerpuff girls targeted female power very well. Ed, Edd, and eddy taught children not to be selfish and cheap, etc. Kids entertainment was obviously written to have the targeted child demographic in mind, but were written in a way to benefit them in the long run, in which you learned from example. Now children's shows are literal mind numbing hypnotism. They tell you what you should and shouldn't do in a straightforward hypnotic lazy way, which imo leaves them at the mercy of the "sponsors". (Google Sesame Street child product pandering in the 70s and you'll see what I mean).

[@jacobleavell274]

Lamo.

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

@Yewlyn >calls someone a beta, thinking that bullshit study is real >complains about female shows existing >probably thinks soy boys are real >says the only reason he watched it despite hating was because he was aroused by the drawing (I usually don't care if you do that but combined with everything else...) Hi potential incel you don't belong here

[@MrGman636]

Dunkey said it best in his Rift Apart review: "This game is rated E for Everybody, not E for Children Only"

[@ChickenMcKicken]

@@MrGman636 love him or hate him, he speakin facts

[@yousufkhan1720]

Well said

[@DragonChamp007]

It's actually tragic how the first games will be lost in the void as this game become's the original for so many people. Never in my life have I loved a game series as much as R+C. Like you said, finished them 20x+ over and can still go back every time.

[@Spanishdog17]

I'm already seeing comments like "I haven't played the originals but I finished the remake. It wasn't that bad." Too many gamers in recent times say "It's not that bad" to defend medicore games that they like, but with this remake it's kind of insulting because the original game is a classic! I honestly feel bad for people who experienced the remake first. The original had memorable characters, hilarious dialog, a pretty decent story with social commentary and character archs.

[@marcelcostache2504]

i have it on my ps3 ratchet and clank collection will keep that forever.

[@shonbera5246]

See, I knew some thing was up with the Reboot because like.. Something just felt off, like my first exposure to Ratchet & Clank was the 2004 Up Your Arsenal demo while the first I got and finished was A Crack in Time.

[@TerrorOfTalos]

R&C will always be my favorite video game franchise

[@yobro6053]

R&C and Tony Hawk gave me the most fun in the ps2 gen @@TerrorOfTalos

[@TheStoryBlueprint]

The replacement of the original soundtrack is justification enough for this video's existence and length, absolute sacrilege

[@Mariujana90]

You got my like just for your username.

[@crazylimegreenmonkey]

Comfortably Dumb the soundtrack in the original was great. It was funky and very varied.

[@TheStoryBlueprint]

crazylimegreenmonkey it was such a unique sound, and yet the variety between planets like Veldin and Orxon showed that there was so much Bergeaud could do with it. A real shame that they've gone down such a generic orchestral route, it's like they've taken the Pixar comparisons a little too literally.

[@crazylimegreenmonkey]

Comfortably Dumb I agree 100%. The original soundtrack was awesome and if you heard any of the music you would know it was Ratchet and Clank music. The new orchestral style music they are going for isn't nearly as good or iconic as the original music and doesn't have that "I'm exploring different alien worlds vibe" which the original tracks have.

[@557deadpool]

Comfortably Dumb the original OST really wasn't that good

[@AlaskaRS]

I was actually kind of stunned they went that route in the first Ratchet and Clank in 2002. I was thinking naw, they'll dumb it down and make it nicer for the kids...these two guys will get over their little squabble in the next scene no fuss because that's how these things usually get done when kids are the demographic. But then the conflict DOESN'T get resolved that easily - it actually ends up taking a significant portion of the game for Ratchet to grow, listen and naturally progress from dismissive asshole to someone who gives a damn about the bigger picture. That impressed me, and made the game go from good to great. Someone who wrote that game was interested in telling a genuine story.

[@SirenChats]

I’m still so utterly confused by this. NOBODY LIKED RATCHET in the first game. Critics of the story didn’t like him, and my Dad and I didn’t like him when we had the game all those years back. It got to the point they made him a completely different character going forward. Look at Ratchet from the 2nd game onward, they found a happy middle ground. He is still snarky and got a lot of good quips in, but he was also a lovable dork instead stereotypical hotshot bad boy. Ratchet was badass out in the field, but when he’s just hanging out with friends or talking with a girl he likes the mask slips off and we just see this regular kid. I DO agree that he was too much of a goody two shoes in the reboot, it he was also too much of an asshole in the first game, and no amount of character in said first game was going to fix that.

[@JerryMcB3rry]

I personally don't hate ratchet's depiction in the original game. I think it's a nice contrast to clanks personality, but I do prefer the middle ground they found in later installments. I also agree that the way they handled ratchet's character arc in the original was very well done, as ratchet really hated clank for a good portion of the story, but had to keep him around because clank is the only way he could use his spaceships. Point of this comment is I hate the way they're portrayed in the 2016 reboot, and I can only hope insomniac doesn't try too hard to be quirky or relatable in the new ratchet game coming out.

[@rainsauzer760]

@@SirenChats No way, the OG Ratchet was the best, this Ratchet is for pussies.

[@terronaries2077]

@@SirenChats I agree with this sentiment. Years ago, I bought the Ratchet & Clank HD Collection (and never beat the games for some reason 🤦🏾‍♂️), but picked it back up after finishing the reboot earlier this year. And I was completely thrown off by Ratchet’s attitude and personality; I found him to be a selfish prick and didn’t like him. I see that I’m not the only one who felt like this. And interestingly, his personality was changed in the sequel Going Commando.

[@dudestep]

I'm playing the first game now and I think having Ratchet be an asshole is good. Nowadays all kids stuff is filled with the same schmaltzy crap, I miss media about "bad kids", like the simpsons, south park and malcolm in the middle.

[@klaud7311]

Ratchet already owning a Bomb Glove at the beginning as he walked over to the crash site was so fitting to his character.

[@SuperButterBuns]

An hour and a half ratchet and clank video.....G O O D S H I T

[@Pizzaguy975]

SuperButterBuns hey buns fancy seeing your ass here

[@jukesdtj656]

Are you jealous that you can't slowly draw things out because you always get right to the point of screaming everything SuperButterBuns? XD Maybe YOU should do a Yelling About the Ratchet and Clank Reboot Video.

[@heja361]

He highly praised the game that you said was comfortable in the trashXD

[@Energizer720]

im happy someone made a hour & half video talking about this unfortunate event

[@AYoutubeAccountName]

Even put an uncharted 2 cameo in there

[@MemeSnack]

Me, an hour and a half after starting this video: *A g r e e d*

[@Somerandomperson-hl1kt]

Meme Snack Y E S

[@SilverFan8]

Me, 21 years of my heart beating: *BREATHES*

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

Very *I m p r o v i s i n g* video

[@npc_blob1609]

Gyi!

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

@Lord scruby Whoa there dont be spreading that coronavirus here bro

[@wurlmon5191]

Can we just assume that 2016 version is just Quark's quirky and stupid version of the original story?

[@cartooncrazed13]

@@HelghastStalker I hope that's the case and that rift apart drops the whole, "Everybody needs to be zany and make quirky jokes." That's literally my only problem with the 2016 R&C, the murdered their personalities.

[@jeremywyrobnik642]

I thought it was meant like this?

[@fawn8347]

@@cartooncrazed13 Here's to hoping. Honestly as I see it the big thing R&C 2016 had going against it was that it felt like "movie first, game second" was the mentality that went into writing the characters. So an interaction that could be fleshed out in the 12-14 hours of a casual playthrough had to be crammed into a 90 minute feature length film, then spread back out into a 10-14 hour game, and yet the game insisted on carrying the movie's plot beat by beat, galactic rangers and all.

[@davea3641]

@@cartooncrazed13 unfortunately they're still goody two shoes

[@fawn8347]

@Mr.1-UP Don't worry about it. It's perfectly okay to like a game. And having played through the game, R&C 2016 isn't a bad game on a technical standpoint, it just lacks a certain edge to its humor and writing that people loved the OG games for. If anything, I'd suggest going back to the original trilogy and seeing for yourself what those games were like and making your own comparison.

[@vesstig]

The games from our childhoods were made with so much passion and it shows because they're still replayable to this day unlike many other modern releases.

[@JeroenDStout]

Its the 'guys look what I made' vs 'guys this spreadsheet says what we should make' effect.

[@amuroray9115]

This comment makes no sense because what you find replayable isn’t what I find replayable.

[@Skellotronix]

​@@amuroray9115 Damn are you an egocentric asshole. Every comment you've left here is full of yourself, condescending and belittling others, or just being a dick because you're anonymous. Grow up.

[@randomidoit9605]

@@amuroray9115 Yeah, he just expects other people think the same, cynical way as him.

[@alfiobonanno5100]

​@@amuroray9115Sure, because remakes and remasters don't sell like hotcakes and stay in people's minds for years (or many older games in general) while most newer ones disappear in the folds of time i a couple of month tops, never to be brought up again, oh, wait...

[@stllbreathnbut_y1844]

That was the easiest 80 minute rant I've ever watched.

[@PlaystationMasterPS3]

yeah, time flew by watching this one

[@AlexThe1Menace]

Preach. I was hesitant on sitting through it but it was pretty damn watchable.

[@ps3andrhcp]

Agreed. The video flowed very well and a lot of the points are very valid.

[@yojoehojo4291]

this is my third time watching this.

[@sofusbastian]

wait, it's 80 minutes it felt like 10 mins

[@DrGandW]

My heart hurts at how accurate this is, ouch. Every legitimate criticism is like a right hook to the soul, because I love this series so much but the reboot not having the same soul just smacks me that the series is done and there might not be anything like It anymore.

[@anthonyreynoso7275]

Dr. G&W and crazy to remember that as a kid I was dying for a R&C movie and then when we finally get it’s like they just pulled this lifeless entity outta pixar’s rear end. But hey as long as you have the originals to play!

[@nmtltlz]

Heres hoping the new game will be better!

[@randomidoit9605]

The Reboot isn’t bad, he just picks parts that fits his narrative, how many times has he talked about the clank parts again? Because I’m pretty sure he ignored them entirely after saying the music in one of them is off.

[@thefreeburningspirit]

​@@randomidoit9605nah it's pretty bad

[@randomidoit9605]

@@thefreeburningspirit How? The only thing the original has going for it is Characters and *maybe* music.

[@UberHaxorJuke]

lost its edge??! imo the whole fucking blade is gone

[@TheTattorack]

Dude, the guy who made the blade in the first place is missing.

[@liamclarke91]

It's just one of those squeaky inflatable swords kids whack each other over the head with.

[@soulking2017]

liamclarke91 nah, too edgy

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

@@TheTattorack I know you made this comment 3 years ago but it just got me 😂

[@AndrewAce.]

LMFAO

[@JustAnArrogantAlien]

One of the problems is that the original game had to establish itself, all by itself. No one in 2002 had ever heard of “Ratchet & Clank,” so if the game was gonna sell, it had to be GOOD. It behooved the developers to go that extra mile. But not anymore. Now _Ratchet & Clank_ is a brand. The fans will line up for the next game on brand loyalty alone. Why try if it’ll sell regardless?

[@davidjr4903]

Like apples products, ie iPhone

[@Holagrimola]

that, and the amount of money invested in the project to be "high value", means things often get rushed, as to not spend that much money on it, making it kind of a hollow shell

[@kingd8m]

Ironic considering how the series’ original themes were very anti-consumerism. The fact the the “remake” is basically a soulless reimagining designed to use the IP to make money and sell movie tickets really drives home the points of the original game even more.

[@shadestrider1033]

This is literally Pokemon's current situation. What feels worse is that even Pokemon tried, despite being a brand, for 4 generations after the original.

[@randomuser7647]

The original game was never good, it forces bizarre lock puzzles that literally rely on trial and error over and over to even pass unless you look up a guide. Why does nobody talk about this?

[@anthonyreynoso7275]

And just the fact that Clank interacting with his mother through a computer screen can project more emotion than infinite play throughs of the reboot speaks volumes. And the aesthetic of the first was so beautiful as well I still can’t stand that glowy slingshot wire

[@RandomBoo256]

This review is a better Ratchet and Clank movie than the actual Ratchet and Clank movie.

[@jane1975]

Matthew Hughes Movies based upon video games will always be garbage, the Assassins Creed one tanked.

[@anthonyreynoso7275]

jane1975 “on tonight’s episode of Nature’s Mysteries” honestly tho why are video game movies always terrible? Warcraft was the only dare I say....”enjoyable” movie I can think of if you literally blind yourself to the terrible plot and iffy acting.

[@RandomBoo256]

Anthony Reynoso I think Sonic and detective pikachu were fun little distractions.

[@anthonyreynoso7275]

Matthew Hughes I still gotta check those out but everytime I hear pika talk with Ryan Reynolds’ voice I’m like Deadpool what are you doing in a pikachu costume😂

[@BenCollenberg]

@@anthonyreynoso7275 you mean the south park episode? that was the tits

[@kenmdrt]

That old Ratchet and Clank music just kicks me in the balls with nostalgia man

[@jazz_daddy251]

Yep. Metropolis hits hardest for me

[@KingBullDogg]

Agreed man brings me back to when I was a kid

[@햐참]

Facts😔

[@cepko8894]

True brothers

[@user-bw2fp1cp9w]

i was mad that they replaced the music with this cliche-hero-garbage. They could have remade the music

[@jaydengray5988]

This dude sounds like me at 1am ranting to my girl friend on why I miss the og rachet and clank

[@jaydengray5988]

@king finesse nah homie it's more then just a game it's my childhood

[@davednz1264]

I do the same thing, but just by myself cause I don't have a girlfriend

[@jaydengray5988]

@@davednz1264 update I don't have a girlfriend no more so I'm doing the same g

[@EverWolf]

@@jaydengray5988 gotta rant to somebody so why don’t you just rant to the voices in your head

[@levonwilliams7256]

@@jaydengray5988 it is just a game

[@UnifiedEntity]

Ive always hated the "for kid" motif. Shit, the stuff I played as a kid didnt treat me like I was an idiot or an easily amused fool like todays content in media. Thats for sure.

[@Vladicarus]

thats the issue, now adays be it video game, movie or cartoon. if anything from design, characters ect is remotely targeted towards kids, it somehow just voids any criticism

[@unoriginalusername6408]

That what i noticed on any medias..

[@nickrogers3624]

reticentsamericain that is an incredibly good point. In fact... I might have to steal that line for later arguments.

[@internetdinosaur8810]

@@Vladicarus Literally Marvel movies

[@SnakeWasRight]

I stopped liking "kid stuff" in elementary school, and most kids did too.

[@Ospyro3em]

The problem with this game is that while the gameplay itself is a lot of fun, they took away everything that gave the original games their charm- most notably the sly adult humour. Those little innuendos really made me laugh, and now it's all just "yeah- let's go save the world!". Ratchet is made out to be such a naive idiot in the remake and Clank has no personality whatsoever. A lot of the humour used to come from their personalities bouncing off each other. The original Trilogy, Deadlocked (or Gladiator), Tools of Destruction & a Crack in Time were where the series really shined.

[@aimeeaaw]

Learn how Skid McMarx gets his extra 'altitude'.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

A Crack in Time was the magnum opus of the series.

[@carlbloke8797]

Ospyro3em yep

[@zzxp1]

Reboot biggest sin is definitely not bringing back that kickass soundtrack. Also it makes sense for Ratchet to be harsh and not give a damn about the outside universe because the guy was basically an alien hillbilly, he lived in a desert all his life, of course he needed some time to take in the outside world before caring.

[@mackielunkey2205]

I just don't think the story of R&C works anymore because of Insomniac not having writers who fully understand them as characters (Ratchet being the sarcastic jerky goofball and Clank being the straight man) anymore. Spider-Man PS4 and Miles Morales worked because the characters that they wanted to write for fit the style of their writers (who are idealized, and genuinely trying). And guess what, Spider-Man PS4 is now my favorite Insomniac game.

[@drifter402]

​@@mackielunkey2205most likely, the marketing department decided they had to be cuddly because it's more 'marketable.' seems they've decided it's the fashion now. Even Sonic behaves like this these days.

[@kolynturnbow5792]

I wish they wold just put the first 3 games on ps4

[@dapperfan44]

*All 4

[@brandon9172]

The first 3 along with size matters and dead locked.

[@dapperfan44]

@@brandon9172 what about Secret Agent Clank? And I'd say add the Future series, but I'm pretty sure people still have their PS3s.

[@MayuFuji]

I wish they would put all the main series ps3 games to the ps4 tbh

[@soulextracter]

@@dapperfan44 Well I have my PS2, luckily, because the games can't be played on PS3 without weird lag, and the they don't sell the HD remakes anymore on the PSN.

[@marcasieber]

I remember in that first game Ratchet and Clank felt so isolated. It really felt like you were on your own exploring a strange world. People would appear every once in a while to help you (but only after you paid them) but then would disappear from the story. Having everyone on the radio all the time loses that.

[@Jollyjose251]

Marc Sieber and having Quark narrate ruins it as well

[@vigil4270]

Disagree, having more dialogue gives the game more soul, the lack of dialogue and feeling of presence in the originals was just due to the fact that it was an old ass game and a lot of games were like that back then. The remake feels so much more alive and engaging.

[@namisauce9826]

@@vigil4270 but it's not memorable

[@SCP--rj8hm]

@@namisauce9826 but rift apart made this game obselete, so yay!!

[@ReddestOfPens]

@@vigil4270 The remake is boring af. It was not engaging because of Ratchet's new personality. They made him way too nice and there were way too many people in the same cutscene. It feels like a rip-off from the original. This is my opinion, but I just think it should be more independent and get better actors.

[@AndrewAce.]

Ratchet losing it, dropping everything to take out Quark, and roasting Clank at every turn was hilarious...

[@ShibuNub3305]

I’ve always found it strangely cathartic to see Ratchet have a fucking mental breakdown and constantly express how much he wants to murder Quark.

[@AndrewAce.]

@@ShibuNub3305 It was great, especially getting to the boss battle with Quark near the end.

[@randomidoit9605]

⁠@@AndrewAce. Only for him to do absolutely nothing to Quark, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t even mention what happened to Quark to Clank.

[@AndrewAce.]

@@randomidoit9605 Well, the beat Quark and he kinda cools off after and admits that Clank was right...

[@randomidoit9605]

@@AndrewAce. I feel like he should have at least taken a PDA from Qwark, it would make gameplay sense because of how much the ammo costs.

[@i3ar310]

In the original trilogy the games script and story was made by the animators. Since the ps3 games, insomniac has hired writers which have sadly led to worse scripts.

[@SlainOracle]

Kooky how that happens

[@josuepon0318]

@@SlainOracle very wacky

[@fardfox]

They did get a writer for Up Your Arsenal and onward, but other than that you are indeed correct.

[@gabouchar9977]

If I remember correctly, they got writers for up your arsenal. Ever since up your arsenal, they went into a more generic story about heros fighting vilains, and, in my opinion, it was a bad choice. The story of up your arsenal had major issues. Although there was a lot of funny jokes, the story and the vilain didn't make sense at all.

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

@@gabouchar9977 I really dont see the issue with Up Your Arsenal honestly, I think the story was fun, a good solid conclusion to the trilogy if not entirely in line with the first two, and I think the gameplay was made more fun in a natural way of being more polished while not abandoning the gameplay it established. Its probably my favorite of the OG trilogy.

[@OnTheArchipelago]

This now has 2 million views. SURELY someone from Insomniac has seen it and taken it into account for Rift Apart.

[@BigRuZ587]

Yea right. After that trailer, its over

[@wringlespottomire9140]

Not a chance, LMAO

[@wringlespottomire9140]

@Ruthless Attitude Entertainment reading this was infinitely more depressing than not knowing at all, holy shit.

[@Ricky911_]

@Ruthless Attitude Entertainment that's what concerns me. Naughty Dog messed up TLOU 2 because the people working there aren't the same who made Jak and Daxter, most of the Uncharted games and TLOU 1. I hope that doesn't happen with Ratchet and Clank as well. The lead writer is Sam Maggs if I've not mistaken and that worries me. The best way I could describe her is by calling her a Karen. She might have worked on Marvel's Spider-Man, which was amazing, but then again Neil Druckman also worked on a bunch of games from Naughty Dog before TLOU 2.

[@Ricky911_]

@Ruthless Attitude Entertainment I'd say they didn't know what they were doing after A Crack in Time. That's when it really started to lose its edge. After that, we got All 4 One and Q Force (Full Frontal Assault in North America), which were quite bad in my opinion. Then, they released Into the Nexus which was good but it was so short. After that, they waited 3 years to make a shitty reimagining of the first game. Let's hope the series can get back on track in 2021 or whenever it comes out.

[@ouchiegiverjr]

That hashtag gadgetron line made me cringe so hard I have shriveled into a raisin.

[@charKT-7461]

I found it kinda funny how the game has those internet-jokes.

[@Somerandomperson-hl1kt]

Charkit internet jokes in an alien world? How.....?

[@charKT-7461]

@@Somerandomperson-hl1kt I don't know. I mean, internet exists?

[@Somerandomperson-hl1kt]

Charkit I mean... the rac series isn't placed on earth... so how do they know how we humans act?? Actually scratch that... idk where I was going with that.

[@Hanamichirules91]

When I began watching this video I did not get that hashtag thing. But now that I saw that part... Can't stop cringing at that -literally felt embarassed! All I can say now is that I am sad for this reboot. Wish I could see the original trilogy on the PS4 as well...

[@kgyu993]

New R&C: Oh shit I hope they don't ruin it After seeing it: I am experiencing many conflicting feelings

[@Somerandomperson-hl1kt]

A G R E E D!

[@kin1849]

Something doesn't feel right

[@IkeTheSir]

Over the pass 4 years I can always come back and watch this video for no other reason than to be entertained. Thanks bro

[@Brian-ro7st]

past

[@IkeTheSir]

@@Brian-ro7st roast*

[@ceo.of.cinema]

It is absolutely astonishing how well this game holds up. The original, not the reboot.

[@somethingsomething9008]

Weird dunkey said the remake is good who I usually agree with

[@Silent_Mochi]

@@somethingsomething9008 tbf the ps4 game isn't really bad It's just very underwhelming compared to the ps2 original

[@facanadio]

The reboot holds up but it isn't good and also, the original controls do not hold up

[@SuperSaiyanBroku]

@@facanadio They just added A Ps5 performance enhancement To it

[@teneesh3376]

@@SuperSaiyanBroku still no gyro aiming sadly. Don't know why people are so against the OPTION. For me, that would enhance the game by a lot

[@nonyabuisness3560]

I prefer the old ratchet personality

[@Peanut83176]

He was a prick, but a likeable prick.

[@kingbash6466]

I liked his old voice too. James Arnold Taylor’s not a bad voice actor, as he’s been playing the lombax for almost two decades, but Mike Kelley gave him that spunk that made him stick out as a character.

[@kobi7955]

@@kingbash6466 Would've been cool if James Arnold Taylor used his Clone Wars Obi-Wan voice for Ratchet

[@alumlovescake]

@@kingbash6466 I disagree His voice doesn't fit Ratchet post R&C 1 but definitely is better for his personality in 1

[@jarskil8862]

Yeah. New Ratchet is annoying childish teenager. Old one was asshole but loveable asult.

[@ArmouredProductions]

I quite miss the gritty retro-futurism aesthetic of the first game. Just look at the Blaster, Slingshot, Devastator, and Suck Cannon. They look like gritty real retro sci fi gadgets and not the bright shiny sci fi we have now.

[@SirDavid290]

I think Ratchet 2 did a fine job with the new shiny style.

[@DxBALLxD]

It's so much more grizzly, he's a mechanic for gods sake, a working man. They could've had the sleek and shiny as well but on top of and as contrast to the hard boiled : /

[@viiikalendasjulii4649]

Yeah, RC1's guns more looked like out of cartoons, which I personally kind of liked, but I also love the Shiny-Tacticool guns in the Future series since those series are a bit more serious in style and lore

[@TerrorOfTalos]

The new burst pistol in RA seems like a good mix between the original games overall weapon design style and the direction they took afterwards.

[@viiikalendasjulii4649]

@@TerrorOfTalos True, It does look quite rusty, which I find nice. It's also got those retro futurism colours.

[@jamesbrincefield9879]

An hour and a half video about Ratchet and Clank? I’ve died and gone to nerd heaven.

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

Nerd.

[@mr.itsthatrandomguy7687]

I like him

[@saintallison]

xD

[@grandmagunsales2125]

Am I really gonna listen to a man ramble about Rachet and clank for an hour? OF COURSE I AM

[@NotRay1995]

Heh nerd

[@Drjebus]

Having not played any of this franchise, I'm going to locate the original and play it by merit of the passion displayed here.

[@averagemechanenjoyer]

7 months has passed, update us! Have you played them? Which ones? What did you think?

[@gentlechaos8564]

Did you like it?

[@OnTheArchipelago]

How was it

[@qzoc]

Was it fun for you?

[@ash-fr5hy]

did you find it!

[@ChicoFishBanana]

I hope everyone at insomniac saw this before they started on Rift Apart

[@RogersPS5]

Its not their fault its the movie for forcing them to follow crappy directors Edit stop replying to this comment its very stupid

[@TheAdekrijger]

@@RogersPS5 well they themselves have been pushing the franchise in the wrong direction. And don't forget they wanted a movie themselves. The real problem is that the original creators are gone. And those who are still there now work for the managers at the top and not for creatives.

[@hunterm4188]

Something tells me they did 🤫

[@Ben.99]

@@mysterion7388 not really, that was always just a story quark told in prison with major inaccuracies

[@yipperdeyip]

I doubt it. Every game is super so utterly dumbed down, afraid to offend and afraid to NOT spoonfeed the player the whole way through. Spider-Man PS4 and Miles Morales are proof. They're pretty much autopilot games, without physics or any learning curve. They managed to make the swinging boring.

[@ELiT3Griefer]

*GOT ENOUGH TO BUY A PIXELIZER!*

[@andrewperkin7192]

one thing ive noticed is how visually and audibly over stimulating the new game is, the original really has a great balance allowing not too much on screen so you can focus on the action and location your on.

[@tiktok-mc2nq]

I really like how the original game looked even after 20+ years ago when it first came out but the reboot just looks bland and uninspired

[@mattguxxxtt9629]

this is a problem with rift apart as well, just so much projectiles and explosions u genuinely cant see what is going on or what to dodge

[@AtlasBlizzard]

The motion blur is a big problem. I hate that in modern games in general, that wasn't a thing pre-PS4.

[@ewantu]

This is a problem allot of new games have, so much shit is happening on screen that it becomes difficult to register whats actually happing.

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

That's every modern game. No confidence to let anything breathe, and busy screenshots full of lens flares and godrays and garbage are easier to sell to 70-year-old investors who don't know anything about video games.

[@guyofminimalimportance7]

Two major differences between the original and the reboot's story. Firstly; the original game chose to have complicated themes expressly because it was aimed at kids. It wanted children to start thinking about something they probably wouldn't have to until they were adults (i.e, the destructive nature of unchecked capitalism) so that when it actually becomes a relevant part of their lives later on they will have already had put some thought into it. Meanwhile the remake chose to have an overly simple plot because they immediately figured that everything aimed at children needs to be basic and spelled out. Secondly; the the original game actually had the balls to call out excessive capitalism as being a bad thing. In modern day; the ultra commercialized industry won't stand for that; especially with something so cynical as a reboot and movie tie-in.The reboot changed the focus to being about superheroes because; cynically, superheroes were a big thing in media at the time All in all the Reboot is the exact thing the original game was warning against.A soulless product created exclusively to make money and devoid of any greater value.

[@truegamercroatia]

oh boy the irony; 2002 videogame warning against rampant consumerism turned into hyperconsumerism-friendly propaganda 14 years later.

[@carlbloke8797]

Oof this is the kind of irony that makes you get a brain aneurysm

[@silverreaps6803]

@@truegamercroatia how poetic

[@envyus4073]

I would imagine it's because the game industry wasn't as corporatized back then; if you think about it early era games were basically indie games by our current standards. But profit marches on!

[@greendog456]

Bro, it's just a video game.

[@MacEwanMouse]

Holy shit, I played the shit out of the PS2 Ratchet's and this is just embarrassing. It was all fun and games enjoying this breakdown of the subject, right up until the moment the plumber asks Ratchet to promise to take the bot to Quark, and Ratchet just, blank staredly says "I promise." Seriously, did they even play the original game or...? There's no dynamic or motion or anything interesting. I think it hit me so hard because all the characters were just so...fucked. The plumber is lighthearted and cheery, Ratchet is a good boy who thanks his elders, and Clank, who would actually BE the person to promise and thank the guy, is just silent and stands there. The fuck is going on.

[@Robert-goose1]

Deskdrawer PCSX2 emulator. remember it.

[@MacEwanMouse]

But I have all the old games for PS2

[@SammEater]

It's sad how the game got dumbed down in everything, it looks pretty but that's it.

[@Kaiwala]

I have all 5 original R&C games

[@Druidian]

I miss the days when I would be super excited about buying the new Ratchet and Clank game, beating it, and sitting there feeling that this was the best game in the world and I can't wait for the next one! I MISS THAT FEELING

[@CeroYouTube]

They should have just made it a remaster instead of a remake.

[@TheGrowlerCatB2BGame]

It was already remastered.

[@IamIchijo]

TheGrowlerCatB2BGame *remastered for the PS4*

[@RogueLegZ]

Why would they bring the remaster for ps4? Just buy a fkn ps3 and the trilogy for 40 bucks.

[@wisereview3440]

Cero the game was good

[@TheGrowlerCatB2BGame]

Monferno Even cheaper than that. Digital or Physical.

[@TheShadesOfBlack]

I just started playing the remake, and I’d never played the original, and I’d heard great things about the remake. But the more I played it, the more things just seemed… off. So I watched your video and it really sparked my interest in the originals. So I finished 100%ing the remake today, but also I went into my basement and booted up my ps3 for the first time in years, and I purchased the original HD collection, and I’m very excited to experience the true version of this game.

[@TheShadesOfBlack]

(Though I did play Deadlocked a lot as a kid, but Deadlocked always felt very self contained as a story so)

[@NGMING420]

Gj

[@TheShadesOfBlack]

@@NGMING420 I beat it a few days ago. I cannot express how much better that game is compared to the remake. All the levels just… worked. It felt right. And Ratchets development was great. Tried taking on the Drek fight a few times before buying the Teslaclaw and that was a huge mistake.

[@NGMING420]

@@TheShadesOfBlack hahah facts I lost few hrs on Drek bossfight and thn I fd out about Tesla claw too xdxdxdxd what do u think about that u have only 4 HP xdxd

[@TheShadesOfBlack]

@@NGMING420 I had 5 at the time. I kept getting him to his last few bits of HP, but I was out of ammo. So I was relying on using the suck cannon, just waiting and waiting for him to spawn some enemies or mines. Each attempt took me like 20 minutes or more of just sucking up enemies and spitting them out.

[@codygreene9067]

I hate how they transformed Ratchet from a John McLain reluctant hero type, to a doughy eyed Boy Scout who’s obsessed with being a lackey to Quark. The fact that Quark narrates everything and there’s incessant tutorials non stop is on the brink of ruining my play through for me. I like the gameplay and the remastered graphics and recognizable characters and enemy types is awesome. However it feels like their different characters completely, and all sarcastic humor and consumeristic satire is gone completely. It sucks ass.

[@chellismcelveen4402]

The funny thing is, in the very first game Ratchet wasn't exactly popular because a lot of people took him to be unlikable (I am one of those people) but it was the second and third games that softened him up WITHOUT making him lose his edge. I guess it was a sign of character development or making him more likable meta-wise but it worked. But again, I don't know why they changed him so drastically. Now he's just another fanboy character and he's not the only character that got this change: Peter Parker AND Monica Rambeau (the first female Captain Marvel btw) got turned into fanboy/fangirl characters which is annoying since that was NOT the aspect of their characters, especially with Monica because CAROL was the nerdy bouncy fangirl type, Monica was a cool and collected police officer.

[@Fassnight]

Well its from Quarks perspective so what would you expect

[@ericmarcelino4381]

try play in higher difficulty. helps is always around in casual mode

[@Prometheus7272]

The game became the consumerist trope it used to make fun of.

[@crashfan9997]

John McClane u meant

[@TheGary108]

Honestly I always thought Reboot Ratchet was RC1 retold by Qwark as a unreliable narrator. It would explain some things including Qwark’s behavior and Nefarious’s needless appearance.

[@shelbytimbrook2095]

This is exactly how I view the remake. So I'm really baffled as to why he failed to even mention this in his hour and a half review. Qwark is self-involved and delusional. He's famous and probably rich which is why his retelling of the story doesn't involve the constant feeling that everyone is out for themselves and trying to milk you dry of money.

[@deenehd1069]

@@shelbytimbrook2095 he did mention it. Ratchet confirms that Qwark was actually telling the truth

[@gminor6288]

@@shelbytimbrook2095 should have paid attention to the video

[@shelbytimbrook2095]

@@gminor6288 He mentions it yes, but like it seems like such a critical point that he almost ignores.

[@johnathonscheurer1233]

I was under the impression it's a game about the movie, that's about the original game

[@EngorgedBanana]

TLDR: Insomniac you fool, you fell for one of the classic blunders and became the very thing you sought to destroy.

[@chaoschannel3428]

*You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villian.*

[@P1NKPVNK_]

and then they go on to make Spiderman PS4 like 2 years later which just makes this classic blunder of a remake a bruh moment

[@770megaman]

U should blame Sony cause they were the ones who wanted the movie tie in most likely

[@P1NKPVNK_]

@@770megaman probaly

[@robertfullchim923]

@@770megaman No, the story of the PS3 games was just as bad as this game. They just had better gameplay.

[@MarbleOceans]

I can’t believe this vid is 7 years old, it just came to mind today so I thought I’d have it on as great background noise! :)

[@mozata6838]

"I am experiencing many conflicting feelings" YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE A CHARACTER TELL YOU HOW THEY'RE FEELING!!! THAT MAKES ME FEEL ANGRY!

[@lambodestroyer6502]

Mozata clank is a robot so he does not have feelings......🤖

[@user-qp5yu1zq1m]

But, you just told us how your feeling

[@kosmokat111]

it's a futurama reference, oh and thatsthejoke.jpeg

[@dmas7749]

"character conflicting many feelings" So conflicting you forgot to grammar.

[@JonoSasson]

I don't care hold this comment is; this joke is timeless.

[@Strick-IX]

I just consider the remake to be Quark's delusional retelling of the original story. Kinda helps to explain why the characters are so bland. Of course, that's not really an excuse. Just my way of giving a narrative context to the shittiness.

[@charliechan6892]

It would also explain the lack of worlds, since qwuark doesn't actually know all the world's ratchet visited in the first game.

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

That would actually explain why he gets so much screen time, why the anti-capitalist themes are toned down (to present himself in a better light and detract focus from his alliance with Drek) and why everyone else is so one-dimensional.

[@Manganization]

This is what I immediately got the moment he began narrating. I appreciate the OP's criticisms, but his criticisms aren't relevant to what the game was actually trying to do. I mean, even the beginning out the game didn't feel like hand-holding either. Otherwise, his other points are pretty much great, especially the dialog scenes, which also reminds me of the awkward ones in Horizon: Zero Dawn, but this reboot is by no means a poor game.

[@puffythedestroyer8878]

or in-universe as an in-universe movie with an in-universe tie-in in-universe. seen other shows and games do that merchandising 4th wall-ish joke

[@sithlorddread8721]

I wrote everything off the same way. It is the Captains point of vie. Take it with a grain of salt if you disagree. Most, if not all of his points are easily written off as the Captain's recollection.

[@mrbarefootbogan6254]

Old Ratchet would of called the new Ratchet a wimp and then continued to slap him silly.

[@kaymew9216]

Old Ratchet would have kicked new Ratchet's ass and left him in a ditch crying lel.

[@metalballs1004]

@@kaymew9216 BUT new ratchet has the bouncer cause old ratchet doesnt have the bouncer

[@alex0017]

@@metalballs1004 Old Ratchet has more skills though ;)

[@davidgutierrez8297]

@@metalballs1004 But old ratchet had a ryno with longer range.

[@metalballs1004]

@@davidgutierrez8297 well the bouncer would sitll work

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

I really don't understand why modern (kids') games have to be so hand-holdy with obnoxious tutorials and the game constantly telling you what buttons to press and where to go. What happened to exploration, puzzle-solving, experimentation, trial and error, learning and improving, and actually thinking for yourself? This has happened in so many game series. Compare gen 1 Pokémon games to the modern ones for example. The originals didn't tell us where to go at all, we had to actually explore and talk to NPCs and use context clues to figure it out. In Ratchet and Clank 1, I found some of the levels actually challenging, especially the final boss. As it should be. What sense of accomplishment do today's children get if the game tells them everywhere to go, and everything to do, and the actual combat is basically just for show because you can't lose? And why do people always use the "it's a kids' game" excuse? I was 9 when I beat the first Ratchet and Clank without all the handholding. I was 6 when I beat Pokémon gen 1. What's wrong with making children think?

[@thJune-ze7dn]

I think you've hit the nail on the head, it's like people don't want to challenge their audience, and I'm worried that this line of thinking infects other media as well. I read an article by a sci-fi writer (Adam Roberts) recently lamenting the fact that video game reviewers often call out games for being too easy but that readers don't often do the same for books they read; for some reason we don't want to be challenged by novels, we just want to curl up with something that will blandly give us everything we expect it to with no surprises. Likewise with cinema, surface level stuff like Star Wars and the MCU will beat out stuff by foreign masters like Bela Tarr and Jean-Luc Godard in terms of popularity every time. I've always felt that "I found this difficult to comprehend/complete, therefore it's bad" is an extremely jejune and juvenile response to have, but I guess "pamper the audience" has become a dominant line of thinking in the 21st century.

[@suntannedduck2388]

Hit it with the wrench' apparently means nothing to them 20 years later. Nintendo games don't tell you what to do every two steps. Ratchet games used to be a great 'here is a flavour of each genre's even if not intentional and just whatever the Devs wanted to add it helped me move to other genres than 5 different Mario games achieving the same thing as different genres. They told you what you needed to know for the minigames, main game with helpdesks but seemed to think ovetalking isn't a great idea it confuses me. Too much talking I find is when I stop listening or miss information more. They have to be safe and boring for 'everyone' with very little good personality in it while Indies make the creative stuff we want. Whether veterans or people our ages making games and going 'this is how a Metroidvania is, this is how a platformer is and they get the games mechanics and themes and what worked well. Super Sami Roll is a Greta example of a modern platformer as much as A Hat in Time. Some veterans that make new studios get to push past and make great games, some unique from what their past one at a AAA compayeas even or just a nostalgic one, to sometimes good sometimes 'getting there's levels or horrible ones. I agree I was 6, the age many playtesters likely were playing Ratchet 1. I got through it. They seem to focus too much on the movie industry then being its own industry. I agree many other games made by people out ages now make platformers, our audience making game for us by themselves. Compared to these veterans at parents age following things and making it too basic. They seem to ignore the competition and not notice that came are busy up the competing games and getting better results of play experience of ideas and challenge. I swear when they made Song of the Deep that came out the same year as Ratchet 2016 they had different mindsets because sure Spyro size team but it's a fairly alright Metroidvania by Insomniac intended for the lead's daughter and is a story board kind of more personality wise experience. You can tell it's AAA because some things creep in there a AAA would do but still. If they can balance out a Metroidvania how is it Ratchet also a kids game is so bland and pandering for kids. Sure kids do get bored but some work with that 1 game they have for the weekend, control their attention span. Work it out. Would do the same with a school assignment work it out not be given the answer. But with games they want to give people the answer for some reason and it's just boring. Can't have make the player feel smart moments anymore? Elden Ring is a old school game. It tells enough I think (it could tell more but it's supposed to be old school). God of War tries to be Norso Naughty Dog game but the thing they forget is Uncharted I don't remember telling me the puzzles. It had the book for hints and I could look if I needed to, and a hint/zoom button but it never told me how to do it. They seem to forget that's a thing. Uncharted 4 I think started that while 1-3/Golden Abyss never did from what I remember. In Ratchet 2016 they have a button to skip puzzles and continue for a trophy if you commit to the puzzles than skipping them. Why isn't that in their other games these days? Besides if it's side content why tell the player that most people want to play the core content most dedicated to the game will go do the rest. To me it's a case of sure they can make it for an audience that doesn't play video games or accessible but it is at times too overly accessible and it's like a kid is saying 'yes parent I understand how to do things you have told me 10 times can I please just try it outside the training area or inside the training area but without you telling me please', but it feels like when they change a popular show with lore and deep characters, they make them cliches than the great unique ones they are. Which hearing that on a podcast one time made me surprised. Got to have something so deep and ruin it seasons later. Why would someone watch something so far in to have a middle season be for the average person that makes no sense to me you do that from the start. And those people wouldn't watch the earlier because it's too much so that makes no sense. With reboots it's more possible but at the same time if they are bland the old audience just facepalms going so blank slates is good now huh? I mena Nintendo characters don't have much either for sure but still they are intended that way and suited to be flexible in Smash that way even. Because it's popular, dumb it down and that's how you ruin a product you make it so focused you lose your other audience. You don't give choices in 2016 being too pandering but learn later to be accessible which is fair but also follow trends and loss the original ideas but too busy being nostalgic to fans and making Rift Apart a mess. While others are a better approach of choices I guess which is something than nothing, but it's not hard to pick up what games do. Or are players that dumb and their normal lives are that filled with gossip and garbage they can't understand how to play a video game? Because I do have to question it. If they like the game they keep playing and pick up on how the game works, how games have little details. Like we did at least you'd think. It has game logic it isn't real, same as a TV show, only you remember what buttons do, what the sticks do. And we get so much walking and talking about nothing. I mean red barrel is explosive, white/yellow in Uncharted meant it was grab-able and you didn't get lost.

[@hurricane7727]

That also Happened In Gow Ragnarok Because at Some Point a Character will tell Kratos what to do in a Fight

[@matrix91234]

I dont mind small tutorials if its the first level, just to teach you the basic controls. But if it becomes a thing over and over then i consider turning it off. I looked someone playing Rift Apart game online, and you have no idea how bullshit that game was, you can SKIP the puzzle lol. So basically why even get a game. Its more sad that people only like jerking it to the female character because thats all i hear about Rift Apart, it barely qualifies as a game. Its a pure example of bad consumer products just shitting out to the masses without trying to be a game.

[@oliverpony]

I feel so sorry for Gen Z

[@Jake_Eyes]

Ratchet and Clank 2016's greatest achievement is making me want to play Ratchet and Clank 2002 again, which is impressive because R&C symmetrical year is my least favorite of the original trilogy.

[@manzanito3652]

Me too. Insonmiac could have made a remake 1000 times better than the original,but not, they had to put that "Pixar/generic animated movie bullshit" and remove all the charning from the original.

[@zanytobbs]

Much to the dedication of the companies name lol I didn't get any sleep when I got the collection for PS3. I was even more disappointed with the movie considering it's hardly different than the reboot.

[@staticshock4239]

Manzanito :3 Just a sidenote but apparently when Insomniac Games were making this, they said it wasn't supposed to be a 1-to-1 remake but a re-imagining. They also stated that this game isn't supposed to replace the original.

[@manzanito3652]

StaticShock42 Well, it's still a shame because this "re-imagining" has less imagination than the original. And the fact they didn't want to make a 1 to 1 remake is hard to believe because most of the level desing was taken from the original with few changes.

[@geodashbusboy]

Well at least you're lucky. You get to enjoy the PS3 collection while NONE of it was ported to the PS4! Literally the day I posted this comment, I spent half of it finding a new way to play the OG because me PS2 broke and I don't have a PS3 like YOU, and I STILL couldn't find it. A) FML, and B) Enjoy.

[@sonicwontletmeleave]

I swear this is like the most rewatchable/ best background noise video ever

[@Kriss_ch.]

Darn right, I've watched this more than any other youtube video I can think of that isn't just some music.

[@klobiforpresident2254]

While it's good, I prefer Ahoy's documentaries for background noise.

[@SnakeWasRight]

It's just a straight up nostalgia pill

[@lassilehtinen1]

Holy shit. This video is now 2 years old and I have rewatched it like over 10 times. One of the best critiques ever. Makes a 80 minute video feel like 25 minute. Everything flows so well.

[@gorillazfan3]

What a weirdo

[@okami7847]

Yeah I've seen it a fews times myself, its a great critique.

[@ImplyDoods]

@@okami7847 same about 5 times and every time i want or do go back and play the OG games

[@TheSpearkan]

You ever hear the tragedy of Ratchet and Clank? "No" I thought not, it is not a story that Insomiac Games would tell you. It was a legendary title first published in the earlier days of the Playstation 2. Ratchet and Clank was so powerful, such an immersive storyline that it could provide a great social commentary of consumer culture. It had such a knowledge on how to provide witty dialogue between the two lead characters and how they work off each other. "It could actually tell a good story while having good gameplay?" The weaving together of story and gameplay into a formless whole is an ability that some would consider unnatural "What happened to it?" It became so successful, the only thing the creators were scared of losing was the message it sent, which, eventually of course, it did. Unfortunately, Insomniac wanted to reboot the franchise after several less than stellar sequels and make it what they saw as more palpable to modern audiences, they reduced conflict between the leads, they made everything brighter and the dialog was so large, so numerous that it got in the way of gameplay and the overall feel to it. It's ironic, it started out satirising consumer culture, only to wind up playing it entirely straight in the end to please their stockholders. "Is it possible to learn from this experience" Not from a board meeting....

[@Skehrcros]

Underrated comment

[@baumloserwald]

Time to kill some Younglings

[@boldone66]

Just a correction, chancellor. Your *ironic* line does not have a "it's" before it. I figured you would know that by now, sidi- Palpatine.

[@flowerthencrranger3854]

@@boldone66 You are a Bold One

[@lance_man7571]

This is the greatest comment I've ever read! Amazing stuff

[@coolguy700able]

I feel like this video is the reason why you automatically have the pixelizer at the start of Rift Apart.

[@Moonscentedhunter]

I didn’t get it?

[@DKFProductions]

@@Moonscentedhunter you got it at the beginning for pre ordering

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

YOU KNOW, BY HOARDING ALL THOSE DOLLARS YOU'RE NOT HELPING THE ECONOMY! COME AND PREORDER A PIXELIZER!

[@kwk-r7x]

@@Moonscentedhunter it's also a new game plus item

[@shadymowafie]

Did they restore Ratchet’s old tough guy persona in Rift Apart or is he still Mr. nice guy like in the Remake?

[@DA2THFA1RY]

I really want to know where the old music writers, composers, and talents went... because holy shit the PS2 series has some of the most memorable score of all time

[@jazz_daddy251]

Right?? The atmospheres were unforgettable and unique. Shaped my view of the world from an early age

[@curtisd88]

David Bergeaud was the original composer and I believe he left after Tools of Destruction. When he left the music took a HUGE hit. To this day I can still go back and listen to his Ratchet music and it never gets old. The new Ratchet music is just generic Pixar/Dreamworks type music and I can't remember a single one of them. That says a lot about Bergeaud's quality.

[@atlasbechard757]

curtisd88 At least 'Aleero City' has a remix of ToD's Metropolis theme. Personally, I think it's the best track in the reboot.

[@erenyeeagah204]

@@curtisd88 Agreed. And from what I heard from the Ratchet ps5 trailer it looks like the musuc will br the same as the reboot

[@GottaBGlitches]

God this reminds me of the sonic generations final boss "It's a homing missile" "Watch out, a homing missile" "Be careful sonic, it's a homing missile" "That missile is homing in on you"

[@Squishito]

What they've done to R&C is very similar to what was done to Sonic in the 2010s honestly. All the charm and personality sucked out for a bland, sterile brand image and all the edge and character replaced with unfunny "epic random memes" humour and bland nice protagonist characters. Guess it's just the hot new marketing tactic, make things shittier so idiots will like it more.

[@TheBlackRam666]

Cutting levels on a remake on new hardware is inexcusable, even disregarding everything else wrong with this game

[@NucleaRaptor]

*cries in RE3make*

[@gravity6664]

I wonder if the devs see this video and be like "We are experiencing many conflicting feelings"

[@SacredMilkOG]

😂👌

[@skaterhaube6026]

I just saw your comment below a comment of an original dev funnily enough

[@deadschooled]

No, the game's fine. They're busy thinking this guy's a pety fad get...

[@SacredMilkOG]

@@deadschooled the game is asshole wrapped in rancid butternut squash then lathered in Vaseline. But you clearly like it like that.

[@nerdstorma8427]

This assembly line was the place of their creation

[@TheMongolianWay]

Why do I keep watching this? I remember everything yet I keep clicking it and watching it completely. It's too good.

[@gabbyz2164]

this nearly hour and a half long criticism is my comfort video

[@KenanVonKaiser]

Not Really Its 1 Hour 30 Minutes Of Bitching Nostalgia Blinded Video!

[@Chico50445]

I thought I was the only one.

[@Chico50445]

​@@KenanVonKaiser No it is full of legitimate criticisms. "Remakes are fine because they original will always be there, so they can just do whatever they want" Is your mentality here.

[@KenanVonKaiser]

@@Chico50445 Your Grammar Sucks!

[@RhysClark97]

this game went the same way as the simpsons, it become the media it was satirising

[@Vladicarus]

honestly i wish insomniac put ratchet and clank to rest. iut's had a good..what, 15 or so year run?

[@jriibzmodus4792]

Vladicarus I want more ratchet and clank games though

[@unoriginalusername6408]

Sadly, no franchises can last forever.

[@linguicaguy]

Flying Demon Yeah, but I don't think R&C is at the point where the franchise itself has run its course. There's still a ton of potential in this IP. They just need to give the series a break, get some new ideas, some new writers, etc. I've been a fan of this series since the second game, but I was ecstatic when I heard Insomniac was working on a Spiderman game because it meant they were branching out and doing something new instead of crapping out another slapdash Ratchet & Clank game, which is something I'd been concerned about since Into The Nexus. Insomniac knows how to make great games, but they need to do more with their veteran skill than just making R&C games (and VR titles nobody will ever talk about). Spiderman looks amazing *and* well-written, with lots of care put into it, and I can't wait to see where Insomniac goes from here. I think a fresh new IP would be really interesting to see.

[@googleuser9383]

Wow, great input edgelord. How about you think your own thoughts for once. You could begin by googling the simpsons ratings and realize that they ALWAYS dropped since season 1. ....Hate you brainless band wagon haters so much...

[@johanwikstrom5671]

There's a Trophy in the game called "Character Assassination" that you get by destroying Drek's miniature planets on the Deplanetizer. It's a bit of a weird title for the trophy and I think it might be Insomniac's way of telling us they're not too happy with the characters in the remake either

[@Acruxicon]

I never paid much attention to the personalities nor story of Ratchet and Clank since I was fairly young when it came out and I began playing it. But after watching this documentary, it gave me an entire new perspective and more respect for the original content.

[@superlombax1561]

Acruxicon I felt the same way.

[@unlucky8739]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@gonggonglive]

The new game feels like Insomniac is tip-toeing around the idea of greed and consumerism because they can’t joke about it anymore. They themselves have fallen into greed and consummerism

[@Jackrabbit7]

Kairy Crowley They’re just trying desperately to sound cool but it’s just annoying

[@mikeexits]

At least Spider-Man was a fucking great game. I'm glad their tendencies from this game did not carry over. Some of the humor is meh but overall, fucking great.

[@Taeil0151]

being anti-consumerist is a self own for gamers anyway lol

[@Skitskl33]

I don't think this series was ever anti-consumerism. It never outright says "companies are evil, seize the means of production" with Ratchet waving around a hammer and sickle. It was satirical and poked fun at consumerism and media , but that was just one aspect of the game. It was also about exploring space and alien worlds and blowing stuff up with wacky guns. That and these games wouldn't exist without consumerism. It's not like the PS2 games didn't have commercials back in the day, lol. Granted that might be the overall meta joke of the remake, considering it was promoted as the game based on the movie based on the game and the whole narrative is from Qwark's perspective.

[@no.402]

@@mikeexits Spiderman was just decent. It doesn't hold a candle to the Arkham series.

[@Secarious]

I just have to congratulate this guy on managing to make a video an hour and a half long that was so entertaining I didn't once check the timeline to see how much more of the video I had to sit through.

[@shawklan27]

It's a very rewatchable video

[@crimsonlanceman7882]

most videoessays, including the hbomberguy ones are just taking the ability to be 1 hour long for granite. Meanwhile the truth is that holding someone'es attention for more than fifteen minutes is a miracle, tbh.

[@shawklan27]

@@crimsonlanceman7882 yep

[@Raffinari]

He is awakened. To the ways of the long.

[@werno3]

Holy crap it's been so long?

[@sidhionoakbranch4871]

Ratchet & Clank (2002) has.. quite literally the best soundtrack in the video game world, imo. There's something so insanely distinct about it, timeless. 20 years later and it still hold up to, nay, *beats* most video game soundtracks of today. The music and the characters are my favourite things about that game, which just breaks my heart further that neither survived the remake..

[@mar_speedman]

@barney0460 *grabs pitchforks*

[@mar_speedman]

Hey, don't forget about Jak and Daxter! Heck, the Pokitaru Sewers theme may as well be the Sandover Village theme remixed! We had some classic games back then. I feel sad for the kids who dismiss older games thinking modern must mean better

[@ehehehehehe9661]

Spyro 1 & 2 & 3, Pizza Tower, MGR;R, The Yakuza series, there are lots and lots of games with just amazing soundtracks that will never leave your mind. Who could ever forget the Spyro 1 main menu theme?

[@sharplosion1]

It's weird how I can easily just watch this video. Multiple times. The fact that it just perfectly voices all my complaints to a T is just so cathartic.

[@EmperorDank]

Same here. Probably watched this like 4 times.

[@Kaiwala]

Same. It's weird, but i'm glad hes able to voice every problem i have with the new game and what i like about the original, because whenever i try to put a word to something i can never do it.

[@nelzelpher2088]

Watched this at least twenty times since last year, it makes for a perfect background video.

[@SparkCroft21]

Wow it was THAT different? I just finished it on PS4 and did feel there’s a few things off but damn. That original game plot feels way better than the garbage we got. I thought it was fine long time ago so that’s why it’s so ... plain. Thanks for that video

[@Mattinator95]

It was the movie plot so yeah to be expected

[@MrJoyShow]

I've never played a Ratchet and Clank game in my life, but I watched this whole thing. I'm filled with some kind of second-hand righteous indignation at just how much the gameplay, and charm, regressed in this remake. Fucking excellent video.

[@evananderson-navarro6142]

As a player of the origonal (and more) I can confirm it was an excellent video. TBGS also seemed to enjoy the same tracks from the older games that I did. I loved all of the ones he included.

[@triplehelix3207]

I grew up with it, i'm just disappointed but also i glad i didn't play the shitty future sequels on PS3

[@stllbreathnbut_y1844]

Mr. Joy I only played the reboot. I enjoyed it a lot. But now I wish I had played the original for perspective.

[@Basedphantom]

Dylan Salvitti what sequels are you talking about because my favorite game in the series is a crack in time but my least favourite game is all 4 one

[@firepork082]

I have played both the reamke and the original and honestly I would say the reamke is amazing I will admit the story and characters were MUCH Better in the original but the gameplay was so fun in the remake and I have already played the remake multiple times because of how fun it is

[@cringyguy1302]

Funny thing is that there isn't even an in game model for Drek. He's only in the pre-rendered scenes.

[@tangentingtangerines5709]

Actually he is in the game, he's in a couple of in-game cutscenes during the final boss (The one where he introduces himself, the one where he shrinks clank, and the one where he reveals his true motive).

[@mooli7777]

@@tangentingtangerines5709I think he was meaning the 2016 game

[@sawyerlawler2489]

The one thing that gets me us that if they had kept Ratchet and Clank's personalities intact and not changed ANYTHING ELSE the meme-soaked story/characters would actually make for a semi-good plot. Think about it: R&C are forcd to work together in a galaxy where everyone is consumed by the desire to appear 'hip' and 'trendy' instead of the desire to make a quick buck like the original. All they would have to do is have the duo's personalities play off of the game's cringe - inducing 'humor' and voila! Actual humor! RETCON OVER

[@deathislife1993]

Seriously, I don't know how, but this has great rewatchability. Oh, and I still love you referring to Ratchet as a 'gun-toting hillbilly'. That never gets old.

[@Harry_808]

I don't understand why they made a movie as well. And to even base the game around the movie just made it unnatural

[@Skehrcros]

I agree. Not to mention aiming the game and film at a target demographic that aren't familiar with the franchise, instead of just sticking to what the series did so well and build on that, earning new fans in the process. It completely alienated older fans just to chase the money and attention of mainstream media at the cost of the brand's identity.

[@ri-n6431]

Even today i don't get it, the movie was a flop, just releasing the game would be fine.. the italian and french versions got youtubers to do voices, but the french version was worse, the company "Labelle company" (whatever how its spelled) didn't informed the cast from the game that they have been replaced by youtubers.. Ratchet sounded off, the other were fine. Thanks goodness to the game version, the cast is back in it.

[@ri-n6431]

@Knightingale Believe me, Zootopia is actually a good movie, i have seen the R&C movie, it could have been good, but really.. not that good.

[@carlbloke8797]

Schlongotron Got that right

[@ILN0VA]

@@ri-n6431 in Italy there are many film with youtubers voice, especially film for young people

[@thespiandragon6902]

I feel like the very first signs of real quality loss happened after A Crack in Time. I know the Future series wasn’t perfect, but I enjoyed them (and I have played the originals). All 4 One and afterwards just feels pretty empty…

[@iambarrytoo]

I hope the devs watched this video 1000 times before starting on the new PS5 Ratchet & Clank

[@Jackrabbit7]

Joshua Hall I’m sure they’ve come across it, it’s one of the most viewed Ratchet and Clank videos

[@PaladinfffLeeroy]

My hopes have been shattered by a comment above... Apparently they have seen the video and think of it as an attack rather than criticism.

[@luckydudex3765]

@@PaladinfffLeeroy This is what's ridiculous about many DEVS nowadays. They act like snowflakes and can't take legit criticism that is backed up. It happened with Mortal Kombat 11 recently with a guy that was banned from a tournament. It's crazy

[@markonacfan4579]

Watch them repeat the same mistakes

[@owlrex7644]

The music in the original was probably my favorite aspect It gave every level a personality

[@paws9248]

20:30 “Ratchet! He knows!” HE IS SO CUTE

[@therealspongebob9272]

YES

[@TELMEman]

Right? That one bit alone has ten times more charm and personality than the 2016 reboot in its totality!

[@DerM0H]

Clank sure is the smolest of all beans

[@spacewater4898]

HELL YES HES FUCKING ADORABLE

[@kwk-r7x]

Having completed Rift Apart, I can say that it is a huge step up from this remake. Yeah the humor still aint great, but it's a bit more restrained. To be honest, the bad qualities pale in comparison to the good qualities this time. Gameplay and level-designs in particular are so much better than 2016

[@brya9681]

Really? I found Rift Apart the same generic, lack of life that the 2016 one left me with. Its visually amazing but god Ratchet is just as lame and boy scout like as the reboot. He has none of the character he had in the pre reboot series.

[@kwk-r7x]

@@brya9681 I was only talking about level design and gameplay. The writing of this game is really bland, and at times cringey though not the level of the 2016 game. I sort of gave up on them making the characters interesting again and allowed myself to enjoy what was on offer. Would I prefer a compelling story and decent character-writing? Yes absolutely. The one thing I just can't stand for is the lame humor. The in-game dialogue is sickeningly cutesy and ironically makes them feel less like actual characters compared to when they remained silent during gameplay. Not that the cutscene jokes fair any better

[@jondoe7036]

@@brya9681 I kinda liked the dynamic between Kit and Ratchet, since it works as something to highlight Ratchet's evolution as a character; It shows how he has become someone empathetic, mature and insightful enough to know how to offer effective emotional support for someone riddled with self-doubt. Ofcourse that whole dynamic ultimately goes nowhere, since upon reuniting with Clank and meeting Rivet, Ratchet just ditches Kit with his hammer wielding one-armed counterpart and two of them never hold another conversation for the rest of the game.

[@kwk-r7x]

@@jondoe7036 The Ratchet & Kit dynamic was by far my favorite thing in the story, until they totally botched it. In the scene where the gang escapes Zordoom Prison, Rivet tells Ratchet without any explanation that Kit isn't coming with them, and he barely reacts. They had become friends, but Ratchet doesn't even try to have a word with Kit before they left her behind. It's such a meek portrayal of Ratchet, and at this point he didn't feel very mature at all.

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

Rift apart was my first ratchet and clank game, after I finished it I wanted to play the first game, yeah something about this remake just doesn't feel right, like their heart wasn't in it or something