Ratchet and Clank Analyzed

[@Novacanoo]

For everyone commenting that I need some more enthusiasm in my voice - I appreciate feedback, but please realize this was my first video and I've done a dozen of these since. I wouldnt recommend starting with this one - I reckon my best is the first Uncharted video. This was by far my worst voice over and I think there's improvement in even the very next video, though I think I really pick it up in the Uncharted 3 video.

[@giannidiz]

Keep in mind that it isn't an only terrible thing. I hope im not the only one enjoying the style here. Its straight to the point explained with live examples, the typical youtube trope of very random out-of-place jokes just for the sake of making a joke really pushes your patience sometimes. Granted it can be done right aswell, but i really dont give a shit about someone's video anymore if you replace your point with a bad joke, for example like this: "You know why the Ryno is the coolest weapon in the game? The maker of the video then proceeds to answer that question visually, by blowing your ears of with 500% increased sound volume of the ryno being in use with all its explosions. Thats not funny, thats annoying, but people somehow like their ears bleeding off. I want more people like you on KZbin, an informative style with actual humor when the time is right. Cheap jokes are plenty found 'n stretch far and wide on KZbin, maybe someday that can change. It would be more friendly for bigger audiences out there on our earth. Keep doing you Novacanoo :)

[@Spike294]

The dryness of your voice is completely fine, though. It has a documentary feel to it.

[@mcihay246]

I honestly mistook you for a certain member of Flight of the Concords.

[@dylandixon6757]

"You wont be able to hum any Ratchet & Clank tunes." Are you fucking kidding me!? This game's tunes are super catchy. Rilgar, Kerwan, Nebula G34, Novalis, Pokitaru. Need I say more?

[@negavenom]

I think that quote perfectly describes the soundtrack in the Ratchet and Clank Reboot.

[@balleet210]

Aridia is my personal fav.

[@o047gizw8c9i]

Can't believe he said that lol. They are indeed iconic soundtracks

[@pawlogates]

​@@o047gizw8c9ioh yikes

[@Galomortalbr]

i miss ratchet from the first game, he was selfsh and impatient, but deep down there he was a good guy, i hate that they turned him in a goody two shoes later on

[@M08Xrd]

I like how in the giant Clank sections Ratchet is in Clank's back, in contrast to the normal sections when is the other way around xD It's a nice touch :)

[@ZeDitto3]

30:27 I love how seriously you say "Steve".

[@arcaedonluminos666]

28:25 There are small peepholes to these turret rooms underneath to the right, where you can shoot them. It's not pointed out in the game itself, but it's there. 34:08 The reward is actually much better than you think it is. When entering the room where the gold bolt is placed and smash a crate, you instantly get 15000 bolts! Anyways, I really enjoyed watching your analysis! I just had to point those few things out.

[@laplongejunior]

I was commenting about the peepholes when I saw your comment... :) But we can agree it was the only time it's used for the main story, the other one being on orxon. I always thought those 15000 bolts were a glitch or a forgot debug feature. As a child or as an adult, I never found a single reason to justify adding 15.000 bolts instantly without explanation.

[@arcaedonluminos666]

I have no idea why you would get that many bolts, but I'm sure as hell not gonna complain about it :P

[@heja361]

At 28:30 you can actually avoid getting hit, by using the drone device or by killing the enemies through those openings where you encountered enemies before.

[@CarlosEduardo-by7lq]

the level design of this game... ....simply perfect

[@pejnismiggle]

28:25 As many people have stated before, you CAN kill these turret operators through peephole on a lower level, but what people haven't talked about, is that you can actually use the Drone Device, and they will protect you from any incoming fire from them.

[@DontSigh]

But you CAN see on the way Ratchet looks when he only has one orb of health left. His ears get all droopy and he looks winded.

[@fumosneedlovetoo]

"You may not be able to hum any one ratchet tune off the top of your head" Speak for yourself

[@ThrillingDuck]

Your point is totally valid but in defense of the Dog-Fight boss battle with Qwark, it IS justified in the story and overall series lore in that the character of Qwark is WORTHLESS as a hand-to-hand combatant, despite his undeserved reputation. Making him a proper boss fight would honestly have been inconsistent with his established capabilities as a character. He truly is worthless as a soldier or "hero," and I think the ship battle allowed that fact to retain consistency until they started making him playable in later spinoff titles.

[@Poldovico]

In ratchet and clank 3 he fights you with a boomerang though. And a whole bunch of disposable tribesmen. And it's at the start of the game when you only have a few weakish weapons. And he has forgotten who he is. And this is the game he kind of gets his redemption in.

[@ThrillingDuck]

Eh, I think my point basically still stands. He wasn't himself during that fight so he wasn't holding anything back or overly concerned with self preservation. The real Qwark is a coward, plain and simple.

[@laplongejunior]

+Poldovico But it makes the point stronger : every thing he does in his fight is tied to his "tribe leader" position. He later says he never use weapons and prefer punching, but EVEN in this fight he never does any melee attack.

[@elmoelmerson172]

What about his adventures in the vid-comics? Even if we were to assume they’re glorifying Qwark, Dr. Nefarious is a real character who was visibly defeated by him.

[@josedelapinio]

The lack of strafing makes the game a little more difficult and i always liked it tbh 😁

[@beachbum111111]

28:25 You actually can sneak behind the turret gunners and kill them earlier in the level

[@MetricZero]

The cutscenes were my favorite part of the first 3 games. I always wished there was more story and more scene time for characters. I was really interested in the universe they had created. It bothers me that they basically destroyed my childhood with their dumb remake. It lost the soul it had.

[@DrJamesOnjen]

Mike Stout and Tony Garcia in the game credits. I think I have heared those names somewhere.

[@gnbman]

Only the first two skateboarding levels in Spyro were in a park. The latter two were linear races. And dude, I had no idea fighting the creatures on Orxon was optional! I've played through the game so many times! I can't imagine an on-foot Qwark battle being better than the dogfight (1) because it wouldn't fit Qwark's character very well, and (2) because I find the dogfight fun as heck. Edit: What the heck? I also didn't realize there were grindrails at the final boss! lol

[@andyDZ]

Great first video! It was interesting to watch this, as it made me realize how little iteration there's been in the Ratchet-series since the first game (with the exception of the strafing, which granted, was a big improvement). For this reason alone, I hope your next video will be something other than a Ratchet game. I will be looking forward to seeing more from you regardless, though. Great work :-D

[@JVPTH3MVP]

Just a few things to note, as mentioned elsewhere in the comments you can use the Devastator or Visabomb to hit the gunners behind the glass panels before the elevator via the three crawlspaces previously passed by along the right wall, alternatively you can also use the Drone Device as each drone can soak up substantial number of bullets before being expended. During the Drek boss fight I found myself using the blaster a good bit prior to the fight atop the deplanatizer; should you run out of ammo for it and other good weapons like the devastator and Tesla Claw, I also used the Pyrocitor on Drek as he chased you around on the grind rail after the countdown was terminated. The Mine Glove and taunter were a fairly good combo as using the taunter near placed mines increased their range substantially, which was yet another fairly effective weapon against Drek when used properly. On a final note, I once jumped on the ship closest to you when you emerge from the player and had quite a laugh as the nearby enemies shot it and eventually killed it.

[@pelucheCR7]

Epic117Man i found myself using the mines and taunter in Gaspar and Orxon.

[@jeneral-jeff8402]

You forgot to take the hologuise off, I can hardly stay awake with your robot voice

[@Novacanoo]

I've never been so thoroughly owned

[@pruhy1107]

28:29 you can destroy those guys. A little bit earlier there are 3 holes in the wall where you can shoot and kill blargs. So you don’t have to take damage there, just pay more attention :)

[@Operative34]

I disagree with so much of what you have said here. "Difficult to melee" even as a seven year old I didn't waste bombs on those enemies - "the enemy design begins to stumble on Eudora" - completely disagree, at this point in the game you know how to combat enemies so you shouldn't need more tutorial enemies, also the double buzzsaw enemies are small enough to be captured by the suck cannon (found on Eudora), while the axe robots are not, in a way teaching how to use that weapon, "you can't hum any of the tunes off the top of you're head" are you kidding me? Veldin, Kerwan, Aridia, Nebula G34, Rilgar, Gaspar, "clank doesn't get much of an opportunity to shine" - thats if you're blind and can't see him on ratchets back - literally carrying ratchet around with heli/thruster packs, also clank sections (which fit his non violet personality) are a good change of pace from weapon intense ratchet sections, "useless metal detector" - explains why you got the ryno on your 3rd playthrough, "the thruster pack adds nothing that the helipack couldn't do, - then you contradict yourself when you talk about strafing (something I don't think that the game needs), You don't have to take damage there, there are peepholes you can shoot the turret boys from.

[@Liliquan]

I actually have a pro purple personality.

[@jjjulians]

you shoot the guys in through vents in that section where "the player is forced to take damage"

[@WaddleDee105]

Excellent analysis! Nice sense of humor mixed in, too.

[@tommyvercetti9434]

17:20 Gemlik base and the final boss theme

[@nostalgiaworks5999]

Actually, the original PS2 games up to Deadlocked were all Rated T. It wasn't until the HD collection that the games were rated E10+.

[@JohnDoe-bu5mp]

They were rated 3+ in Europe, only T in the US.

[@vaultdweller94]

Getting some Matthewmatosis vibes here.

[@pinetrax]

You forgot to mention the Plumber returning on Batalia if you go back 22:49 That makes me and him sad...

[@frodosaggins890]

my guy. those turret guys on oltanis can be stopped by shooting them from behind thru these chutes LOL

[@andreapareti324]

36:11 There's actually another Gold Bolt that requires a Weapon, though, as you need the Visibomb Gun to get the one on Gemlik Base - shoot from where you lend and aim for the top of the big main building: you'll see a duct which you can go through with the bomb and destroy a Tower below, which will unlock the way to the Bolt in one of the slime areas - (or you can just go back after defeating Qwark and leaving the Planet and the barrier will be gone); and there are also quite a few Skill Points which require Weapons. It's also I guess understandable that they didn't do this kind of thing very much, as, again, they didn't want to force players to buy everything to get the collectables (and in general) while still "heavily suggesting" that they do. There's also a couple of other things, but other comments got them covered. Aside from these, nice video! I always like to hear people talk about what is pretty much my favorite game in one of my favorite franchises.

[@BlahBlahBlah13623]

such well informed, well-articulated judgement of the many facets of the game with careful reference to the game itself.

[@Alex-mb2cy]

A shame you didn't go in depth about Ratchets character development, but other than that, for a first video this is actually not bad.

[@hasmond6808]

At 20:58 an enemy kills one of your robot allies with his gun. That's really cool, I didn't know that they could do that.

[@somerandomjackass4802]

Yeah, the agents will die to most explosive based attacks. Heck, you can kill them yourself, use the bomb glove.

[@Athenianwolf]

Just wanna say I love your videos on ratchet and clank and jak and daxter (outside World of Warcraft the devs at naughty dog/insomniac are my biggest draws away from that addictive game). Well thought out and detailed analysis that brings up some good points reguarding gameplay choices. The second in the series is great as well and it is a pity you never went back for the third. Even just seeing your opinions on the game is enough for it to be entertaining but then I am always a fan of opinion pieces for games I have played a tonne! Keep up the good work and stay awesome!

[@Happii1010]

I have a feeling this channel will grow quickly. great content. I just subscribed.

[@artifactsandfungus1424]

these reviews are really good. But my dude. You sound like you're giving a speech about air pollution in your 9th grade biology class. Make your voice a bit more interesting, will probably attract a lot more people.

[@TheStoryBlueprint]

Worked well for Orxon

[@laplongejunior]

+Comfortably Dumb Funny, accurate, logical and a private joke for the community... I think I found the funny comment of the year! :D

[@cleonumber1]

You actually get a skillpoint for killing that boss with just the wrench

[@HazmanFTW]

You should really redo this and probably R&C2 and add in R&C 3 now that you've gotten better. Just watched your inFAMOUS one and that's pretty solid. But good video nonetheless. :) That rising water segment, so hard. I just ran it again the other week to get the 1 million bolts trophy and did it first try though! :D 3 playthroughs for the RYNO? You can get that pretty easily on challenge mode. I have enough bolts before fighting Drek on the first challenge mode run. I never use strafing in R&C1, I use it a bit in 2, but 3 is where it's really necessary. Drek is real simple, basically just the use Devastator, Blaster and Tesla Claw.

[@lily.2438]

17:21 “You may not be able to hum any one Ratchet tune off the top of your head...” Nope. Very sadly, I can probably hum the entire soundtrack to both of the first two games

[@rogerlost5851]

I really enjoyed the video, but there were some factual errors: you forgot to mention Spyro's headbash in his list of moves, you say that Spyro's skating sections differed from Ratchet's in that Spyro's were in open spaces, but there were actually two skate races along linear paths in Spyro 3 (one in one of the underwater levels in the lake homeworld with the prospector NPCs and ships in acid and one in the bonus world at the end of the game that you unlock with gems)

[@A3319]

On Oltanis Orbit, if you're observant you can kill most of the gunners through holes earlier on in the level.. If not, you can use the Decoy Glove (I think you have it by then) to distract them

[@winterdragon2004]

33:27 of you could just use the Visibomb Launcher to decimate everyone before hand, making the Hologuise completely redundant until the literal last enemy

[@javiergimenez40]

YOU DONT NEED TO TAKE DAMAGE, there are three holes on the other side of the enemies, in which you can actually aim and shoot them. However, it might be a bit too hidden, as most people don't ever notice this fact.

[@NoxiousDonny]

I've been catching up on your videos and they're fantastic, nice to see a fellow Australian doing great game analysis videos. Because your videos seem very objective (as much as they can be at least), I can never really get a feel on which games you personally love, so I was wondering, what are your favourite games? Have you made a top 10 before or something?

[@gilgamesh310]

I haven't played this game in years, but it's the only R&C game I've fully played through. I enjoyed it a lot at the time, but have forgotten a lot about it. Including what you said about how the level design wraps around on itself. People often probably make more of a big deal about that sort of thing in the Souls series than they should. Various games did the same sort of thing, over a decade a go. Most old school shooters even had forced level design.

[@pelucheCR7]

Have you played the Jak games?

[@gritt9965]

There are a small amount of flaws within this analysis, such as the criticism about Umbris having one path, it's like that because it's an obstacle course, and it gets harder as it goes like with the sharks, the tanks get bigger with more sharks in them, also you don't have to get hit at that turret part on Gemlik, there are small tunnels leading into the turrets behind them

[@goobydoo9278]

37:00 Wow, I didn't know you could do that. All these years and all I did was take those guys down one by one with the visibomb...

[@Kronksterpher]

More discussion surrounding the satire of consumerism would have been nice

[@bigmike2896]

Did anyone else notice that his copy of the game has the final ramp of the blackwater city race on the wrong side of the track? and that the snagglebeast's shield was black instead of red?

[@Novacanoo]

Could be either PAL copy or HD collection shenanigans.

[@bigmike2896]

I was thinking the same thing. Other than nitpicky graphic questions I have to say, you did an amazing job on this review! I would have liked to see you discuss the introduction of shortcuts on the Kalebo III race, and how to get to said shortcut, they force you to use your trick/boost item that you won in the last race. But honestly, thats just because the race holds a special place in my heart, so I'm pretty biased. Great work though, definitively earned a sub.

[@johnisblessed4782]

The American version of the game has the ramp on that side and the snagglebeast is greenish black. It's likely a different version.

[@dawgface898]

Love your videos

[@o047gizw8c9i]

You can get through without taking damage if you use the trespasser or whatever the puzzle thing is called. Also I've seen people get through without taking damage by just using the thruster pack on yt.

[@gamermanh]

Good video overall, very enjoyable. Just sad that you missed a few things that a review of the game should have, like skill points. Or how exactly gold weapons work, as you mention that you can't afford them at one point but anyone who isn't aware they exist or how they work won't understand what that means. Other than that though, quite the watch

[@Flipster230]

Great video, but few slight errors, veldin is the last level which has only one objective, on oltanis orbit it is possible to get past the turretmen without taking damage (by shooting them through a well concealed hole at the back). But great video nonetheless, never knew about the slingshot and visibomb glitches.

[@Novacanoo]

+Flipster23 I think of Veldin 1 and 2 as different objectives on the same planet. In all 13 years since the game came out I've never known you could kill the turretmen, though!

[@Flipster230]

+Novacanoo Yeah i only recently found out about it when replaying the game :D

[@PixelatedBeing]

Pyrocitor is king D: (great video :D)

[@funcounting]

Dipth

[@slimmm3152]

Black water cities rising water section scared the crap out of me as a kid cause the weird choking noise ratchet made when he died freaked me out, call me a pussy but that shit made me hate black water city

[@dustmaker1212]

What do you think about the new ps4 remake of ratchet and clank? I feel like it fixed some of the minor issues you addressed. I absolutely loved it

[@superlombax1561]

CigsNside Yeah. Though it adds a bit more issues as well.

[@DangerousPython]

Gotta disagree with the whole hud criticism. It works better with the health being in the game world in spyro because of the whole fantasy element. The more futuristic setting makes a HUD more believable

[@Kryptec]

FUCKING DOES NOBODY KNOW ABOUT THE HOLES IN THE WALL BEHIND THE ENEMYS THAT YOU HAVE TO SHOOT THROUGH TO KILL THEM???? GOD DAMM

[@pruhy1107]

Excuse me...but this game has one of the bests soundtracks

[@IidosGamingDen]

I don't remember if I played this one before Going Commando or not, but I played Up Your Arsenal before any of 'em...kinda played the series backwards. Oddly enough I did the exact same thing with the Jak series, though that was because I actually didn't get a PS2 until somewhere around the time Jak 3 was released, and I had played a demo of it at Walmart and really liked the game, plus the commercials made me want it. xD That said...The first R&C game really felt clunky to me, with the lack of strafing. Actually, I don't think I was even aware of the jetpack strafing mechanic. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention or something, but I remember having horrible difficulty with the final levels, especially Veldin, and it would have been infinitely easier if I'd known I could strafe, haha...Not a bad game, though.

[@Spike294]

Spyro review when?

[@17joren]

Did you think it was a missed opportunity in Jak and Daxter that you never played as just Daxter?

[@darktempest53]

17joren there's a fun PSP game where you do

[@MrHotwaterburnbaby]

Great vid

[@Oathkeeperclash]

i could have sworn strafing was possible in RAC1. does one of the shoulder buttons not pin the camera behind ratchet?

[@bigmike2896]

if you double tap R1 with the thruster pack equipped, you can hover. While hovering you can hold R1+R2 to strafe.

[@Oathkeeperclash]

isn't it double tap r1 to dash with the thrusters?

[@bigmike2896]

thats the rocket boots controls for RAC2

[@DA2THFA1RY]

You couldn't really strafe, but you could do a side flip with the heli pack and the thruster pack by holding R1 + pressing left/right + pressing X. It wasn't really effect in combat, because it required Ratchet to squat before flipping, making it too slow to dodge projectiles.

[@swagmasteryo9726]

michael shapiro no you can definitely strafe while hovering in rac1

[@FratNightGaming]

you gonna make another vid at some point? you have a chance to be huge. if you put out a few vids, one would eventually catch fire. just like matthewmatosis

[@Kronksterpher]

Fairly good analysis. I question you not mentioning how you being forced to buy so many things to progress is a large part of the mega corporate satire. How do you hit this big red target? Why with this new, expensive UPGRADE! Etc.

[@Kronksterpher]

For things such as the thruster pack and infobots

[@aidancoutts2341]

Those turrets that you 'cant avoid' can be tricked with the decoy btw. Git gud

[@ujustgotdunkedon4523]

I am younger than this game... weird.

[@FratNightGaming]

hey i posted your vid on reddit. hopefully youll be getting more views

[@dark0ssx]

Clank sections are always crap in r&c games. They are boring/slow and especially painful on second playthroughs when you already know the solution to the puzzle. Clank section should be stealth platforming section. You go places ratchet cant but where there are still big guys clank cant fight. Then clank pulls a switch to open a door so as ratchet you can then beat up the guys you just had to tip toe around, very satisfying. Also the world needs to look slightly larger from clanks perspective

[@josephlozano2970]

Ratchet and Clank holds up way more than Spyro or Jak

[@PatoGuzmanAd]

Modest Mouse and Ratchet and Clank, what a combo :)

[@sebastiankulche]

I prefer a lot more Jak. The minigames and some gimmicks in Ratchet And Clank really takes a good chunk of the series.

[@FratNightGaming]

7 minutes in. loving this matthewmatosis vibe. Id love to collaborate with you on an in depth examination of ratchet and clank for the ps4. please check out my 12 min. video review. maybe we could make something special!!!

[@flatterbuckle7723]

"I doubt anything from 2002 with realistic graphicical strylings has held up even remotely as well." Boi have you ever seen this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYbaZGZ5rNZ4las

[@spooky4403]

maybe have a cone before ur vid so u sound a bit more happy my dude

[@RAFMnBgaming]

Multi-Strike. Just sayin'

[@_skud]

Algorithm comment. Good work my dude :)

[@princessthyemis]

Dude, sound a little more passionate, will ya? :D

[@IpostyFun]

Wow u are so interested, its almost like youre not tired. lol

[@yojoehojo4291]

I would not call this an analysis at all, all you do is follow the structure of the game and point out a few minor things. It's more of a critique, but here is a joke on it in the tune of the game: I see why it's spelled "ANAL"-yzed!

[@Jak2bossbf3]

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