Ratchet & Clank Speedrunning's Worst Planet

This is Planet Hoven.
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[@Mockthenerd]

It's funny, you play these games so much when you're young that you honestly don't think there is anything more to know about them. But watching your videos is like finding a secret draw in an old antique desk you've had for 20 years.

[@VongolaXZax]

Exactly

[@ToxicTurquoise454]

Is this guy saying Hoven is bad because spreedrunning it is hard? This planet is badass, it's like the Starkiller Base from Star Wars, like a giant freezing cold tundra but full of evil machinery everywhere. I love this planet

[@pickle2636]

@@ToxicTurquoise454 hes saying its the worst in terms of speedrunning, nothing abt the coolness of the planet

[@OperatorMax1993]

Agreed, as a kid playing R&C A Crack In Time on my PS3 nonstop, i can relate to that

[@Virsputin]

I'm going to the bathroom in my bed :(

[@connorbeith3232]

The fact the game's very first speedrun is archived, with video footage no less, is honestly a miracle based what i've seen in other speedrun videos where footage of early runs are lost to time.

[@ThaRixer]

Its cause its like a grand SDA submission and all that, there's still tons of missing records between that run and Inffis 45:01

[@arcadianwind]

i mean it's a game from 2002 so speedrunning and internet video were actually a thing by then :) nice that we have it!

[@wingedangel6030]

12:40 "You think you've seen bad quality before, brace yourself" (Plays Ad) Well played!

[@maestrofeli4259]

guess Colgate is a very bad quality toothpaste

[@DrRank]

Just giving us adequate bracing time

[@cwooddirector]

Dang, KZbin Premium caused me to miss that joke.

[@MGLpr0]

@@cwooddirector Same with ReVanced here

[@cwooddirector]

@@MGLpr0 I'm assuming that is some sort of AdBlocker.

[@YurificationTrademark]

"I love it when after doing a lots of ridiculously hard tricks, there's that one particular section of the run is heavily RNG reliant and I can't do anything about it"

[@ZeroIsMany]

I still find it mind boggling that PS3 R&C didn't get it's own leaderboard when the difference was immediately so clear. I'd spent so much time on practicing it, but gave up because I wasn't going to buy a new console just for the sake of speedrunning.

[@timehunter9467]

Completely agree. I think it’s unfair, hardware is clearly a huge advantage and runs shouldn’t be compared on one leaderboard.

[@prich0382]

I know so dumb

[@spacebassist]

@@timehunter9467 if mk64 could be split into PAL and NTSC with rough comparisons, and you literally have the ability to categorise runs, that feels so unfuckingfair

[@Dragonatrix]

@@spacebassist Unfortunately, speedrunning is one of the most absurdly gatekeepy and (in some ways) entitled hobbies I can think of so throwing up what is effectively an at-the-time $500 paywall is completely on brand

[@Sora_Halomon]

​@@DragonatrixI think it has a lot less to do with intentional gatekeeping and more to do with the fact that there are very few people involved in any game's speed running community, and there's no existing standard to classify games across all speedruns. So you have an issue of A. Fragmenting an already small group of players into categories that B. That small group of players may not have the forethought to create. In practice I think, just as showcased in this video, most people are going to be more impressed by the skill based, slower Speedrun than what is technically the world record holder. And for the vast majority of games it's not like there's any non-social/self-improvement benefit to getting WR.

[@GTARazer]

22:48 Years ago I thought you had to shoot those turrets to deal any damage at all. Glad to learn something new about this pretty average section of an old game much later.

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

I still thought that until just now.

[@KazShiro]

@@Her_Imperious_Condescension Same

[@maestrofeli4259]

I mean you deal more damage that way so it's better overall

[@surf_srt]

Ratchet did not take kindly to being broken in half, the galaxy now quakes in fear as he looms over them all...

[@malarauko]

You know what I love about these videos, the fact that occasionally you pop up as a character in the history and it's not like some overhyped description of your involvement.

[@scottpeltier3977]

How does one discover “oh I’m just gonna pull the Rhino out then play a movie just before going into the turret” to keep access to the gun? Completely bonkers

[@vetusmagnus3885]

How do you discover any of these glitches? You're just playing then something odd happens and you try your best to recreate it

[@lekoe961]

Always great to see videos on individual sections of runs like these, most tend to focus on a full run but I really like seeing how a split evolves over time!

[@niveyoga3242]

True.

[@T4B_M3RC]

0:48 Thanks for the Grand Turismo 4 Music, that stuff Is a classical nostalgic trip.

[@kempolar9768]

No matter how much you think you know about or how good you think you are at your favourite game, you never measure up to the speedrunners. The amount of time speedrunners put into understanding every single invisible frame and the amount of skill necessary to use those tricks to their fullest is simply mind boggling.

[@UrsaRaybrant]

Realised halfway through that I watched this when it came out. Decided to watch it again because it’s so well put together

[@JimTheCurator]

Same!

[@KingofAwesomness14]

"and that player was me" was the most humble flex in the world. I mean really, that's so cool you got into it. Nice work!

[@Stevengubler]

When I was a kid, I would have sworn to high heaven that shooting the turrets on the planet buster dealt extra damage to it. I don't know how I figured that out exactly, it was just a sense I got. Glad to finally be vindicated after all these years.

[@RabbitEarsCh]

I absolutely love when these record videos go into first person mode. Great work with editing and pacing as always, and especially in presenting your own runs in a cool manner. This planet sucks!!! But it makes for a great video.

[@99sonder]

I never really thought that much of Hoven. But that Sneepy clip of the ship going to the moon was insane

[@flochforster88]

This look through old strategies is a great watch

[@doesthisusername]

Very nice video! It's really cool to see all of the strats from before I started playing. If anyone's wondering why the times Ricky mentions people getting on Hoven don't match up with the segment time displayed on screen, it's because he's disregarding the planet load time in this video (about 15 seconds).

[@MickyD]

Great video as always Ricky! Really well researched and that Gran Turismo 4 music is appreciated

[@lorekeeperval3772]

Hey look it's the Morrowind guy

[@theKStocky]

17:17 Loving the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Special sound effect. Made me smile

[@OGUnusualHat]

Not sure why they just wouldn't make two subcategories for the game, PS2 vs PS3 remaster, when it's clear that the differences between them warrants a separation.

[@Alex-ex8ob]

They're not that different. The loads on PS2 are slower, one piece of movement tech doesn't work, and maybe two other small things but PS3 is just a faster and better PS2. Nowadays PS2 for speedrunning is seen as a meme. Same goes for ratchet 3 and deadlocked. Ratchet 2 got a board split but that's because there's differences that matter

[@greenhowie]

I agree but it won't happen because it would be a lot of work - they'd have to do that for every version, hell, every PATCH of every game just to be fair... it'd make everything a lot more messy and confusing looking for newcomers as well I guess.

[@sirchris6047]

​@@Alex-ex8oball speedruning is seen as a meme 😂 the most famous speedrunner of all time is simpleflips

[@joshs2734]

Fantastic video. It's so interesting how in speedrunning, sometimes strats are found that optimize times and make tricks easier...but then paradoxically, as new things are discovered that further lower times, it can swing back and become hard again.

[@FordFalcon54]

This is top quality content. What a fantastic storyteller you are. I just watched a 30 minute video on a topic I don't engage in at all. That was a really cool journey. I'm not that into speed running I think somethings are cool and I wasn't sure I'd make it through the video I was just trying to tap some nostalgia but at the ISF part I knew why I was watching still. You peel layers off while adding more layers to the story. It's a wonderful historical journey on something that's not very important but enjoyable none the less. Great work.

[@isakaaa431]

Awesome video this game was really my childhood I remember dying on that Turret fight on the ice planet a lot haha. Didnt know about the Rhino strategy but thats so cool I'm gonna use that in my next playthrough of the game. So cool that you can just skip the entire map on like 5 secounds.

[@Ara_Arasaka]

As a person who’s online handle is Nuka, I approve. Funnily. I was gonna try speedrunning A Rift Apart but due to some major life setbacks I was unable to start dong it. And now I’m too intimidated to try. I loved that game though.

[@AskTorin]

Setting smaller goals and reaching them is still winning. This goals for every part of life. Wish you luck and health 😊

[@Flabby555]

1:17: The Very First R&C Speedrun 3:54: Hoven Jump Skip & Slope Intersept 5:46: Hoven SI 7:30: Cyprys's New Hoven SI 9:13: Nukas 33:34 10:26: The PS3 Era 11:03: The PDA 11:55: Orch's Faster Hoven Strat 12:32: Vortex 15:07: Infinite Long Jump 16:17: Infinite Side Flips 17:51: ThaRixer 19:16: Scaff 20:14: Early Turret Fight 22:05: Scaff Leaves The Game And ThaRixer Takes The Baton 27:49: Where We Are Now

[@AskTorin]

[@PajamaZam]

Needed this after hearing about the queen dying. Now I get to have two good days back to back. Thanks Ricky

[@supersprawy]

facts

[@tmangoodguy9921]

cmon, thats someone's mother sister aunt and cousin... its very hard for that 1 man today.

[@bigbangbot-SuperSqank]

Great stuff as always. I first joined the community in 2015 and back then, while Hoven SI was routed out of the run, the stigma it left was still very much there. Even though it was no longer apart from the run, people were still telling horror stories about how awful Hoven SI was.

[@davidealberti5861]

9:12 the Tekken 5 Dragon's Nest ost unlocked a memory from my childhood... thank you ❤

[@alyshacoe2082]

How you manage to keep improving on your overall quality despite already being THE most entertaining speedrunner is unreal.

[@zachsteiner]

I hear you with that Toy Story 2 airport music 🔥

[@TurboPro9952]

Me: plays it normally Speedrunners: completes it in 70 nanoseconds

[@mikkelbroch9369]

I recently started this gsme on the ps4 snd went back to this video to to say that im way more impressed than i already was with all this. I play the game casually, and holy shit these things they do are impressive.

[@ducknwater3016]

I never completed Ratchet & Clank because of this level, because my CD had a scratch on it that made the game crash every time I was about to get to the turret section...Sad times, but happy to see this game is still getting the love it deserves

[@Kibaomaru]

it sucks bc of how insomniac crammed as much as they could on the ps2 disc that any scratch can potentially make the games unplayable

[@ChArLie360115]

Classic. My original broke on orxon. Would just fly there over and over. Took it to get cleaned a few times but never recovered :(

[@fuzzy3383]

Getting a story told by the hero is crazy 💀

[@krisztiannemeth1313]

You just gave me goosebumps, dopamine rushes, and excitement at the same time as I was progressing through the video... and I got emotional to be honest, because Ratchet & Clank was my childhood. I don't know You, but I hope that You have a wonderful day Sir! Thank you very, very much!

[@AskTorin]

Please watch the Orxon series. Intense for all the right reasons

[@acemcwolf5445]

You know, I love thinking about how speed running looks in universe, Like those terminal montage videos. Imagine Drek setting up this massive, Heavily militarised ship hanger. Fully confident that there's no chance that Ratchet would be albe to get past the army he's put there... Then Ratchet just fucking *SCALES THE SIDE OF THE SHEER CLIFF FACE, BYPASSING THE ARMY, BLOWING UP THE CARRIER SHIP AND LEAVING IN LESS THAN 2 MINUTES!*

[@HDZippo]

ah the memories of one scratch in the disk resulting in permanently flying to a planet being stuck, forced to reset and lose all your progress!

[@BoyProdigyX]

There's something OG about the shitty video quality of old recorded runs. I mean, they weren't necessarily made for viewing pleasure. They were usually made for verification purposes. Plus, KZbin was a baby back then and Twitch was still swimmin' in its daddy's ballbag, so there wasn't much of a reason/audience.

[@ChaoticD3sTroYeR]

Man, I didn't know this iteration had a speedrunning community, loved this game so much when I was a kid. This was real fun to watch, and first video of yours I've seen, subbed. Gonna binge some more.

[@scas97]

Such great writing on this one! It felt like 10 minutes long instead of 30. I have nothing but praise to give!

[@NoLuckJustSkill1337]

Thought this was just a documentary by you and started laughing when you mentioned that you are one of the main speedrunners lmfao

[@gamificationoflife]

I loved your 18 min video on Ratchet & Clank, as well as The Man Who Broke Ratchet in Half, glad to see another Ratchet & Clank vid!

[@otavioo.8320]

crazy that i know almost every single background themes ThaRixer uses on his videos, maybe i'm not the only person that listens more to video game OST than 'regular' music lol.

[@ThaRixer]

I listen to both a lot to be fair but one is copyrighted one is not 😅

[@OsakaLover]

Man, speedrunners are something else. Finding these random areas where you can jump off of that look absolutely no different to anywhere else just makes me speechless. How much time did it take for them to find this stuff? It boggles the mind! Also wow, I didn't expect hearing the Tarmac Trouble music from Toy Story 2 at 22:05. That's a nostalgia trip. And yet it oddly fits Ratchet and Clank XD

[@jamainegardner4193]

Maybe there's a way to get it to bob lower than normal in order to make sure the critical hits are easier? Or a glitch to freeze the ship close enough to you so you can more precisely aim the hits?

[@AskTorin]

Questions like these are what makes progress! Progress is what makes ThaRixer videos! :D @ThaRixer !! Pulling this out of my armpits here; maybe the timing of the bobbing of the ship as one enters the turret has an effect on ultimate positioning during turret fight

[@mattterra9303]

I love the fact that you're in this video now, love it. "That player was...me" Let's goo!

[@Lunai5444]

Imma comment here cause it's the latest video but this is general to your content, I like how you talk about your own achievements you sound so proud and not cocky it's quite wholesome. It's cool to have the history narrated by a guy who was part of it, maybe because it gives a feel of continuity like it's not in the past you're still there even if obviously none of the other histories are about dead people lol it's just a slight feel it gives. I've listened to a ton of WR histories or progression and none do it like you, I mean including their stuff like you do for what it's worth. Addin to the overall noticable quality of your narrating / editing / sound mix or whatever "the video sounds good" it ends up being really good content. It gets a bit dull if you're talking for a really long time about the same thing but you do manage your structure quite decently and mix up what you're talking about (short stories, strategies, level walkthrough etc). tldr good shit dude.

[@ThaRixer]

Thank you man, means a lot

[@AskTorin]

Agree so much. Makes ThaRixer stand out in the most mature way possible, really seems like a really good hearted man all the way through. Keep on doing what you do Ricky, much love from Norway. Knowing that you're Danish makes this hit a whole new level for me. :) Thanks

[@DoctorSwellman]

Wow this planet really is terrible, I still can’t believe the critical hits are random on the helicopters. Regardless of all the walls this planet has had over the years it’s incredible how you all were able to bring the time down, but man Hoven sure does suck. Really liked this vid Ricky!

[@tasshuffler8905]

Of all the creators on this website that makes this kind of content (I’m thinking of Karl, Goose, Abyssoft), you are hands down my favourite. Can’t get enough man. Absolutely love every video ❤️

[@sandrobarreto7002]

Ever since i found your channel, i can't stop watching your videos and content related to speedrunning. Thanks for that and keep up the good work!

[@samuelconnel2166]

Ricky's videos are always a treat

[@anajjar456]

It's awesome how he records the history to such detail.

[@timehunter9467]

I’m not a speed runner, but I hated shooting that ship when I was a kid (I still play it now for fun) but I always shot at the turrets on the ship thinking they were weak points/targets to hit.

[@pepebenitez2903]

For me that started watching speedruns perhaps just a year ago, these videos are extremely interesting since I only know the current, optimal strats, without being aware of the huge amount of strats that were used previously. Nice video ^^

[@LeGnocchi]

0:00 It was the BEST video i've ever seen on KZbin

[@triledink]

Its sick that so many people manages to find new ways to complete planets in different ways in the first ratchet and clank game, I love the speedruns of R&C 1 more than 2 and 3 since the movement is different that on the other games and you can do some moves that are impossible in the other games.

[@gordonfreeman1600]

Never did I think I would be watching a Speedrun of ratchet and clank but this s*** was fun

[@LordRaptor]

I'm loving the trip down memory lane, showing the oldest speedrun as well as clips of at the time, newly found tricks/skips/shortcuts, it's a shame that so many videos of both interesting speedruns and tactics get deleted so often these days.

[@jonbrown7737]

Playing through this game for the first time since I was little, I actually remarked that Hoven is one of my least favorite planets. Glad to see I’m not alone

[@mrGuyps3]

I love the tekken ost throughout your videos

[@VongolaXZax]

It's awesome watching these videos, I always did try finding something different in each playthrough, the planets felt so big as a kid and even grown up now, that they were begging to be explored. That's what I always liked about the classic games and the future games too.

[@houneyh]

"Another Masterpiece" - Dunkey

[@flochforster88]

Interesting that Orxon wasn't chosen, given the Clank "jump" and Ratchet's chase (although if this video is just NG+, that one's a lot easier). The final boss here is very hard, given your health. Always a tense watch.

[@MinoriGaming]

He's already done an indepth look at Orxon as it relates to Poki Skip, probs doesn't wanna retread ground.

[@flochforster88]

@@MinoriGaming oh yeah I just meant as the hardest

[@ThaRixer]

@@flochforster88 Orxon 1 is a complete cakewalk in NG+, Orxon 2 is semi difficult for sure, maybe in the top 5 hardest planets in the run. It's always just been a test of the players movement and it's never been much different to that. Nowhere close to the hardest though i'd say

[@ScorpGrox]

Right when he said, "You think you've seen bad quality before? ...Brace yourselves." the video IMMEDIATELY switched to an ad for World of Warcraft.

[@OsuOverlord]

Im currently replaying the HD trilogy, Im onto all of those mysteries haha

[@SamLabbato]

if ratchet's weapons could "crit" as well, you could guarantee you hit the crit spot every time, and those crits did considerably more damage than the regular turret shot, there might be a way for a more consistent ship fight. Not faster than the turret's crit rng, but just consistent

[@MisledYouth6]

I’ve just found your channel but every video I’ve watched I’ve loved. You do a great job documenting and explaining everything in all your videos. Keep it up. I still have many more videos to get through but they’re a treat🙏🏼

[@burnsy96]

0:26 - child me would also claim this is the worst planet casually ever made, in any games ever. Quite the feat actually, nice work Insomniac 👏

[@The1TheBob]

Lets go new Rixer vid!

[@juanjo667]

Glad to see you take part in this one! Man, the MGS ost always hit me unprepared.

[@Poldovico]

Hoven gets the Snowbeast award for speedrunning.

[@mahmud7645]

I WOKE UP LATE NIGHT BALLIN‘ COUNTIN THESE HUNDREDS TO THE THOUSAN‘S

[@TheSpAtEn117]

Great video, as always. I love the detail in which you explain all of this and that you give credit to all the runners. Keep up the good work :)

[@franzcorr4079]

Hoven moment

[@espresso_makes_depresso5905]

12:45 "you think you've seen bad quality before? Brace yourself." *Immediately plays a TikTok ad*

[@Zachskatesstreet]

bro ur ratchet 1 videos are truely the most captivating of any rac vids out there

[@rrrubiks]

Another banger, thanks for the content Ricky!

[@buckle9733]

How did I not know there was a speedrun community for my favorite games

[@camboyrdee]

I don’t go back and play a lot of games, but I swear I’ve replayed the first and second R&C games every year

[@ajjeehh]

This video should be told of a story of how you and your friends speedran a game together instead if as a documentary style, external narrator. (I have the exact same criticism of summoning salt and that mike tyson game)

[@AndroidsDreamTV]

The Gran turismo 4 ost is perfect for this type of videos

[@Templarfreak]

it's always such an impressive moment when the speed running documentary has a moment in it that says, "and then things changed when *_I_* came along."

[@waldevv]

All I can say is man I freaking love the R&C games. There's just nothing like them and I played through all of the PS2 games tens of times because as a kid I obviously didn't get to buy a new game whenever I wanted unlike today. Glad to know the series has a proper speedrunning scene cause that's going to give me a lot of footage to watch

[@supacadabra]

Always happy when Ricky drops

[@The-Wock]

At break at work glad I have enough time to watch this in full. Absolutely love your content Ricky glad I found you when I did

[@Moltzenn]

SNEEPY @ 25:27 🤣 This is Hoven in a nutshell 💀

[@charKT-7461]

22:37 You thought I wouldn't notice the little amogus in the "u" didn't you?

[@ThaRixer]

Congrats, you're the first. Have a cookie 🍪

[@CheTinsley]

Feels hella good listening to mgs2 and tekken soundtracks whilst you talk in depth about speed run lore. Cheers

[@Trans4Hire]

I'm not a huge speedrun fan, I've only ever done one speedrun of a game and that was sub one hour RE3 Remake on NG+ and it was just for the challenge to complete the game quickly and I only did it once. But I do really love these videos, years of tech and discoveries and rivalries condensed nicely into a well-edited and commentated format is fantastic

[@blakederby3932]

Eudora has to be my favorite music from this game

[@WinVisten]

I did slope intercepts on the ramp test thing in R&C2's Insomniac Museum a lot, I always called it "Leapfrogging" because the way I did it made Ratchet move in a way that resembled a jumping frog. But, I noticed that once I reached the ramp marked as a 70° angle, I couldn't slope intercept from it because it was too steep.

[@AnthonyMtheGamerArtist]

Well, shoot my dog and call me Sally. Never thought I'd be as invested in this as I am.

[@taa347]

I found your channel back when you did the Jak3 speedrun at GDQ as it was one of the best-commentated things I'd seen outta that event. I've been addicted to your videos ever since

[@henotic.essence]

Speedrunning (as much as I love to watch runs) is so beyond me, I admire runners greatly. Aside from that, your posture is IMMACULATE. I could only hope to attain such posture. 😂🥺🙏

[@s1lm4r1l6]

I played this game back in the day and this kind of speed-run history is fascinating. Your Orxon video was great too.

[@lazypaladin]

"You thought you've seen bad quality? Take a look at Vortex's early set up!" Me: *Have you seen the early Guitar Hero Scene?!* _Now that was bad quality!_

[@purplecatjake]

It's kind of impressive to me how much this level's run has changed. It had both the most difficult trick to pull off and horrible RNG, but also didn't have them at the same time. The fact it also just generally went back and forth between being easy then frustrating, then easy then frustrating again.

[@devonaveii2675]

"F*ck this planet dude" 🤣

[@HepodixUNITE]

Amazing video as always TheRixer, super glad for your overall success and quality content, well done!

[@AskTorin]

Rixer trickster the best Ratchetickster:D