The FUTURE we deserved?? | Tools of Destruction

Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction was the highly anticipated first forray into the next generation for our favourite lombax and deathbot. But after dreaming of what this game could be, did we get the game we needed? Or the game we deserved? And all importantly, how does it hold up today?
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[@hotshot7970]

Tools and a crack in Time are the R&C games I played most as a kid I really wish they would remaster them or hopefully with the new PS plus service they can become available again sadly in australia you can't stream ps3 games so I hope they implement a way you can download them directly to your system. They have their flaws especially tools but I still love them to bits. Also keep up the hard work cobber I hope to see you continue to grow

[@HowGoodGames]

Mate tell me about it, I’m a long suffering Aussie myself (NSW) and am still upset that we get shafted again with the new ps plus tiers after already being skipped for ps now. Thank you as well mate, definitely putting my all into this channel, thanks for being on board! Lesgooo

[@hockeyfan2231]

I had crazy nostalgia from playing those games as an 8 year old, and now at 18 those 2 games are the sole reason I rebought myself a ps3. And because of the nostalgia for the rnc games I have I can experience the whole ps3 catalog I never got to as a kid

[@RedRedInc]

I missed these games when they came out. Super interesting to consider the context of the release of the console. Curious what that agreement looked like. Great vid!

[@HowGoodGames]

Thanks mate, I think for this one you kind of have to, it’s the only explanation why you get all this flash that feels a bit underwhelming from time to time. What agreement, despite only finishing editing this 2 hours ago, I already don’t remember what I said

[@Rachebart]

Thats the game where i stop playing ratchet and clank for 10 years. This game destriys everything what was ratchet and clank for me

[@LeifUnni2]

Great video! You managed to describe exactly how I feel about ToD, but never quite realized. Looking forward to your next video, as always!

[@HowGoodGames]

Thank you my friend, I actually struggled with this one a bit. It took me a while to even figure out what was making it feel different from the others, because from a ‘fun’ perspective it’s still right up there. Glad you agree mate!!

[@camillo6455]

Amazing video i really like your analysis of the game you deserve more subscribers! Keep it up! You know i have been plaing this series all of my life so i am really happy that someone is talking about this game... sorry for bad english...

[@HowGoodGames]

Mate English is good! Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it. I’m working on rift apart atm, haven’t done a video in a few weeks but getting back into it now 😊

[@JusticeSolaris85]

I had the chance to play the future series only 3 years ago when i finally bought an hard disk for my ps3 (it was a present for my 18th birthday and now i'm 26 and only played gta 5 because i couldn't afford an hard disk for myself) and this game was the first one i bought. This was a step foward to the future even in italian, because Ratchet original voice actor, didn't reprise his role and a new one took his place, and he remained until A Crack In TIme

[@HowGoodGames]

Another great fact! I’m sure you probably know already, but the English voice actor was replaced after the first game and it’s been the same ever since. They made the change because of how they wanted to change how Ratchet came across and make him less edgy

[@quintennobbe]

I love all your videos man! Really nice content

[@HowGoodGames]

Thank you mate, I really appreciate the sub and glad you're enjoying them and coming back!

[@Masters-hq1lz]

Tools Of Destruction is my favourite. The weapon upgrade-system is the best in this game (raritanium). Why is this not in A Crack In Time? It's also a great game but not as good as Tools Of Destruction is.

[@RyoMRH]

I only played the future trilogy 2 years ago and I regret not playing it earlier when the overuse of bloom was normal in games.

[@HowGoodGames]

haha that made me laugh. I haven't thought about the bloom wars of 2007 for years...

[@skyflyer20002]

I just replayed all 4 future games recently, these games are honestly very underrated compared to even something like crash wrath of cortex (not calling this a good game), like nobody talks about these games compared to the og trilogy as these games (my opinion) are so much better compared to them, graphics, artsytle, gameplay, story especially (except for the reason that ratchet and clank themselves have to be godlike beings in the story), the raritanium system is good but I wish theyd bring the deadlocked system back but they must think itd be too complicated for younger players nowadays, but other than that these are my favorite quadrilogy of games of all time and they should be talked about way more, and btw love the channel, good vid and cant wait for more.

[@HowGoodGames]

I've heard a lot of people saying a crack in time is maybe their favourite, so im very excited to keep going through them all. I just don't remember them very well, so I actually had a lot of fun with this game overall, obviously with all the points I made in my video as well though. The biggest bummer about the raritanium is in new game plus. Unlike bolts, Raritanium becomes almost immediately useless since it only really takes one playthrough to upgrade your weapons. I would have loved to have seen a similar system like with the challenge mode guns where you could have gotten more powerful and expensive upgrades, but unfortunately no dice. Thanks mate, really happy you're enjoying it!

[@najeebfarooqi706]

i cant wait for your video on a crack in time!

[@HowGoodGames]

You and me both! Got quest for booty between now and then if I have my order right and then it’s time to strap in haha

[@literalcharlie4171]

This was great to watch. I remember beating ToD religiously when I got a ps3

[@HowGoodGames]

Thanks mate! Yeah, it probably a big reason for me getting my hands on a PS3, which was not cheap at the time haha

[@literalcharlie4171]

@@HowGoodGames oh yeah! It took a lot of begging for my parents to get me one. I remember saying that the ps3 was a Blu-ray player and that’s when my dad started to consider it lol

[@HowGoodGames]

@@literalcharlie4171 this is the way

[@literalcharlie4171]

@@HowGoodGames 100%

[@Vortexnicholas]

Mid 2000 games were great Mercenaries 2 Destroy all humans 2 Battlefield bad company King Kong Spider-Man 2 List goes on and on.

[@substance5972]

Tools of destruction is just for some reason so underrated, i also like the First trilogy more but still whe you consider what the game inventedand the soundtracks it desetves better... Mainly when you see it ranked Under PSP titles:F

[@HowGoodGames]

Yeah, it was the spring board into what the franchise is now and I think a very important game overall. Definitely lots of learnings to come out of it, but still super fun!

[@Rachebart]

Its more overrated.

[@Rachebart]

Tools was the game where i stopped playing ratchet and clank over 10 years. The galactic ship battle was not good, ratchets designs was 🤮 and the dialouges with npcs was 🤮 the gameplay is the only thing what was nice

[@BorderlandsBoy0]

God love the PS2

[@HowGoodGames]

I still have nightmares about the start up screen when using a scratched disc and how it would give you hope that it was finally reading it, just to rip it away and show you the memory card menu. But I still love it so bloody much

[@RyoMRH]

​​@@HowGoodGames took me years to figure out that holding down the lid on my slim model made it seem more likely to read the disc

[@HowGoodGames]

@@RyoMRH I only had the og model with the disc tray. I don't care what science says, blowing into it and on the disc was THE ONLY way to fix it for those models

[@bobbieluij]

I've never played this game in my young years, I played it 1 year ago and was maybe a bit too hyped... The gameplay is not as good as the PS2 series imo.

[@HowGoodGames]

Yeah, its hard when the PS2 games feel like each arguably gets better and better, then this has its grand entrance and it kind of just plateaus

[@MPRF12345]

"future" is not in the european releases

[@josuepon0318]

Honestly, worst design of ratchet ever

[@HowGoodGames]

You mustn’t have seen the potential designs from a crack in time of the weird proto-ratchet. But yeah, worst design that actually made it into a game lol

[@Rachebart]

Yeah worst design or maybe nexus design is more worst i dont know