I'm thinking about reviewing each ratchet game. I can play the PS2 games easily, it's the PS3 games I'm struggling with. So I'm wondering if using the decomps is a good idea. Some of them are AI and I don't know which ones. So would that play a factor in the discussion?

Mostly since I just bought a PS5 yesterday, and I was interested in giving the series a whirl after watching GameChamp's wrench-only runs.

The thing is: I wanted to play Rift Apart on Rookie Explorer difficulty to get accustomed to the series' gameplay, since I never played a game of the series before, but I'm worried that by doing so, everyone will be chewing me out for being too cautious and forcing me to play on Renegade Legend and prove that I stick to it by regularly posting videos and pics as proof.

Currently playing for the first time ratchet and clank (2002)

I have tried the 2016 "remake" (which is the only game I have done a sub 30 Min speedrun) and Rift apart but never the original games(original hardware btw)

My best pumpkin yet (real, not foam). Used only the tools shown. I used a sharpie for the contrast in the later half of the photos. ...And had to flex a bit with the last 2 pics (not even full collection but maxed out the pic upload for a post)

Hey, I'm using the $20 subscription on PS4 to play the original 2002 R&C game, but for some reason I can't open the quick menu to change weapons, how do I do this?

This is a fanart which holds all the winners of Season 3 of the web show, Death Battle! Ratchet and Clank won against Jak and Daxter!

I just finished playing both these classics, and thought their differences were interesting. There's definitely pros and cons to both games, but I thought it would be interesting to compare their biggest differences. Core combat is mostly the same, the biggest changes are the upgrade system, the collectables, and the "gimmick levels"

WEAPON UPGRADES

Going Commando:

You get a gun, it upgrades only one time, very often turning into a very different gun. The Lava Gun > Meteor Gun being the biggest change.

Up Your Arsenal:

Guns have 5 levels (ignoring NG+), and they get incremental upgrades, mostly damage increases, but sometimes mechanical changes too (lock on, secondary damage, explosions). Most guns don't significantly change until they hit level 5. I think I prefer this version, since the levels come faster, and the changes are always something you want (except for The Devastator's useless missiles upgrade)

COLLECTABLES

I think Going Commando has a much better use of collectables, turning platinum bolts into illegal mod currency, rather than buying skins that look worse than regular armor in Up Your Arsenal. At no point in UYA did I want to collect Titanium Bolts or character trophies

"GIMMICK LEVELS"

anything that isn't a run-through-to-the-end level. Both games have Arena Matches, Clank Missions, and Mining Missions. GC has Pod Racing, and Space Ship Battles. UYA has Hovership Missions, Battle Missions, and Quark Vidcomics

I think I much prefer the gimmick missions in Going Commando. There is like 3x the amount of Arena content (I love that the most), and even though the pod racing was boring, I can't believe they got rid of the Space Ship missions in UYA! Those were legitimately so fun!

UYA introduced Battle Missions, and those honestly were just like a regular planet, but broken up into pieces. I absolutely hated the Quark Vidcomics, as a one time thing, it was charming, but it's so boring to make it mandatory to do all 5.

I may be in the minority, but I liked the planet mining stuff in GC. The desert level especially. It was fun just relaxing, upgrading my weapons, and getting bolts the whole time. The sewer crystal level in UYA was annoying. It was cool you could gravity-boot up the walls, but that will get you lost quick. Just a slog to get through.

Overall, I think I prefer Going Commando over Up Your Arsenal, but they are very very close in quality. I'm starting up Deadlock, next. Hopefully that will scratch my arena itch

This was definitely a completionist's nightmare. If it wasn't for the rewind feature, plenty of these would've not been possible for me (especially since I owned the game previously on PS2).

Here's a list of the Skill Points I dreaded on getting the most, even with the rewind feature. On a normal playthrough without rewind, perfect runs or timed challenges, especially on extremely long levels would've been a huge turn off for me.

When you're playing casually, Secret Agent Clank can be a lot of fun, but as a completionist, it's definitely one of the worst games by far. Fortunately now that I'm on Challenge Mode, all I gotta do now is find all the Alien Codes & Keycards and then beat the game again at least couple more times while upgrading all my Proto and Titan weapons.

Ratchet & Clank (2002): Veldin (Second Visit)

Ratchet & Clank 2: Yeedil

Ratchet & Clank 3: Mylon

Ratchet Deadlocked/ Gladiator: Dreadzone Station- Control Level

R&C Size Matters: Quodrona

Secret Agent Clank: Hydrano- Underwater Base

R&C Tools Of Destruction: Fastoon (Second Visit)

R&C Quest For Booty: Merdegraw- Azorean Sea (Second Visit)