ratchet & clank

I have been on a R&C marathon for the past 12 days and here are my thoughts on it (copy/pasted from a tumblr post no way am I re-typing everything)

TL;DR: The Ratchet & Clank series are both the best and worst games I have ever experienced and I only recommend the first and last game

(SPOILER WARNING FOR SOME OF THEM if u even care)

FIRST OFF; I will not be commenting on the gameplay itself because! I have never played these myself! I cannot afford to play them myself 😁. However I think the gimmick(?) of the gameplay like constantly switching between guns  and leveling them up and stuff is extremely cool. OK Thinking

Ratchet & Clank (2002)

Nice and simple. I like how rustic it felt. Awesome anti capitalism. Ratchet is a jerk which I like because character development happens later on. For some reason I found it difficult to like Clank at first?? Overall though it is very good. Captain Quark needs to die

Going Commando

Story was paced weird but it was made in 10 months and they didn’t have actual writers apparently so I understand. It got better near the ending. I liked Angela she was cool and silly. Captain Quark needs to die

Up Your Arsenal

Very good, great introduction to Dr. Nefarious. I like him he is funny. I love his contrast with his butler Lawrence and the fact that he insults Nefarious in the most passive aggressive way but also follows his orders anyway. A lot of random pointless stuff though but the secret agent Clank thing was cute I liked the levels for him. Britney Spears knockoff (Courtney Gears) was there I guess I liked the level aesthetic for her. Captain Quark needs to die

Tools of Destruction

I like to ignore this one.

Quest for Booty

Pirates were there. I didn’t even pay attention to the story I just remember Clank appearing out of thin air and leaving (I skipped nearly the entire game and only saw the first and last part I cared for none of it)

A Crack in Time

Really good. Animation was amazing, especially for Dr. Nefarious. The Clank levels were very cool and I love that he actually gets a weapon. I like Sigmund also he reminds me of Filbo Bugsnax and I am glad he got promoted in the end. The time stuff was a bit messy but all the games are messy so I don’t give a darn. I really liked the reunion with Ratchet and Clank and how Ratchet was so tired and they just sorta laid there on the ground for a bit. I also really liked when Clank reached out his hand for a handshake and Ratchet hugged him instead 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 I LOVE STRONG FRIENDSHIPS And the whole part with Clank watching Ratchet sorta die right in front of him made me jawdrop. And I think Ratchet should have been glad that Azimuth died too. I seriously enjoyed the ending cutscene though with Ratchet about to leave by himself all sad and Clank running to join him 🥹🥹  I liked it a lot. Very very good game I loved the Ratchet and Clank’s friendship-focused parts a ton and Nefarious’s silly movements he was really good. Captain Quark needs to die

Into the Nexus

The story was simple I don’t really have a strong opinion on it. It sure was an Into the Nexus! Captain Quark needs to die

Rift Apart

Oh my goodness.Wow . Wow. Wow. WOW. What A Game. I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. The story was extremely good, lots of layers to it.

I'm having trouble forming thoughts right now it is late at night at the time of typing this up so I'm putting it in a list but some of them are paragraphs ok Also out of order they don't make sense

-Ratchet's characterization was... Interesting?? I don't really mind too much since I'm able to ignore it, but I feel like he was out of character for most of the game. I still love him, though. Clank mostly stayed the same to me, at least. I liked his interactions with Rivet during the time they spent together, with Rivet being all suspicious of him in the beginning and Clank only trying to help and later gaining her trust and them becoming a decent team.

-I enjoyed the Clank puzzles and I liked Gary, he's silly. The thing with the Plumber actually being Gary's dad was a surprise LOL I like the running gag of him showing up or being mentioned throughout the games

-I'm also a sucker for when robots feel emotions, so the parts with Clank or Kit feeling bad always get me ☹️☹️☹️☹️

-Speaking of Kit, I really like how Rivet and Kit's relationship was handled. I like that they didn't know they had met one another before the events of Rift Apart. I like that they had genuine conflict with one another, with Rivet attempting to patch things up but it didn't go how she wanted, and so she got frustrated and just left Kit behind like that. It made me sad to see her without Kit and that Kit wasn't even there when everyone else was all together at Zurkie's just before the final fight :(

-I thought it was cute when Rivet was practicing saying "Hi" to Ratchet before they met face to face aueee AND WHEN THEY DID MEET UP AND SHE MET KIT AND aiuauuaeee it was so cute i love them forever

-I LOVE JUICE AND JUNK BOT AND I MISS THEM SO MUCH AUAUEEEE I LOVE i love junk bot. Junky. I miss him i miss him he;s one of my favorite side characters

-Clank swearing was unexpected but welcome

-I liked Emperor Nefarious & Dr. Nefarious's Doofenshmirtz-type relationship like in that one P&F movie

-Captain Quantum is miles better than Quark and I like that he was also some sort of pirate captain

-Where Talwyn .?? She's not a favorite of mine but I was kind of confused when she was just Gone except for in the credits. Lol ?

-I liked Pierre he was extremely annoying but in a good way

-Goons-4-Less guys were funny I love their stupid dialogue

-WAIT I ALSO REALLY LOVE Emperor nefarious enemy troops THEY'RE SO ENTHUSIASTIC i love them and their voices

-All the planets were absolutely FANTASTICAL. I LOVED THE ENVIRONMENTS SO MUCH AND HOW THE CRYSTAL THINGY worked i forgot what it was called but it was so crazy how an entirely different world just instantly loaded like that. Wow wow wow

-The pirate trials gave me secondhand embarrassment

-I like that Kit wasn't a defective war bot like how Clank was. Which is probably obvious that she wouldn't be a defective bot considering this is supposed to be opposite dimension stuff but watever I still like it

-Music good

-ZURKON JR I LOVE ZURKON JR. Invader zim

-I LOVED THE WHOLE SEQUENCE WITH THE GRIND RAILS AND THE FIXER AAHHH THAT WAS AWESOME HOW EVERYTHING Was falling apart around you and that brief moment of Rivet sliding across his shoulders like a bridge to another side that was so so so so SO cool

-Glitch segments were cute

-Final boss was AMAZING. THE GIANT ROBOT. WONDERFUL

-Dr. Nefarious also being against Emperor Nefarious was very good and that last part with him kicking Emperor off the cliff was Perfect

-End credits song was a pleasant surprise. Enjoyed very much

-CLANK'S NEW ARM MATCHING RIVET'S AND KIT'S COLOR SCHEMEEEEE AIUAHUJHHGUUGHJGHJJBHBHGBBHHBHJHFJHNHJNGFHJNFDNNF 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

-THE CREDITS ART WAS SO SO SO CUTEEEE^^^^

-And, of course, Captain Quark needs to die

There's definitely more I could probably think of but this game has so much this list would be a bajillion times longer.

My correct and awesome tierlist:

Okay it's 2 am now bye