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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart debuted on PS5 with jaw dropping next gen graphics and animation, but does it fail to capture what made the original Ratchet and Clank trilogy on PS2 as good as it was?
In this analysis, we'll review and critique how Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart oversimplified the Ratchet and Clank gameplay experience, dampened Ratchet and Clank character personalities compared to the Ratchet and Clank trilogy, a more superficial story, and why I'm glad Insomniac Games are still making Ratchet and Clank games.
With Sly Cooper and Jak and Daxter nowhere to be seen, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart is a Gold Bolt in the rough of AAA platformers reminding us that despite this game's faults, they're still the heroes we need.
Massive shout out to GameClips for compiling all of Rift Apart's cutscenes - as you can tell it was a massive help!
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🎬 Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:25 - Gameplay
05:22 - Characters
06:12 - Characters: Clank
07:32 - Characters: Captain Qwark
08:54 - Characters: Mr Zurkon
08:58 - Characters: Dr Nefarious Part 1
09:56 - Characters: Lawrence
11:44 - Characters: Dr Nefarious Part 2
12:10 - Characters: Emperor Nefarious
13:15 - Characters: Ratchet
16:10 - Characters: Consequences of Altering Characters
17:41 - Characters: Rivet
19:53 - Story and Contradictions
24:58 - Conclusion
25:43 - Love Letter to Ratchet and Clank
🎵 Music
- Ratchet and Clank:
- Rift Apart Theme
- Planet Veldin (David Bergeaud)
- Eudora - Logging Site (David Bergeaud)
- Swing the Canyon (David Bergeaud)
- Ode to Nefarious
- Pokitaru - Jowai Resort (David Bergeaud)
- Join me at the Top
- Sly Cooper 2 - Level Select 1
- Crash on the Run - Island Overview
- Metal Gear Solid 3 - Sea Breeze
- Persona 5 - Dark Web
- Yakuza 5 - Be the Star!!
- Days Gone - Never Give Up
🎮 Games
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - Insomniac Games
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I've adored the Ratchet and Clank series since 2002 which is exactly why I give Rift Apart some tough love. I wanted to highlight how I felt it missed the mark while also praising what I felt it did incredibly well - hopefully that came across in the video.
While I really enjoyed what I enjoyed of Rift Apart, in the end, I feel it shares a similar skewed uncanny representation of the R&C characters we know and love as seen in the reboot (maybe just not as dramatic). Though it may not depict the characters as diverse as they used to be, these may be versions you love, which despite how I feel, makes me glad they're still around.
...plus I just really love Ratchet and Clank
how can you miss the fact that in crack in time radio they say about angela cross and mention their tale which she hasnt and how the radio woman say there are many species who dont share the same counter parts... and here we are rivet is female no no is a male ? not onyl they forget about angela but also dropped this question on us and made rivet with a tale so I let other peoples imagination handle what she is :)
@@pusrak9784 Rivet is from a different dimension. What if in her dimension, female lombaxes have tails, but males don't? Is that too far-fetched? I personally don't think so.
@@pusrak9784 Or maybe Angela just lost her tail. The radio comment was more a joke than a statement. And it remains still unclear if she really is a lombax.
Fraud.
I just played Tools of Desctruction the other day and was shocked at how much variety there was; I never thought of such variety back in the day and took it for granted. To start, there is the helipack/thrusterpack, the swimming, gelatonium, cliff climbing, button timing, clank zoni levels, battles with cronk and zephyr, ball puzzles, magnetic walls, the mukow challenge arena, pirate dancing, leviathan soul hunting, flying sections, and much more. It’s actually kind of insane.
"What makes these characters already perfect is that they're imperfect."
You hit the nail on the head, explaining what both Insomniac and their critics in the past failed to grasp. Before I continue, I want to respond to your point about the characters being made to fit the story. First off, as a writer, I believe that it is entirely possible to write a character in accordance to the plot; it just requires care and precision. Second, and more importantly, the shallowness of the characters is not a consequence of the story.
It's a consequence of Ratchet and Clank 1.
Critics HATED Ratchet in the first game, due to how bitter he was towards Clank in the second half of the game. This backlash hurt Insomniac hard. So hard that they changed his voice actor for the first, and only, time in the series, something that has never happened with any of the other major characters (except for the big green elephant in the room recently). Over the course of the franchise, they've been gradually pulling back Ratchet's "jerkish" traits, and the final nail of the coffin was 2016, where their fears of the Ratchet-backlash came back with a vengeance, and Nice Ratchet is here to stay.
This is why Rivet and Ratchet can't stay mad at each other without tripping over themselves to apologize. This is why Rivet had to draw attention to the fact that she still wanted to save Kit despite her personal reasons for fearing her.
Until Insomniac - and the critics of the past - understands that character flaws are good, this is what we're gonna have.
On a side note, you misunderstood the continuity; Rift Apart is a sequel to 2016 AND Into the Nexus, so as to appeal to both, and Insomniac is quietly removing R&C 1 from the canon and replacing it with 2016. In other words, it's to be assumed that everything from 2 onwards happened, but 2016 is the start. That comes with its own share of issues, but not the ones you listed.
Thanks for the great insight! I didn't know that was the reason they changed VAs for Ratchet and always wondered. Now it makes even more sense why they wanted a reboot of the first game. It's a shame too because they had the courage to do something with the protagonists that not many wanted to or did do back then, especially given the target audience.
But wait... that would only apply to games past Ratchet and Clank 1 right? But Ratchet is still a cocky gunner adventure type protagonist in the PS2 games, just less of an asshole to Clank. There is a definite response to tone down Ratchet's less appealing qualities, but it felt measured and deliberate in the PS2 era while still maintaining some of the edge.
In RaC 2 the assholeness is explained away by Ratchet learning his lesson in the first game and his crash course in Megacorp's commando training. He is still a bit of an overconfident jerk, but more directed at the crappy situation he finds himself in rather than exclusively at Clank/Quark. In a way, RaC 2 fixes Ratchet's character by redirecting his anger away from people/things that the players would side with and turning it against things the players (theoretically) would also feel pissed off at. The computer charging bolts for access is a good example
RaC 3 still had Ratchet as a sarcastic jerk (but slightly less so), but his aggression is directed at the Qforce and how the universe treats him like crap. But the game also shows how much he's matured, since he is willing to step out of the limelight for the good of the galaxy (cooperating with Qforce) and for his friend (letting Clank be the superstar even though they both work as a team to save the day).
Ratchet Deadlocked feels like the last time Ratchet felt like himself to me. In it he is excited at the promise of fame, glory, and women by being a gladiator. Up until karma hits him and nearly kills Al. It's also the last time we really see the consumerism/capitalism themes.
If anything, the Future series was when the decline of RaC story and characters started. For me at least. It shaved down the negative aspects of the characters until we reached the modern conclusion of how vanilla they all turned out to be. It introduced the origin stories of Ratchet and Clank which hamstrings them unto a predetermined role as good boy saviors of the galaxy, and not the scrapyard hillbilly mechanic and defective warbot underdogs that made them so charming. The goal of 'Pixar like real time graphics during gameplay' feels like a monkey paw wish, it was achieved, but at what cost?
@@konkonart7128 I disagree on the Future Saga. The Future Saga actually brought back some of the depth that Ratchet lost between 1 and 2. While you are correct that Ratchet still maintained some of his faults (sarcasm, cockiness), the truth is, he didn't have much of an arc.
In 2, Ratchet went through a bit of a crisis where he was becoming Qwark (with him playing the role in 2 that Qwark played in 1), but there wasn't much in the way of Ratchet making any serious mistakes; he just cot conned by a villain. In 3, neither he nor Clank had any arc, as it was passed off to Qwark. And in Deadlocked, Ratchet was more showcasing how much he learned (as far as the dichotomy of heroism and capitalism is concerned, anyway).
In Tools of Destruction, however, Ratchet finally got a significant flaw again; his obsession with finding his family. This drove him to lash out at Clank and prioritize protecting a device that Clank warned him could cause their destruction. The story is about him slowly realizing what his real family is, with A Crack in Time and Nexus building off of that with Ratchet's relationships to Azimuth and Vendra, respectively. The only mistake Insomniac made was intertwining that arc with skepticism of the Zoni, but that's beside the point.
When they got to work on the remake, their fears of a Ratchet backlash came back, and they doubled down on the changes they started implementing in 2 onwards, especially after some people (like Tealgamemaster, with all due respect) expressed frustration with Ratchet's being flawed again in ToD.
The Future Saga brought back Ratchet's depth, say what you will for some of its other decisions. They just couldn't commit.
@@DarkDax
Yeah the backlash was pretty strong. There's a scene in Going Commando on planet Barlow where a biker threatens Clank and Ratchet gets INFURIATED; he was going to murder him on the spot.
That scene, plus the change in VAs was Insomniac showing that Ratchet is no longer the type to mistreat Clank. While they did sand out his abrasiveness as the games went on, their goal was always to distance Ratchet from his original characterization.
@@DarkDax I thought the reboot was made to promote the movie
i realized one thing. The lack of a character like Big Al, whose main point in the story besides being the tech guy, was being mocked by Ratchet for his nerdiness, is probably a symptom of the more soft and safe writing of these later games. The main character should never make fun or shame anyone for being awkward or silly, not even someone who deserves it like Captain Qwark. Hell, compare the scenes involving Al in the orignal 2002 game and the 2016, it's like night and day.
This is a great point. There's still ways to do a snarky Ratchet, sort of like RC2&3. Qwark betrayed them in the first two games so there's definitely some space there for some really nice writing for Ratchet letting go of that haha
My main issue with rift apart is the story and character's, like it feels like the new writer's had only watched the cutscenes on yt and never actually played the previous games themselves.
Another thing is how i felt like they were trying to make the 2002 game and 2016 game both canon at the same time dispite it not making any sense
I just don’t like the whole “2016 is a retelling of 2002 from Qwark” either. It’s a pretty lame retcon of everything the series was… but clearly doesn’t stick with it
You can tell this story is written by a woman. Suddenly it all become about self-esteem and feelings. Something what R&C has never been about - not to this level at least. I am glad she didn't project more about her politics to this game.
I have seen many video essays to know that the ps3 and ps2 games have become two entirely different beasts. Rift Apart set itself to continue from the ps3 games which reinforces Insomniac's instistance to distance themselves from the ps2 era with the exception of a couple references which were probably there to satisfy ps2 fans. I also listened to a podcast where the lead writer mentioned that it was their first time writing for Ratchet and that they wanted to target new fans, which seems to be the majority of players from what I've seen. The way I see it, the story's intent was to re-establish the story of the ps3 games for new players since the remake was still pretty fresh on their minds. Therefore, the story ended up being limited because of that i guess. However I am confident that Rift Apart's ending could imply something much more ambitious/different for the next full game. It wouldn't surprise me if perhaps a dlc/spinoff could happen in the meantime.
If that’s what they wanted to do then they’ve done well. A bit of a recap and quickly on their way to tell new stories without having to completely retread old ground is exactly what they’ve done here.
I think where they’re going could really work but as it stands it’s characters need fleshing out - something that’s already done
Dude the ps3 games had great stories and characters
@@JohnnyBoy7267 no they didn't ratchet and clank peaked on the ps2. ratchet in the ps3 games is a cardboard cuttout. but atleast he isnt as 1 note as in rift apart
Rivet:
Last time I was here was with Angela, it’s been a long time
Also Rivit when he hears Ratchets voice:
ANOTHER LOMBAX!
Man this gives ptsd flashbacks of Halo 5.
I feel like one of the biggest problems with the Ratchet and Clank games of recent, especially Rift Apart, is that Ratchet as the main character doesn't go through anything anymore...he doesn't go on any different arcs or have anything of significance happen to him. One of the things every storytelling franchise has to do is have their character develop in some way by going through something whether it's good or bad. Ever since the end of the Future Saga, Ratchet has essentially been through the same crap every game, Hes faced some bad guy and he wins the day and everything's happily ever after. A4O was slightly different in concept but it didn't do much for Ratchet himself. Ratchet no longer has unique arcs that flush out his character and give him new concepts to explore, because of this his character has gotten into this rut where Hes always comes out the same way he came in. his character is just some happy generic good guy that never changes.
In my honest opinion, i feel like the only way they can further develop Ratchets character, is to have him suffer in some major way. Have him do something that is morally questionable and could send him off the edge, maybe a revenge quest or something. for example, what if Talwyn (Ratchets girlfriend) is killed in a terrorist attack that was carried out by a Lombax, say a rogue Lombax that knew of Ratchet's existence ever since the events of A Crack in Time. He could have watched Ratchet for some time and decided the Ratchet was weak and his will to protect the Galaxy is in question because Ratchet has become soft and he doesn't have the guts to kill his enemies and instead decides to simply apprehend and arrest them just so they can face justice when in reality they will come back and terrorize the universe again. You could have the Lombax challenge Ratchets will to do good or do what's necessary to protect those around him. Ratchet could slowly start to lose himself and he becomes more bloodthirsty and filled with vengeance as the story progresses, you could have Rivet and Clank try to help him and stop him from going down a dark and gritty path. Ratchet suffers greatly from the Lombax who succeeds in pushing him over the edge, and Ratchet starts to resent not only the rogue Lombax but also his entire species because of what happened, and he starts to push his own friends away as they try to stop him.
With small concepts like this they could develop Ratchet character more and we can see him suffer through something Hes never dealt with before. He can further his relationship with Rivet and we as an audience can be reassured that Ratchet is more than just some Hero and even he can fall off the edge if Hes pushed hard enough.
Bottom line Ratchet has to change. This current "Nice Ratchet" is really getting old and the story behind the games is suffering because of it.
I really miss the angry ratchet. the future series ruined ratchet for me
Ratchet doesn't necceserally have to have an arc, he just has to have fun dialogue and personality. Both are what rift apart lacks.
The issue with Ratchet in this game, really is that they fucked his character by turning him into an eccentric child, so I question if it’s really in the original continuity.
It almost makes inFAMOUS 2’s Cole seem consistent with this inFAMOUS 1 counterpart
I think that for gameplay Rivet should have used melee weapons as a contrast to Ratchet
This is the best Rachet & Clank review on TH-cam, Period. Every sentence is 100% accurate, full-marks Sir.
Thanks mate!
My take: The OGs were mostly comedic, then the future saga got rid of some of that comedy for a more story driven experience, and then this one just went full Disney Pixar. I can't say I'm a huge fan of that final change to be honest.
Totally
Even the future series had the signature jokes but as soon as the remake came out it only got worse
@@cooper2211 @cooper2211 Exactly, just because the Future series focused more on story doesn't mean it completely lost its signature humor. Rift Apart just seems watered down to me.
Personally, I really enjoyed the game but I felt there was a few things missing - a few bc of the game being a softer reboot of the series. I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing and gameplay wise, I think it is one of the best gameplay wise but plot / story wise, I can see where people are coming from; I actually like the plot myself and would love to see the future story developed a lot more and I'm glad it isn't ratchet 2016 2.
I’m quiet excited to see where they take the story given it’s implied they’re going to find the rest of the Lombaxes. The build up since TOD is real.
@@DarkDax ive always hated the find the lombaxes story. i feel it sort of de values the uniqueness of the species as a whole. sort of like infinite ammo devalues collecting ammo and even bolts after you've bought every weapon. lombaxes used to be special and now you can just pick one up from Walmart for 5 bucks. im also kind of tired of the find the lombaxes storyline because its only one aspect of an entire universe i would rather explore. we haven't gotten a new galaxy since going commando. the future series and onward has only added 1 galaxy. idk the whole lombax dimension story also just feels generic. i wish they would just go back to the old visual style and gameplay style and restart from deadlocked with david composing. also give people the option to play in classic third person instead of forcing them to play in rift appart's clunky excuse for lock strafe.
lets be honest lombaxes has just devolved into a buzzword that insomniac throws around because it makes the fans think they still give a shit about ratchet.
They really botched Ratchet’s character, the overall tone of the future series and its continuity and can not for the life of me understand how anyone could defend it
And I don’t think I’ve ever gritted my teeth over an opening sequence. Ever; Before this, it pissed me off
That is a bullshit excuse that I don’t even buy for a second
It really does feel like a glorified tech demo
Hell still better than 2016 but it’s not really all that.
You know it's bad when the writers refer to the original writing as "cringe"
It's sad to hear them say that.
And if I'm being perfectly honest I think insomniac care more about their Marvel license now than anything else. Ratchet and clank have kind of became the kid under the stairs whilst insomniac pour all their love into Spider-man and now Wolverine.
I feel a lot of the love and passion they had for the games has somewhat faded. I don't know when the next game will come out (probably another 6 years)
But I hope Insomniac listen to the fans and put a little bit more of that love back into the series (don't know about fixing plotholes though)
and bring some more of what we came to know and love about the series back, but in todays generation and way of thinking it's kinda doubtful. 😥
It's interesting to read some other comments providing some insight into some of the changes during development that may have contributed to the story's direction. I think it really could have worked with some changes for me personally - but someone will love this game and I'm just glad R&C lives on ahaha
The narrative inconsistencies and complete character alterations, ESPECIALLY Ratchet really bothered me too
It makes inFAMOUS 1 and 2 Cole look like the same person
I just don't understand the obsession with making Ratchet so flat and 'perfect', he's always had such a broad personality. The original had confidence to make him slightly unlikable and the next instalments made him the cheeky heroic Lombax we're use to
Especially that it supposedly follows up into the nexus, and he’s nothing like how he was in a crack in time and nexus
@@ryanhowe6543 exactly!
I’ll go this far; whoever thought it was a good idea to follow up both into the nexus *and* the 2016 game at the same time should be fired
And the fact that so many people are making excuses for how he’s written in this game is insane to me
I enjoyed this game but I think the Platinum was pretty easy, it didn’t feel worth getting it, too easy and no trophy for 100% the game. But at least it’s better than the remake
I think the hardest trophy was upgrading everything to be honest and even then it wasn’t that bad haha
Nearly all games for the last 10 years feel like soulless tech demos
I do miss how Ratchet and Clank used to be in their early days. They were honestly the perfect duo. But we haven't actually received good Ratchet games in a long, long time. That being said, Rift Apart is a whole lot better than the recent reboot and a lot of the later entries in the series, thats for sure. Despite the fact of how desensitized everything is, i do really enjoy its style and animation, would looove to see more games show up looking like this with a more mature take on a family friendly story!
Plus when it came to Ratchet's portrail in the story. A part of me thought of how mature he acted compared to the early years was due to how much his grown, giving the torch to the more immature version of himself to have their own rivalry (like R&C had in their first game). Even though we're missing that Walter White and Jesse Pinkman push and pull that makes the moments of friendship feel worth it.
Incredible Video! I wasn’t too aware of the story as Rift apart is my first game in the series that I’ve played, but even after this critique I still find the game very enjoyable even if the characters didn’t contrast themselves the same as in previous games. i now know that I need to play more games from this series thanks to you. Once again, incredible video!
Thanks so much mate! I'm really glad you enjoy the game as much as you did!
I loved rift apart, but it still doesn't hold a flame to the originals... sadly the devs think those games sucked and think they're cringe and not funny????? I think they're living in a capitalist dream world
where did the devs say that about the original games?
@@flips6155 look up ratchet and clank 15 year anniversary stream with insomniac devs, Ted price himself says that it was cringe. Shame.
@@2xRainb0w weirdly, the humour in 2016 was far more cringe lol
@@SpinoSam it didn't even have any humour that's why it was cringe. Humour or at least clever good humour can't feel cringe
its not just me but the music dosent even sound like ratchet and clank music anymore right? it sounds more like marvel music
It’s definitely more Marvel like. They’ve changed composers in the recent years but David Bergeaud will always be the R&C vibe for me
@@DarkDax the new music is really boring and it sounds like generic marvel music
As someone who's only a year older than the first game and who got to play only that one when I was little, I never even knew there were sequels xD
I'm glad to see the IP is still around, but I think I'll just replay the one I have once more ^^;
The review was put together really well, it's always a joy to hear your voice!
Try and get the HD Trilogy if you have a PS3, I can’t recommend them enough! Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
great stuff man, glad to see you're back. thought that theme music was gonna be your new format as a newsroom's intrepid reporter though haha. suit, tie, greenscreen yourself in "on location"
…I think we have ourselves a new format here haha glad to be back mate!
been waiting for a new video, happy to see you're back!
More than happy to be back mate! Been trying to get this one out when I could haha
This video was amazing, perfect analysis of the game throughout the video and the ended had me in stitches nice job man
Thanks mate glad you enjoyed it!
I will not purchase Rift Apart or any future games because of what the writer did to Ratchet and the overall story. To me personally R&C is dead. I know and acknowledge Rift Apart is a beautiful game with good visuals and gameplay.
This is coming from someone who's played all the previous games growing up as a kid.
But you know what I'm sure Microsoft wouldn't do anything like this to Spyro and Crash. At least I hope.
This might be a bit of a controversial opinion. But I think the reason why Ratchet and Clank went down the wannabe Pixar route
Was because of the fanbase complaining about Ratchet Deadlocked.
Think about about it, Deadlocked was the last Rated Teen Ratchet game and it was the game that crank the edginess, darkness, AND critiques of consumerism to 11. Sure, I can understand that Deadlocked was a departure from the original formula but it was still a fantastic game in its own right and the fact that they made it on a super tight time crunch was quite impressive. Plus, Gleeman Vox was hands down one of the BEST villains in the entire series and no one can disagree with that fact. He abuses children to test his new toy line, captures heroes to put them in entertainment slave labor, and was willing to put his own audience in litteral danger just to boost TV ratings. He straight up didnt give a fuck and he was funny as hell. Its a shame that Insomniac recycles Nefarious like he is the new Dr.Eggman when they have made other fantastic villains like Vox for example.
But after the complaints of the darker direction of Deadlocked, that was when the series made a drastic shift in tone and themes. It was hinted with Size Matters but didnt take full circle until Tools Of Destruction.
Tbh I’m surprised people didn’t like deadlocked tbh. Yeah, Tools of Destruction definitely felt like a fresh start almost completely separate from those that came before.
One of my biggest issues with the game is that a lot of the planets and enemies are reused from the older games. One of my favorite things about the games was how different the levels and enemies were
It was probably a decision borne from the dimensioning setup, but the game never managing to make up its mind on wether its a riff on the star trek mirror dimension approach or not really hurt the overall cohesion and potential there, it just does and doesnt do that completely willy-nilly
I'm just gonna start off by saying this video is super underrated and deserves more views. Your editing, timing, and way of explaining your points are incredibly entertaining and I found myself rewinding to several bits that made me laugh. I legit snorted when you called the Emperor's assistant a "beautiful...generic...piece of shit", and let's be honest, where's the lie. I'd love to see another analysis like this sometime.
(Warning for a long, overly-speculative (and very salty) comment, I just had a lot to say after seeing how much your analysis describes my views on the game)
But yeah I agree with a lot of your points, especially in regards to Nefarious, Lawrence, and the Emperor. I was wary but interested when we got the trailer that revealed Nef was going to at least be *a* villain in the game, and with the whole alternate dimension thing I thought they were setting up something to contrast him and Emps, but by the end...
Me after seeing Nef get crushed at the end cause I legit thought they decided to kill him off before they went "sike" in the credits: *_Look how they massacred my boy_*
You hit the nail right on the head for pretty much all of your points, but since Nef is my fave I'm just gonna focus there cause acknowledging all the other issues would take an entire dissertation lmao. "Emperor Nefarious completely obliterates Dr. Nefarious and basically turns him into Igor. Which, if you're familiar with Nefarious, will completely and wholeheartedly irritate the living shit out of you." Put this on my grave, I have never heard a more accurate statement in my life. What happened to Nef in RA was a fucking *travesty* and Insomniac did him so dirty through the entire game.
He's just used as a tool in order to kickstart the plot, does absolutely nothing for the first half of the game, and is just shoved next to other characters like Emps and Rivet so the game can go "See how pathetic this scrap heap is? Isn't the Emperor such a competent and threatening villain even though he also does nothing of note for his half of the game? Isn't he so cool even though the heroes immediately and easily counteract any of his attacks despite him being supposed to have singlehandedly conquered his dimension?" I have many issues with Emps's writing too (I love Robin Atkin Downes and he deserved better material for his performance), but I digress.
I get that Nef's aesthetic is "Saturday morning cartoon villain" but as you said, he was never _incompetent_ throughout all of the games. Hell, in both UYA and ACiT he gets _extremely_ close to winning before the heroes are saved at the last second, and A4O has the greatest moment of Nef pimp slapping a ghost so hard it dies. Speaking of A4O, there are numerous scenes dedicated to showing Nef's technological prowess and there's also the fact that he helps save the galaxy by stopping the Loki Master. It felt like the writers just read a one-sentence summary of his character on Wikipedia and based his entire character in RA on that. Nef's problem isn't that he's weak, far from it if you actually take his every other mainline appearance into account (unlike this game did), it's that Ratchet and Clank are _stronger._ Really his main flaw is that he doesn't know when to quit, and I get that's probably what they were going for, but in execution, it just turns him into a useless imbecile. Seriously, there are way too many cutscenes where he just _stands_ there and straight up has _no_ lines of dialogue.
Not to mention that it seems like they turned cowardice into one of his main traits??? If he's not just angrily yelling at someone, he's cowering under them and apparently can't do jack shit without minions to help. And if we're going with Insomniac's "dimensional counterparts are the character's true self" thing, the fact that Emps's most prominent "hey he's not just an evil overlord" moments are him cowering at the sight of a warbot and him begging and bargaining for the same person he continuously abused to save him just makes it seem like that's what Insomniac was going for. I can't take Emps seriously as a villain no matter how much they shit on Nef to raise him up if I know he's a spineless bastard underneath it all before his breakdown at the end of the game. You know? When you're _supposed_ to see the villain at their lowest? It would've made more sense to take Nef's anger issues and focus on that by making it Emps's main vice, but that would require acknowledging his backstory from previous games so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The worst thing to come out of RA is that Nef's reputation is now "useless wannabe villain and Emps's personal bitch" in the eyes of the fandom, while the other half is calling for his death cause of how he's shoved into everything with continuously degrading writing (tbh I would've accepted him dying at the end if that meant he's put out of his misery). I hate the fact that Nef is written off as a "joke character" and I know I'm biased cause he's my fave, but he could easily be one of the most interesting and well-written characters if Insomniac actually gave him character development instead of just "haha funny robot". For all of A4O's gameplay flaws, I will always regard it as the best game for Nef's character because even with the more light-hearted and goofy tone, it still gave Nef moments to shine and interact with the heroes more than "I'm gonna defeat you", and it expanded his writing in a way I hoped RA would continue.
I was really hoping for a redemption arc because Insomniac had the perfect setup with the end of A4O, a more serious and threatening Nefarious, and saying that the game would impact the characters in ways no game had done before...and then RA utterly ripped that hope into shreds. Tbh, idk what would upset me more, Insomniac continuing to drag Nef along as the resident walking plot device or them deciding to pull some attempt at redemption after they let this (imo perfect) opportunity sail away. In the end, Insomniac just wanted to make the most easily digestible starter villain for newcomers at the expense of a longstanding and enjoyable character. Idrk how to end this off, but all I have to say is that Nef deserved better.
(Also, extra kudos to you for that bit about how outstanding the characters in Yakuza are because I ended up getting into a Yakuza phase in lieu of waiting for RA to come out, and after grieving over RA, all I could think about was "Yakuza treated me better than this" lol.)
Thanks that means a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as you did!
It really was a mixed bag and like I say here, while I enjoyed what I enjoyed there's still things that I just can't get behind as a long time fan. Whatever they do next I hope they do Ratchet justice - but my bets are on it possibly being a Rivet and Kit... something I'm not sure how to feel about...
Looking forward to what you put out next! (Also I apologize for subjecting you to that lack of sleep-fueled essay, I tend to ramble about stuff I'm unnecessarily passionate about, whoops)
And same, I'm open to the next game fixing these issues (which really won't be easy) and acknowledging the issues with Ratchet, Clank, and the rest of the cast (I'd include Nef here but unless Insomniac pulls off a narrative miracle that fixes what I said before, I don't think people would react well to him coming back after this game). I also assume Insomniac wants to keep Rivet and Kit in focus for the next game but with what we got here, I really can't bring myself to be excited, especially after seeing how the OG cast has suffered from being pushed to the side in favor of their counterparts who aren't really interesting character-wise as is.
I miss the Old Music. And the arenas used to be more fun aswel. They did Well making the game but it still lags some spark.
no kid playing these new ratchet games is going to become a fan
This was actually my first Ratchet and Clank game. And probably unsurprisingly I had a ton of fun with the pacing, random shoot-em-up, ease of movement and beauty, but you make a valid point. I had no expectations for a story because I never played the other games, so I didn't expect one.
Good video. If curious I've always leaned more PC games then console, and if you are curious I played this on the steam deck
Glad you loved it! I'll always enjoy Ratchet and Clank, like I say, it's my childhood haha.
Super happy you were able to experience these guys for the first time in their most gorgeous-looking game yet!
I've been hoping for another one of your videos!
Been wanting to get another one out as soon as I could haha hope you enjoyed it!
At last, DarkDax does for Rift Apart what TheGamingBrit did for the 2016 Reboot: prove that these games really are all flash & no substance.
I can't think of a series that has evolved its narrative as poorly as Ratchet & Clank...it's genuinely sad to see, as a superfan of the PS2 games.
That’s one hell of a compliment mate, thanks!
I can see why they’ve gone in the direction they did, I just don’t think it works as well as it could given the drain on personality.
@@DarkDax Thank you for such great work. Subbed & shared for sure!
Your content is great and I mean it, keep up the great stuff!
Thanks mate! That means a lot!
@@DarkDax no problem mate!
the beginning of my realization that this game was underwhelming and completely underutilized the lore and depth of the series was in my second playthrough at the end of the game, when you start the final mission and everyone gets together for that "here is all the allies youve made along the way thats gonna charge into battle with you" shot. then as im playing through the mission and i think to myself "hey, im fighting a giant mech/robot suit... didnt a befriend a giant robot called The Fixer? Where is he? Why isnt he here fighting along side us?"
They couldnt even utilize all the storybeats consistently in this game BY ITSELF.
Him being there wouldn't make any sense because the opening the emperor left wouldn't have lasted long and outside of zurkies they wouldn't have the time to transport the fixer to Ratchets dimension because they had to get who they could to help ASAP.
Most underrated channel on TH-cam keep up the work 👍
Thanks mate, that really means a lot!
Man, Some of the things you mentioned I never really realised but I sort of agree with many points you make, however I really find it odd that you find the gameplay dumbed down, in my opinion the combat has really taken a turn towards being more difficult. I played on the hardest difficulty and if I remeber correctly I heard something that shots sort of home in on you on harder difficulties make it harder to dodge fire unless you use the new phantom dash mechanic. Then again I don't really like the invinciblity frames of the phantom dash but I disctinclly remeber having the most fun I had in years with this game since it was just so different it was difficult.
regardless of my opinions I really enjoyed the video and the points you make are quite justified, especially with rivet. I felt that she was the weakest character being basically a copy of ratchet. I think that the story would've improved a bit if Rivet was more distrustting of everyone, especially robots due to what happened to her and Kit and for Ratchet I think maybe they should've shown how ratchet was more like "not my dimension not my problem" until he sees just how bad Rivet's dimension is. Since you may not realise it but Ratchet and clanks plan was to just fix everything and go back home, they (i'm pretty sure) never mention anything about helping Rivet defeat the emperor until he decided to invade ratchet's dimension.
I hope the next game in the series is either finally going to show us the lombax dimension or is going to be sometype of mmorpg, where you can play as the many races in the R&C universe and maybe we can go visit some old planets, but that's never happening.
I think Rivet and the Emperor crushed the OG counterparts. If the Emperor and Rivet were written ever so slightly differently, it could have easily been a better story for me. They'll always been nit picks but at that point it doesn't matter hahaha
Do you have the link to the interview where the new writers called the original trilogy cringe. I tried looking, but couldn’t find it.
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the moment that made me disappointed in this game was when Rivet was talking to Kit after busting everyone out of jail, I thought for a brief moment, that we could get a callback to the first game, with the two having a tough time together, and thus have time to grow as a duo, only for that to be crushed when it ends in like 15 seconds, and then we cut to the final boss. It felt like there was supposed to be a 2nd act where just like Ratchet and Clank in the first game, Rivet and Kit would have to resolve their personal problems, this would have been a great chance to give Ratchet and Clank a mentor role, as both would do their best to help out, given they went through this themselves, Ratchet may try to help Rivet calm down, and Kit would have encouragement from Clank or visa versa. Seriously this felt rushed, imagine if in the original game after Umbris we just cut to Drek's fleet and then to Veldin, it would be so jarring that Ratchet and Clank were just best buddy's again despite what happened earlier, thats what makes the Zordoom cutscene so jarring.
This would have been great! I felt something similar when I finished the game too, it would have really benefitted the story and shown the duo’s character development if they shared their own struggles with the Rivet and Kit. Something a little humbling and as you say mentoring.
It does feel a little rushed in places and I wonder if that’s because of changes in the story or just the way it was written.
@@DarkDax they spent most of the development time on the engine, it also doesn't help that the writers for the future saga were replaced with some bums off the street who make girl power comics, so the story is one dimensional because the people writing it weren't very creative. This could have been a chance for Insomniac to make up for the reboot being an appalling abomination and even from their own perspective, "redeem" Ratchet being a jerk in the original. I think the story would have worked better if the resistance or "Free Polaris movement" as I call it, was a fraudulent setup by Emperor Nefarious to maintain his control by giving people an enemy of the state so to speak, and Captain Quantum would be the same position as Quark was to Drek in the first game, an underling who's deals with one another were kept out of sight out of mind. Rivet would be one of the few members not in on the plot, so they could have done the Umbris situation again, where Rivet becomes a problem for Quantum and Nefarious and so they make an attempt to remove her from the equation. This would help in justifying Rivet being angry and being a piece of shit to Kit, because betrayal is a very understandable emotion. the cause she had fought for her entire life had been a lie, so now she goes beserk in killing everyone who wronged her, adding salt to the wound is that Kit is the very warbot who nearly killed her, and you have the setup for a great second act. For Ratchet and Clank this would be a great moment to give them character depth, Ratchet would be looking at a younger version of himself, reflecting on his attitude at the time, maybe even talk to clank about it, the two would try to help their counterparts out, not wanting them to have to struggle as hard as they did, but having to accept Rivet and Kit have to figure this out on their own, then we get a callback to Gemlik base with a kickass soundtrack where Rivet finds Quantum, but like with Ratchet that single minded nature of her's comes at a price, which would finally help her calm down and accept Kit as her friend, I probably put more effort into this comment than the jokers who wrote the script for the game at Insomniac.
The last Ratchet game that was even worthwhile imo was A Crack in Time. That game’s twist ending still sends chills down my spine
Every time I watch that ending I get so emotional haha
Sad but true
Imma have to disagree with many points u have said in the video for the following reasons. Before I start great video and channel definitely earned a sub from me keep up the great work. Anyways I’ll start off with ratchet and clank in the previous og games ratchets character was different then it was in rift apart. The reason for that is because he has matured allot since the day he met clank and as a game developer if they where to keep the same personality for rather threw out each game would show no character development at all. Rather in rift apart had some moments where he opened up about finding his family towards kit and after playing the games since the beginning of time I see no sort of character personality lacking with ratchet in rift apart. Same as with clank gone are the days when he use to be a secret agent and would always rush in fixing things without thinking. His new personality he’s much more calm and compacted reason being character development yet again. This game was intended for new comers as well as old time fans so as a game developer if they just focused on the og fans by giving them what they want what happenes to the new comers ? They would lose interest because they wouldn’t understand a single bit of story. As u mentioned characters such as qwark for new comers they wouldn’t understand who qwark truly is or rusty pete for example. The reason for this is because a game developer after shouldn’t just inform a new comer in one single game about what this character is. If they did that the previous games whould be deamed useless to even play. The whole reason for that is for them to play previous games to understand what’s going on rather then 1 game just telling them everything they need to know about all characters in rather and clank. Yes maybe some enemies and boss fights are repetitive I can agree on that but story wise the game pretty much nailed it for being a game tailored to new comers and og fans. The story contained the lombaxes Lorbs which further enhances what future games could be covering in terms of story for lombaxes we even got mags a mysterious lombaxe we don’t know of as well as it whouldnt be logical for insomniac to just give us the best of the best story which answers every question. For example people wanna know the lombaxes dimensions what happened to ratchets gf and many more questions left unanswered. If rist apart had answered all these questions there we go we wouldn’t have anything else we would anticipate for next instalments as well as it would be even more challenging to creat a game better and more attracting then rift apart because it was way too over the top you know what I mean? Like tools of destruction was good but not over the top to the point where crack in time would be a pointless game afterwards. Same with rift apart this game sets the future for the series in a great path and the next game could be elaborating this story line and many unanswered questions even further which I’m sure will definitly happen. Arena challenges I would say where simple not crazy like a crack in time had but it gets the job done I geuss. The ryno as u mentioned was given to us for free but so was it in crack in time and tools of destruction so I don’t really see the problem with that. Yes one could say this game was really easy which was the case for me it could’ve been a bit more harder like u stated and could’ve had more variety in enemies but yet again no game is absolute perfect. Despite these minor flaws rift apart has shown great gameplay as well as the story fits in just perfectly to satisfy new comers and old time fans. Even as a long time fan I adored this title allot and ratchets maturity was really showed in this story as he like I previously stated has went threw lots of character development so it makes sense why insomniac wouldn’t keep the same asshole ratchet personality from the past. It just wouldn’t fit well with where the story is and wouldn’t have shown any sort of character development which is crucial in a game. People want the old ratchet I get that but as with everyone in the real world sometimes u where a different person then u are now everyone changes and that’s what rather showed allot in rift apart. He did have great moments where his personality shined he helped kit out of hiding and gave her a smile she never had. He didn’t argue with rivet at that one altercation end game because he knows that an argument wouldn’t be worth it and it definitely wouldn’t prove his point so he so he steered away from that. These are key character moments that I myself could relate to as well. Sometimes kids games for the most part have adult humour in them but it isn’t necessary for them to. Overall this is why I believe rift apart pretty much hit all aspects of what makes a good ratchet and clank game for 2021 for what it was suppose to be it nailed it was a fantastic game as well as the story and planets where fantastic.
Thanks mate that means a lot!
You make some good points, especially about Ratchet maturing over the games which I guess you can actually see, especially since Tools of Destruction. Personally I feel comes off as a bit bland in certain parts of the story.
Like I say in the video, I wish I loved this one and I’m glad people, like you, have resonated with this one. Still can’t wait for the next one hahaha
@@DarkDax I get your point man not every game is gonna satisfy everyone but all good nonetheless excited to see where the future goes with this game
Interesting take on Rift Apart but I do have some problems with it. The RYNO requiring you to collect a set number of plans to unlock instead of paying for it has been a thing in the series ever since TOD in 2007 so its kinda weird to take grievance with it at this point, unless you never played any other games but the ps2 ones?
Clank sections have always been the weakest part of the old R&C games, the gameplay always just came down to "tell robot to insert square peg into square hole" and just felt tedious and time fillerish. The best its ever been was ACIT and RA I feel is not as good as it but still better than the ps2 game sections, it would be better if there had more difficult optional puzzles like ACIT tho.
Nefarious being sick of losing doesn't mean he's incompetent, I mean he got beat multiple times by Qwark before he ever even met R&C, a character well known for being an idiot, he has a pretty long history of losses. Its also heavily implied near the end of the game that the main reason the Emperor was able to win so much and so easily is because he never faced any true difficult challenges. Basically the Emperor was playing in easy mode and the Doc in hard mode. It's not that Doc is incompetent, its just that he faced more difficult opposition, him and the Emperor are actually pretty comparable in their capabilities, the Emperor is just an overly arrogant douchebag and assumed Doc was incompetent and that that was the reason, to quote Doc when the Emperor started getting beat back: "SEE, this is why my dimension is hard to take over, its not because of me". Also Dr. N didnt die at the end he just got pinned to the ground by the giant head, you see him going to visit Lawrence and his family in the credits. You really think they would just kill Dr. N like that? After he was originally supposed to be killed off in ACIT but higher ups told them to retcon it to keep him alive? lol
Rivet being nasty in those instances is also pretty understandable considering her history with robots and also her discovering that the robot she thought was her new friend when she just started opening up again was actually the one that blew her arm off years ago and was hiding it from her, would understandably cause her to feel alot of undirected frustration and confused emotions. She had a far better reason to act the way she did than Ratchet did in the 2002 game, who was just being a dick to clank for far longer than was necessary for a mistake he made. Calling her a bitch for that, then admiring 2002 Ratchet as being "sassy" just makes you look like a huge hypocrite tbh.
Also there clearly wasnt time for the characters to fix clank, since the threat of reality collapsing on itself was approaching quick and making a new dimensionator to fix it then getting it back from the emperor was far more important.
Continuity-wise the director of RA, Mike Daly has said multiple times in interviews that the 2016 game/movie is Qwark's recounted version of the events from the original and him being an unreliable narrator is not to be trusted, he said IG wanted to return to the canon that they had been working on since 2002 and not the 2016 game, and that RA happens after ITN. The 2016 game/movie are in-universe fiction, and an embellished sensationalised version of R&Cs origins. The sets at the parade at the start of RA are there because Qwark is the one who organised the event and set it up. Qwark's bio also doesn't mention him being the captain of the galactic rangers and Ratchet's doesnt mention that guy Grimroth Razz who raised him in the 2016 movie/game at all. The 2016 game did not replace the 2002 game from the canon.
I saw a interview recently that addressed why Clank wasn't repaired until the credits and it was because of the message of disability and acceptence of it. There was a scene initially of Rivet fixing him but they omitted it thinking it would go against the message they were establishing with Rivet and Clank's disabilities and how they learned to live with it/not let it hinder them/be seen as a burden. So instead the credits settled on going with a golden arm to represent how Clank grew as a person and his friendship with Rivet who taught him about accepting he's still the same person regardless of what had happened to him. They had kept in contact with disabled people for feedback on how to write and address Rivet and Clank's arcs and how they cope with the loss of an arm, its really neat how much thought went into this part of them.
@@Wolf-Chalk Oh right, that's pretty neat actually, didnt know that. Still, all the story events in RA happened in pretty quick succession of eachother, without much down time at all, so I could see why taking the time to fix Clank's arm would not be feasible with the dimensions collapsing soon and all lol
Honestly we got to remember Racthet in the first game was really young. I do agree Racthet's bickering with with clank wen't on little too long then it should've been. Ratchet was really young and immature in the first game and his arc was to grow from a selfish young kid into a hero. What I don't like about the reboot and rift apart is that they try to make him too goody good hero without any edge to him. At least going commando and up your arsenal matured Racthet but still kept his personality in tact.
@@superhedgehog6447 Its weird bc I really enjoy this nicer Ratchet more than the more harsh PS2 era one. I feel like he's too much of a dick for the sake of being a dick instead of sassy in RnC1, like I know it was a huge complaint audiences had apparently at the time Ratchet was too unlikeable and mean. So its probably why we have the Ratchet we do now.
@@Wolf-Chalk Well Yeah I see where you're are coming from. Racthet can be too much of a dick on some occasion in the original. But that's why I like games from Going commando to Deadlocked because Racthet was more mature and nicer but still had that edge and grit. A actual personality. Something I feel like it was lost in the reboot and even rift apart.
Plus this was the early 2000s, being edgy was hip at the time. So I'm not surprised Racthet in the first game was a edgy teen especially in 2002.
Again I respect your opinion if you like nice Racthet. To me I just feel like there making this franchise too kid friendly after a crack in time.
Its pretty strange how the supposed big new elements that were supposed to be the main focus, the rifts, are almost entirely just used and positioned identically to swingshot targets before
Supposedly, this game follows up from nexus and the 2016 game. How does that even work?
It doesn’t lol
Exactly!
So this is what you've been working on for the last 3 months.... awesome!
It’s taken a while but I’m glad it’s finally out!
@@DarkDax ok
I think that this game is really good its not bad and My favorite is Rivet but I hope we will see new game that will tell there problems in the past and bring two thogether. And i have one question thear will be new game of Rachet clank coming soon?
I’m playing Rift apart right now and I love almost everything this game has to offer (I also think the story is generic) but besides the story I love the atmosphere, Soundtrack, and Exploring these new worlds
I'm glad you're enjoying it!
Every time i really like something, youtube recommends me a video calling it mid
The algorithm knows you too well haha
never clicked this fast on a video! welcome back!!
Thanks mate! Glad to finally glad to get another out!
This is a sequel to the 2016 game with how everyone, especially Ratchet is written, while simultaneously try so hard to convince you that it follows up from the original continuity and I don’t buy it for a second. Especially with its tone.
It would be a sequel to the Ratchet and Clank movie, the PS4 R&C story was invented by Qwark.
The event in the PS4 game 100% happened in that game/separate continuity.
That game’s ending gave that away. I genuinely have zero clue why you and everyone else keep making that excuse
These games mostly sell on namesake alone these days. There hasn't been a good Ratchet and Clank game arguably since the third one, but it has a popular name. Also there is a lot of stake in this as it was one of the first big exclusives for the PS5, so people are not willing to admit that it is shallow and lacks depth lest they might feel buyers remorse.
Nah. Id say A Crack in Time was the last great Ratchet and Clank game while the others are subpar for the most part.
It also doesn’t help there was SO MUCH UNUSED CONTENT! So as the Dr. Steven Nefarious holograms AND statues which honestly would’ve been better than the Emperor! Don’t get me wrong I like what we have but I love the content that would’ve been the game better especially if it replaced the whole thing!
They really nerfed the Nefarious to make the Medic look good. Ifvthat was OG Nefarious dude would've taken advantage of his double's success to greater effect, especially going off how he seems to handle stress and being put in a tug of war with his foes, nevermind not having his way. The Doctor has lost several times before and came back more sinister than the last. The Emperor, apparently, has never lost and has no reason to come up with contingencies to secure his victories; or at least not contingencies on top of contingencies ad infinitum. And yet even fighting him is underwhelming. The Doctor had his minions to fight alongside him as well; gating the way and all; but generally he handled the fight *himself* throwing self-projections, energy bombs, finger lasers and even opening rifts that hailed missiles and streams of plasma at the duo to kill them. But the Emperor seems to rely on his boys far more as all he does is throw a punch, maybe a rock, and sometimes the boxes on the ground, and he summons his minions using the Dimensionator, not his own strength. The only really good thing he had going was his suit but even that's kinda just set dressing as once again, Dimensionator overuse. Sure the Biobloterator was easy but you at least had to move around to avoid the cannon shots fired at a quick rate *and* the homing missile swarm that will screw you up if you're not careful.
Honestly. There's even unused voicelines mentioning some celestial alignment or whatever that Dr. N was trying to get which would've been a way better reason than "Iwannawin" yet the reason they didn't go for it is because of the "Finding Lombax" thing.
But Ratchet was done after the hat broke, so now we're going on that bandwagon again; going full roadhog on that I guess? Except no. It's just getting them back home. And then Emp. N turns up only for them to end up going back home anyway. And "the dimensions are collapsing" yea totally. The onlybthing remotely involving that is Blizar being destroyed in Rivet's dimension....CUZ OF A DRILL BOARING INTO SOME BLIZON?? There's no merging of one planet intobthe same planet but from a different plane, no random incursions from denizens of other worlds being taken by surprised due tona sudden shift in scenery. That only happens in the intro. And that's it. That's literally a perfect reason to have the places you go to have enemies respawn, yet there aren't any? You go ahead and decide to make the Dimensionator an active tool in this story, get it destroyed, cause what's supposed to be a cataclysmic event, EVEN HAVE THE ANTAGONIST lightly BRING IT UP BY TRYING TO HIDE IT, but go no further than making it a platforming section and a slingshot derivative.
There is no reason for this game to exist. I'm dead serious, there is no viable plot in this game. Stuff happens and we go to fix the stuff that happens but we don't even expand upon the stuff that's happening to give gravitas to the situation.
It"s no fking wonder they have time to go ahead and let our boy wait at the bar for his date to arrive.
I saw a interview recently that addressed why Clank wasn't repaired until the credits and it was because of the message of disability and acceptence of it. There was a scene initially of Rivet fixing him but they omitted it thinking it would go against the message they were establishing with Rivet and Clank's disabilities and how they learned to live with it/not let it hinder them/be seen as a burden. So instead the credits settled on going with a golden arm to represent how Clank grew as a person and his friendship with Rivet who taught him about accepting he's still the same person regardless of what had happened to him. They had kept in contact with disabled people for feedback on how to write and address Rivet and Clank's arcs and how they cope with the loss of an arm, its really neat how much thought went into this part of them.
Wow that really is a sweet message. I’m glad they kept it the way they did in that case. As much of a hard time I give this game, it does have some great moments - this clearly being one.
Thanks for sharing!
Dear God im never playing this game then
@@JohnCenaFan6298 bruh
I think that Angela is a half-lombax. Just say that and stop all the stupid discussion the fandom and the ingame characters have INSOMNIAC!!!
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.Rivet is just a skin for Ratchet. But she is the worst part of the entire reeboot. She;s suppose to be a loner who doesn't like or trust robots. But she must have hundrets of friends because she's just So LoVaBlE including robots like Zurkons. She's suppose to be hurt by loosing a hand... but it's a right hand and she made a perfectly functionating, never glithing one for herself with no help because she is just that awesome and we can't have any differences in gameplay style from Ratchet and she never struggles because of the prostetics. Or didn't gain any advantages. It's almost like the creators just wanted her to have a robot arm because it looked cool and didn't bother to add anything of significance to it.
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Doctor Nefarious is a complete idiot that iritates me in the game until he meets Emperor who is a complete idiot by design. Emperor never failed so never learned by his mistakes and never realised that actions have consequences, so he doesn't care that he is messing the universes using the dimentionator or that he is overdoing things, because everything always worked out for him in the end without much effort and our Nefariosu shows some sparks of his old genius and experience in trying to tell him off. But... he just has no agency at all, writers mistook him for Eggman of the series and treated as such. It's so angering for a fan like me, especially that he was shown to not only be more competent but also COMPLEX AS A CHARACTER.
The game was definitely made for new players, the ones who only played the 2016 reboot who just cant stand any conflict or sarcasm. None of the original devs are even there anymore. Where's the corporate satire and adult jokes??? Why did Ratchet regress into a fuzzy widdle baby, who's also sidelined by a female counterpart??? What happened to the funky industrial DNB soundtrack of the originals??? (bring back David Bergeaud!) WHY WONT CHARACTERS EVER SHUT UP DURING GAMEPLAY???
It's a playable Pixar movie, big deal. If I wanted to watch an average wholesome Pixar movie, I'D WATCH A PIXAR MOVIE. But of course because of the pretty graphics and positive messages for kids, and because there are barely any PS5 exclusives, it gets 10/10 across the board. Meaning nothing will change for the next games.
your asking for a unrealistic dream the ps3 games were the start of them abandoning this type of ratchet game and no way they getting David Bergeaud back he moved on from having a interest in making ratchet music
Recently played through the first 3 games again since I was a kid. Rift apart was great imo, wish there were more actual bosses tho, and maybe some more fun weapons. I'd happily give it a 3rd play through.(only game ive ever beaten more than once.)
Edit: I should also say, really fun combat and smooth gameplay can carry a game for me. And i really fucking hated clank sections. JESUS ive NEVER enjoyed playing as clank.
Oh totally, gameplay can definitely carry games for many people. It's probably a sign the devs knew what it was doing - which is great... since it's a game haha
Did you enjoy any of the Giant Clank sections from the old games? They got more attention especially in R&C2.
@@DarkDax nah hated them in those games too
We could nitpick at the details all day but it's clear to see the general trend of the series which many games have gone in (but not all) which are less inspired, catered to a generic, lowest common denominator audience at the behest of game publishers, and made by people who probably think because they have a degree in art or game design they know everything about how to make a good game and don't have any self drive, vision or passion to make anything beyond generic, algorithmic content (no disrespect for the work put into the games though).
While everyone is patting IG on the back for not engaging in crunch for this game, I sometimes wonder if it is necessary to get a good game. Like two of their best games were done under very tight timescales, UYA and ACiT. Of course constant crunch is not sustainable, but I respect the devs for the sheer work and passion that went into those games and it shows in the early work. It shows the dedication and passion of the people just following a creative endeavour. It's like they wrote the original manual for how to make these games and now the new generation is just reading it (badly) and putting half arsed effort into making the new games as great as the old ones (or they genuinely don't know what they are doing). No disrespect to game devs but I wish there was more passion nowadays.
PS2 R+C rules. Period.
before: space & time connection breaks a force field that you cant go behind after: clank fixed it then force field is destroyed now you can go take the path behind the force field
I hate the new Ratchet and Clanks because the works building is so dead.
Ratchet going commando and up your arsenal are my favorite playstation games ever. making the tones of the new games directed towards younger audiences instead of a more teenage audience with more crude humor is the biggest turn off for me. On top of that, ratchet and clank don't feel like themselves. Before they would fight here and there and mess around with one another, ratchet always wanted to run into a fight, while clank would rather analyze the situation first, in rift apart they both just feel like pussies that only say nice things to one another. I honestly hope they go back to the old style of the games in the next one, because i don't think im interested in buying these new ratchet games
Interesting video
too true
games lost it all for the dreaded "mainstream appeal" "broader audience" its just casualized to the point of losing any grit it had
Rivet there for obvious reasons of modern times and shows with how safe they made her in comparison to angela or not bringing her back
even level design just a step down, everything future series started ruined the brands world design we just didn't notice how bad it would go back then
and insomniac now with wolverine i don't see going well, more safe bets, for the most visceral fighter in marvel
great video just finished the game today on pc
Thanks mate! Hope you enjoyed it!
I hope someday the sass returns
Stellar review, pretty much perfectly sums it up
Thanks mate!
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Rift apart will never top the peak of the series in CIT, heck even tools has more personality its funny story wise Rift apart felt like budget crack in time doing all it can to be as engaging but with the filter of 2016. The whole last lombax plot they keep shoving in isnt engaging especially when Angela & Azimuth exist.
Rift apart couldnt even keep consistent with the future plotlines never mind the ps2 games
Recently before this game I played a game I skipped as a kid and that game was Jack and Daxter. I had more fun playing Jak and Daxter than Rift Apart. I loved the Ratchet and clank trilogy and a crack in time, but this was just oke for me.
I agree, I feel like ever since A crack in time.
The story of the new games have just been dying down. The remake was good but that is because it had story/nostalgia of the past.
Gameplay is still fun and awesome, but story was just lame and unintresting with a wasted potential.
I just can't get over Ratchet clearly forgot about Angela.
@@DarkDax yeah they pretty much made her uncanon sadly.
Though saying that I think a crack in time radio station mentioned Angela in a news report that she is alive, maybe it was more as a easter egg.
But i guess they would have to explain why female lombaxes are tall like humans. Xd
Thanks for sharing your critical opinions of this game! I honestly really enjoyed it overall.. but I too yearn for a lot of things that rac 1&2 did in ways I really enjoyed. but, Id rather my favorite franchises evolve (even if away from me) than to drift away into obscurity.
I loved Emperor... however.. I think a much more compelling a awesome way to depict the Nefariouses would be for them to butt heads. Scrutinize the Dr. about how he couldnt ever win and had to come to this new dimension to do what the Emperor has been able to do time and time again.. Dr. Nefarious cant work in tandem due to the disrespect, the emperor simply learns that Ratchet and Clank are a level of foe even the emperor cant seem to best. (giving credence to Dr's line "its not my fault") Ultimately a team of nefarious that cant work together ends up self sabotaging due to this; and Dr. Nefarious actually bests to emperor.
Because of the emperor always wining and basically having at least a city with no squishes... I always thought rivet should not have been so self-assured. I thought she should be kind of low, but with a persistent spirit for overcoming adversity.. but with (using your mentor observation) ratchet and clank to shed some light on abilities weapons gadgets etc. Rivet can learn that fighting alone is less effective. (maybe even through only triumphing after forgiving Kit and working with her in their (kit and rivet) first duo battle.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts too!
I totally agree with the series evolving in some form - not everyone will gel with it but at least it’s not stagnant haha.
You make some great suggestions that I think could have really made this story even better honestly. It’s those sorts of points that make sense of an alternate dimension, and bringing something from ‘our’ dimension to this one to change the course in a positive way seems like a killer narrative for Ratchet and Clank. It can even still work without Ratchet needing to be the ‘big hero’ too.
I knew it was a good idea to wait for this to be under 20 bucks.
i love this
welcome back
Thanks, good to be back!
I'm nearly 7 minutes in and I already agree. Even though the game is open and flashy, it somehow manages to make playing it feel compact and lackluster. Compared to the previous ratchet and clank it's just not as good. 80% visual, 20% substance. Also great video by the way, thanks recommendations 😁
This game wasn’t that funny, and I mean that objectively.
If you rewatch the cutscenes, and count the number of jokes throughout the game, you’ll notice that there actually aren’t that many. There are even some decently long cutscenes that won’t have a single joke.
(I’m not talking about whether or not the jokes were funny, because that varies from person to person. The point I’m trying to make is that comedy was not a priority this time around.)
I think I sniggered once in the whole game, the writing just sucks now.
I never liked the arena or the "arenafying" of the games, it always struck me as cheap busywork that would have been better replaced by actual tasks and level design. I've only played the first four ps2 games, and if I were to rank them from best to worst, I would place them in the order they came out, with increasing gaps between the games, especially after Going Commando.
Interesting take! Completely understand how it can be seen as mundane filler.
1:15 I saw the full picture XD.
Now that’s cheeky
Just got this cause it's on sale for $30 and yea, Insomniac is still one of my favorite studios but I think Ratchets best days are behind us sadly. I only say that cause the past two ratchet games aren't as good as some of the PS2 & PS3 games. It's like Resident Evil, I'll always play the games but I just have to accept that some games are gonna be hit and miss for me. Glad I own physical copies of all the old games though, can always revisit them.
The games we enjoyed are always there and we just have to accept the direction the new writers wanted to go in. At least we can rest in the fact the series isn't dead regardless of whether it stays close to it's roots. Nothing beats OG Ratchet and Clank though.
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I think The Hall of Heroes is in Into the Nexus too?
I believe it first appears in the 2016 reboot according to the wiki. I think Into the Nexus had a different place but I can't remember what it was...
@@DarkDax Yeah I was just going off memory... it was a while ago now. 2013 I think.
@@DarkDax Into the Nexus had the Intergalactic Museum of History which contained a Hall of Villainy... which I think is what I'm getting confused with, is it safe to assume that this is what Rift Apart refers too or are Insomniac trying to sweep Ratchet & Clank (2002) under the rug do you think?
@@jaydenmcfarlane27 another comment mentioned how that might actually be the case sadly
I'm so touched. You said everything perfectly. 💜
Rift Apart from gameplay, graphics, animation and R&C relationship side is a true love letter to fans. The main problem stands in the details of storytelling, characters motivations, and the mess, which all this 'reboot' thing created. Insomniac seem to be lost in threads they've been creating in the series through years and many of them has ended being unexplained. I have hopes that they're about to move it with their next game where the other Lombaxes are likely to finally show themselves.
Rift Apart is not a best game without any doubts. But all they did with this one, proves that they do care about our boys. Heck, the amount of nominations they got in game awards shows how strong this series stands. It should fuel Insomniac more as like knowing that Rivet's Rule 34 arts gonna appear.
Oh, about that. FINALLY someone who doesn't praise Rivet just because she exists and admitted she's a 'bitch'. THANK YOU.
Thanks! Ratchet and Clank will always have the support of the fan base (as most games do) but it’s always important to highlight the meh as well as the good. This series will always have my childhood support even if it is in the form of tough love haha
The old games are so much better, didn't really like Rift Apart.
heh, big Al be anywhere & nowhere these days
Tbf he did get shot in the face lol
5:39 and Bionicle oh wait nobody remembers that right? Ok guess i'll die then
I’ve never really wanted to admit it but after really thinking about it, yeah ratchet is really fucking bland
No snark or attitude from the ps2 era
None of that character development or maturity from the ps3 era
Just a boring generic goody two shoes hero
In my personal opinion ACIT was the peak of this franchise & insomniac has yet to make another that can truly match or even take its spot
I think I just like grumpy cat people at this point lol
I really don’t see how Ratchet is “bland” in this game as much as they retconned his character into an energetic child, which is one of the main reasons why I couldn’t stand this game
What a awesome video!!!!
Thank you so much mate! Glad you enjoyed it!
its just a good looking game, nothing special at all, like most of these "new gen" games, ps5/xbox seem kinda pointless when the old consoles were still completely relevant
Well Rift Apart is my favorite game now, so I think that it’s pretty special:)
@@gold_gear nice one, genuinely happy for you for finding it
I personally think it was a good Ratchet & Clank game, especially gameplay wise, but I agree that it does indeed have its flaws. One thing that really bugs me is how I feel like it is more aimed towards newer, 2016 reimagined/movie fans then it does long time ones, as the writers seemed to have played it safe when it came to explaining things about the current timeline. I mean one big example is that there is never a moment in the game where it is properly explained why the Lombaxes built the Dimensionator or why they left to another dimension.
I think if the game was a bit longer it could have fixed that and other problems. It also could have led to some interesting things like included more characters and their AU counterparts like Talwyn Apogee and Big Al, explained more about Rivet's universe like the origins of Emperor Nefarious, and have us going to an interesting dimension or 2 like Ratchet and Clank getting stranded in the Cragmite prison dimension while Rivet and Kit end up in a one where Drek became the king of the Solana galaxy.
Just like Miles Morales, Rift Apart should be considered as a test of seeing the PS5 improving on their games, which did well and after seeing how big the new Spider-Man 2 game is, I bet the next R&C game will be too and likely have less of the problems Rift Apart had.
Your audience have missed you JP 😇😇
So ratchet and clank rift apart is the toy story 4 of the series?
Oh my god, don’t even get me started on Toy Story 4 hahaha
@@DarkDax I know just how you feel I hate that cashgrab too
@@sonicfreak04 this video sums up pretty much all my feelings: th-cam.com/video/0kqsOHyfgsw/w-d-xo.html
7:40 Qwark didn't need to be in every game. I was actually happy not to see him.
14:40 Why are people still comparing ratching to his ps2 counterpart? Ratchet changing was part of his charactere development. Why should he still act tough when he obviously grown up since then? It's been 20 years.
OMG dude that’s what I always saying when i see some youtubers covering ratchet & clank games!
I grew up with the ps2 games but i think people forgot that’s there are ratchet games on ps3 as well and rift apart is inspired a lot from tools of destruction
Also this is why i rather watch ratchet videos from the golden bolts than anybody else.
@@BensyBens Okay ya'll different opinions. Just because someone has a different opinion doesn't mean that makes another youtuber's opinion Objectively better.
@@superhedgehog6447 it’s ok to have different opinions but i myself getting tited from people always negative about something new because it’s not nostalgic to them.
I’m cool when people trash about the ps4 ratchet game because it was a bad ratchet game and they market it as a “remake/reboot” to switch the 1st game so the comparison was ok with it. Rift apart is not a remake/reboot/movie tie-in game it’s a sequel to into the nexus ON THE PS3!!! You can’t compare a the 9th main game that’s released on the ps5 to A FREAKING 1ST GAME THATS DIFFERENT ON THE PS2!!!! The best comparisons are rift apart vs any one of the future saga games.
@@BensyBens I agree with you in terms of gameplay. You cannot compare Ps2 with a Ps5 game on those terms.
But I do agree with this youtuber along with Technical Bacon Productions when It comes to the characters becoming shallow husks of their former selves.
Especially after A Crack in Time.
@@BensyBens you’re on absolute drugs if you think ratchet from crack in time is the same ratchet from rift apart
21:24 it my just be an alternate universe
Thank you someone said it
Although the deconstruction started when the future series debuted
5:31 Jak and Daxter series is mostly T rated.
Except the first game, the Daxter spin-off and TLF.
As a fellow fan since the 2002 original, Rift Apart may be a very flawed game, but considering the pitiful state the franchise was in during the 2010's (exception of Nexus), I can't help but love the game.
Looking into some of the cut content of Rift Apart, the game had so much more planned, like a much better arena, more enemies, Qwark having more screentime, gadgets returning, etc. As for the story, the original writer's material seemed to be altered by her co-writer which may have contributed to the game's shaky narrative.
Rift Apart makes me very hopeful for what a sequel could bring. To me, it feels like the series is just trying to find its footing once more and rally fans old and new to something much bigger, whenever that day comes.
I like the thought that their trying to find their footing as you say. It’s true they’ve got quiet a bit to, not ‘recover’ from, but to write themselves out of. Hands down better than 2016 in my opinion.
Interesting to hear about some of development details and possible reasoning me behind some of the choices. Not a bad game at all, just narratively not entirely one for me. But man does it tug on my heart strings anyway haha
As a fan who grew up with the originals everything after the original 3 has been sort of a disappointment.. I still enjoyed the future series because there was still a lot to enjoy, specially in a Crack in time. But rift apart doesn't feel like a Rachet and clank.. In a lot of ways it feels quite outdated to be honest. The first game of all had more variety in gameplay then this game... The movement is oversimplified and you just shoot and try to avoid shots that you almost can't see so you just spam the jump and dodge button