Johnny vs. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters & Secret Agent Clank
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In today's episode, my first visit with the Ratchet and Clank series comes to an end with a look at the PSP line-up. Let's end things with a bang, hopefully a positive one.
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A while ago I used to wear a gold chain until I lost it. I got another one. But it's a bit larger. Just a bit.
The search for a new hat continues.
Johnny's hat is the source of his power, without it he's shrinking
I expect you to say bling bling in the near future
Mom must be pissed
He needs a thinking cap for without it he can't think properly.
man i cant wait to see you review the future series i feel your going to love them
I was expecting a review of a complete playthrough of DK64, but this... Sometimes I forget the strain Johnny puts on himself with these games.
To be honest, it didn't really as seem much of a strain. He genuinely seems to love Ratchet & Clanks core gameplay which is probably why he cranked out the first 4 reviews so fast. Of course these 2 games in particular are spotty and Secret Agent Clank in particular being surprisingly draining was always an odd case. I'm curious to see his DK64 review though because... I really don't get why Nintendo never tried to expand on it with a sequel.
I want to see his suffering from playing that slog of a Bloated Game DK64 lol seriously that game is Hell on Earth
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective If I had to guess perhaps it was because Rare were occupied with working on Banjo Kazooie & Golden Eye007 at the time and Nintendo didn't want or have anyone else to work on a sequel.
@@kingslayer2999 I mean, I love dk64 but maybe that’s because it came with my n64. Something about the vibes of that game really work for me.
Strain? He makes bank playing games.
First it was J's Reviews, then it was Scott the Woz, now John is looking at Secret Agent Clank. This game haunts me.
I watched those videos in the exact same order you listed them. haunting indeed ._.
I saw Scott's before johnny upped this, lol
What did we do to deserves these games.
@@vinnythewebsurfer Good things cause they're good creative games
You think it would be interesting if Scott the woz and Johnny did a collaboration?
Always love seeing Blazing Saddles references. Truly one of the best comedies ever made
paws of fury
Not really a lot of the humor is dated. Like the homophobic garbage and even some of the racial stuff.
@@Free_Palestine_419That’s what Mel Brooks was doing with those jokes: pointing out how fucking stupid it is to get pissy over those jokes.
Kinda thrown off-guard with how Johnny didn't completely hate Secret Agent Clank. With how J's Review and Jebtube talked about it, you'd think he'd despised it just as much.
Not to mention TGX.
With those two I think they exaggerated the hate a lil too much to the point where you’d think sac would be the worst game on earth
I actually fell in love with the series through the original psp versions
same
I remember how Size Matters was my first Ratchet game when I was a kid. I never got to finish it because I didn't have the memory stick. As an adult, I never got to finish it because of the Luna boss after the field chase. I hate that the checkpoint is before the plane chase starts and not during the start of the boss fight.
I was the same way. I rented Size Matters from a Blockbuster way back when, and I got stuck on that exact boss. It was such a pain and so frustrating that I put the game down and never rented or bought it again. I'm a huge Ratchet and Clank fan, but Size Matters is one game I'd be happy to never play again.
Same here I never managed to beat that last stage because I kept running out of bolts and the pda was basically bs for the weapon ammo I needed
Glad to see you still kicking it Johnny. This game was my first on the PSP back when I was 10, god I wasted so many hours on the hover-board races
I may hate the Hoverboard Races but... considering what it introduced in A Crack In Time, I can't complain too much.
First ratchet and clank game since childhood and been playing too much of the hoverboard races. Especially the one with the big space one where I discovered it accidentally that I can cheese the last area near the finish line by jumping boost high and then glide down near the finish line while hard right.
"Battlebots was an early 2000's thing, wasn't it?"
Discovery brought it back a few years ago and it's still getting new episodes.
Now I get to look forward to Johnnys new thumbnail art AND a great new video
Looking forward to his review on Freedom Planet 2
Also if it makes you feel any better Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank are also made non canon
Klunk is like the story about Bender's clone in Futurama. I don't know whether I love it or not
I don't know how you do it, Johnny, but your work is so inspiring. I can tell it's not an easy task when there's a chance the game you review is good, bad or meh. But your dedication means a lot to us that we appreciate the content. Great job.
16:41 Insomniac _has_ stated on Twitter that the Secret Agent Clank game is an episode of the Secret Agent Clank _show_ in-universe (according to them, at least), so there's your answer.
They brought back Battle Bots a couple years ago. This years championship was actually epic
I feel so acknowledged that he remembers Peace Walker
It always brightens up my day when I see a new Johnny video in my subscription feed.
Hoping for either a sly cooper marathon or continuing the final fantasy marathon
Sly Cooper is the swagman. I really miss his games.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective it was just his 20th the other day too
This was a fun ride. Thanks Johnny. I can’t wait for when you tackle the Future saga, I love those games.
yeah those are good games. i don't think johnny done just yet
Bless you Johnny, I think a lot of R&C fans like myself knew these games were going to be a real test but it's always a joy to see your own perspective when it comes to these. Generally speaking I think I largely feel the same way about both games, I really wanted to like Size Matters the compromised controls and camera is A LOT to ask and I even tried playing it on Vita to see if it's button mapping for the controller helped and unfortunately I couldn't quite get into it. Secret Agent Clank I actually do like because I do appreciate them trying to flesh out Clank with his own mechanics but even I can agree the game is drag especially over long periods.
One thing I'm genuinely happy to say though is, it really doesn't get worse from here the R&C games are genuinely consistent going forward beyond this. The newer games do have elements people nitpick but IMO they're all fun.
I feel bad for Secret Agent Clank; it has the potential to be a good game and complete spin-off franchise. At its core it does everything well, its just they seemed to stretch things out to make a short game longer; which made it suffer. I highly repsect them trying to do something different rather then 'same gam but smaller' like Size Matters. Like this could have been a sorta -Sly Cooper-esque game if it had been made natively for a console. It would have been fun, I think, to have the occasional SAC game peppered in as something to give the series a little bit of varity.
@@SeleneDethly Agreed. Like I genuinely like the fact they gave Clank his own adventure and more to a point tied it to Ratchet and Clank 3 in some form I just wish Insomniac kept the same brand of humour from the original trilogy going forward. I remember thinking the same about Daxter and his standalone game. Lost Frontier was also... not that bad IMO.
Still find it frustrating that the Bouncer from Going Commando was a Pre-order bonus for Ratchet PS4 and never made available to folks afterwards (If anyone can confirm that this wasn't the case. Let me know)
@@Rabbitlord108 Yeah, not going to lie that actually irritated me as well.
Johnny:
Donkey Kong 64: YOU CAN'T IGNORE ME FOREVER!!! I MUST BREAK YOU!!!
Super Mario Sunshine: OH HELL NO I'M OUT OF HERE!!!
I actually enjoyed these games. They're not even close to the other Ratchet series but they're more entries in a franchise that I love.
So you'd like sonic labyrinth
21:42
LOL he called Qwark “Quirk”😂
Can't wait for the future series. Tools of Destruction is still arguably my favorite Ratchet and Clank game.
A Crack in Time.
For DK64, you don't have to collect everything to beat the game's story. If you do, you'll get a secret bloopers ending.
As someone who hasn't played the game, how much you need to collect to beat the game as for some reason nobody mentions that part on the internet, just that it's a nightmare to complete?
@@V-Jes For a causal playthrough. it's fine. Besides the keys and moves, you need to collect 100 golden bananas, 15 gold medals to play Jet Pac for the Rare coin (as for the Nintendo coin, you have to beat Donkey Kong arcade twice), 4 battle crowns, and 30-50 minutes worth of time in Hideout Helm for gathering blue prints to beat the game. For a completion run, it's a nightmare.
Johnny always keeps me entertain even during Hurricane Ian. Thank you, Johnny, for suprising me with your videos despite being ten years since your Sonic marathon.
Wishing you all the best from Canada I know you guys are going through a tough one so I hope you can get through it all safe and sound
@@jonathanwilson7949 Thank you
@@jonathanwilson7949 May God bless you
@@RaccoonGamer9613 You’re welcome
Spent my summer in between shifts and classes binging all these Vs. videos! Love them all!
Haven’t played the R&C games but they definitely look pretty interesting!
I am half way across the world from home but I still get joy when I see Johnny uploads vidoes.
I personally dont understand the hate around Secret Agent Clank. It has its flaws but the atmosphere and the weapons really make it shine imo. Top3 ratchet game
Really can't wait for the future games!
I'll look forward to his Ratchet and Clank Future marathon on a later date, Cause I got a lot to say on Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, A Crack in Time, And the rest.
Tools and Crack in Time are my favorites
@@demi-fiendoftime3825 Mine are Rift Apart and A Crack in Time.
So basically Great Game, Underrated game, Fantastic game then Into the Nexus which... great game... I just... wish there was more of it.
Battlebots was definitely an early 2000s thing (though has come back and still been popular since 2015, pretty sure), but Robot Wars was like 2007-2010, so, maybe in the ballpark time period? Honestly I think strapping weapons to robots and making them fight in an arena of hazards has never really gone out of style.
Robot Wars and Battlebots both aired and got cancelled within a couple years of each other (Robot Wars aired 98-04), coincidentally their reboots started within a year of eachother. Battlebots is the only one still ongoing though because the BBC sucks cock.
There... are... no... TECHNOMITES!!!!!!!
Ratchet, Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters (2007)
Those commercials were a joy whenever i saw them on tv.
I played these games and the Jak & Daxter games on the PSP cause I watched a lot of Let's plays on the PS2 platformer games.
The way the Like, comment, ring the bell and subscribe appears in a non-intrusive way makes me appreciate how you are my favorite youtuber on this platform!
2:58 Ratchet stealing his Super Smash Bros Ultimate invitation
You made some solid progress with your video goals this year, Johnny. We are approaching the end of the year and I'm wondering, you going to be able to fit the rest in? If you had to ax one of the planned visits which one would it be?
The humor is the best part by far of Secret Agent Clank, the devs really had visible fun making this.
The ending credits theme for your videos slap bro.
A robot wars and battlebots reference.. noice
Man I remember that day got a psp and size matter on Christmas man it was the best Christmas gift 🤘
The future series is absolutely great, I easily recommend them all.
Ahhh the best kind of TH-cam content, a Johnny review!
The future games are really good, looking forward to you playing them
Leave it to Johnny to distract me from an incoming hurricane.
As big a Ratchet and Clank fan that I am, these are two of few games in the series I never played. So seeing it in action is interesting
Funny, I'm the polar opposite. Up until my sibling got Rift Apart for the PS5, I'd only ever played these two games (the PSP was *the shit* in my childhood)
@@cyber8697 Rift Apart is another I haven't played. Secret Agent Clank and Size Matters passed me by because I wasn't gaming as much when they came out. And the PS5 is a tad rich for my blood at the moment, but if/when I get one, Rift Apart is going to be one of, if not the, first games I get for it.
I find it funny how you give Clunk a mention here and how he was in Up Your Arsenal but didn't realize you forgot to mention in him your Vs. video of Up Your Arsenal
Not much to say to be fair he's an evil version of Clank (or copy) who Nefarious didn't use to his advantage in any real way whatsoever. His red-eyes were pretty cool though.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective I mean he also did replace Clank for a bit of the game and Ratchet was none the wiser.
@@JMandJJ7797 True, like the funniest thing about him is that "What a load of Bullsh-...." I kind of wish he had a few more laughs ya know?
“James Arnold Taylor isn’t… uh… being in - oh my God, he was in the Shrek the Third Game! Hahahahaha!” Oh I’m running out of ideas… (DING!)
“James all Taylor isn’t the star of a Ratchet & Clank game in this scene” (DING!)
Johnny you’re really putting yourself through a lot with playing these games first then 100% DK64 😂
I love these games, not the best, but they hold so much nostalgia and quirky memorable segments and unique gameplay constructs and segments. Beside the original Ratchet and Clank 2002, Going Commando, Tools of Destruction, and All 4 One these were my most played R&C games and I've played them all, since I was like 8
That helicopter hovering in this is like a slower Rayman
So glad you took a look at one of my favorite game series and my favorite game from the 6th genaration of gameing keep up the good work johnny.
P.S have have fun with the bonus berrals in DK64
Size matters was one of my first psp games takes me back to good times
By far the best way to experience these games nowadays is on a PSP emulator mapping the R and L buttons to the right analog stick of a controller. You get good (not great) camera controls without the glitches, performance issues and gameplay quirks of the PS2 ports.
"Robot Wars and Battlebots was an early 2000's thing, wasn't it?"
No joke, I just got done watching a Battlebots tournament just like a week ago that was brand new. Make no mistake, that's been going since then. Some people doing it have been going since then! It was wild to me when I found that out! I watched that shit when I was a kid and then I checked it out and oop there's a few I remember, still trucking along.
Fun fact:
In the PS2 version, Quark has a cutscene that was cut from the PSP version.
It doesn’t help with his secondaryness but still.
The future series is my ABSOLUTE favourite set of ratchet games! Also you should watch GDC's videos with the dev teams its remarkable the games turned out so excellent!
Wow, I’m early. You can smell the freshness.
It’s like a new car
Will you ever review the Tak and the Power of Juju trilogy?
Sly Cooper was lucky enough to get captured by High Impact Games to be screwed over unoliek Jak and Daxter themselves. Kinda surprised they were already out of business ever since and still question why they went back tot eh Ps2 Designs of them Inside of updating their designs unlike the later games.
both of these were my first R&C games. which did leave me wanting more, but couldn't find them at a decent price. hadn't touched the series since until i got my PS5 with Rift Apart included. loved that game as well, which again made me want to play the old ones
Why people who don´t like playing portable systems are reviewing native portable games?? It is obvious that a portable entry in a native home console series use to be lesser ambitious than its ps2 counterparts, but it is unfair to compare Size matters and Secret Agent against Going Commando and Up your arsenal....but it is clear that they are actually very good Ratchet and Clanck games because they are much better than the first game. And no, the controls for the PSP has nothing wrong, if you can´t forget the dual shock for a second they are pretty good for a portable system that doesn´t has a second analog stick.
Great review Johnny keep up the good work
Cannot believe I missed this upload. Hope all is well for you, my friend!
6:27 RIP Portable Ops, lol
Regarding the final boss in Size Matters. It's not really an "Instant Kill Attack" it's a move that takes away a lot of health and the reason you die to it despite clearly JUMPING over it is because the hit boxes with it are so insane that it's bullshit.
It makes Anubis Rex look fun
The damage output is also so high that it can either kill you or take out most of your health even while using the strongest armor in the game, from what I've heard.
You know it's a good day ( even better since its my birthday) when Johnny uploads
Happy Birthday :)
@@jonathanwilson7949 Ay thank you :)
Happy Birthday dude 🎉🎂🎉
@@x2buller47 You’re welcome :)
@@riderluc8346 Thank you :)
And just like Kojima , portable ops doesn't exist to johnny
Excited for you to play crack in time and nexus! Those games feel so polished for ratchet games
The analog stick turns Ratchet as normal, the D-pad is lock-straf.
Is it really that hard to get?
Brilliant idea to accommodate the PSP's lack of buttons
Feels good to be early for once! And for one of my favorite youtubers none the less!
Great review can’t wait for your next review
13:14 - 13:20 Dang, Robot Wars. That takes me back, they still air it in Australia on ABC. If you're lucky, they cycle through the classic seasons.
Oh boy, I'd been trying to work out for ages what means there were for trying the PSP titles in the current age, be it on PSP or PS2. And given neither got the PSN treatment, unlike literally EVERY OTHER TITLE, the video tone made sense the further it went. But hey, I'm still curious, so I might give Secret Agent Clank a shot.
I had these growing up! I never completed them, even though I loved the PS2 games. Just bounced right off. And I was a big PSP girl, I'd always be playing it!
About Secret agent Clank's place in the timeline some theories point out that this game happens within Clank dreams between the events of Quest for booty and a Crack in Time
It's canonically an episode of the show according to devs.
@@Game_Hero i wouldn't trust High Impact games, also in the Show Ratchet wasn't even called Ratchet he was called Jeeps, and he was fired and Skrunch is no where to be seen despite being his replacement.
The end ....... for now now i just need to see Sly Cooper and Jak and Daxter reviews and i'm golden
A wonderful video. Really enjoyed it.
Oh shiiiiit. Wasn’t expecting this one.
If wanna get technical with PSP porting to the PS2 try looking at Twisted Metal Head-On originally a PSP game that was Ported over to the PS2 with the Ported Version having extra levels that were meant to be in the Twisted Metal Black Sequel but cancelled
I never really looked at reviews for the psp games since I never had one. Looking forward to watching this. I hope down the line you try out the ps3 gen games as well (Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, Crack in Time, and Into the Nexus).
Actually, by default the strafe and movement controls were flipped. Strafing on the D-Pad, regular movement on the analog stick. I just set the strafing controls to the analog stick and used that for my movement. To this day Secret Agent Clank is the only Ratchet & Clank title I've played where I haven't completed a challenge mode run at least once, of the titles that have a challenge mode that is which is most of them.
Great video man and I do kind of agree with Size Matters, it is my least favorite of the games but I do still like it thanks to the interesting ideas like with the sniper mine actually doing something interesting with a sniping weapon thanks to the zoom function. It also helps that the armor system, collecting pieces of a set, giving you a perk is great. Secret Agent Clank on the other hand I do really like because they do some thing new for the series and I like the constant change in game play because I like all of them besides the rhythm game stuff. It's also cool to use your weapons as gadgets throughout the game making you feel like a spy.
I really liked the villain using Ratchet clones. Like finally someone else is using his skillset and weapon provider against him
5:06 No by default its the DPAD that strafes and the stick turns you normally, they weren't THAT stupid to use up a button SOLEY for strafing... sadly thats the only smart thing they did with size matters
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!
Due to the mostly negative reception of the game's by fans, Insomniac stated that both Size Matters & Secret Agent Clank are non canon so they don't have any major story impact on the other games save for a small reference or two.
I have great memories playing Size Matters on road trips as a kid, but it doesn't hold up too well for me nowadays due to it feeling kinda janky. I beat Secret Agent Clank once when it first came out and I remember being exhausted by the end of it so I never touched it again.
I can't wait to see what you think about the Future games, now that the series moves into a more cinematic and movie feel.
They're some of my favorite games of all time, especially a Crack In Time.
I've come to realize that Insomiac did what Naughy dog couldn't...and thats continuing to make Ratchet and clank game after their new ps3 games (resistance and uncharted)
Kind of an awkward analogy. Don't you mean "continued their platformer franchise after the PS3"?
Well yeah but I also mean in relation to their previous series as well, since both of their ps1 series (Crash and Spyro) were owned by universal. Not to mention there wasn't a original Jak and daxter game ON PS3.
I played size matters on psp when it came out. I remember it came out right when I was getting into the series and I enjoyed it alot. Replayed it alot due to its short length. Some years later I came back to it on ps3 and....wow I can't stomach a full playthrough anymore. Secret agent clank...I played the demo and that was enough to let me know I didn't want to play the full game. Look forward to your eventual ps3 ratchet trilogy reviews.
Did you play secret agent clank?
Future tools of destruction is my favorite game in the ratchet and clank series
I can’t wait for your review 🔥
One thing that kinda funny about High Impact Game is that those Ex-ND and Ex-Insomniac were left those company because of crunch culture especially Insomniac back in the day had one of the worst crunch during Up Your Arsenal development
22:08 lol
17:37 Is it wrong that the first thing this made me think of was Ma Beagle from the original Ducktales?
As someone who only played Secret Agent Clank's demo back when the PSP was on the newer side, it's really interesting to know that the things Johnny disliked about it are exactly reasons kid me would LOVE that game.
So the antagonist wants to steal the protagonist’s DNA and create a clone army? Well, at least Ratchet doesn’t have to deal with any EMMIs.
Raven Beak is after it's time
This is a great video hey erm is there any plans on doing a versus video on chrono trigger on Super Nintendo?
Feels like that's almost guaranteed to happen at some point given Johnny likes Square RPG's who knows when though.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective yeah I do think it’ll happen some point, I do wish he did this during the final fantasy marathon
Very excited for this one, since after Deadlocked, I didn't touch any of the games until the remake game, so this is entirely new territory for me!
Bless you friendly Rabbit if it cheers you up. It does get better after these 2, it gets a ton better. I don't consider the PS3 series as good as the PS2 series but they really are a blast to play.
I'm doing research on Going Commando for a future Let's Play and I found something interesting a while back: the devs basically shoehorned in Qwark into the game because they missed his brand of humor. So, they did put him in with those documentary episodes as a wya to remind people he still existed. Maybe it was the same thing here for these games, he kept getting included because the devs like working on his stuff.
Also, I found a channel that has developer commentary from a couple guys who worked on the first 4 Ratchet and Clank games. Their GC playthrough was pretty interesting to listen to.
As far as these games go, I never played them since I always heard negative things about them. Guess I was right to keep avoiding them.
Greetings and salutations from Russia! (I'm probably the only one of your fans from that region of the world.)
I'm still surprised that you haven't done "Johnny vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge" yet - even though the game is still relatively new. Glad to see you alive and well, Johnny - as well as doing what you do best!
(By the way, how Elliot Cancel and Matthew Metelli of former SGB channel are doing?)
I'm surprised you actually like these spin offs especially the latter since I remember a lot of people saying Secret Agent Clank sucks.
I liked Secret Agent Clank
Me too, it's among my favourite games just for the humor alone.
@@Game_Hero and the cutscenes