@@jlev1028 funny you mentioned that because qwarks voice actor is the same as Chet Ubetcha the anchorman on that show. And just to throw this out there, he’s Jack Krauser in Resident Evil 4.
I still have a bit of a soft spot for Size Matters because it was my first Ratchet game but I have to admit that I was blinded by nostalgia back when your original review came out.
It was my first Ratchet game as well, so I definitely understand your stance. I enjoyed it a lot as a kid, but it does appear to not hold up in today’s time.
These reviews go well with The Golden Bolt's reviews, when you watch both of them you get a really comprehensive retrospective of the Ratchet and Clank games. I hated Deadlocked so much, but when both of you went through it, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was and the game had a lot more nuance.
One thing you forgot to mention is that there are secret armor combinations you can find. Like equipping "Wildfire" boots, body, gloves togheter with the "Sludge Mk. 9" helmet gives you the "Wildburst" armor set effect. In total there are 6 secret armor combinations. Pretty neat! The armor system is actually a great experiment that i'm sad they did not improve on in later games.
This game is far from perfect, but there are moments I love, like this one. Ratchet: “I guess Otto forgot one thing [when he decided to clone me].....I’m not half as good without you.” Clank: “This is true.”
I think you're using the Concussion Gun wrong, as I've been able to deal more damage point blank range rather than the further distances you demonstrated in your footage. the only real "hint" to it is that it's in the name, *Concussion*, as in a mild blow to the head, so it would make sense that closer blasts would deal more damage than farther away.
Well, from seeing the clip where he talked about it, it takes two-three hits with that gun to actually kill an enemy. And when you die so easily, getting close to an enemy is probably the last thing you want to gamble with.
One thing I've always thought of is how a lot of elements in Size Matters seem to just be Tools of Destruction, but worse. Things like the attempt at a more cinematic story, the Lacerator being a slow-fire pistol similar to the Combustor, the Hive Mine being just a worse version of the Nano-Swarmers, the Giant Clank space segments are pretty similar to the Tools space sections, etc. It makes me wonder if the High Impact guys got to see an early build of Tools of Destruction at some point in 2006 or early 2007 and drew inspiration from it. Or maybe it was the other way around and Insomniac saw Size Matters and decided that they could do better. Or maybe it's just a complete coincidence and insect turrets truly were the next evolution of Ratchet gameplay in 2007. Still, it's interesting to think about.
Did anyone else on the PSP version just go to that area where youd become Giant Clank, bust open the boxes for bolts, fast travel back and forth over and over again for bolts?
Laser at max level protects you from damage from in front of you, especially Otto's wave attacks. You could just keep shooting and buy laser ammo with the pda when needed. No other weapons needed. I learned it the hard way after dying for an entire month before beating him
Proud to have caught up with this marathon, J. You've convinced me to give this series a shot. I especially enjoyed hearing you reflect on the circumstances of your old content in these videos and how you shouldn't be ashamed to reflect on them or do them better once you've grown overtime. Don't worry about definitive content, just keep bein' active and passionate.
Guess what, it sucks even more on new game+. The enemies fucktouple in damage and sponginess. You might be able to do slightly better by grinding up Ratchet's weapons. But you know what doesn't rank up? Giant clank. So the space flight sections just get harder, and harder until it's not physically possible to defeat the dreadnaught before it scratches you to death. And using the super laser means you have to hold still and aim the fucker, so you eat 400 homing missiles and die. Dogshit game design.
Secret Agent Clank is that one game that's been sitting on my shelf and taunting me since 2008-2009 as I've never gotten around to playing it. But hey, seems I won't need to after your review on it drops.
secret agent clank is definitely the better game, it takes the boring Clank sections to the main light and making it more like a Syphon Filter spinoff, and gives Ratchet the arena treatment that was missing from Size Matters
I have had my PSP since I was 9. It's been 11 years and I STILL haven't beaten this game - just like you up until this review. I love the series; played most of the entries and the PS2 trilogy are probably my favourite games from that console - that being said, I know that Size Matters is bad, i knew it even before your review, but... I still want to do that! I remember I gave up even before the final boss; on the planet where you fight the Ratchet clones. I have the game installed on my Vita and I feel like I have to give it a go, I just can't leave the only entry in the series unfinished. I hope that with your advice about the static barrier it will be at least somewhat bearable. Oh, and I can't wait for your Secret Agent Clank review. Your reviews are great!
Hey man, just here to say that I'm glad to see how far you've come and down to earth you are with your reviews. You've become one of my favorites so far.
Oh man, this game lol; I remember back in '07, one of my dad's friends had a son who was forced to give away his stuff as punishment for flunking high school that year and I was given Size Matters as a "gift" from said kid; looking back on it, especially as someone who was more into Nintendo than PlayStation at the time as well as getting lost at points, I gave the game plus the PSP away for a DS the year later... Only thing I remember was the first few levels and a death animation in the multiplayer mode where Ratchet turned green and blew up; apologies for rambling, good video, man
These reviews have gotten so good and you dont leave out no detail, i liked hearing your thoughts at the end of the video and how you've grown, do whatever you're passionate about
I replayed this game as part of my series marathon leading up to “Rift Apart,” which I still haven’t played yet. I don’t dislike this game at all, but I have started to take note of its issues, especially when I decided to complete this game 100%. It’s the most tedious due to having to go through two Challenge Mode playthroughs just to get all of the armor sets. Upgrading every single weapon is also a chore, not just because of how weak they are, but because it took me a few playthroughs to achieve it. I discovered that there are two specific enemies in the last world that give you a heckton of XP, which meant leaving it, then coming back to defeat them again. “Size Matters” is definitely one of the weaker games in the series due to its lack of polish. It’s playable enough, I guess.
Idk do you know this but there is also a soft lock on Kaledon or whatever the 3rd planet is called if you spam skip on the cinematic at the door after you defeat the boss it doesn't open and you can't advance.
Man so this was the 1st ratchet game I've ever played and in the past 2 years I finally played 1,2, & tools of destruction...I still got more to go but curious now to go back and play this
I LOVED the first 4 games, so when the fifth game "Size Matters" came out I was very excited to see the continuation of the series...boy was I disappointed, the title of this video in fact is a great way to describe my experience with Size Matters, I wanted to like this game SO badly.
I finally beat it…hooray! That’s how I felt when I finally finished Final Fantasy II, the last game I needed to have finished every game in that particular series. All kidding aside, I love your reviews, especially re-reviews of Ratchet and Clank. I’m hoping you do Sly Cooper again. I only just played Ratchet and Sly for the first time in my life in the last couple years and I’m excited to get a PS5 at some point in the future for Rift Apart. Keep doing what you’re doing friend!
0:20 Hold up! That's Kalibu 3 not Pokitaru! 22:20 And that's Gaspar from Ratchet 1. I get that they're using recycled assets, but at least pick the correct one! I know it's a minor thing... How the planets look like, but still. Breaks consistency for me and immersion.
It didn't take me long to beat Otto, in my first playthrough I bought all weapons as they became available and Statict Barrier was my favorite. Defeated the final boss with it, lacerator, rockets, acid bomb and laser tracer
I’m a year late here but really all you need to kill Otto is the shock rocket and the static barrier. If you only use the shock rocket all ammo drops will give you rocket ammo. Don’t even bother getting extra damage in with the weaker guns because then you have a chance to pick up ammo for them instead of rockets, lowering your damage in the long run. But I played on ps2 where the laser tracer was bugged and kinda sucked. Overall yeah this game is definitely one of the Ratchet and Clank games
If you look at the comments of the gamingbrit's video of ratchet and clank 1 vs the 2016 reboot, one of the developers of RnC 1 spoke up and said that almost the whole RaC1 team worked on Size Matters. So it's not a matter of "different writters different whatever" since it's the RnC 1 writters returning.
This game was a pain when I first played it. I got it as a birthday gift on PS2 when I was 9 or 10, and because I knew how expensive it was I would never give up with it's excruciating difficulty. I fought Otto maybe over 100 times. Tears in my eyes. Sweat pulsing. I just downloaded the PS5 version of the game. I loved it. The 'Rewind' feature on PS5 - PSP games was super useful. Yeah I cheesed it, but it saved hours of my time. Fuck up a hoverboard race, rewind a second. Fuck up a clank mini game, rewind a second. . Otto hits me Rewind a second Otto hits me Rewind a second Otto kills me Rewind a second😢 Otto kills me Otto kills me Otto kills me All my childhood And now, finally with great technological technomite revolution! Otto was slain in 10 minutes I beat the game in 6 hours. Solid experience I didn't even know it was made for PSP It blew me away.
I'm sorry I grew up playing this I had problems it was fun perfect I grew to the character the story was good it kept my attention for hours unlike other games that gets boring after one or two hours
@marcoscabezolajr.8408 mb I was really tired when I posted that but I was tyrna say I never had problems with the game and I got attached to the characters
@@tylee8506 Yeah same, it was my first video game ever as a wee 4 year old who spent a week in the hospital for getting stitches on my chin. Anyway the game is just awesome, soundtrack is a certified banger full circle, great intro level, cool secrets, customizable armor and when certain mismatches are done you get a combination effect, like the Fire bomb armor. The controls are tight and fast, sure the u turn is annoying but it's never used in combat anyway since you strafe. The hoverboard sections are hard but you just need to get better as a player to beat them, like for example if you save the boost till the end of the 2nd race, polarizer, you can cheese the entire last bit of the race and take a massive shortcut. The bosses and enemies are spongy but you just need to upgrade your weapons and think outside tge box sometimes
Ngl I respect your review which it understandable but to me personally this one was my first introduction to ratchet and clank and it was my favorite game of all time when I was kid , so it holds a special place in my heart. I wish I could go back and play it cuz I actually never even beaten it I was too young to even understand what was even happening but still I'd love to play it again someday hopefully when they add it to ps plus
well I grow up with it to know now that it's bad, I did 100% the challenge mode when I was kid and bought ryno + every weapon upgrade and the challenge mode will get harder every time you beat the boss fight don't do what I did it doesn't reward you or anything new it just the same thing and the only changes are enemies have more hp and damage and a bolt multiplier so when the challenge mode gets harder the only thing that works is ryno and everytime you run out of ammo with it you have to pay about 200k bolt I think it was it's not that bad because the challenge mode have bolt multipliers every time you kill a enemy still it's a ton of bolt. now time to play the first games that I never played but hey thanks for the review I always wanted to play the first 3 games now I see how good they are and how bad size matter is.
My big brother and me actually loved this game back when we we're kids,we played the psp version btw, although we unfortunately couldn't beat it solely due to the difficulty of those GODDAMN RATCHET CLONES, hopefully one day I'll finally "settle our unfinished business" if you know what I mean, also I really enjoyed the video, keep up the great work,bro👍.
This is my first Ratchet and clank game and the rest is history since Ratchet and clank has recently become my favorite playstation exclusive series ever. I own all the games and have played all of them and they mean so much to me especialy nowdays when Im at my lowest point in my life.
It's a bit funny how he complains about the weapons being bad when he shows usage of the early game weapons exclusively through the entire game instead of the late game ones. And then he realizes that using the late game weapons to beat the last boss makes it easier. Who would have thought, right?
this game was my first entry to the ratchet and clank games. I loved and hated at the same time. loved it for the unique levels and gameplay. clank's gladiatorosim and super sayan missions and ratchet's nightmare were the best. let's not forget clanks brotherhood puzzles. (fighting ratchets clones felt very creepy and weird) hated it for only and ONLY two boss fights, Luna and Adam(I don't care what his real name is I've calling him this for 11 years). I was just one more time away from killing my family in rage with these two boss fights. p.s. I didn't any know any English at all when I first played this game. I read the plot several years later in wikipedia.
The game is actually really fun when you have everything fully maxed. All weapons are a beast. The little robots dudes can beat the final boss on their own lol
@J’s Reviews These rereviews were a blast. I really liked the og vids but these are felt just right (I don’t know how to pronounce it.) Now I want to replay all of the PS2 games except the PSP ones
I played the PS2 version of this game. I was blinded by nostalgia for the first five minutes and then I kept plowing through it just because I'm a stubborn bastich. Simply put, it's awful. The movement feels labored and devoid of momentum, the weapons lack impact and visual flair, the writing is an all-time low, the villains are cardboard cutouts... The only thing I remember enjoying in this game was the mix-and-match armor system and even that was marred by the fact that some armor pieces are locked behind insanely poorly balanced challenges.
Man, I remember getting this game for christmas back in 2008, and enjoying it up until the final boss, which I also never beat. But watching your review, I do remember getting frustrated about how weak the weapons felt and the minigames being boring drags. I think I only kept playing it because I enjoyed the cutscenes. Anyway, I've enjoyed your re-reviews, I'm pretty sure your original Ratchet and Clank videos are what brought me to your channel.
Wow your final comments about practicing ur craft and reaching new peak each time is so on point. I recently started trying to make video on my favourite games and I agree
I'm just gonna say this is a skill issue on your part. I played this game when I was a kid on my psp and I have no memories of it being that hard. Challenging for sure but I played it through multiple times and enjoyed it thoroughly. Was my first and only ratchet and clank game and I loved it
True. As a kid, I was stingy with my bolts and didn’t buy anything unless it was necessary. I didn’t even know some of the weapons he bought were in the game. 😅
I was playing this game on ps2 last week. I had bought this and Secret agent clank back in 2012 but never finished either one of them. This year I had gone back to replay all of the R&c ps2 games on original hardware. They are some of my favorite games in my collection. Anyway, I was determined to finish this one since I never had before, but (as you mention in your video) the terrible feel of the weapons and janky feeling movement made it impossible at points. I ended up giving up at the first technomite world (around 5th planet in) because I just could not beat that stupud drop ship boss. (For context I was able to get through max difficulty deadlock relatively easily a few weeks prior). At this point I don't think its worth trying to get past the rough parts to finish this game. Glad to hear I am not the only one that feels this way.
17:58 The scenes in Vox's office in Deadlocked are actually pre-rendered, so they still technically fit the rule of thumb from those first four games. I get where you're coming from, though - rather than "breaking from reality", they involve real, moment-to-moment character interactions that serve directly to progress the story instead of just providing a background/set-up, so they don't necessarily seem to fit the tone of the majority of the pre-rendered scenes in those games.
I tried playing this game again on Challenge Mode and I got to a certain point where I was like "I'm done.". I really tried to get into it and finish the whole game at least once, but after trying again, I have no current plans to. I first played this about a year after it came out and I was about 14 and I could tell even then that something felt off about the game. Definitely one of my least favorite R&C games
As a guy who hasn't played it, what really bugs me about the PS2 port is that, although the camera is zoomed out, it still seems to have the low FOV of the PSP original, which you can really tell comparing it to the other PS2 entries
This was my first Ratchet game. But after getting to a level where I had to fight Ratchet clones I just gave up. Nice to know it was due to imbalance more than anything.
The things I remember the most from playing it way back then are the opening level's music, the Blitzer/Concussion Gun sucking ass, the nightmare Ratchet has in the middle of the game and me getting stuck in the level in Clank's head because I had no bolts left.
Dang I actually think the magma cannon was the BEST shotgun in R&C ever! I remember occasionally it would send some of its streams way to the side to hit enemies there and would sometimes knock enemies on their butts and especially with freeze added to it. Def agree the concussion gun is the worst ever though
Just wanted to say that I like your Reviews Mate, So keep it up & your vision of Re-Reviewing with Clear-Reflections is something I find pretty interesting actually, In a good way!
Oh you forgot the worst part, there's an achievement in the game for beating the inside Clank mission with only your wrench... I am a completionist to the bone, there's not a single game no matter the difficulty that I haven't got 100% on... but that thing... oh boy... no.
I had to turn off the autosave to stop running outta bolts for tries on the final boss, especially on challenge mode. On challenge mode I basically decided "fuck it I will use PDA to grab enough bolts to refill shield/ammo". At least challenge mode helps with the bolt issue by giving you ways to get up to 20x multiplier.
In challenge mode a maxed tracer will run out of ammo before the final boss shield goes down and he can kill you in one hit. Challenge mode makes the game impossible to beat
I understand all the criticism and honestly i agree, this game is pretty appalling. I never realized back then though, cause it was the first one i ever played. I fucking loved it though. Had all weapons maxed out. All bolts. Everything. I was surprised with your criticism of the last bossfight though. I was hardstuck at Luna's fight, that one was super hard and annoying. Otto, however? I would fucking destroy him in 10 seconds, and found it pretty fun
Damn, how much a month flies by. As someone who was never really a fan of Ratchet, and really only Sly of recent, this series was a blast to watch. And I'm really happy you feel good about your videos J. Self-criticism will always beat you up. But unfortunately in the next video you will either be beating yourself up with SAC or Sonic Free Riders lol.
Watching this footage brings up way too much frustration from young Fishe. lol I didnt have friends/internet when I played this either, so it's cathartic to know I wasn't alone
Ik 2 years too late comment but when I was 7 and played the game in vacation we were in Croatia with my Cousins I actually got the Ryno but my Cousins wanted to play on my psp and forgot to save properly and fucking overwrited my game with a new one Traumatized me till today
Yea the final boss was tough as a kid but I just went through another playthrough right now and he's super easy. How are y'all having such a hard time I don't understand
I'm glad my first Ratchet and Clank game was Up Your Arsenal, even tho I never played the Ratchet and Clank or Going Commando as a kid but did played the HD version. Meanwhile my second was Size Matters (PSP), really surprised at myself how I beaten both game as a kid. Still kinda wish I played it as a kid.
I did use the static barrier during my fight with Auto and I gotta say, it still didn’t make my fight with him any easier. I still died multiple times even with the right set up. Even when I came so close to killing him I just couldn’t do it.
Ngl I remember playing this game on my ps2 as a kid and I played it again for a little before writing this and I have to say that you complaining about how long it takes to kill enemy’s is a bit overdone. Other than that great review
What about luna who is the most painful boss and the problem is you have to start all over again from the chase after you die from toxic gas or electric blast instead start where you remained
This was my first game on PSP, mostly since it came with the used one I ordered off amazon (along with a green lantern poster for some reason) and while I enjoyed it at the time, even as a kid I noticed just how much punishment the enemies were taking in this game. I really wish customizable armor sets had been a thing that returned in later games since I like that setup way more than just having straight upgrades and it reminds me of Megaman X8 so that's another bonus.
I don't know how... But i actually beat this game a handful of times as a kid. I then came back to it recently, beat it after like a month, and got the R.Y.N.O. It was a pain, but i still love it. It was my introduction to ratchet, and beating is gives me so much pride, given it's the Dark souls of these games. Update: booted it up again and realized the R.Y.N.O. isn't the overpowered, game breaking weapon it should be... And then i realized. YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE IT. This is the first ratchet game I've seen that asks you to upgrade the R.Y.N.O instead of it already being the all-powerful rocket launcher it is. The Irony is, in order to take it from level 3 to finally level 4, you need to get 999000 experience points. On top of the Experience you've already gotten. Yup, you need just as many experience points as it needed bolts to purchase in order to make it the game breaking weapon it is. Incredible really.
RaC3 also had you upgrade it's R.Y.N.O to make it as good as it should be, execpt it gets even worse by turning it into a screen nuke at V5, which makes it worthless on the bosses as it deals far less damage than it's lower level counterparts as the missiles could do far more damage at once instead of the screen nuke would.
@@LasagaMan You're Right, i actually hadn't gotten to use that RYNO prior to writing this. I've since finished All the original games with the exception of deadlocked, and yeah, overall not really a fan of upgrading RYNOS.
I got this game on PS2 when it was relatively new back in 2009 and it wasn't that bad granted it might be because my patience is higher than average, but now after seeing this re-review I think I was giving it too much credit. Being a R&C must've made me overlook it's apparent flaws plus my taste in games wasn't near refined as it is now. Also, the conclusion to this video just got you a new sub man! I look forward to your SAC re-review.
i remember doing that one evil duku looking dude boss fight and running out of ammo on my "Good weapons" every time like ammo economy was terrible. id use all my decent guns then have to pepper him the rest. or use shitty weapons first so that the 2nd phase ends sooner with better weapons
This game was my first contact with Ratchet & Clank. To be more precise, when I was a kid, I saw one of my cousins playing it on his PSP. I remember sawing big Clank flying in space, and the Luna fight (with the corn field). When I saw Luna I though she was nice, then she acted evil and I though there was a good one and a bad one (I was a dumb child), but it was actuallly the same small girl. Do you plan to do the other games after Secret Agent Clank, if not, it's ok.
Looking at the comments, this game was hard??? I played my fair share of Ratchet and Clank, but I don't remember this being way harder than the other games from the era
I'd say the scaling of the weapons and the short length of the experience weren't well thought out. It does say a lot for the story/tone they went from kid to teen with the edge factor to kid audience again but much worse in just 2 yeats and two entries even if OG and start of Future to just make it the Sony kids audience games which makes sense but man sucks with how bad they treat the characters sometimes. How without it being cinematic they make better stories and tone and the cinematic ones kind of keep it but other times don't. Making them not edgy obviously makes sense but even still the aspects they do have just feel so forced and awkward. Armours yes are badly scaled, and by the time you collect them they are useless so yeah even if wanting to customise its pointless and best to go off protection then abilities. The grindrails are good, not Scaler Shapeshifting Chameleon good but still better than others in the series. Clank arenas and Giant Clank sections should be good but yeah they aren't if you can't grind weapons and repeating particular ones will clearly be the better option or just replaying levels over and over like getting the RYNO at 99990000 is ridiculous. I have beaten the game on PSP to do that and skill points/armour on a 3rd playthrough but never again and not beat Secret Agent Clank for its similar weapon leveling issues in challenge mode and repeating levels as I don't want to keeping replaying it 3 or more times naturally to level hem up. If even for a trophy I would not bother to get the RYNO in these games. I agree yes the boss is the worst part, whatever endgame weapons obtained or not used.
Qwark is basically a post-season 4 Patrick Star in this game.
@@jlev1028 funny you mentioned that because qwarks voice actor is the same as Chet Ubetcha the anchorman on that show. And just to throw this out there, he’s Jack Krauser in Resident Evil 4.
@@supremekingjaden.3096chet is from fairly odd parents
I still have a bit of a soft spot for Size Matters because it was my first Ratchet game but I have to admit that I was blinded by nostalgia back when your original review came out.
Same
Bro me too :D
Im so happy that my mother bought me this game back in the days
I would have never know the Ratchet and clank Franchise otherwise :v
It was my first Ratchet game as well, so I definitely understand your stance. I enjoyed it a lot as a kid, but it does appear to not hold up in today’s time.
That's fair. I'm the same way for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One and even Sonic '06 (Although they're still better than this game)
Same here, although I grew up with the PS2 port and the whole technical issues didn't matter to me at the time.
I just want to say it was very fun doing this collab with you apparently
You’re welcome for me accidentally calling this to everyone’s attention. Semantics? Semantics.
Indeed. The best collab is when we didn't even know there was one until it happened lol
NO WONDER THE WRENCH ONLY CAME OUT THE SAME TIME
Edit: Oh wait, there was no collab, just coincidence
These reviews go well with The Golden Bolt's reviews, when you watch both of them you get a really comprehensive retrospective of the Ratchet and Clank games. I hated Deadlocked so much, but when both of you went through it, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was and the game had a lot more nuance.
Aww that Tron Bonne Avatar cute
One thing you forgot to mention is that there are secret armor combinations you can find. Like equipping "Wildfire" boots, body, gloves togheter with the "Sludge Mk. 9" helmet gives you the "Wildburst" armor set effect. In total there are 6 secret armor combinations. Pretty neat! The armor system is actually a great experiment that i'm sad they did not improve on in later games.
This game is far from perfect, but there are moments I love, like this one.
Ratchet: “I guess Otto forgot one thing [when he decided to clone me].....I’m not half as good without you.”
Clank: “This is true.”
Playing through the game was worth it just to see that cutscene
That and Ratchet's response to one of Otto's questions being "The RYNO...?"
@@Signerdragon123 “And what is more powerful than intelligence?”
“The RYNO?”
The moment that always made me laugh was when reatchet got angry at clank and qwark thinking technomites were real.
“There are…no…TECHNOMITES!”
I think you're using the Concussion Gun wrong, as I've been able to deal more damage point blank range rather than the further distances you demonstrated in your footage. the only real "hint" to it is that it's in the name, *Concussion*, as in a mild blow to the head, so it would make sense that closer blasts would deal more damage than farther away.
Then again, that's the same case for the other shotguns in the previous games.
Well, from seeing the clip where he talked about it, it takes two-three hits with that gun to actually kill an enemy. And when you die so easily, getting close to an enemy is probably the last thing you want to gamble with.
I had the SAME gig with the static barrier. Things darn near essential
One thing I've always thought of is how a lot of elements in Size Matters seem to just be Tools of Destruction, but worse. Things like the attempt at a more cinematic story, the Lacerator being a slow-fire pistol similar to the Combustor, the Hive Mine being just a worse version of the Nano-Swarmers, the Giant Clank space segments are pretty similar to the Tools space sections, etc. It makes me wonder if the High Impact guys got to see an early build of Tools of Destruction at some point in 2006 or early 2007 and drew inspiration from it. Or maybe it was the other way around and Insomniac saw Size Matters and decided that they could do better. Or maybe it's just a complete coincidence and insect turrets truly were the next evolution of Ratchet gameplay in 2007. Still, it's interesting to think about.
Ironically, Gamechamp3000 just released a wrench only run of Size Matter.
Did anyone else on the PSP version just go to that area where youd become Giant Clank, bust open the boxes for bolts, fast travel back and forth over and over again for bolts?
Laser at max level protects you from damage from in front of you, especially Otto's wave attacks. You could just keep shooting and buy laser ammo with the pda when needed. No other weapons needed. I learned it the hard way after dying for an entire month before beating him
Actually, the laser at V1 also protects you from certain shots. Though I never found it particularly helpful against Otto's attacks myself.
Proud to have caught up with this marathon, J. You've convinced me to give this series a shot. I especially enjoyed hearing you reflect on the circumstances of your old content in these videos and how you shouldn't be ashamed to reflect on them or do them better once you've grown overtime. Don't worry about definitive content, just keep bein' active and passionate.
Guess what, it sucks even more on new game+. The enemies fucktouple in damage and sponginess. You might be able to do slightly better by grinding up Ratchet's weapons. But you know what doesn't rank up? Giant clank. So the space flight sections just get harder, and harder until it's not physically possible to defeat the dreadnaught before it scratches you to death. And using the super laser means you have to hold still and aim the fucker, so you eat 400 homing missiles and die. Dogshit game design.
Secret Agent Clank is that one game that's been sitting on my shelf and taunting me since 2008-2009 as I've never gotten around to playing it. But hey, seems I won't need to after your review on it drops.
secret agent clank is definitely the better game, it takes the boring Clank sections to the main light and making it more like a Syphon Filter spinoff, and gives Ratchet the arena treatment that was missing from Size Matters
I have had my PSP since I was 9. It's been 11 years and I STILL haven't beaten this game - just like you up until this review. I love the series; played most of the entries and the PS2 trilogy are probably my favourite games from that console - that being said, I know that Size Matters is bad, i knew it even before your review, but... I still want to do that! I remember I gave up even before the final boss; on the planet where you fight the Ratchet clones. I have the game installed on my Vita and I feel like I have to give it a go, I just can't leave the only entry in the series unfinished. I hope that with your advice about the static barrier it will be at least somewhat bearable.
Oh, and I can't wait for your Secret Agent Clank review. Your reviews are great!
Agreed
Is it weird that I beated this game three times in my psp when I was young?
@@shawklan27 are you sure you are a human?
@@serinsarp86 i think so?
@@shawklan27 I beat the game too. But only once tho lol
I remember having fun with the PS2 port when I rented it from Blockbuster for a weekend.
BRO it NEVER occurred to me that whole "ratchet not knowing luna is a robot" bit was a throwback I find that cool as hell
Hey man, just here to say that I'm glad to see how far you've come and down to earth you are with your reviews. You've become one of my favorites so far.
Oh man, this game lol; I remember back in '07, one of my dad's friends had a son who was forced to give away his stuff as punishment for flunking high school that year and I was given Size Matters as a "gift" from said kid; looking back on it, especially as someone who was more into Nintendo than PlayStation at the time as well as getting lost at points, I gave the game plus the PSP away for a DS the year later... Only thing I remember was the first few levels and a death animation in the multiplayer mode where Ratchet turned green and blew up; apologies for rambling, good video, man
These reviews have gotten so good and you dont leave out no detail, i liked hearing your thoughts at the end of the video and how you've grown, do whatever you're passionate about
I replayed this game as part of my series marathon leading up to “Rift Apart,” which I still haven’t played yet. I don’t dislike this game at all, but I have started to take note of its issues, especially when I decided to complete this game 100%. It’s the most tedious due to having to go through two Challenge Mode playthroughs just to get all of the armor sets.
Upgrading every single weapon is also a chore, not just because of how weak they are, but because it took me a few playthroughs to achieve it. I discovered that there are two specific enemies in the last world that give you a heckton of XP, which meant leaving it, then coming back to defeat them again.
“Size Matters” is definitely one of the weaker games in the series due to its lack of polish. It’s playable enough, I guess.
Idk do you know this but there is also a soft lock on Kaledon or whatever the 3rd planet is called if you spam skip on the cinematic at the door after you defeat the boss it doesn't open and you can't advance.
Man so this was the 1st ratchet game I've ever played and in the past 2 years I finally played 1,2, & tools of destruction...I still got more to go but curious now to go back and play this
It’s better than the future series
I LOVED the first 4 games, so when the fifth game "Size Matters" came out I was very excited to see the continuation of the series...boy was I disappointed, the title of this video in fact is a great way to describe my experience with Size Matters, I wanted to like this game SO badly.
I finally beat it…hooray! That’s how I felt when I finally finished Final Fantasy II, the last game I needed to have finished every game in that particular series.
All kidding aside, I love your reviews, especially re-reviews of Ratchet and Clank. I’m hoping you do Sly Cooper again. I only just played Ratchet and Sly for the first time in my life in the last couple years and I’m excited to get a PS5 at some point in the future for Rift Apart. Keep doing what you’re doing friend!
0:20 Hold up! That's Kalibu 3 not Pokitaru!
22:20 And that's Gaspar from Ratchet 1.
I get that they're using recycled assets, but at least pick the correct one!
I know it's a minor thing... How the planets look like, but still. Breaks consistency for me and immersion.
It didn't take me long to beat Otto, in my first playthrough I bought all weapons as they became available and Statict Barrier was my favorite. Defeated the final boss with it, lacerator, rockets, acid bomb and laser tracer
😂😂😂😂😂 I had to use the electric shield
I’m a year late here but really all you need to kill Otto is the shock rocket and the static barrier.
If you only use the shock rocket all ammo drops will give you rocket ammo. Don’t even bother getting extra damage in with the weaker guns because then you have a chance to pick up ammo for them instead of rockets, lowering your damage in the long run.
But I played on ps2 where the laser tracer was bugged and kinda sucked.
Overall yeah this game is definitely one of the Ratchet and Clank games
If you look at the comments of the gamingbrit's video of ratchet and clank 1 vs the 2016 reboot, one of the developers of RnC 1 spoke up and said that almost the whole RaC1 team worked on Size Matters. So it's not a matter of "different writters different whatever" since it's the RnC 1 writters returning.
Huh, wonder why Size Matters would even come up. I’ll have to look for that.
This game was a pain when I first played it. I got it as a birthday gift on PS2 when I was 9 or 10, and because I knew how expensive it was I would never give up with it's excruciating difficulty.
I fought Otto maybe over 100 times. Tears in my eyes. Sweat pulsing.
I just downloaded the PS5 version of the game.
I loved it. The 'Rewind' feature on PS5 - PSP games was super useful. Yeah I cheesed it, but it saved hours of my time.
Fuck up a hoverboard race, rewind a second.
Fuck up a clank mini game, rewind a second. .
Otto hits me
Rewind a second
Otto hits me
Rewind a second
Otto kills me
Rewind a second😢
Otto kills me Otto kills me Otto kills me
All my childhood
And now, finally with great technological technomite revolution!
Otto was slain in 10 minutes
I beat the game in 6 hours.
Solid experience
I didn't even know it was made for PSP
It blew me away.
Ratchet’s head looks massive in this game and it really bothers me.
It's crazy how your interest and opinions almost perfectly overlap with mine
I'm sorry I grew up playing this I had problems it was fun perfect I grew to the character the story was good it kept my attention for hours unlike other games that gets boring after one or two hours
A bit of a word salad no punctuation. Not sure what you are trying to say at the beginning?
@marcoscabezolajr.8408 mb I was really tired when I posted that but I was tyrna say I never had problems with the game and I got attached to the characters
@@tylee8506 Yeah same, it was my first video game ever as a wee 4 year old who spent a week in the hospital for getting stitches on my chin.
Anyway the game is just awesome, soundtrack is a certified banger full circle, great intro level, cool secrets, customizable armor and when certain mismatches are done you get a combination effect, like the Fire bomb armor. The controls are tight and fast, sure the u turn is annoying but it's never used in combat anyway since you strafe.
The hoverboard sections are hard but you just need to get better as a player to beat them, like for example if you save the boost till the end of the 2nd race, polarizer, you can cheese the entire last bit of the race and take a massive shortcut.
The bosses and enemies are spongy but you just need to upgrade your weapons and think outside tge box sometimes
@@marcoscabezolajr.8408 I wanna play it again now 😭
This was the first ratchet and clank game i played lol
Ngl I respect your review which it understandable but to me personally this one was my first introduction to ratchet and clank and it was my favorite game of all time when I was kid , so it holds a special place in my heart.
I wish I could go back and play it cuz I actually never even beaten it I was too young to even understand what was even happening but still I'd love to play it again someday hopefully when they add it to ps plus
Alright after watching your video completely I think I can agree with you and I was just thinking with nostalgia
well I grow up with it to know now that it's bad, I did 100% the challenge mode when I was kid and bought ryno + every weapon upgrade and the challenge mode will get harder every time you beat the boss fight don't do what I did it doesn't reward you or anything new it just the same thing and the only changes are enemies have more hp and damage and a bolt multiplier so when the challenge mode gets harder the only thing that works is ryno and everytime you run out of ammo with it you have to pay about 200k bolt I think it was it's not that bad because the challenge mode have bolt multipliers every time you kill a enemy still it's a ton of bolt. now time to play the first games that I never played
but hey thanks for the review I always wanted to play the first 3 games now I see how good they are and how bad size matter is.
I remember actually liking this game when I played it. Only annoyance I remember is starting that whole chase scene if you died to that boss
My big brother and me actually loved this game back when we we're kids,we played the psp version btw, although we unfortunately couldn't beat it solely due to the difficulty of those GODDAMN RATCHET CLONES, hopefully one day I'll finally "settle our unfinished business" if you know what I mean, also I really enjoyed the video, keep up the great work,bro👍.
If they still had online I’d want to play online with the uploaded of this video. I feel like you’d have a lot to say in chats
This is my first Ratchet and clank game and the rest is history since Ratchet and clank has recently become my favorite playstation exclusive series ever. I own all the games and have played all of them and they mean so much to me especialy nowdays when Im at my lowest point in my life.
Sane here
@@nickneal8676 💯
I hated this one as a kid, managed to finally beat it recently, and I now hate it even more.
It's a bit funny how he complains about the weapons being bad when he shows usage of the early game weapons exclusively through the entire game instead of the late game ones. And then he realizes that using the late game weapons to beat the last boss makes it easier. Who would have thought, right?
this game was my first entry to the ratchet and clank games. I loved and hated at the same time.
loved it for the unique levels and gameplay. clank's gladiatorosim and super sayan missions and ratchet's nightmare were the best. let's not forget clanks brotherhood puzzles. (fighting ratchets clones felt very creepy and weird)
hated it for only and ONLY two boss fights, Luna and Adam(I don't care what his real name is I've calling him this for 11 years). I was just one more time away from killing my family in rage with these two boss fights.
p.s. I didn't any know any English at all when I first played this game. I read the plot several years later in wikipedia.
Bruh
The game is actually really fun when you have everything fully maxed. All weapons are a beast. The little robots dudes can beat the final boss on their own lol
@J’s Reviews These rereviews were a blast. I really liked the og vids but these are felt just right (I don’t know how to pronounce it.) Now I want to replay all of the PS2 games except the PSP ones
I played the PS2 version of this game. I was blinded by nostalgia for the first five minutes and then I kept plowing through it just because I'm a stubborn bastich. Simply put, it's awful. The movement feels labored and devoid of momentum, the weapons lack impact and visual flair, the writing is an all-time low, the villains are cardboard cutouts... The only thing I remember enjoying in this game was the mix-and-match armor system and even that was marred by the fact that some armor pieces are locked behind insanely poorly balanced challenges.
and then there's me beating this game on the PSP like 13times at the age of 12 😂😂
Man, I remember getting this game for christmas back in 2008, and enjoying it up until the final boss, which I also never beat.
But watching your review, I do remember getting frustrated about how weak the weapons felt and the minigames being boring drags. I think I only kept playing it because I enjoyed the cutscenes.
Anyway, I've enjoyed your re-reviews, I'm pretty sure your original Ratchet and Clank videos are what brought me to your channel.
A shame you never brought the soundtrack up. Clanks space battles, vetega jungle and the kalidon hoverboard races have such good songs in them
I'd take wrathful Size Matters Ratchet over goody two shoes Modern Ratchet anyday of the week
You can beat Otto by just using maxed out rockets and using pda vendor to refill ammo
Really? The shield helped me
The shield is a novelty but not required to beat him@@dark_nightwing_xl2797
18:08 "I don't think Insomniac had anything to do with this game" except that it's literally made by former Insomniacs who worked on Ratchet 1
Wow your final comments about practicing ur craft and reaching new peak each time is so on point. I recently started trying to make video on my favourite games and I agree
So, Otto is like the Hydran King in Outwars. Boss that can kill you in two hits, and you need a specific list of weapons to beat him. Hm.
I'm just gonna say this is a skill issue on your part. I played this game when I was a kid on my psp and I have no memories of it being that hard. Challenging for sure but I played it through multiple times and enjoyed it thoroughly. Was my first and only ratchet and clank game and I loved it
True. As a kid, I was stingy with my bolts and didn’t buy anything unless it was necessary.
I didn’t even know some of the weapons he bought were in the game. 😅
I was playing this game on ps2 last week. I had bought this and Secret agent clank back in 2012 but never finished either one of them. This year I had gone back to replay all of the R&c ps2 games on original hardware. They are some of my favorite games in my collection.
Anyway, I was determined to finish this one since I never had before, but (as you mention in your video) the terrible feel of the weapons and janky feeling movement made it impossible at points. I ended up giving up at the first technomite world (around 5th planet in) because I just could not beat that stupud drop ship boss. (For context I was able to get through max difficulty deadlock relatively easily a few weeks prior). At this point I don't think its worth trying to get past the rough parts to finish this game.
Glad to hear I am not the only one that feels this way.
So proud you were able to produce these huge videos consistently
Childhood memories…
Size matters is not a bad game but its not as good as the ps2 games.
17:58 The scenes in Vox's office in Deadlocked are actually pre-rendered, so they still technically fit the rule of thumb from those first four games. I get where you're coming from, though - rather than "breaking from reality", they involve real, moment-to-moment character interactions that serve directly to progress the story instead of just providing a background/set-up, so they don't necessarily seem to fit the tone of the majority of the pre-rendered scenes in those games.
22:23 We now have a voice clip of j saying Fortnite
I beat otto on my very first try by having a high level rocket launcher and killed him in 3 hits😂😂😂😮💨
I tried playing this game again on Challenge Mode and I got to a certain point where I was like "I'm done.". I really tried to get into it and finish the whole game at least once, but after trying again, I have no current plans to. I first played this about a year after it came out and I was about 14 and I could tell even then that something felt off about the game. Definitely one of my least favorite R&C games
As a guy who hasn't played it, what really bugs me about the PS2 port is that, although the camera is zoomed out, it still seems to have the low FOV of the PSP original, which you can really tell comparing it to the other PS2 entries
This was my first Ratchet game. But after getting to a level where I had to fight Ratchet clones I just gave up. Nice to know it was due to imbalance more than anything.
Yeah it was unbalanced but it was fun tho
The things I remember the most from playing it way back then are the opening level's music, the Blitzer/Concussion Gun sucking ass, the nightmare Ratchet has in the middle of the game and me getting stuck in the level in Clank's head because I had no bolts left.
😂
Dang I actually think the magma cannon was the BEST shotgun in R&C ever! I remember occasionally it would send some of its streams way to the side to hit enemies there and would sometimes knock enemies on their butts and especially with freeze added to it. Def agree the concussion gun is the worst ever though
22:59 what is the music
you can just run into the boss room and get a full free reload lol
Just wanted to say that I like your Reviews Mate, So keep it up & your vision of Re-Reviewing with Clear-Reflections is something I find pretty interesting actually, In a good way!
Oh you forgot the worst part, there's an achievement in the game for beating the inside Clank mission with only your wrench... I am a completionist to the bone, there's not a single game no matter the difficulty that I haven't got 100% on... but that thing... oh boy... no.
thank god i never tried 100% this game lol
I had to turn off the autosave to stop running outta bolts for tries on the final boss, especially on challenge mode. On challenge mode I basically decided "fuck it I will use PDA to grab enough bolts to refill shield/ammo". At least challenge mode helps with the bolt issue by giving you ways to get up to 20x multiplier.
In challenge mode a maxed tracer will run out of ammo before the final boss shield goes down and he can kill you in one hit. Challenge mode makes the game impossible to beat
Tbh I finished this in one run when I was a kid
I understand all the criticism and honestly i agree, this game is pretty appalling. I never realized back then though, cause it was the first one i ever played. I fucking loved it though. Had all weapons maxed out. All bolts. Everything.
I was surprised with your criticism of the last bossfight though. I was hardstuck at Luna's fight, that one was super hard and annoying. Otto, however? I would fucking destroy him in 10 seconds, and found it pretty fun
I played this game when I was like, 8 years old, but also was the first Ratchet and clank that ive played, sure was one experience lol
Damn, how much a month flies by. As someone who was never really a fan of Ratchet, and really only Sly of recent, this series was a blast to watch. And I'm really happy you feel good about your videos J. Self-criticism will always beat you up. But unfortunately in the next video you will either be beating yourself up with SAC or Sonic Free Riders lol.
Watching this footage brings up way too much frustration from young Fishe. lol
I didnt have friends/internet when I played this either, so it's cathartic to know I wasn't alone
Ik 2 years too late comment but when I was 7 and played the game in vacation we were in Croatia with my Cousins I actually got the Ryno but my Cousins wanted to play on my psp and forgot to save properly and fucking overwrited my game with a new one
Traumatized me till today
Yea the final boss was tough as a kid but I just went through another playthrough right now and he's super easy. How are y'all having such a hard time I don't understand
Im thinking about buying it, you think its worth?
@@allanpedro2483 well it should cost peanuts now so I guess.
I'm glad my first Ratchet and Clank game was Up Your Arsenal, even tho I never played the Ratchet and Clank or Going Commando as a kid but did played the HD version. Meanwhile my second was Size Matters (PSP), really surprised at myself how I beaten both game as a kid. Still kinda wish I played it as a kid.
I did use the static barrier during my fight with Auto and I gotta say, it still didn’t make my fight with him any easier. I still died multiple times even with the right set up. Even when I came so close to killing him I just couldn’t do it.
get agents of doom and grind bolts at the area before the final boss and kermit sewerside when the timer is about to end
22:59 OOOOOOOOOOH THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MUSICS IN CATHERINE MY MAN! When I heard it playing on the video I had fucking goosepumps
Ngl I remember playing this game on my ps2 as a kid and I played it again for a little before writing this and I have to say that you complaining about how long it takes to kill enemy’s is a bit overdone. Other than that great review
I remember struggling at that one mission where you had to rescue ratchet with Giant Clank and fly through space, so much that I ended up crying.
What about luna who is the most painful boss and the problem is you have to start all over again from the chase after you die from toxic gas or electric blast instead start where you remained
You have to save the rockets for really tough moments. And the dreadnought is really easy and it's attacks are easy to read
This was my first game on PSP, mostly since it came with the used one I ordered off amazon (along with a green lantern poster for some reason) and while I enjoyed it at the time, even as a kid I noticed just how much punishment the enemies were taking in this game. I really wish customizable armor sets had been a thing that returned in later games since I like that setup way more than just having straight upgrades and it reminds me of Megaman X8 so that's another bonus.
When i was a kid this was my first Ratchet and Clank game and i was really confused when i see the Monkey scene
When I played this game I thought Rachet was getting too stressed out with being a hero. That is why he was so angry.
Exactly but it’s good😂💯
At least this title is better than any Call of Duty
I don't know how... But i actually beat this game a handful of times as a kid. I then came back to it recently, beat it after like a month, and got the R.Y.N.O. It was a pain, but i still love it. It was my introduction to ratchet, and beating is gives me so much pride, given it's the Dark souls of these games.
Update: booted it up again and realized the R.Y.N.O. isn't the overpowered, game breaking weapon it should be... And then i realized. YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE IT. This is the first ratchet game I've seen that asks you to upgrade the R.Y.N.O instead of it already being the all-powerful rocket launcher it is. The Irony is, in order to take it from level 3 to finally level 4, you need to get 999000 experience points. On top of the Experience you've already gotten. Yup, you need just as many experience points as it needed bolts to purchase in order to make it the game breaking weapon it is. Incredible really.
RaC3 also had you upgrade it's R.Y.N.O to make it as good as it should be, execpt it gets even worse by turning it into a screen nuke at V5, which makes it worthless on the bosses as it deals far less damage than it's lower level counterparts as the missiles could do far more damage at once instead of the screen nuke would.
@@LasagaMan You're Right, i actually hadn't gotten to use that RYNO prior to writing this. I've since finished All the original games with the exception of deadlocked, and yeah, overall not really a fan of upgrading RYNOS.
We’ll I beat it as a kid and grinded every weapon. And I loved it. It was challenging.
I got this game on PS2 when it was relatively new back in 2009 and it wasn't that bad granted it might be because my patience is higher than average, but now after seeing this re-review I think I was giving it too much credit. Being a R&C must've made me overlook it's apparent flaws plus my taste in games wasn't near refined as it is now. Also, the conclusion to this video just got you a new sub man! I look forward to your SAC re-review.
i remember doing that one evil duku looking dude boss fight and running out of ammo on my "Good weapons" every time like ammo economy was terrible. id use all my decent guns then have to pepper him the rest. or use shitty weapons first so that the 2nd phase ends sooner with better weapons
Oh my god this is my childhood!! :(
This game was my first contact with Ratchet & Clank. To be more precise, when I was a kid, I saw one of my cousins playing it on his PSP. I remember sawing big Clank flying in space, and the Luna fight (with the corn field). When I saw Luna I though she was nice, then she acted evil and I though there was a good one and a bad one (I was a dumb child), but it was actuallly the same small girl.
Do you plan to do the other games after Secret Agent Clank, if not, it's ok.
Giant clank flight was awful but in secret agent clank it was better, he had a laser
Looking at the comments, this game was hard???
I played my fair share of Ratchet and Clank, but I don't remember this being way harder than the other games from the era
This was my first Ratchet and Clank game I played I remembered it being so good
Ammo actualy refills when you enter the last otto fight.
I've only beaten this game once on the PSP and never again. I don't even remember how I did it.
I'd say the scaling of the weapons and the short length of the experience weren't well thought out. It does say a lot for the story/tone they went from kid to teen with the edge factor to kid audience again but much worse in just 2 yeats and two entries even if OG and start of Future to just make it the Sony kids audience games which makes sense but man sucks with how bad they treat the characters sometimes. How without it being cinematic they make better stories and tone and the cinematic ones kind of keep it but other times don't. Making them not edgy obviously makes sense but even still the aspects they do have just feel so forced and awkward. Armours yes are badly scaled, and by the time you collect them they are useless so yeah even if wanting to customise its pointless and best to go off protection then abilities. The grindrails are good, not Scaler Shapeshifting Chameleon good but still better than others in the series. Clank arenas and Giant Clank sections should be good but yeah they aren't if you can't grind weapons and repeating particular ones will clearly be the better option or just replaying levels over and over like getting the RYNO at 99990000 is ridiculous. I have beaten the game on PSP to do that and skill points/armour on a 3rd playthrough but never again and not beat Secret Agent Clank for its similar weapon leveling issues in challenge mode and repeating levels as I don't want to keeping replaying it 3 or more times naturally to level hem up. If even for a trophy I would not bother to get the RYNO in these games. I agree yes the boss is the worst part, whatever endgame weapons obtained or not used.