In celebration of Ratchet & Clank’s 20th anniversary (which I missed by three months shush), I decided to talk about every game in the series and rank them in order of favourites! This video is objective and to disagree is to simply be incorrect 🙂
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CHAPTERS
0:00 – Intro
2:27 – Number 14
6:00 – Number 13
8:13 – Number 12
10:52 – Number 11
13:51 – Number 10
16:06 – Number 9
18:33 – Number 8
21:20 – Number 7
24:46 – Number 6
28:25 – Number 5
31:57 – Number 4
36:09 – Number 3
40:07 – Number 2
45:03 – Number 1
48:27 – thank u to my patrons u r very cool
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intro starts with me saying it's 2022 please don't laugh
The way you talk about this series id never guess you’re a fan
20 years, eep! I still remember my first experience with the series, I got a PS2 when I was 15 (as a bribe so I wouldn't tell Dad that my Mum won money on the pokies, lol) and it came with a demo of R&C. It had two levels – Metropolis and Blackwater City. I don't know if anybody noticed the Easter Egg when they played it, but Darla Gratch called Blackwater City "Planet Blackwater" (of course, it being on Rilgar). Just 2003 calling my name all over again!
In the 2010s, I got myself a PS2 again and had my friend who worked at EB source all the games available, including Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank. I paid a small fortune for SAC and I didn't even finish it! (Don't worry, I haven't even touched Size Matters…)
I also noticed that Ratchet looked like he was smiling a lot in the first game’s cutscenes when I was collecting screenshots
From some time I really revaluated my opinion about the series which game on which place. Coming with story, gameplay, weapons, speedruns etc. For me my list is:
1. Up your Arsenal
2. Going Commando
3. Ratchet 1
4. Ratchet Deadlocked
5. Rift Apart
6. A Crack in Time
7. Into the Nexus
8. Tools of Destruction
9. Quest for Booty
10. Secret Agent Clank
11. Size Matters
12. Ps4 reboot
13. Q Force
14. All 4 One
Love to see others opinions about the games we've grown with and just still like to play but evaluate it differently with time. Very liked the time spent with your vid! Love to all of you!
My top 3 games are rift apart crack in time and up your arsenal
These 3 games were the ones i enjoyed playing the most and made so many playthrough of them that it make no sense just up your arsenal i played the game and completed it 27 time crack in time i finished it 9 time and rift apart for now its only twice i completed it but i still intend to play it
To go along with Timmy Turner’s dad, it has the dimmsdale dimmadome 😂
I like size matters despite its glaring faults, but I can honestly say that yeah it does have the least polish of any ratchet game. It's one of my least favourite ratchet games overall, but I still enjoy playing it now and then.
My favourite is actually Tools of Destruction.
I love your writing. Going Commando is my favorite, sorry I'm an American yankee.
As a kid, I would play RAC 2 RAC 3 and Gladiator/Deadlocked a ton. My favorite was Rac 2 as a kid, with Deadlocked being arguably the least favorite back then, but upon replaying all of them rebuying Rac 2 and Rac 3 with my original copy of gladiator still working to this day at around 2021, I've grown to prefer Gladiator as my favorite, while Rac 2 would probably be my least favorite out of those three now. As you mentioned in the video, Rac 2 has got some problems, most notably it's bosses and story. The bosses were either just there or out right bad like with the big thug for less robot. Jumping to turret to turret, with the turrets not feeling so good to shoot out of in the first place, for about 10 minutes isn't what I consider a good way to spend my free time. There Is only one boss I like from the game and that's the secret boss fight, but even then, the swamp monster is extremely cheesable with the decoy and the swamp monster just doesn't have any good means to threaten the player through offense, asides from it's bullshit bite.
one of my favorite trilogy of all time
I sat here thinking "I loved size matters" and then I recognised NONE of the gameplay you showed… the game is rather forgettable huh?
Sooo…. We going to talk about How the online still going?
The first 3
I actually think that what has kept Ratchet and Clank around is the zany adventures they get up to, and the gameplay didn't just rely on the platfroming itself, the gunplay got way more refined and to keep things really fresh each release had a new cast of weapons that players couldn't wait to mess around with.
0:13 ARGH! Why did you have to remind me of that? It hurt!
Seriously, though, this was a great video and well worth the wait! I agree with most of the rankings. As for my personal Number 1 R&C, it used to be Up Your Arsenal, but, now, I honestly think Rift Apart takes that spot…..
Mate being horny for Rivet is NO EXCUSE to put Ratchet and Clank 2 that lower the list.
My brother in Allah it was second place at least. But to be fair I haven't played Rift apart yet (do you think a dole bludger can afford a PS5 in this economy)
That sound at 0:56 is killing me
going commando or lock n loaded i don't really like, for me i always had a game breaking bug where i got the infite loading glitch. i could never beat it until the ps3 collection. andthe ice world also riuned it for my cause i feel the yetis spawn too much and i feel may be the spongest things in the franchise.
I'm honestly surprised we agreed about Deadlocked. It's exactly where I would have placed it, too. I will say that I like parts of Size matters in concept more than execution.
About Q-Force, I've seen it said a lot of times the main issue with the weapon damage gets sorted if you level them up once!
As in, all the weapons start off so shitty you would never use them but level them once and they start to shine!
All of high impact ratchet and clank games>>> q force just for the shear fun
Bro, I like the game, but it aint because of anything crazy. I just didnt have many games back then. I guess thats all I can add.
oh- I did like more dialogue with R/C.
So interesting hearing a fellow fan's perspective on the series, especially when our top 6 is essentially the same just in a different order for a few different reasons (one of which being I am EXTREMELY biased towards RAC3, it was my gateway into the series about 14 years ago and I'm almost physically incapable of criticizing it in any way)
Up Your Arsenal was legitimately my childhood, I remember replaying the entire game over and over again just to experience the story again and upgrade every weapon to the max
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I remember rift apart being revealed and god the internet did so much to rivet before we even got to know her name kinda scary but funny to see your favorite child hood Francise become the new talk of the town because of reasons…
But Remy, why do you hate Tools of Destruction? :3
I'm surprised the PS4 remake wasn't lower on the list.
I found that UYA's weapons were way too powerfull in challage mode.
The B2 Brawler, brawler, braw-ler is easy to do without taking a hit, there's even a skill point for it. If i can do it aged 10 you can do it aged more than 10.
The Taunter is great to lure enemies into the mines from the mine glove.
I haven't played Rift Apart cause I don't have a ps5 🙁 and getting one just for 1 game even if it is R&C isn't worth it imo.
But I'd rank my top 5 as, with 1 as the best.
5. Gladiator
4. Crack in Time
3. Up your arsenal
2. R&C 1
1. Locked and Loaded
Gladiator for me misses the exploration and the levels was ehh, I never had online on my ps2 and playing the pvp in 2 player mode was a bit lacklustre. I feel like 2 had the best with the refined controls from 1 but added more to it.
Great video, man! Ice actually been replaying through the series myself, introducing it to a friend who never played the games before. Probably gonna skip Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank😂 but we just started Deadlocked and I forgot how much I loved that game. I am unfortunately playing the PS3 remaster but oh well, et eez what et eez. I think I agree with a very large portion of your opinions and reasonings for this list, tbh. Regardless, I greatly enjoy your commentary for this series retrospective-esque video!
R&C DEADLOCKED FIRST PLACE kpfsodkafdopwekgrgh
Three quick notes:
You had the opportunity to call All for One "Awful One", and with the accent I genuinely thought you were making that joke.
How did you mention RaC 3's music without including Zeldrin Starport just doing 11/8 for the sake of it?
Low-key the first two Infamous games were brilliant PS3 exclusives.
im not saying im objecting to your opinion, BUT who tf would play all4one then fuckin full frontal assault (Qforce for us kiwis/aussies)
Size Matters at the bottom? It's at least better than All4One and the other spin-offs. I can excuse the game's clunkiness due to it being on the PSP and being outsourced. It may be a mediocre R&C game, but it's still quite a good 3D combat platformer on its own. I would've placed it at like 11 or something. Definitely not as fitting for the PSP as SAC.
At least we both agree that R&C 3 is the weakest of the "golden" entries in the series. I honestly think it's extremely overrated.
I like Size Matters, it is underated… let's be honest 😅
Big ups for PMD sound effects
Rift Apart is one of the 2 big reasons I want a PS5 (the other being Demon Souls), as R&C has been a big part of my life too. I used to have the big clunky PS2, and was super sad that Up Your Arsenal had trouble playing on it. My fav weapon to this day is the Plasma Launcher
love to see someone elses favorite Ratchet and Clank is deadlocked. I loved the commentators the entire game and the weapon customization was the best in the series (considering most games had none). its just a shame that the game is so hard to get ahold of without having a ps2 or spending $80 or so a year for the playstation+ upgrade version.
You know, I'm glad that, despite all the changes across the years, You're still the same creator at heart I've come to love.
And I'm beyond giddy seeing you talk about Ratchet again!
Growing up, I loved size matters so much. I've beaten the game 11 times roughly and it wasn't until around 3 years ago (as a jr in high school) that I discovered that the game was objectively awful. Childhood nostalgia can work some crazy wonders
This is my favorite video of the year so far also I've always loved binge-watching your everything wrong with videos on the series honestly if it wasn't for you I probably wouldn't have given the sequels a chance
I keep forgetting how cute of a raccoon you are
A Ratchet and Clank video from Vale4XD? It's been 84 years!
The drip ratchet wears is incredible, especially all 4 one.
This is like an anniversary thing for you on YouTube! I absolutely loved your ratchet and clank game reviews I haven't watched all of it yet but I will tomorrow!!!
yooo a ratchet vid, and Gladiator deserves the respect you have given
The reason it's 2022 (2023 now) and Ratchet and Clank is still going strong is an appeal to the past because the present sucks fucking balls and the future does too.
RANKED looks like a pun with their names lmfao