At last, our time with the Master Chief has come to an end, freeing us up for a new adventure. And what better adventure to start than one with one of my favorite mascot platforming duos, Ratchet and Clank.
We’re going back to the PS2 original, the one that started it all.
If you haven’t already, it’s worth checking out the retrospective from The Golden Bolt that I mentioned in the stream.
It’s strange to play the first Ratchet & Clank game when the series was first getting its feet wet. A lot of the basic features the franchise would later be well-known for, like weapon upgrades, experience, and strafing just weren’t around yet. While it still plays well, there’s a roughness in the mechanics that hasn’t yet been shaken off.
Given the tone of the series now, it’s also refreshing to go back to the era where this series had a strong anti-consumerist bite and humor to it. I don’t hate the direction that it went, but it doesn’t appeal to me as strongly its once did back in this era. It’s not an incorrect or invalid choice, just once that caters to another target market.
I look forward to going back.
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