Let's Talk About Ratchet and Clank
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From old monasteries to the greater galaxy, Noah Campbell, who is qualified for Class B intergalactic travel, returns back to Insomniac but not to continue with Spyro. Instead, it's their first effort for the PS2: their second mascot, this time a duo, Ratchet and Clank. While a franchise was spawned after this freshmen debut, is Ratchet and Clank 1 still a worthwhile time? Or did age set in?
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Chapters:
0:00:00 - Opening Preamble
0:01:24 - History: Post-Dragon Clarity
0:15:21 - Story Recap: One Lombax, One Robot, One Galaxy
0:29:57 - Story Analysis: A Fourth of the Hero's Journey
0:38:37 - Presentation: Nostalgic Tidings
0:55:09 - Gameplay: A Hybrid Platformer Third Person Shooter......Kinda
1:04:10 - Good: Guns......Glorious Guns
1:20:58 - Bad: That First Game Jank
1:30:49 - Overall and Afterword
Links:
https://insomniac.games/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/8006/r...
https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/...
(IGN’s Always Independent: The Story of Insomniac Games)
https://www.devgameclub.com/blog/2021...
(DGC Ep 274: Ratchet & Clank Bonus Interview with Brian Allgeier)
• G4TV's Icons - Insomniac Games
(G4TV’s Icons - Insomniac Games)
https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/...
(IGN’s The Insomniac Game That Never Was: Monster Knight)
https://web.archive.org/web/200909051...
(Gameplanet’s Ratchet and Clank Interview)
https://blog.playstation.com/archive/...
(PlayStation Blog’s The Ratchet & Clank You’ve Never Seen: 10 Years Of Concept Art)
https://web.archive.org/web/200803261...
(Gamasutra’s Postmortem: Insomniac Games' Ratchet & Clank)