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"Ratchet & Clank - any good?"

I bought Jak & Daxter last Christmas and loved it to bits. Am I right in thinking the above game is made by the same team? Who's played it? Any good? Worth buying?

Honest opinions great valued. :)

Well, I've been playing it a lot since release, and I haven't finished it yet, though I'm near the end.

I haven't been playing it *solid*, but there have been some massive sessions of 8 or more hours at a time. Even so, there's still a lot I haven't done. Haven't bought the R.Y.N.O. yet, nor have I found anywhere near all of the secrets and Gold Bolts, not all the buried bolts.

I'm just hoping that, like Jak & Daxter, you can go back after you complete it and search them all out.

Yes... Anyway, has Ratchet got a good life span?

Judging by Tilt's tagline, he's been listening to Adam & the Ants.

"Ant music for sex people
Sex music for Ant people
Get off your knees and hear the insect prayer!

(Dirk wears whit sox!)
You may not like it now but you will
(Dirk wears white sox!)
You may not like it now but you will
The future will not stand still!"

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> J-42 wrote:
> Ratchet & Clank is basically a cross between Banjo, Mario, and
> Crash Bandicoot.
>
> True - but it takes the best elements of all those games, and produces
> something that is better than the sum of its parts.
>
>
> it's fairly good, but highly unoriginal.
>
> And that matters because...?
>
>
> i wouldn't buy it myself.
>
> Because it's unoriginal? Or because you simply don't like platform
> games?
>
> Honestly, you will be missing out on one of the best PS2 games of all
> time if you don't get Ratchet & Clank. Still, I can only give my
> opinion - and my opinion is: it's your loss!

I see. I suppose my arguement isn't very strong, the reason i'm not gonna buy it is because i have Mario Sunshine which'll last me a while, and i am concentrating on those must get games like The getaway etc. Maybe i'll get it when it goes platinum.

The game's really good and this is coming from someone who doesn't really like PS2.

Go buy it, NOW!!

Indeed. Ratchet & Clank is made by Insomniac.

BUT!

Insomniac and Naughty Dog *do* have a code-sharing agreement. It's in the latest official PS2 mag. So I guess that's where this idea originated.

pring wrote:
> ratchet is made by the same people as jak and daxter

Ratchet and Clank is made by NaughtyDog?

Erm.... no.

ratchet is made by the same people as jak and daxter and is much better. runs on the same engine as j and d but has been updated and revampted- worth buying- NOW!!!

J-42 wrote:
> Ratchet & Clank is basically a cross between Banjo, Mario, and
> Crash Bandicoot. it's fairly good, but highly unoriginal. i wouldn't
> buy it myself.

Did you happen to buy say, Vice City? That was un-original. Or Fifa or even Pro Evo. A high amount of games you own will be old ideas and 'un-original' games.

Doesnt stop them being a damn fine play though.

J-42 wrote:
> Ratchet & Clank is basically a cross between Banjo, Mario, and
> Crash Bandicoot.

True - but it takes the best elements of all those games, and produces something that is better than the sum of its parts.


> it's fairly good, but highly unoriginal.

And that matters because...?


> i wouldn't buy it myself.

Because it's unoriginal? Or because you simply don't like platform games?

Honestly, you will be missing out on one of the best PS2 games of all time if you don't get Ratchet & Clank. Still, I can only give my opinion - and my opinion is: it's your loss!