Ratchet & Clank

Ratchet & Clank
by Sony Computer Entertainment

Ratchet & Clank
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Product Summary

Brand: Sony
Audio: English (Unknown)
Release Date: 2002-10-14
Platform: PlayStation2
Model: P2SNY 711719719922
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Product features:
  • Get ready for nonstop action as Ratchet and Clank rip the galaxy a new one with their itchy trigger fingers
  • Choose from a wild range of 36 weapons and gadgets designed to burn, bomb, explode, or obliterate your enemies
  • In this game, it's not the size of your weapons that count, it's how many you have and better yet, how you put them to work
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Video Game Reviews of Ratchet & Clank

Customer Review: A Very Good Start To A Killer Series
Summary: 4 Stars

Ratchet and Clank is one of my favorite game series'. The mix of platforming, shooting, great characters, and funny stories, all make for an incredible series of games.

The first Ratchet and Clank game (titled simply "Ratchet and Clank), is a whole lot of fun, but unlike a couple of it's sequels, it isn't perfect. Ratchet and Clank 1, offers a series of great platforming, and it introduces the dynamic duo.

Still though, there are moments where Ratchet and Clank 1 can be frustrating. Do these moments ruin the game? Not at all, but they do make you realize that Ratchet and Clank didn't start out perfect.

Anyway, if you are a fan of Ratchet and Clank, or you want to see what all the buzz is about, go ahead and pick up this title. It certainly isn't bad, it just isn't the best Ratchet and Clank game to come out.

Description of Ratchet & Clank

Ratchet and Clank is a fantastic new adventure starring the strangest heroes you've ever seen, in the strangest solar system ever!
Forget about Super Mario Sunshine--this is the real superstar platform action game of the season. Featuring a pair of wacky robots in a quest to save the universe, Ratchet and Clank may offer the same old basic platform scenario--run around, elude or destroy enemies, jump, and negotiate treacherously dynamic environments--but it has a number of things going for it that place it among the best titles ever in this genre.

The feature that will strike you first is the terrific art direction. Set in a science fiction future, the game has a beautifully executed retro cartoon look (think old Warner Bros.). The attention lavished on every detail, from architecture to character design, makes for a world that feels complete and real. This extends to the cutscenes, which feature a variety of colorful characters given vivid life with excellent voice acting. Then there is the sheer size and level of interactivity of the environments. For me, a particularly stunning moment was when my character was knocked off a skyscraper, but instead of perishing, landed on a ledge and was able to seamlessly navigate to a whole separate section of the game. Another moment of truth came when I aimed my blaster at one of the vehicles whizzing by in the sky. These vehicles were just pretty wallpaper, I thought, but no, the thing blew up. In fact, nearly everything you see is destructible or responsive in some way: you can jump up trees, scuttle over walkways, smash boxes, and climb up ledges. And the control scheme is just complex enough to keep things interesting with multiple weapons and the like, without being bogged down by too many features.

While the routine of finding and destroying enemy robots may get tedious after a while, Ratchet and Clank keeps things interesting with the many metamorphoses of Clank (who takes on forms that surprise even himself), cool weapons like the Glove of Doom (which unleashes armies of tiny Clanks), and shifting first-robot, third-robot points of view.

If this game doesn't become the bestselling platform action game of the year, it will prove that nostalgia for old characters, marketing hype, and brand loyalty really are more important than quality. --David Stoesz

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