2:06 Johnny talks about hats for a straight fifty seconds

Ratchet’s design in this one is bleeds the early 2000s edge that I love

“And they probably thought FUCK!” I just love Johnny’s delivery of that line!

Kinda like how Psychonauts made you realize Silver’s untapped potential in 06, this is the game that showed me that maaaaybe Shadow deserved a better “mature gun-toting mascot” treatment than the one it got. Great game.

i have the announcer from this game yelling JUUUUUANITA burned into my brain permanently, such an awesome game

Im really glad this particular game exists. Its not something i would've wanted the series to do from then onward, but as a one-off its so good. The writing is pretty top notch, the ost is killer, and the weapon mod system is pretty sick.

Love how the first minutes of the vid outside the ad was a rant about a hat. Never change Johnny~

There's some interesting stuff about Deadlocked I found while playing and thought would be cool to share. - Shellshock is the only Exterminator you fight 3 seperate times and on a unique planet. The rest are fought once on Dreadzone. Likely a sign of the short development. - Merc and Green, your companions, once had legs. But devs realised how much more akward it made traversing the levels, so they made them hover. Green has a line about having his legs blown off as a nod to this. - There was originally going to be a Lombax character in the game. I think they were smart to scrap this for later. - Stygia and Ghost Station are the 2 last levels before the finale that also happen to have their own introductory cutscene which other levels dont get.

Deadlocked is a good time. It knows what it wants to do, and does it well. Also The Grinding Chase is a banger.

RIP Johnny's sanity after playing Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank Press F to pay respect.

I don't know why the image of Ratchet's face superimposed over Monika's face got such a laugh out of me.

2005 Was a major turning point for gaming in the 2000's, as most games went full-on edgy...Ah, those were the days...

This is easily my favorite in the series. I love the combat, the story for what little there is, the way everything looks, the MUSIC, and how fun it is on higher difficulties.

Underrated gem of a game. My second favorite Ratchet game behind Going Commando.

Yay, my favorite PS2 game...I miss the time when platform games are trying to mix edge comedy or story with over the top gameplay, I always see deadlocked as one of the last of its kind(at least in The good game department) sorry for my bad English(btw I will search for the místic hat)

Oh god, "Just Ratchet" caught me off-guard, that was good.

God damn I loved this game. My buddy and I had an absolute blast playing this together!

Already into it and I find myself saying, again, "Yes, multiplayer actually does still work". You have to set up a custom DNS with the connection to redirect it to the Horizon servers, but you CAN still play multiplayer Deadlocked and UYA on PS2 and on PS3 / PS4.

I really like Deadlocked partially due to the fact that it cut back on so much and got straight to basics. I always felt the gunplay was the most developed thing in the series so actually having a full game that's 90% just that with none of the fat was great and I don't think the gunplay has really felt as good since.

Oh god, he's doing the PSP games, this marathon will not end on a positive note ._.

This was my first R&C and when I got it was confused as hell on what was going with the story, but it was a great time. I agree with a lot of what you said Johnny, but Deadlocked does well with what it tries to be.

12:38 The Puma is apparently a reference to Red Vs Blue. In the series, they joke that the Warthog should be called a Puma

Perfect assessment of Deadlocked. Weaker than the games that came before it but perfectly playable and enjoyable on its own.

I remember playing this game ALL night. I've never played a game until sunrise.

I've really loved your coverage of the Ratchet games, every review's been stellar! And yeah, can attest to the PS3 port - something went REALLY wrong there and it's a bummer it never was fixed.

10:31 full disclosure, the swing shot (hyper shot) was contact sensitive before in Up Your Arsenal. Deadlock wasn't the first time it was implemented.

I never knew that Ratchet: Deadlocked was originally going to be a racing game that is really interesting info that not many people bring up. I also love this game with it doing my favorite thing in the series, blowing every enemy to smithereens. Plus all the weapons are useful through out the whole game, unlike some of the first three games where some of the early game weapons became useless towards the end of the games. The weapon moding system is also awsome with how you can make every weapon your own with them.

Honestly glad to hear Johnny has finally finished up Deadlocked and enjoyed his time with it and with more Ratchet and Clank reviews incoming as the endgame, the PSP titles which should be quite interesting when he gets around to covering them.

With the other heroes held in captivity you get introduced at the end, some of them were actually supposed to have dedicated levels to them (HydroGirl I know definitely did) before they got cut. The audio & dialogue from the cut levels can still be found online and KZfaq.

Kinda surprised you didn't talk about the exclusive skins you could unlock for this game by playing the Ratchet Mobile Phone Game one of them being Jak from Jak and Daxter. If you really want a good in depth look at the dev history behind Deadlocked, I wholeheartedly recommend checking out The Golden Bolts video on it. The game was originally planned to be more in line with Halo with large open-ended missions before they decided to split all the planets up into smaller challenges since it would be more manageable for the enemy AI. Also Deadlocked technically isn't the last PS2 Ratchet game if you count the PS2 ports of Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank

“Halo inspired” would far more suit the games that came after the original Trilogy/Deadlock. The future series does dive more into lost advanced civilizations and frame Ratchet and clank respectively as more important to the fate of the universe than they ever were previously. It was weird even tho I do think Crack in Time did its best with the tweaked premise of the series

The freeze mod in Deadlocked is the superior mod. It always reminded me of the liquid nitrogen gun (lava gun upgraded in UYA). Freezing then smashing enemies never got old.

Absolutely loving this Ratchet marathon you’ve been doing man, glad you finally got to experience this one of a kind series!

Looking back, Ratchet: Deadlocked was the Michael Bay of the series. No complex story, just blow shit up. But ironically that actually works for a series like R&C. And they went all out with the destructive weapons. Easily my favorite bunch of weapons of the PS2 series.

I've always loved the arena mission in R&C and having an entire game for it is awesome. I hope we get more spin off likes this then the era we had for a few years after the Future trilogy

Bless you Johnny I can sort of understand what you mean when it comes to Gladiator. The game is well designed of its own accord but the emphasis on action combo’s with less weapons and more levels really did make it repetitive to me. Though the final scene of the game is legit hilarious. Sorry to hear the soundtrack of 2 & 3 didn’t click with you though if anything your enjoyment of the first soundtrack is a good sign for spyro the dragon and they all have that sort of setup for its worlds.

Finally, another short alternative to the outro! I was about to go insane hearing all of that bloated fluff! Thank you!

With this one you're definitely missing out without multiplayer. The main selling point of the game was that it was a huge expansion to UYA's multiplayer mode and it had a ton of cool stuff in it. It was one of the first online games I remember playing a ton of and it's actually where I got my username from cause there was a skin that looked like a Robot Zombie in it. Edit: IIRC another reason why this games scope was really limited is that I believe Insomniac were also working on the first Resistance game on PS3 which was also putting a huge squeeze on resources given that they weren't just making 2 games at the same time but a launch era PS3 game at that

When you said Vox looks like Don Lino from Shark Tale, the resemblance is accurate!

I am surprised a Red vs Blue joke was not made about the jeep called a Puma... and so sliiiightly, ever so small a smidge disappointed.

This game is hella underrated and also my 2nd favorite behind Going Commando

The snow planet was always my favorite level! The Jampack 2005 disc (also one of my first console games with Sonic Heroes on the PS2) had that for my first exposure to Ratchet, Sly and Jak!

As a one off title, Deadlocked is kickass. Top notch writing, great gladiator themed gameplay, funny cutscenes as always, great characters, It's great. Really great.

I came to say this was probably the last ratchet ost I loved. This whole soundtrack goes hard. Node Overload all day

Deadlocked was actually my introduction to Ratchet & Clank and, in lack of a better term, "shooting gameplay" in videogames. So I guess it was thanks to this game that shooters have become my second favorite videogame genre.

Fun fact: Gleemon Vox is voiced by Michael Bell, who also voiced Lawrence (same series), Chaz Finster (Rugrats), and Quackerjack (Darkwing Duck)

I love coming home for work to see these.

As a huge Ratchet and Clank fan I agree about your opinion on the soundtrack. I can remember little parts of the soundtracks from 2 and 3. As for the first I can remember and see myself coming back to listen to those songs. Veldin, Riligar blackwater city, and Umbris being some of my favorites.

was excited for you to try this one out. This is my favorite ratchet game to date

Great video as always! Something technical I noticed, though. The lighting in your room is skewed extremely yellow.

I really like "Look out for one another" for the outro

11:41 Holy shit, I remember that mission. I was using the shock mod on the dual vipers as you were doing during a New Game + run. I've never had the game lag as much as it did during that mission. But it was well worth it for the level grinding. Made the Vipers OP as hell for the rest of the game.

I remember an annoying bug that would sometimes make an enemy invincible, making that wave based mission a guarunteed loss

When you mentioned the Landstalker , I immediately thought of the Sega Genesis game of the same name.

I sincerely wish i could tell you where to find that hat, cause i loved that hat myself, that classic but swagger-esque front stitch design always slapped and fits the style of a snazzy gent like yourself

It still makes you wonder how both Ace Interact with Qwark If he was reveliavnt or In the movie's rebooted sequel?

One complaint I heard about Deadlocked is that it's more or less the arena challanges from GC and UYA but over the course of the entire game...and having played and 100% (Including Plat on HD) the game, while that isn't correct, they aren't 100% wrong either? Game is still fun as hell though. Also fun fact: The entire R&C series was released in Japan (With Japanese voice acting, different game titles, and a slight change to Ratchet's design giving him darker eyebrows) and did well. Good luck with the PSP games (gonna guess your playing the PS2 ports...which SAC didn't release on PS2 in Japan) cause ooh boy that is gonna be some hard whiplash.

"should be quite an adventure, especially as we get to the tail end of that one" Does that mean you're doing the one game I've always hoped you do John!? Since I was a wee lad?!?! I'm so excited for more of your stuff man! Always loved your content!

Y'know when most fans dream of ending up in a Johnny vs. video, I can't say that's what someone like me has in mind. In Johnny's defense, i don't remember any of Deadlocked's music either BUT I will still defend the first three games, sometimes the songs can get too similar, and because of all the sound effects it can be tough to make it out, but I still maintain David B. was a great composer and it sucks we lost him after A Crack in Time. I didn't truly appreciate his music until I actually went out of my way to listen to it outside of the game so I suppose that was a fault of the game devs. EDIT: Actually David B. stopped composing after Quest for Booty, sorry.... Also I was joking when I called the soundtracks masterful BUT as I stated before there's plenty of great songs and David B. was very good.

That new outro is so much better, nice job

My favorite Ratchet and Clank game, I put so many hours into this 1 as a kid. Glad to see so many other people enjoyed it as well.

I’ve been using KZfaq since 2005 but Johnny has one of the few channels I actually anticipate videos for.

I really love this game and I don't know what it is, honestly. The consistent combat, the difficulty levels, and honestly just trying to get everything is really fun! There's a structure to this game that makes completion really enjoyable. I know you mentioned that Skill Points are handed out to you constantly, but that's partially because... the first three games have 30 skill points. Deadlocked has _165_ skill points. Also, OST-wise, I don't know... Stygia's Energy Collector track, Ghost Station Running the Gauntlet, and Destroy the West Generator have been favorites of mine for YEARS. But I can understand that these are just three tracks across the whole game!

Wow a TGBS reference in a Johnny video, never thought I’d see the day

Hearing Johnny mention Halo, I can't help but wonder if we'll ever get to see some reviews of those games lol

Hey, if the overall soundtrack didn't do much for you, I highly, HIGHLY recommend listening to the various soundtracks from the Ghost Station chapter alone. Those are some bops, *especially* the Escape sequence.

Definitely my favorite spinoff in the franchise.

3:02 Holy shit, A DDLC reference!

The thing that endears me to the announcers is Dallas being voiced by Daran Norris. I mean, there is something to be said for how much both announcers keep talking, but I think we were all just crossing our eyes and going through the motions with this game.

13:44 haha, I played through a lot of the Ratchet & Clank games a few years ago for the first time and I can't remember a single track from any of them either

Oh my God, I so relate to your hat troubles. My head is big as hell and I struggle to find hats that are the right size for me, the ones I do have I adore though. I did screw one of my good ones after trying to wash it though, I was new to the hat thing back then.

This is one of my favorites in the series, my cousin owned it and we used to have a blast playing it, and sometimes fought over who would get to be Jak. I would love a remaster of this, and maybe another coop game though all focused in on the collectathon stuff

I don't remember where I saw this but I read that the Puma's name was reference to Red vs Blue because in the show the Reds call the Warthog a puma.

Tbh, Just having to play all the games in order for the ps2 era and the ps3/4 era games, Deadlock may have been that different, but it presented itself as the evolution of some of the mechanics that they slowly implement to the fiture series.

I can't even count how many times I've replayed this and 3 I love both so much

I think this game had the best music in the entire series especially towards the last couple of levels.

How’d I miss this one? Great review! Can’t wait for the reviews on the Future series after the 2 PSP games!

*Space shuttle zooming through space for minutes*

This is one of my favorites in the series and to see it FINALLY get the vs. treatment, allllll those 5 years waiting were worth it :)

Johnny vs Sonic Origins

hey johnny love the amount of effort youve been putting in this marathon keeping us up to date with the best content cant wait for tge next vid

I was a big fan of the multiplayer. There was only a small community of about 20 or so regulars, but every day we'd be on doing snipers only capture the flag, taking full advantage of the games glitches to get some extra momentum, and playing as Jak using an unlock through the official website.

You should totally do a room tour for hitting 500k Love your video man

Johnny vs. Size Matters Han Solo: Yeah, I bet you have

The past three times Johnny released a new video, I was in the middle of watching one of his other videos. Last time, it was Metal Gear Solid 2. This time, it was Dark Souls. Lol

I may be a little late to this party but the old cap looks to be something akin to a classic baseball hat or also known as a falari, the make is something that might have to take some digging to find, might of been like a local store esk make possibly but yeah some info for yah. on another note, grew up with deadlocked, fun co-op game as well, at least back then it was with one of my friends, such fond memories.

I never pay much attention to most of the Ratchet and Clank OST'S, BUT I highly recommend the metal remixes Remstage Music made for the series. I LOVE his remixes of the Deadlocked OST. If the game came out on PC and someone made a mod that switched the OST with his metal remixes, that mod would be a must have for me.

I had memories as a kid playing this at a friend's. It's on it's way now that I have a PS2. I hope the multiplayer holds up!

Gleeman Vox News, he's actually one if the more interesting villains who plans to destroy everything on the DreadZone Station, a smart move if it wasn't for Clank helping out.

I like this game. I enjoy the expansion of gladiator combat, and I love the story and characters. The story and characters are briming with....well, character

yes, I remember the hat. Good ol days! Amazing how far Johnny's come!

Saw the Digital Devil Saga and Devil Summoner games in that PS2HD game list

Take all the time you need Johnny. Like you said, health is definitely important. Glad you're doing good though! Love the video!

Lol insomniac went "FUCK!!"

Oh hey, Johnny and I have the same fan in the background

Originally the water chick (AT LEAST) was actually going to be involved at the Ice Planet and the challenge would be to save her. There's even lines that suggest that was gonna be the case except for short dev time.

Deadlocked was the Ratchet & Clank that put me back on the fence with the series. So for one reason or another (I personally believe it was due to the version of the disc I got) but when I played Up Your Arsenal I found myself in a dead game. Essentially I had no health (by which i mean i was 1 hit away from death), no ammo, and no bolts. With no ammo/health/bolt boxes respawning (I was was essentially in Challenge mode or whatever on my first every playthrough) I wound up shit outta luck. This was because to progress I needed to kill and enemy who had a jetpack. Well I had no ammo and I couldn't really hit him with the wrench. So I quit, and was very annoyed with the series. I much much later (years after playing Deadlocked) found out that the area that I was stuck on with nothing, was the final level. I was so extremely close to actually beating the game, and that only frustrated me further. Though like I said, after quitting Arsenal I was put off by Ratchet & Clank, because as a kid with limited resources and knowledge I just assumed every R&C game was just like the one I quit. Then I got a demo disc that had Deadlocked on it and I actually played it quite a bit, well what little of the game was there. I slowly became open to getting it and giving R&C another chance but never really got the chance. Eventually I wound up with PS2 and some spending cash and went and bought Deadlocked. Played through it and enjoyed the time I spent on it. So I thought maybe giving R&C another chance at some point but never really got around to it. However before Deadlocked I outright wanted nothing to do with the franchise (which was only fueled by the fact that R&C kept going while my preferred PS2 mascot, Sly Cooper, got tossed to the side after 3 games. Incidentally, wonder when/if you'll do that series Johnny) but after playing it I didn't hate it anymore.

Played this game for the first time in Co-op with my older brother around 2014. Great experience. The game lends itself well to co-op gameplay especially with the shorter length. Really pushes the PS2 hard though. Framerate gets cut in half for split screen and there was some severe slowdowns. Although part of that could've possibly been my OPL settings as well (didn't even know that could affect performance!)

Hearing that it was initially going to be a racing game does make me wonder how much of that original concept was done? Especially as mentioned in this video the Indian shows a couple of characters that you’ve never known before and would only see their names on the leaderboard. Makes me wonder if they were going to be big racers in the game so they had more of a part. But when the game switched to battle arena style they were cut. That’s just my theory though. But overall I always like the Battle Arena segments in The ratchet and clank games so having a game that was basically one giant battle arena was really fun for me and fortunately the two announcers didn’t annoy me nearly as much as apparently it did Johnny.

Currently listening to this video with my raycon headphones that arrived this morning. Got em using your code and haven't taken them out all day. Thanks Johnny 🤞🏾💜