I say it in the video, but I'll do it here too: this video's just my opinion. If you disagree, totally cool. As I ask is you hear me out. Anyway, thanks for watching! If you want to have me around more often and don't want to wait for the next video, follow me on Twitch at twitch.tv/digitalman123! Tune in this Friday (2/11) at 9:30 pm CST as I kick off a new consistent schedule with a Wrench-only run in Rift Apart (hardest difficulty, natch)! I'll be streaming every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with random streams every so often in between, so swing by if you can! Thanks again, and hope to see you soon! (Oh, and by the way, new video coming this month. Yes, really.)

Nothing will beat that original game, the computer being proud of clank without words is still a better emotional moment than any of the other games.

This is the most important Ratchet and Clank video: so many plot holes existed in this game, and Azimuth wasn't even mentioned again. I still love the Future Series more than Rift Apart, but that's just me...

One thing I hated, was that they got rid of the need for the Map-O-Matic and yet still put it in the game. The reason for it was to show hidden areas/collectables. However, in RA, just by walking near a collectable it's now on your map if you missed it and that's before you get the device. You can basically 100% each planet before even getting th M-O-M on your very first try, getting rid of backtracking entirely.

i miss a lot of stuff that were great in the original trilogy, but one thing i miss that didn't accure to me until now is how almost all NPC's absolutely hated you and only wanted to interact with you in order to gain something from you (usually bolts for an overpriced item). you used to be a literall nobody that saved the galaxy all the time, which was much more relatable than being a hero that saves the galaxy all the time from the get-go.

It often feels like media grades Ratchet and Clank on a curve (particularly since the PS4 game). Praising the character development and emotional moments in this game is just laughable. For the moments they tried to have emotional character moments they may as well have flashed ***THIS IS A CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT MOMENT*** on the screen. Overall, I enjoyed the game but they played it far too safe. Didn’t take advantage of the dimensional story enough and were afraid to add real emotional stakes. 7.5/10

Insomniac humor died with Sunset Overdrive... i wish it had a sequel is a really underrated game.

They should have make Rivet evil or more like “what would have Ratchet become if he doesn’t befriend Clank.” maybe more selfish? And an we try to turn her back from the dark path while she is working for Nefarious. Entirely different levels working against Ratchet or chasing him while Ratchet levels would have been about trying to make a new Dimensinator. Maybe bring back Angela who knew other Lombaxes but they were hiding for a while. Hell, we had orange Clank why not give her to Rivet but instead of a friend she would have been treated badly by Rivet since “she is just a machine”. Something opposite would have been great instead of duplicating the main character with gender swap.

This game seems to suffer from the same ailment that a lot of modern games suffer from. They look too good. Companies leverage how impressive graphics can get and forget all the other elements of a game.

When I first saw the Rift Apart trailer last year, I sighed, continued scrolling, and didn’t even follow up with pre-release news for it. Don’t have a PS5, don’t plan on buying this game, literally all it made me do was replay the originals on the PS2. It’s so crazy the series became what the older games made fun of. I think they’re so focused on making insane graphics and theatrical elements that they forget to focus on character building. Don’t get me wrong, if it was an entirely different series then this game looks great, but the direction they keep choosing to go with this series is really, really disappointing. Great video btw, reminds me a lot of “How Ratchet Lost his Edge” by TGB. I’ll check out your other videos too!

Wow, what a fun ride this video was! Honestly I'm quite shocked, that you have such a small following, considering the high quality entertainment I just enjoyed. This whole video is just a beast: 72 minutes long and still consistently good edited throughout with funny jokes and a cohesive script. That must have cost you so much hours upon hours; I really appreciate that effort! I also love all the stuff you do with your voice. Like when you mentioned your opinion on the other games in the series while downright singing the titles of them (and *very good* at that ^^)! All the switching in tone and voices you do while performing that script makes for a really good show. I will defenitely catch up on your other Ratchet & Clank videos and other stuff -- 'cause you man are awesome!

I have autism so I get easily overloaded and the amount of talking in games during action scenes drives me insane. Half the time they are just saying words that are not important and even if they are important I can't pay attention to anything at that point.

Nice to see someone actually point out how creatively bankrupt these guys have gotten

I've been on a weird grind of watching KZfaqrs criticizing/ crapping on popular games, and this has been the entertaining and palatable I've watched. I don't even care about rift apart and whether it sucks or not. But it's a well done video. Hopefully, in the future you choose a game I actually care about and say it sucks...then we'll see how I feel.

the one plot element that still pisses me off is that clank never get uncrippled despite there being SO MANY chances to do so

6:24 Reboot can be counted as canon, cuz it's a story that Qwark told. Since he wasn't there, that's how it could look to him, and here is a small theory: Qwark organized the track. It would have sense then. (sry for bad English, I'm still learning)

Say what you want, but 10 year old me had a blast with Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank on the PSP. Still my favourites because of nostalgia

with the reeboot retconning, I think it was confirmed that the movie (and therefore the game) is an in universe thing so the parade would use the plots of the movie (in universe) to convey easier as no-one would really know the fine details of rac 1 apart from ratchet & clank

The reason they keep the leveling up weapons system is because people REALLY like and consider one of the best additions from Ratchet & Clank Going Commando. It incentives using different weapons, and sticking with your older ones!

As someone who 100% this game, got the platinum and consider it part of my top 5 favorite games in the series a lot of your criticisms are understandable. Realistically I do think the PS5 will be the last generation of the series and besides the obvious addressing that ratchet and rivet are the exact same in gameplay, game structure, enemy variety and revamping the weapon system similar to what they did for armor I don't think a sequel to RA would be that different gameplay wise. I feel the only reason this game exists (besides the IP being proven to actually being something people will support enough to justify being greenlit) is because Insomniac is just capable of doing it and hearing how this game was made with no crunch in 3 years (probably why it needed a few patches for extra polish) with a couple developers even saying how much they had fun working on it makes me happy because I can see the passion put in this game even with its flaws.

Also, love the song at the end. An ACIT man of culture, I see :D

Sadly I think they just need to end the series now. They've clearly ran out of ideas story wise and they can't really do anything with ratchet and clank plot wise because their character arcs already had a satisfying conclusion in a crack in time.

I sold my his game right after I beat it, I had fun but it was so incredibly easy even on hard. It looked cool?

Also, given the PSASBR reference at 4:41, would love to hear your thoughts on how that game turned out.

The only good thing about Rift Apart was the graphics, but what do you expect? each generation will get better and better graphics wise.

This was extremely well done, great production quality and overall brought a ton of points where the game falls short. I really liked Rift Apart when I played it, and was extremely happy to just have a new game since the last real one was back in 2009 (Crack in Time), going as far as saying one of the best games in the franchise, but in retrospect I quickly changed that opinion, since as an old fan of the series, there's just a ton of personality missing in Rift Apart, the story being too obvious with its direction towards forced friendship, very linear planets that frankly kill most of the replayablity for me, and the infamous ToD upgrade system for the weapons that make it so that they have no impact in the progression whatsoever... What we've gotten is certainly good, but I feel like this game could have implemented so much from the PS2 trilogy and be a greater, more refined game overall. There's something about those titles, especially R&C 2 and Deadlocked that make me keep going back to them and replay them, I haven't felt that with the Future series or with Rift Apart (lets not even mention the spin-offs).

Might be an odd opinion, but given my experience playing *primarily* the PS2 quadrilogy... I got lost in Rift Apart's worlds, in a bad way. For one, there's no good way to scout out worlds as far as I could tell and beyond that in the moment-to-moment the game has a horrible time differentiating relevant gameplay elements from the environment. In the PS2 games, the design and texturing of platforming objects and enemies clearly contrasted with the environment-and in general the environment was more well-lit for navigation. I imagine this was originally because realtime shadows just weren't possible on the PS2's Graphics Synthesizer in any reasonable tier of performance memory or frametime-wise and not for the sake of the player, but Rift Apart isn't restricted in that way. And that sucks. I don't mind the controls or the mechanics of the gunplay at all, but I mind when I can't easily pick out where I am, where enemies are, and where supplies are at a mere glance. Rift Apart making a point of the lighting being seamless between the map elements and game entities and of having incredibly detailed and colorful maps leaves little (typically zero) space for large blotches of enemies to show and contrast with the environment. By not making them stick out, the enemies silently camouflage into the environment. Were this not a Ratchet and Clank game, would you bother with trying to break crates or jump to things you _might_ be able to stand on? By all means this could be an issue with my preferred playing experience (nearsighted, playing on a 55" TV at a distance of 10 meters) or my graphics settings overall, but that doesn't account for me playing the original games in similar or _worse_ conditions and never having this problem.

One of my favorite quotes from Ratchet in Going Commando is when he says: “What! Now even the computers are charging us? That’s it, this galaxy blows. 😂🤣

Thx for uploading I haven’t watched the whole thing yet but I know it’ll be great.

I’m a big retro gamer fan and one aspect about Rift Apart that I liked was it wasn’t an overly complex game. It got straight to the point and had unbelievable graphics. Even the way robots took damage was impressive to me. What streets of rage 2 was to the beatem genre is what Rift Apart is to the 3rd person shooter/action game genre: they both had an extremely high level of attention to the details, which is why everything felt fun and enjoyable. Not sure what people were expecting from the story. Please play a good RPG like a fire emblem game if you want good writing.

I didn't like Rivet from the moment she appeared. It's the company's desperation to have a female lead, so fuc* the entire franchise storyline. Rivet is a Ratchet but an inferior version, it is very generic. just changed the color palettes of the "characters from the other dimension", I wonder, what is the need for this??? My biggest fear is that more solo franchise games will appear with her, which I have no doubt they will do in the future. They are killing our lombax boy and replacing him with a generic badass lombax girl.

What you said about gold bolts and OPTIONAL is spot on, its also an old fan perspective which we both are

after re-watching this, I just noticed clank is able to extend his legs for no reason when jumping out the ship onto ratchet or rivet's back

At 15:00 Rivet is From a Different Dimension. She isn't from Ratchet's Dimension.

Man I wish the people over at Insomniac saw this video because it's probably the best critique of the franchise yet. You nailed all the flaws these new games have especially when it comes to the writing and world building and this might be the first time I hear someone recognize that the future saga was the beginning of the decline. Those new writers just don't seem to understand how charming the original trilogy was. I just wish this franchise went back to comedy gold, great parodies, fun world building, and character moments that actually feel earned unlike how in Rift Apart everyone needs to be so sad and hate themselves so much, it feels pathetic and boring. The thing that made those games so good in terms of writing was how selfish and non self aware the universe was and while Ratchet was also selfish at times he and Clank were kind of the straight men in a wacky universe.

This is an excellently crafted video and does a very good job of articulating what other people (myself included) feel. Great job 👏

100 % agree I've also been playing since 2002, this game was soulless , terrible arena, and boring guns

For me Nexus, Reboot and Rift Apart have the badest ratchet designs. I cant enjoy these game much because of it.

I agree with you on some points, despite not being a long time fan of the series (only played this, Deadlocked, Size Matters and the reboot). But I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the game despite its flaws. I was amazed by how good it looked (even though my TV is Full HD only) and how much fun I had, since my last "proper" R&C game on console was Deadlocked. My biggest gripes were how many support weapons there were, and how bad the Ryno works in this. It's not even the design and how it functions that's bad (different from the rest, but still cool), rather the damage calculations are off for some reason. They should have made it so everything from the portals dealt max damage in all directions, something like how the Zodiac works but with portals.

I would Think that a Version of Azimuth Should be Alive( I would even have Had Him Live through The Final Fight of A Crack of Time and Get a Redemption Arc).

Grifrt Apart I think the controller disconnect is a modern PlayStation hardware issue. It happens to me on PS4 very frequently, and i habe no idea why it happens.

When I play new Ratchet and Clank from ps5 will I didn’t like and don’t like Rivet she and Ratchet can’t be together

14:00 you should ask the early game testers for this one.

I actually disagree at some parts in your review but I do respect your opinion but Rift Apart is actually a good game Insomniac wanted to welcome new fans and old fans to the series and I think they did a great job with that and they did an amazing job showcasing what the PS5 can do with the SSD I mean the visuals, the gameplay, and the graphics is the most beautiful looking game I've ever seen and it's the most beautiful looking game in the entire series. I actually think Rivet is a strong character but you're right about the story and that's because of Sam Maggs caused drama at Insomniac about Rivet not having any breasts and they fired her so they had to get new writers to rewrite the whole script. This game also shows how much Ratchet has developed as a character he went from an jerk to an strong matured hero who is willing to help anyone that needs saving his personality in this game isn't mindless as the remake. The leveling system has always been the same since Going Commando except the raritanium upgrades from Tools Of Destruction. Rift Apart does has some flaws but it's still a great Ratchet and Clank experience I'm really happy to see this series is still going strong to this day. Also Rift Apart is really a sequel to Into the Nexus.

Just binge watched a few of your videos and was shocked at both the high production quality and thoughtful analysis. This channel deserves more views (especially from Sony’s product development team). Subbed!

43:25 Ha ha ha! You got me pretty good there! Also, I can't help but think of UP: 'SQUIRREL!'

Excellent Video. Very well put together ideas and commentary.

It’s been 19 years since we got a good ratchet n clank game 😢

You are a genius of writing. I felt like the game lacked spice, but Clank getting lasered would have been epicly spicy.

I get the impression Rivet was just tacked on at some point.

I like how the Ryno 8 is basically the Harbinger (best super weapon in the series btw) but sadly what it adopts in style it missed in functionality.

13:50 Even in Sonic Adventure 2, the characters with shared gameplay styles have to find their own upgrades, even if they're the same upgrades. But some of their upgrades were unique. 15:00 I sort of think the tail thing was a light, throwaway retcon. I mean, Ratchet's not even remembering Angela at all. 32:15 Wait, no it wasn't. Torren IV was still a Polaris planet. 43:00 I really hate "skip puzzles" options. I've been playing a lot of challenging games like Crash Bandicoot lately, and they feel refreshing.

Please keep posting, we love it!!!

I've had pretty much all the same thoughts as those you've expressed in this video. My main gripe with this game is the voice work. Every f***ing enemy is constantly saying their 1-liners over and over and over and over (applies especially if you're on 'hard' mode which turns the enemies into bullet sponges) and the friendly NPCs do it too. Like bro, STFU. I beg you.

It's impossible to compliment this game without saying *graphics* amd that's sad

Lawrence should be the main villain and force Neferious to be his servant

Nah I agree ratchet and clank had really good chemistry I don’t like how they made ratchet into basically sonic I feel like these games had a magical formula but with the amount of times asked to expand that universe through sequels I feel like it really has been milked dry and that same sorta crude humor/style has been lossed with the pixarfication & polish the game has now I’m sure to old school game devs who at their end of they’re lives who have went from playin pong to now it’s kinda a testament of like look how nice we can make a game look the visuals are absolutely stunning but the story relies too hard now on old tropes feeling like it’s not innovating it’s like the recent South Park episode where they re used man bear pig for the 5th time it’s like that typa of comedic writing side character a half baked towel u can’t say is really the best side character to pride a series on sure they where funny in the moment but to continue to bring them up is kinda even offensive to the old series I really hate multi verse theories that is one of the lamest sci fi tropes ever but this game feels like it has a lotta moments like wow look how far we’ve come yah n they all just kinda pose n look good with new models I hope it gets its story telling down better nothing offensive here and that’s the problem there’s no shock value in this entire game the old games where so chuck full of just hilarious one liners and moments it felt like a fever dream as a kid hearing that stuff it’s so toned down for kids it’s got benjemam button syndrome so bad the older it gets the more for kids it gets the younger it was the more for adults it was

14:50 - Ah, so that's where the meme came from! Hm, I didn't even know this game had a theme.

I think it's kinda bizarre that they've never had the idea to have the Wrench level up too, with like twice as many levels as normal considering that you'll be using it in some form for the entire game.

I can't tell where?

Dimentionater sounds like a weapon Dr. Doofenshmirtz would build. 😂

The credits of Crack did already confirm Nefarious survives

I gotta say, this is one of the only Ratchet and Clank games I've ever played besides the first game that I had as a kid but i never beat it because it was just terrible at games as a kid, I definitely enjoyed this game a lot though it does have its flaws. I didnt have any knowledge about the sires untell recently when I completed Rift Apart and started watching videos about it and it really surprised me to see that the older games almost have the exact gameplay and mechanics as it does now besides a few new things. Also the personalities of Ratchet and Clank and the way they interacted seemed way more interesting than how they are now. I'm definitely gonna try the First game again and play the rest if I like it because the franchise is something I might wanna expirence

the subtitle "rift apart" was apparently supposed to be a play on couples drifting apart

Rift Apart is a damn good game, but ever since Into the Nexus, Ratchet and Clank games have one major problem nowadays, THEY'RE WAY TOO SHORT, Ratchet and Clanks 1, 2, 3, TOD, CIT, and Deadlocked took many HOURS AND DAYS to complete, now within 5 hours, the game is over, I miss the length a Ratchet and Clank game used to be.

So happy I found this video essay. I thought I was all alone on this topic, Rift apart being mid RC game at best. This game lack a soul, the drive, the fun. Characters are flat as a rock, Kit having some kind of development or at least a try. Rivet is mirror to Ratchet, her own person is out of the widow. You've said it right, why having two protagonists, when both of them are the same person, only gender bend. That's it. I was so disappointed with this game. It was generic platform shooter looking pretty. Older RC had a story, the humor, the fun. I enjoyed them even with flaws and plot holes in it, my poor Angela, rest in rip, not even mentioning Azimuth. This is...just a game. I did the extra step and before final boss I've collected all the golden bolts so the final boss was no challange at all. I wanted to finish it as soon as possible without thinking about it. I didn't have any expectations, but this game is low at my tier list. Even the music is meh, RC in past had banger song I still listen to this day. Just another generic music in the background, yeah. It lost the spirit. It is targeting casual players who just wants hurry up actions, shooting and pretty colors. It wasn't about that in the past and I am trying to like upcoming RC games, but...I am not. And it's a shame.

I feel the passion in your voice bro ..... i know ...... I wonder what it would have been like for me had i just stopped after Gladiator...... But suffice to say i multi completed every game they made . The new games cannot hold a candle to the OG 4

You hit the nail on the head maybe rift apart doesnt suck but its ideas an philosophy sucks. Ratchet n clank was the first game i ever loved and ive always wanted it too evolve but insomniac takes baby steps and restarts not learning anything. Going commando perfected the formula for a 2004 ps2 game and insomniac has never tried to meaninfully evolve that formula. Ratchet seems perfect for an rpg style game with open worlds plentifull exploration true weapon custimization and biildcrafting. Imagine exploring an abandoned weapons factory looking for weapon mods or gold bolts cus you got a new gadget in solana and fizwiget calls you up for some corporate espionage so you fly over to bogon for some sidequests maybe stopong by a moon to explore on your way. As ive grown up im sad too see ratchet hasnt grown as well. Rift apart made some improvments the movement dashing hoverbooting feels great but theres not enough game world to really play with your abilities. Rift portals are basicly swingshot orbs put into combat arenas and thats lame its kinda the main selling point of the game. Actual swingshot orbs would be more interesting cus you could attack from multiple angles and have more freedom while swinging maybe even shoot while doin it. The leveling system in ratchet is so pathetic its had some improvments and insomniac keeps scraping the interesting ideas instead of building on em. Guns need a mod system or perk system. Every weapon should have like 20 cool mods some shared and some unuique ones to each gun stuff like different elemental dmg tracking charged up shots alternate firing modes triggered detonations mini bombs ect stuff that changes how you use guns and as you level your gun you will be able to pick 10 of the mods to customize your gun. There would only be one mod for increasing gun stats like ammo or rof so you dont mindlessly spend rareitanium on tiny upgrades you get big chunks of power that you choose Weapon arcetypes could actually be usefull like enemies being weak to certain elements or having the weaker guns carry so much ammo that its a strategy to actually think about your ammo and what dmg your hitting enemies with. Balance is never really mentioned in rnc cus the ryno usually negates all that but ive always played the games like an rpg doin mele only or bomb only playthoughs so it be fun to have some balance and buildcrafting in a future game make the bomb glove have an actual use after you aquire a rocket launcher etc. Mele combat is the same 3 button combo for over 20 years its gotta change. I want heavy and light mele attacks the crouch button and aim would modify these so youd have 6 types of mele attacks and classes of em like razor claws wallopers nether beasts plasma whips scorpion flails double wrench like azimuth rivets hammer, a wrench that throws infinitely and your press a button to teleport it back to hand or a short range tazer or lock on boomerang style wrench etc and those would level up and have mods jus like the guns. Armor has been so boring size matters had the best system and it was meh but insomniac should evolve armor perks. Itd be dope to have abilities tied to armor peices like the tesla barrier or drone device flamethrower gantlets a ice wall slam aoe invisibility increased speed etc. These abilities would use a battery resource and have cooldowns so you can have the overpowered telsa shield but only in short bursts. Itd be able to be modified to explode when its depleted or shock nearby enemies or throw out a 1 way shield you can shoot through. And to make the combat style abilities worth running theyd spawn health and ammo like the flame belch from doom eternal and use less battery. Youd have 4 armor peices so you can mix and match these to fit your playstyle and youd activate em by using the directional arrows while in your quick select. When not in the quick select those arrows change your gadget that you use with l1. You have hoverboots the jetpack and the swingshot available at any time. The jetpack would use battery so you cant fly forever and it and the swingshot would work in combat. Swingshot would work kinda like the meathook from doom pulling yourself towards enemies and it would work kinda like spidermans webs letting ya swing from walls. Speedrunning would be so fun by comboing hoverboots into swingshoting off some wall to build speed and regular gamelpay exploration would be more engaging Finally i think a true class system would work in rnc. Rivet and ratchet could have slightly different movesets and a skill tree that really differentiates em. Rivet is a scoudrel and rebel so shed be like a rouge assassin type class. She benefits from precision guns and close range stuff while ratchet has gadgebot n elemental buffs. She has kit who doesnt have a helipack but has thruster pack so she can fly but ratchet has slightly better aial menuverability while rivet has a better phantom dash. Ratchet would be the warlock engineer type class with clank having mastery of technology and zoni powers youd be a more support class summoning gadgebots or zoni to buff yourself. And the 3rd class would be a tank commando style like azimuth. They dont have a robot jetpack but have enhanced hoverboots and excell in mele combat and explosions.

I was wondering about the game since no one has talked about it since launch. It's sad that my assumptions were correct, but you are spot on with every take

I preordered Rift Apart but never played it since I couldn’t get my hands on a PS5. I did want to play it but left myself no choice but to watch the retrospectives and reviews over the summer since I wanted to know what I was going to get into if I were to play it. Graphics and gameplay look amazing, but I had a feeling the story/writing wouldn’t be the best, which some didn’t like the game for that reason. The original 4 are my favorites and wasn’t super huge on the Future series (considering Ratchet had lost his edge and the animation style became overly cartoonish). Although the Future series does have their advantages (TOD being the most memorable, ACIT being the most compelling story-wise, and ITN being my favorite aside from how short the game itself was), watching your review on Rift Apart actually gave me a better appreciation for the Future series overall. Even if the Future series has some flaws, they’re definitely better than Rift Apart. All in all, keep up the great work with the video game reviews my friend!

It’s so weird hearing the toothless argument cause even tho the games don’t have “edge” I think at least rift apart is a well written narrative with fun characters. Like it’s not even close to bad it’s not really even mid.

Hi! I've been send here by one of my viewers and oh boi, I am soooo glad I keep on finding more and more poeple who agrees with me that this game is BAD and Rivet SUCKS. I made already 3 videos about it (one about how the multiversum and Lombaxes are broken, one about the R&C girls where I touched upon Angela p[roblem and possible solution, and one about just how bad Rivet is) so I you'd like to check out what I think feel freee to watch some :D . Anyway. Unlike you I'm a huge Future Saga fan, I preffer it over the PS2 games, but I do understand why some people preffer the classics. The biggest problem with RA is that this game NEVER SHUTS UP and not only when it comes to character's dialogue - IT TELLS BUT NOT SHOWS. Not to mention how CONVINIENT every single part of the plot is and makes no sense when you think about it for more than 5 seconds. I don't think that Rivet is trans, I think that they gave her the puffy tail to be the indication of sexual dimorphisism in Lombaxes and if they'd want to keep the line about female lombaxes not having one cannon and make her trans she'd have the same type of tail as Ratchet, since they are just skins of each other. They show such disregard for any type of continuity or lore of the world in this game that I truuuuuly doubt they would use such an obsure line to base one of the fundaments of their new shiny mascot on. I just think she's a different breed. Or as in my video, just make Angela half-lombax and all problems solved. But honestly I don't think anyone cared enough. And noone cares now. The creators said openly that they wanted to pander to furries with her look so, that was probably the main driving force in giving her that puffy, fox/raccoon like tail. Furries love those. I completly connect with your words about the series beeing able to do better and that it SHOULD. And yet there are poeple who dare to come to my or any other comment section and praise RA for it's care and thought and say that yeah, disregard the flaws because THERE IS SOOO MUCH HEART! And it hurts the most. That poeple really fall for that corporate lie of "We care! We give references and sad music with face closeups, so we care!"

The rift tethers are literally just slingshot but less fun

Ratchet and clank have become modern day Simpsons. Ratchet lost his nuts and bolts a long time ago. He has zero personality he has become the uber positive hero with no character.

Rift Apart was ok imo but I was shocked to find that you could Platinum the game on the first playthrough. There was zero need to go into NG+ unless you didn't complete all the trophies the first time around. I wish it would've needed more effort. Like finishing NG+

The writers completely misunderstand both ratchet and clank AND multiverse stories. What if Kit and nefarious' assistant robot were one character, and the redemption arc meant something? What if Rivet was actually grizzled and selfish and took clank hostage? What if we got to see Skid McMarx in the game coming to terms with the fact his other self is seemingly better than him

I've watched so many Rift Apart deep dives, and we as fans seem to think alike. I hope Insomniac MAYBE listens to us. But I'm not hopeful.

Good Video. You brought up some good points. I often see them as negative as you but they are still fair points. I'd Like to See Insomniac improve in them.

At Least Sonic Frontiers logo looks more detailed then Rift Apart

Scott the woz vibes

I’m long time fan since the OG and this game was literally the most fun I’ve had in a long time playing something

Rift apart was a fun experience, but I'd sooner replay deadlocked or 1-3

I recently 100%ed it on PC, I enjoyed it thoroughly yet was glad it was only 15 hours long. It was my first Ratchet and Clank game and after seeing that the other games are literally the exact same it will also be my last.

It is fun to see that this video exists, this genuinely does feel like something TheGamingBritShow would make if he had anymore interest in the series for where it's going. But yeah; a lot of what you say is all pretty fair on the whole, especially on the Gameplay. Ratchet and Rivet being the same thing in terms of narrative is one thing, but then you get to their Gameplay and it's also the same thing. It makes me wish they did go down the route they were originally going for where the two would have specific abilities that one or the other don't, that way it would also justify the fact that you can't pick whoever you want in any planet, only reason we don't get that is cause play testers just found it annoying for some reason. And in terms of narrative; honestly it makes me feel more than anything that this is setting us up for the true conclusion to Ratchet & Clank, like it wouldn't make sense to introduce two new characters you play as without some purpose behind it. Combine that with the fact that we now know they're going to the Lombax dimension and yeah, I can't help but feel like they must know of how long the series has lasted for, I honestly hope I'm right at this point and that the next game marks the end for the classic duo and instead a beginning to something new.

Dont listen to the people who think you're "nitpicking" and all that hullabaloo. Your opinion is more informed and worth listening to because you actually played all the games. And not the journalist whose only R&C game under their belt is Rift Apart calling it a MaStErPiEcE.

Them new writers be treating Azimuth like they done treated Angela. Also the dimentionator suddenly works completely differently, maybe because it was made by a zoni and not a Lombax.

4:52 nah man I cannot agree with that statement. Sure he's a more entertaining villain, but not the best. That goes to drek.

6:54 I was getting ready to fast forward thinking this was a setup for a fking garbage ridge wallet sponsor pr something else

I liked the game but I will say doesn’t live up to the PS2 or Future games, and this is better coming from 2016 game

Rift apart shares all the stuff between the characters to avoid a Kingdom Hearts Dream Drp Distance situation I bet. Highly welcome for gameplay.

Even though I've played several ratchet and clank games I don't think I ever want to play this ratchet and clank game is there anything wrong with that?

I'm little too late for this, cuz I've played the game for the first time recently (I didn't have money for new PC) Most part of the video I don't agree with you, but still it's good do have different opinions so I can see the game in the others perspective and understand things that I didn't catch. I've only played R&C (2002), R&C 3 (PS2), R&C Size Matters and now Rift Apart, so any content there was new to me

To me this game feels like it tries to be an onboarding point for new fans

28:46 - I have a question. Why say "If you recall" like that. If we did recall, you didn't need to explain it, but you did. If we didn't recall, then you've just explained it anyway. Either way, it's a pointless statement.

Let me catch my son playing the reboot and not playing the originals

I'm confused by the fact Clank loses an arm (and loses the use of his legs) and the moral of the junk planet is that he should just be okay with that, when rivet has her own cyber arm and can easily fix it, and the Nanotech exists. It's like a badly written children's book made to cheer up amputees.

As I said (with all due respect)

Plot beam 💀😂

I like how everyone just forgot this game existed after a month.

I overall liked the game but I had a lot of problems with it. Mainly how it shamelessly recycles all of the series' Future-era tropes while absolutely refusing to honour the franchise's roots, then mixes all of them in with various tropes from Star Wars VII-IX and a ridiculous Marvel multiverse plot resulting in a textbook mid-to-late 2010s-era family sci-fi romp with very little to help itself actually stand out. The game absolutely wants to be a shiny modern action blockbuster and as a result is so cartoonishly bombastic and begging to be liked.