The multiplayer mode in this game back in 2005 or something was soooooo super addicting and fun. It was my first multiplayer experience. Back then there was 1000's of players so it was great and competitive too. But then.... Ratchet: Gladiator (deadlocked) just blew it out of the window... the MOST addicting multiplayer experience I have ever had. I remember coming home from school mouth full of saliva and playing the shit out of it. No game has ever been so addicting...

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal story is the redemption of captain Qwark

i really loved the warzone missions myself. i loved the chaos of the firefights and fighting alongside the Galactic ranger's :P

Every trilogy he reviews: #1. Not as good as the sequels. #2. The best one in the series. #3.not as good as number 2.

THE MULTIṔLAYER WAS FUCKING GLORIOUS

Still planning on reviewing the other games in the series?

I think I'm one of the few Ratchet and Clank fans that remembers Angela cross...

I'm favorite in the trilogy is Going Commando, and my #1 favorite is A Crack in Time. Up Your Arsenal is still awesome, though.

New Zealand was weird with its titles.Our Ratchet and Clank 2 was renamed Locked and Loaded but our Ratchet and Clank 3 was still called Up Your Aresnal :P

3 of my favorite things about UYA were 1. if you got all the VR Training Simulator Trophies and the Collectable Trophies or found the secret teleporter by either finding it legit or changing the time the Insomniac Studios would open 2. the secret code to change the wrench into a double bladed purple lightsaber that had greatly increased damage and range and faster swing speed... A F**KING LIGHTSABER 3. THE PDA! OH. MY GOD. THE FREAKING PDA WAS AMAZING! let me explain how to get it and the wonders of the PDA. you purchased it near the end of the game for 250,000 Bolts (a lot right? lol) at Quark's Hideout on the Thrann Asteroid and it allows you to buy ANY ammo (of course 10x the price) (except for the 5 MegaCorp weapons) at ANY point INCLUDING ANNIHILATION F**KING NATION, THE F**KING SEWERS, AND THE FINAL BOSS OMG, YES! this was really handy because for those 3 areas you ran out of ammo A LOT and there were no vendors around so you would just try and smack everything and you would die 100% of the time (75% if you had the lightsaber) and you would have to do it all over again

am i the only one who really doesnt like ratchets re designed look on the ps3 future series? cause i cant help but miss the way he looked on the ps2 games

According to mike stout the Inferno and Boltx2 crates were put in because one of the devs bet another that they couldn't add in more types of crates.

Hey Antdude, any plans for the rest of the ratchet and clank saga?

Hey man I love your reviews, I was wondering if you could review a few of these games 1:Ratchet and clank:A crack in time 2:Ratchet and clank:Tools of destruction 3:Infamous 2 4:Uncharted Franchise Thanks keep up the good work

I like the ending bit with Doctor Nefarious! Loved the review as always! :)

The second was my favourite too

This might be like, 2 years too late, but I'd like to clear something up: Ratchet: Deadlocked is canon. It is absolutely canon. It was put in there story-wise in order to get the developers an "excuse", if you will, to basically change the direction of where the story goes. It was meant to be the turning point in Ratchet's character, where after being put in a death game that risked not only his life, but his friends, and constantly having to feel powerless, caused him to change mentally. This is why the next few canon Ratchet and Clank games are so much more different in terms of overall seriousness and feel (excluding the fact that this is them in the future, so they have matured a bit). Ratchet was scarred and changed from the events of Deadlocked, making him take things more seriously (though still not without his charm of course)

going commando is my favorite

8:01 that level glitched on me where enemies were invincible and didnt even notice me and I couldnt hit them... they only nloticed me when they got a cheap shot on me and that glitch happened frequently with robot NPC's.

Hey dude! I love these reviews. What ever happened to you doing the other ratchet and clank games? I need them!

This game was my WHOLE CHILDHOOD. The amount of times I finished that game is overwhelming. Man, I fucking love this game.

Ratchet and Clank was my heroes when i was kid! I love them! I have all of the games! Ps2, psp, ps3 and the newest! Im so big fan of them!

You can hear Peter Gabriel's Red Rain in one of the button matching tyranoid minigames

While I also didn't really like the hacker puzzles, I don't think that they are meant to be "puzzles." They seem more like timing than a puzzle to me. Which I guess one person may like and another won't The only part of the game I really didn't like was Qwark vidcomics. I just wanted to play the actual game, not some tedious subgame I was required to complete to continue the story

I agree the death to squishies is sooooo great

I completely agree with everything you said. I did play it online and I had fun, but unfortunately, it competed with Halo and Halo won every time for my online time back then. But I did enjoy this game, just not half as much as Going Commando. IDK if you'll see this but I really enjoy your R&C reviews! It'd be really cool if you did the R&C Future series too! I loved those games. Mostly because they introduced one of my favorite characters, Mr Zurkon. Also there's Deadlocked (which was fine, didn't love it, didn't hate it. Lots of customization which was pretty cool, but I missed the platforming), All 4 One (I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I had fun with it and I'd totally be open for another one because I had tons of fun playing with my friends. And the Mech RYNO was awesome! It's my favorite RYNO), Full Frontal Assault (Again, had fun, but wasn't that great), and Size Matters (For a handheld, it's pretty dang good.). That's a ton of content but I would watch every one of those if you ever decided to make review videos for them. That'd be awesome if you did! Thanks for all the great content!

I never played these games just never got them as a kid back when they came out. But you defaintly made me want to try them out.

I feel the same way about this game, but I do like the Qurk games

When r u gonna review the rest?

One of the first video games I played

My favorite game ever

I actually loved the Galactic Ranger missions. They were my favorite part of Up your Arsenal and the reason it's my favorite of the quadrilogy(because Deadlock is canon and came after Up Your Arsenal.) It made feel like a badass general helping the Galactic Rangers when they needed help. It was also a fun way to earn money and exp.

Actually, we can get r&c 3 as up your arsenal in Australia, which ends up getting the same treatment as Europe.

Nearly 4 years later and no Future/Spin off reviews, surprise surprise

Wheres the review for deadlocked "time to blow to blow s××t up

Hey AntDude! Are you going to review the other games in the series, 'cause I'm excited to hear some remarks for the Future Series.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who prefers Going Commando over this game. Still a great game though! Going Commando had more weapons and more bosses (the more the merrier) :D

Hey everyone the laser tool worked for redirecting lasters from enemies that shoot them

Spyro Enter the Dragonfly would be one of my top games I want you to review!

why didn't ant dude review the other rachet and clank games I would love if he did that

And at this moment we don't have any clue when the restant of The séries Will be reviewed

Up your Arsenal holds a firm place in my art because it was my first online console game I delved into. It was a good time, but I actually preferred to play deadlocked online instead.

I completely agree with you on this game except I prefer the upgrade system from going commando.

You gotta do Ratchet deadlocked!

Are you going to do the other ratchet and clank games?

i agree with what you said, great review. however i feel as though you were slightly lenient with going commando as it wasnt ever criticized, i think you did a good job with this one. expressing your opinion is always what makes me watch your reviews :)

should i buy the ratchet and clank collection for ps vita

Dude, totally wanting to hear your thoughts on E3.

Here in Australia, it was called up ur arsenal but had the Europe artwork. Wtf?

Make a video on your thoughts on E3, should be interesting to hear.

With the Ranger missions, some of them are optional.

Wait... Holy shit... is that removed vehicle just a metal slug? Because it looks a lot like a metal slug...

Hey Antdude, no rush, but I'm definitely anxious to hear what you think of Ratchet Deadlocked and--if you've ever played it--the Jak Trilogy. Wouldn't mind hearing your thoughts on the later Ape Escape games either. :)

Are you going to review the future series?

hey antdude i just thought if you were willing to try the online mode in ps3 you could make a video about the whole idea and just see if people would be interested and who wants to play online caude personally this game and its multiplayer are a huge part of my childhood but i never got to play with more than 2 people at a time so it would be amazing if you got that to happen but then again it also depends on yours and others opinion on the online and if they would even be able to play it

Ratchet Deadlocked was good. Not nearly as good as R&C2 or 3 but definitely good. Also had a good co-op mode and best multiplayer IMO

This is my 3rd favorite r and c game.

perhaps said person meant that getting the skill points for beating Qwark's time is challenging, and getting all 100 tokens, and the health token

Imagine if Flavio(TTYD) actually had a cameo in other games. He is an explorer, so it'd make sense.

Honestly, I didn't like the way the RYNO upgraded.

Its only been 5 days? It feels like forever.

FINISH THE MARATHON!!!!!!!!!!!

I gotta say the sewer sandbox part is my favourite in the series for one particular reason and that might be biased. Imagine an 11 year old boy who played this game all day and even continued through the night,until he decides to actually go and collect all the gems in the sewers,tight corridors all around forming a huge maze,with the most ammo-consuming enemies all around him and limited ammo with vendors and health nowhere to be found because of the maze-like structure of the place.The music being creepy and at one point the whole place turning red instead of green as he was running out of ammo and health with these big daunting enemies popping all around him. This is the reason i loved that part and i remember it so well,it scared the ever loving crap out of me when i was little and to this day i am a bit scared of that place.

Recently got the HD Trilogy. Loved the first one and am enjoying 2. What I don't understand is the removal 'Arsenal' in Europe when we have a frickin football team in London called Arsenal. It can't be that offensive?

I think part of why some people don't enjoy this game as much as the second game is because the second game was a huge leap in quality compared to the first. Going back to Ratchet 1 after playing this one, while it's still a good and simple platformer, Ratchet's movement is very slow and clunky by comparison, which is why Ratchet 2 was such a big game-changer. While this game did improve on Ratchet 2 in a few ways, it wasn't as substantial as 1 to 2. While I like this game as much as (if not slightly less than) the first game, I didn't really like how ugly and confusing the UI was in general when compared to Ratchet 2. It's like they tried to fix what wasn't broken already.

actually 80% of the Battle sections are optional while 20% are optional i personally like up your arsenal more than going commando because the later half doesn't feel like castlevania weapons upgrade more than once, the arena has more to offer, the atrocious ship sections are gone also i like the skins I'm a sucker for those to me it's like comparing super Metroid(up your arsenal) to ocarina of time(going commando i have to be in a certain mood to play going commando

I played this game first then the original game and the sequel last and honestly that's also my ranking. I love all of them but for different reasons... First Gane because of the great art design, Humor, best soundtrack by a mile, second game because of the bold changes and a great lineup of weapons and lastly the third game for it's story, the Humor again, a great weapon lineup and the pure nostalgia having played through it around 50 times at least.

Actually after Arcadia most of the battle missions are optional actually the arenas in going commando were plot important for getting gadgets and the sphere mini game in going commando was terrible because navigating through the sphere is a pain in the ass and drags out and if you fuck up you have to start the puzzle all over again

From what I heard, UYA was rushed. Just imagine if company ball busters were to lay off on the devs and just let them do their work.

Sadly I never got to beat the game because it would always crash on the metropolis level

I'm in nz and mines called ratchet and clank 3 up your arsenal

The only one of the trilogy I immediately went and played it again. I absolutely loved this game. I thought the 1st one was great, second was awesome and this I loved.

N60-storm Is that a Nintendo reference in a PlayStation game?

can you review the future games?

I love this game, and it's easily one of the better entries of the series. Though I will be honest, I like Going Commando more.

You need to do the other games in the series.

Is there any itches with the HD version

My personal favourite of the trilogy. But by favourite in the series is Tools of Destruction.

is there still online play for any ps2 games?

That's weird, up your arsenal doesn't do that to me on my collection =/

Going commando was the best, 3 was shinier, but I feel like it was too repetitive and bland with constant shooting of guns I'd rather replace with previous designs

1:50 OMF HE DOES SOUND JUST LIKE BILL CLINTON

See, I really like the fact that each weapon has multiple upgrades in this one - as you yourself said, in R&C2, when you upgraded a weapon, you never used it again since you had to be upgrading other weapons. With each weapon having multiple upgrades, this becomes less of an issue, since you can have several weapons in the middle of upgrading at the same time. Unless you focus on just using one weapon at a time, but trust me, that's a bad idea if you want to level up the early-game weapons. Other than that, the only other things this game has going for it are Dr Nefarious (who is hilarious - hey that rhymed!) and the hub world - which is nice to have as a place to go and relaxk, as well as being convenient to buy armour - the vendors in R&C2 were in the middle of missions until you got to the end of the game, which is really dumb. Honestly, if R&C2 had the villain and upgrade system of 3, it would easily be my favourite. As it is, they're constantly teetering back and forth as to which is my favourite - heck, even R&C1 gets in there occasionally with its fantastic character development... then quickly falls back once I remember the only way to upgrade weapons is with the gold bolt stores. Oh, I also like the fact that this game tells you how many Titanium bolts are on each planet so you don't have to re-scour every planet if you miss one. Granted, the reward is super lame, but hey, it's a nice feature that I wish was in the games where the big bolts actually mattered.

I loved that game but one time I restarted my game and I got stuck on the first minigame it was scratched to much and now I'm stuck. 😡

thanks for answering my questions on newgame+! Instant like.

Please review Ratchet: Deadlocked (the fourth game)!

It's a huge shame that you never played the online mode. It was amazing (although people found so many glitches they used to cheat with after the many years). Also, you didn't mention "Challenge Mode" (whihc isn't much of a challenge because you carry over upgrades). However, you can get to level V8 for your weapons I believe. Also, that car with the turret does exist in the game. It's in the online mode.

You forgot to mention the fact that you can try out a weapon in the vendor before purchasing it. but yeah nice review :)

I..i.i...want my going commando CD back!! *winging*

Are you talking about ratchet 1, because that doesn't freeze when choosing weapons.

nice one anthony

I felt so good when I finally platinumed this

getting the challenges are hard

You are awesome anti dude.

can you do ratchet and clank all 4 one

Three Years Later....Dude, u still haven't reviewed the others.

I liked Angela, I really did :( My favorite female character in the series. My favorite R&C games: 1. Deadlocked/Gladiator 2. Going Commando/Locked and loaded 3. a Crack in Time

Hey AntDude, whats your opinion on Insomniac Games collaboration with Microsoft in their new game "Sunset Overdrive".

I do love Up Your Arsenal but Going Commando is still my favourite out of the PS2 Trilogy. Besides Going Commando did the improvements and upgrades first.

i think one of the reasons why i prefer this over going commando is because i found GC frustratingly difficult at times. UYA was much more... chillaxed? in terms of diffuculty, so i found it way more enjoyable. also, i think it's safe for me to say that dr. nefarious is one of my most fave video game characters ever, like holy crud he's fantastic.