Ratchet and Clank - I'm Really Starting to Hate This Game

I bought Ratchet last year based on the high reviews, and it seemed a no brainer for me. I am a graphics hound, and I love blowing stuff up, and games that are more fun than frustration.

Well Ratchet has become quite frustrating, and now I just want the game to end asap. I am at the asteriod belt station, and it looks like I have a long ways to go. Two things are killing the game for me:

Jump puzzling - Cmon does anyone really enjoy this crap? One bad jump and you fall to your death and have to start over.

Lousy Save System - God I hate this. I made it through the belt system, collected these souls or whatever, then went through a really long jumping platform sequence. I was tired and got stuck. I wasn't clear what to do next so I saved my game and went to bed. Loaded my save tonight, and I have to repeat the whole freaking level! Thirty minutes of gameplay at least that has to be repeated.

THis is just unacceptable, and a cheap way for developers to make games appear to last longer. There is absolutely no excuse for forcing gamers to do this. Now I will be afraid to turn off my game since I don't know where it will truly save.

I loved all the Ratchet and Clank games. This one was by far my favorite. It's just so easy and fun.

I hate platforming too. That's a huge reason I prefer Heavenly Sword over God of War. Kratos has to jump from platform to platform??? Puh-lease.

Anyways, other than that I enjoyed R&C except for the fact that it was really long.

Let me get this straight.

You purchased a platformer, and don't like the platforming elements? Or am I missing something? If so please enlighten me.

Jump puzzling - Cmon does anyone really enjoy this crap? One bad jump and you fall to your death and have to start over.

jeffbase33

Platforming in a Platforming-game you say?

WHAT AN OUTRAGE!

R&C tod wasn't that hard and its a fun game, it was such a fun game it felt so short, I just wish theres plenty more stages to unlock

Jump puzzling - Cmon does anyone really enjoy this crap? One bad jump and you fall to your death and have to start over.

jeffbase33

Casual gamer. Are you the reason games have become too easy for me?

i beat the game in 4 days haha. It's not too difficult if you're into platforming, but if you dont like it, it easily becomes boring and frustrating. I love the game myself, but everything is based off of user opinion. Some people like it, some people dont.

And the puzzle jumping is necessary, because it's a platformer.

The amount of save points dont matter too much either, since the game keeps consistent checkpoints that you return to if you die. Most of the levels are small anyway.

This game came out fairly well as Insomniacs first PS3 R&C entry. Future versions will be better.

It's the first time i heard about R&C being hard.

The game consist of two main elements: Shoot them up and Platforming.

I love the game myself, and didnt get stuck, found the platforming fun also, i guess this game just isn't for you.

I played devil may cry and got stuck a couple times, just refer to some walkthroughs and go through ur game, ull do fine.

2) Many great games use this save system, including Mario Galaxy. Deal with it - that's how the game is designed.

R&C is one of the most fun games on the PS3 right now, and is probably worth your full purchase, dollar per dollar. If you don't like it, return it.

Lolz, your not really good at Ratchet & Clank games are you? I finished it in a week! Dion4ever

lol, doesnt seem you any better then him beating it in a week :P a week is a LONG time to finish a game like ratchet and clank

Well, that's what a platformer game is. You don't need to rush the play because it might cause mistakes and restarrt the same level all over again. Be patient pal, oh and nobody's perfect everybody commits mistakes. I have The first R&C game on the PS2, Jak and Daxter, Jak II, Jak 3, Daxter and R&C Size matters all of the games i died because i fell on bottomless pits. But i manage to finish all of the games (except size matters, still on the last level) It's patience that's needed. Buying R&C tools of destruction as my first game on PS3 together with COD4 and warhawk.

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I thought it was easy until the last boss. Tried about 5 times, died 5 times then sold it out of frustration lol.Devourment423

Actually I found the final boss to be the easiest. Just RYNO and if you don't have it, use a combonation of Alpha cannon and Toxic Swarmers.

But I found the game really easy, and it's my favorite Ps3 game I have.

[QUOTE="Devourment423"]I thought it was easy until the last boss. Tried about 5 times, died 5 times then sold it out of frustration lol.StewieZim101

Actually I found the final boss to be the easiest. Just RYNO and if you don't have it, use a combonation of Alpha cannon and Toxic Swarmers.

But I found the game really easy, and it's my favorite Ps3 game I have.

Yeah, its so easy with the RYNO I guarantee yo wont even take any damage!

i got bored after 10 mins ...

warhawk & ratchet are the worst games i got

i got bored after 10 mins ...

warhawk & ratchet are the worst games i got

soren008

you're buggin...you must not be too good at either one of those games...

[QUOTE="soren008"]

i got bored after 10 mins ...

warhawk & ratchet are the worst games i got

tryfe_lyn

you're buggin...you must not be too good at either one of those games...

I pray he doesn't get Guitar Hero 3 if he's bad at those games. GH3 is basically the hardest in the series.

I thought it was easy until the last boss. Tried about 5 times, died 5 times then sold it out of frustration lol.Devourment423

[QUOTE="soren008"]

i got bored after 10 mins ...

warhawk & ratchet are the worst games i got

tryfe_lyn

you're buggin...you must not be too good at either one of those games...

ok I'm awful at warhawk but its still lame

to be bad at ratchet & clank you gotta be pretty messed up in the head

I never really liked Ratchet and Clank either. Just didn't have a taste for it. :|Riverspirit

I don't know why everyone wants to come down on him so hard. The real issue seems to be the save system , not really the difficulty. I haven't played the game ...... but if he is saying that he plays for half and hour and then he happens to fall , mess up , or save the game in the wrong place then he has to REPEAT everything over again .... then I could see where the frustration comes from.

Maybe someone can enlighten me if this is really true in the game because I am interested in playing it.

I really enjoyed the game, ive played it through about 5 times now and i still get a kick out of it everytime.

I just wish it were longer though.

I really enjoyed the game, ive played it through about 5 times now and i still get a kick out of it everytime.

I just wish it were longer though.

l34052

Replay....

I don't know why everyone wants to come down on him so hard. The real issue seems to be the save system , not really the difficulty. I haven't played the game ...... but if he is saying that he plays for half and hour and then he happens to fall , mess up , or save the game in the wrong place then he has to REPEAT everything over again .... then I could see where the frustration comes from.

Maybe someone can enlighten me if this is really true in the game because I am interested in playing it.

Nike_Air

No. No.

It's simply that he's stating that the puzzle jumping is too hard...on an casual given game. He's basically telling us:

Hardcore gamers, the ones that had REAL challenges in jumping around at last moments and making or missing EPIC jumps such as Shadows of the Colossus, that Ratchet and Clank is too hard.

THAT is laughable. Even if he is a casual. And shoot. There WAS no saving system in my earlier years. It was more like:

Screw up too many times, start back from the start of the game.

I bought Ratchet last year based on the high reviews, and it seemed a no brainer for me. I am a graphics hound, and I love blowing stuff up, and games that are more fun than frustration.

Well Ratchet has become quite frustrating, and now I just want the game to end asap. I am at the asteriod belt station, and it looks like I have a long ways to go. Two things are killing the game for me:

Jump puzzling - Cmon does anyone really enjoy this crap? One bad jump and you fall to your death and have to start over.

Lousy Save System - God I hate this. I made it through the belt system, collected these souls or whatever, then went through a really long jumping platform sequence. I was tired and got stuck. I wasn't clear what to do next so I saved my game and went to bed. Loaded my save tonight, and I have to repeat the whole freaking level! Thirty minutes of gameplay at least that has to be repeated.

THis is just unacceptable, and a cheap way for developers to make games appear to last longer. There is absolutely no excuse for forcing gamers to do this. Now I will be afraid to turn off my game since I don't know where it will truly save.

jeffbase33

Did you really expect sympathy from this bunch?

[QUOTE="jeffbase33"]

I bought Ratchet last year based on the high reviews, and it seemed a no brainer for me. I am a graphics hound, and I love blowing stuff up, and games that are more fun than frustration.

Well Ratchet has become quite frustrating, and now I just want the game to end asap. I am at the asteriod belt station, and it looks like I have a long ways to go. Two things are killing the game for me:

Jump puzzling - Cmon does anyone really enjoy this crap? One bad jump and you fall to your death and have to start over.

Lousy Save System - God I hate this. I made it through the belt system, collected these souls or whatever, then went through a really long jumping platform sequence. I was tired and got stuck. I wasn't clear what to do next so I saved my game and went to bed. Loaded my save tonight, and I have to repeat the whole freaking level! Thirty minutes of gameplay at least that has to be repeated.

THis is just unacceptable, and a cheap way for developers to make games appear to last longer. There is absolutely no excuse for forcing gamers to do this. Now I will be afraid to turn off my game since I don't know where it will truly save.

PS3videos

Did you really expect sympathy from this bunch?

Oh snap. I thought you said "Symphony". :P

But sympathy comes in when you mention a real issue instead of a laughable issue.

It's the first time i heard about R&C being hard.

The game consist of two main elements: Shoot them up and Platforming.

I love the game myself, and didnt get stuck, found the platforming fun also, i guess this game just isn't for you.

I played devil may cry and got stuck a couple times, just refer to some walkthroughs and go through ur game, ull do fine.

pigsybum

I never said the game was hard. I said I am frustrated with the save points. I was tired that night, and turned off the game. I saved it. Little did I know that I would have to repeat 30 freaking minutes of gameplay! They did the same crap on the level where you have to fight through the arena which takes a long time to complete.

Jumping puzzles are just stupid. I shouldnt have to restart just because I jumped a second too late. I guess it adds some tension, but that doesn't equal fun to me.

LOL! I think you just suck at the game... so blame yourself because the game is very easy (but a lot of fun).Gebrechlichkeit

Whatever pal. SOme of us actually have lives and can't just sit in front of the tv 6 hours straight. IF the game is around 12 hours and you beat it in 2 days, that means you don't have much responsibility.