A great time with a furry and and toaster
So does Ratchet and Clank continue to thrive even after half a decade of gaming inflation? I should say it does. In fact I would say I enjoyed this game more then any other game I've played in recent history... meaning 6 months. This game manages to excel in all it attempts to excel in. The main character Ratchet is a rat like character that isn't necessarily a hero just a guy in the right place at the right time. It doesn't help that his little robotic sidekick pushes him in the direction needed for an adventure. What starts out as a small adventure starts to blossom into an interesting story arc. Sure it's not the most sophisticated story: Money monger wants more money so he takes advantage of the little people. This is gaming cliché at it's finest. Still Ratchet and Clank manage to add some charm to an otherwise overused topic. I might not have been so forgiving to a space marine with horrible grey gritty blah atmosphere. This game is colorful and I like this. At the same time though it manages to be fierce. In the beginning the game provides a grace period of ease to get use to the controls but at the meat of the game it might suddenly have an odd spike of challenge that doesn't always match the level of the rest of the game. The final boss battle tended to be maddening.
To that same point if I had one major problem with this game it was the save system. If you made it all the way through a map and decided to quit your game, the next time you load up you'll start back at the beginning of the map. This isn't so bad because they do place various transporters to get you closer to were you quit. This is a minor gripe I had... but it is still about the only one I could find.
This isn't perhaps the most forward thinking game at the time of release and the graphics might not be up to par with the current generation, but its charm and color makes this one a definite own for those who are collectors of great platformers and shooters. Anyone should be happy to own this one.