how many of you fuckboys played good old ratchet and clank?

nevermind, I forgot /v/ was for weeb trash and plumberfags

>>377312095

>wah no one wants to talk about old animal mascot games

It's not even better than Jak and Daxter my nigga.

>>377310893
Bought a ps3 + the collection recently. Enjoying it immensely.

Played the first three and Dreadlocked on ps2.
It's surprising how the gameplay of 2 and 3 still holds up today.
1 is still my favorite though.

I really liked the second and third one. They were pretty great games.

I'm not sure what else you want to talk about

Ratchet & Clanck 3 is my favourite game of the series.

Played all of them except for like Secret Agent Clank, and Size Matters. I enjoyed all of them.

>>377312431
first four on the ps2 were solid, never played the future series. hardly ever threads about jak or ratchet or even sly so why not

>>377310893
lurk for 2 years before posting like you're supposed to and you'd know there has been thousands of threads for these games

>>377312095
I played jap games, mario games and it didn't stop me from appretiating the original PS2 Ratchet games, you uptight cunt

>>377310893
Me me i did! 2 is the best!

>>377310893

Never got into the games when they first came out, but I picked up the HD collection with the first three games not long ago. Good stuff, though I don't know how many of the other games are worth looking into.

Its the best game for the ps2. Game works better and more fun than most next gen games

Before anyone gets angry
Final fantasy 12
And Kingdom hearts 1,2 could also be the best games for the ps2

>>377310893
Never played 1 or 2 but I played a fuck ton of UYA and deadlocked. I miss the UYA multiplayer shit was so good.

>>377313064
>Before anyone gets angry
>Final fantasy 12
FFXII is strange because its so polarizing its either someones favorite game in the franchise or absolutely hated I hardly ever see a middle ground with it.

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Best weapon.

>>377313290
I love final fantasy 12
Back when I was 13 and didn't know how to play it . I hated it

But now I'm 19 I fucking love that game
The game is so underrated
Played 60h+ non stop on my ps2

>>377312174
>animal mascot
>implying that's worse than some edgy faggot with DBZ hair

>>377310893
Had to stop playing when I got to Courtney Gears because of my raging hard on

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>>377313449
good choice, but this also wrecked shit if you could use it

>>377313452
I had the same experience with FFVIII actually, was my first game in the franchise and I was probably only 10 or 11 when I first played it. Went back years later ended up loving it when I figured out how to break the game with junctioning and become super OP.

>>377313741
I remember pretty much all the sniper weapons being able to wreck shit. One of the few things I liked about the reboot was being able to snipe properly with the increased draw distance.

Original trilogy > Future

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>>377310893
The lava physics were out of this world back then...

>>377312424
One is my favourite too - although I'm fully aware that this is nostalgia. Going back and playing them all makes me realise by most objective measures the rest of the PS2 games were better

>>377310893
Played 3 and gladiator on PS2. Shame it's still unplayable with PCSX2, I'd love to try the first two games

>>377314092
future trilogy had some dumb shit drilled into the story, but it wasn't until the reboot they went full retard
>>377314195
the lava gun sucks ass but I figured out that its actually really good with the lock on mod

>>377314195
It actually had creative weapons
And the chicken gun

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>>377310893
>play the reboot
>Ratchet isn't a giant dick to Clank
>learn this was how it was meant to be

>>377314318
As of today I still don't know if I liked the reboot or not. Most likely the latter, though

Anyone else find the ice map the hardest
Were you had to find captain cwork

>>377314248
Combat in general was definitely better in 2 and 3 but 1 had a better story and level design. If the latest game was an exact remake with updated combat and graphics it would easily be the best in the franchise.

>>377310893
Ape Escape was better

>>377313709
One of the first game characters I fap'd to

>>377310893

I've played them all nigger. Apart from the PS4 remake anyway.

>>377312174

Funny because J&D ended up just becoming a shitty Ratchet clone.

>>377314674
I remember first time putting that game into my ps2

Couldn't pass the first level
Because I didn't know what to do
After a week relised you had to put the analog stick down

>>377314195
My favourite part was when the lava gun in the second game transformed and started shooting pebbles making it complete garbage.
At least they didn't ruin it in the third game.

I emulated them all recently, 3 was my favorite as a kid but playing them again it's actually not as good as 2. They turned it into just a shooter and removed almost all platforming and exploration elements. 2 was the perfect blend of platforman and shootan

>>377314715
the first jak was great, they lost something in transition to the second. still had a decent story enough for me to care.

>>377314819
It wasn't garbage, the meteor gun was one of the best DPS guns in the game. It was just different to the lava gun which was supposed to be used for crowd control.

>>377310893
R&C3 had some GOAT multiplayer.

>>377314819

>Complete garbage

Just stick a lock-on mod on that thing, and it's a beautifully effective mid-range automatic.

>>377314850

I agree to an extent. 2 would have easily been the best if it had less clearly rushed bullshit in it, e.g. the Snivelak boss and the snow Yetis.

I can never decide which of the 3 PS2 games is my favourite.

>>377314908

Meh, I thought it was shit.
I heard Jak X had some surprisingly sharp writing though, I gotta try that one day.

>>377315102
I played the first four for the PS2, I thought it started going downhill during that one. Are the ones after the fourth more similar to the first two or tree?
I'm not likely going to buy a PS3 or PS4 anyway, but are they good?

>>377314674
Ape Escape is fun but it's almost entirely designed around gimmicks. I played AE3 recently and it was fun but all the levels basically just existed to introduce a new gimmick/ability that's then dropped immediately after. It never really felt like I was being challenged on my knowledge of the mechanics outside the most basic stuff. Also fuck being booted out of the level after a set number of apes are caught.

>>377315102
jak x is worth a try, the writing is pretty much the same level of quality though. its not bad.

>>377315102
Sorry didn't mean to reply >>377315273

>>377315102
Jak X
Didn't it was just a racing game
It had a pointless story
Basically they got poisoned
By the FAT guy that died in jak 2
You have to win gold to survive

>>377312174
Ratchet > Sly > Jak

>>377315273

The PS3 games are a step down.
Gameplaywise it's like 3 but with more platforming and generally smoother controls. Everything else is just a little bit worse, the graphics are neat but not as endearing, the music is bland, the writing is shitty and stupid, etc. Just kind of charmless and bland.
If you start craving Ratchet gameplay again then you may as well play a new one instead of replaying an old one. Just don't expect it to be on the same level.

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>>377310893
3 > DL = 1 > 2

>>377315663
Its a parody of Britney Spears

She's also in the 4th game
Basically wrestling parody

>>377315747
Thank you!

>>377315828
Yeah anon, who are you telling this to?

>>377314818
>had an analog controller but no games that needed it for the longest time
>rent Ape Escape
>didn't come with a booklet and the idea of pressing the stick in was insanely foreign even with the tutorials help
Learned how to dive on accident, what a thrill that was

>>377315803

Strange list but I'll go with it.

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>>377315828

>>377315828
How is courtney gears anything like britney spears?

>>377316137
they both make my pee pee tingle

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>>377310893
I don't know how I fucked the op pic but this is the real one

>>377314850
2 was fucking horrendous. Shit tier boss fights even by the rock bottom standards of R&C and two absolutely broken weapons that make the game a joke.

Played CIT and loved it but I don't think there were any more games for the PS3 at the time aside from Quest for Booty which was fun but far too short. Once I get a hold of my PS3 again I'm gonna get the collection no doubt.

>>377316553

Wasn't Quest for Booty basically a glorified demo meant to tie in to the next game?

>>377316553

The collection is slightly broken. Music doesn't loop correctly, tons of graphical glitches, etc.
Runs smooth as butter and gameplay is rock solid but it feels like a cheap emulation.

>>377316668

It was a tiny platforming-oriented map pack for ToD with a teaser for CiT.

>>377316137
>music style is intentionally a rip-off of Spears' 90s pop
>Courtney and Britney have the same four last letters
>Gears rhymes with Spears
gee I wonder

>>377316668
I honestly don't know, all I remember is it was one of the "free" games we got after the account hack fiasco years ago. Also got Infamous.
>>377316675
Is it glaringly obvious or things you notice if you've played the originals? Regardless I enjoyed the two games I've played so much that I'll suffer through it. Haven't had that much fun with an adventure/platformer since Crash.

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Anyone play Size Matters? It would be an okay Ratchet game but the fact it's a PSP port ruins it. The graphics and controls suck, the field of view is way too narrow, and all the cutscenes are prerendered and look like shit, plus you don't see your armor in them because of that. Also the gun balance is shit, I've been using the Lacerator the whole time because it's hands down the best until now when I upgraded the shotgun and it went from completely useless to blatantly overpowered.

>>377316792
you're retarded none of those are alike

>>377316516
What's it like to have an objectively trash opinion? You must let me know.

>>377316828
pretty much yeah. it had potential, but was held back.

>>377316553
Tools of Destruction, Into the nexus, all 4 one

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>>377316817

It's glaringly obvious. In Ratchet 1 the start menu and vendors have heavily distorted picture-in-picture if you're playing in widescreen. In cutscenes (and only in cutscenes!) Ratchet's helmet never ever fits his head, it's always comically big.
But like I said: perfectly playable. Actual gameplay runs fine and feels fine. But the writing and atmosphere of the PS2 games is surprisingly strong and it'd be a shame to have that spoiled.

>>377316828

>pic
I think the PSP version's FoV is even worse. Yes, Ratchet has a detailed model for the PSP, but I want to see the fucking game.

>>377316516
I thought it complimented the first one very well, just like the third one did the the second. It felt like a slow, natural evolution of the game until the fourth came along and everything was arena'd, not only as in the story, but gameplay wise.

>>377316948
>>377317045
What was your favourite boss?
The guy on a hoverboard that spawned mooks?
The giant robot that takes forever to kill?
The other giant robot that takes forever to kill?
The protopet?
Do tell.

The PS2 were god tier
Skipped the PS3
The PS4 reboot made me hate my PS4. It's easily worse than the fucking first game

>>377316219
Why couldn't the PS3 games and onwards just use this style?

>>377316917
sorry about your special needs

>>377317570

Not pixar enough.

>>377317318
>slow, natural evolution of the game
Nigger 2 improved literally /everything/ from the first game, even down to the tiny things like automatically selecting the full amount of ammo to refill at the vendor. It had better guns, better graphics, weapon health and armor upgrades, 2 arenas, 2 races, I could go on. Not to mention a targeting system, the first game really suffered by not having a targeting or strafing system.

>>377317404
What are you complaining about, that they are too easy? This is Ratchet and Clank, they are all easy no matter the game. I died once on the Drek fight, once on the protopet fight, didn't die at all on the Nefarious fight.

>>377317570
Gotta justify that jump in performance with detailed fur and sixaxis integration!

>>377316137
the fuck are you smoking? she even has a line referencing her in the fight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6JNhWfejAQ

>>377317786
I'm complaining that they're dogshit bulletsponges, something that the preceding posts seemed to be denying.

>>377316828
>Not playing the superior PS2 version

>>377317786

Some of the shit that was added in 2 was bad.
The bosses are one thing, but the ship combat was hit-or-miss and several levels are blatantly rushed. Ratchet 3 was a lot more polished, for better or worse.

>>377317893

What made it better?

Was my favourite series back in the day. Beat 1, 2, 3, Deadlocked, Crack in Time and Tools of destuction and also beat the reboot.

I used to replay the games 20-30 times because I found them that fun and 100% all the ones I played.

Great series but the reboot is pretty bad compared to the original, the future series is pretty good and the weapon designs were always really creative.

>>377317879
They're bosses, they're supposed to have a lot of health. The only one that is bullshit is the Thugs 4 Less mecha fight, that one is genuinely stupid and it took me 15+ minutes.

>>377317893
I am playing the PS2 version, unfortunately it's barely different from the PSP version.

>>377318265

>They're bosses, they're supposed to have a lot of health.
Bosses are supposed to be difficult, they shouldn't go on for ever while you do very little because that's boring.

Sitting in a turret shooting at boss for a minute only to do that again 6 or 7 more ties is not fun.

>>377318423
Well like I said that one is bullshit, the only bossfight out of the trilogy that I hate because it's so dull.

>>377310893
I remember I had an operation to remove a benign tumour from my neck and I got to stay home from school and play R&C2 all week without my mother moaning at me. It was fucking amazing.

>>377318584

The Protopet boss is the same. It just goes on forever without much variety. Even Nefarious in 3 is the same, although that one is somewhat better because of the interlude.

>>377318214
>I used to replay the games 20-30 times
I know that feeling. I got the new game counter up to an absurd amount like that, good times. That's a sign the game is really god damn good.

>>377318752

Doesn't the game counter cap at 9?

>>377318820
no, I don't think any of them do

Post best tracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trlhrKqoJAc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BzdpC-uhRY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hacLBs5BEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRrapLg7Yfo

>>377318752
Yeah, the games really were that good. Seems they forgot what made the original games so good in the reboot. No adult-teen humor, no amazing soundtrack, character development between ratchet and clank completely stripped away and worse remade versions of prexisting planets and no gemlik base.

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As much as I liked the atmosphere of 2, I've caught myself replaying 3 the most. 3 treats weapons much better and 2's bosses are abysmal.

>>377318962
yeah they fucked it up. that britfag with the hour+ long video summed it up very well

>>377318214
>>377318752
100%-ing R&C games is pure joy. The only games i did not 100% was Size Matters (the last skill point never unlocked for me no matter what I did) and Nexus.

>>377319247
oh man I never noticed the indivual differences between levels

>>377318698
honestly all the bosses in the original trilogy are pretty weak by those standards

>>377319823

I agree, bosses were never the franchise's forte.

>>377319581
I've only 100%-ed 1 and 3, plan to do deadlocked at some point

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>>377314365
>in the original trilogy ratchet constantly makes fun of nerds from Al to Clank
>in the reboot when ratchet meats Al he geeks out and even says he's in "nerd heaven," and is basically a generic "gamer" stereotype.

the reboot was a mistake

>>377319823
drek and nefarious were good enough. the rangers finally showing up to help us was a great part. honestly those two are the only good bosses in the franchise.

>>377320180
I liked the Quark spaceship fight

>>377320430

That one was clipped enough to be fun.

is crack in time worth finishing? not sure why I dropped it.

>>377320543

the final boss is one of the better ones desu

it ends on a strong note

I did

>tfw they run like shit on emulators

>>377321430

Haven't they been fixed lately?

>>377321496
for the ps2 games, the latest builds of pcsx2 fix most of the shit. you still need a beefy computer.

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>mfw replaying the first game ad remembering how much of a cunt Ratchet was

it takes so long for him and Clank to even come close to being friends

>>377313449
That's not the plasma whip even though they're functionally pretty much the same weaponthere was something beautiful about whipping Courtney Gears

I played R&C3 first, so when trying to play 1 or 2 they feel too clunky.

The music was so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hebJoIvtArw

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>>377315449
This dude knows his anthros

>>377321650
>remembering how much of a cunt Ratchet was
It made him more of a real character if that makes sense. I loved it when he went berserk after quark double crossed him. the reboot ratchet is just lame.
>>377321838
dl had a good soundtrack, same with jak x
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5VHaHTRT6U

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>>377317867
>get hit by her spin kick
>oops i did it again
9/10 boss fight, its alright.

>>377321838
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk_XvQHreuk

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Ratchet and Clank is my feel good series. If I'm feeling really shit I just do a playthrough and by the end I'm over the funk.

That said it also has some of the worst spinoffs I've seen in a series.

>>377322932
>reboot
>gameplay > story

Should be gameplay > story, characters, dialogue, soundtrack, planets ect

>>377322932
Also no 60 fps for the remake.

>>377318698
>Protopet
>goes on forever
I did it in under a minute. Just spammed RYNO II.

I only played the first and the third games, how do they run on emulators ?

>>377310893
Deadlocked was better.

>>377323402
dl improved the faster paced combat, it's close to being the best for me

>>377323391
They basically don't, the R&C and J&D PS2 games use a function of the PS2's hardware that no other games really use, so emulators haven't bothered perfecting it. Basically the textures are all fucked up.

>>377323391
better off getting free mcboot and a ps2

>>377323630
The textures seem to be ok now if you tweak with the directX or opengl software and hardware modes.

It runs like absolute ass though

>>377323630
>>377324112
>>377324181
Well shit, i actually have a PS2 and R&C but the problem is that my PS2 is PAL and the game is NTSC

>>377322932
Honestly I thought Size Matters was terrible, even for a PsP game. By the end of the game everything takes so fucking long to die.

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There isn't a better sequel in video games than going commando. Its literally a perfect sequel. I remember replaying both games all the fucking time just because I never found another game more fun on the ps2. For some reason I found the analogue stick awkward and unintuitive and got mad when they phased out the Dpad as an optional movement method. Now everything uses the analogue stick.

>>377324387
that's what free mcboot is for, region lock means shit after you get that on your mem card, you can just burn and play any ps2 game after you patch it with esr

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Alright, let's get this show on the road.
Post your favorite:
>Level
>Weapon
>Soundtrack
>Character
>Gaem


Silver City from R&C2
Motherfucking Scorpion Flail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-qDokFKE5w
Captain Quark
R&C2

>Try posting a pic of Scorpion flail
>Error: Duplicate file exist here: >>377313449
My nigger

>>377324567
elaborate

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I can buy a brand-new PS2 slim with modchip for $50, should i go for it /v/ ?
I also need an optical on my pc to burn DVDs

>>377325203
Favorite weapon is any variation of the turrents, because its fun to throw all of them then just run around dodging. favorite character is Courtney Gears because she gave me a boner and I STILL know the lyrics to her song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5EY4Bnv_0w

I autistically played Going Commando to like NG+11 or some shit.
>dat carbonox armor

>>377325297
I had to buy some game, 007 agent under fire, to exploit my ps2 to install free mcboot. probably a video out there still explaining it.

>>377323402
>>377323562
Deadlocked feels more like a spinoff to me, the focus being entirely on combat makes it feel a lot less like a normal R&C game, we didn't get a host of quirky minor characters or as much fun exploring and platforming in different worlds

>>377325448
I always loved getting the turrets to max level so they would shoot very slow homing rockets, and then just it around watch them clear everything.

>>377325203
>Level
That dino planet in ToD
>Weapon
Ryno V
>Soundtrack
1812 overture
>Character
Quark
>Gaem
Up your Arsenal

>>377325425

modchips aren't necessary, just get a FreeMCBoot card

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>mfw the original runs at a smooth 60fps

PS2 had some black magic in it I swear

>>377325879

It framedrops though. Good that they were targetting 60fps though.

I'm more impressed by the fact that they managed to have relatively good texture work + mipmaps in widescreen 480p on the PS2.

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>>377323391
>>377323630
>>377324181
The newest PCSX2 dev build runs them fine, I get 60 FPS with some slowdowns on a i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz, I played through all 3 games without major issue

>>377324526
Going Commando is still one of my favorite games. 3 is also amazing and Deadlock is still really good despite catching shit.

Also is emulating these games easy yet? Last I heard they were runnable but that you had to jump through some major hoops to get them working. Fucking love the series and haven't played any of them in like a decade. Also are the PS3 games on par with the PS2 games?

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>>377326198
>that webm
>player has a heavy bouncer but apparently unused minirocket tube

???

>>377325203
>level
silver city or koros
>weapon
ryno II or the fusion rifle
>soundtrack
wupash nebula
>character
ratchet
>gaem
the third

>>377326448
>Not using that bouncer as much as possible just to upgratde it to the Heavy "I kill everything with the push of a button" Bouncer

Pleb.

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>>377326448
I used the bouncer for most of the game, it's kinda overpowered. I had only just bought the minirocket tube then.

>>377326653
Video games.

>>377326198
When is this dev build going public? I've heard about this shit months ago and they still only have older versions up on the site.

Why are no armor runs of these games so fun?

Anyone have any other fun challenge runs?

>>377325203
>Level
Metropolis in the first game
>Weapon
Infector
>Soundtrack
R&C 1
>character
I'M SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU A SVINGSHOT, SO YOU CAN SVAY TO A FRO LIKE LEETLE INSECTS
>Game
Going Commmando

>>377326692
I'm pretty sure the minirocket tube is as expensive if not cheaper and it is way more relevant early on. Bouncer only really goes full rape mode when it upgrades

>>377315449
Crash>Jak>Ratchet>Sly

>>377326801
I've only played Deadlocked, just spreading some knowledge of the outside world. It's awful, unsurprisingly.

>>377326838
Only use weapons from the first game in R&C 2

>>377326448
>>377326626
>>377326692
Bouncer is the best weapon of the series, along with deploy-able turrets. Black hole gun is also a neat concept, but it's functionally too similar to the turrets.

Also this series is real good, it's two developers of R&C2 LPing the game and discussing the level design processes and enemy design struggles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK6eeS1LPFQ&list=PLBE216F8E761D085C

>>377326832
No idea, I think the official stable version is almost a year old now. Just use this
http://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2/index.php?m=get&rev=v1.5.0-dev-2099-ge043822&platform=windows-x86

As far as I can tell it functions exactly the same as the public build except it has mipmapping support for Ratchet and Clank.

>>377326975
Even the unupgraded bouncer is really good, against early game enemies it just shreds them. It kills Chainblade in two shots.

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>>377316516
Opinion so shit it can only be a bait

>>377327165
you don't even get the bouncer until well after you should have already beaten chainblade and by then you can kill him with the wrench easily

>>377310893
I played the first trilogy and Deadlocked. 3 is the best game, Shock Blaster best weapon.

>>377326198
Based anon, will it work on my fx 8350 or should I not bother?

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>>377327138
>The episode with the snowbeast award
>Tony's waning self-confidence as he plays through his own levels and keeps discovering design flaws
>Them both gushing over the Nefarious fight
>That one episode where they just kept yelling at each other over somrthing banal as Mike keeps failing The Quarktastic challenge

10/10 series, probably the only time I've watched someone else play through an entire game.

>>377327165

Hm. I didn't actually buy the Bouncer until pretty late-game-by then, I didn't think it would carry much weight.

I'll try to get it upgraded earlier next time I play through it, see how it does.

>>377327602
most likely not, pre-Ryzen AMD CPUs are absolutely terrible for emulation

>>377327709
reeeeeeeeee

>>377327336
Compared to other mid-late game weapons though it's exceptionally good. One bouncer shot takes out 70% of his HP iirc.

>>377327138
it was good until the britfag episodes

>>377327138
Oh the memories!

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>>377326975
>>377327138
>>377327336
>>377327691
>Play through R&C2 for the first time, completeky destroying everyone and everything with the Heavy Bouncer
>It comes back in 3
>"Huh, maybe they nerfed it a bit to make it less ridiculous"
>Try it out
>It's WAY stronger
>mfw

>>377328051
I can hear the sound of all the minature bombs bouncing everywhere.

>>377328051
Actually they did nerf it, it only has 10 shots in 3 compared to 25 in 2

>>377327165
Thanks, also does this run MGS3 better? The game is all sorts of fucky with its framerate for me and I'm not super savvy with emulators.

I should probably drag this to /vg/, but I don't think the PS2 is old enough yet.

>>377328935
I never tried to emulate MGS but my friend did on an i5 4690k and said it ran fine. Emulation depends on your CPU, you need a good CPU for it.

>>377329097
also depends on the game. kh runs solid on pcsx2 even for weaker systems.

>>377328162
>that bassy boom followed by a ton of tinny bouncing sound effects

Why isn't there another series that at least tries to make fun, new guns similar to R&C?

>>377325203
>Level
Gemlik Base, Oltanis Orbit/ Silver City
>Weapon
Infector. Honorable mention to the golden mine glove in the first game because it sent enemies flying.
>Soundtrack
Obani Gemini, Zygan System
>Character
Chairman Drek. Fuck you movie.
>Gaem
Up your arsenal. The original has better level design but the gameplay of 3 is just overall better.

>>377310893
I did and its probably one of my most favorite gaming franchises of all time

>>377329097
>>377329457
I only have a 3570k, so that might be why. I could make the emulator a higher priority on my CPU, I've barely fucked with it as is.

>>377327165
I'm retarded, how do I get this to download? Hitting download does nothing.

>>377325203
>soundtracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRrapLg7Yfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BzdpC-uhRY
>>377329890
link is broken for me as well

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>>377317570

>tfw vividly remember being disgusted with Qwark's lack of ass-cheek chin in ToD

I mean fuck sake, Ratchet makes a joke about it on the Phoenix in R&C3.

>>377329890
>>377330753
It its broken
Download a slightly older one from here, there's no major difference between them for users anyway
http://buildbot.orphis.net/pcsx2/

>>377310893
I only played the first one and biy did it kick ass. The only reason why I never continued the series was cause I was a console fag at the time and now my catalog is limited to playing only 3 games a month, got no time for a backlog.

>>377326448
The tube is nice but the heavy bouncer is just fucking broken.

>>377331309
not against an endless army of those fucking yetis, you need pretty much everything

>>377331516
My system was just boosting around the tundra with the shield and synthenoids or whatever they were called, boost up to a crystal, destroy it as quickly as possible and boost away while letting the shield tank as much damage as possible

>>377325203
>Planet Notak
>Vaporizer
>Veldin in Peril
>Clank
>2

2 was perfect. I found 3 was good good but a pretty big step down from 2 in just about every department

Deadlocked is the best game in the series.

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>>377331516

it's nice how they replicated the feeling of being out dry in the cold/warm wastes with their shit-tier design choices, you really felt the pain of being out in the wastes with no immediate return

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>>377316828
I was playing the PSP version of Size Matters last week, but I just flatout stopped. I liked the idea of finding armor and getting unique armor set abilities, but the game ranged from being too easy to too annoying. If it wasn't a PSP game/port, it probably would've been okay at best.

>>377331743
they won an award for being so terrible

>>377331918
the game also looks fucking hideous

>>377331743
in fact they were so terrible the developer was awarded a statue of their shitty creation in honor of the worst enemy they ever created

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>>377332350
>>377331950

>modern Insomniac would never acknowledge such a huge flaw in their game and retroactively shit on themselves for it

modern vidya industry was a mistake.

>>377329461
>>Why isn't there another series that at least tries to make fun, new guns similar to R&C?
funny that you mention this as a response to the bouncer, which they only implemented because one of their actual creative guns was too hard to implement for RC2, so for that empty spot they just thought: "how about a bomb... that explodes into MORE bombs"

the visuals and sfx are great though, amazing implementation

>>377329461
remember fuse?

1 is a pure classic. Can be hard and still enjoyable. Chairman Drek is best Chairman and his voice is 10/10
2 introduces the strafe mechanic that feels great but makes the game easier as hell. 2 had better levels than 3
3 had better levels than 2 and has loads of memorable characters and LAAAAAAAWRENCE. And britney spears of course
Future 1 is okay, groovitron was funny shit and travelling through space was alright
Future 2 was the best story-wise. Clank had his own shit to do and Ratchet could do things alone. Final Boss felt great. Space travelling was great
Future 3 is okay but very short game with huge ass quests worlds..

Never played any of the others, but wanted a continuation to Future 3/Nexus because Clank kept the Dimensionator.

>>377314365
Funny because Ratchet being a dick to Clank and getting friends with the little robot through the game and the original trilogy made their relationship better than "WE BEST BUDDIES SINCE WE FIRST SAW"

>>377332965
>which they only implemented because one of their actual creative guns was too hard to implement for RC2
You talking about the Rainbow Afrolyzer? Good thing it kinda made it into the PS3 games at least.

>>377333324
Good taste, but I think you're getting confused about the Future trilogy. Nexus isn't a part of that.
It goes:
1: Tools of Destruction
2: Quest for Booty
3: Crack in Time

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>>377333324
>2 had better levels than 3
>3 had better levels than 2

>>377333324
>2 introduces the strafe mechanic that feels great but makes the game easier as hell
But 1 was the easiest because of the lack of strafe, they couldn't throw any difficult enemies at you because you've no way to effectively kill them. Snivelak in 2 is harder than anything in the first game.

>>377333324

The bit at the end where Ratchet just walks away before calling to Clank and pointing out they need to fix his arm was pretty predictable, but at least it was something.

>>377334131
>1 was the easiest
yeah okay

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we need this style back

>>377334905
but muh dreamworks

>>377313604
>talking shit about Jak and Daxter
Wow, fuck off anytime.

>>377334131
The first game was definitely not the easiest

>>377334715
>>377335107
how the fuck was it not, I just played through the trilogy and 2 was definitely the hardest followed by 3, with 1 being the easiest. There is nothing in 1 that compares to Snivelak in 2 or robot Tyrhhanoid Metropolis in 3.

>>377327625
>you don't get to complain that I made a shit level with enemies that I just admitted didn't meet the minimum requirements of enemies which made them bullshit unless you do what I get payed for better

>>377335307
1 is the only challenging game because your arsenal isn't fucking nuclear equipped, you've only got 4 or 5 health and it actually has some platforming.

>>377334905
But then we'd be able to make something fun instead of reusing those things with the staves for another 2 games!

>>377333849
>Into the Nexus serves as an epilogue to the Ratchet & Clank Future saga.
Fuck. I never knew that

>>377334029
I meant 3 had better story than 2.
2 final boss despite being funny, it was a disappontment compared to based Dr.Nefarious

3 also had those Qwark videogames that were pretty fun

>>377334131
Always felt Orxon as the most annoying location of any Ratchet game. Snivelak is up there I guess, but I don't recall having much trouble there as I did in the first game like Orxon, Gemlik Base or Veldin

>>377334208
Yeah, it was the real start of their friendship. The original trilogy did an awesome job how their friendship grows each new game and how both get used to each other's flaws

>>377335594
You have more health in the sequels but you still get hit for the same amount of damage, that is Ratchet can still only take about 4 hits on average before dying. In 1 after you get the nanotech upgrade you have 8 hit points, in the sequels you die after 3 or 4 hits all through the game. The robots on the last level in 3 kill you in 2 hits. It's the same in 2.

You have better guns in the sequels but the games throw a fuckload more enemies at you than in 1 and they're harder to dodge. Imo they couldn't make the combat in 1 challenging because of the lack of strafing.

>>377334905
I love ratchet's armors in the original trilogy. He's adorable but trying to look so tough and serious but it works on both levels. I hated how he looked from the Ps3 games onward.

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>>377336138
>He's adorable

>>377327138
>>377327625
>they talk about how some guy had to design 3 levels during one sprint of development
>no way he could do 3 levels of good enough quality in just a few weeks
>ends up putting a lot of effort into one level
>the other two levels are what he calls "parodies of R&C levels"
>after the few weeks have passed, a superior comes talking to him
>"Let me guess. You put all your effort in those 2 levels, and then just slacked off on the third"
>"NO IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND"

>>377336058
2's story was the weakest thing about it, mainly because it had no villain. Angela is unmasked about halfway through the game and after that there's no main bad guy until the reveal at the end. Also you don't really know what the importance of the protopet is or why you're going after it, it's not until 3/4 through the game that you find out it's a threat to the galaxy.

>>377325203
Blackwater Cathedral on Kronos, shit was cash and had Best exerminator
Lightning Ravanger
Best track was Gemlik orbit
Shellshock
R&C 2

>>377336594
2 story seemed like a saturday cartoon episode, which was a okay, but that's it.

>>377336098

You make a pretty valid point. In the first game, some of the weapons are pretty clunky, and the difficulty of dodging and aiming simultaneously meant the player needed enough room to do both.

In subsequent games, the ability to lock on to targets and the increase in "shooty" weapons meant the devs could afford to make fights bigger.

>>377312754
Ayo
Since when did lurking stop becoming a thing

I lurked easily 1-2 years with possibly the occasional reply

>>377336556
Wait, which part was this? I don't remember it.

>>377338454
what, you think I got it memorized where that conversation happened?
definitely during R&C3, sometime around Daxx maybe?

>>377338454
>>377338686
found it, 16 minutes in

https://youtu.be/xNF4yCtBF74?list=PL7D649DF9B66678B7&t=992

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>>377317867
>look up who did Courtney Gears
>it's the same person who did Elora the faun

>>377336058
I thought the Qwark mini games were fucking trash. They were not fun and kind of tough to boot. I hate what they did with Quark in all honesty. He helped Drek shred apart dozens of planets, killing trillions. Then unleashed the protopet also killing trillions in the second game. Then for Ratchet to forgive it all in the third made no fucking sense to me

It was my first PS2 game, I got it about the time it was released. Since then I played most of R&C games and I like them a lot.

>>377338960
Thank you based anon.

Also, I learned so many things about this game from this commentary, like the adaptive difficulty system.

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>>377339039
> courtney gears
> elora
> this picture

ahhh my donger

also hand over the sauce

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>>377325203
>Level
pic related, rest of the game was meh but this one level somehow was my favorite from all games
>Weapon
Can't fail with Scorpion flail
>Soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxK82Nf6bRw&list=PL40EC0886514E2E8A&index=41
>Character
Lawrence
>Game
Up your arsenal

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>>377313449
>Scorpion Flail with speed mod
>with ice mod
>with LIGHTNING MOD

>>377339796
Reverse search it, it should give some results

>>377339796
Just google search the image.

>>377314365
Ratchet was the worst part of RC1, take off your nostalgia goggles. His cunty attitude was too fucking much, and the tone downs he got in GC and UYA were for the better.

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>>377339975
>That one dread challenge where you have to stop the swarmers from reaching your side of the arena
>Put on the shock mod
>Swing flail once
>So many bolts flying towards me that my ps3 gets overloaded and the game slows to one third speed

>>377320543
It's the best R&C game, so probably.

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>>377310893
That shit furry as hell my man. Embarrassing.

>>377310893
My favorite entry in the series.

The multiplayer was so fucking good.

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>I WANT TO _______ COURTNEY GEARS

>>377340386
It's not even the best in future trilogy.

>>377340161
It's called character development. I agree that they went overboard with it, but he has a legitimate reason to be a bitch towards Clank, and he snaps out of it once he realizes how important it is for him to act selflessly (Which is when he finally defeats Quark and gets to see all the shit Drek did while he was too busy trying to take down Quark)

>>377340537
put my dongle in

>>377340537
Infuse her with my organics

>>377340543
But if it's the best R&C game, it's the best in the future trilogy.

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>>377340537
KILL

Played through the entire series again over the week. Game quality has its ups and downs, but overall it's a very good series.

My favorite series actually.

>>377339063
dont worry, the devs hate the vid comics as well

>>377314819
Was so angry

>>377340918
It's buggy as fuck, Clank's levels are boring and tedious(even more so than they usually are), satellites are all samey, space combat is too simple, and story levels are not very memorable.

>>377341327
I disagree on pretty much everything, except for the space combat.
Maybe you just grew older and more jaded.

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What is your favorite weapon and why is it Mr. Zurkon?

>>377341450
RHYNO II was heaps funny

i actually like the spinning blade from the second game, even though it became trash pretty quickly, the bit where all the guys charge the bridge and you just slice em up

>>377341327
Nigga Tools of Destruction is buggier.

>>377340590
But he isn't even that interesting after his development. He just goes to tolerating Clank, then he gets pissed because noe his homeworld's in peril so he's a straight up hero now, which translates to "edgy but for the right reasons". He drags down way too many scenes with his (justified but overblown) angsting.

The writing in Going Commando is genuinely hilarious, from Thugs 4 Less to Thief/Angela to the level videos. It's just an honest to god blast.

Was anyone else mad disappointed that no other levels were on the scale of Tyrhanossis in R&C3? The rest of the arenas and ranger levels felt so cheap in comparison. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cr6BOGdSkg

I'm also bummed out that Qwark coming up with Sly Cooper-esque plans got dropped after that section of the game. Even worse is how the epilogue with turning Skidd back is fully voiced and they were too lazy to finish it.

>>377317521
>The PS4 reboot made me hate my PS4. It's easily worse than the fucking first game
Care to elaborate?

>>377341592
Oh, and Deadlocked is the funniest R&C game by far. Ratchet's an edgelord here, but Dallas and JUUUUUUANITA are too fucking good. I hate how the PS3 remakes fuck up the voice lines.

>>377341573
Bullshit, you entirely break your save of ACiT by just going into level switch while in Clank's mission. None of the ToD bugs have as severe consequences or as easy to encounter.

>>377341804
>I hate how the PS3 remakes fuck up the voice lines.
God, it took me so long to notice that when I replayed it on the PS3. But when I did, I got really sad.

>Will never hear "Don't do this at home, kids; Go to a friend's house!" again
How did they fuck up the port this bad?

>>377341327
I thought Clank's levels were actually good in ACIT. Well, I at least liked the puzzles.
I mean maybe I'm biased, but I was very impressed with the ending. I also hadn't played a R&C game in a while before replaying ACIT, but I had a lot of fun with it.

>>377325203
>>Level
Obani Gemini, it feels so comfy and I love the design of it.

>>Weapon
Probably the Testla Claw from R&C1. It sucks that they've downgraded that weapon so badly in 2. You can't even upgrade it to omega.

>>Soundtrack
Todano

>>Character
Nefarious

>>Gaem
Going Commando

>>377341910

I've never encountered that bug.
It's trivially easy to scale any wall in ToD using the Razor Claws.

>>377342015
Clank's puzzles have same problem as tower of Hanoi, the solution is too easy to not see from the start, but you have to go through increasing number of iterations to execute it, so in the end it's nothing but annoying labor.

>>377342004
>mfw Dallas said that exact voice line right when I read your post

Some bugs always escape development. Severity and ease being relatively unpredictable.

Like in Nexus, I broke the game by using a crate to make a jump on like the first world I shouldn't have to that platform before where that professor's hideout was.

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best r&c coming through. not even being contrarian, it had the best platforming BY FAR, fun villains and comfy setting.

It launched at, what, $15? It wasn't even really a cash grab. If more devs put things out like QFB as "apologies" for delays, I would be pretty fucking happy.

>>377342015
I think the Clank levels are good in ACiT because they have a bunch of unique mechanics that all work pretty well on their own

>The time puzzles
>The time anomaly stations
>Fixing broken things by turning back time to the point where they weren't broken
>Using time bombs on enemies not only slow them down, but it also slows down their death animation AND any bolts inside the bomb field

Also, in contrast to the earlier games where Clank just felt like a way weaker version of Ratchet without weapons, ACiT Clank actually feels like he has some weight behind his attacks, and what he does has a tangible effect on the universe.

>>377326838
Try to beat the games by only using the wrench

>>377342795

I didn't like it much when I first played it. I shall have to give it another shot.
>>377342821

The time anomaly stations were shit.

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>>377342875
>The time anomaly stations were fucking shit

>>377342875
Why didn't you like it the first time?

>>377343025

All I remember is that it was boring and there weren't any new weapons.
I think I was 12 when I first played it.

>>377342795
I kinda agree on your points, but you left out

>Shortest game in the series by FAR
>No new weapons
>No interplanitary travel
>Talwyn

It's really good as an in-between game to bridge the gap between Tools of Destruction and A Crack in Time, but on its own it's really not that good.

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>mfw emulating these games gives you a better experience than playing the HD version
If only I weren't a poorfag with an almost literal toaster for a PC, then I could play them without slowdowns

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>>377342795
It didn't hook me in the first time

>>377343343
>Short sleeves

Fun fact, all of Ratchet's armor was short sleeved in 3 to go with most planets having a warm climate. This was only present in pre-release builds though.

>>377343252
But it was literally made because of the ACIT delay. Even if it was only 4 hours, it was pretty densely packed. Good platforming. The grind rail sections were actually not just braindead, and the 2-3 puzzles were the best in the series.

It was also priced appropriately. R&C 2016 deserves credit for this as well.

>>377343521
Interesting.

>>377343252
>>Talwyn
I can't be the only person that had a weird attraction to Talwyn... right?

>>377342795
I remember having a good time with this one. I really liked the fact that you had to explore a lot of shit, especially all those dark caves

>>377344510
Sasha>Talwyn>Angela

>>377344865
Gears>Sasha>Talwyn>Angela

>>377340465
>Pey'j
What the fuck does the fat old pig have to do with it?

>>377345438
Can't argue with that.

>>377345487
I guess you haven't read a lot of hentai if you think so.

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>>377313452
>I am 19
>I love XII
No surprise there.

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>>377345438
What about Elaris?

>>377346824
I like how she's playing the uya multiplayer there. Wish they made multiplayer for the Future series and the reboot.

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