A Decade Of A Masterpiece: Ratchet And Clank Future A Crack In Time

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  • 10 years ago (October 27, 2009) the underrated masterpiece A Crack In Time was released. I'm here to tell you what makes it so great and why you need to play it. All spoiler-free!
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    CORRECTIONS:
    -I was wrong about the 60fps thing. It was EVERY game UNTIL A Crack In Time was at 60fps. ACiT Was the last RaC game to do 60fps.
    -User SonyBoat on Reddit suggested that his armor is simply turned off in the cut scene and that makes WAY more sense than what I said. We see in one of the cut scenes that Ratchet can activate his helmet which explains why only the helmet changes in the upgrades. This also explains how the color changes but we don't see it in cut scenes.
    -I said I realized there was an order to the games on the second PSP spin off, but it was actually the first one, Size Matters. Minor correction but I want to be 100% right!
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  • @Lurponk
    @Lurponk 5 років тому +365

    Actually, the original trilogy, Deadlocked and Tools of Destruction all ran at 60fps, so that's nothing new lol. Still, great video, Crack in Time is a wonderful game, even if it's not my absolute favourite

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  5 років тому +53

      Damn! That was the only thing I wasn’t sure about. Was so much in a hurry, I didn’t bother checking. I just knew it was the last one to do it. Oh well. Doesn’t change anything, still love that about it. Thanks for the correction and kind words!

    • @ryapowa
      @ryapowa 4 роки тому +15

      Crack in Time is a good game, certainly in my top 3 favorite Ratchet and Clank games, but honestly I did not like how spacefaring in A Crack in Time was on a 2D plane. I learned early on just how trivial combat it by holding down the fire button while continuously spinning. While unpopular, I prefer how it's done in Going Commando. The humor is much better in the first two games but the darker tone and story is a nice change as well.

    • @leenguyen6056
      @leenguyen6056 4 роки тому +5

      So did quest for booty

    • @ryapowa
      @ryapowa 3 роки тому

      @@JohnMatrix-wd4hq ACiT is better than Tools of Destruction at least

  • @jonathanhult3555
    @jonathanhult3555 4 роки тому +161

    Is it only me who is here after the Rift Apart reveal?

    • @maestrofeli4259
      @maestrofeli4259 4 роки тому +4

      Nope
      I'm here too

    • @ellas6569
      @ellas6569 4 роки тому +2

      FEMALE RATCHET... RULE 34 HELP

    • @mlodylube
      @mlodylube 4 роки тому

      Jonathan Hult i want a real. actually good. Game. I just miss the old Ratchet And Clank games, but. I’ve done everything in ACIT, and it’s my favourite game, and i basically know everything in the others.

    • @eetuheinonen9668
      @eetuheinonen9668 4 роки тому

      Xd is rift apart new crack in time

    • @shahidmiah110
      @shahidmiah110 4 роки тому

      Me too

  • @wahzedelia
    @wahzedelia 5 років тому +370

    Finally someone else who understands why this is my favourite Ratchet and Clank

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  5 років тому +17

      Right!?! Thanks for taking to time to watch! Sub if you haven’t, much more coming :)

    • @godswarriors3664
      @godswarriors3664 4 роки тому

      👍

    • @Chase_-yt5xy
      @Chase_-yt5xy 4 роки тому +8

      I am with you. My whole childhood Is based on the ratchet and clank future saga.
      When I play in front of a friend and do glitches he always asks me how do I find them. And I say to him- " when I have the games for almost 8 years and max out all of them you get bored and start to find glitches. "

    • @Dark_EmperorJM
      @Dark_EmperorJM 4 роки тому +3

      I still have the game and it's the best ratchet and clank game I've played

    • @MadDogSolo
      @MadDogSolo 4 роки тому

      It’s good but it’s too overhyped to me

  • @aysn2277
    @aysn2277 4 роки тому +113

    Crack in time had the best and coolest looking ratchet out of the saga imo

    • @arrownoir
      @arrownoir 4 роки тому +7

      Yep, without a doubt.

    • @otrinta6536
      @otrinta6536 4 роки тому +11

      Idk why they didn't stick with it

  • @watagree
    @watagree 5 років тому +226

    I at least play this game once a year

    • @osamalamrabet9876
      @osamalamrabet9876 5 років тому +1

      Watagree Bro same im literally playing all the games of RC on ps3 specially trilogy on ps3.

    • @phasewiz136
      @phasewiz136 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah, I really like how re-playable it is, like every time I play it again it feels like I'm a little kid on Christmas, I kinda sound like an old dude, but still it is 100% my favorite RC game to date

    • @mlodylube
      @mlodylube 4 роки тому

      Same, i just want to explore out of map glitches, etc.

  • @gnbman
    @gnbman 4 роки тому +78

    Great video. It's weird that Ratchet isn't discussed as much as other franchises online.

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  4 роки тому +11

      Right??? That's why I've been doing these videos- I wanna change that. Thank you for supporting them!

    • @FlyingV555
      @FlyingV555 4 роки тому +1

      It more or less flew under the radar after Uncharted showed up.

  • @IntroMissionGaming
    @IntroMissionGaming 5 років тому +53

    Ten years!?!? These games still feel so new to me. Great job with the video. Informative, and you honestly have a wonderful voice for this style of video. Would definitely watch more like this one.

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  5 років тому +2

      That means so much to hear. Thank you. And thanks for the compliment, I was so self conscious about my voice, I thought it was terrible hahah. Could defiantly do better if I had more time. Planning on another one like this soon too... as well as others like the ones before this!
      Thanks for the footage guys! Y’all rock!

    • @MinusTheRogue
      @MinusTheRogue 3 роки тому +2

      Still has good playing value, especially since the games after this didn’t deliver.

    • @IntroMissionGaming
      @IntroMissionGaming 3 роки тому +1

      @@MinusTheRogue I did like Into the Nexus for what was there, but I do wish it was longer.

  • @superlombax1561
    @superlombax1561 4 роки тому +129

    “Underrated”. Unless you mean in terms of the franchise as a whole. I’ve seen pretty much every R&C fan say that ACiT is the best myself.

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  4 роки тому +16

      Hahah yeah I do mean the franchise as a whole, sorry. But ya, most people seem to be between this and UYA. Both fantastic.

    • @superlombax1561
      @superlombax1561 4 роки тому +5

      Nick Astalos Indeed. I personally prefer GC and Deadlocked a bit more, but all the games are equally enjoyable to me.

    • @leenguyen6056
      @leenguyen6056 3 роки тому

      @@superlombax1561 Isn’t that kinda contradicting?

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga 5 років тому +73

    This and Up Your Arsenal are not only my favorite games in the series but my favorite games period .

    • @lilpp4791
      @lilpp4791 4 роки тому +1

      Nathaniel Foga no cap

  • @pietromarin1540
    @pietromarin1540 4 роки тому +41

    I’m currently 14. My dad got me a ps3 when I was around 6,7 or about 8. I played the gran turismo that came with it for about 6 months. After I wanted to go get another real game, I bought a random Ben ten game because anyone guy under ten who didn’t like Ben ten is very unique. After that my dad went to China for a week and when he came back he got me ratchet and clank tools of destruction. He said he asked a guy in the game store what game to get and he recommended that to him. I loved that game so much. The treasure map is a feature I love in every game and I was so excited when I realised what it was. Then I think I skipped quest for booty (that puzzle with the drunken robot pirate stumped 8 year old me with no internet) . After I completed crack in time. I don’t know why, but for the first time I felt real emotion for something. There was so much build up in tools of destruction. Every zoni encounter made me so concerned as I didn’t know what would happened. When ratchet finally got back to clank, I felt like I did too. Even though I had been with him all game. It’s a shame no one I know personally has ever played these so I can’t talk to anyone about it. And my old ps3 is busted now so I can revisit my favourite franchise. I hope they. Just remaster the future trilogy. Either way, beautiful video.

    • @baumloserwald
      @baumloserwald 4 роки тому

      I played Quest for Booty by a neighbour and wanted a PS3 just to play these amazing games specially ratchet and clank
      I got a PSP so I played Size Matters.

    • @b__w_4565
      @b__w_4565 4 роки тому

      oO{ Dawabo }Oo lots of people still play ps3 for some reason...I’m guessing it’s for those don’t exclusives

    • @pietromarin1540
      @pietromarin1540 4 роки тому +1

      B__W_45 yeah I have got to hand it to Xbox their backwards compatibility is ridiculous. I mean the fact that the series x can play games from the original xbox is astounding.

    • @b__w_4565
      @b__w_4565 4 роки тому

      Pietro Marin fr I love my ps4 but really wish I could slip mw2 and ratchet games in from time to time lol

    • @pietromarin1540
      @pietromarin1540 4 роки тому

      B__W_45 me too.

  • @Dxpress_
    @Dxpress_ 4 роки тому +12

    I remember messing around in the Insomniac Museum for hours as a kid.
    It was cool to see all the concepts that didn't make it into the game, like the hoverboot race.

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  4 роки тому +3

      Probably my favorite museum! Love the secret early krell canyon section

  • @Bekayvd
    @Bekayvd 4 роки тому +29

    A crack in time is probably the best action adventure game ever made and is highly underrated to this day indeed

  • @steveguacamole3098
    @steveguacamole3098 4 роки тому +2

    Been playing this since series since I was 4, now I have graduated university and I still go back and play the games. This series was a huge part of my childhood, by far my favorite of all time.

  • @musahaque2000
    @musahaque2000 4 роки тому +51

    One of the best Sony franchises and my favourite of all time man.
    1) Going Commando
    2) Up Your Arsenal
    3) A Crack In Time
    4) Tools Of Destruction
    5) Ratchet & Clank

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  4 роки тому +4

      Agreed and great list! Commend you for having GC up there. It's recently climbed my personal list.

    • @musahaque2000
      @musahaque2000 4 роки тому

      Thanks a lot man, GC always seem to be the best to me for some reason, you and me both.

    • @GeorgePerakis
      @GeorgePerakis 4 роки тому

      Putting Tools of Destruction ahead of 1 and Deadlocked is a crime.

    • @musahaque2000
      @musahaque2000 4 роки тому

      No such thing as opinion bein' a crime, make your own list.

    • @GeorgePerakis
      @GeorgePerakis 4 роки тому

      @@musahaque2000 Nah ur goin to jail m8.

  • @RatchetEvolution
    @RatchetEvolution 5 років тому +53

    Only 10 seconds into the video and I already agree 200%.
    This game was a life changer for me, personally.

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  5 років тому +4

      me too!!! a masterpiece. ugh.

  • @KnightRaymund
    @KnightRaymund 4 роки тому +14

    A Crack In Time was great. I was a little wary at first, splitting up Ratchet and Clank like that. Ratchet needing new stuff to take his place in order to restore some of his moveset and I do miss the banter. But Clank's part was a lot of fun. By far the best Clank segments in the franchise since it was a bigger and more fleshed out part.

  • @BetaWolfLP
    @BetaWolfLP 4 роки тому +3

    I gotta agree, A Crack In Time really was/is something special. Though it does not hold quite as much nostalgia for me as the original games on the PS2, I do have it up there as my all-time favourite R&C game.

  • @MasterofTheUniverse1337
    @MasterofTheUniverse1337 3 роки тому +3

    Ratchet and Clank 1 to 3 ,Tools of Destruction and A Crack in Time are my Favorit Ratchet and Clank Games of all Time 👍🏻😁.

  • @markomalmi7989
    @markomalmi7989 3 роки тому +2

    Any friend of mine: sorryyy I'm (insert time here) late!
    Me: Don't worry (insert name here), we have all the time in the universe

  • @taahirmomaniat7016
    @taahirmomaniat7016 3 роки тому +1

    I always wanted to play this game but I have never heard anyone talk about this
    Thank you for telling me how great this game is

  • @nick1834
    @nick1834 4 роки тому +1

    I’m really glad this video exists. I’m pretty much the only ratchet and clank fan I know and crack in time is my favorite game ever. So cool to see you and everyone else talking about how underrated it is!

  • @gamerorsomething2363
    @gamerorsomething2363 4 роки тому +3

    i have been addicted to this game a crack in time was my first and ive loaded 5 save files on that game truly a masterpiece and addicting

    • @andrix7777
      @andrix7777 4 роки тому

      I have around 29 and I bought the game in 2015, I think. I don't have a life, though

  • @astripedgoon6579
    @astripedgoon6579 4 роки тому +1

    What I think is an underappreciated element for the whole series is the puzzles. Every game had its own tool where you would play a puzzle in order to unlock a door and it was always so creative. Of course, the time puzzles in a crack in time were the best.

  • @leenguyen6056
    @leenguyen6056 5 років тому +3

    I just wanted to tell you what a great job you did with the video. When I saw you on reddit I thought nothing of it but two days later I realize that this is probably the best someone ever described my all time favorite game. Great job!

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  5 років тому +1

      That means a lot to hear that you! Subscribe if you’d like, for plenty more planned. Most of these views are from unsubscribed redditors lol. Thanks for taking the time!

    • @leenguyen6056
      @leenguyen6056 5 років тому +1

      Nick Astalos Don’t worry, I subscribed the second I heard about the space sections being your favorite

  • @rlime
    @rlime 5 років тому +26

    My favorite game ever! Thank you for giving me a reason to play this again

  • @littlebigcomrade
    @littlebigcomrade 4 роки тому +6

    When I first got this game at launch, the graphics blew my fucking mind.

  • @Playuh
    @Playuh 4 роки тому +1

    Size Matters was my first R&C game, and with over 60 play throughs of SM I can say that going from that PSP title to(after watching Malnofski play throughs of every title before ToD) ACiT I can say this game changed me. This is where I became more than just a boy wanting to go on journeys in video games. The puzzles, the story, the adventure. I became a man. I need to play this one again. And again, and again...

  • @Themarcoalmonte
    @Themarcoalmonte 5 років тому +6

    I remember first getting it with Tools of Destruction and Into the Nexus, i was automatically hooked into this game, it was vibrant and felt fun with the physics and gameplay

  • @luka_rio4941
    @luka_rio4941 4 роки тому +11

    The 1 dislike is from Dr neferious

  • @matthewreynoso6904
    @matthewreynoso6904 3 роки тому +4

    This is my favorite Ratchet and Clank game ever! Best story and so many underrated characters in it!

  • @nmtltlz
    @nmtltlz 4 роки тому +2

    Jesus christ I cant help but grin hearing how just happy and geeky mr nick is here, precious

  • @alyx9191
    @alyx9191 5 років тому +24

    I saw your post on Reddit and it interested me a lot so I decided to watch it. I knew I had to subscribe.

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  5 років тому +2

      Thank you for taking the time to check it out and for subscribing! Hate to keep self promoting on reddit but like 50% of my audience comes from there lol. Hoping a lot more people subscribe so i don’t have to keep doing that. So thanks again! Lots more coming!

  • @dillonlayton1399
    @dillonlayton1399 5 років тому +10

    I personally prefer the original from 2002, but this one is a close second for me. Great to see people talking about this series! Really hope a new one comes out soon.

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  5 років тому

      I feel that. And check the description for a video about a new game if you haven’t ;) i’m glad there’s people out there willing to listen! this is all i wanna talk about!

  • @terryh.9238
    @terryh.9238 3 роки тому +2

    one of my favourites in the series, i'm glad to finally hear some praise for it

  • @JAYDOG1337A
    @JAYDOG1337A 4 роки тому +4

    It's weird to think how little time there was between the first game and this one, I remember it feeling like forever before this came out, but it was only like 2 years after tools, with quest being in between, but it felt like forever, nowadays that amount of time barely registers to me.

  • @ArbyTV
    @ArbyTV 4 роки тому +3

    this is incredibly well put written and edited. you deserve way more subs man!

  • @adrianemanuel7121
    @adrianemanuel7121 3 роки тому +1

    It's hilarious, how you listed the play recommendation of the series is how I did it from 2014 - 2015 😂. Played the original trilogy (ps3 remasters), wasn't interested in arena mode for a full game so passed on Deadlocked (but saw story on youtube and it's hilarious and dark 👌🏾), skipped the spinoffs, played Future saga (while skipping All 4 One and Full Frontal Assault, but did see youtube cutscenes), played 2016, currently foaming at the mouth for Rift Apart 🥵.
    But most importantly: A Crack in Time is my favorite for ALL the reasons you listed 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾. In fact, when I started my 2014 - 2015 playthrough, that was the one I was looking most forward to based on whispers I'd heard in the community. So glad I wasn't disappointed 🙌🏾. The jazz radio while chillin in space is just 😙👌🏾. I can confirm, it truly was the perfect culmination of all the main games just like you were describing. Up Your Arsenal comes close to being my favorite (especially with the over-the-top humor that I wish would come back to be side-by-side with the great story 🤞🏾), but A Crack in Time's expansive worlds, expansive gameplay mechanics (HOVER BOOTS AND CLANK), top tier puzzles (MOONS AND CLANK), best space traversal, and compelling story really just put it in a league of its own compared to all the other games 🤣. Hope Rift Apart can channel most if not all of its energy 👍🏾

  • @tripleshits
    @tripleshits 4 роки тому +2

    How do you not even have 1,000 subs?? Sweet mother of Moses, this content is god tier!

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  4 роки тому +1

      holy cow(abunga) you’re kind, thank you! we’re well on our way!

    • @tripleshits
      @tripleshits 4 роки тому +1

      @@NickAstalos awesome dude! Just keep the gold coming!

  • @malisk02
    @malisk02 4 роки тому +5

    Does anyone else think Dr. Nefarious was done so well in this one? I don’t really care for the whole Lance and Janice playbacks, but other than that I just remember thinking how he looked so cool, and really personified evil. I still think he looks badass btw, but back then it was very immersing
    (Also, who else is pumped for Rift Apart?)

  • @deadlyjeff9106
    @deadlyjeff9106 4 роки тому

    I'm only 12 and my dad bought the game for my sisters when u was I think 5. I played it with my sisters a lot but then they stopped playing it, but I kept playing it because it was my favorite game. If I'm being completely honest, I haven't played the game since I was nine because I started playing different games in the Ratchet and Clank series then, and I also started playing Jak and Daxter at that time, and when I was 10 my parents bought me a ps4 with the 2016 Ratchet and clank game because they knew how much I like Ratchet and Clank, and I begged them for a ps4. Not gonna lie, 2 years ago when I was 10, and I played the 2016 game, I thought it was fine but I also thought that A Crack in Time was way better. And I started playing it again recently and, IT'S STILL JUST AS GREAT AS I REMEMBER IT! And the way you talk about it in this video makes my nostalgia feel even greater. Still my favorite videogame ever. 12/10

  • @samappleton70
    @samappleton70 3 роки тому +2

    I played it for the first time this week and it really holds up, I grew up with the original trilogy and only just got a ps3

  • @fompjex
    @fompjex 4 роки тому +10

    OH MY GOD A CRACK IN TIME, I JUST REALIZED THE PUN AFTER TEN YEARS WOW

    • @olavisalomaa
      @olavisalomaa 4 роки тому +1

      Wait, what pun?

    • @conorscott430
      @conorscott430 4 роки тому +1

      Olavi Salomaa “A cracking time”

    • @ayyxd34
      @ayyxd34 4 роки тому +4

      Well the working title actually was Ratchet and Clank: Clock Blockers but sadly, Sony denied it.

    • @johnriley1458
      @johnriley1458 4 роки тому

      Conor Scott no it’s crack as in arse

    • @torridger
      @torridger 4 роки тому +1

      Hey look, plumber's crack.

  • @jovansahota9206
    @jovansahota9206 4 роки тому +2

    Glad I'm not the only one who recognised this. I think it was my first Ratchet & Clank game and I've been afraid to buy another since, in case it doesn't come close. I hope reviewers for Rift Apart touch upon this

  • @VinnieSajan
    @VinnieSajan 3 роки тому +2

    A crack in time was 10 years ago?? Whaat...feels like yesterday.
    Edit: ELEVEN years ago?! Whaaaat.

  • @MohammedKObeid
    @MohammedKObeid 4 роки тому +2

    Ratchet and clank future a crack In time deserves
    100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000/10
    Cuz this game is PERFECT!!

  • @ramager
    @ramager 4 роки тому +1

    I just replayed this game! I hadn’t thought about it for a few years and I got a huge nostalgia rush just from hearing the main menu music, used to play the PS3 games all the time when I was small.

  • @cristianobrogna1225
    @cristianobrogna1225 2 роки тому +1

    In retrospective, this game really blended the OG formula with a modern "cinematic" experience.
    Also, it had a lot of cool features.
    I still prefer the OG games, but this was probably their greatest achievement.

  • @Soniman001
    @Soniman001 4 роки тому +1

    After J and Gammingbrit galvanized people turning against this game and the rest of the Future Series it's good to see some praise

  • @taneli5026
    @taneli5026 4 роки тому +3

    This is the first game I ever got as a kid so I played it to death and some more. Man I wish I had this game still.

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  4 роки тому +2

      wow first game! well you started off strong hahah. if you have a ps4 and not a ps3 you *could* stream it from ps now :)

  • @liamneves8293
    @liamneves8293 3 роки тому +1

    This was the only Ratchet and Clank game I’ve played, I absolutely love it and look forward to the new game!

  • @edgeofablade6236
    @edgeofablade6236 4 роки тому +1

    Damn, i seriously need to go back to this game. It was the first Ratchet game I'd played, as I got it when I heard about the reboot, which I thought looked cool at the time - so take that as you will, and I fell in love. It took me a while to beat, as I wasn't the most experienced when it came to platformers and just games in general. I had a habit of getting stuck at certain points - for some reason I seemed to struggle with the Clank sections in particular for some reason - dropping the game, and then coming back a few weeks later. I didn't quite get the story - due to not having played the previous games - but loved it all non the less. I couldn't quite grasp the fact that the game was 10 years old - or 6/7 years at the time - as it looked so good, and controlled so smoothly.
    (I went back to beat ToD and QfB and am still making my way through the original trilogy, and still love the series dearly)

  • @SoraSummer
    @SoraSummer 4 роки тому +2

    I agree with everything about this video. This was actually my first R&C game I played after watching my mum play it. Needless to say I got hardcore into the series.
    CiT is hard wired into my mind as the best of the series. I even like ITN. Just a shame it was so short. I loved the gravity boot and the grav-tether sections they introduced then left it for dead.

    • @FlyingV555
      @FlyingV555 4 роки тому +1

      They were supposed to delve more into lombax stuff then they just cut it. I would’ve waited a year longer and made it a PS4 game with the cut content.

  • @EinBaumHaus
    @EinBaumHaus 3 роки тому +2

    Here after Rift Apart, I wonder if you're going to change your mind

  • @nmtltlz
    @nmtltlz 4 роки тому

    Mr here is just going on a nostalgia trip and so am I sooo.... valid (and agree)
    ...finally here after mr plugs it when people ask about his favourite games on stream everytime, fun video nick :D

  • @Leprogamer-l3f
    @Leprogamer-l3f Рік тому +1

    Krack in Time is m’y favorite and 1 ratchet and clank ,is m’y 1 videogame

  • @kwisatzhaderach9591
    @kwisatzhaderach9591 3 роки тому +2

    Great review, i recently dug out my ps3 a while ago to play the original trilogy, played tools of destruction for the 2nd time had more fun then I remembered, but never played crack in time. Pretty convinced now thanks!

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  3 роки тому

      hell yes! no better result of this video than getting someone to play ACiT. Have fun!

  • @phasewiz136
    @phasewiz136 4 роки тому +3

    Me:
    Nick: tells you to play full frontal assault
    Also me: *pukes in mouth*

  • @numbug1234
    @numbug1234 4 роки тому

    In the PS2 Ratchet & Clank games (and probably Tools of Destruction I honestly can't remember), it was only the first cutscene where Ratchet had the "default" armour no matter what, and that's because after the introduction the cutscenes shifted to not being pre-rendered, saving the pre-rendered ones for when Ratchet wasn't in them, to maintain armour consistency (and any joke skins you've got on).
    Crack in Time, the armour got changed to a hologram kinda deal, giving the framing device of turning off the armour when it's not needed, which both allows for Ratchet to be in pre-rendered cutscenes without breaking the consistency but also gave a narrative justification for... the ending.

  • @ArthurPoo-dl4de
    @ArthurPoo-dl4de 4 роки тому

    Playing Ratchet and Clank is so nostalgic and i completely agree with you a crack in time probably my favorite and my 2nd is deadlocked but listening music from a crack in time is beautiful especially the pirate radio woah its been long and im only 11 and i still cherish this series i will never give up on Ratchet and Clank :)

  • @roms3
    @roms3 4 роки тому +3

    Holy crap I cannot believe it's been more than a decade since this game was released. Wow!

  • @teaparty1628
    @teaparty1628 4 роки тому +3

    A crack in time has got to be the best out of the future saga and it's also my brother's favorite ratchet and clank game (probably he's favorite game of all time) but I'm more of an original trilogy guy. My favorite ratchet and clank game and favorite game of all time is hands down, Ratchet: Deadlocked.

  • @ConnerLetsPlays
    @ConnerLetsPlays 3 роки тому +1

    I love this videos, wonderful voice line of nick, wonderful music, wonderful infos about this great game!

  • @UnitedMuhim
    @UnitedMuhim 4 роки тому +1

    Bruh a crack in time brings back memories where there was less worry in life.

  • @tartimooal7898
    @tartimooal7898 3 роки тому +4

    This game is my entire childhood

  • @MarauderYT
    @MarauderYT 3 роки тому +1

    I believe every game leading up to ACiT runs at 60 fps, but it was removed later on, favoring 'fidelity'. At least we'll have the option to turn it back on in Rift Apart.

  • @Amin..-.
    @Amin..-. 4 роки тому +1

    Ratchet and clank a crack in time was the first game i ever played it's the best game i know

  • @jackevans1708
    @jackevans1708 4 роки тому +1

    I had a weird urge to look up ratchet and clank and it just so happens that it released 11 years ago in 2 days

  • @civilwarfare101
    @civilwarfare101 3 роки тому +1

    This is probably my favorite game in the series. I do wonder if Rift Apart can top it. I REALLY want to play that game.

  • @null0286
    @null0286 3 роки тому +1

    A Crack in Time was one of the very first games I ever owned, it also made my childhood

  • @NickAstalos
    @NickAstalos  5 років тому +35

    Follow me on Twitch for more Ratchet and Clank! Join us! Twitch.tv/NickAstalos
    Spent 18 hours today working on this to get it up on time. As you can see, It’s the 28th now. I barely missed it. But it’s ok. I’m proud as hell of this. This was a massive project. 303 assets used here. My biggest project ever. I’ve never done a scripted “video essay” type video before so please feel free to give feedback. Please subscribe! Got lots more of Ratchet content coming as well as non-Ratchet content. Next is the Halloween video >:) But please sub, I wouldn’t want you to miss anything! And follow on Twitter @ Nick_Astalos

    • @OblivionKnight76
      @OblivionKnight76 5 років тому

      I came from Reddit, so this is my first video of yours. I've got to say, this was a very well made thought out synopsis. You've earned a like!

    • @spacewe6718
      @spacewe6718 5 років тому

      Nice job bro!

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  5 років тому

      Thank you for stopping by! Subscribe if you haven't, I'm working on the next one as we speak! Should hopefully be up tomorrow.

    • @ImplyDoods
      @ImplyDoods 4 роки тому

      this is my fovrot game ever made i love this game so mutch thank you for makeing the grate video im digged out my ps3 later to replay the first 3 games then the second 3 games (the main line ones not the spin offs) so ill be play RC 1 RC 2 RC 3 tools of destruction booty and a crack in time i might play nexus 2

  • @peterthesneakybastar
    @peterthesneakybastar 4 роки тому +1

    1) Up your Arsenal
    2) Crack in Time
    3) Tools of Destruction
    4) Ratchet and Clank 2016
    5) Going Commando

  • @andrevitorino1997
    @andrevitorino1997 4 роки тому +1

    I own 3/4 games of the future series, missing into the nexus which i haven't found a physical copy yet, and the future series started with this game, being the only game i have for the ps3 that i actually took the time to reach platinum not only once, but twice across multiple playthroughs. Bit late, but great video!

  • @poblo4067
    @poblo4067 4 роки тому +4

    This game was my childhood

  • @nmtltlz
    @nmtltlz 4 роки тому +2

    Ive played aCiT so many times, as it was the first RaC game ive played as a youngin', and it's honestly just as great now. I wish I could play the first games, though. I hear theyre amazing, even compared to the future series.

    • @HalfinchLonomia
      @HalfinchLonomia 4 роки тому +1

      get the remastered bundle on ps3, its the best version of the originals

    • @nmtltlz
      @nmtltlz 4 роки тому

      @@HalfinchLonomia heck ye

  • @gcharocks
    @gcharocks 4 роки тому +1

    The music killed a lot of the enjoyment in this game for me. They changed composers after 7 years for some reason, and games after Quest for Booty always felt off to me. I enjoyed playing this game, but I never felt like I was playing Ratchet and Clank.

  • @tessmiller7943
    @tessmiller7943 4 роки тому +1

    This game is spectacular!! Its got gorgeous visuals, an amazing story, and badass gameplay! Plus an insomniac museum ;)
    I wish i could experience this game for the first time again

  • @moomanchu608
    @moomanchu608 4 роки тому +1

    And yet, this is the only ratchet game ive had to force myself to complete

  • @psychiartist122
    @psychiartist122 Рік тому +1

    I wished Rift Apart is all the best part of A crack in Time. But it’s fine. We need more space exploration like this game did.

  • @alexpolicht9332
    @alexpolicht9332 4 роки тому +3

    As much as i loved the whole series start to finish completing them all in order and starting them since they came out was amazing. But to me i find deadlock, going commando and original were best and then crack in time. Every game even the psp were amazing experience equivalent to great ones like oblivion

  • @leafyisnthere9396
    @leafyisnthere9396 4 роки тому +2

    Is it weird I don’t need to play these for nostalgia, these were some of the games I grew up with and still remember the details

  • @PatoGuzmanAd
    @PatoGuzmanAd 4 роки тому +6

    Great video :) I've always thought that Insomniac it's a better developer on the gameplay and experience detail aspects than a complex story-driven full game, the R&C complete ps2 titles are a good example of that, and also I always see people that played Crack in Time on the ps3 days and have it, but no ToD, and I think that's because ACiT had a more polished gameplay and feel than Tools.
    Also, I think what makes Insomniac one of the best developers of gaming history it's that, the experience of the gameplay on their games, Spyro, R&C and even Spiderman they don't have the most complex stories, but the feel and formula of those games it's so well crafted. Anyway, R&C ps2 trilogy and A Crack in Time are my favorite games.

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  4 роки тому

      thank you so much! I agree, Insomniac is legendary and I'm glad the success of Spider-Man is starting to make a ton more people realize that.

    • @ImplyDoods
      @ImplyDoods 4 роки тому

      @@NickAstalos yea i never new why they where never as popular as other developers after the ps2 as in my opinion they did everything right except from markecting i never saw any ads for R&C not one untill the ps4 game

  • @LatiloveOmg
    @LatiloveOmg 4 роки тому

    This game is definitely in my top 5, I enjoyed this game more than I thought I would.

  • @hypernel1798
    @hypernel1798 3 роки тому

    One thing That I found surprising no one don't real talks about ACIT is how the constructo weapons are a pure genius idea. You don't know the amount of hours I spent to change my constructo builds not to mention the color change I've made. I can say it was hours of pleasure just came from the pistol, bomb and shotgun! Man just imagine If the constructo weapons would appear in rift apart

  • @pacoramon9468
    @pacoramon9468 4 роки тому +1

    Ratchet and Clank Sizes Matter is basically the 4th game.

  • @lolomomario76
    @lolomomario76 4 роки тому +1

    I literally bought all for one when I was a child just because of A Crank in Time. I didn’t know disappointment until then.

  • @MinusTheRogue
    @MinusTheRogue 3 роки тому +1

    I always found that this one stood out from the later gen games. Best one on ps3.

  • @B4FT
    @B4FT 4 роки тому

    The ps3 future trilogy were the only ones I played, which is why even though I’ve never been able to play the originals and am no longer able to play the games any more I have remember it so fondly.

  • @dahalofreeek
    @dahalofreeek 4 роки тому +1

    It's pretty sad and funny that my brother got this with his PS3 and it just sat unplayed for at least two years until I gave it a go and finished it in like three sittings. It's a really cool Ratchet and Clank game. I was a big fan of the original PS2 games and I thought this held up great compared to those.

  • @sim00n99
    @sim00n99 4 роки тому +2

    I love crack in time, first game i ever completed100%, nice to see fellow people who are feeling nostalgic about it.

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  4 роки тому

      That's incredible! A fantastic game to 100%. I am ashamed to say I never truly did... that darn Clank skill point with the time anomalies...

    • @space.gangsta1178
      @space.gangsta1178 4 роки тому

      I was never able to 100% this one because of a single gold bolt. I don't remember where it was but I think it was in a clank level

  • @AruSharma04
    @AruSharma04 3 роки тому

    15:25 - Into the Nexus - "Only downside about it is it's short, only about 5-6 hours"
    Xem - Ratchet 1,2,3 combined - 4 hours, all gold bolts collected - "Hold my beer"

  • @alexanderg6892
    @alexanderg6892 4 роки тому +1

    Wow just finished the video, great stuff dude, gonna take a look at your other videos

    • @NickAstalos
      @NickAstalos  4 роки тому

      Hey thanks Alex you rock! You'll find that anything pre-october 2019 is quite all over the place hahah but everything is made with love!

  • @MR_HAYS1
    @MR_HAYS1 4 роки тому +1

    my top 5 in order 1. A Crack In Time 2. Going Commando 3. Ratchet and Clank 4. Deadlocked 5. Up Your Arsenal (I know this list is an unpopular opinion)

    • @josephbilderback4549
      @josephbilderback4549 4 роки тому +1

      It's popular with me! (Would personally swap 1&2, but that's okay)

    • @MR_HAYS1
      @MR_HAYS1 4 роки тому

      Joseph Bilderback honestly 1 and 2 are pretty much tied for me. I switch them in my head all the time.

  • @dish5848
    @dish5848 4 роки тому +1

    My favourite game of all time.

  • @lukeanthony6712
    @lukeanthony6712 4 роки тому +2

    I can't believe this game is almost 11 years old. I remember playing it when it first released. I'm in college now... That means I was an elementary kid geeze wow. Like if you grew up with this series!

  • @drago5509
    @drago5509 4 роки тому +6

    This is a true masterpiece.

  • @thekal2851
    @thekal2851 4 роки тому +5

    I can’t even imagine how many times I had played the Future Saga during my PS3 days.
    Those were 4 masterpieces. Tools of Destruction and A Crack in Time above all ❣️

  • @baneblade__
    @baneblade__ 3 роки тому +2

    This game was literally the first game I ever played and I just recently replayed it.
    Great to see this wonderful game get some love.

  • @Ace_of_Horns
    @Ace_of_Horns 2 роки тому +1

    As amazing as the gameplay is, i find the fact that the graphics have aged very well for this game, to be the most impressive thing. It somehow looks better than Into the Nexus does, a game that came out a few years later.

  • @FlyingV555
    @FlyingV555 4 роки тому +1

    Tied with Tools of Destruction as my favorite in the series and favorite game of all time.

  • @godswarriors3664
    @godswarriors3664 4 роки тому +1

    This game brings back so many memories I had in 2011 when I got it good times