Quick note for those of you that somehow get to hour 7 in one sitting: The 4-hour developer interview with David Goodrich, senior designer on Size Matters and lead designer on Secret Agent Clank, will be going up in chapters later this week on my second channel www.youtube.com/@ThePlatinumBolt. It was a great chat, and there's a lot of info in there that as far as I can tell, has never been discussed before, especially about the horrid, neverending crunch that led to Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier turning out the way that it did, and High Impact's cancelled Crash Team Racing game. (I meant to have at least one chapter up over there, ahead of this going live, but then I kept adding to this instead, oops.) Make sure to check out his channel for even more really fun insights about some of the games he's worked on - from Twisted Metal, to True Crime, to Ratchet PSP, and more! www.youtube.com/@thegoodrichgames
Watching this entire thing helped me deal with my grandfather passing away, a good distraction to help me process things. So thanks mate you’re doing good work here.
I adore this long form video! I learned about Ratchet and Clank when my husband and I first started dating, as it's his special interest. Your videos have been so helpful learning more about these games, and watching him point at the screen and info dump is so sweet. Silly things like the plumbers crack joke, kinky miss gears, and the opening cutscene of them playing a board game, have become our inside jokes! Keep up the amazing work
Damn I wish I could spend Christmas with my family, but my brother pissed me off and I got kicked out and now I have nothing to do but watch the ratchet and clank the complete retrospective on UA-cam ...lol
You upload this just as I'm getting done with all the individual R&C videos you've already made 😅. Even if I don't get around to watching this, I'm going to assume 8hr masterpiece, eventually down the road I'm going to get hit with that R&C Nostalgia bug and I will make my way back to this video. We appreciate all the work you've done for the R&C community! ❤
this is a very impressive video for many reasons but the thing that stands out to me the most is your voice work. there’s an energy and flow to it that keeps me engaged long past similar essays would have. it’s clear you really focused on not only consistency but inflection and emphasis in each take.
Audio engineers' challenge: Using the differences in the new mic's tonal profile and room reflections to spot every altered/added line in this video. I'm tempted to note down a few, but if I start, I know I won't stop. Loving the video so far! It's great to have my annual revisit of this series consolidated into one supercut!
Not having the masters on these made it extra fun on my end, having to mask/match the BGM on top of the voice tones! I ran a few by some audiophile friends and they couldn't even spot the risky mid-word splices (or they got it wrong), so that was enough for me to move on contently (though some are easier than others, because by the seventh or eighth pickup, I stopped caring so long as the first few words sounded close)
@@TheGoldenBolt Honestly, you did a phenomenal job! I guarantee 99.9% of people won't be able to tell. The quality of your content continues to draw me in without fail. The only reason the splices are so obvious to me (like on "our" in the first one) is because it's basically my job to identify and/or fix these things. Keep up the amazing work, I've been a big fan for years now!
In a game with so much significance and effort put into all the different weapons, and with anyone reviewing the games explaining as much, oddly enough my favorite weapon of the series has always been just the base wrench. It just feels so good to use. Every few years I go back and replay the first 2 games of the series (maybe not fully completing, but playing to some extent at least) and I'm always blown away by how satisfying the melee is in a game primarily centered around weapons and gadgets.
As one of the first true free camera games I played, Rachet & Clank is the reason that I will forever be an inverted Y-axis person. That just clicked with me :)
The reimagining of the first game actually makese appreciate the abrasive first version of Ratchet tbh. The character arc he has may have been kinda janky, but at least he had one.
13:30 man that hurts even more with Alexa’s insults even though you know it was coming LOL. The Gadgetron help desk voice is quite charming especially with how helpful it is with those in game tips. Looking forward to watching the rest of this updated retrospective, this is so awesome
Before I continue watching. I grew up playing all the ratchet games and I love them all. To this day I regularly play the trilogy over and over capping it of with gladiator(deadlocked) just to start over again in a few weeks time. I have watched all the dev footage and behind the scenes videos I can find and I still cannot get enough. Thank you for being a nerd along side all of us. Even if we are now all grown up with most of us having children of our own we can still cherish this part of our childhood and beyond. I just wish Jak and Daxter got some of the same love from Sony TBH.
I must be one of the only people to actually think that Ratchet & Clank 1 not having the strafe function added something to the game. When I played it for the first time, I absolutely hated it, cause I was trying to play it just like the other Ratchet & Clank games that I had played beforehand. On a second playthrough though, it finally clicked for me, and now its one of my favorites.
I've fallen down the rabbit hole again. First I re-watched The Gaming Brits Killzone series Retrospective, then I re-watched RedScotts just for good measure. Ten minutes ago I finished watching GiantGrants Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty Retrospective. And now I'm here. Damn, this hole is comfy.
Amazing video! I enjoyed all the extra content and info you added from the previous retrospectives. I am looking forward to the retrospective on the next Ratchet & Clank game that releases in like 5 years (hopefully).
What in interesting video. I watched all of your other R&C videos, but all of the background info from concepts, developer notes and drama bring so much to the story here.
it’s really cool seeing the progress you made across the videos, and looking forward to the dev interview addenda! the astro bot one was great so the culmination of decade long snooping around will surely be too
Cant belive ive watched all off this after already have seen the original ones! And all i can say is, that it was worth it! Looking forward to the next chapter off this with the next games! Tahnk you very much for the great content!
Those who made the original likely never suspected it would go on to be one of the most beloved franchises of the Playstation. And that love was fully deserved :)
@ I'm so glad I get to connect with someone about this. it wasn't a big deal or anything, but it was a long time ago, and these games were important to me.
It makes me happy that I can share my love of the game with others. R&C is some of the best games of my childhood. One day I will make a game in R&C style.
@AlfheimGames bionicle ended too soon. I suppose R&C is still active today, but it's far cry from the originals. I fully support any fan projects trying to create what you think works best. Have you seen the unofficial rac3 remake? Just some guy coding rac from scratch. It doesn't have to (nor will it ever) be just "some day" you can start making games right now. I recommend downloading Godot and just starting.
I'm sure I said this before, but... I do miss the NPCs extorting you for money. At least, once in a while. When the actual TV monitor extorts you before it plays a video, I find that shit hilarious. Just put the extortion NPCs in areas where you're already grinding. Like when you find an arena, or unlock one of those big open levels where you hunt down a resource.
I absolutely loved this video. Its hard to quite put into words how much Ratchet and Clank means to me. Its routinely in my top 5 favorite franchises of all time, and id absolutely put Up Your Arsenal in my top 3 favorite games all time. Ive been playing it since the original and its the first franchise ive ever gone out of my way to 100% every game. Im glad someone else can express deep and thoughtful criticism and praise for what i consider Sonys best IP of all time
FUCK YEA GOLDEN BOLT! When the new ratchet game released I skimmed through the internet trying to find this very video and got no luck. I can finally watch it and finish my playthrough of the game!
Considering the amount of fears both combat bots and their behaviors, I think their names make sense. Merc only has one fear and is more confident overall, so no doubt he's a more experienced mercenary (Merc being short for Mercenary). Green meanwhile has many fears and has a more timid nature, most likely from being new and inexperienced (Green also being a term for new and inexperienced in something).
about the issues on the HD collection, my biggest gripe with them, particularly GC-UYA-DEADLOCKED, is that the entire soundtrack is mono, but not like you'd expect; they took the LEFT CHANNEL ONLY and duplicated it onto both sides, meaning that basically half of each song is missing, and making tracks like silver city sound awful compared to how they sound like on the ps2
That's true, I also hate helmets and not only in the cutscenes but also in the gameplay, The helmet move strangely when Ratchet runs, It's like it's out of sync with Ratchet's head.
3:56:46 Fun fact: The part of the Momma Tyhrranoid battle where you see from her point of view is a second-person segment. Second person refers to seeing the game from the perspective of an NPC, or another thing (maybe a camera etc) watching your character. There was a mission in one of the Driver games that was like this, and someone made a video on it.
Dude Ratchet and Clank is my all time favorite game. I play the original 3 about once a year. Not going to lie, I got a little excited to see you in my feed. Instantly clicked it.
Incredible work on the whole retrospective! As a long-time fan of the Ratchet series (the first ever video game I remember playing was UYA), going through the finer details of the development was very much informative. Btw, is it just me, or do I hear faint whispers occurring randomly throughout the PSP section? I swear I'm not the only one to notice them, but I haven't seen anyone point them out at all in the comments haha
I really want someone to Remake all these games into one RPG (Really Powerful Guns) but it is progressed by R&C 1 must defeat drek to get enough FAME to get noticed for R&C 2 and so on. This also allows some story to be reworked and cut ideas to come alive. This scope is beyond what they have ever had, it would take years but be worth every penny.
"You can watch one video per day" Very nice to watch all of these back to back with the updates added. How long did it take to render this vid lol? Best games ever tbh.
The video I've been waiting for + didn't even know it , by the way, I just so happen to be replaying the entire series for the first time since 1st playthrough way back when.
If I remember correctly, Nefarious bombs in his boss battle arc is based on how far away you are so if you can keep your distance consistent you’ll have a consistent timing on when to jump.
Size Matters was the first Ratchet & Clank game to make me physically nauseous when I was playing it on PS2, which was a horrid experience to say the least. Probably a combination of the awful camera and the low FOV that made me feel like I was looking through a letterbox.
You say: "hopefully for the last time of my life" but what you really mean is "For the last time until i manage to pick apart the High Impact Games drama
The Tesla spikes are actually pretty good in my experience, once upgraded and you can chain more of them together, throw 3 of them in a triangle and they’ll deal really high damage to whatever is in the center, same goes for if you’ve got 4 that creates an X pattern in the center it will rip enemies apart.
7:11:20 The sniper in size matters actually increases damage based on how far you zoom in. So you can still do ridiculous point blank damage if you can aim and zoom all the way in without taking too much damage. Some bosses get absolutely destroyed by this strategy.
Don't reccommend watching all 8 hours? jokes on you. I've got an 8 hour work day and need the background noise, Loving how much dedication you've put into this
RC2 space combat was so fun. I really was so dissapointed when it never returned, the only other game that could scratch that itch was the original battlefront 2
Regarding the Snaggle Beast fight, I actually just saw a fifth move the other day that I had never seen before. If you stand on the rocks near the border of the arena while he is far away he will actually shoot a projectile that destroys it. I only managed to get this to trigger once though!
There are definitely many things we lost going from ratchet 1 to 2. 1 is just built different. Weapons are still good without leveling them up so i am not punished for using the weapons i want to use most because of XP FOMO. Everything looking cheap and everyone charging you for everything becomes less of a thing later on in the series too. You already said it, but the soundtrack is just... Well it is the only one i ever listen to in my free time and it is the only one i can remember at all i forgot the entire 2 3 and deadlock ost.
I am at almost 19 minutes now, you just started entering that path in Blackwater City where you need to outrun the rising water. PTSD kicking in, hard. I genuinely think the Hydro Pack should have been in the list of items that stays with you in New Game+. Especially considering it is completely optional.
3:46:43 I would reverse Sasha and Al, mainly because Al has managed to help out a couple of times to crack Nefarious’ plans. The only time Sasha has helped out is granting us access to crash at the Phoenix.
There’s always been something about Deadlocked I enjoyed, some of the weapons are great, the Dual Vipers especially, though I’d like to have more different weapons.
Nice one dude. This was fun to watch as were the original versions of the retrospectives. Learning some of the new info and hearing your updated thoughts in specific sections were cool. My gripes were not having a singular combined intro (but to be fair, your Sly retrospective was rather similar in this case), you didn't talk about the earlier track for the Megacorp store in GC, the early version of the Hoverbike cutscene (where Ratchet held the lancer, but changed to his wrench for some reason), or even how you can softlock yourself after the Angela boss fight on the PS3 version. That last part happened to me twice and screwed me out of the RYNO trophy twice. That was not fun. I understand that you probably didn't find them interesting or didn't even know that they existed. With something as big as this, I completely understand that things slipped under the radar. Although, your updated bit about High Impact's founding was honestly quite shocking. It's insane how much that was kept under wraps (tbf, it still kinda is). Either way again, great job on this new version! Enjoy your holiday, because you very much deserve it after all the work you do.
At least regarding the Hoverbike cutscene, the reasoning was that they couldn't guarantee that you'd have specifically the Lancer at that point, and it was smarter to not spend time on two identical scenes just to account for the Heavy Lancer. (A similar hiccup is present on Snivelak, where Ratchet uses the Heavy Lancer to free Angela - by that point they just figured "I mean, screw it, either they've leveled that gun up by now or they're going out of their way not to do so.")
@TheGoldenBolt Of course, I thought a similar thing. It's still a weird oversight that they didn't change the dialogue, unless it never crossed their minds or they couldn't think of anything better to replace it. It's not that big of a deal though, it's just kinda funny.
the only thing that could elevate this retrospective further is if you added at least ten minutes devoted to the greatest cutscene in video game history, qwark dodging out of the way
Honestly, watching this has me think a few questions I meant to ask years ago to various others, specifically about stuff from UYA: Upon beating the Momma Tyhrranoid on their homeworld, why is it the Holo Shield unlocks at the vendor just then instead of say stepping on the following Daxx? Why doesn’t Kavu Island have any unlockables or cutscenes upon completion? What would happen if they also made a Monochrome Afrolizer?
Quick note for those of you that somehow get to hour 7 in one sitting: The 4-hour developer interview with David Goodrich, senior designer on Size Matters and lead designer on Secret Agent Clank, will be going up in chapters later this week on my second channel www.youtube.com/@ThePlatinumBolt. It was a great chat, and there's a lot of info in there that as far as I can tell, has never been discussed before, especially about the horrid, neverending crunch that led to Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier turning out the way that it did, and High Impact's cancelled Crash Team Racing game. (I meant to have at least one chapter up over there, ahead of this going live, but then I kept adding to this instead, oops.)
Make sure to check out his channel for even more really fun insights about some of the games he's worked on - from Twisted Metal, to True Crime, to Ratchet PSP, and more! www.youtube.com/@thegoodrichgames
"You shouldn't be insane enough to watch it in one sitting" jokes on you, I drive cross country for work. These 8hr videos are my bread and butter
I feel that. I have a Playlist that is around 150 hrs and I just hit random and drive.
Joke on you I have no life and I'm autistic
@@EvidentlyEezy I wish I could send my gaming retrospective playlist with like 40k hours
ua-cam.com/play/PLlG-q227hpLxRaexj1_W-1UjFvQegTIUC.html
Yeah same, im a delivery driver so this is pretty much food for my day.
Okay yeah sure, 8 hour golden bolt video I'm locked in
You could say you're
_Deadlocked_ in
How far are you in x'D
Don't you mean Locked and Loaded?
One more video before bed.
Watching this entire thing helped me deal with my grandfather passing away, a good distraction to help me process things. So thanks mate you’re doing good work here.
I been looking at Spyro retrospectives, time to rewatch Ratchet and Clank retrospectives.
Insomniac really created beloved franchises.
spyro, you say
@TheGoldenBolt yep as always my favorite Dragon
@@mandalorianhunter1the coolest dragon :p
@@TheGoldenBolt What is that. Is this some black magic I don't know about? How does your comment Clank work exactly if I may ask?
I like the brief reviews, but have you concidered doing something more long form someday?
looking into this
@@TheGoldenBolt Maybe even a complete lore timeline - where character a/b went and little nods to them like slim being in ps3 games but prison.
The Courtney Gears song IMMEDIATELY brought back a wave of nostalgia.
@@WithStylePetite "nostalgia"
@@williamsiegle8205 "nostalgia"
I adore this long form video! I learned about Ratchet and Clank when my husband and I first started dating, as it's his special interest. Your videos have been so helpful learning more about these games, and watching him point at the screen and info dump is so sweet.
Silly things like the plumbers crack joke, kinky miss gears, and the opening cutscene of them playing a board game, have become our inside jokes!
Keep up the amazing work
My family really think I'm gonna spend Christmas with them when I can watch the ratchet and clank the complete ps2 saga retrospective on youtube lmao
Damn I wish I could spend Christmas with my family, but my brother pissed me off and I got kicked out and now I have nothing to do but watch the ratchet and clank the complete retrospective on UA-cam
...lol
@@a-trainklaybor8088 ok
You upload this just as I'm getting done with all the individual R&C videos you've already made 😅. Even if I don't get around to watching this, I'm going to assume 8hr masterpiece, eventually down the road I'm going to get hit with that R&C Nostalgia bug and I will make my way back to this video. We appreciate all the work you've done for the R&C community! ❤
this is a very impressive video for many reasons but the thing that stands out to me the most is your voice work. there’s an energy and flow to it that keeps me engaged long past similar essays would have. it’s clear you really focused on not only consistency but inflection and emphasis in each take.
MY BODY IS READY. I've been waiting for this one! I can't wait to listen to the added details etc.
Audio engineers' challenge: Using the differences in the new mic's tonal profile and room reflections to spot every altered/added line in this video. I'm tempted to note down a few, but if I start, I know I won't stop. Loving the video so far! It's great to have my annual revisit of this series consolidated into one supercut!
Not having the masters on these made it extra fun on my end, having to mask/match the BGM on top of the voice tones! I ran a few by some audiophile friends and they couldn't even spot the risky mid-word splices (or they got it wrong), so that was enough for me to move on contently (though some are easier than others, because by the seventh or eighth pickup, I stopped caring so long as the first few words sounded close)
@@TheGoldenBolt Honestly, you did a phenomenal job! I guarantee 99.9% of people won't be able to tell. The quality of your content continues to draw me in without fail. The only reason the splices are so obvious to me (like on "our" in the first one) is because it's basically my job to identify and/or fix these things.
Keep up the amazing work, I've been a big fan for years now!
In a game with so much significance and effort put into all the different weapons, and with anyone reviewing the games explaining as much, oddly enough my favorite weapon of the series has always been just the base wrench. It just feels so good to use.
Every few years I go back and replay the first 2 games of the series (maybe not fully completing, but playing to some extent at least) and I'm always blown away by how satisfying the melee is in a game primarily centered around weapons and gadgets.
As one of the first true free camera games I played, Rachet & Clank is the reason that I will forever be an inverted Y-axis person. That just clicked with me :)
Grossing me out rn
Wait a minute... so that's why I always invert the vertical axis.
Man... if only this had come out about a week ago. I literally JUST finished watching your entire Ratchet & Clank playlist.
The reimagining of the first game actually makese appreciate the abrasive first version of Ratchet tbh. The character arc he has may have been kinda janky, but at least he had one.
13:30 man that hurts even more with Alexa’s insults even though you know it was coming LOL. The Gadgetron help desk voice is quite charming especially with how helpful it is with those in game tips. Looking forward to watching the rest of this updated retrospective, this is so awesome
56:38 this may be an unpopular opinion, but I like Ratchet’s character development in the first game.
OK. I've been chipping away at this and have been noticing the extra touches. Glad I'm repeatedly listening to this.
Love your retrospectives, and yes I watched this full 8 hour long video of reviews I've already seen before. Wouldn't have it any other way!
Before I continue watching. I grew up playing all the ratchet games and I love them all. To this day I regularly play the trilogy over and over capping it of with gladiator(deadlocked) just to start over again in a few weeks time. I have watched all the dev footage and behind the scenes videos I can find and I still cannot get enough. Thank you for being a nerd along side all of us. Even if we are now all grown up with most of us having children of our own we can still cherish this part of our childhood and beyond. I just wish Jak and Daxter got some of the same love from Sony TBH.
I must be one of the only people to actually think that Ratchet & Clank 1 not having the strafe function added something to the game. When I played it for the first time, I absolutely hated it, cause I was trying to play it just like the other Ratchet & Clank games that I had played beforehand. On a second playthrough though, it finally clicked for me, and now its one of my favorites.
Oh goodie, a new video to watch at work tomorrow. Can’t wait!
I love these videos so much I'm more than happy to watch full work shifts worth of ratchet and clank deep dives!
Thanks for all the work you put in! This is the ultimate retrospective/analysis.
I've fallen down the rabbit hole again.
First I re-watched The Gaming Brits Killzone series Retrospective, then I re-watched RedScotts just for good measure. Ten minutes ago I finished watching GiantGrants Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty Retrospective. And now I'm here.
Damn, this hole is comfy.
Amazing video! I enjoyed all the extra content and info you added from the previous retrospectives. I am looking forward to the retrospective on the next Ratchet & Clank game that releases in like 5 years (hopefully).
I love these videos to give me a break from music on some days while im at work. You are a legend on this phone buddy
What in interesting video. I watched all of your other R&C videos, but all of the background info from concepts, developer notes and drama bring so much to the story here.
it’s really cool seeing the progress you made across the videos, and looking forward to the dev interview addenda! the astro bot one was great so the culmination of decade long snooping around will surely be too
Cant belive ive watched all off this after already have seen the original ones! And all i can say is, that it was worth it! Looking forward to the next chapter off this with the next games!
Tahnk you very much for the great content!
This is such a masterpiece, thank you for the insane work bolt. Grateful for you merry Christmas
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO
These videos were how I was exposed to your channel and knowing that there's gonna be new and updated audio has me hyped
Those who made the original likely never suspected it would go on to be one of the most beloved franchises of the Playstation. And that love was fully deserved :)
2:24 “Randomly” and now you’re talking about it online and it is contributing to your financial freedom! 👏🏾🎄 Happy holidays Golden Bolt fam
5:28:42 I laughed far too hard at the fact that you spun the camera in the opposite direction of ratchet turning the bolt, because I always did that.
or alternatively to the same direction, stopping him in combined motion.
@@yargolocus4853 Exactly! You get it.
@ I'm so glad I get to connect with someone about this. it wasn't a big deal or anything, but it was a long time ago, and these games were important to me.
It makes me happy that I can share my love of the game with others. R&C is some of the best games of my childhood. One day I will make a game in R&C style.
@AlfheimGames bionicle ended too soon. I suppose R&C is still active today, but it's far cry from the originals.
I fully support any fan projects trying to create what you think works best. Have you seen the unofficial rac3 remake? Just some guy coding rac from scratch.
It doesn't have to (nor will it ever) be just "some day" you can start making games right now. I recommend downloading Godot and just starting.
I'm sure I said this before, but... I do miss the NPCs extorting you for money. At least, once in a while. When the actual TV monitor extorts you before it plays a video, I find that shit hilarious.
Just put the extortion NPCs in areas where you're already grinding. Like when you find an arena, or unlock one of those big open levels where you hunt down a resource.
Thank you for making my day, long retrospectives are great for work.(specially since you didnt have 100 advertisements in it❤)
As soon as this was uploaded I just got the million bolt trophy in ratchet 1(legitimately ofc definitely didn’t use any popular bolt glitches)
I absolutely loved this video. Its hard to quite put into words how much Ratchet and Clank means to me. Its routinely in my top 5 favorite franchises of all time, and id absolutely put Up Your Arsenal in my top 3 favorite games all time. Ive been playing it since the original and its the first franchise ive ever gone out of my way to 100% every game. Im glad someone else can express deep and thoughtful criticism and praise for what i consider Sonys best IP of all time
FUCK YEA GOLDEN BOLT! When the new ratchet game released I skimmed through the internet trying to find this very video and got no luck. I can finally watch it and finish my playthrough of the game!
Considering the amount of fears both combat bots and their behaviors, I think their names make sense.
Merc only has one fear and is more confident overall, so no doubt he's a more experienced mercenary (Merc being short for Mercenary).
Green meanwhile has many fears and has a more timid nature, most likely from being new and inexperienced (Green also being a term for new and inexperienced in something).
2:04 The "unless" and I took that personally 🤣🤣
Absolutely loved this massive deep dive. Hope the Future Saga gets the same treatment one day.
This is perfect to listen too at work when I am bored on a day here and there
about the issues on the HD collection, my biggest gripe with them, particularly GC-UYA-DEADLOCKED, is that the entire soundtrack is mono, but not like you'd expect; they took the LEFT CHANNEL ONLY and duplicated it onto both sides, meaning that basically half of each song is missing, and making tracks like silver city sound awful compared to how they sound like on the ps2
That's true, I also hate helmets and not only in the cutscenes but also in the gameplay, The helmet move strangely when Ratchet runs, It's like it's out of sync with Ratchet's head.
28:59 - I don't know why but this gag still really cracks me up.
3:56:46 Fun fact: The part of the Momma Tyhrranoid battle where you see from her point of view is a second-person segment. Second person refers to seeing the game from the perspective of an NPC, or another thing (maybe a camera etc) watching your character. There was a mission in one of the Driver games that was like this, and someone made a video on it.
I wasn't expecting a crubbeo. I eagerly await ratchets ship travelling to Moriarty's circle
Dude Ratchet and Clank is my all time favorite game. I play the original 3 about once a year. Not going to lie, I got a little excited to see you in my feed. Instantly clicked it.
Ratchet and Clank was my gateway drug to Metroid and Hollow Knight, and the feeling of playing it as a kid is what I measure all games against today
Incredible work on the whole retrospective! As a long-time fan of the Ratchet series (the first ever video game I remember playing was UYA), going through the finer details of the development was very much informative.
Btw, is it just me, or do I hear faint whispers occurring randomly throughout the PSP section? I swear I'm not the only one to notice them, but I haven't seen anyone point them out at all in the comments haha
I was regularly watching the full playlist anyhow, this just makes it easier let’s gooo.
Have a happy new year The Golden Bolt
I really want someone to Remake all these games into one RPG (Really Powerful Guns) but it is progressed by R&C 1 must defeat drek to get enough FAME to get noticed for R&C 2 and so on. This also allows some story to be reworked and cut ideas to come alive. This scope is beyond what they have ever had, it would take years but be worth every penny.
"You can watch one video per day"
Very nice to watch all of these back to back with the updates added. How long did it take to render this vid lol? Best games ever tbh.
The video I've been waiting for + didn't even know it , by the way, I just so happen to be replaying the entire series for the first time since 1st playthrough way back when.
If I remember correctly, Nefarious bombs in his boss battle arc is based on how far away you are so if you can keep your distance consistent you’ll have a consistent timing on when to jump.
Great jokes throughout. I caught them. Excellent work.
Size Matters was the first Ratchet & Clank game to make me physically nauseous when I was playing it on PS2, which was a horrid experience to say the least. Probably a combination of the awful camera and the low FOV that made me feel like I was looking through a letterbox.
4:25 Also, "I heard you have the final vid comic." Well I sure hope you "heard" that I have it, since YOU'RE THE ONE WHO GAVE IT TO ME! lol
You say: "hopefully for the last time of my life" but what you really mean is "For the last time until i manage to pick apart the High Impact Games drama
Watching GDQ live and heard your dono and Xems love. Just had to come and return the love
Sending you only the best vibes, my friend 💙
Good timing, I'm travelling tomorrow and needed a long video to make time pass by.
6:55:02 The Thug Leader's giant mech boss battle on Snivelak in R&C2 had him grabbing spaceships flying over the city and throw them at you, remember?
The Tesla spikes are actually pretty good in my experience, once upgraded and you can chain more of them together, throw 3 of them in a triangle and they’ll deal really high damage to whatever is in the center, same goes for if you’ve got 4 that creates an X pattern in the center it will rip enemies apart.
Not insane enough to watch in one sitting? Oh ho ho, hold my Nanotech Soda
Literally the best present for the holidays I could've asked for!
FINISHED IT! Dude, that was a hell of a way to wrap up 2024. I can't wait for your next god of war retrospective
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The sniper in size matters actually increases damage based on how far you zoom in. So you can still do ridiculous point blank damage if you can aim and zoom all the way in without taking too much damage.
Some bosses get absolutely destroyed by this strategy.
Ive listened to 14 hour long videos before
8 hours is notbing for me, man ♡
Don't reccommend watching all 8 hours? jokes on you. I've got an 8 hour work day and need the background noise,
Loving how much dedication you've put into this
This is the content I live for
I think the golden weapons shoot green because of the green canisters on the Gemlik base
An entire Unseparated Compilation of the videos I’ve seen all 3 times? Oh yeah…it’s go time
An 8 hour video on a gaming franchise???? Gald I found this channel!
58:07 the panic jumps, classic😂
While not explained, there is a strong headcannon option that it's to get Secret Agent Clank back in his home galaxy by attacking his partner's home
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Bolt's dad's picture wasn't Big the Cat
RC2 space combat was so fun. I really was so dissapointed when it never returned, the only other game that could scratch that itch was the original battlefront 2
As a kid I thought the reason for no strafe in the first was cos he was just mechanic
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I’m OOO today. I got a full work day ahead of GB R&C retro 🎉
Regarding the Snaggle Beast fight, I actually just saw a fifth move the other day that I had never seen before. If you stand on the rocks near the border of the arena while he is far away he will actually shoot a projectile that destroys it. I only managed to get this to trigger once though!
There are definitely many things we lost going from ratchet 1 to 2. 1 is just built different. Weapons are still good without leveling them up so i am not punished for using the weapons i want to use most because of XP FOMO. Everything looking cheap and everyone charging you for everything becomes less of a thing later on in the series too. You already said it, but the soundtrack is just... Well it is the only one i ever listen to in my free time and it is the only one i can remember at all i forgot the entire 2 3 and deadlock ost.
"If your insane enough to watch in one sitting"
I may not be insane but I am self employed. (Insane with more steps)
I am at almost 19 minutes now, you just started entering that path in Blackwater City where you need to outrun the rising water.
PTSD kicking in, hard.
I genuinely think the Hydro Pack should have been in the list of items that stays with you in New Game+. Especially considering it is completely optional.
3:46:43 I would reverse Sasha and Al, mainly because Al has managed to help out a couple of times to crack Nefarious’ plans. The only time Sasha has helped out is granting us access to crash at the Phoenix.
The perfect thing to sleep to
Watching the whole video just so I can reach the Deadlocked section it is by far my favorite ratchet game in the whole series
There’s always been something about Deadlocked I enjoyed, some of the weapons are great, the Dual Vipers especially, though I’d like to have more different weapons.
Perfect to fall asleep to
Nice one dude. This was fun to watch as were the original versions of the retrospectives. Learning some of the new info and hearing your updated thoughts in specific sections were cool. My gripes were not having a singular combined intro (but to be fair, your Sly retrospective was rather similar in this case), you didn't talk about the earlier track for the Megacorp store in GC, the early version of the Hoverbike cutscene (where Ratchet held the lancer, but changed to his wrench for some reason), or even how you can softlock yourself after the Angela boss fight on the PS3 version.
That last part happened to me twice and screwed me out of the RYNO trophy twice. That was not fun. I understand that you probably didn't find them interesting or didn't even know that they existed. With something as big as this, I completely understand that things slipped under the radar. Although, your updated bit about High Impact's founding was honestly quite shocking. It's insane how much that was kept under wraps (tbf, it still kinda is). Either way again, great job on this new version! Enjoy your holiday, because you very much deserve it after all the work you do.
At least regarding the Hoverbike cutscene, the reasoning was that they couldn't guarantee that you'd have specifically the Lancer at that point, and it was smarter to not spend time on two identical scenes just to account for the Heavy Lancer. (A similar hiccup is present on Snivelak, where Ratchet uses the Heavy Lancer to free Angela - by that point they just figured "I mean, screw it, either they've leveled that gun up by now or they're going out of their way not to do so.")
@TheGoldenBolt Of course, I thought a similar thing. It's still a weird oversight that they didn't change the dialogue, unless it never crossed their minds or they couldn't think of anything better to replace it. It's not that big of a deal though, it's just kinda funny.
I've been watching all of your previous Ratchet and Clank retrospectives during the last 2 weeks.
What am I supposed to do now?
Here we go
"Gimp Commando" made me laugh every time
Ah thank god you saved me from being bored at work tomorow
the only thing that could elevate this retrospective further is if you added at least ten minutes devoted to the greatest cutscene in video game history, qwark dodging out of the way
Honestly, watching this has me think a few questions I meant to ask years ago to various others, specifically about stuff from UYA: Upon beating the Momma Tyhrranoid on their homeworld, why is it the Holo Shield unlocks at the vendor just then instead of say stepping on the following Daxx? Why doesn’t Kavu Island have any unlockables or cutscenes upon completion? What would happen if they also made a Monochrome Afrolizer?