Playing this game as an adult, you notice a lot of detail that went over your head as a child: satire of capitalism, cinematic shots, world building, attention to detail and personality. This is how a video game ages well.
R&C 2 was my first introduction to ratchet, I think I joined in about 2006. I was going to visit my uncle for 2 weeks in a different state, and I brought my playstation 2 to pass the downtime. My uncle's neighbor was a really cool dude who hung out with my uncle a lot. He saw how much I like to play video games and decided to show me his man cave, with a bunch of shelves with games. Ratchet and Clank 2 stood out to me with that sleek cover design. He let me borrow it and I spent the next week playing it so much he actually let me keep the game. My love for the series grew from there.
@@XxT0kY0DrfTstYlExX I agree with that to some extent. GC doesn't look as detailed graphically, but it might have a bigger attention to worldbuilding details.
I dunno about best game ever made, I'd personally put a couple of Bethesda's titles over it. I know, apples to oranges, but when you say "best ever," you open the discussion up to that sort of comparison.
When I was little in the 2000s, Ratchet and Clank GC was the first video game me and my brother ever got, and I remember him and I playing it during Christmas time with the song “Clumsy” playing in the background as Ratchet was jumping around planet Oozla. Good times man, GOOD TIMES! ☺️👌☺️
One thing I find amazing even to this day is when on a moon (giant clank or ratchet when destroying the antennas) the bullets/projectiles curve around the planet. Games that have a similar camera style often forget about gravity (yet still giving the ability to jump and land) and have the bullet fly in a straight line off into space.
This game is the highlight of my childhood. 5/6 year old me is kept alive through it’s amazing Soundtrack, of which I listen to regularly still, it’s way ahead of it’s time!
This was the first game I bought with my own allowance money back in the day. Had no idea what it was, just liked that the cover was shiny. 5+ game finishes later, it’s still my favorite game of all time. No matter how good games get in the future, this was the game that made me fall in love with gaming. Great review.
This is my favourite game of all time too, I was 2 years old when it came out but by the time I got older my dad couldn’t afford the newest gen consoles so he got me a ps2 with this game and whenever he’d be home from work we’d play it nonstop
Aw, thanks dude! It seems this R&C Month project has boosted my subcount by a bit, so maybe this is a breakthrough of some sort. Either way, I'll wait patiently for them to come, as I have for the past years. :)
What a fantastic video. Ratchet 2 has been my favorite video game ever since I first played it along with the first game. My top 10 list has changed a lot over the past 10 or so years, but the one thing that has always remained consistent was this game being my number one. Just such a fun game. Weaker story and final boss than 1 and 3 in my opinion, but everything else makes up for it for me: level design, the arsenal, etc.
Got goosebumps when you said Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando is your favourite game - it's my favourite game of all time by far, since I played the demo in 2003 and got it for Christmas.
Once I accidentally made my only save unplayable by trying to use the new game + fast travel thing while the ship was destroyed on the Tabora level to see what would happen. It wasn't a very good idea.
I can now acknowledge the many problems of Going Commando, but this was LITERALLY the first game I ever bought with my own money. It's so special to me
It still one of my favourite games to play, even till this day. Ratchet & Clank are one of the franchises that got me into platformers & gaming in general.
If this is your favorite R&C game, you should definitely watch the developer commentary the developers made, it's called the "Useless Podcast" on UA-cam with Tony Garcia and Mike Stout, it actually addresses a lot of the small criticisms you had, such as how there's barely any hypnomatic use, when in reality they had planned more levels to use it that had to be scrapped.
I've seen that actually! At least twice I think lol, but I apparently don't recall the part about the Hypnomatic, so thanks for bringing it to my attention. I would've probably addressed it either way, but it's honestly a very minor criticism that doesn't affect my enjoyment.
This game did improve many things from the first one (especially all the minigames) but two things that i really believe were not superior: level design and soundtrack. Both are good in this, but were just fantastic in R&C 1. I have to give a shout out to the Oozla theme though, it's one of the most epic in the whole series. There are other gems too, like the Tabora music and the flight challenge music.
While I don't necessarily agree, I don't think there's much of a gap between them in regards to those aspects. The original R&C does nail the atmosphere better though.
The year was 2007. I was just starting high school and I felt my childhood was over. Made me really sad because I was in no hurry to grow up. I thought everything was gonna change, everything was going to be different. It kind of scared me. Then one day in Best Buy with my mom I saw it. “Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction”. I had to have it. I begged my mom to get it. We didn’t even have a PS3 but I didn’t care. I was gonna slam it in my PS2 and hope for the best. (My emotions were getting the better of me, lol). She said maybe later. For the next month or so I told my mom how I wanted a PS3 for Christmas. But she told me how expensive they were and how I was going to be “SOOOOO SAAAAD”. She said it so much that I started to believe her. Maybe next year. Fast forward to Christmas same year. I was opening my presents smallest to biggest because that’s how I liked to do it. Because of this, I opened one present my mom didn’t think about. In the box was an assortment of video games, and right there in the corner was my dream game. A pair of Lombax ears with a shocked robot on his back. I held it in my hands, my jaw dropped and I was about to scream. My mom quickly saw my face, knew her error, and snatched the game from my hands. But it was too late. I knew. If she got me a PS3 game, she must have got me a PS3. A few presents later and there she was. I was ecstatic to say the least. Finally my mom gave me my game back and I was soo happy. I spent the rest of my Christmas break playing that game. We only had one tiny TV that had HDMI that was dedicated for the PS3 use, but I didn’t care. The graphics looked just as amazing and the game was as fun as ever. It was the Ratchet and Clank I always remembered except bigger and HD with new twists and turns and a more cinematic story. Tools of Destruction is my favorite game in the series for all the reasons that people love it, but to me, it’s also because it came at a point in my life where I needed that connection to my childhood to help me through the next chapter in my life. And I’m happy to say the series continued and I never lost touch with it, neither my childhood or Ratchet and Clank.
One of the things that makes GC such a legendary game, is the formula that keeps on giving. I feel like i never get bored shooting enemies and strafing around. The attention to detail such as the soft physics of the destroyed armor pieces when you continously blast enemies, the large and diverse areas with secrets to explore (especially the desert and snow areas!) is always fun to dive into. And oh god the SOUNDTRACKS. I remember playing GC for the first time when i was 6 years old and i was mindblown. I really hope Insomniac uses some of the same vibes and feels from GC in Rift’s Apart❤️
Your opening line of getting ratchet and clank going commando from your aunt hit so close to home. I got the first ratchet and clank from my aunt on Christmas!!
There was a reason why I played this game the most and beaten this game the most, it has so much content that the last few times I played I picked up new details in the last few years. There are subtle hints in the game that points to Quark being the main antagonist. The biggest hint and I cannot believe I missed this one is when Mr Fizwidget told the access code to the deep space disposal facility is Quarktastic. I cannot beleive I missed the really blunt clue that really Ratchet and Clank were really speaking to Captain Quark. Leaves me to wonder if Quark was trying to just get them killed since the first level but saw a use for them to add to the attempted reestablishing of his reputation later on.
I beat this game over 30 times as a kid. The new game plus here is still the best I've ever seen and destroying all the levels with op weapons never gets old. What other game would you want to finish over 30 times today?
I ended up in your corner of content material, because i was thinking of picking up a ps3 just for the trilogy remaster, just for going commando. Its not just the nostalgia, its hands down the best one, it was too obvious
Loved your reviews! fantastic work, GC is one of my favorite games of all time and I remember when I got the game on christmas, it was a blast playing it for the first time ever
The Review is an 100 out of 10, this game is also my favorite of this series, especially the music and the maps, the atmosphere with the music, which fits perfect to the location. Sometimes u see the homage to Jak and Dexter on the map building, the easteregg in Ratchet apartment is so aesthetic for me. We can talk about the boss fight, the hacksystem or the clank robot fights. All in all it doesn’t matter if I played the game when I was 5 (you was 4 which is very similar) or when I played last week when I’m 25. It is the best game for me, with some Sly Cooper titles. I want to thank u for this awesome review, and Insomniac for this masterpiece!
Man the thought of a four year playing this game is wild and makes me feel both stupid and old, when I was four the entirety of my gaming experience was sitting in front of a Pac Man machine with no quarters thinking the demo vid was me playing the game, or my baby sitter handing me an unplugged controller and letting me think I was controlling Tails.
Possibly the most pivotal game of my childhood. I think I have more hours put into playing and replaying going commando than any other game since then.
Using the upgraded Spiderbot Glove on the Thugs 4 Less Leader reduces the fight to a mere 4 minutes. Stand behind a building where he can't spot Ratchet, walk the spider to his feet and barrage him with bombs.
I knew i wasnt the only one who thought up your arsenal wasnt the best. Going commando will forever be my favorite of the series. Of course i went back to my ps2 and had to run it back. The amount of excitement I endured playing this was unbelievable. One of the best ps2 games ever without a doubt.
Megacorb has much more Potential for the future. And of course a hidden, badass, smart Antagonist, who controlls Everything from the shadows, since R&C2. Oquark was just a scapgoat, to distract the attention away from Megacorb.
I remembered i got a PS2 on Black Friday in 2007 and a GameStop employee accidentally gave me the wrong disc of Ratchet and Clank as i was supposed to get the first one not the second. I didn’t noticed the mistake as i enjoyed playing Going Commando and got sad that i lost the disc. In 2012 i got the original and i thought it was going commando but it wasn’t, saddened that the original wasn’t Going Commando i still loved playing the game as its now my favorite game franchise of all time. Going Commando is my favorite game of the series and my favorite video game of all time
This and Gladiator are the two games I've played the most, but this is definitely the one I have the most memory of. I have all the PS2 games, but only the first and third got so heavily scratched they'd barely run anymore, so I don't remember them as much. Thanks to the HD collection, I've realised I actually enjoy a lot more about RaC1 than I remember, but 2 still remains my favourite, with Gladiator close behind.
All I can say is... awesome video dude! This is the type of game that would be someone's favorite and you dissected it quite well. Also, I never knew that those hounds were pretty much Gadgetron's version of Protopets; so thanks for going over lesser-know aspects of the game.
Thanks a bunch! I wanted to highlight some of the more obscure stuff that seem insignificant, but are impactful enough to make me love the game just that tiny bit more.
I can very much agree with this entire video. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando is probably my favorite game of all time and to this day I still play it over and over. Some may not agree but the music in this game was amazing. If the music from the first game was composed in stereo format, it would sound even better and it would be just as good as the second game for me. I know this is a very minor detail but it's something to pay attention to because it makes me feel more immersed into the game but that's just me lol. Anyways, this was a great video!
Thanks! Haven't really noticed any difference in sound quality between the games, other than the quality of the compositions, of course. GC's soundtrack is probably my favorite in that regard.
I started at the first RC when I was little, I did not really understand English back then but I was super hyped every time a new RC game came out, and I am still hyped whenever it happens today. Even if they aren't thematically as good as the original 4 on PS2. I do have a couple of gripes with RC2 and why I kinda prefer the original and 3. The glider and the ship combat were just a bit too infuriating for me and I liked the NPC's and aesthetics of 1 a bit more with the infobots showing you locations while in 2 random tv screens happen to show you what you need. I think it was TheGamingBritShow that made a review on it that I did agree with the most. Still, RC2 is absolutely amazing.
Fair enough, they're not the best designed features. Still, I find it to be a small enough part of the game to not drag it down much. I prefer 2's variety of different gameplay styles that don't last long over 3's almost exclusive focus on the run and gun aspect (also sacrificing some exploration elements and level details in the process). I find the Galactic Rangers missions for instance very repetitive as a result.
I suppose I have to cut this game some slack now after watching this video. Kinda makes me wanna avoid going back and experiencing my current R&C favorites for fear of not enjoying them as much as I do in my memory.
@@arcaedonluminos666 Exactly, everything was suped up and shiny,, the upgrade system hit me first, then finding the old gadgetron shop was the best Easter egg in any game
Dude im shocked your only got 1.3k subs I could have sworn with the level of quality youd have way more. Came for the ratchet and clank videos and stayed for whats next
Going Commando is one of the four R&C I've played (others including Original, Size Matters and the PS4 ''reboot''), and is probably my top 3 game of all time. Haven't had the chance to play other R&C games, but still love the series, and would love to at least to play all the ones Imsomniac makes onward. Maybe some older ones I missed as well.
@@Olempis That really should be done. Quite a few of them can be played on the PS2, a couple on PSP, almost all of them on the PS3, the original trilogy on Vita, only 1 on PS4 (ignoring PS Now) and 2 on PS5. We need all on PS5!
Just recently finished this game for the second time, with the first being on my original PS2. Damn, what an 18 year gap! I played the HD version on my PS3, but honestly, I would like to play it again on my original PS2 hardware. I'm planning on playing "Up your Arsenal" to finish the original trilogy and am waiting to buy a PS5 once a "Rift Apart" releases. In the meantime, I wan to go back to Tools of Destruction and finally play through the PS4 remake of the first game, which I haven't done yet. I sincerely hope that Insomniac continues this series and never lets the platforming flame of Ratchet and Clank extinguish. Now, if Naughty Dog would just revive Jak and Daxter...
Sounds like a good plan! I doubt ND would revisit the J&D series sadly, as they already cancelled a Jak 4 they were considering a decade ago. Hopefully some other studio will take over and deliver a worthy new J&D experience.
As someone who never grew up with the series, but has played all of them, I'd honestly place R&C 1 as my favourite of the original trilogy. Don't get me wrong, I love the sequels and 2 comes extremely close, but I personally found 1s tone, story, presentation and more puzzle/ strategy focused gameplay more appealing. 1 was more of a platformer with TPS elements, while 2 was more of a TPS with platformer elements. I think it all comes down which genre you prefer, and for me, it's platformers.
Always preferred Going Commando over Up Your Arsenal, yet UYA always got the spotlight. I never understood that. GC had some of the best weapons and the absolute BEST Arena Mode out of all the games in the entire franchise.
Yeah, pretty weird that UYA got way more spotlight despite feeling fairly shallow in comparison. Ironically enough though, I prefer Annihilation Nation over GC's arenas (the gauntlet paths at least).
After playing the PS4 remake I’m DYING to replay these on ps3. I really wish insomniac would have chosen to remaster the original trilogy rather than badly remake only the original. To see this game in particular with bumped up graphics? Oof id die. I think that’s the whole reason I want the new ps5 game. Since it brings back “thugs for less”
im not sure if this is my fav game ever. but thats already telling. the gameplay is perfect for a 3d platformer/3rd person shooter mix, i dont think theres room or need to improve that. and the iconic soundtracks will probably keep this game above new releases.
R&C2 was my first experience in seeing a whole game with a story. I used to watch my dad play when I was younger- id get to stay up later and watch him play late into the night. I used to play Ratchet 1 on a demo disc and my dad used to buy and sell PS2 games so I’d always have an opportunity to play a game I’d seen on a demo disc, even if it was just for a short time. I’ve just picked this game up for PS2 now in mint condition and I’m hoping insomniac would take the feedback onboard about the PS4 version being an empty insult to the original serious rather than arrogantly dismissing it. Veldig bra!
how in the right mind does Dr.Nefarious get on the list of best villain's? Clearly quark was just this genius futuristic embodiment of ego veiled by the state of technology the seeds of corruption that happen behind closed doors and your part in stopping it was just so amazing i cant get enough of this game and i'm so glad to not be the only one who still appreciates this, the music for these games was absolutely some of the most influential astounding piece of works i've ever come across that i still listen to frequently
Nefarious is so beloved because he's hilarious and amazingly voice acted. He's one of my favorite characters in the series, but as a villain, he's not the strongest in that regard.
To me this is when the game began to fully expand on it's entire universe and it's difficulty. I hated the sweeper bots the first time you encounter them but thanks to my drive to discover further into the game's world I kept on. It's a shame that UYA is a bit rushed compared to this it would have been awesome to have the turbo slider races AND still have space combat like come on.
I love how it expanded the universe and went out of its comfort zone to take place in a whole other galaxy. UYA would've indeed benefitted from such things, and grindrails.
I only highlighted my 3 favorite weapons in the game. The Tesla Barrier is great, especially on Grelbin against the Y.E.T.I., but I've gotten less of a use for it over time. And I prefer using some other weapons, since just deploying a shield and running around is pretty basic.
The main thing that I still find that could have been improved is the Ultra Bouncer. That thing is unbelievably OP that it beats the Ryno and you can get through the entire game with that weapon alone, it's too much
@@arcaedonluminos666and small theory. What if the Thugs-4-less wanted the ad to be "wholesome" to convince the inmates into going under a false sense of security? Their ad could be lying, only to make those belonging in prison want to go, making them think it's a luxurious cruise.
I'd love to see a remaster of the original trilogy for there 20th anniversary next year on ps5 with 4k 120fps im sure the ps5 could handle it maybe even re do some textures
I honestly I would put the three games in the original trilogy almost at the same level. RaC 2 was probably the better one though in soundtrack and some level design, but the minigames and unexploited RPG mechanics really takes away a good chunk of the game. RaC 1 has the story, very few minigames and the levels are my favorite but the controls werent too polished and the RPG mechanics were almost too non existent (although this is a personal preference; some people probably would prefer this for its combat simplicity and is totally respectable). And UyA has the best weapons, very challenging bosses, multiplayer, RPG mechanics and controls but the levels and soundtrack itself arent too interesting like the other two (although i dont saying that is bad; is still pretty good). My rank would probably be RaC 2 = 3 > 1. Although the trilogy itself is amazing and all of the games deserve its praise. Good video.
They all have their strengths and weaknesses. 1 has the best story and atmosphere, but has clunky controls. I love almost everything about 2, but it does have some things that drag it down a bit. 3 is the funniest and most polished, but is quite bland compared to its predecessors in regards to gameplay and visuals. My ranking of them is 2>1>3.
To make the Mini Nuke even better for your next playthroughs, Swing your Wrench right after you shoot the Mini Nuke and the reload time disappears completely :D
@@arcaedonluminos666 Actually it does work with the bouncer and every weapon with a cooldown. my game nearly crashed from cancelling the cooldown too many times and shooting bouncer so much..
@@arcaedonluminos666 the third game, up your arsenal, not so complex and more easy yet super funny, I remember finishing the game with my brother 20 times at minimum, playing it right now after many years on an emulator, so much fun
@@arcaedonluminos666 I love all the random and funny stuff all of the characters say and do, I might have to replay the second game on the emulator too
One thing about the original trilogy that I don't like is that the final armors always cover Ratchet's face. Why did they do that? They even did that in A Crack in Time (thank god for skins). Why hide Ratchet's face like that? Of course, that says a lot about how great these games still are, if that's my top complaint.
29:36 Why is no one talking about that he is only that large in Gameplay... in the cutscene he's just 1 head larger than Ratchet. Good to so in the first Cutscene, where you can See Ratchet and the salesman in one shot.
Playing this game as an adult, you notice a lot of detail that went over your head as a child: satire of capitalism, cinematic shots, world building, attention to detail and personality. This is how a video game ages well.
Yep, I definitely came to appreciate it more with age.
As an adult I only noticed that most of the games are named with some kind of innuendo
@@Kwiwiwiwi We in Europe had those titles changed, but I liked the original ones without knowing why.
I don't think any games made in the last 5 or longer years will truly age well. Most will be forgotten about
but as kids we really knew what was up! i knew this shit would be cool forever !
Shout out to all the kids moms, aunts, grandparents who got them this game for xmas, man I loved playing these games.
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R&C 2 was my first introduction to ratchet, I think I joined in about 2006. I was going to visit my uncle for 2 weeks in a different state, and I brought my playstation 2 to pass the downtime. My uncle's neighbor was a really cool dude who hung out with my uncle a lot. He saw how much I like to play video games and decided to show me his man cave, with a bunch of shelves with games. Ratchet and Clank 2 stood out to me with that sleek cover design. He let me borrow it and I spent the next week playing it so much he actually let me keep the game. My love for the series grew from there.
My mom still plays R&C every week to this day
Same here - R&C2 easily the best game ever made. The immersion and attention to detail is like nothing else of it's era.
Well said
Well, actually RC 1 has more immersion and attention to detail :)
@@XxT0kY0DrfTstYlExX I agree with that to some extent. GC doesn't look as detailed graphically, but it might have a bigger attention to worldbuilding details.
I dunno about best game ever made, I'd personally put a couple of Bethesda's titles over it. I know, apples to oranges, but when you say "best ever," you open the discussion up to that sort of comparison.
When I was little in the 2000s, Ratchet and Clank GC was the first video game me and my brother ever got, and I remember him and I playing it during Christmas time with the song “Clumsy” playing in the background as Ratchet was jumping around planet Oozla. Good times man, GOOD TIMES! ☺️👌☺️
"Fortunately for them, they're kidnapped" never though I'd hear that
Neither did I, but here we are...
One thing I find amazing even to this day is when on a moon (giant clank or ratchet when destroying the antennas) the bullets/projectiles curve around the planet. Games that have a similar camera style often forget about gravity (yet still giving the ability to jump and land) and have the bullet fly in a straight line off into space.
It's a really neat attention to detail! That's not the case on the moons in A Crack in Time, now that I think about it.
This game is the highlight of my childhood. 5/6 year old me is kept alive through it’s amazing Soundtrack, of which I listen to regularly still, it’s way ahead of it’s time!
The soundtrack slaps!
This was the first game I bought with my own allowance money back in the day. Had no idea what it was, just liked that the cover was shiny. 5+ game finishes later, it’s still my favorite game of all time. No matter how good games get in the future, this was the game that made me fall in love with gaming. Great review.
Thanks, interesting story!
i cant even fathom how they made this game in such a short amount of time.
It's surreal
This is my favourite game of all time too, I was 2 years old when it came out but by the time I got older my dad couldn’t afford the newest gen consoles so he got me a ps2 with this game and whenever he’d be home from work we’d play it nonstop
That's wholesome!
Love that👌🏼
How you put out videos of this quality and yet only have 100 subs amazes and saddens me.
Aw, thanks dude! It seems this R&C Month project has boosted my subcount by a bit, so maybe this is a breakthrough of some sort. Either way, I'll wait patiently for them to come, as I have for the past years. :)
@@arcaedonluminos666 I found you because of the R&C videos plus your great editing! You got a new subscriber
@@jonazWC Many thanks!
I just assumed this was a big channel because of how well the videos are made. Saw this comment and realised I had to subscribe!
@@ronanhorganmusic7278 You're all so sweet!
What a fantastic video. Ratchet 2 has been my favorite video game ever since I first played it along with the first game. My top 10 list has changed a lot over the past 10 or so years, but the one thing that has always remained consistent was this game being my number one. Just such a fun game. Weaker story and final boss than 1 and 3 in my opinion, but everything else makes up for it for me: level design, the arsenal, etc.
Thank you! It really is such an awesome game. I think its story is better than 3's, but it definitely does have the weakest final boss in the trilogy.
Got goosebumps when you said Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando is your favourite game - it's my favourite game of all time by far, since I played the demo in 2003 and got it for Christmas.
Very cool to hear!
Once I accidentally made my only save unplayable by trying to use the new game + fast travel thing while the ship was destroyed on the Tabora level to see what would happen. It wasn't a very good idea.
Lmao, I've never thought of that, good to know.
I can now acknowledge the many problems of Going Commando, but this was LITERALLY the first game I ever bought with my own money. It's so special to me
It's good to acknowledge problems of something you love, and they don't necessarily have to drag it down, at least not in terms of enjoyment.
It still one of my favourite games to play, even till this day. Ratchet & Clank are one of the franchises that got me into platformers & gaming in general.
Same here
Because yes, Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando is....Awesometacular👏👏👏
Yeah, that'd be my Jeremy Jahns rating
If this is your favorite R&C game, you should definitely watch the developer commentary the developers made, it's called the "Useless Podcast" on UA-cam with Tony Garcia and Mike Stout, it actually addresses a lot of the small criticisms you had, such as how there's barely any hypnomatic use, when in reality they had planned more levels to use it that had to be scrapped.
I've seen that actually! At least twice I think lol, but I apparently don't recall the part about the Hypnomatic, so thanks for bringing it to my attention. I would've probably addressed it either way, but it's honestly a very minor criticism that doesn't affect my enjoyment.
This game did improve many things from the first one (especially all the minigames) but two things that i really believe were not superior: level design and soundtrack. Both are good in this, but were just fantastic in R&C 1. I have to give a shout out to the Oozla theme though, it's one of the most epic in the whole series. There are other gems too, like the Tabora music and the flight challenge music.
While I don't necessarily agree, I don't think there's much of a gap between them in regards to those aspects. The original R&C does nail the atmosphere better though.
The year was 2007. I was just starting high school and I felt my childhood was over. Made me really sad because I was in no hurry to grow up. I thought everything was gonna change, everything was going to be different. It kind of scared me.
Then one day in Best Buy with my mom I saw it. “Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction”. I had to have it. I begged my mom to get it. We didn’t even have a PS3 but I didn’t care. I was gonna slam it in my PS2 and hope for the best. (My emotions were getting the better of me, lol). She said maybe later.
For the next month or so I told my mom how I wanted a PS3 for Christmas. But she told me how expensive they were and how I was going to be “SOOOOO SAAAAD”. She said it so much that I started to believe her. Maybe next year.
Fast forward to Christmas same year. I was opening my presents smallest to biggest because that’s how I liked to do it. Because of this, I opened one present my mom didn’t think about. In the box was an assortment of video games, and right there in the corner was my dream game. A pair of Lombax ears with a shocked robot on his back. I held it in my hands, my jaw dropped and I was about to scream. My mom quickly saw my face, knew her error, and snatched the game from my hands. But it was too late. I knew. If she got me a PS3 game, she must have got me a PS3. A few presents later and there she was. I was ecstatic to say the least. Finally my mom gave me my game back and I was soo happy.
I spent the rest of my Christmas break playing that game. We only had one tiny TV that had HDMI that was dedicated for the PS3 use, but I didn’t care. The graphics looked just as amazing and the game was as fun as ever. It was the Ratchet and Clank I always remembered except bigger and HD with new twists and turns and a more cinematic story.
Tools of Destruction is my favorite game in the series for all the reasons that people love it, but to me, it’s also because it came at a point in my life where I needed that connection to my childhood to help me through the next chapter in my life. And I’m happy to say the series continued and I never lost touch with it, neither my childhood or Ratchet and Clank.
Nice story, I can def see why ToD is your favorite!
Cute story bro. Been there :) +rep
One of the things that makes GC such a legendary game, is the formula that keeps on giving. I feel like i never get bored shooting enemies and strafing around. The attention to detail such as the soft physics of the destroyed armor pieces when you continously blast enemies, the large and diverse areas with secrets to explore (especially the desert and snow areas!) is always fun to dive into. And oh god the SOUNDTRACKS. I remember playing GC for the first time when i was 6 years old and i was mindblown. I really hope Insomniac uses some of the same vibes and feels from GC in Rift’s Apart❤️
Rift Apart has the Carbonox at least, so that's a start XD
@@arcaedonluminos666 Really? That’s cool! Let’s hope for for some memorable soundtracks, a great plot and some awesome weaponry😍
@@korg3597 Would be nice
Your opening line of getting ratchet and clank going commando from your aunt hit so close to home. I got the first ratchet and clank from my aunt on Christmas!!
Ayy, that's awesome!
This is definitely my favorite r&c game
Good taste!
There was a reason why I played this game the most and beaten this game the most, it has so much content that the last few times I played I picked up new details in the last few years.
There are subtle hints in the game that points to Quark being the main antagonist. The biggest hint and I cannot believe I missed this one is when Mr Fizwidget told the access code to the deep space disposal facility is Quarktastic. I cannot beleive I missed the really blunt clue that really Ratchet and Clank were really speaking to Captain Quark. Leaves me to wonder if Quark was trying to just get them killed since the first level but saw a use for them to add to the attempted reestablishing of his reputation later on.
It really adds to the replay value
I beat this game over 30 times as a kid. The new game plus here is still the best I've ever seen and destroying all the levels with op weapons never gets old. What other game would you want to finish over 30 times today?
I also must've played through this game over 30 times, same for R&C 1, 3, ToD and ACiT lol. NG+ in this franchise is sooo good!
Dead island for me Although Ratchet and clank is my favorite
I can't decide between the first 3 games. I love them all equally and for different reasons
It's such a fantastic trilogy!
I ended up in your corner of content material, because i was thinking of picking up a ps3 just for the trilogy remaster, just for going commando. Its not just the nostalgia, its hands down the best one, it was too obvious
Good decision!
R&C2 Is the kind of game I give a full playthrough every few years and always enjoy. An absolutely timeless classic.
Definitely!
Loved your reviews! fantastic work, GC is one of my favorite games of all time and I remember when I got the game on christmas, it was a blast playing it for the first time ever
Thanks a bunch! Such a fun game.
ive probably beaten this game like 100+ times its just sooo addicting n i never understood why i never got sick of it
That's a lot!
Great breakdown! Last time I played this was when I was 11 and watching this video made me realise how more expansive this game is story wise.
Thank you! There's definitely a lot to digest when analyzing this game.
The Review is an 100 out of 10, this game is also my favorite of this series, especially the music and the maps, the atmosphere with the music, which fits perfect to the location.
Sometimes u see the homage to Jak and Dexter on the map building, the easteregg in Ratchet apartment is so aesthetic for me.
We can talk about the boss fight, the hacksystem or the clank robot fights. All in all it doesn’t matter if I played the game when I was 5 (you was 4 which is very similar) or when I played last week when I’m 25. It is the best game for me, with some Sly Cooper titles.
I want to thank u for this awesome review, and Insomniac for this masterpiece!
Thugs 4 Less: "If it ain't broke, we'll break it."
Man the thought of a four year playing this game is wild and makes me feel both stupid and old, when I was four the entirety of my gaming experience was sitting in front of a Pac Man machine with no quarters thinking the demo vid was me playing the game, or my baby sitter handing me an unplugged controller and letting me think I was controlling Tails.
favorite by far,the colours bring me in all one with everything else
The colors are so nice!
Possibly the most pivotal game of my childhood. I think I have more hours put into playing and replaying going commando than any other game since then.
Same, along with 1, 3, ToD and ACIT
How the hell do you have less than 2,000 subscribers? This video has so much love and care put into it
Thank you for such kind words!
Using the upgraded Spiderbot Glove on the Thugs 4 Less Leader reduces the fight to a mere 4 minutes. Stand behind a building where he can't spot Ratchet, walk the spider to his feet and barrage him with bombs.
I've done that before. Nowadays I just spend most of my weapons cutting down his health and finishing him off with turrets.
Hard to think that ratchet and clank is now legally old enough to drink
They grow up so fast!
I really enjoyed the ship sections personally because of the bolts and customizations
Yeah it's pretty cool!
I knew i wasnt the only one who thought up your arsenal wasnt the best. Going commando will forever be my favorite of the series. Of course i went back to my ps2 and had to run it back. The amount of excitement I endured playing this was unbelievable. One of the best ps2 games ever without a doubt.
UYA is great, but GC is unrivaled
You know your old when james arnold taylor started this when he was around 30 years old and now he's currently 51 ☠
Oh damn, never thought of that...
@@arcaedonluminos666 😉
23:06 the Bogan's Singapore part made me laugh. I just love it
Glad to hear it XD
Megacorb has much more Potential for the future. And of course a hidden, badass, smart Antagonist, who controlls Everything from the shadows, since R&C2.
Oquark was just a scapgoat, to distract the attention away from Megacorb.
Oh my god, never considered that scenario!
I remembered i got a PS2 on Black Friday in 2007 and a GameStop employee accidentally gave me the wrong disc of Ratchet and Clank as i was supposed to get the first one not the second. I didn’t noticed the mistake as i enjoyed playing Going Commando and got sad that i lost the disc. In 2012 i got the original and i thought it was going commando but it wasn’t, saddened that the original wasn’t Going Commando i still loved playing the game as its now my favorite game franchise of all time. Going Commando is my favorite game of the series and my favorite video game of all time
Quite an interesting story lol
This and Gladiator are the two games I've played the most, but this is definitely the one I have the most memory of. I have all the PS2 games, but only the first and third got so heavily scratched they'd barely run anymore, so I don't remember them as much.
Thanks to the HD collection, I've realised I actually enjoy a lot more about RaC1 than I remember, but 2 still remains my favourite, with Gladiator close behind.
The HD Collection also made me appreciate the first game more, and 2 and 3 really while I was going through an R&C Future Series phase.
Its probably one of the most appreciated games ever
It's very much appreciated
All I can say is... awesome video dude! This is the type of game that would be someone's favorite and you dissected it quite well. Also, I never knew that those hounds were pretty much Gadgetron's version of Protopets; so thanks for going over lesser-know aspects of the game.
Thanks a bunch! I wanted to highlight some of the more obscure stuff that seem insignificant, but are impactful enough to make me love the game just that tiny bit more.
I can very much agree with this entire video. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando is probably my favorite game of all time and to this day I still play it over and over. Some may not agree but the music in this game was amazing. If the music from the first game was composed in stereo format, it would sound even better and it would be just as good as the second game for me. I know this is a very minor detail but it's something to pay attention to because it makes me feel more immersed into the game but that's just me lol. Anyways, this was a great video!
Thanks! Haven't really noticed any difference in sound quality between the games, other than the quality of the compositions, of course. GC's soundtrack is probably my favorite in that regard.
Just discovered your channel, love the content!
Thanks!
I started at the first RC when I was little, I did not really understand English back then but I was super hyped every time a new RC game came out, and I am still hyped whenever it happens today. Even if they aren't thematically as good as the original 4 on PS2.
I do have a couple of gripes with RC2 and why I kinda prefer the original and 3.
The glider and the ship combat were just a bit too infuriating for me and I liked the NPC's and aesthetics of 1 a bit more with the infobots showing you locations while in 2 random tv screens happen to show you what you need.
I think it was TheGamingBritShow that made a review on it that I did agree with the most.
Still, RC2 is absolutely amazing.
Fair enough, they're not the best designed features. Still, I find it to be a small enough part of the game to not drag it down much. I prefer 2's variety of different gameplay styles that don't last long over 3's almost exclusive focus on the run and gun aspect (also sacrificing some exploration elements and level details in the process). I find the Galactic Rangers missions for instance very repetitive as a result.
I suppose I have to cut this game some slack now after watching this video.
Kinda makes me wanna avoid going back and experiencing my current R&C favorites for fear of not enjoying them as much as I do in my memory.
It's possible to acknowledge flaws without letting them hinder your enjoyment too much, that's the case with many of my favorite games.
Ratchet and clank 2 is an absolute masterpiece still doing playthroughs in 2021 papa bless the PCSX2 for making this game playable in hd without a ps3
Sounds like a great way to play it
do you have a link for a free download for PCSX2?
I played the demo of the first game about 1000 times, playing this just blew my mind
I can imagine that being quite a leap
@@arcaedonluminos666 Exactly, everything was suped up and shiny,, the upgrade system hit me first, then finding the old gadgetron shop was the best Easter egg in any game
With the exception of the 2nd and 3rd Thugs-4-Less gang leader boss fight (since he’s too talkative), this is my favorite video game too!
Not a fan of his bosses either, but I love his ramblings
R&C2 is my favorite in the series
Nice!
Dude im shocked your only got 1.3k subs I could have sworn with the level of quality youd have way more. Came for the ratchet and clank videos and stayed for whats next
Thank you! The growth started recently, so it's not stopping anytime soon.
Going Commando is one of the four R&C I've played (others including Original, Size Matters and the PS4 ''reboot''), and is probably my top 3 game of all time. Haven't had the chance to play other R&C games, but still love the series, and would love to at least to play all the ones Imsomniac makes onward. Maybe some older ones I missed as well.
Good idea!
@@arcaedonluminos666 Yeah, I would hope older titles would be added into later consoles to have a chance to play those as well.
@@Olempis That really should be done. Quite a few of them can be played on the PS2, a couple on PSP, almost all of them on the PS3, the original trilogy on Vita, only 1 on PS4 (ignoring PS Now) and 2 on PS5. We need all on PS5!
In my opinion, the soundtrack of these early chapters were fantastic. It is perfectly paired with the game ambience.
You said it, pal!
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Going Commando is the best Ratchet & Clank game.
Glad we're on the same page!
Just recently finished this game for the second time, with the first being on my original PS2. Damn, what an 18 year gap! I played the HD version on my PS3, but honestly, I would like to play it again on my original PS2 hardware. I'm planning on playing "Up your Arsenal" to finish the original trilogy and am waiting to buy a PS5 once a "Rift Apart" releases. In the meantime, I wan to go back to Tools of Destruction and finally play through the PS4 remake of the first game, which I haven't done yet. I sincerely hope that Insomniac continues this series and never lets the platforming flame of Ratchet and Clank extinguish. Now, if Naughty Dog would just revive Jak and Daxter...
Sounds like a good plan! I doubt ND would revisit the J&D series sadly, as they already cancelled a Jak 4 they were considering a decade ago. Hopefully some other studio will take over and deliver a worthy new J&D experience.
man that intro gets me hyped everytime ;)
It's so awesome!
As someone who never grew up with the series, but has played all of them, I'd honestly place R&C 1 as my favourite of the original trilogy.
Don't get me wrong, I love the sequels and 2 comes extremely close, but I personally found 1s tone, story, presentation and more puzzle/ strategy focused gameplay more appealing.
1 was more of a platformer with TPS elements, while 2 was more of a TPS with platformer elements. I think it all comes down which genre you prefer, and for me, it's platformers.
Platformers is my favorite genre too, and I do love the original, but it's mainly the movement of the game that brings it down a bit for me.
Always preferred Going Commando over Up Your Arsenal, yet UYA always got the spotlight. I never understood that. GC had some of the best weapons and the absolute BEST Arena Mode out of all the games in the entire franchise.
Yeah, pretty weird that UYA got way more spotlight despite feeling fairly shallow in comparison. Ironically enough though, I prefer Annihilation Nation over GC's arenas (the gauntlet paths at least).
After playing the PS4 remake I’m DYING to replay these on ps3.
I really wish insomniac would have chosen to remaster the original trilogy rather than badly remake only the original.
To see this game in particular with bumped up graphics? Oof id die. I think that’s the whole reason I want the new ps5 game. Since it brings back “thugs for less”
Would've been nice, hopefully it happens on PS5.
Going Commando is my favorite too. Story felt rushed at the end but the weapons were the best in the series!
True that
@@arcaedonluminos666 I got the game for Christmas too lol
@@vincentkrych2158 Lol nice
im not sure if this is my fav game ever. but thats already telling. the gameplay is perfect for a 3d platformer/3rd person shooter mix, i dont think theres room or need to improve that. and the iconic soundtracks will probably keep this game above new releases.
Yeah, as much as I'm looking forward to Rift Apart, it won't have as good of a soundtrack, and I doubt I'll prefer its writing.
This game deserves a remaster, but just a graphical overhaul. no changes otherwise.
Yep
Oh I Just Gotta Love That Game
Hell yeah!
This was really cool! I enjoyed it a lot.
Happy to hear!
I rebought a ps2 7 years ago just for the r&c series. No regrets except that i was crazy for selling the ps2 for a ps3 in the first place
At least you fixed that mistake
R&C2 was my first experience in seeing a whole game with a story. I used to watch my dad play when I was younger- id get to stay up later and watch him play late into the night. I used to play Ratchet 1 on a demo disc and my dad used to buy and sell PS2 games so I’d always have an opportunity to play a game I’d seen on a demo disc, even if it was just for a short time.
I’ve just picked this game up for PS2 now in mint condition and I’m hoping insomniac would take the feedback onboard about the PS4 version being an empty insult to the original serious rather than arrogantly dismissing it.
Veldig bra!
Takk! Fellow Norwegian? R&C PS4 reviewed really well, so Insomniac might only listen to critics unfortunately.
how in the right mind does Dr.Nefarious get on the list of best villain's? Clearly quark was just this genius futuristic embodiment of ego veiled by the state of technology the seeds of corruption that happen behind closed doors and your part in stopping it was just so amazing i cant get enough of this game and i'm so glad to not be the only one who still appreciates this, the music for these games was absolutely some of the most influential astounding piece of works i've ever come across that i still listen to frequently
Nefarious is so beloved because he's hilarious and amazingly voice acted. He's one of my favorite characters in the series, but as a villain, he's not the strongest in that regard.
This will always be my favourite game in the R&C series, but after growing up i find the humor i Up Your Arsenal to be better
It's hard for me to decide which game is funnier, but they're both the funniest games I've played!
The ng+ content is unbelievable.
So much more to do!
Ill grow old owning a hard copy of this game.
Nice, same
Great video my fellow Norwegian friend! Keep up the hustle and your content and audience will grow in no time! c:
Thanks fellow Norwegian buddy! A new video is on the way.
To me this is when the game began to fully expand on it's entire universe and it's difficulty.
I hated the sweeper bots the first time you encounter them but thanks to my drive to discover further into the game's world I kept on.
It's a shame that UYA is a bit rushed compared to this it would have been awesome to have the turbo slider races AND still have space combat like come on.
I love how it expanded the universe and went out of its comfort zone to take place in a whole other galaxy. UYA would've indeed benefitted from such things, and grindrails.
The fact you didn’t mention the Tesla Barrier is a sin.
I only highlighted my 3 favorite weapons in the game. The Tesla Barrier is great, especially on Grelbin against the Y.E.T.I., but I've gotten less of a use for it over time. And I prefer using some other weapons, since just deploying a shield and running around is pretty basic.
Ayo this is an epic video
That's epic to hear
Ratchet and clank 2 is amazing but I just like ratchet and clank 3 more mostly cause of nostalgia, it was my first r&c game
That's fair enough
God damn I want to play Ratchet and clank now...
Good
One of my if not my favorite game ever 🔥😼
12:50 i thought you were gonna say nanotechnology XD
Doesn't sound too far off
first one was my favorite
Fair enough
Perfect game as a sequel. The original started it, this one is nostalgic, and the 3rd is classic
Yuss
The main thing that I still find that could have been improved is the Ultra Bouncer. That thing is unbelievably OP that it beats the Ryno and you can get through the entire game with that weapon alone, it's too much
@@Zenith200 It does have the drawback of long reload time
I always beat the Thugs-4-less leader's final boss battle with it alone
@@arcaedonluminos666and small theory. What if the Thugs-4-less wanted the ad to be "wholesome" to convince the inmates into going under a false sense of security? Their ad could be lying, only to make those belonging in prison want to go, making them think it's a luxurious cruise.
The gameplay in going commando is so smooth compared to the ps4 version
True
I'd love to see a remaster of the original trilogy for there 20th anniversary next year on ps5 with 4k 120fps im sure the ps5 could handle it maybe even re do some textures
Would be wonderful
I have the deepest connection to 2 even though I only got 1 and 3. I played 2 at my friends all night long.
Could it be because you played it at your friends?
@@arcaedonluminos666 most likely is
I honestly I would put the three games in the original trilogy almost at the same level. RaC 2 was probably the better one though in soundtrack and some level design, but the minigames and unexploited RPG mechanics really takes away a good chunk of the game.
RaC 1 has the story, very few minigames and the levels are my favorite but the controls werent too polished and the RPG mechanics were almost too non existent (although this is a personal preference; some people probably would prefer this for its combat simplicity and is totally respectable).
And UyA has the best weapons, very challenging bosses, multiplayer, RPG mechanics and controls but the levels and soundtrack itself arent too interesting like the other two (although i dont saying that is bad; is still pretty good).
My rank would probably be RaC 2 = 3 > 1. Although the trilogy itself is amazing and all of the games deserve its praise.
Good video.
They all have their strengths and weaknesses. 1 has the best story and atmosphere, but has clunky controls. I love almost everything about 2, but it does have some things that drag it down a bit. 3 is the funniest and most polished, but is quite bland compared to its predecessors in regards to gameplay and visuals. My ranking of them is 2>1>3.
Childhood favourite
For real
R&c 2 my favorite plus ryno 2 my favorite ryno up your arsenal my second fav and crack in time my 3rd fav
Nice top 3!
To make the Mini Nuke even better for your next playthroughs, Swing your Wrench right after you shoot the Mini Nuke and the reload time disappears completely :D
Oh for real? That doesn't work with the Bouncer, does it?
@@arcaedonluminos666 Actually it does work with the bouncer and every weapon with a cooldown. my game nearly crashed from cancelling the cooldown too many times and shooting bouncer so much..
@@sanjum2475 Wow, that removes its biggest weakness!
@@arcaedonluminos666 Yeah lol it's quite powerful!
dont know why this get recommended, but i like this video.
Nice, sounds like the algorithm works
I rember this game being super awesome but very hard, my second favorite R and C game
It is indeed both super awesome and very hard. What's your favorite?
@@arcaedonluminos666 the third game, up your arsenal, not so complex and more easy yet super funny, I remember finishing the game with my brother 20 times at minimum, playing it right now after many years on an emulator, so much fun
@@DolezalPetr Yeah, that game is hilarious! It's my 4th fav R&C.
@@arcaedonluminos666 I love all the random and funny stuff all of the characters say and do, I might have to replay the second game on the emulator too
Crazy they haven’t re-released these games again. Another remaster for PS4/5 would be nice.
Yup
One thing about the original trilogy that I don't like is that the final armors always cover Ratchet's face. Why did they do that? They even did that in A Crack in Time (thank god for skins). Why hide Ratchet's face like that? Of course, that says a lot about how great these games still are, if that's my top complaint.
For 2003 its a God tier game
Amen
The thug leader survived, went to jail, and gave ratchet a tough time in jail, instigating the prison brawls.
His company returns for into the nexus.
I hear that happens in Secret Agent Clank, but isn't that game deemed non canon?
@@arcaedonluminos666 yeah, but it’s last anyone sees of the guy
@@DemiTrusdale3 Fair enough. Would've liked to get that info in Going Commando though.
29:36 Why is no one talking about that he is only that large in Gameplay... in the cutscene he's just 1 head larger than Ratchet. Good to so in the first Cutscene, where you can See Ratchet and the salesman in one shot.
Sly and Jak need another game already 😭
They do!