Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus Retrospective - The Golden Bolt 

Just hearing the name “Clatchet” itself without thinking of the context sounds so wrong. Never change R & C fans, never change :|

Imagine if people at insomniac are watching this series

@@Rocket-wn9kc That would be awesome, I love these videos. To be honest I think some do. Seeing as he’s interviewed some in the last videos of the series.

@@agentclank8183 If so I hope they take advantage of everything that this series has to offer

yet 🤣

I wouldn't say a complete continuation, considering RA felt more like a filler episode instead of following the main plot.

@@bortz1506 I mean it literally starts with clank having the Dimensionatpr rebuild after we saw him taking at the end of itn.

@@BugsyFogaand then the device is broken , again, for another bunch of years with no advancement just a bunch of shenanigans from Nefarious , again.

Atleast it wasn't another movie game 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥💯

When I finished that game I knew they were not done yet. I hadn't expected to graduate from school before the sequel.

don't be sad they are almost done, just be sad that they happened.

@@mechicanalnumbariaro that's cold, dude.

Until the next R&C game comes out. I wonder what the butt joke in the title will be this time?

@@brandonmunsen6035 we gotta medium large brain over here.

@@mechicanalnumbariaro Don't be sad they happened. Just be sad.

Always thought everything they've done (or haven't done, really) with Angela to have been a missed opportunity. Even if they kind of wrote themselves into a corner with her character, given the chosen one/last of his species trope the Future saga adopted, there were ways around it. Have Angela be Azimuth's student or his partner (who stayed behind with him), or have some familial connection to Ratchet. Anything would have been better than the series awkwardly asking us to forever forget she existed (and yet, at the same time, making side jokes about her in ACIT). It's just weird and messy writing.

@@LuxBellator92 Heck, even if they killed her it would have made more sense. I would not have liked it, but at least it would make sense.

@@PaladinfffLeeroy exactly, at least there would be some sort of closure; and Goldenbolt wouldn't have to constantly make the "shut up, ignore her" joke

Yeah i thought it was sick

Same here. I was fine with it being a short game and enjoyed it quite a bit. I didn't think much of it but after the two experimental titles but it was a good short experience I played through about 2-3 times (challenge mode and not). It didn't feel as annoying to me with the raritanium modding weapons change compared to Crack In Time's drastic changes of modding or ship level select you can fly around to moons, do box quests and fly to the main levels among other things because it was short so I didn't think much of it compared to a bigger game but 2016 reboot was fine for quality of life tweaks, Clank levels being more fun and that was it remixing things into a reboot with not much 2002 content and cutting levels among other things (but I've gotten past it over time). But Rift Apart it did have the Tools like formula and made me kind of confused why Insomniac went backwards from Crack In Time when I assume most fans love it's changes (besides reusing gadgets again and it feeling like a Crack In Time 2 but with the Tools framework on top and it doesn't work) unless it's the story but otherwise I'm confused everytime I heard Crack In Time is great but the Devs went the other way despite the praise Crack In Time has when most drastic changes in games Devs know fans/players hate and follow up on it not go backwards from praise of changes to the formula. That and Nexus feels like a good use of the Rift Tether's abilities, and the Gravity Boots while not much made level designs that little bit interesting (sad not the Starship Phoenix idea though that would have been cool) then Rift Apart's reuse of Tools and Crack In Time gadgets/formula but less interesting (to me personally). So that's why Rift Apart didn't make a lot of sense to me, its a fine game but weird decisions were made with it that didn't grab me. Either way Into the Nexus is a fine game better than Quest for Booty as a short gap/new ideas/part Tools& Crack elements. Even for a short epilogue I think it was done fine. Rift Apart continuing it wasn't bad but even it's end is so safe that I'm just like 'so we still have this since 2007 story going because they don't know what else to do/want to string us along, maybe want another trilogy of games but still in the same timeline/future universe and find the lombax goal or something after the reboot/rebooting us like DMC to Devil May Cry 5 similar situation and even then it's a messy mix of gameplay on top of the fine continued story when it was fine with Nexus leaving it at he doesn't mind not finding them and again not caring but we have Rivet' right... Ok then. This series is fine but feels like it has an identity crisis at times on what they want to do with it/milking it or something and it confuses me. Their mature games/VR and so on teams seem like they know what they are doing more than the Ratchet team I think. Veterans or new staff/fans of the series working on the games even. Also I forget the internet reference period sigh. Why Devs why, who asked for this. That and while I don't pay that much attention a commenter in the uselesspodcast NOT developer commentary let's play on Rift Apart did a good look at the story issues. I can't even scratch the surface.

What if I were to tell you it wasn't short it just felt incredibly short

Agreed, I also wish the remake didn’t exist and this storyline continued.

Yeah my favorite in the series so far. Now if only they'd give Talwyn more screen time. Sigh, maybe next game.

One detail I liked was that the events of going commando was not referenced at all in the museum. And considering who was involved in its development in universe.... it makes sense. Hell, his alliance with Drek was left out :P

Really? I always saw it as rather half-assed, especially considering you get a better description of events and characters from wikipedia of all places.

Mannn same here, crazy to think i was in year 5 at the time

Same

Had the worst ammo crates though, doesn't even give you the ammo you need, it just picks a weapon you have and says "fuck it, give ammo"

yeah, even when the Games aren't retro anymore, because this Game is only 9 years old... Wait what 9 yearsalready... fuck i feel old now.

I consider that as high a form of praise as you could ever give, thank you!

Much love, Sam, thank you! We've got at least those two left before we close out this retrospective series, and I'm hoping I can find a RU-vid-friendly format to cover the movie as well, but we'll see how that turns out or if I put that off for another day.

Chapter 2 of this story may be a wrap, but we've got one more chapter left to go before I call it a full wrap (and ignore the PSP games for a year or so)!

@@TheGoldenBolt If you try really really hard, you can ignore them forever. I've been making a good effort at it so far and I don't intend to stop now.

I dunno man. Cronk and Zephyr are probably scattered in pieces around there. It could be morbid.

@@Poldovico Ratchet already accept they are dead and willingly went after the ones responsible, so going back to explore the ship as a side activity doesn't really effect the story.

@@hassanghanim3966 It doesn't, it just feels... I dunno, off somehow. I wouldn't want to go to the place where their bodies are probably still floating around to hunt for collectibles.

"Are you fucking kidding me"

The next R&C one will be a little bit away but there should be something else coming much sooner!

Ha!

Use PSNow, it is a awesome way to play these Games in my Eyes. (I am happy enough to bought the PS3 back in 2013)

I highly recommend playing them if you ever have a chance, they’re pretty fun games^^

You can emulate the PS2 titles quite easily either on PCSX2 or RPCS3 (if they were ported). The PSP games are basically perfect on PPSSPP. The PS3 only titles are slightly heavier and still janky a bit on RPCS3, but they mostly work. You can start whenever.

@@raresmacovei8382 1. Then he have to buy the ROMs or it would be illigeal. 2. Not everyone has a PC strong enough for that. Thats why I choose a comfortable and low cost way.

@@AlryFireBlade Legal shmegal. PS2 emulation has been easy for a long time now. PS3? Slightly harder, but it runs well on CPUs from the past 7 years. Depends on the game of course and if you're ok doing 30 fps instead of 60 fps.

In Ratchet Deadlocked We had to Fight Ghost Robots

Sadly Naughty Dog seems to have no interest in that series. Hope the success of Rift Apart show Sony somehow that they could do something with their old playstation platformers.

you can do, if you have good Internet. In PSNow the Game is included... so you only need a PS4/PS5 or a basic PC. I don't know how my it takes to run PSNow, but based on it is only kind of a Livestream, its shouldn't be that much.

It’s on PSNow in case you have a PS4/5 and I think it’s available to buy on the PS store on PS3.

@@vireo2543 yes to anything, and he don't even need a PlayStation, a PC can "run" PSnow too.

I think Allister Should be Alive in Rivet's Dimension

_at least you won't shed all over the apartment anymore_

We can only hope. People at insomniac have acknowledged that people are asking for a remaster of the original 3 so we can only hope

I'd kill for a chance to play the PS3 games without having to buy a PS3.

@@shanenspitaler5790 Think they will pull a Spyro reignited?

@@hattoripool1533 I don't know but I really hope so. It'd definitely make them ALOT of money if they went ahead and did it like spyro and crash.

I've been hoping for official PC ports of many classic PlayStation exclusives :3 I feel like R&C could translate pretty well to mouse & keyboard! But yeah, PS4/5 collections would be pretty awesome as well! Particularly with the PS3 games, but that's a personal preference ^^

@@bigpoppapump430 I don't give a F***.

A R&C rpg sound really cool. I wouldn't mind if Insomniac made a rpg in general.

An R&C rpg does sound good, I mean we already have an exp system plus mission system, so all we need is an open world, some more gunz of mass destruction, good moments, and we should be golden