Ratchet & Clank - Megathread

[The Last Stand]

Can't say I disagree with the sentiment of Size Matters. It did its job for an handheld Ratchet & Clank title. Even so, many design decisions and hardware limitations bring the experience down. I'm speaking about its camera, health and the final boss.

 

[SiccDicc]

According to a former 3D character artist at Insomniac, "Something as simple as putting titties on a space rat can harm people."

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The aforementioned anti-boobs female lead writer white-knighted by this artist, one year ago:

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To have an idea on what was being discussed, the game wiki (as well as the game itself) has a gallery of concept art for Rivet, plenty of which feature "harmful" breasts and hips:

Rivet

Rivet is a playable character in Rift Apart. She is a lombax and an alternate dimension version of Ratchet. Rivet makes her debut in Rift Apart when Clank gets separated from Ratchet, taking him with her after finding him in Nefarious City, following the dimensionator’s destruction and later...

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Sam Maggs thrives on controversy. She did that "I was raped in GTAO" bullshit and somehow it was Rockstar's fault which catapulted her into a BioWare position if I remember right. So I wouldn't be surprised if she prodded Xavier to speak up like this.

I hope Sam Maggs is one of the people no longer at Insomniac, I dislike them intensely and I imagine Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart worked in spite of her rather than because of her as seems the case with the drama story.

 

[The Last Stand]

How do you politicize Ratchet & Clank? I'm not talking about social commentary. I'm talking about character design as innocuous as having breasts or not.

 

[Marissa Moira]

How do you politicize Ratchet & Clank? I'm not talking about social commentary. I'm talking about character design as innocuous as having breasts or not.

Basically you write like a bad Futurama Episode, like the one with Fry's Ex-Girlfriend.

 

[SiccDicc]

How do you politicize Ratchet & Clank? I'm not talking about social commentary. I'm talking about character design as innocuous as having breasts or not.

She had them reduce Black Cat's femme fatale energy. Reduced her breasts and I think had them design Black Cat to look more like Sam Maggs.

I agree, though, that it doesn't make sense to me either how they can politicize this, but they find a way because it's all that Critical Theory taught them. Look for it and they will eventually find it, even if they have to delude themselves. I just really don't understand the hypocrisy of their behavior in saying this is for women while hating the female form. Comes off incredibly insecure and reminds me of someone trying to keep dark thoughts at bay in the case of male feminists.

 

[TheJelqster]

I have hacked my ps3 to download all Ratchet & Clank games up until the ps4, looking forward to it

 

[Hmofa(g)]

I have hacked my ps3 to download all Ratchet & Clank games up until the ps4, looking forward to it

I wish I could play my Tools of Destruction, but it keeps freezing at Stratus City when Clank meets the Zoni.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Imagine being a game designer and caring this much about a female fox being too sexualized but not ever talking about how Ratchet has taken a step back for her to do most of his work with Clank by her side.

Says a lot about the state of gaming when they unironically and subtly dissed her character, while not talking that much about how Ratchet might lose his comedic touch to her.

 

[The Last Stand]

I wish I could play my Tools of Destruction, but it keeps freezing at Stratus City when Clank meets the Zoni.

If possible, could you try another PS3? Another disc?

 

[Hmofa(g)]

If possible, could you try another PS3? Another disc?

Sadly, I only have one ps3 and only one disk of Tools of Destruction.

 

[The Last Stand]

Sadly, I only have one ps3 and only one disk of Tools of Destruction.

Does freezing happen with any other game? Best case sceranio, you may need another copy.

Perhaps trying another profile or another save.

 

[TheJelqster]

Sadly, I only have one ps3 and only one disk of Tools of Destruction.

Hack your ps triple lol

 

[Hmofa(g)]

Does freezing happen with any other game? Best case sceranio, you may need another copy.

Perhaps trying another profile or another save.

Other games are fine, it's most likely the disk due to the same thing happening on any save.

 

[The Doom Slayer]

That Xavier guy is a retard and has been making a lolcow out of himself ever since he left Insomniac. I doubt any big name companies will be rushing to hire him.

 

[SiccDicc]

That Xavier guy is a retard and has been making a lolcow out of himself ever since he left Insomniac. I doubt any big name companies will be rushing to hire him.

Dissing your former employer may be trendy, but it's not kosher.

 

[Realistic Elephant]

Definitely Up Your Arsenal as #1 and Going Commando as #2 . Just flat out fun games with a great sense of humor. They also came out alongside Jak 2 and Jak 3 which are my two other favorites.

Hard to believe all of these came out nearly two decades ago.

 

[Hellenic Warrior]

I find it infuriating beyond imagine that we were robbed of a more sexy Rivet....... imagine Rivet with sexy large breasts........ and a more curvy body WOW........ we deserve this and we deserved to look at this. Why steal this from us to appeal to the woke femenist marxist agenda???? Can someone seriously tell me why????? They will never be pleased so why do it and now we lost out on very sexy Rivet??

 

[The Last Stand]

Definitely Up Your Arsenal as #1 and Going Commando as #2 . Just flat out fun games with a great sense of humor. They also came out alongside Jak 2 and Jak 3 which are my two other favorites.

Jak 2 was too hard and serious for my liking. Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal satisfied that action itch while not taking itself too seriously.

 

[starborn427614]

I wonder if we'll be getting any DLC for Rift Apart? The arena was pretty barebones, would be nice to have like 30 more challenges for that.

 

[Realistic Elephant]

Jak 2 was too hard and serious for my liking. Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal satisfied that action itch while not taking itself too seriously.

I liked both, Jak 2 and Jak 3 had the serious side with cool environments and places to explore (with plenty of humor) on the side. I really liked exploring the Wasteland for the hell of it in a dune buggy back then, and messing with the Crimson Guard was fun in Jak 2.

However, Going Commando and especially Up Your Arsenal were better IMO.

Posting about this made me remember the Megacorp theme from the first level in Going Commando and wasting Courtney Gears with the Lava Whip.