I've never played one of these. Don't know why. But man, the new one looks AMAZING. I'm definitely going to get that.
Late to the Party: Ratchet & Clank Future Tools of Destruction
On 06/30/2020 at 11:02 PM by Ranger1 See More From This User » |
So during my Ratchet & Clank marathon, I've realized that I abandoned this game part-way through when I bought it ten years ago. I know this because I checked the date on my save files. And as Snee will tell you, my OCD makes sure that I play games in order, so that also means that I never played A Crack In Time or Into the Nexus. Oops! I wonder what new and shiny game came out to tempt me away from Tools of Destruction. Or maybe I got to the so frustrated I needed to stop or I was going to throw a controller phase. Who knows what was going through my mind ten years ago.
Anyway, I think I'm at the point I where I quit before.I keep dying at this one particular spot, so I decided to give the game a rest for a while and write a quick blog post.
- The stuff I love:
- Having devices and weapons.
- Mr Zurkon and the Groovitron.
- The Nano-Swarmers, Plasma Beasts, Predator Launcher, Alpha Disrupter, and Negotiator.
- The usual silly humor
- Clank's new abilities from the Zonis.
- Collecting Leviathan souls to sell to the Smuggler.
- The new Skill Point system. Some things are worth more than others, depending on difficulty.
- The stuff I don't like:
- The Visicopter
- The Tornado Launcher
The Decryptor
At this point, anyone familiar with the game is going to be seeing a pattern with the stuff I don't like. Namely, the Sixaxis controls. I am so not a fan. Especially the Decryptor. I can ignore the other two items, but I have to use the Decryptor in order to get through the game. There were many, many naughty words shouted at the TV today. I'll get over it, game's too good to be mad at for long. And I still have the RYNO IV to look forward to. I suspect that's what the Holoprint that I've been collecting pieces of is going to be.
I think I'm about 2/3 of the way through the story, maybe a bit more, and part of the fun of R&C games is going around after beating the game, but before starting a new game in Challenge Mode, and collecting all the goodies I missed and trying to get all the Skill Points I didn't get while playing through the story.
I did do a run through of R&C: Quest For Booty, and it was quick, and kind of unsatisfying. No skill points, limited weapons, and no giant bolts to find. It was very short and felt kind of like the crumbs left in the bottom of the chip bag - tasty, but not enough to really satisfy your hunger.
Well, enough for now. I finally got my five movie Jurassic Park/World Blu-Ray set that I ordered from Amazon at least three weeks ago. So much for being a Prime member these days. My plan was to spend my rainy day off having a Jurassic Park movie marathon, but having the power go out for much of the day kind of killed those plans. Oh, well. there's always tomorrow, in between chores.
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