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BlueWorrior
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TRIGGER WARNING!!!!! - HERE BE OPINIONS!!! Time to talk about games, controversial opinions and all the flame that comes with it! here we go!
I do not like Ratchet & Clank 2.
I've played through most of it (up to the final boss) recently and I gotta say, it's by far the weakest entry in the original trilogy.
It had a large case of lazy sequel syndrome to me. Yes, they did iron out the controls and gave you the ability to strafe, witch was a great improvement over the first. but pretty much everything else about the game is rather disappointing.
The various mini-games and space-ship sequences were not fun, they were just tedious and at times rather frustrating. Why did there have to be two hacking mini-games? was that necessary? and why do they both suck?
The level design was rather uninspired. all the planets were pretty boring and uninteresting visually and I barely remember any of the locations. the first game's planets in comparison were all very distinctive, all with a definable mood and colour. There was a lot of planets in R&C2 that were very similar and none really stood out in any way.
There was a lot of grinding in R&C2 witch surprised me. There were times where you had to collect a bunch of rock muguffins to continue the story. It wasn't very fun wandering around a large open field like an arse, finding rocks and felt like a blatant attempt at padding out the runtime to me.
One of the biggest disappointments though are the terrible boss fights. Only a handful in the game, all awful. Granted, the first game didn't have great bosses either, but this was something the second game could have improved on. A huge missed opportunity.
The writing is marginally better though, if not a little too keen to break the 4th wall and not all the jokes hit off well. To be fair though, this is something that the first game did lack in. At least in R&C2 ratchet and clank as characters were a little more likeable than they were in the first game.
But overall R&C2 left me rather disappointed. R&C3 however pretty much addressed all the problems I had with this game, so props to Insomniac to learning on their mistakes. I know that the original R&C trilogy is a beloved series of games for many, but the second game was arse.
