Ratchet & Clank | 
 enlarge | From: Sony Computer Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  230 reviews
Sales Rank: 972
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: Adventure Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: 97199
Model: P2SNY 711719719922
UPC: 711719719922
EAN: 0711719719922
ASIN: B00006GSNX
Release Date: October 14, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Some scratches on disk, but should not affect play. Comes with original case. 100% guaranteed against defects. Contact us within 7 days if there is any defect, and we will gladly refund your purchase. Our standard shipping method is USPS Media Mail.
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| • | Get ready for nonstop action as Ratchet and Clank rip the galaxy a new one with their itchy trigger fingers | | • | Choose from a wild range of 36 weapons and gadgets designed to burn, bomb, explode, or obliterate your enemies | | • | In this game, it’s not the size of your weapons that count, it’s how many you have and better yet, how you put them to work |
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Product Description
Ratchet and Clank is a fantastic new adventure starring the strangest heroes you've ever seen, in the strangest solar system ever!
Amazon.com Review
Forget about Super Mario Sunshine--this is the real superstar platform action game of the season. Featuring a pair of wacky robots in a quest to save the universe, Ratchet and Clank may offer the same old basic platform scenario--run around, elude or destroy enemies, jump, and negotiate treacherously dynamic environments--but it has a number of things going for it that place it among the best titles ever in this genre. The feature that will strike you first is the terrific art direction. Set in a science fiction future, the game has a beautifully executed retro cartoon look (think old Warner Bros.). The attention lavished on every detail, from architecture to character design, makes for a world that feels complete and real. This extends to the cutscenes, which feature a variety of colorful characters given vivid life with excellent voice acting. Then there is the sheer size and level of interactivity of the environments. For me, a particularly stunning moment was when my character was knocked off a skyscraper, but instead of perishing, landed on a ledge and was able to seamlessly navigate to a whole separate section of the game. Another moment of truth came when I aimed my blaster at one of the vehicles whizzing by in the sky. These vehicles were just pretty wallpaper, I thought, but no, the thing blew up. In fact, nearly everything you see is destructible or responsive in some way: you can jump up trees, scuttle over walkways, smash boxes, and climb up ledges. And the control scheme is just complex enough to keep things interesting with multiple weapons and the like, without being bogged down by too many features. While the routine of finding and destroying enemy robots may get tedious after a while, Ratchet and Clank keeps things interesting with the many metamorphoses of Clank (who takes on forms that surprise even himself), cool weapons like the Glove of Doom (which unleashes armies of tiny Clanks), and shifting first-robot, third-robot points of view. If this game doesn't become the bestselling platform action game of the year, it will prove that nostalgia for old characters, marketing hype, and brand loyalty really are more important than quality. --David Stoesz
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 Great game -- just don't play it on a PS3 October 16, 2008
John L. Berger
Having gone through the PS3 release "Ratchet & Clank Future" and its downloadable sequel, I totally fell in love with this series. When I saw that there are numerous prequels for the PS2, I bought all of them (new and used) through 3rd party, Amazon sellers. I'm glad that I did I that or else I'd be far more upset for reasons that I'll go over shortly.
The game plays exactly the same way as its latest successor -- fight through a series of well-made landscapes, buy new weapons, upgrade existing weapons, and so forth -- and it includes all of the great humor that I've come to expect. From that perspective, it can be argued that if you've played one R&C you've played them all; but that doesn't make the game any less fun to play.
The biggest problem -- and this is my fault for not researching it beforehand -- is that this game does not play well on the software-emulation, 80GB PS3. It is playable; however, it runs very slowly in most sections and cutscene audio goes out of sync. Other R&C games are said to freeze in certain areas. So, you can still go through the game, but you might become frustrated by the slowness. Again, that's not a fault of the game. That's my fault for not researching it, although it would have been nice for Sony to upgrade the compatibility due to the popularity of "Rachet and Clank Future". They should expect people to be interested in the old versions. Oh, well.
If you have a PS2 and you like 3rd person arcade shooters, you have to have this game and indeed the entire series. They are so much fun. If you have the original, 80GB PS3 with software emulation, you sadly should consider finding a used PS2 to play this game.
 great game August 20, 2008
Aaron Legate
I think this game was good because of the great graphics, weapons, and enemies. the enemies werent too hard and not too easy. the weapons were destructive and enough to do the job. there were a couple of times in the game where if I kept dying, I would just give up and then try in a couple days or even weeks.
Very Fun Platformer. August 20, 2008
Beavis (Somewhere USA)
I love the ratchet and clank series because the weapons are sweet,the story rocks,controls are easy,difficulty gets increasingly difficult as you go on,and the game is funny.The story starts off as you,Ratchet,fixing a ship.You are on your homeworld Veldin when you see ship crash to the surface.You go explore and find Clank,a small robot.When he tells you he can get you off the planet you are thrilled.The story takes off from there.
As you are on your adventure you collect Bolts that pay for some of your guns and ammo.To aquire Bolts you can do 4 things:Kill an enemy,destroy boxes,participate in hoverboard races,or collect them as you see them.
On every planet there are Gold Bolts that help you aquire gold weapons(More on them later).
The weapons are funny as well as deadly.There is a Blaster,Pyrocerator(flamethrower),R.Y.N.O.(Rip Ya a New One),Suck Cannon(Sucks up small enemies to be shot at other enemies,a Morph-o-Ray,and many others.There are also gadgets that help you in your journey.There is the Swing Shot that allows you to swing through marked areas,a Hydrodisplacer that allows you to suck up water from certain nozzles as well as place water in certain nozzles,and a gadget that allows you to open otherwise unaccsesible areas.
The planets are nice sized with many surprises like Gold Bolts,weapons and Skill Points.Skill Points come into affect after you win the game.You can choose to replay the game with all your weapons and bolts and if you do you can get skill points by completing certain hidden tasks that you must do by either using the strategy guide,or decoding the title of the skill point.
Clank upgrades are awesome.You can have a Helo-Pack which allows you to glide across gaps easier,a thruster-pack which is an upgraded Helo-Pack,and a pack that allows you to swim very fast underwater.Helmets are also cool.One allows you to breathe in space or underwater,another allows you to pilot enemy fighters(in certain missions only),and one allows a sandmouse(A floating robot with machine guns)to accompany you for a short time.
Missions are fun and varying and help ease the story along.All missions happen for a purpose.There are no worthless missions that are there for no reason which is good.Plus some missions allow you to play as Clank!
Now on to the bad.When selecting a weapon the game doesn't pause time so you are completely vulnerable when selecting a weapon.Also you must choose to use gadget from the inventory screen instead of letting you press a button to do so.Those are my only complaints.Go out and get yourself a fantastic platformer and read reveiws on Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal if you like this one!
A revolution in third-person shooters May 20, 2008
Cynthia Wakefield (Somerville, MA)
Before Ratchet and Clank, the majority of "toon" third-person adventure games followed the same pattern: perform stupid tasks for NPCs to collect Stars or Shines or whatever, collect huge piles of items that don't serve any actual purpose, and exhaustively explore giant levels filled with nothing. Your protagonist either rarely or never spoke.
Ratchet and Clank provides you with sensible missions. The only thing you "collect" is money and occasional secrets. Ratchet and Clank are active participants in their adventure, and have character, motivations and goals.
And need I mention that instead of jumping on things' heads you get to blow them away with a huge arsenal of fascinating weapons, ranging from a Han Solo-style blaster pistol to an armed inflatable decoy?
If you're looking for a "toon" shooter or platformer that lives up to the promise of being an interactive cartoon with a wicked sense of humor, providing great gameplay and a memorable plot and characters, you've found it.
just buying a replacement April 28, 2008
J. Downs (Florissant, CO USA)
I love the whole R&C series. My copy of the first one got scratched badly and wouldn't play any more so I hopped on Amazon and bought a replacement. If you haven't played any of the series you should check it out.
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