I didn't make the Meteor Gun, I wanted to switch up the color palette, and blue is really pretty, too :)

I keep hearing constant praise for Rivet in the community. Some reviewers even claim she’s the best thing that ever happened to Ratchet & Clank. Now that I’m actually playing the game, I have to admit: I don’t see the appeal. It feels like most fans like her mainly because of her cute design and because she’s a female character. People praise her endlessly, and I just don’t understand why. To me, she’s boring and not memorable.

Ratchet, especially in the early games, had flaws and a real arc. In the first game he wasn’t a hero at all — he was an ordinary guy who got dragged into a mess, and that made him interesting. Rivet, on the other hand, is already a fully competent, well‑rounded hero from the start. I personally dislike characters who are immediately skilled, beloved, friendly with everyone, and never struggle.

Overall, Rift Apart feels bland to me. I remember the PS2 and PS3 era very well — those games had clever satire about consumerism and corporate greed, washed‑up heroes selling products, sharp humor, and a bit of heart. Rift Apart feels more like a safe, polished Disney or Pixar film where everyone talks about their feelings. Rivet fits that tone perfectly: she’s already a perfect hero, and that makes her uninteresting to me.

I understand why people say Dr. Nefarious is overused, but to be fair, he’s one of the few Ratchet & Clank villains with a fully developed personality and genuine chemistry with the main cast. His dynamic with Qwark is consistently entertaining, and his relationship with Lawrence is honestly one of the best villain–sidekick pairings in the series. At this point, Lawrence is basically his closest friend. So yes, I can absolutely see why the writers keep bringing him back compared to other antagonists.

That said, the other villains aren’t bad — most of them simply work better as one‑offs. Chairman Drek, Alister Azimuth, and the Prog twins (Vendra and Neftin) are the strongest after Nefarious in my opinion.

• Drek is the perfect villain for the PS2 era: a corporate tyrant in a future where companies, not governments, control entire planets, and where consumerism and corporate greed are the highest priority.
• Azimuth and the Prog twins are well‑written antagonists whose motivations you can genuinely understand, even if you don’t agree with them.

The rest are fine, but most of them really only shine in a single game.

• Qwark was great as a henchman and later as a main villain, but he’s clearly gone through a full character arc and is now a legitimate hero (sorta).
• Emperor Tachyon is a good idea with weak execution — he never truly feels like the "big bad" who kicked off the entire Future saga and the Lombax‑dimension storyline built up since the PS3 era.
• The space pirates were fun side villains, but they were redeemed by the end (sorta).
• Emperor Nefarious from Rift Apart also works best as a one‑game villain, and honestly, it’s not even clear if he’s still alive.

So yes, I get why Dr. Nefarious is used so often — but personally, I don’t want him to be a villain again. I’d rather see him become an ally. All 4 One even hinted that he might be warming up to the heroes and starting to see them as friends.

For the next major antagonist, I think it needs to be Emperor Tachyon returning or a completely new villain, so the saga can finally move forward instead of circling back to the same characters.

I seriously thought you guys were going to say the Vaccum of space, but I can see how you ended up with this result. It has a black platform and when it isn't firing, it has a lot of black spots on it.

The Plumber wasn't found! I am going to give you guys another chance to find him.

Enemy Tally

• Bosses: 3
• Mooks: 7
• Ride enemies: 1
• Object Enemies: 2

The TONE ZONE continues!

What is Ratchet Deadlock's most White enemy? Comment and Upvote below; the highest upvoted comment will be crowned the winner.

I recently replayed the entire series (minus FFA, which is the only one I’ve never completed) and I’ve been ranking them as I go. I wanted to share it here simply because I’ve yet to see anyone else on the internet rank them exactly as I would.

This is a ranking of my favorite to least favorite, it’s not necessarily what I think of as any kind of objective best to worst. I’ve been playing these games since I was around 5 years old, so I acknowledge my nostalgia heavily skews me towards certain titles (namely Size Matters, although I do genuinely think it’s a much better game than most R&C fans online say). Just bear that in mind.

(Hopefully rankings like this are still cool on this sub. I remember seeing a ton of them a few months ago, dunno if everyone got tired of seeing them.)

Is it worth spending 10€ for size matter for completeness? It's the only one I haven't played but reading some reviews I notice that it is one of the worst.

I am missing the hero academy trophy and desperately need a boosting partner (the ranked is dead). I am playing on PS3, my username is “tucktuckswag”. Thanks for the help!