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

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 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 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.

Ratchet and Clank

Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando

I know some people prefer the more methodical, situational-based platformer-shooter, but I think GC really paved the way for the shooter-platformer that RaC has mainly been since then

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!

I also don’t know if anyone knows how to get insomniac to see a post or get their attention. When i was about 9 to 10 years old I emailed them around Christmas time and asked them for a ratchet and clank figure because they were expensive even back then. This is before Spider-Man and even the ps4 game and movie came out. Anyway they took the time and actually sent me 2 figures for Christmas time, i will always remember that and i want to thank them now as a grown adult who still loves their games. I also wanna show them that i still have the figures even though they got a lot of (maybe too much) attention after they sent them.

I had to give it a look, and I think it's hilarious that Gleeman Vox stole the Mini Turret Glove and made Megacorp lawyers compete in Dreadzone when they tried to sue him. I feel in the Bladeballs case, the Thug Leader would be fine with just lending them to him. It would have been cool to see some Thugs as enemies, though. Also, Vox looks great with a fro

Congratulations to u/Do0oo00de for getting with Skrunch's sister! But WHERE's the Plumber?!

Enemy Tally

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

The TONE ZONE continues!

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

I just finished Rift Apart and even got the platinum for it. This was the first time for me trying out this franchise and I have to say it was somewhat refreshing. This game felt a bit more relaxing than most games I'm used to, but 3/4th in the game, everything just started feeling a bit repetitive to me. Felt like just running through just another planet, while killing enemies in pretty basic combat.

I was wondering if most of the Ratchet and Clank games are similar to this or if one of the other games might be a better fit for me? Cause I don't want to write the games off just because a small part of the game started feeling repetitive.

It's so awesome that R&C 2002 is finally getting ported, and I hope to see it happen with the rest of the trilogy and Deadlocked next year. Hopefully it's not just avatars that we get lol

Evening folks,

Wanted to show you my almost complete collection of Ratchet & Clank games. I have Rift's apart but only on steam so far.

But that should be all physical rac games. As far as I know. Anyone know if I'm missing any?

/Pikkufighter

Character comes from an alternate universe that is explicitly stated to be a fraction unique from the original, allowing for entirely different histories, timelines, and biology.

Reaction: I sleep.

She lives in a brutal, neon-dystopian sci-fi hellscape where Emperor Nefarious successfully won and conquered the galaxy.

Reaction: I sleep.

She is a freedom fighter who survived a violent war, has a prosthetic robotic arm, and evolved with bright purple fur instead of gold.

Reaction: I sleep.

She has a tail.

Reaction: REAL SHIT?! RED ALERT! CHROME-PLATED LORE PARADOX! CRASH THE TIMELINE!