Ratchet and Clank is pulling a Splinter Cell.

[Kantor]

insomniac17 said:

I personally loved the story in R&CF. and yes, I did play all of the PS2 and PSP Ratchet games; I'm probably one of the biggest fans of the series out there. While I loved the old stories of Hey Ratchet, there's this big evil jerk who's trying to dominate the world! Go kill him! I think that the new story was also very good, though they should have used Tachyon more...

Spoliers!!!! It's okay to read if you've played through Quest for Booty, though. If not, this could really spoil it for you, so seriously, don't read it.

Anyway, with my favorite bad guy, Dr. Nefarious, returning, I think the next R&C game is going to easily run away with the title of my favorite Ratchet game.

Well, I never intend to play through Quest for Booty, so AWESOME! HE'S LIKE THE GREATEST VILLAIN OF ALL TIME!

Well anyway, God of War, MGS and Halo are all very mature and serious games. They are driven a lot by story. Ratchet and Clank is not.

Think of TV. Heroes is a serious TV show which needs a fixed story. The Simpsons is a comedy, and very informal. No story really ever lasts more than two episodes.

You would think Splinter Cell would fall into the Heroes category, but it's really somewhere in between. Story was never a big part of it, but it was hardly light-hearted. And this particular story arc is ridiculous: Sam Fisher on the run? Who the hell plays Splinter Cell to be on the run?

There should be recurring themes in Ratchet and Clank, like Dr. Nefarious. I would also have loved to see the Starship Phoenix again. I really thought that Tools of Destruction's story was amazing, until the lousy cliffhanger ending. And they could at least have wrapped that up in Quest for Booty and had Clank back to take on *insert villain here* again.