For anybody still thinking that Ratchet & Clank 2016 is a reboot

[DivinePaladin]

KingdomHeartsFan said:

DivinePaladin said:

That last bit is a bit of a stretch when it comes to the Future saga, but mostly, yes, you are correct. Mostly because they almost always do a "last time on [X]!" to make sure you can jump right in. 

 

In recent games they've been going more and more the route of bringing back old stuff to enhance the world, though, and half of the point of this particular game is to retcon in some of the new stuff like the new species so that the franchise makes more sense, so that may not be the case for much longer. 

Only thing I can think that you really need to know is that Clank was kidnapped in Tools of Destruction going into Crack in Time, literally can't think of anything else anyone needs to know.  You don't need to know who Nefarious is since what he did in the pervious game is basically irrelavent.

Most of what he did in CiT is irrelevant too, if we're gonna be honest about it! He's just sort of there because they needed a villain. But that's neither here nor there. 

 

My point was, people were assuming that because of marginal differences we'd be getting a different canon and all of the past 14 years would've been a wash. Thankfully, that's not the case. As inconsequential as the physical ties between games generally are, it's better to keep going with it. Also, people need to learn how to read, since this is what Insomniac has been saying since day one and this game is still called a reboot.