The Golden Bolt Reviews: Ratchet & Clank (2002)

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SamuelRSmith said:
Quite enjoyed, subscribed.

Thanks dude! I appreciate it

-Ack!- said:
3 to 4 playthroughs to get RYNO or bolt glitch. ;)

In general this game has most of it's problems with gameplay: aiming is pain in the *** , when you fire with blaster for example one third of your ammo actually hits your enemies. This wouldn't be that major issue if the game would actually give you more money, instead it robs you with costly infobots, useless weapons, and wasted ammo.

Basically this is a game that tricks you into thinking that everything is obtainable when every crate and enemy gives you bolts but later on you realize that Scrooge McDucking 'til the end was the only way to get every useful weapon and upgrade.

On my first playthrough I had one nano upgrade, and didn't have money for tesla claw or the last nano upgrade, Drek basically kicked me in balls until I was forced to glitch the game through...

I'm so glad that Going Commando was my first touch to the series as a child, much better in every aspect, it actually rewards you for using even the lesser weapons, shots don't miss as often and then there's strafing which makes the game much more enjoyable. Also it gives you enough money for everything.

I actually cut out my mention of the bolt glitch because I didn't want to let that affect my judgement of the game, or rather the perception of my judgement of it. It makes it easier and I may or may not have definitely done it in both my PS2 and PS3 100% playthroughs, but it wasn't intentionally designed to exist and I didn't want to let a glitch make me give the game a pass, if that makes sense. Also because I forgot to record footage of it because I didn't even think about it until I was in post. I almost recorded the Starlene (hoverboard race girl) breast enlargement glitch instead for a quick joke during that line but I decided against it! Again, mostly because my recording setup was already hooked up to my PS4 and I just didn't feel like going through the hassle of redoing it. (My Hauppauge for some reason likes to take forever to register a change in input type, and PS3 can't record from HDMI.) 

 

Otherwise, obviously, I agree about the game's flaws. But the challenge factor and the nonlinear level design often makes up for it to me.