Andy "Slumped In An Alley Licking Olive Oil Off My Hands" Cownden was in it?Andy Shandy said:Ayyyy, CineMarter's back
Just a shame the movie was a bit shit. The most interesting fact about it then is still that one of the known accomplices of ex-Escapists, LoadingReadyRun, Andy Cownden is in it.
I wouldn't say the games have good plot, characters or writing, they just work well with the concept of being a cat creature blowing up aliens and robots with crazy guns. It's at its best when it's just goofy shenanigans in between the blasting, NOT when it's trying to be all profound and meaningful. This is what's been sort of killing the franchise; the need for origin and drama.09philj said:Why is it that video game movies are crap even when the games have a good plot, characters, and writing?
I always imagined a Samurai Pizza Cats type show. I fear the time that this game series had any sort of edge to its humor is looong gone though.Diablo1099 said:Kinda a shame really, I think that the setting of the games would, if nothing else, make for a great cartoon.
Like all those little cutscenes in Ratchet & Clank 3, like "ONE OF NATURE'S MYSTERIES!" and "Agent Clank".
Oh well, better luck next time...
Shoulda made him Ratchet AND Clank. Instant 5 stars, obviously.lacktheknack said:Andy "Slumped In An Alley Licking Olive Oil Off My Hands" Cownden was in it?Andy Shandy said:Ayyyy, CineMarter's back
Just a shame the movie was a bit shit. The most interesting fact about it then is still that one of the known accomplices of ex-Escapists, LoadingReadyRun, Andy Cownden is in it.
Well, I guess it had to reach that 1 1/2 star rating somehow...
A Crack in Time got a bit better tone wise. Unfortunately it still insisted on elaborating on that dumb origins shit. Also the weapons and enemies were garbage.Samtemdo8 said:I'm not even gonna upload Quest for Booty cutscenes. The tone is just WRONG!!!!
Yes like the overly useless burp cannon.Casual Shinji said:A Crack in Time got a bit better tone wise. Unfortunately it still insisted on elaborating on that dumb origins shit. Also the weapons and enemies were garbage.Samtemdo8 said:I'm not even gonna upload Quest for Booty cutscenes. The tone is just WRONG!!!!
Like I said before Ratchet has not been good since Deadlocked/Gladiator. (Or if you want to go even furthur the first 2 PSP games)EHKOS said:I just got back from the theater. I'm more upset with the time I lost than the money I spent on the ticket. I think that was the worst adaptation. Of all time. It had one tiny bit of soul earlish on with an easter egg, but otherwise, it was a hollow, shallow brightly-lit, boring, movie. There was hardly a plot, there was even less of a connection to the game that...inspired it? I found myself drifting off, daydreaming about the actual game I had been playing hours earlier. It was an assault on the eyes, in the way too many background things are too attention grabbing, so it all just blurred into a mess.
Honestly, even if you think it's your duty to see this because you grew up with them...don't. Cuz that's what I did and I regret nearly every second of it.
They should have finished Into the Nexus. This was a shit-show.
Well, the two things a Ratchet and Clank game need to be at least good are fun weapons and enemies that are fun to blast. Tools of Destruction still had that. The Mag-Net Launcher and Alpha Disrupter are two of my favourite weapons in the franchise, and the Drophyd enemies were a delight. I can't think of any enemy in the franchise that goes from killer combat droid to helpless goldfish gasping in terror as you point a gun in its face.Samtemdo8 said:Yes like the overly useless burp cannon.
Honestly despite some interesting additions to the gameplay the Future games just felt....Lesser?
I mean Tools of Drestruction felt like it had half the content that was offered in Up Your Arsnal and focused on gimmicky weapons like the Disco Ball thing
A Crack in Time was probably the only good one because it felt closest to the older games but that's it and by that time I felt the games was just recycling the formula.
We also get a couple of montages, lots of shots of the villains being evil, one or two "twists" that won't surprise anyone over the age of eight, and very little usage of Ratchet's wrench, surprisingly.