THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: AdmiralViscen on April 05, 2008, 04:58:52 PM

Title: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 05, 2008, 04:58:52 PM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2382525109_f4a3a52294_b.jpg

Ima buy this bitch (I buy PSP games)

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: Smooth Groove on April 05, 2008, 05:01:46 PM

It's just so-so.  The controls are clunky and the level designs are boring.  No point in getting it if you can get R&C for PS3. 

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: demi on April 05, 2008, 05:04:24 PM

Better than Daxter

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 05, 2008, 05:05:23 PM

Quote from: Smooth Groove on April 05, 2008, 05:01:46 PM

It's just so-so.  The controls are clunky and the level designs are boring.  No point in getting it if you can get R&C for PS3. 

Already have that, but I might as well wrap up the collection for $20.

It got great reviews on PSP, are they way off? Did you play it on PS2 or PSP?

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: Smooth Groove on April 05, 2008, 05:22:38 PM

PSP, I stopped after 3 planets because the controls suck.  Adjusting the camera got to be a pain and the game wasn't that exiting anyways, so I just quit.

Graphics aren't bad for a PSP game.  It's like a sparser version of the PS2 games.

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 05, 2008, 05:23:30 PM

What's wrong with the controls? Camera?

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 05, 2008, 05:29:41 PM

Now that I think about it, I can't imagine how the gameplay would work without a second analog or 4 shoulder buttons. GameTrailers' review says you have to use the dpad to strafe? :lol

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: y2kev on April 05, 2008, 05:34:57 PM

I can't remember exactly...I think you have a mode where you can just use the shoulder buttons to turn the camera....which allows you to strafe just by moving the nub.

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: TVC15 on April 05, 2008, 05:52:45 PM

I don't recall the specifics, but there's too much duty assigned to the shoulder buttons.  The game gives a great first impression though, which is probably why it got great reviews.  I played the first several planets, and the game is pretty easy, even for an R&C game, probably due to compensation for the controls.

Honestly, I'd skip it unless you were looking for a POWAR OF PSP showpiece.  And I love R&C.

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: demi on April 05, 2008, 05:57:12 PM

Better than Tools of Destruction

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: Smooth Groove on April 05, 2008, 06:00:21 PM

Tools start off slowly but the 2nd half is pretty fun.  The game also plays much better with the FPS-like controls.  I don't know why R&C is still considered a platformer.  It's basically a 3rd person shooter that has some jumping elements.  What little platforming there is, isn't challenging at all. 

Title: Re: Ratchet: Size Matters on PSP goes GH this week
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 05, 2008, 07:29:29 PM

Maybe I'll skip it then  :(

Ratchet is definitely more third person shooter than platformer. It's had the TPS controls since UYA, if not GC though.