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 Let's Play "Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters" Size Matters came, it did its thing, and then it went. It was a PSP exclusive Ratchet & Clank title. There was fanfare and hype, critics loved it, but it disappeared into the aether after the release of Tools of Destruction, and it was never heard from again. At least, not until Sony released a superior PS2 port. With better controls, higher texture quality, and less frustration, the PS2 version... received very poor reviews. Apparently Size Matters wasn't so impressive on the big screen. Were critics really that enamored by the novelty of a handheld Ratchet & Clank title? Are they just dumb? Is the game pretty okay? Come with me as we play the PS2 remaster and find out. Videos 1. Fun-Sized Squirt Gun  2. Clank It Up A Notch  3. Who is Mungo?  4. Clank It Down A Notch  5. I Feel Funny  6. Standard Check-Up  7. Ah, murder  8. The Oddball  9. Intro-Inspection  10. Final Fart 
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This game was always an enigma to me, a PS2 port of a PSP Ratchet and Clank game that was not made by Insomniac. If I recall I had a PS3 at the time and I never saw it on store shelves.
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Sep 30, 2018 02:34
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Tombot posted:This game was always an enigma to me, a PS2 port of a PSP Ratchet and Clank game that was not made by Insomniac. If I recall I had a PS3 at the time and I never saw it on store shelves. I don't remember seeing it on shelves either, but I remember seeing the PSP version everywhere.
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Sep 30, 2018 02:43
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This game was...fine. Completely forgettable, but fine.
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Sep 30, 2018 03:00
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SSNeoman posted:This game was...fine. Completely forgettable, but fine. That seems like a fair way to describe it
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Sep 30, 2018 05:26
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It's stuck in a weird no man's land for me because it feels veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery much like R&C1 but it comes after Deadlocked so it feels like a complete downgrade. Not awful, R&C at its core is always fun, but it doesn't accomplish as much as it could have. The camera and controls are honestly a big part of that (I beat this on the PSP). I will say they do have the puzzle design of R&C down since the dev philosophy of those puzzles is "lots of switches that can only be pushed in one direction" so I have to give the SM that one.
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Sep 30, 2018 05:33
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SSNeoman posted:It's stuck in a weird no man's land for me because it feels veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery much like R&C1 but it comes after Deadlocked so it feels like a complete downgrade. Not awful, R&C at its core is always fun, but it doesn't accomplish as much as it could have. The camera and controls are honestly a big part of that (I beat this on the PSP). I agree it feels a lot like R&C1 in almost every way, except that it's written way worse and the puzzles are a bit more creative
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Sep 30, 2018 09:12
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iirc it does a couple very interesting things with design right toward the end. Count me in for the ride.
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Sep 30, 2018 20:19
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Discendo Vox posted:iirc it does a couple very interesting things with design right toward the end. Count me in for the ride. I'm curious what you're referring to, but maybe you just find the same things interesting as me, as odd as that would be.
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Oct 2, 2018 13:18
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2. Clank It Up A Notch Get it?
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Oct 3, 2018 10:52
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This is already reminding me of the future trilogy, making this sorta ahead of its time.
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Oct 3, 2018 12:13
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Tombot posted:This is already reminding me of the future trilogy, making this sorta ahead of its time. By a few months, at least.
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Oct 3, 2018 12:57
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GamesAreSupernice posted:I don't remember seeing it on shelves either, but I remember seeing the PSP version everywhere. I remember finding a copy at a Shopko, and wondering what the hell it was. I had a fully backward compatible PS3 at the time, but never bought the game.
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Oct 8, 2018 17:28
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AltaBrown posted:I remember finding a copy at a Shopko, and wondering what the hell it was. I had a fully backward compatible PS3 at the time, but never bought the game. Is your backwards compatible PS3 still working? Those break often
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Oct 8, 2018 19:24
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GamesAreSupernice posted:Is your backwards compatible PS3 still working? Those break often It was up until I traded it in 2+ years ago. I'm pretty sure the 60 gig hd was in need of replacement, though.
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Oct 8, 2018 21:50
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3. Who is Mungo? i say the words "rad" and "cool" a lot
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Oct 8, 2018 21:55
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I love Size Matters. Got all the armor pieces. All of them, yes. If the game had been released once trophies were a thing I'd have the Plat.
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Oct 9, 2018 06:35
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Weeble posted:I love Size Matters. i can understand loving this game, absolutely, and even enjoying it enough to 100% it that being said, did you like the minigames?
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Oct 9, 2018 07:21
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these camera angles give me flashbacks. bad ones.
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Oct 9, 2018 08:21
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SSNeoman posted:these camera angles give me flashbacks. bad ones. i'm used to playing really old 3d platformers, so it doesn't bother me as much
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Oct 9, 2018 08:34
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Where did that surfer dude get a pair of grind boots? I thought Ratchet owned the only ones there is.
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Oct 9, 2018 22:52
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Tombot posted:Where did that surfer dude get a pair of grind boots? I thought Ratchet owned the only ones there is. It would make more sense if Ratchet just had the Grind-Boots from the start.
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Oct 10, 2018 01:17
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4. Clank It Down A Notch Get it?
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Oct 12, 2018 14:48
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I kinda missed giant clank, I know he was always a departure from normal gameplay but it was a neat role reversal we don't usually see in buddy platformers.
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Oct 12, 2018 16:55
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Tombot posted:I kinda missed giant clank, I know he was always a departure from normal gameplay but it was a neat role reversal we don't usually see in buddy platformers. I like giant clank, I just wish the game would've done more with the design
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Oct 13, 2018 13:10
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5. I Feel Funny now things get weird and/or funner
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Oct 22, 2018 03:30
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I remember that skill point is a huge dick move- you get one shot at it because the bossfight doesn't respawn.
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Oct 22, 2018 20:39
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Discendo Vox posted:I remember that skill point is a huge dick move- you get one shot at it because the bossfight doesn't respawn. Not even when you re-enter the level?
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Oct 22, 2018 21:05
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That level was pretty good, but I wonder what it has to do with everything else thats going on? Then again you did mention earlier that this game seems to be a series of levels with little very plot stringing it along.
Tombot fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Oct 23, 2018 |
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Oct 22, 2018 21:14
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Tombot posted:That level was pretty good, but I wonder what it has to everything else thats going on? Then again you did mention earlier that this game seems to be a series of levels with little very plot stringing it along. wait until we get to the country farm level
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Oct 22, 2018 21:39
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GamesAreSupernice posted:Not even when you re-enter the level? I don't believe so, I think you have to do a new game plus.
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Oct 23, 2018 06:02
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6. Standard Check-Up you should play Haven
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Nov 12, 2018 14:03
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Can we ever go back to these levels? This one sorta exploded. Also: why are all these levels so dark? Its like they mostly take place either at night or in dimly lit buildings.
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Nov 12, 2018 22:02
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Tombot posted:Can we ever go back to these levels? This one sorta exploded. Also: why are all these levels so dark? Its like they mostly take place either at night or in dimly lit buildings. the next one is brighter, idk why some of the levels are obsessively dark
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Nov 13, 2018 01:22
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7. Ah, murder
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Nov 17, 2018 14:20
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Bare in mind that Rachet's arguably defining flaw is that he can be scarily single-minded at times. This was most apparent in the first game when he only cared about finding Qwark and kicking his rear end, a not completely unjustified concern given the situation, while Drek was wrecking poo poo but even in the Future he showed this in wanting to find the Dimensionator and reunite with his people in Tools of Destruction that he didn't realize the danger the Dimensionator itself posed until it was already too late. Likewise in Crack in Time he was so concerned with finding Clank that he not only didn't realize the importance of the Great Clock until he saw its power firsthand but he also didn't realize that he was allied with a dangerous man. And it's not even a trait unique to Ratchet as the thing that made Azimuth dangerous is that he has the same flaw as Ratchet, being so obsessed with fixing his greatest mistake that he didn't realize that he could destroy all of existence by using the Great Clock as a time machine. Chimera-gui fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Dec 20, 2018 |
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Nov 21, 2018 20:46
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8. The Oddball maybe High Impact Games should've just made an original IP sometime
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Dec 20, 2018 01:35
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I'd say this is the kind of innovation the Ratchet and clank series really benefits from. Also, we missed a locked door or somthing earlier, did that have a platinum bolt or similar inside?
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Dec 20, 2018 15:29
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Tombot posted:I'd say this is the kind of innovation the Ratchet and clank series really benefits from. Also, we missed a locked door or somthing earlier, did that have a platinum bolt or similar inside? The door leads to a small area with a single flower platform and not much else. I think I intended to show it, but my brain somehow decided directly looking at it wasn't enough of a reminder.
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Dec 20, 2018 18:30
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9. Intro-Inspection Time for the penultimate level, and it's really drat cool.
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Dec 28, 2018 07:55
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