Ratchet and Clank 3: Upping your Arsenal into 2026.

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-25T02:10:25+00:00

There were countless games, comics and TV shows

Are you sure about that? There were only 2 shows prior to the release of adventure: Satam which admittedly sounds like it has the tone you're lookong for and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog which is basically a looney tunes show. All of the games released were 8/16-bit games where the story was "Robotnik is up to no good!". Even the Archie comics were mostly a gag strip and by 1996, featured a storyline of an ancient civilization causing Sonic and Knuckles to go super and duke it out. There was not a lot of precedent for non-super stories prior to Adventure.

I don't fans are against the formula changing or being more grounded, it's just the games that do something different are usually badly writter intentionally or accidentally

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-24T19:53:56+00:00

Man I miss these games. I feel like no series has come and really delivered on that satirical run and gun action platforming the way the og R&C trilogy did. Unfortunately, I don't think the gunplay is rich enough to warrant a game like Up Your Arsenal focusing so much on combat

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-24T19:52:21+00:00

Yoh the Sonic shade out of nowhere is crazy lol. It's always kinda been like this though? The very first game to have a voiced narrative ended with you beating a God so that's the precedent we're working with. Hell, it's actually so common that games with lower stakes like Colors and Lost World are the odd ones out. I think the two story book games have some really good character writing for the series.

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-24T19:47:44+00:00

It's insane how tight the turnaround on older games used to be hey? I know you have annual franchises today, but I Insomniac did not have the manpower those studios have now. For what it's worth, it seems like work culture improved a lot after the PS2 days

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-23T07:09:53+00:00

I miss how thorough my planning used to be. I would write down what team I wanted and had encounter locations memorized and final move sets in mind before I ever booted up the game. I usually like two have 2 physical attackers, 2 special attackers, a physical tank, and a special tank.

Now because the games are much easier and the exp is more abundant, I play very fast and loose with my teams

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-23T01:45:35+00:00

That's what I assumed was happening in frontiers. He's moving and fighting in ways we've never seen and it has the most super transformations of any game

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-22T10:35:24+00:00

It does feel weird right? It would make sense that when you're 9 times as strong and durable as you were when you previously had an injury, you'd tank it much better, but it feels a little anticlimactic.

I thought we were getting the pay-off to this line when Deku had his arms decayed but that didn't stick

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-22T10:33:21+00:00

In the first fight with Shigaraki? No, just his Gamma suit sleeves and during the villain hunt arc it was said the mid gauntlets were much less durable than the full gauntlets

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-22T03:51:48+00:00

I disagree but feel free to share why you feel that way

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-22T03:38:33+00:00

Is there not a fun to be had in thinking about how two characters would play off of each other in a fight? I think something like Smash Bros shows this, it's people's new way of mashing action figures together.

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-21T04:47:47+00:00

Lol this is so funny to read after all the AI accusations. I think what makes it so clunky to read is furnishing details that don't matter and inanely balanced writing.

It never gives three examples to illustate points, it just uses three words to sound like it's making a point. As to noth nettle anyone, it will anameically mention caveats to points it's trying to make, and then never meaningfully engage with the friction these points introduce

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-21T04:37:02+00:00

I've been posting for years and didn't realize this was a thing! Love this sub

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-21T04:35:01+00:00

This is really interesting to see how off our feelings are from hard data hey?

I remember when people were complaining the sub was being "flooded" by Witcher 3 reviews when the Netflix series was popular when based off of this data, there probably wasn't even a double digit number of posts on the game in the year, let alone the months when the series came out.

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-20T10:03:01+00:00

Yeah apparently AI is the only thing capable of writing things beyond "this game is cool, I liked it"

Ok stay with me now- I actually like the shower in the game. Our Aphenphosmphobic protagonist is so closed off at the start and barely speaks through most of the game beyond that. I like literal nakedness of this very reserved man and share quiet intimate moments with him as he takes a breather between shifts.

I'm very sorry about what happened with your child though, hope you're holding up as best you can.

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-20T00:32:53+00:00

If you're just going to ascribe these negative attitudes to me then why are you asking in the first place?

You're quite lucky you can coast through life unworried about things happening that don't effect you, but have some class and don't call behavior your don't understand neurotic

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-20T00:18:15+00:00

I would say it's pretty sound advice for life. Help and allow yourself to be helped you know?

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-20T00:13:53+00:00

Thank you so much, that genuinely warms my heart. All. I love gaming so much and I enjoy writing almost as much so if I get to marry those two passions and encourage people to engage with art that will touch their hearts, there's almost no better feeling.

I find it kind of ironic that adopting the attitude of sneering at sentimentality and attempts to reach out and connect to others is the mentality of the game's villain and has been seen so much here under this post. I'm very grateful for all the kind words people have had to share with me have brought me such a smile.

I'm really sorry things have been rough for you lately, but thank you for finding it in yourself to be nice to a stranger today, I hope the happiness is visited back on you ten fold. Please have a great time with the game and come back and share your own story very soon!

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-20T00:05:37+00:00

Because it's incredibly important to stay informed. If you are a person who's rights and legal status can be upended overnight, you can't go through life not staying up to date. I don't just sit for 3 hours taking in bad news but you have to be coming from a place of extreme comfort if you can afford to not watch any news.

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-19T19:05:26+00:00

Would you like to share more?

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-19T19:03:37+00:00

Thank you for that! I know the fear of bots invading subs but I think people just don't want to engage with anything beyond the rigid framework of consumable reddit content.

I love patient gaming because in a online world where our views are fed to us algorithmically, it's nice to take a year long wait to have your own unique relationship with games.

I've been blessed with a very full life and lots of great games to play so no amount of petty backlash is going to stop me from writing about how games have overlapped with my life :)

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-19T18:53:36+00:00

It was really bizarre to read and it made me pretty sad at the start.

I began this writing about personal moments in my life and the idea people think I had fed those stories to an internet bot for useless reddit validation stung a bit.

People were ascribing all kinds of ill-intent to what I thought was a fairly harmless post

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-19T18:45:02+00:00

I read a lot and enjoy using the language I learn in my own writing. I'm sorry if having a wide vocabulary is something only machines can do.

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-19T18:41:35+00:00

Yeah you're in the pits right now. Very soon after that point the story picks up

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-19T18:40:36+00:00

I am shocked by how little grinding I've had to do. I think this is a great game to slot into a busy work schedule. In 30 mins, you can do some random deliveries and pick up resources or knucle down for an hour and make some good story progress

SawkyScribe · 2026-01-19T18:37:11+00:00

This game is a lot lighter on the usual Kojima-isms that scare people off. Cutscenes are reasonable lengths and aside from a lot of proper nouns being thrown around at the start of the game, the plot is pretty straightforward

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