Ratchetrospective: Ratchet and Clank 3 (Up Your Arsenal)

We’ve had 2 great entries from this action platformer, can the third one keep up the standard, let’s take a look at Ratchet and Clank 3.

Ratchetrospective: Ratchet and Clank

Welcome to the Ratchetrospective

Throughout the month of April (give or take a few days) I’ll be looking at the Ratchet and Clank games developed by the developer Insomniac Games (apologies for giving Size Matters the shaft but my PSP is non-operational at this point) in preparation for the Movie coming out this month. Here are my ground rules

1. This will be based on a single play through of the game, no challenge modes
2. These playthroughs will be from a new save file.
3. I will not be covering the movie tie-in game, I want to avoid spoiling that - although be aware the plot will have similarities to the first game
4. Spoilers will be covered in these reviews
5. I will not be completing all skill points and gold/platinum/titanium bolt missions; I will be getting all Zoni in a Crack in Time
6. I will not be exploring all the Insomniac Museums
7. I will not be getting 100% on Collectathon Missions (except for Nexus, since it’s a requirement for the RYNO)
8. I will not necessarily be completing all arena challenges
9. I will be completing all optional help the ranger challenges in Ratchet and Clank 3 
10. I will be completing all optional missions in Ratchet: Gladiator (Deadlocked)
11. Multiplayer modes will not be covered in depth
12. All games will be played Single Player – no co-op in Gladiator, All4One or Q-force

So, let’s dig into the one that started it all (and the one that inspired the movie) with Ratchet and Clank