Johnny vs. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters & Secret Agent Clank
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In today's episode, my first visit with the Ratchet and Clank series comes to an end with a look at the PSP line-up. Let's end things with a bang, hopefully a positive one.
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A while ago I used to wear a gold chain until I lost it. I got another one. But it's a bit larger. Just a bit.
The search for a new hat continues.
Johnny's hat is the source of his power, without it he's shrinking
I expect you to say bling bling in the near future
Mom must be pissed
He needs a thinking cap for without it he can't think properly.
man i cant wait to see you review the future series i feel your going to love them
I was expecting a review of a complete playthrough of DK64, but this... Sometimes I forget the strain Johnny puts on himself with these games.
To be honest, it didn't really as seem much of a strain. He genuinely seems to love Ratchet & Clanks core gameplay which is probably why he cranked out the first 4 reviews so fast. Of course these 2 games in particular are spotty and Secret Agent Clank in particular being surprisingly draining was always an odd case. I'm curious to see his DK64 review though because... I really don't get why Nintendo never tried to expand on it with a sequel.
I want to see his suffering from playing that slog of a Bloated Game DK64 lol seriously that game is Hell on Earth
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective If I had to guess perhaps it was because Rare were occupied with working on Banjo Kazooie & Golden Eye007 at the time and Nintendo didn't want or have anyone else to work on a sequel.
@@kingslayer2999 I mean, I love dk64 but maybe that’s because it came with my n64. Something about the vibes of that game really work for me.
Strain? He makes bank playing games.
First it was J's Reviews, then it was Scott the Woz, now John is looking at Secret Agent Clank. This game haunts me.
I watched those videos in the exact same order you listed them. haunting indeed ._.
I saw Scott's before johnny upped this, lol
What did we do to deserves these games.
@@vinnythewebsurfer Good things cause they're good creative games
You think it would be interesting if Scott the woz and Johnny did a collaboration?
Kinda thrown off-guard with how Johnny didn't completely hate Secret Agent Clank. With how J's Review and Jebtube talked about it, you'd think he'd despised it just as much.
Not to mention TGX.
With those two I think they exaggerated the hate a lil too much to the point where you’d think sac would be the worst game on earth
Always love seeing Blazing Saddles references. Truly one of the best comedies ever made
paws of fury
Not really a lot of the humor is dated. Like the homophobic garbage and even some of the racial stuff.
@@Dorne_is_the_GOATThat’s what Mel Brooks was doing with those jokes: pointing out how fucking stupid it is to get pissy over those jokes.
Glad to see you still kicking it Johnny. This game was my first on the PSP back when I was 10, god I wasted so many hours on the hover-board races
I may hate the Hoverboard Races but... considering what it introduced in A Crack In Time, I can't complain too much.
First ratchet and clank game since childhood and been playing too much of the hoverboard races. Especially the one with the big space one where I discovered it accidentally that I can cheese the last area near the finish line by jumping boost high and then glide down near the finish line while hard right.
I remember how Size Matters was my first Ratchet game when I was a kid. I never got to finish it because I didn't have the memory stick. As an adult, I never got to finish it because of the Luna boss after the field chase. I hate that the checkpoint is before the plane chase starts and not during the start of the boss fight.
I was the same way. I rented Size Matters from a Blockbuster way back when, and I got stuck on that exact boss. It was such a pain and so frustrating that I put the game down and never rented or bought it again. I'm a huge Ratchet and Clank fan, but Size Matters is one game I'd be happy to never play again.
Same here I never managed to beat that last stage because I kept running out of bolts and the pda was basically bs for the weapon ammo I needed
"Battlebots was an early 2000's thing, wasn't it?"
Discovery brought it back a few years ago and it's still getting new episodes.
I actually fell in love with the series through the original psp versions
same
Same
Regarding the final boss in Size Matters. It's not really an "Instant Kill Attack" it's a move that takes away a lot of health and the reason you die to it despite clearly JUMPING over it is because the hit boxes with it are so insane that it's bullshit.
It makes Anubis Rex look fun
The damage output is also so high that it can either kill you or take out most of your health even while using the strongest armor in the game, from what I've heard.
Also if it makes you feel any better Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank are also made non canon
Now I get to look forward to Johnnys new thumbnail art AND a great new video
Looking forward to his review on Freedom Planet 2
16:41 Insomniac _has_ stated on Twitter that the Secret Agent Clank game is an episode of the Secret Agent Clank _show_ in-universe (according to them, at least), so there's your answer.
So it was not real life?
Though it's funny that the Thugs 4 Less guy said the last time he saw Ratchet was when his helicopter got destroyed. Completely forgetting about the boss fight where he was controlling a giant robot that the fans seem to hate.
I don't know how you do it, Johnny, but your work is so inspiring. I can tell it's not an easy task when there's a chance the game you review is good, bad or meh. But your dedication means a lot to us that we appreciate the content. Great job.
By far the best way to experience these games nowadays is on a PSP emulator mapping the R and L buttons to the right analog stick of a controller. You get good (not great) camera controls without the glitches, performance issues and gameplay quirks of the PS2 ports.
Klunk is like the story about Bender's clone in Futurama. I don't know whether I love it or not
It’s good
Bless you Johnny, I think a lot of R&C fans like myself knew these games were going to be a real test but it's always a joy to see your own perspective when it comes to these. Generally speaking I think I largely feel the same way about both games, I really wanted to like Size Matters the compromised controls and camera is A LOT to ask and I even tried playing it on Vita to see if it's button mapping for the controller helped and unfortunately I couldn't quite get into it. Secret Agent Clank I actually do like because I do appreciate them trying to flesh out Clank with his own mechanics but even I can agree the game is drag especially over long periods.
One thing I'm genuinely happy to say though is, it really doesn't get worse from here the R&C games are genuinely consistent going forward beyond this. The newer games do have elements people nitpick but IMO they're all fun.
I feel bad for Secret Agent Clank; it has the potential to be a good game and complete spin-off franchise. At its core it does everything well, its just they seemed to stretch things out to make a short game longer; which made it suffer. I highly repsect them trying to do something different rather then 'same gam but smaller' like Size Matters. Like this could have been a sorta -Sly Cooper-esque game if it had been made natively for a console. It would have been fun, I think, to have the occasional SAC game peppered in as something to give the series a little bit of varity.
@@CassidyShadewing Agreed. Like I genuinely like the fact they gave Clank his own adventure and more to a point tied it to Ratchet and Clank 3 in some form I just wish Insomniac kept the same brand of humour from the original trilogy going forward. I remember thinking the same about Daxter and his standalone game. Lost Frontier was also... not that bad IMO.
Still find it frustrating that the Bouncer from Going Commando was a Pre-order bonus for Ratchet PS4 and never made available to folks afterwards (If anyone can confirm that this wasn't the case. Let me know)
@@Rabbitlord108 Yeah, not going to lie that actually irritated me as well.
They brought back Battle Bots a couple years ago. This years championship was actually epic
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LOL he called Qwark “Quirk”😂
It always brightens up my day when I see a new Johnny video in my subscription feed.
This was a fun ride. Thanks Johnny. I can’t wait for when you tackle the Future saga, I love those games.
yeah those are good games. i don't think johnny done just yet
Hoping for either a sly cooper marathon or continuing the final fantasy marathon
Sly Cooper is the swagman. I really miss his games.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective it was just his 20th the other day too
Can't wait for the future series. Tools of Destruction is still arguably my favorite Ratchet and Clank game.
A Crack in Time.
Johnny:
Donkey Kong 64: YOU CAN'T IGNORE ME FOREVER!!! I MUST BREAK YOU!!!
Super Mario Sunshine: OH HELL NO I'M OUT OF HERE!!!
Fun fact:
In the PS2 version, Quark has a cutscene that was cut from the PSP version.
It doesn’t help with his secondaryness but still.
I feel so acknowledged that he remembers Peace Walker
There... are... no... TECHNOMITES!!!!!!!
Ratchet, Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters (2007)
Battlebots was definitely an early 2000s thing (though has come back and still been popular since 2015, pretty sure), but Robot Wars was like 2007-2010, so, maybe in the ballpark time period? Honestly I think strapping weapons to robots and making them fight in an arena of hazards has never really gone out of style.
Robot Wars and Battlebots both aired and got cancelled within a couple years of each other (Robot Wars aired 98-04), coincidentally their reboots started within a year of eachother. Battlebots is the only one still ongoing though because the BBC sucks cock.
Johnny always keeps me entertain even during Hurricane Ian. Thank you, Johnny, for suprising me with your videos despite being ten years since your Sonic marathon.
Wishing you all the best from Canada I know you guys are going through a tough one so I hope you can get through it all safe and sound
@@jonathanwilson7949 Thank you
@@jonathanwilson7949 May God bless you
@@SunsetGamer9613 You’re welcome
I'll look forward to his Ratchet and Clank Future marathon on a later date, Cause I got a lot to say on Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, A Crack in Time, And the rest.
Tools and Crack in Time are my favorites
@@demi-fiendoftime3825 Mine are Rift Apart and A Crack in Time.
So basically Great Game, Underrated game, Fantastic game then Into the Nexus which... great game... I just... wish there was more of it.
For DK64, you don't have to collect everything to beat the game's story. If you do, you'll get a secret bloopers ending.
As someone who hasn't played the game, how much you need to collect to beat the game as for some reason nobody mentions that part on the internet, just that it's a nightmare to complete?
@@V-Jes For a causal playthrough. it's fine. Besides the keys and moves, you need to collect 100 golden bananas, 15 gold medals to play Jet Pac for the Rare coin (as for the Nintendo coin, you have to beat Donkey Kong arcade twice), 4 battle crowns, and 30-50 minutes worth of time in Hideout Helm for gathering blue prints to beat the game. For a completion run, it's a nightmare.
Why people who don´t like playing portable systems are reviewing native portable games?? It is obvious that a portable entry in a native home console series use to be lesser ambitious than its ps2 counterparts, but it is unfair to compare Size matters and Secret Agent against Going Commando and Up your arsenal....but it is clear that they are actually very good Ratchet and Clanck games because they are much better than the first game. And no, the controls for the PSP has nothing wrong, if you can´t forget the dual shock for a second they are pretty good for a portable system that doesn´t has a second analog stick.
“James Arnold Taylor isn’t… uh… being in - oh my God, he was in the Shrek the Third Game! Hahahahaha!” Oh I’m running out of ideas… (DING!)
“James all Taylor isn’t the star of a Ratchet & Clank game in this scene” (DING!)
I personally dont understand the hate around Secret Agent Clank. It has its flaws but the atmosphere and the weapons really make it shine imo. Top3 ratchet game
You made some solid progress with your video goals this year, Johnny. We are approaching the end of the year and I'm wondering, you going to be able to fit the rest in? If you had to ax one of the planned visits which one would it be?
I actually enjoyed these games. They're not even close to the other Ratchet series but they're more entries in a franchise that I love.
So you'd like sonic labyrinth
Really can't wait for the future games!
I love these games, not the best, but they hold so much nostalgia and quirky memorable segments and unique gameplay constructs and segments. Beside the original Ratchet and Clank 2002, Going Commando, Tools of Destruction, and All 4 One these were my most played R&C games and I've played them all, since I was like 8
The future series is absolutely great, I easily recommend them all.
I find it funny how you give Clunk a mention here and how he was in Up Your Arsenal but didn't realize you forgot to mention in him your Vs. video of Up Your Arsenal
Not much to say to be fair he's an evil version of Clank (or copy) who Nefarious didn't use to his advantage in any real way whatsoever. His red-eyes were pretty cool though.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective I mean he also did replace Clank for a bit of the game and Ratchet was none the wiser.
@@JMandJJ7797 True, like the funniest thing about him is that "What a load of Bullsh-...." I kind of wish he had a few more laughs ya know?
I played these games and the Jak & Daxter games on the PSP cause I watched a lot of Let's plays on the PS2 platformer games.
The humor is the best part by far of Secret Agent Clank, the devs really had visible fun making this.
Will you ever review the Tak and the Power of Juju trilogy?
Those commercials were a joy whenever i saw them on tv.
As big a Ratchet and Clank fan that I am, these are two of few games in the series I never played. So seeing it in action is interesting
Funny, I'm the polar opposite. Up until my sibling got Rift Apart for the PS5, I'd only ever played these two games (the PSP was *the shit* in my childhood)
@@cyber8697 Rift Apart is another I haven't played. Secret Agent Clank and Size Matters passed me by because I wasn't gaming as much when they came out. And the PS5 is a tad rich for my blood at the moment, but if/when I get one, Rift Apart is going to be one of, if not the, first games I get for it.
"Robot Wars and Battlebots was an early 2000's thing, wasn't it?"
No joke, I just got done watching a Battlebots tournament just like a week ago that was brand new. Make no mistake, that's been going since then. Some people doing it have been going since then! It was wild to me when I found that out! I watched that shit when I was a kid and then I checked it out and oop there's a few I remember, still trucking along.
Leave it to Johnny to distract me from an incoming hurricane.
The way the Like, comment, ring the bell and subscribe appears in a non-intrusive way makes me appreciate how you are my favorite youtuber on this platform!
Ahhh the best kind of CZcams content, a Johnny review!
The future series is my ABSOLUTE favourite set of ratchet games! Also you should watch GDC's videos with the dev teams its remarkable the games turned out so excellent!
2:58 Ratchet stealing his Super Smash Bros Ultimate invitation
5:06 No by default its the DPAD that strafes and the stick turns you normally, they weren't THAT stupid to use up a button SOLEY for strafing... sadly thats the only smart thing they did with size matters
Johnny you’re really putting yourself through a lot with playing these games first then 100% DK64 😂
About Secret agent Clank's place in the timeline some theories point out that this game happens within Clank dreams between the events of Quest for booty and a Crack in Time
It's canonically an episode of the show according to devs.
@@Game_Hero i wouldn't trust High Impact games, also in the Show Ratchet wasn't even called Ratchet he was called Jeeps, and he was fired and Skrunch is no where to be seen despite being his replacement.
A robot wars and battlebots reference.. noice
Man I remember that day got a psp and size matter on Christmas man it was the best Christmas gift 🤘
The analog stick turns Ratchet as normal, the D-pad is lock-straf.
Is it really that hard to get?
Brilliant idea to accommodate the PSP's lack of buttons
If wanna get technical with PSP porting to the PS2 try looking at Twisted Metal Head-On originally a PSP game that was Ported over to the PS2 with the Ported Version having extra levels that were meant to be in the Twisted Metal Black Sequel but cancelled
Actually, by default the strafe and movement controls were flipped. Strafing on the D-Pad, regular movement on the analog stick. I just set the strafing controls to the analog stick and used that for my movement. To this day Secret Agent Clank is the only Ratchet & Clank title I've played where I haven't completed a challenge mode run at least once, of the titles that have a challenge mode that is which is most of them.
Size matters was one of my first psp games takes me back to good times
The future games are really good, looking forward to you playing them
That helicopter hovering in this is like a slower Rayman
Sly Cooper was lucky enough to get captured by High Impact Games to be screwed over unoliek Jak and Daxter themselves. Kinda surprised they were already out of business ever since and still question why they went back tot eh Ps2 Designs of them Inside of updating their designs unlike the later games.
You know it's a good day ( even better since its my birthday) when Johnny uploads
Happy Birthday :)
@@jonathanwilson7949 Ay thank you :)
Happy Birthday dude 🎉🎂🎉
@@x2buller47 You’re welcome :)
@@riderluc8346 Thank you :)
And just like Kojima , portable ops doesn't exist to johnny
One thing that kinda funny about High Impact Game is that those Ex-ND and Ex-Insomniac were left those company because of crunch culture especially Insomniac back in the day had one of the worst crunch during Up Your Arsenal development
I am half way across the world from home but I still get joy when I see Johnny uploads vidoes.
The end ....... for now now i just need to see Sly Cooper and Jak and Daxter reviews and i'm golden
*Oh no*
As someone who only played Secret Agent Clank's demo back when the PSP was on the newer side, it's really interesting to know that the things Johnny disliked about it are exactly reasons kid me would LOVE that game.
Hey Johnny, should let ya know that aparently some people are having issues with Netflix actively blocking VPN's, so you may need to talk with your Sponsor about rewording.
I'm surprised you actually like these spin offs especially the latter since I remember a lot of people saying Secret Agent Clank sucks.
I liked Secret Agent Clank
Me too, it's among my favourite games just for the humor alone.
@@Game_Hero and the cutscenes
6:27 RIP Portable Ops, lol
Wow, I’m early. You can smell the freshness.
It’s like a new car
So with Bayonetta 3 finally on the horizon, does that mean we're getting that Devil May Cry marathon soon?
As a very recent fan of the series, I'm deadly curious what your takes on those games will be.
Wait he promised a DMC marathon? That'd be interesting. You know I'm probably one of the few people in the world who doesn't mind DmC 2 that much.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective...I'm actually kind of impressed that you can stomach more than 10 minutes of DMC2. You've got a stronger will than I do, that's for sure! 😅
@@LoneOtaku158 What makes DMC2 bad? I’ve only played the 5th game (BANG BANG BANG, pull my devil trigger!)
@@IamaPERSON A number of things, but off the top of my head:
1. The Guns are insanely overpowered to the point where you wouldn't need to use anything else, so this hack-and-slash pretty much devolves into a third-person shooter.
2. You _shouldn't_ be using anything else anyways, because the game is badly designed and unbalanced (flying enemies and bosses, HP sponges, and sometimes both at once), so the guns are really the only thing that work.
3. This is all on top of being about as archaic in it's design as DMC1, makes this game incredibly tedious to play.
4. Dante hardly talks and is about as entertaining as wet cardboard, with only 1 (one) actually good line in the entire game.
All of the above makes the game boring and simply not fun to play.
...Or so I've heard. As someone who already thought DMC1 wasn't my cup of tea, I thought it best for my sanity not to even EMULATE DMC2.
Though it did give us Playable Trish and the Gun techniques that would become the Gunslinger Style in DMC3, so it's not... all... bad...?
_...yes it is._
@@LoneOtaku158 when you say it’s as archaic as DMC1, do you mean that it’s incredibly basic, or everything looks the same?
The ending credits theme for your videos slap bro.
Due to the mostly negative reception of the game's by fans, Insomniac stated that both Size Matters & Secret Agent Clank are non canon so they don't have any major story impact on the other games save for a small reference or two.
I have great memories playing Size Matters on road trips as a kid, but it doesn't hold up too well for me nowadays due to it feeling kinda janky. I beat Secret Agent Clank once when it first came out and I remember being exhausted by the end of it so I never touched it again.
I can't wait to see what you think about the Future games, now that the series moves into a more cinematic and movie feel.
They're some of my favorite games of all time, especially a Crack In Time.
I really liked the villain using Ratchet clones. Like finally someone else is using his skillset and weapon provider against him
I've come to realize that Insomiac did what Naughy dog couldn't...and thats continuing to make Ratchet and clank game after their new ps3 games (resistance and uncharted)
Kind of an awkward analogy. Don't you mean "continued their platformer franchise after the PS3"?
Well yeah but I also mean in relation to their previous series as well, since both of their ps1 series (Crash and Spyro) were owned by universal. Not to mention there wasn't a original Jak and daxter game ON PS3.
@@SIMIFUI read somewhere that they were developing a Jak and Daxter game on PS3 but it somehow evolved into The Last of Us.
I never understood the issues with the psp games, I'd always liked them for the most part. I guess you could say that Secret Agent Clank had some issues, what with the Klunk fight and the...rhythm games I think?
Size Matters is my only exposure to the Ratchet & Clank franchise, I remember having a good time with it a long time ago.
Having watched your full marathon gives me a more appreciative look at the series, maybe one day I'll play the home console games.
Size matters was my first R&C game I played as a kid and didn't play the others until I got older.
I feel while disconnected, the mutiplayer for size matters should have been mentioned had good times playing online matches in the PSP days.
I'm doing research on Going Commando for a future Let's Play and I found something interesting a while back: the devs basically shoehorned in Qwark into the game because they missed his brand of humor. So, they did put him in with those documentary episodes as a wya to remind people he still existed. Maybe it was the same thing here for these games, he kept getting included because the devs like working on his stuff.
Also, I found a channel that has developer commentary from a couple guys who worked on the first 4 Ratchet and Clank games. Their GC playthrough was pretty interesting to listen to.
As far as these games go, I never played them since I always heard negative things about them. Guess I was right to keep avoiding them.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!
4:30
Press LT and RT buttons at the same time to combine your powers.
Looks like a homing shot. Be careful, Sonic.
both of these were my first R&C games. which did leave me wanting more, but couldn't find them at a decent price. hadn't touched the series since until i got my PS5 with Rift Apart included. loved that game as well, which again made me want to play the old ones
13:14 - 13:20 Dang, Robot Wars. That takes me back, they still air it in Australia on ABC. If you're lucky, they cycle through the classic seasons.
Oh boy, I'd been trying to work out for ages what means there were for trying the PSP titles in the current age, be it on PSP or PS2. And given neither got the PSN treatment, unlike literally EVERY OTHER TITLE, the video tone made sense the further it went. But hey, I'm still curious, so I might give Secret Agent Clank a shot.
The first R&C game i ever played and the most on the PSP with Namco Museum and Ape Escape Academy
I did love playing this game. But man when you get max health for some reason you die in 1 hit and I hated it so much
22:08 lol
17:37 Is it wrong that the first thing this made me think of was Ma Beagle from the original Ducktales?
So glad you took a look at one of my favorite game series and my favorite game from the 6th genaration of gameing keep up the good work johnny.
P.S have have fun with the bonus berrals in DK64
This is a great video hey erm is there any plans on doing a versus video on chrono trigger on Super Nintendo?
Feels like that's almost guaranteed to happen at some point given Johnny likes Square RPG's who knows when though.
@@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective yeah I do think it’ll happen some point, I do wish he did this during the final fantasy marathon
That part with the plane in the field in Size Matters completely gated me out of the rest of the game as a kid. I just could not beat that damn part for whatever reason. I got frustrated and started the game over, hoping I’d be able to do it this time, but nope. Still never could beat her.
I had these growing up! I never completed them, even though I loved the PS2 games. Just bounced right off. And I was a big PSP girl, I'd always be playing it!
So the antagonist wants to steal the protagonist’s DNA and create a clone army? Well, at least Ratchet doesn’t have to deal with any EMMIs.
Raven Beak is after it's time
Secret Agent Clank on the PS2 was a odd port,
it have like 2-6 times longer loading times and missing planets transitions loading screens.
These are the ports that needed like a remaster/remake or overhaul on the gameplay, and graphics and tweaks, a long time ago.
Oh shiiiiit. Wasn’t expecting this one.
I know its for a bit, but seeing you throw those PSP boxes caused me so much anxiety remembering how fragile the UMDs could be and how i ended up breaking one
Not to mention PSP games are becoming hard to come by.
I played both of these on PS2: despite the (many) flaws, I think they're fine games and good additions to the R&C franchise. My favorite is Secret Agent Clank for the concept alone. Also, fun fact: Size Matters was renamed in Italian "Le dimensioni non contano" which means the exact opposite, "size does not matter"....
I remember back in about 2007 when I was going through the Ratchet series for the first time, when I got to Size Matters on PS2, I pretty much put it down after a half hour. And I had 100%-ed every Ratchet game before that. You could call it burnout, but I think it was just generally unimpressive to me at the time. Especially with the HD PS3 Future series coming out. Maybe I would’ve liked it better if I played it on the PSP instead
Nah, that game is trash.