Ratchet: Deadlocked reviewed

Like I promised, here is my review of Ratchet: Deadlocked ending this improvised theme of Ratchet and Clank reviews...barring the Wolverine review/tangent. So this is a very radical departure from the previous Ratchet and Clank games and I mean radical. Hell, radical might not be a strong enough word for this. But by some miracle, this game still works....I'll explain more on the way!

After your heroic exploits from the past games, the evil Gleeman Vox from the evil Vox network(guess what's it making fun of...it rhymes with Vox) has kidnapped Ratchet and Clank...and the tech guy, Al(he's in the first and third game so he's not exactly new) for a show. A show that kills off some heroes like The Running Man, only without Schwarzenegger or puns. Anyways, you have to survive the games with only your robot buddies as your guide...and Clank, who is demoted to side-character that says stuff like "This item does something awesome." and "Do this to beat the level".

So the game strips away 99% of the platforming elements and sticks to action...and a little bit of the fun. Since you don't have Clank you can't glide or do any fancy Clank-based jumps and come on, that was the best thing in the other games. Granted, you don't need to do those things cause you're too busy shooting stuff but the fact that Clank's not with you is sorely missed. But you two robot buddies who help you kill things, like ROBOT ZOMBIES, are surprisingly competent and will shoot anything that needs to die and not shoot you. At least you have your Charge and Gravity Boots even if the Gravity Boots are so very useless in this. Since when do you need to use them in a plot-related manner!

So in a turn-your-mind-off thing, Deadlocked does its job and does it well as you shoot up things with a vengance. But it's differences from the previous games are shocking and a bit jarring. The best thing you can do is to think of this as a side-story that has nothing to do with the main plot or better yet, just a game based off of Annihilation Nation from Up Your Arsenal.

7/10