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Ratchet & Clank

12 titles in the catalog 15 versions across platforms ⏱ 2002–2023 7 platforms
Ratchet & Clank – obaly dílů série

When the first Ratchet & Clank landed on PlayStation 2 in 2002, Insomniac Games answered a question that had been dogging 3D platformers for years: what do you actually give the player to do between jumps? The answer was an arsenal. A wrench-wielding Lombax and the small robot riding on his back toured a galaxy of colourful planets, and the series immediately built its identity on the collision of nimble platforming, third-person shooting and the tone of a Saturday morning cartoon. Weapons like the Suck Cannon, and later the absurd R.Y.N.O., were punchlines as much as tools — and once Going Commando introduced upgrading them through use, experimenting finally beat leaning on one reliable gun.

Most players point to Up Your Arsenal in 2004 as the high-water mark, where pacing, humour and the weapon roster all clicked at once, and then to A Crack in Time on PlayStation 3, which gave the friendship between Ratchet and Clank a surprisingly sombre payoff. Along the way the series went portable with Size Matters on PSP and took detours into co-op and tower defence that felt more like experiments than sequels. The 2016 PlayStation 4 game retold the original story from scratch and proved above all how gracefully the old template wears modern hardware. The influence shows up wherever a platformer decides it is not afraid of firepower.

Entries in the series (12)

  1. Ratchet & Clank · 2002

    Insomniac combined a 3D platformer with a shooter and the dark humor of a sci-fi series.

    PS2 PS4

  2. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando · 2003

    Expanded the first game with RPG elements, revisitable planets, and weapon upgrades.

    PS2

  3. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal · 2004

    The third entry and the peak of the PS2 trilogy; weapons level up and change appearance and effect with use.

    PS2

  4. Ratchet: Deadlocked · 2005

    Without Clank, in the arenas of a bloody reality show; the harshest entry in the series.

    PS2

  5. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction · 2007

    The first Future installment pushed PS3 visuals toward detailed, richly realized worlds.

    PS3

  6. Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters · 2007

    The Lombax with his crazy arsenal in your pocket; a full-fledged adventure, not a spin-off.

    PSP

  7. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time · 2009

    The Future trilogy's finale; Ratchet chases down the kidnapped Clank and the Great Clock.

    PS3

  8. Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One · 2011

    The only entry in the series built purely around co-op play for up to four players, with a fixed isometric camera.

    PS3

  9. Ratchet & Clank Collection · 2012

    Trilogie z PS2 v HD, s trofejemi a podporou stereoskopického 3D.

    PS3 Vita

  10. Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault · 2012

    A smaller spin-off combining action-platforming with base defense against waves of enemies.

    PS3

  11. Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus · 2013

    An action-platformer in the series' classic style, with a colorful arsenal and alien worlds.

    PS3

  12. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart · 2021

    An action platformer built around rifts between dimensions; Rivet joins Ratchet as a playable character.

    PC PS5