Graveyard: Ratchet & Clank: Future Tools of Destruction
Watch your step, for you’ve just entered the Graveyard. Inside, we’ll be digging up games that have long been without a pulse. You’ll see both good and bad souls unearthed every month as we search through the more… forgotten…parts of history.
The PlayStation 2 was one of Sony’s greatest creations and spawned not only the biggest console of its time, but also a slew of franchises that remain beloved almost twenty years later. The original Ratchet & Clank was something unique when it came out in 2002 because while we had mascot duo platformers like Banjo-Kazooie before, we never had one that was so action-focused. You had funny dialogue between the two protagonists and their chemistry was perfect. It was a rare 3D platformer where you wanted to see the plot unfold just to see what they’d say, while its blend of melee combat and a wide variety of gun-based options kept the action fresh.