Ratchet: Deadlocked Retrospective - Adapt or Die | The Golden Bolt

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“There’s even some players that’ll say it’s their favorite game.” Yes. Me.

I was a Ratchet Deadlocked fan since 2005, and I will die on the hill that it's the most underrated game in the franchise.

I would like to highlight my favorite line from this game: "Don't let Voxx do to you what he did to me." Ace Hardlight was something before Dreadzone. Most of the unwilling gladiators were heroes or fighters or adventurers before they were conscripted to fight. You conjecture in this video about what we could have seen developed between Ratchet and players like Kid Nova or Hydro Girl, but I think more importantly we had a chance to redeem Ace. What were his adventures before he was conscripted? What did he do to earn the fame and fighting skills to get the attention of Mr. Voxx? How did he change into a villain? Did Ace Hardlight slowly descend into villainy for the thrill of cheering crowds or did something break him? Ace May have had a choice. A chance to get out, leave, quit, or refuse, but something made him stay. Ace may have itchy feeling because Ratchet is a real hero who has a team of friends who love him. Ratchet saves planets and fights evil. Ace may have done the same and lost his vision along the way. In his dying moments, embarrassed and defeated, coughing out a few last words to someone he sees himself in, he offers us this: "Don't let Voxx do to you what he did to me."

Dallas is the most human-looking slug-alien-thing. Like, he's a perfect caricature of a sleazy sports commentator, I love his character design.

I can't believe that I only realized, 16 years later, that the Deadlocked Puma was a Red vs Blue joke

Not long enough, I need a detailed breakdown of every weapon including the exact EXP required for each level and a deep character analysis on Ace Hardlight’s hairdo

“Despite all that, this game fucking rules” 🥲 Brought a damn tear to my eye m8 I’m glad there are some who enjoyed this game even for all its faults

Deadlocked had EASILY my favorite OST of them all. Devid Bergeaud's work on this game was insane.

"Ratchet: Gladiator" as it was called in the UK was easily one of my favourites because I really enjoyed the combat gameplay loop, the weapons mods are insanely fun. and the sound design is top notch. Also has my favourite ost of any of the games, and the cutscenes are still enjoyable even after dozens of playthroughs.

"...Maybe it means Ratchet gets cancer one day, but, uh...we'll get there when we get there, I guess." Can't wait for the Retrospective on Ratchet & Clank: Going Chemo

A quick correction: Torval is not Ace Hardlight's homeworld, it's just the site of a toy factory where they made Ace action figures. The game's strategy guide actually included a backstory for Ace that clarified that his homeworld was accidentally destroyed by his old superhero team.

apparently merc and green got a job making burgers then retired and lived happily honestly despite their one game appearance they are amazing characters.

Hey this isn’t the 14 hour retrospective of Ratchet deadlocked...

I think Deadlocked is such a good attempt for something new, also the Exterminator difficulty is so hardcore

It really is interesting to look back and see how the Ratchet games grew with their audience and got darker over time rather than trying to just attract a younger crowd. It’s also funny how Deadlocked got darker and more mature and was compared to Halo, which over time, did the opposite and got less graphic.

Excellent analysis man! Ratchet was my favorite series growing up and I'm happy to find so many others enjoyed Deadlocked perhaps even more than the Future titles

god i remember going through this game thinking how different it was. it was nothing like the others, yet it still felt like it was exactly what R&C was at it's core. sure it was different, but that diddnt stop little me from completely leveling up all my weapons to the max rainbow level on the hardest difficulty! i'll always hold this game in my heart <3

the co-op on this game was amazing

"Yeah, that's a Red vs. Blue joke. Ask your parents about it." That one hurt. Lol