Ratchet: Deadlocked

"Ratchet: Deadlock. Is it keeping up it's action packed goodness?"

Ratchet Deadlock, to me is one of the best series ever created by Sony. This is simply because its ACTION PACKED, with tons of weapons and upgrades. When most people play the game they just beat it and toss it aside. For most people this game is proving how high you can go, and Ratchet games are the best for that. You can challenge yourself in collecting as many bolts as possible OR how many upgrades you can get, how many skill points you can own, stuff along that line.

Storyline:
For this I'd say around 8. Meh, don't hate me for it, just saying that in the older games. The older ones were more, first hand on the planet, explore where ever you wanted type thing, and more weapons. Now it's just on a select a mission and complete it type thing. Not that's BAD to do that, it just seems like they headed for one of those area type battles. Wait, that's basically what this game's about. Ok, so back to this story line. Ratchet and Clank, along with Al, find themselves kidnapped by a "criminal" working on destroying other heroes. So Ratchet gets a new battle suit and gets assigned 2 bots. Basically you work your way up the ranks, battling bosses and what not, and BAM you beat it. In between all that you collect bots to upgrade your weapons and bots. NOW the game may seem easy since I put it that way, but that's only on "couch potato" mode. There are also harder settings, so get out there and TEST YOURSELF. SAVE THOSE HEROES.

Graphics:
I'd say for graphs they would get a 10, this simply because from previous games, they've been upgrading on those, and if you look back, these are a bit more realistic than the original "Ratchet and Clank". Now I'm not saying the classic was down right horrible, look at the score. The weapons rock, the upgrades give it that extra, BANG. The backgrounds are realistic from the games style. Overall I think to understand and grip the best of the graphics, you should just play it, nothings ever good just hearing about it, or in a picture form.

Single player:
10, 10! Single defiantly deserves a 10! Single player is action packed and ready for action, with two of your fellow robots, working your way up the ranks, gaining more weapons and saving a whole bunch of heroes, defeating enemies, and upgrading things. This is where the action packed fun is, testing your skills in different difficulty levels and what not.
Co-operative player:
I think this deserves a 8, just because I feel that in co-op it's actually a lot harder than single. In co-op you don't have the robots to turn nods, shield you, hack things, and make grind rails. Basically co-op is a more hands on; help your partner type thing. As for vehicles, you have to share them with the partner while one controls one part, and the other gets another. The ONLY downfall I could see is not having the robots. I've beaten this game plenty of times to say, IT'S A LOT BETTER, to play single player until you get the hang of the game. Once you're more advanced, or start at the LOWEST difficulty should you first start co-op.

Multiplayer:
Multiplayer gets a score of 9-10. Multiplayer is a great way for friends to get involved, plus you can also play online. Online gaming is a great way to show off your skills to people all around the world. Its fun has vehicles, weapons, turrets, and modes, basically everything that the normal version has except you're working more on a kill each other and not on mission type thing.

Weapons:
Weapons get 8-9. In my opinion they don't deserve a perfect score because in the order of the series they got more and more weapons and then drop back down? The reason they get a high score in that is because of the Weapon modes, and how many times they can juice up. The weapon modes take up some of the old weapons they never added anyways. I think the modes are actually a good idea because you can put it on any weapon you'd choose. Plus in each game there's always a super juiced up weapon.

Anyways, in my over all conclusions this is defiantly a game you should buy to START, or add to your Ratchet and Clank series. This game will keep you coming back for more and more, making you want to gain more power to dominate all you friends.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 05/11/06