Johnny vs. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

“She’s here to stay judging by the ending” “*Editor’s Note* *Tom laughing*” got me laughing 😂

If it means anything, Johnny, one of All-4-One's alternate names was "Bros before Foes" and Into the Nexus also had the alternate name of "Into the Nether Regions". Sony probably cracked down on the main-line Ratchet game names after they did so well on the PS2, and didn't want to upset parents buying the games for their younger children.

i love how johnny is tackling this from the perspective of a first time player who knows nothing about the franchise. it's really cool seeing him fall in love with the series in real-time

I say this all the time, but one time at a panel, somebody asked James Arnold Taylor how he got the role of Ratchet, and he said that Mikey Kelley knew they were going to recast him, so he told James that he should audition to be the new voice, and put in a good word for him to the casting director. The two are still close friends to this day.

Into the Nexus was originally supposed to be called “into the netherregions” and All4One had multiple names which were rejected. 4Play, Bros b4 foes, Multiple organisms and Fiends with benefits are the ones I can remember.

In terms of the Qwark reveal at the end, he was shoehorned in at the last minute by the writers because they missed him and really wanted to put him in the game somehow. Fizz Widget was supposed to be the main Antagonist until some of the rewrites which explains the muddled and unfocused plot.

The Golden Bolt did great documentaries on each of the Ratchet games and their development - the reason the story feels so thin and unfocused was due to both rushed development and Insomniac realizing too late "Oh shit, maybe we should have hired some dedicated writers". They addressed the latter in the third game, which has one of the strongest plots and villains, so I'm excited to see how you respond to it.

8:44 - that line followed by the "Tom and Jerry" laugh was both gold and too real to not be painful. RIP Angela Cross, Insomniac's biggest thorn in their side.

I love seeing Johnny go back and take a look at older games franchises that had their time in the light back in the day. It’s always nice to see the opinion of someone who didn’t grow up with these games, and how they hold up to them. :)

2:11 All 4 One WAS originally called 4-Play (with earlier working titles being Bros Before Foes, Multiple Organisms and Friends with Benefits, out of apparently over 100 possible names) and Nexus was originally called Into the Nether Regions. So...

22:34 No one tell Johnny that according to devs, that boss had more health before focus testing.

also I always took Quark's butchering of the words he was spewing as a way of trying to sound smart and all important while disguised as Fizzwidget, so he just makes up smart sounding words to play up his disguise and none-the-wiser viewers can probably take it as he's this bumbling old CEO who's a bit on the cuckoo side that's how I took it anyway

Fun fact Tony Garcia (the guy that got the first snow beast award), made the entire level in 3 days.

From what I understand, the devs said "wouldn't it be funny if Quark was the bad guy?" and then actually did it, which is why it's only in the last 10 minutes

8:51 even the editor is laughing at this statement, she never appears again for the rest of the series

Something to note going forward in the series: simply tapping the triangle button will allow you to cycle through the last few weapons/gadgets equipped without having to open up the quick select. I hope this helps.

Johnny's Energy over time has evolved from knowledgeable school/neighborhood friend that knows cool stuff about games and introduces you to games you've maybe never heard of, to awesome older brother that you look up to and love watching play games, and now to amazingly fun uncle that you look forward to coming around (maybe at a family gathering, maybe he calls just to hangout with you) so that you can talk/play/watch video games and cartoons and comics and anime with because, even though he's gotten older and more responsibilities, he's never lost his passion for any of it!

The ending of this game definitely caught me off gaurd I said there’s no way😂

4:32 this is because for the first two games they didn't have a writer until Up Your Arsenal where they start adding lore and background stories for some of the character.

I loved Johnny's face when he saw how the guns upgraded into powerful forms.