Should You Buy Ratchet & Clank Size Matters on PS4/5?! Well...

Ratchet and Clank Size Matters is, bafflingly, the first Classic Ratchet game released on current platforms. But is it as bad as I said it was? Well, let's find out.
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[LasagaMan]

The main reason why the PS2 Ratchet Games are difficult to emulate is due to the fact they use a a higher render distance and a form of mipmapping that is harder to emulate on modern hardware, Size Matters didn't do this due to being on PSP and Insomniac not working on it so it was consiterably easier to emulate.

[Dreggit]

You may not know this, but when you buy a classic, you also get all versions of the game too. By changing your console language, you will have access to that version of the game. So for example, if you change your console language to Japanese, you will get access to the Japanese version of Sly and Size Matters. Important to specify also, that if the title has PAL/NTSC swapping via emu menu, then you need to change that in the emu settings itself to access the correct version after changing the language. This is why all classics seem to have large file sizes. It's simply because they come with all versions.

So for example, for Sly, changing your language to say... French, it won't change Sly to the PAL version because it has the NTSC/PAL swapping, but it will change the Sly console icon to the PAL art. But then in the case of Ratchet, since it doesnt have that swapping in the emu menu, the game's played version is dictated by the language setting on the console

[Foas]

This re-release is fine aside from the fact that buying the skins before getting all the Titanium Bolts required for the trophies locks you out of ever getting those trophies on that save file, not sure how the hell they managed to pass certification with a bug like that but probably says a lot about the effort it takes to bring these games back lol.

[jonathansands]

Size matters got me into ratchet and clank

[AVGJ]

Secret Agent Clank on PS5 would make history.😂

[weirdotzero]

Heads up to the trophy hunters.
The trophy for getting all 20 titanium bolts only pops up if it reads 20 in the game's check. Meaning if you spent some on costumes before going for the trophy, you'll need to restart a new game from scratch.

[TheShmish.]

If anyone is planning on playing this make sure to save-state right after the boss of Kalidon, my game crashed on PS4 at the start of Metalis which causes the ingame save to be permanently unplayable as it reloads back into Kalidon without the boss so there's no way to continue back to Metalis. It's a known softlock from the original version if you quit after defeating the boss but before the next save point but an unfortunate crash time will cause it too.

[flutteranmaster]

Tip for anyone interested in the trophies, dont spend any titanium bolts for skins, if you dont have a total of 20, you will not get the trophy.

[callumrolston]

Would love if the god of war psp games get added too.

Honestly even the first two mainline gow games need a modern release

[Alex-exob]

The recent releases gives me hope that the original quadrilogy of ratchet and clank will be re-released without the bugs from the HD collection. Unfortunately, these recent re-releases also concern me due to the many weird bugs that sony doesn't bother fixing (limited directional movement which was present in sly and jak1, the titanium bolt trophy glitch, etc). Maybe someday sony will properly preserve their games...

[MoonSarito]

I can't help but find it funny how Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper and now Ratchet and Clank are gaining more and more attention and gaining games in the PS4/PS5 catalog of classics, but not God of War.

It's amazing that we now have every Jak and Daxter game from PS2 and PSP playable on both PS4 and PS5 before God of War.

[itsjustbusiness]

In conclusion, size, in fact, does not matter. Well said review! 🙏

[Tezdude]

I'll probably pick up Secret Agent Clank if it comes out for PS4/5. It's one of the few R&C games I haven't 100 percented, and having a rewind feature for that, especially for the rhythm game sections, should make things a lot easier I hope.

[nchldmn]

Secret agent clank has returned! You know what to do!

[funkychunk]

I hope that they add atleast 1 game of every staple old franchise before trying to complete a series. I espeically hope for games like Lbp or infamous

[JAYDOGA]

*Please pin this*
Just to let anyone going for the platinum know, the titanium bolt trophy is glitched, if you buy any of the skins before you get the 20th bolt you will be locked out of the trophy in that playthrough and will need to do a new one, luckily there's no 100% trophy, so you can just rush the game with only the good (relatively speaking) weapons to get the titanium bolts.

[jourdancooley]

man. i just want the og PS2 Ratchet and clank games instead of having to “cloud stream” it and it buffers every 15 mins. Was so hurt finding out size matter was the psp version but ig it gave me some hope for the future 😂😂💯

[ghrtyeje]

After seeing Otto-Destruct be a pain in your side for years and discovering the secret to beating him in your re-review, there's something oddly satisfying about you getting to use save states in an official port of the game to "Dr. Strange him" out of existence.

I whole-heartedly agree that bringing back Maverick Hunter X would be awesome! Instant purchase from me!

[calvinmatthews]

It's insane that most of the people behind Size Matters were also the original team who made Ratchet & Clank (2002)! Also, I really want Tales of Eternia to release emulated on PS4/5. Been too long since America got a 2-D Tales game released.

[perceptionist]

Hope to see, „Should you buy Sly2 on the PS4/PS5“ soon.