History YMMV / RatchetAndClank

*** This troper managed to get [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRlAETOIRbk all the Moonstones in one attempt, without dying and only getting hit once.]] [[SanitySlippage It nearly destroyed his sanity.]]

** The Heavy Bouncer in ''Going Commando'' does massive damage when it hits an enemy, splits into a bajillion smaller parts on contact, all of which do ''equally'' massive damage, and has an absurdly large ammo clip for a weapon that powerful (25) that's replenished by 4 per ammo crate (not to mention that buying the ammo is dirt cheap). It's so bad that the final boss can be downed easily with just a few shots from this gun, and it's BrutalBonusLevel, the Impossible Challenge, becomes a cakewalk with it. The ammo issue was nerfed in its return in ''Up Your Arsenal'', but the weapon itself is just as powerful, if not even more so. Watch in awe as one shot clears an entire room of mooks in a matter of seconds!

* JokeItem: Though unintentionally so, most of the recurring ''Ratchet & Clank'' weapons in ''Going Commando'' certainly qualify, if only for the fact that they're ''so freaking useless''. It seems that Insomniac forgot to scale their power with the new weapons', so what you've basically got is a Visibomb Gun, a weapon that could take out almost any non-boss in a single hit in the first game, that takes at least two shots to down a medium-powered {{Mook}} in the second game. As a result, the only returning weapon that has any use at all is the Decoy Glove, since it's the only one that was never intended to be used offensively in the first place. ''Up Your Arsenal'' does a much better job with weapons returning from ''Going Commando'' by not only properly scaling the weapons' starting power but also allowing them to level up just as effectively as the new weapons.

* ThatOneSidequest: In ''Going Commando'' there were two huge open areas where, for OneHundredPercentCompletion and bolts, you had to collect a vast number of crystals scattered across the map. They [initially] don't show up on your in-game map, you're constantly being attacked by infinitely-spawning enemies, and scouring every square inch of the map looking for that last crystal you require is not fun... especially the Grelbin icefield, where you're facing the ridiculously-tough [[DemonicSpiders Y.E.T.I.s]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhDmtzsNNEc Wupash Nebula]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4EcaCPGa8 Thug Rendezvous]].

** The Y.E.T.I.s from the Planet Grelbin; they pop out of nowhere, come in masses the slaughter you and ridiculously tough with any weapon you try to kill them with. Oh and they take off a bunch of HP from swiping at you.

** The Y.E.T.I.s from the Planet Grelbin; they pop out of nowhere, come in the masses the slaughter you and ridiculously tough with any weapon. Oh and they take off a bunch of HP from swiping at you.

* NightmareFuel: ''In Size Matters'', Ratchet's [[spoiler:drugged out sequence. The chainsaws and Ratchet's occasional desperate wailing don't help]].
** YourMileageMayVary, but most of the villain's schemes can be seen as NightmareFuel if you look past the humorous nature of the games:
*** ''Ratchet & Clank'' featured Drek ravaging and tearing apart numerous planets to use their resources to construct his own world - which he then plans on polluting so that he can do this all over again.
*** ''Going Commando'' involves the Protopet - a genetically-engineered "perfect pet" for children that is actually incredibly violent and attacks anyone on sight. You visit a city that is literally overwhelmed by them, and see numerous [robot] citizens being destroyed. The fact that they can multiply very quickly does not help...
*** ''Up Your Arsenal'' has Dr. Nefarious seeking to turn the entire populace of the galaxy into robots via a doomsday device. But it goes beyond that - Nefarious and his allies essentially see their plot as a genocide of all organic lifeforms.
*** ''Deadlocked'' sees heroes abducted and forced to compete in a reality TV show called Dread Zone where they are forced to compete against impossible odds. The producers and hosts of the show want as many contestants to die as possible, and if a hero refuses to compete, or tries to escape, then their permanently-affixed Deadlock collar EXPLODES.
*** ''Size Matters'' has the Technomites - a vast, microscopic race that is responsible for the development and operation of ''almost all technology in the known universe'' turning against the galaxy. The fact that the enemy is invisible to the naked eye and yet potentially controls every piece of machinery in existence would've allowed the Technomites to be a far more dangerous threat, if that'd been their plan.
*** ''A Crack in Time'' has [[spoiler: General Azimuth, whose mad determination to undo his past mistakes and risk ''shattering the fabric of time and space'' can be quite horrific after seeing him as a hero for most of the game up until that point]].

---> '''Clank''': I believe there has been a misunderstanding. Secret Agent Clank is merely a fictional character I play on the holo...
---> '''Nefarious''': LIES! SQUISHY LIIIIIIIEEEEE...*jams*

*** ''Ratchet & Clank''' featured Drek ravaging and tearing apart numerous planets to use their resources to construct his own world - which he then plans on polluting so that he can do this all over again.