Ratchet & Clank

When Insomniac produced a game intended to rival Naughty Dog's Jak and Daxter, they had no idea that 2002's Ratchet & Clank would eventually outstrip the competition in popularity. Built on the same engine, the two titles have a similar feeling in gameplay, and even possess much of the same tongue-in-cheek humor, but the astounding arsenal of weapons caught public interest, from the sheer silliness of the Morph-o-Ray to the overpowering destruction of the R.Y.N.O. (Rip Ya a New One), and planted the seeds of desire for further comic destruction in the future.

Fresh from the factory, a tiny robot stumbles over plans of galactic destruction and runs off to enlist the help of the biggest superhero around, Captain Qwark. Instead, he finds Ratchet: a self-centered Lombax handy with a wrench and eager to get away from his home planet. The newly-dubbed Clank is willing to take whatever help he can find, so the two of them join up in order to find Qwark and stop Chairman Drek of the Blarg from destroying planets while building a new one to replace his own polluted world.

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Ratchet and Clank
Qwarktastic!
Chairman Drek
The Morph-o-Ray in action, making chicken dinners fun
Sometimes, you just need a decoy
Gameplay that runs you right up the wall
Opening movies