When I see people discussing the PS2 Ratchet and Clank games, most of the time it feels like they either ignore Deadlocked or straight up act as if it doesn’t exist.
I’m currently playing all the R&C PS2 games for a You tube video, and I’m halfway through Deadlocked. While it does feel like a spin-off with Clank not being present during gameplay or the title, the story and humor feeling like background elements, I honestly think this is the most polished shooting gameplay of R&C on PS2 has ever felt (and the platforming element being pretty much non-existent).
I think Deadlocked is an Ok entry. Best gunplay of the ps2 era and the mod system is the best in the series. The writing is pretty neck and neck with the first 3 as well. But, it’s a pretty drab game, the environments being mostly drab and barren makes sense in the universe of Deadlocked, but it doesn’t make the mostly green and brown levels much more interesting.
Let me here your thoughts on it
Honestly the access to deadlock might be the main reason why no one talks about it. Emulating it is a pain on ps3 same with the version of it that was available on psn from what I recall. Don’t know how it plays on computer nowadays though. I’m not sure if you’re using original hardware or not.
Always felt story wise the first 3 were solid, always wanted to get into the future series but lost interest. I had hoped to finish deadlock before jumping into the ps3 games but just kept getting stuck with graphical issues.