History YMMV / RatchetAndClank

** Whether or not the series shifitng its focus away from satire to dramaedy was for the better or not. Supporters love the addtions to lore and character develoment and feel that the satire well was begging to dry. Detractors however find the stories of the [=PS3=] games onward to be Narm-filled and betrays the series' core becoming the kind of franchise earlier games mocked.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The first game, while still well loved, tends to suffer from this. While it was a groundbreaking platformer for it's day, its graphics are really showing their age now, and the substantial amount of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness compared to the numerous sequels almost make it feel like a game from a completely different series.

* Mainline games:
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClank2002''
*** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClank2016''
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal''
** ''YMMV/RatchetDeadlocked''
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction''
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankFutureQuestForBooty''
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime''
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus''
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankRiftApart''

* Spin-off games:
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankGoingMobile''
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters''
** ''YMMV/SecretAgentClank''

** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankAll4One''
** ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankFullFrontalAssault''

* {{Sequelitis}}: Most games actually have positive reception among fans and critics, but ''Size Matters'' is often considered to be the worst game of the franchise for it's lackluster story and being developed by [[Creator/HighImpactGames a different studio.]] ''All 4 One'' and ''Full Frontal Assault'' are also viewed less favorly because of their multiplayer-orineted style and, in the latter's case, [[TotallyRadical trying to be "hip and modern"]]. ''Into the Nexus'' was an improvement, but still unliked for [[ItsShortSoItSucks being too short]].

* {{Sequelitis}}: Most games actually have positive reception among fans and critics, but ''Size Matters'' is often considered to be the worst game of the franchise for it's NarmCharm and being developed by [[Creator/HighImpactGames a different studio.]] ''All 4 One'' and ''Full Frontal Assault'' are also viewed less favorly because of their multiplayer-orineted style and, in the latter's case, [[TotallyRadical trying to be "hip and modern"]]. ''Into the Nexus'' was an improvement, but still unliked for [[ItsShortSoItSucks being too short]].

** Drek from the first game. Although he's a CorruptCorporateExecutive and an all around scumbag, the fact he proves to be a legitimately threatening and competent villain (with a [[ThatOneBoss challenge boss fight]] to boot) has made him one of the franchise's most fondly remembered villains. His more bumbling take in the 2016 reboot was a [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks sore spot]] for many fans.

* TheScrappy:
** Helga may count. She is mostly saying she can do better than Ratchet on fitness courses, though we don't see her do anything but yap all the time.
** Ratchet himself was this in the first game, due to his massive {{Jerkass}} personality, and his cruel treatment towards Clank, who was only being nice to him. By the game's end he learns the error of his ways, and is much less abrasive in future games.
** The villains of ''Size Matters'', [[spoiler:Otto Destruct and Luna]], are considered forgettable villains. The former is a narmy rehash of Chairman Drek with some elements of Gleeman Vox, and the latter is infamous for being ThatOneBoss and a PlotTwist gone wrong.
** The Y.E.T.I.s from ''Going Commando'', due to having enough health that even a lot of the strongest guns in the game take a while to kill them, being absurdly strong, and spawning constantly. Even the developer, Insomniac, admitted they were one of the worst elements of the game, and give a "[[MedalOfDishonor Snowbeast Award]]" named after the creature to the person who made the worst feature of a game after release.

*** The initial teaser trailer for the movie officially inverts this as Ratchet mentions that "kids" would be watching.

* [[GaidenGame Spin-off games]]:

* Spin-off games:

** ''YMMV/RatchetDeadlocked

** ''YMMV/RatchetDeadlocked''

* ArchivePanic: So far, there are thirteen console games, which include a remake, two GaidenGames, and two multiplayer-based spin-offs. Even if one chooses to exclude those, that still leaves eight games to play. And that's not even getting into the movie and the comic series. Basically, someone who wants to get into the series will have their work cut out for them.

* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClank2002''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal''
* ''YMMV/RatchetDeadlocked''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankGoingMobile''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters''
* ''YMMV/SecretAgentClank''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankAll4One''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankFullFrontalAssault''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClank2016''
* ''YMMV/RatchetAndClankRiftApart''

!!Other games

** ''Up Your Arsenal'' has also vid-comics and five time-related skill points, one for speedrunning each. The first ones aren't ''that'' hard, but the limit for the last one is so tight it you might want to use a [[BalefulPolymorph Quack-O-Ray]] on whoever set the time requirement on it.

** The series' slide towards the LighterAndSofter and DenserAndWackier, eventually culminating in WereStillRelevantDammit. As early as the second game (''Going Commando''), Ratchet had gone from a brash headstrong teenager to a professional and well-meaning gun-for-hire well on his way to becoming a ScienceHero, while as early as the third game (''Up Your Arsenal'') the game's themes of consumerism and corporate cynism were being replaced by a TuxedoAndMartini plot involving a classical MadScientist, and ''A Crack in Time'' had alien races explicitly [[note]]according to [[WordOfGod a video in the Insomniac Museum]][[/note]] based off high school cliques. The thing is... Ratchet's new character in ''GC'' felt like a natural extension of his CharacterDevelopment, ''UYA''[='s=] villain became an EnsembleDarkhorse with fans and creators alike, and ''[=ACiT=]'' is often considered a high point for the franchise on the basis of its story (and when it's not, ''UYA'' or ''GC'' often are, in its stead). In short, the problems that eventually manifested as {{Sequelitis}} were not only present and not considered problems, but [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools actively applauded]] in the earlier games, and only started irritating fans later once the games started running out of steam.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Most games actually have positive reception among fans and critics, but ''Size Matters'' is often considered to be the worst game of the franchise for it's NarmCharm and being developed by [[Creator/HighImpactGames a different studio.]] ''All 4 One'' and ''Full Frontal Assault'' are also viewed less favorly because of their multiplayer-orineted style and, in the latter's case, [[WereStillRelevantDammit trying to be "hip and modern"]]. ''Into the Nexus'' was an improvement, but still unliked for [[ItsShortSoItSucks being too short]].

* NoRomanticResolution: Arguably with every main female character in the series - Ratchet and Clank are both shown to have numerous love interests who vanish between games and are almost never brought up following titles afterwards. Not only are several of these characters beloved in their own right, but some characters - such as Angela - should have had a larger stake in the plot