Nezumi
Squeak Squad, go!
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#3: May 8th 2011 at 6:03:10 PM
I think Ratchet and Clank's child friendly style makes it a Crapsaccharine World instead.
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I posted this over at World Half Full Discussion after it was deleted yet again, as it "Objectively does not meet the standards of the Crapsack World" trope... but I've noticed that sometimes things at the discussion pages for tropes, especially relatively low-traffic tropes, often get ignored for quite a while, so I decided to bring it up here.
Could someone please explain to me how Ratchet And Clank objectively doesn't meet the definition of Crapsack World as provided on that trope's page? I admit I've only played part of the first game... but I can't find a spot there where it doesn't match up. Its universe is a pretty awful place where the greedy and wicked thrive, senseless violence is the order of the day, and it's only begun to get better because of the title duo's actions, pruning off the wickedness. There may be something I'm missing, but the only explanation I've ever heard is that it was "Comedic" or "Played for Laughs"... which is allowed for in the trope. There are other comedic examples of Crapsack World that are untouched, as well, like Destroy All Humans or Overlord. I'm tempted to reinstate it, but maybe I am in the wrong here... and even if I'm not, we need to do something or it will just end up an Edit War.