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I replayed the original PS2 trilogy before playing this and I have to say I disagree strongly on the gunplay being worse. Don't get me wrong, UYA still holds up pretty well for the most part, but Rift Apart is just a tier above. The controls are smoother and I think the gun balance is much better too. Aside from the pistol I don't think any of the guns are trash and most of them feel strong (except maybe the Ricochet which is just ok). Nothing totally busted though which I can see people missing because the PS2 games tended to have weapons that just completely trashed enemies. And I think Ratchet and Rivet having identical gameplay is actually a good call, because when the core is so strong I don't really want each character to have some gimmick that gets in the way of it.

I do agree that the writing and story is just okay. Certainly nothing approaching UYA on that front, and the series has definitely lost its edge in favor of something more family-friendly. I do like some of the themes they went for but it does feel smoothed over, and unlike the past games I think the plot tends to get in the way of having fun character dynamics. At some points I feel like the game doesn't even know what to do with Ratchet, as most of his old personality has been offloaded onto Rivet.

I don't think it was good as the near-perfect critical consensus made it out to be but it was pretty damn good just off the merits of being a blast to play, which I think contributed a lot to the scores. It's just fun as hell.

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