Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time: Difference between revisions

 

Dr. Nefarious returns to take control of the Great Clock, a "marvel of science and sorcery" that regulates time throughout the universe, and is located in the exact center of the universe... give or take fifty feet. As in ''[[Secret Agent Clank]]'', the duo spends most of the game separated, trying to reunite and stop Nefarious, while they both learn the truth about their respective pasts.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: {{spoiler|General Azimuth, who risks destroying the universe in an attempt to bring back the Lombaxes using the Clock.}}

* [[Apocalypse How]]: {{spoiler|The initially harmless-seeming Fongoids}} caused a Class X-3 in the backstory, destroying 83 star systems. Dr. Nefarious' plan to misuse the Great Clock for his own benefit would instead have caused a Class X-4. {{spoiler|General Azimuth very nearly DID cause one.}}

** Arguably, the entire game's art style is one. Compared to ToD, it looks a lot more cell-shaded and cartoony.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: The Groovitrons and Mr Zurkon, both just 'combat devices' in Tools, become fully fledged, upgradable weapons in this game. Given that both were major [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]s, this comes as no surprise.

* [[Bag of Sharing]]: {{spoiler|While wandering the Great Clock, Clank can destroy boxes and repair things to earn bolts. That Ratchet can use to buy things.}}

* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: [[Eldritch Abomination|Fred's]] hobbies are listed as moonlight strolls along the beach, reading, and mauling unsuspecting enemies with brutal efficiency.

* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: "So much for clean underwear."

* [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!]]: Captain Qwark.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Orvus. Guy saved the universe and created Clank. Loves [[Incredibly Lame Pun|puns]]. Also perhaps the most quotable character in the entire series.

* [[Cosmic Keystone]]: The Great Clock.

* [[Developer's Room]]: The Insomniac Moon, unlocked by collecting all 40 Zoni and {{spoiler|defeating [[Bonus Boss|Lord Vorselon]] for the final time}}. Filled with [[Dummied Out]] content.

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Cassiopeia. Though [[Servile Snarker|Lawrence]] has another theory on why she disappeared...

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: Orvus is prone to this.

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: The Agorians. Though they're actually [[Genre Savvy]] enough to recognise this and hire another race (see [[My Brain Is Big]] below) to do the thinking for them.

* [[Dying Moment of Awesome|Dying Moment]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|of Funny]]: {{spoiler|Nefarious.}} {{color|white|Even if he isn't really dead.}}

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Rift Ripper 5000 summons one of these. It's called [[Fluffy the Terrible|Fred]]...

* [[Empty Room Until the Trap]]: Lampshaded. After going through two of these in the Valkyrie Citadel, Ratchet is not surprised by the third.

'''Ratchet:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Yeah, I know, another death trap.]] }}

* [[Eternal Engine]]: The Great Clock.

** Arguably, {{spoiler|Ratchet falling at the Great Clock}} could be considered an echo of the same thing happening on Planet Reepor in ''Tools of Destruction'', OR {{spoiler|the aforementioned "mid-air rescue" of Clank at the Valkyries' base}}.

* [[Just Between You and Me]]: Hilariously played with in the trailer:

'''Ratchet''': Well... now we know what he went with... }}

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: This game features an impressive deathcount of important characters: {{spoiler|Clank's father Orvus, Alister Azimuth, Lord Vorselon, Cassiopeia, Carina and Libra, Pollyx, and even Ratchet.}}

* [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics]]:

'''Qwark:''' You're welcome. }}

* [[Lying Creator]]: Dr. Nefarious used to be in the [[Killed Off for Real]] entry, even had [[Word of God]] backing it up. But that was until the first preview pages of the Canon sequel comic came out... and now he's a playable character in the next game, too.

** Since this would mean {{spoiler|allowing every evil plan ever foiled by the heroes to succeed, from Chairman Drek onward}}, logically, {{spoiler|General Azimuth's plan}} would have caused this too, since it would have {{spoiler|prevented Ratchet from ever meeting Clank}}.

* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: {{spoiler|Azimuth's pocket watch becomes one after his [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}. The hoverboots Azimuth gives Ratchet were originally Kaden's.

** Made even more ridiculous by the [[Infinity+1 Sword|RYNO V]], which (in V1) has 1500 ammo and goes through it in around ''one minute''. It also plays the 1812 Overture whenever fired.

* [[My Brain Is Big]]: Terachnoids. Loading screen trivia implies that they actually house ''multiple'' brains in their massive skulls, as the smartest was born with seven and a half.

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Azimuth figures out that Ratchet's a real Lombax instead of a holo-guised assassin due to his striking resemblance to his father, Kaden.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]].

* [[Too Many Halves]]: In one of his many boasts, Qwark explains to Ratchet that "being a hero is 45% strength, 60% bravery and 10% raw intelligence". Ratchet doesn't fail to lampshade that something doesn't add up.

* [[2-D Space]]: Played straight to a ridiculous degree when there are force fields in a narrow ring around a planet that you can't get by without disabling.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|General Azimuth after his [[Face Heel Turn]].}}

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: The game fails to resolve several plotlines that ''Tools of Destruction'' left hanging. The upcoming comic series may resolve them yet, though.

** At the end of ''Tools of Destruction'', Tachyon yells at Ratchet that he is the only one who knows Ratchet's true purpose in Polaris and his true name. This is brought up in the final cutscene where Clank confirms that he detected no lie in Tachyon's voice. Despite this, this ends up never being referenced again, and Azimuth's account makes it sound like Ratchet being left behind was just a mistake.

*** [[Unreliable Narrator|That]] ''[[Unreliable Narrator|is]]'' [[Through the Eyes of Madness|Azimuth, though...]]

 

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