Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
A 3D platform video game and the third installment in the Ratchet & Clank series. The gameplay is similar to previous games in the series but introduces new features such as a new control system and more…
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is an adventure developed by Insomniac Games, released 2 November 2004 on PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 15 hrs to finish.
What Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is an adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and released in 2004. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The third-installment invades the online universe with new, explosive weapons and unique gadgets that are out of this constellation. Ratchet and Clank return to planet Veldin, (the setting of the original Ratchet & Clank) where they’ve been called upon by the president of the galaxy to stop Dr. Nefarious as he plots to exterminate all organic life. Together with the Q-Force and Captain Qwark, Ratchet and Clank set off on another intergalactic quest to uncover the schemes of the sinister Dr. Nefarious and save the galaxy again!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Ratchet & Clank series
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal is the third of 32 entries we hold in the Ratchet & Clank series. It arrived 12 months after Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando. The next entry was Ratchet: Deadlocked in 2005. Its critic score of 80 is 4 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction at 92.
How it was received
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 202 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 15 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 30.5 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal launched on 2 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and World of Warcraft. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, World of Warcraft.
Cheats and codes
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