Cringe af

Yeah, it was the peak of game aesthetics.

>>12425113
> shadow
Great game, the level design managed to be even more surreal than the other games in the series. I didn't like how the weapons were implemented.
> Jax and Clank
Fine games, I never liked the kiddy aesthetic of Jax and Clank, especially Clank, who always had a more adult tone. The problem with Clank and Jax is a mishmash of ideas that need a complete overhaul. With Jax being more serious and Clank being more satirical, make it more overt. Now it's just cute.

It was my childhood, so yes

It was trying too hard in retrospect

It was my manchildhood, so yes

>>12425113
Everything after Jak 1 was pretty shit. Not just the tone change. Haven City is such an awful hub world, just to connect a bunch of tiny ass levels together. No idea if 3 dropped that and went with a larger interconnected world like the first game. The 2nd game sickened me so much i just didn't want to keep playing it.

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>>12425113
If you're a zoomer it's edgy and cool compared to modern shit

If you're a millennial, it didn't come off as edgy but a watered down version of it for babys. Much like comparing Marilyn Manson and Slipknot to teen zoomer "edgy" music like Juiced World and Lil Peep, it just is a much lamer thing

Sega spammer

>>12425321
Those were supposed to be edgy?

>>12425113
It's cringe, but it's honest cringe, it had soul

>>12427085
Was Shadow really honest? It was Japan trying to give American children what they wanted, while the other two were the Americans themselves embracing the zeitgeist
That said, even Japan had more "angst" and "edge" to them in this period too. I honestly prefer a little bit of grit and anger, shit feels creepy and brainwashy when it's too saccharine. I'm not saying I'm against Mario or Kirby, in fact it's really hard to get my point across.

>>12425145
It's peak soul. Irony poisoned faggots like you are responsible for shitting up culture. Have fun with your gay self aware Marvel slop.

The 2000s were better. WW3 better come.

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>>12425145
You can go to Hell

>>12425113
>PS2
Back then I was playing GTA 3 and edgy games like Manhunt. I only played platformers when the N64 was relevant.

>>12425113
Its funny how Ratchet and Clank: DEADLOCKED YOURE DEAD KILL KILL is sandwiched between 3 games with suggestive and childish double entendre subtitles like going commando and size matters. It really is a black sheep.

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>>12425113

Ratched Deadlocked is one of my favorite PS2 games. Never understood why it was disliked.

>>12428834
sequel which feels more like a spinoff that focuses on repetitive samey arena challenges

>>12425321
The 2000s edginess in those games just felt like watered down 90s edginess

>>12428846
Repetitive how?
Combat is very engaging and only gets better with harder difficulties.
I understand about it being more as a spinoff though. It's really different from this first games.