Secret Agent Clank review

Meh

by BloodScorchedSun

Another sad entry into the Ratchet and Clank spinoff list. First off, this plays a lot better than Size Matters. There was a lot of good lessons learned that I noticed playing this fairly soon after the other. Unfortunately things like spongy enemies remain, though not as bad. The story isn't the best but I actual do like the James Bond theme. There is a good variety of mini game type stuff and that's all good and dandy until you see the run time. Some of these mini games take about as long as the traditional Clank level and you'll be begging for it to be over. The biggest offender is the rhythm games. Absolutely god awful. The timing is way off and they take upwards of 20 mins some times. I could forgive it if you just didn't score as many points but you take damage on errors meaning too many strikes and you have to do the entire level over. Even on PSN with the Rewind feature this was a giant pain in the ass. To put the cherry on top, whatever asshat at Sony decided to include a trophy for the platinum that requires you to flawlessly finish one of the rhythm sections but that is a failing of Sony not the original developer. Overall it's just not worth playing in my opinion.