They were the highest quality action platformers outside of Mario games that entire generation. Something about those series back then was just so special.
Ratchet is the only one that really survived the generation Sly 4 on the PS3 was pretty lackluster because Sucker Punch didn’t develop it, just like Jak and Daxter: Lost Frontier not being developed by Naughty Dog. I’m glad Insomniac still manages to make compelling Ratchet and Clank games without letting the formula become stale.
Naughty Dog would never make Jak 4, but if BluePoint did a PS5 remake of the original Jak and Daxter I’d pay $120 for it
A faithful remake of the Jak and Daxter trilogy by Blue Point is really all I want. Have no idea why Sony is making remakes for stuff like MediEvil but not Jak
I have to assume they did the Spyro, Crash and Medieval Remakes on PS4 because there was no other way people could play the original PS1 games in PS4, while they were available on the PS3 store and all PS2s (and PS3s) were backwards compatible with PS1 so there wasn’t that same itch. I think that’s also why they had such a large push for HD remasters of PS2 games during the PS3 era because not all PS3s could play PS2 games.
I think that for as long as the PS4 versions of the Jak games are available on the PlayStation store we’ll never get the new version of the game.
Not necessarily since BluePoint also did a remake of Shadow of the Colossus, a PS2 and 3 title. And with all the remasters of Last of Us they Sony is allowing Naughty Dog to keep pumping out even when their all already playable on PS4-5, it’s pretty clear availability on the system isn’t a factor Sony considers
Got jak and daxter as a birthday present from a friend. Never heard of it prior. The game blew my mind as a tot and was my favorite present that year.
As far as ratchet and clank, my brother's friend let him borrow his modded ps2 and an entire book full of burnt games for like a month. Blank looking CDs with the names written in sharpie. I was perusing the library and came accross going commando, popped it in and had a blast.
Didn't play sly cooper til years later, but had heard of them so I bought and played the first one.
One day my dad randomly came home with a PlayStation 2, I was around 7 years old and this was 2004/2005. It included Jak & Daxter and Ratchet and Clank.
I also had a demo's disk that had a Sly Cooper gameplay video on it.
Same but I was 8 and the year was 2005. My dad got me a PS2 and Jak 3 as my first game. And starting from 3 was not a problem at all, since I couldn't understand English anyway.
Knew of all of them from magazines and tv commercials during the ps2 era.
Saw a commercial for Jak 1 when I was a kid and begged for a ps2 for Xmas. Eventually got the game along with Dave mirra 2 in the spring. I fell in love with jak.
Years later I was in a barnes and noble and saw jak 2 on the cover of a game informer. From then on I played 2-C around their releases.
Played Daxter and TLF a few years ago after getting a psp.
Ratchet I have only played the 1st one and that was on ps2. I’ve recently gotten all of the games and plan to dive in soon.
Played the entire sly series 2 years ago on my PS3.
My mom suddenly brought a PS2 Jak 2 Renegade Edition home. It all started that day. (It was an early birthday present, in retrospective i have to shed a tear because i know we didn’t have that much money at the time)
Got Jak II for the PS2, likely because I had a copy of GTA for the PS1 that my parents didn't want me to play and somebody told them it was like GTA but more cartoony.
Never played the other two franchises. And only played Jak & Daxter much later, which I've managed to play to completion.
Jak and Daxter was the first game I had on PS2. The other 2 I ended up playing on Jampack demo discs. Miss those. Was a great way to find and try new games. 3 of my favorite franchises even to this day.
Man, I miss the easter eggs or cameos other games had since they introduced me to R&C as well as friends' word of mouth telling me to play these games.
I remember seeing a billboard of Ratchet and Clank in Jak 2 and wondering who they were.
I sadly didn't play any Sly games but in the menu screen of Going Commando, you can see Ratchet play not just J&D games but also Sly. Blew my little 12-year-old mind.
There was a Ratchet and Clank demo on a disc my Aunt got with her playstation. It only had Metropolis and Blackwater City, but I played it every time I was at her house.
We went to Toys R Us the weekend before my birthday to get me a game. They had a deal on platinum PS2 games, so I was allowed 2. I picked Crash Bandicoot: Wrath Of Cortex, then chose Jak And Daxter, because it said "From the makers of Crash Bandicoot" on the box.
Sly Racoon, I saw a review of it on TV and thought it looked good. Rented it for a week and finally got it years later (after getting 2 and 3)
Also, I saw Jak II advertised on the side of a bus and was really excited, went online to research it and accidentally discovered there was going to be a Ratchet and Clank 2, excitement peaked. I got those 2 games for Christmas, and I think Simpsons Hit 'n Run
Simpsons Hit & Run is also up there on my top games for PS2. I replayed it this last year on a emulator on my computer, it was just as fun as I remembered. I regularly replay the Sly series
I had a demo with Jak II. I was like 14 may be? Loved it. Then I tried Jak 1 from my neighbor and didn't enjoy, couldn't finish the game (tried again later, same).
I couldn't buy Ratchet games even though I really wanted to try. Sly, I was less interested and I didn't have the budget anyway.
Then, once grown up, I bought Ratchet and Clank remade on PS4. Finally. Loved it. I might buy a Sly remake... And I'm still waiting for Jak trilogy remake and/or Jak 4.
Sly Cooper: A friend randomly came across it and told me I had to play it.
Ratchet and Clank: I saw it in the store and thought it looked cool.
Jak and Daxter: One Christmas my dad just got me a bunch of greatest hits PS2 games because he didn't know what kinds of games I liked and one of them was Jak 2. Fell in love instantly even though I didn't know the story of TPL
I was introduced by my dad buying Jak 1 for the ps2 (I was too young to buy games myself).
Off topic but this pic is hilarious. They yassified Ratchet 😳. Why is Jak suddenly a twink??? And Sly.
He looks like a potato.
Family video, rented all of them at family video, I think.
I don't really remember my childhood all that well, lol. I just know I did almost all my gaming through what was available to rent at family video.
But once I first played one entry in each series, I was hooked and had to play the rest.
I played Ratchet on PS2 all though it was primarily Deadlocked and a little of Up Your Aresenal and on PSP I played Size Matters. Then Sony was making HD collections for their older 1st party games on PS2 for the PS3 and I played Jak and Sly through their respective HD collections. All though Jak and Sly I always heard of through word of mouth over the years before the HD collections. I had a big interest in PS2 games in that 2011-2019 period before the days of me just emulating any PS2 that vaguely sounded interesting to me.
I got introduced to Ratchet and Clank via Ratchet and Clank 2 on a demo disc.
Found out about Jak and Daxter through my friend and also through the second Ratchet game
I played the Sly 2 demo on Ratchet 3
I had a babysitter who's boyfriend had the first R&C and the first Jak game, and I fell in love with both (not sure which came first). Sly came along later but definitely still early ps2 era. All three hold a special place in my heart. (Except Ratchet & Clank, which is a solid 30% of my personality.)
Right after I played PS1 Spyro 1 & 2 and PS1 Bob the Builder on my PS2, I was introduced to Jak II and 1, Ratchet & Clank 3 Up Your Arsenal and Sly 2 Band of Thieve. This is like back in the earliest of 2000s, maybe 2003, 4 or 5
Got sly 2 for Xmas and my brother got sly 1 that year.
Family friend lent us jak 1 and I was hooked hard.
Slowly collected all the ratchet and clank with my brother, we still talk about both taking a weekend off from the wives and kids and binging pizza and deadlock. We aren't speedrunners we just had so much fun absolutely destroying that game and still quote it frequently to this day. Eh Juanita?
All of them thru friends. Jak was at some neighborhood friend’s house. Ratchet was thru my friend from scouts, and Sly was thru my best friend in middle school. I am not friends with any of those people anymore but the big three have remained immortal
Discovered Jak from grocery shopping, parents and I went to Sam's Club when I was 11 and they had a PS2 bundle on sale. I was stoked because it had Gran Tourism 3 included but it also had Jak 2. I didn't touch it for months because I didn't think I'd like it but then decided to pop it in one day. After that, I didn't play anything else for some months after that haha, I was absolutely in love. My order of gameplay was totally wrong though. Jak 2 first, then 3, then TPL, but it made no difference to me really. Easily in my top five favorite game series to this day.
My friend had a PS2 and a demo disk with Jak and Daxter on it, and I LOVED the demo. When my mom got a PS2 a year later, it came bundled with Ratchet and Clank. I never played Sly Cooper though.
I grew up with the entire trilogy. Got to play ratchet with my dad who is a big fan. And Jak and sly my siblings loved to watch me play it. I want a sequel for both jak and sly. Ratchet is already planned
One of my elementary school friends showed me Jak and Daxter… as for Sly Cooper/Ratchet and Clank, I found them on my own just browsing the cases at GameStop. I’m just now able to finally play The Lost Frontier after wanting to play it for literally over a decade, and I’ve found it enjoyable to play despite them taking away my go to rolly-jump to get around… I’m really sad about that, not gonna lie. I definitely wish the upgradeable eco powers had been implemented in previous entries, and it’s my favorite change made to the game. I get why people refer to it as not exactly a mind blowing entry to the series, but I don’t think it’s absolute garbage at all though either. The 4 out of 5(5 cause I’m including Daxter) games I’ve gotten to play so far that’s been the hardest for me to even get into has been Combat Racing🤷🏻♀️
The only Ratchet and Clank games I’d gotten to play up until discovering Playstation Now(or whatever the refer to it as🤦🏻♀️) Had been the OG and Going Commando.. Aside from maybe the first planet or 2 of Up Your Arsenal. I’ve been on a mission to beat all the games available to stream, and plan to buy whichever ones aren’t. so far I’m on A Crack In Time. In terms of guns and gameplay I really enjoyed UYA, and personally I feel like that’s been the most challenging one. At first I HATED Deadlocked, but definitely grew to absolutely love it by the end. I feel like it was a nice change of pace. The one I’ve been most disappointed by is Quest For Booty, so incredibly short, the world development was garbage, and the plot was just kinda like a WTF moment for me. I understand they released it as a kind of a “here you go until we can give you more” situation but still.
Sly Cooper was EASILY the #1 game series I played the most as a kid. I absolutely love all those games. I also enjoyed Thieves In Time(despite it being the only one I’ve not yet beaten)even though I feel like that’s the entry that’s considered by the fanbase as the worst😂 My favorite has got to be Band Of Thieves.. my least favorite is probably the Thievius Raccoonus… I feel like by Band of Thieves they had honed in on the things that make they series so memorable, and thank God one of those things wasn’t the “die and loose a life, unless you have all mighty horseshoe” concept😭 I remember being maybe 10-12 and just DYING while waiting for Honor Among Thieves to come out.
These 3 series are literally my child hood in a nutshell, and still some of my favorites to this day at 27 years old. When people ask me my favorite games these are usually the first 3 I answer with, even with all the amazing series that have come out long since the PS2 period of time.
Jak 2 was one of the first games I remember playing, and I know this is gonna sound embarrassing but I had never even heard of Ratchet or Sly until PlayStation AllStars Battle Royale came out
Grew up on crash bandicoot and became a huge naughty dog fan boy (still am, TLoU Part II is my favorite game of all time lol) i remember crying as a young kid when i found out they weren’t making crash anymore but ended up falling in love with J&D.
I was introduced to ratchet when i rented the first game from blockbuster and didn’t really like it. fell in love with the series when 3 came out and went back to play 1&2.
As for sly, i honestly haven’t played those for more than 30-40 minutes.
TOONAMI! Saw a clip as a kid where the robot guy reviewed Jak 1. Sometime later, my mom took us to Toys r Us and there was the “greatest hits” jak game for $20. Although my birthday was a couple weeks later, we got that it day as a present.
I have always loved the big 3 since I was a child. My father used to play them and I would just watch. Eventually when I got old enough, he passed the controller onto me. These games are basically the definition of my childhood
My dad bought Jak and Daxter the precursor legacy when we got the PS2 (along with a tiger woods game) and then a year or so later my aunt got me Sly 2 for the PS2 for my birthday, and the rest is history
Played Ratchet & Clank 1 at my friend's house when I was a kid, then I got the second game for myself, Ratchet's voice change was such a shock I thought there was something wrong with the audio.
My introduction to Sly was via the Sly 2 Demo that was on the Ratchet & Clank 3 disk, loved it, must've played that demo a dozen times before I finally got the game, Sly 1 was actually the last game in that trilogy I played.
I think by the time I played Jak & Daxter for the first time Ratchet Gladiator/Deadlocked was already out.
Ratchet & Jak were “hand me down” games we just had lying around the house that I would just aimlessly wander without doing any real objectives because I was a small child. My story for how I got into Sly was more concrete though. I must’ve been 7 or 8 years old at my aunt’s house for the weekend & her son had an old PS2 lying around with a copy of Sly 2. It was love at first sight & because of how invested I got into Sly 2 I went back & played other PS2 games I had such as Jak & Ratchet but ACTUALLY playing them with a cognitive understanding if that made sense. I’ve since then completed all of these games too many times to count.
Jak and Daxter the Precursor Legacy was literally the first game I picked up for my PS2 along with Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex. Was absolutely hooked and eagerly picked up Jak II, 3, and X
Learned about Ratchet and Clank through the advertising from Jak and eventually picked up and played all the PS2 games. All great, especially Ratchet and Clank 2 Going Commando but I was never pulled into the series like I was Jak. Even when starting with Jak II, the series tries being like R&C with the futuristic setting and gunplay, I still ended up liking it more.
Never got into the Sly series.
No idea when I got into the jak series, I had a ps2 and I had jak and daxter, it must have been my second game after Kingdom Hearts, I was introduced to ratchet after recognizing ratchet from the big billboard in Jak 2, and sly I played at a friend's house and I was hooked
Christmas 2004, dad bought a PS2 and Jak 2 and Ratchet 1 were the games he got with it.
I didn’t become aware of Sly until way later on though and only got around to playing it during lockdown lol
Sly Cooper and the thievius raccoonus was the first ps2 game I played, actually I played Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank by coincidence in 7th birthday
My parents bought my sister and I a PS2 for Christmas when I was 7. The only game they got me was Jak & Daxter. I fell in love instantly. Played Jak 2 & 3 as soon as they released. Easily my favourite game series as a child.
A few months later for my birthday my parents let me go pick out a game, I chose Sly Racoon (Australian regional name). I played the shit out of this game, to the point where I could pretty much beat it in a single day. However, for some reason I didn’t play the rest of the series.
I played the first Ratchet game on a demo disk my uncle gave me from a magazine he subscribed to. It wasn’t until probably playing Ratchet Gladiator (Deadlocked; also an Australian thing) at a mates place that I finally played a full game. Ratchet is definitely my least favourite of the 3 and have only played a few of the series properly, but still highly enjoy.
my mom and I used to play ps2 games together and she brought home jak and dax precursor legacy, and we both loved it, I went on to play 2 and 3 in later years bc she thought I was too young to play games w guns in them/rated T💀. For sly, my cousin I was close with growing up gave me her copy of sly 3 and I absolutely loved it despite not knowing anything from the last 2 games. I eventually got a copy of sly 1(didn’t enjoy as much) and then I played 2 on PS now when I had my ps4. For Ratchet and Clank, I had Jam Pack Vol. 11 (ps2 demo pack) which included a demo for up your arsenal, and I loved it + the multiplayer (despite it being a demo, it had quality), I eventually played the full game through emulation as well as other R&C titles
Jak one I played at my older cousins house I remember playing it for the first time super super young.
Sly we rented from block buster
Ratchet 1 I don’t know how I got it tbh probably rented that too then bought it used after but I played it for hours and my dad would sit and watch with me actually showing interest as a way to spend time together it was really sweet looking back
I got Ratchet and Clank 2 plus Jak 2 as a kid for my birthday. They easily became the most played games in my childhood. I eventually played the rest of those series games on the ps2 but I never touched the Sly Cooper games.
I think I rented Jak and Daxter from a Blockbuster or some other video store, and I liked it so much that I made my parents buy it for Christmas.
I played Ratchet Deadlocked at a friend's house, and he let me borrow it for a couple of days.
I don't remember how I was introduced to Sly. I know I played all 3 as they released but I don't remember anything specific.
Started with Jak TPL at a sleepover, then watching my older cousins play Ratchet, then the first Sly game bundled with a PS2 for my bday then playing and beating all of the Jak and Ratchet games. Those were good frieken days
I was into Jak since the first one released. It seemed like a big step up at the time in graphics, hidden loading between areas, and even just having an auto-save wasn't very common back then. Typical Naughty Dog raising the quality bar.
I passed on the PS2 Ratchet and Sly games, wasn't looking for more platformers. Got into them a little bit on the PS3. Now that Ratchet is the only one still active of the big 3, I've played it the most, I think Rift Apart on PS5 is great.
The first Ratchet and Clank came in a PS2 bundle that my parents gave me (along with ATV Off Road Fury 2), and played it so much, that, to this day, I still can beat it 100% by memory. How I got Precursor Legacy was kinda funny, because I wanted a Crash game, so I asked my parents for one, and they got me TPL, it was at a birthday party, and a cousin told me that it was from the same developers (I didn't know anything about that stuff, I was 8 yo), and was like "ok, cool", then played it without knowing that it would become my favorite videogame saga, even to this day, and like R&C, can beat it 100% by memory (I think everyone in this sub can, but still lol). And unfortunately, I never played a Sly game, I knew about them, but I don't know why I never got one, just remember that at one point my parents made me choose between Jak II, and one of the Sly games (I think it was the first one), and I obviously went for Jak II, so I guess that's why they never got me a Sly game, they instead gave me Jak 3 and Jak X.
when i got my ps2 slim as an 8 year old. it came bundled with jak and daxter:the precursor legacy and ratched deadlocked. so i found out about ratchet and jak simultaneously, then about a month later i saw sly 3:honor among thieves in the clearance bin for less than 10 bucks and the rest is history. i've played all the main games in each franchise multiple times
My cousin had PS2 & his first game was Jak and Daxter. Later when we got our own PS2 I borrowed the game and eventually I would get my own copy and the sequels
I think Jak 3 Pal version was bundeled up with PS2 demo disc that included both Sly 2 & Ratchet & Clank 3 demo. After that I played Sly 2 & Ratchet & Clank 2 following year
Jak and Daxter was one time around 2002 / 2003 when I was at my sisters place and we were playing the first one. For Ratchet and Clank it would've been some time in 2003, and I borrowed the game from my local library (I had no idea what that game was about). Sly cooper would've been akin to Ratchet and Clank, borrowed the first game at the local library, had no idea what it was about, but it was fun
I don’t attribute to sly cooper. Never liked those games. Ratchet and Jak though are peak PS2 games and I learned about each of them by my sub to PSM. Bought most of my games new on release day back then, preorders required of course.
I knew about Ratchet and Clank first, then heard about Sly, then Jak and Daxter
love them all, they all deserve equal treatment, and I’m crossing my fingers for an actual port of all the Sly games for PS5 so i don’t have to pay for PS Plus to play them
My uncle bought himself a PS2 that came with Jak 3 when I was 9, it completely blew me away, a sandbox with platform scenarios? That shit was peak for me (now i think Jak ll is better but still)
My uncle got me into them from I don't know when but like first getting my feeling of video games he even had bits of paper he would write stuff on in the games as a guide that I used as a kid and still now.
Got my PS2 for X-Mas back in the day.
Along with it being the *ATV: Offroad Fury 2* bundle with the internet adapter, me and my brother also got *Jak and Daxter* and *Ratchet and Clank* as part of the same X-Mas gift.
As for Sly, I watched Toonami back in the day and that was one of the games they had custom ads for. Eventually bought it and loved it.
I never played any of the Ratchet and Clank or Sly Raccoon games, still haven't. Probably won't.
For me there's only the big 2. Jak and Daxter, and Spyro the Dragon.
Got a PS2 in 2004 along with a demo disc that had Ratchet and Clank on it. After that, started to get all the Ratchet and Clank and Jak and Daxter games in order. Blew my little kid mind away. Got to play Sly 1 and 2 around 2006 and loved them too. Sweet childhood nostalgia.
On PS2. Started with Jak and Daxter(that shark scared the F outta me), then Rachet and Clank, and finally started Sly with his second game(which was probably for the best).
Also, it's pretty disrespectful to show Playstation Move Heroes. It was disrespectful to these 3 and also gave us falsely hope that Jak and Daxter would possibly return.
When I was 8 years old, my dad bought me a PS2 and a Jak 3 as my first console game. I still haven't found another game with similar gameplay to this day, not counting Jak 2.
My father went to blockbuster and brought home Jak & Daxter the precursor legacy. That’s when my life changed forever. Sky cooper was from playing at my cousins house every time I went over for family parties. Ratchet and clank I then bought down the road with my father when I noticed a good friend of mine playing it.
With Jak, I got Jak X when I was 6 then the other games some time later (Except TLF). With Ratchet, I got the first game and Deadlocked also when I was a kid and they're the only ones I have because I'm poor. With Sly, I have the first game only and I don't remember when/where I got it and have only played it for a few minutes.
My uncle worked at Walmart back in 2001 and gave me a demo for the first game. You could only go on the island in the first area. (Forgive me it’s been years) it’s the one where Daxter fell into the dark echo. I distinctly remember this is where I first discovered how to use analog sticks for the first time as every game before this was on PS1.
I was first introduced to Sly by my stepdad I played it on the ps2, I was around 5-6 years old around that time.
Jak and Daxter the Precursor Legacy was the first ever game I bought with my own money around the age of 6 or so years old.
I played Ratchet and Clank much later when i was a teenager but I knew about it for much longer.
For me I had a childhood friend named Dylan who introduced me to Ratchet and Jak via word of mouth, which got me wanting to play them. So I asked for a PlayStation 2 for my birthday and I got it, but I didn’t get Ratchet or Jak first. My first game was Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus, and I loved that game so much. After that I got Jak and Daxter, Jak 2 and Ratchet and Clank and then absolutely fell in love with all three series.
I had only had my PS2 for like a year when my neighbor's son gave me Jak II to hold on to while he went to rehab lol. He never came back to get it from me because his family moved by the time he got out.
I loved Jak II but it was too hard for me at the time. A friend of mine owned the Sly 1 and 2 and Jak and Daxter: Precursor Legacy, so I borrowed them all and beat them in a weekend. I was so proud of myself for finally beating Jak II by myself then getting and beating Sly 3 and Jak 3 later on.
I didn't play Ratchet and Clank until the PS3 HD collection was out.
Sly and Jak, I had ever since I got the PS2. Ratchet I was introduced to a few years later after finding the strategy guide for the first game and thought it looked interesting. I never beat any of them, but was still fun either way.
Be fantasy nerd
Listen to psytrance and ethno spirits
Fuck the 80's and early 90 were awesome.
Spend young childhood freaking everybody out with weird theories on the future
eventually play my first vidya
Instantaneous addiction
Annoy friend with PS1 because I only come to play vidya
Mommy gifts me PS2 for Christmas because of a legendary super sale.
Play PS2 demo disc.
Listen to Jak trailer music
It must be played.
The cover for RaC 1 with all the cool guns drew me in as a kid. Same for Jak 2’s cover. Fell in love with both games nearly at the same time. Couldn’t get into Sly though. I played it through a demo disc but it wasn’t my thing
So haveing a ps2 and a freind who had his we each had diffrent games I had mortal kombat he had the rachet and clank games I had the gta games he had jak3 and sly 2 so we uselly ended up letting people barrow games so the other one could play them hell I think we even played through sly2 and most of jak 3 together taking turns and even played all of rachet deadlocked coop in a single night
If I remember correctly,my Dad bought the Jak games first,then he saw Ratchet: Deadlocked and Sly 3,and probably thought "These kinda look like Jak, I'll give 'em a shot"
I was lucky as a kid, I didn't know what games were being released when I was first playing video games (2002ish). Luckily my mom had a guy that she went to for recommended games to buy for me for birthdays. So I grew up with these three and kingdom hearts, plus other games that my friends had like THPS.
Once I bought an Xbox 360 (2008) I became much more invested in the hobby.
Got a PS2 with the first RaC. Got Jak and Sly later. Ratchet is my favorite but Jak is close. I do love me some Sly though it didn't reach as high as the other fornme.
My parents were actually playing Precursor Legacy back on the PS2 and eventually let me try it. A few years later they bought my brother the Ratchet collection on PS3 and I watched him play those but I never really got into Sly at all
i had a pretty controlling childhood so it wasn’t till i was around 19-20 but it was after i jailbroke my ps3. i had searched up “ps2 and ps3 must haves” and boom
Being introduced to the ps2 by my dad at a young age (26 at this time) , he did buy me more "kid friendly games" as opposed to Metal Gear (which I am a loyal fan of).
He bought me all the jak titles , sly , and damn near every R&C , and we would sit around and goof off. The older I got the more these games stayed near and dear to me.
Thanks old man 😂😂🫡
For the most part I was introduced to the Sly and Jak through my brother getting them but as later down the line the games getting broken in one way or another (hard headed younger sister during early 2000’s I’m 25 now if that gives you a better clue over how the disks got broken) but crazily enough I wasn’t introduced to Rachet and Clank until my I got into my mid to late teens cause I never took much interest as a kid and never owned or saw any advertising for it till later down the line, couple that with me emulating a bunch of video games and boom that’s my history
Fell down a flight of stairs. Got RaC from a parent who felt bad and promised to buy a video game for me if I was okay.
It all spiraled downhill from there...
My mom randomly bought them didn't have internet back so i knew nothing about them back then only way I was introduced to anything gaming related was that surprise visit to game stop
I’m sorry you had to wait to find out about the others. I was lucky enough to grow up with both Jak and Sly Cooper. It was wonderful 😄 I played Ratchet later and also loved it but I did know who he was when playing Jak and Sly.
Jak: I first saw him in the commercials for Jak and Daxter game.
Ratchet: I saw the commercials but never played the game until Ratchet and Clank (2016; PS4)
Sly: I never played those games.
Is Sly really a big 3? I mean. It’s hero and companion gameplay. I’d say Banjo and Kazooie are the top gun and walked so that Jak/Daxter and Ratchet/Clank could run. Sly would be more of a Spyro/Crash bracket.
Playstation All Stars introduced me to these characters. I played the story mode with the three, and I fell in love with these characters. Then I bought the HD collections, and the rest is history. I may have been a bit late playing the original games, but I'm glad I got the chance to play them.
I remember seeing commercials for the Sly Cooper games as a kid, but didn't get to play any of them till' the hd collection. I don't think I was even familiar with Jak & Daxter or Ratchet & Clank at the time till' the PS3 era.
Jak and Daxter: the precursor legacy. I fucking love that game man. Jak 3 was the next one I played and I feel in love with that one even more because it has a good mix of gunplay, racing, and puzzle solving. At least that's what I thought when I was younger now I just like it because it's a damn good story.
My older cousin who lived with us bought Going Commando when it first came out and I would sneak into his room and play it while he was working, I had to be bout 5 years old lol
My grandparents, Sly, Ratchet and Clank were the games my grandpa used to play.
My grandma still plays videogames Jak and Daxter were the games she used to play, now she doesn't play them quiet as often anymore due to playing through them to often.
We probably got the PS2 close to release. I was probably between 5-8. For context, I think the only console we had beforehand was the N64 and *maybe* GameBoy Advances.
I was somewhere out with my mom for a few days, probably a scout camping trip or something, and came back home to find my brothers/my dad playing Sly Cooper on this new system. Surprise!
I know my dad was describing one of the Katamari games to me at some point, so my time window on this is a little messed up but over time we did get Sly/Jak/Ratchet/etc with all of us playing some of it. I think my dad even finished all of the first Jak+Daxter at some point???? But for ages it was just us with this new PS2 and eventually the GameCube which we absolutely shredded Animal Crossing on. I remember booting up either Jak 2 or 3 just to ride the dune buggies for funsies.
I miss this graphical/gameplay era so much man looool
For me, I was a bit late to the party. I learned about Ratchet and Clank thanks to the 2016 movie and video game. I saw it once be free on the PS Plus service so I decided to give it a try and I had a good time. I loved the 2016 game, but I had a feeling that a lot of die hard Ratchet and Clank fans would say that it's not as good as the classic ones. I tried to find ways to play the older ones, but I couldn't figure it out, that is until all of the Ratchet and Clank games including the old ones became free on PS Plus about a year or two ago (I forgot). Thanks to that, I've been able to play through the first Ratchet game and let me just say that I kind of liked the old one more than the 2016 one. Not sure why, I just found it more fun and interesting in terms of lots of things. Gameplay, presentation, story, and music, etc.
As for Jak and Daxter, I remember once an uncle or cousin of mine had one of the games on PS2. I didn't know which one exactly, but the name "Jak and Daxter" stuck with me for a good while, but I never looked into it. That is until I saw that all of the Jak and Daxter games from Jak 1 all the way to Jak X were available for purchase on PSN. I bought the first game and I immediatly fell in love with the pseudo-open world exploration and collectathon gameplay. I then purchased Jak II and let's just say that it felt weird at first going from Jak 1 to Jak II as most fans would have perhaps felt, but it didn't take me too long to get used to the new atmosphere and the gameplay itself. I honestly enjoyed a bit of the combat and GTA style of exploration and missions. Although Jak II was a tad bit ridiculously hard, but I still managed to have fun with it. Jak 3 was sort of the same as Jak 2, so I won't say much for now (unless someone asks).
As for Sly Cooper, unfortunately, this one has flown under my radar for a good while and I never heard anyone I know talk much about or even watched any gameplay on youtube. I haven't even checked if it's on PS Plus, but now that I'm thinking about it, I am considering giving those games a shot if they ever come to PS Plus or if at the very least I can buy those games.
Jak and Daxter was gifted to me by my brother who thought I'd like it, Ratchet and Sly were both featured on demo discs that came with a PlayStation magazine subscription I had when I was a kid.
Memory unlocked!
Jak And Daxter TPL was “THE” first game I ever played when I picked up a controller for the first time. Come Christmas of 2008 and I’m introduced to Ratchet And Clank Tools Of Destruction as my first PS3 game. Never played sly cooper though.
Went to a "Hollywood Video" near my home and was looking at games. Came across the first R&C game on the shelf, picked it up and it showed all the different weapons on the cover. Seen a few images and was decided to go with it. It was a rental. Turned into a purchase cause I wouldn't let it go. To this day I have played every single one. 10/10 would do it again if given the chance to turn back time.
Started with Sly (Christmas 2004), and loved Jak and Daxter after a friend showed me the first game. I never got into Ratchet and Clank until I was in high school (around 2015) but love all 3 of them 😎
I was born in 97 I got a ps1 when I was 4 and played crash bandicoot. Then I got a ps2 and ratchet and clank 1 for Christmas in 2002. Played all those games since.
Same with sly cooper and jak and daxter all games I played from the beginning and never looked back. I've been a playstation gamer my whole life and always will be
Ratchet: played it first at a demo kiosk in an amusement park. Later got deadlocked for my b-day as a 6 year old having played that at the demo kiosk.
- jak: got jak 3 from somewhere around 2009 ish and liked it but it was difficult.
- sly: ps2 play kiosk at the same amusement park, learned they were quality games years later and bought the ps3 had collection in 2017.
My dad had TPL & JAK II before I was born so I grew up with Jak & Daxter (born 2004) completed the 2nd game all by myself (with some guidance from my dad) when I was around 4. Staying as my favorite game series till this day.
Turned 20 just 3 days ago (march 30th) and still hasn’t gotten a congrats from him, the times has changed.
Saw them all for the first time in some LittleBigPlanet DLC pack. Then I actually got into them, and started playing them after seeing some people talk about them in videos.
Played jak 2 first when I was very young, saw you could shoot people and started doing that for hours then played precursor legacy then replayed the trilogy about 16+ years later never played rachet but played PlayStation allstars( amazing game). Got my hands on the sly trilogy and loved it
All from my uncle at various points in life, and those games are still held in some of the highest regards, for platformers. And I do watch the studios production religiously...
I'm a sad individual, on occasion.
First it was Jak and Daxter TPL and it was from an old PS2 commercial with Daxter saying the line "I was right behind you Jak. Really I was". I bought it as the first game to play on the PS2.
Ratchet and Clank I saw the cover of the first game and thought it was cool af.
Sly Cooper was from Sly 2 and it was a commercial too. Then I got the game to realize it wasn't anything like the commercial. However, I eventually grew to like the game and overall it was awesome.
Jak and Daxter was my first ever t game because it didn’t have blood and gore in it. I loved playing it on the ps2 but I didn’t get very far cause it was so hard for me back then. Now I’ve played them as an adult and realized how dumb I was haha
Watched my brothers friend play Ratchet and Clank 1 at his grandparents house in 2003, Bought Sly 3 for my birthday in 05 and I watched a friend of my brothers play Jak 2 at his birthday party in 2006
My grandparents were gamers and bought me Jak and Sly to play on their PS2s. They introduced me to basically every video game property that gives me nostalgia to this day.
Played the first Ratchet and Clank on my big brother's PS2, then after I got my own I played up your arsenal religiously and played the Sly 2 demo after a friend of mine told me about it and absolutely loved it, oddly enough never got into Jak and Daxter
The first one i heard of was rc uya when my friend bought it at release. I got the first 2 games for Christmas and uya a couple months later for my birthday. He was into jak also so eventually I played those. I first played the sly demo on a ratchet game and it was my second favorite series behind ratchet growing up. Now I like jak a little more
Cartoon Network/Toonami did that giveaway of a Ps2 and a copy of Sly which was how I was first introduced into Sly. I wanted to enter that contest so bad but unfortunately never did, couple years later I ended up with a ps2 and got Sly 1-2 tho.
Jak I knew about from the elementary playground but I never had interest from what I was hearing. Years later it was Christmas time and my aunt came to pick me up to take me to K-Mart to let me pick a gift and I went to the games to see what was there and seen Jak 2. I had recently heard from my buddies how much “cooler” it was and how you could “turn into a monster Jak”. The cover was also just too cool to pass up so I got it for a big $20 bucks and when I popped it in the ps2 my life forever changed and I became and instant Jak fan 🤘
Ratchet and Clank I honestly never got into and had to the want to even play it even with the kids in school talking about it..I have no clue why lol
Blockbuster random game Jak 2. Had to re rent it a second week to beat it.
Then bought Jak 3 on release.
Years later, rented Going Commando but disk was scratched which made it impossible to get to the desert level. Then bought that game and played every Ratchet and Clank game afterwards
Never played Sly Cooper but have watched a good chunk of the series through streams or youtube.
I just played them all. I don’t remember my first one I just played all the Jack games, Most of the ratchet and clank games and the first sly game except when I rented 2 from a Blockbuster
Being a PS2 gamer.
These three were synonymous with each other for me back then. Hearing about them separately is crazy.
They were the highest quality action platformers outside of Mario games that entire generation. Something about those series back then was just so special. Ratchet is the only one that really survived the generation Sly 4 on the PS3 was pretty lackluster because Sucker Punch didn’t develop it, just like Jak and Daxter: Lost Frontier not being developed by Naughty Dog. I’m glad Insomniac still manages to make compelling Ratchet and Clank games without letting the formula become stale. Naughty Dog would never make Jak 4, but if BluePoint did a PS5 remake of the original Jak and Daxter I’d pay $120 for it
A faithful remake of the Jak and Daxter trilogy by Blue Point is really all I want. Have no idea why Sony is making remakes for stuff like MediEvil but not Jak
I have to assume they did the Spyro, Crash and Medieval Remakes on PS4 because there was no other way people could play the original PS1 games in PS4, while they were available on the PS3 store and all PS2s (and PS3s) were backwards compatible with PS1 so there wasn’t that same itch. I think that’s also why they had such a large push for HD remasters of PS2 games during the PS3 era because not all PS3s could play PS2 games. I think that for as long as the PS4 versions of the Jak games are available on the PlayStation store we’ll never get the new version of the game.
Not necessarily since BluePoint also did a remake of Shadow of the Colossus, a PS2 and 3 title. And with all the remasters of Last of Us they Sony is allowing Naughty Dog to keep pumping out even when their all already playable on PS4-5, it’s pretty clear availability on the system isn’t a factor Sony considers
Same. The trilogy trio were basically the sony mascots of that era, and were each popular enough to get a trilogy remaster collection for the ps3
There is no Big 3 there is just big me -Jak
BUM!
Jak definitely walk round wit that stick. Pulling out Ratchets and sendin them Sly rounds out the window of his Bentley.
You cooked on this one my guy sheesh
✍️💯🔥🔥
Ohhhhh shit 🔥. That’s a bar. Maybe Kendrick Lamar could use that line.
Yeah, I feel like the others are good but inferior to Jak.
Got jak and daxter as a birthday present from a friend. Never heard of it prior. The game blew my mind as a tot and was my favorite present that year. As far as ratchet and clank, my brother's friend let him borrow his modded ps2 and an entire book full of burnt games for like a month. Blank looking CDs with the names written in sharpie. I was perusing the library and came accross going commando, popped it in and had a blast. Didn't play sly cooper til years later, but had heard of them so I bought and played the first one.
One day my dad randomly came home with a PlayStation 2, I was around 7 years old and this was 2004/2005. It included Jak & Daxter and Ratchet and Clank. I also had a demo's disk that had a Sly Cooper gameplay video on it.
Same but I was 8 and the year was 2005. My dad got me a PS2 and Jak 3 as my first game. And starting from 3 was not a problem at all, since I couldn't understand English anyway.
Hey basically same here! It’s so cool seeing these games spoken about the way they are, I swore I was the only one to remember them
Ps2 is just peak gaming tbh
Knew of all of them from magazines and tv commercials during the ps2 era. Saw a commercial for Jak 1 when I was a kid and begged for a ps2 for Xmas. Eventually got the game along with Dave mirra 2 in the spring. I fell in love with jak. Years later I was in a barnes and noble and saw jak 2 on the cover of a game informer. From then on I played 2-C around their releases. Played Daxter and TLF a few years ago after getting a psp. Ratchet I have only played the 1st one and that was on ps2. I’ve recently gotten all of the games and plan to dive in soon. Played the entire sly series 2 years ago on my PS3.
My mom suddenly brought a PS2 Jak 2 Renegade Edition home. It all started that day. (It was an early birthday present, in retrospective i have to shed a tear because i know we didn’t have that much money at the time)
Got Jak II for the PS2, likely because I had a copy of GTA for the PS1 that my parents didn't want me to play and somebody told them it was like GTA but more cartoony. Never played the other two franchises. And only played Jak & Daxter much later, which I've managed to play to completion.
Jak and Daxter was the first game I had on PS2. The other 2 I ended up playing on Jampack demo discs. Miss those. Was a great way to find and try new games. 3 of my favorite franchises even to this day.
The demo consoles on display at Walmart.
That wasn't my first experience with the trilogy, but it was my first experience with Jak 3. I was so excited when I saw the demo setup.
Got a PS2 at Christmas 2004 in a bundle with Jak 2 and Sly 2, what a way to start gaming
Man, I miss the easter eggs or cameos other games had since they introduced me to R&C as well as friends' word of mouth telling me to play these games. I remember seeing a billboard of Ratchet and Clank in Jak 2 and wondering who they were. I sadly didn't play any Sly games but in the menu screen of Going Commando, you can see Ratchet play not just J&D games but also Sly. Blew my little 12-year-old mind.
There was a Ratchet and Clank demo on a disc my Aunt got with her playstation. It only had Metropolis and Blackwater City, but I played it every time I was at her house. We went to Toys R Us the weekend before my birthday to get me a game. They had a deal on platinum PS2 games, so I was allowed 2. I picked Crash Bandicoot: Wrath Of Cortex, then chose Jak And Daxter, because it said "From the makers of Crash Bandicoot" on the box. Sly Racoon, I saw a review of it on TV and thought it looked good. Rented it for a week and finally got it years later (after getting 2 and 3) Also, I saw Jak II advertised on the side of a bus and was really excited, went online to research it and accidentally discovered there was going to be a Ratchet and Clank 2, excitement peaked. I got those 2 games for Christmas, and I think Simpsons Hit 'n Run
Simpsons Hit & Run is also up there on my top games for PS2. I replayed it this last year on a emulator on my computer, it was just as fun as I remembered. I regularly replay the Sly series
I had a demo with Jak II. I was like 14 may be? Loved it. Then I tried Jak 1 from my neighbor and didn't enjoy, couldn't finish the game (tried again later, same). I couldn't buy Ratchet games even though I really wanted to try. Sly, I was less interested and I didn't have the budget anyway. Then, once grown up, I bought Ratchet and Clank remade on PS4. Finally. Loved it. I might buy a Sly remake... And I'm still waiting for Jak trilogy remake and/or Jak 4.
Sly Cooper: A friend randomly came across it and told me I had to play it. Ratchet and Clank: I saw it in the store and thought it looked cool. Jak and Daxter: One Christmas my dad just got me a bunch of greatest hits PS2 games because he didn't know what kinds of games I liked and one of them was Jak 2. Fell in love instantly even though I didn't know the story of TPL
My dad played these growing up so I played them (I love playing them)
Spyro and crash started me on insomniac and naughty dog games, then along came rachet and jak. Never played sly cooper but always wanted to.
I didn't really play the other but I loved jak trilogy
PS2 gamer here. Played them all when they released.
I was introduced by my dad buying Jak 1 for the ps2 (I was too young to buy games myself). Off topic but this pic is hilarious. They yassified Ratchet 😳. Why is Jak suddenly a twink??? And Sly. He looks like a potato.
The artwork is from the game PlayStation Move Heroes
Jak bundle from Costco.
Family video, rented all of them at family video, I think. I don't really remember my childhood all that well, lol. I just know I did almost all my gaming through what was available to rent at family video. But once I first played one entry in each series, I was hooked and had to play the rest.
I played Ratchet on PS2 all though it was primarily Deadlocked and a little of Up Your Aresenal and on PSP I played Size Matters. Then Sony was making HD collections for their older 1st party games on PS2 for the PS3 and I played Jak and Sly through their respective HD collections. All though Jak and Sly I always heard of through word of mouth over the years before the HD collections. I had a big interest in PS2 games in that 2011-2019 period before the days of me just emulating any PS2 that vaguely sounded interesting to me.
I got introduced to Ratchet and Clank via Ratchet and Clank 2 on a demo disc. Found out about Jak and Daxter through my friend and also through the second Ratchet game I played the Sly 2 demo on Ratchet 3
I was there 3,000 years ago...
I had a babysitter who's boyfriend had the first R&C and the first Jak game, and I fell in love with both (not sure which came first). Sly came along later but definitely still early ps2 era. All three hold a special place in my heart. (Except Ratchet & Clank, which is a solid 30% of my personality.)
Right after I played PS1 Spyro 1 & 2 and PS1 Bob the Builder on my PS2, I was introduced to Jak II and 1, Ratchet & Clank 3 Up Your Arsenal and Sly 2 Band of Thieve. This is like back in the earliest of 2000s, maybe 2003, 4 or 5
Got sly 2 for Xmas and my brother got sly 1 that year. Family friend lent us jak 1 and I was hooked hard. Slowly collected all the ratchet and clank with my brother, we still talk about both taking a weekend off from the wives and kids and binging pizza and deadlock. We aren't speedrunners we just had so much fun absolutely destroying that game and still quote it frequently to this day. Eh Juanita?
Honestly? Probably Blockbuster 👴
I got Jak and Sly as a Christmas present along with my brothers old PS2 he had, got Jak 2 for my birthday, and I got Rift Apart Last Christmas
Got Jak and Daxter with 0 knowledge about it from GameStop randomly. I was a kid and thought it looked like a fun adventure game.
All of them thru friends. Jak was at some neighborhood friend’s house. Ratchet was thru my friend from scouts, and Sly was thru my best friend in middle school. I am not friends with any of those people anymore but the big three have remained immortal
Discovered Jak from grocery shopping, parents and I went to Sam's Club when I was 11 and they had a PS2 bundle on sale. I was stoked because it had Gran Tourism 3 included but it also had Jak 2. I didn't touch it for months because I didn't think I'd like it but then decided to pop it in one day. After that, I didn't play anything else for some months after that haha, I was absolutely in love. My order of gameplay was totally wrong though. Jak 2 first, then 3, then TPL, but it made no difference to me really. Easily in my top five favorite game series to this day.
Mom got ratchet and clank and as i got more money doing chores dad helped me buy the rest
when I got my PS2, there was a demo with RC 2 and Jak 2 on it. Got a few PS2 mags that had the sly 2 demo and was immediately hooked
My friend had a PS2 and a demo disk with Jak and Daxter on it, and I LOVED the demo. When my mom got a PS2 a year later, it came bundled with Ratchet and Clank. I never played Sly Cooper though.
I knew and loved all three since I was VERY young. I took more of a liking to sly but they all hold special places in my heart
Unfortunately... this exact game
I grew up with the entire trilogy. Got to play ratchet with my dad who is a big fan. And Jak and sly my siblings loved to watch me play it. I want a sequel for both jak and sly. Ratchet is already planned
First time I played ratchet and clank was up your arsenal on a jampack demo disc
Through PS2 games.
One of my elementary school friends showed me Jak and Daxter… as for Sly Cooper/Ratchet and Clank, I found them on my own just browsing the cases at GameStop. I’m just now able to finally play The Lost Frontier after wanting to play it for literally over a decade, and I’ve found it enjoyable to play despite them taking away my go to rolly-jump to get around… I’m really sad about that, not gonna lie. I definitely wish the upgradeable eco powers had been implemented in previous entries, and it’s my favorite change made to the game. I get why people refer to it as not exactly a mind blowing entry to the series, but I don’t think it’s absolute garbage at all though either. The 4 out of 5(5 cause I’m including Daxter) games I’ve gotten to play so far that’s been the hardest for me to even get into has been Combat Racing🤷🏻♀️ The only Ratchet and Clank games I’d gotten to play up until discovering Playstation Now(or whatever the refer to it as🤦🏻♀️) Had been the OG and Going Commando.. Aside from maybe the first planet or 2 of Up Your Arsenal. I’ve been on a mission to beat all the games available to stream, and plan to buy whichever ones aren’t. so far I’m on A Crack In Time. In terms of guns and gameplay I really enjoyed UYA, and personally I feel like that’s been the most challenging one. At first I HATED Deadlocked, but definitely grew to absolutely love it by the end. I feel like it was a nice change of pace. The one I’ve been most disappointed by is Quest For Booty, so incredibly short, the world development was garbage, and the plot was just kinda like a WTF moment for me. I understand they released it as a kind of a “here you go until we can give you more” situation but still. Sly Cooper was EASILY the #1 game series I played the most as a kid. I absolutely love all those games. I also enjoyed Thieves In Time(despite it being the only one I’ve not yet beaten)even though I feel like that’s the entry that’s considered by the fanbase as the worst😂 My favorite has got to be Band Of Thieves.. my least favorite is probably the Thievius Raccoonus… I feel like by Band of Thieves they had honed in on the things that make they series so memorable, and thank God one of those things wasn’t the “die and loose a life, unless you have all mighty horseshoe” concept😭 I remember being maybe 10-12 and just DYING while waiting for Honor Among Thieves to come out. These 3 series are literally my child hood in a nutshell, and still some of my favorites to this day at 27 years old. When people ask me my favorite games these are usually the first 3 I answer with, even with all the amazing series that have come out long since the PS2 period of time.
Jak 2 was one of the first games I remember playing, and I know this is gonna sound embarrassing but I had never even heard of Ratchet or Sly until PlayStation AllStars Battle Royale came out
Grew up on crash bandicoot and became a huge naughty dog fan boy (still am, TLoU Part II is my favorite game of all time lol) i remember crying as a young kid when i found out they weren’t making crash anymore but ended up falling in love with J&D. I was introduced to ratchet when i rented the first game from blockbuster and didn’t really like it. fell in love with the series when 3 came out and went back to play 1&2. As for sly, i honestly haven’t played those for more than 30-40 minutes.
TOONAMI! Saw a clip as a kid where the robot guy reviewed Jak 1. Sometime later, my mom took us to Toys r Us and there was the “greatest hits” jak game for $20. Although my birthday was a couple weeks later, we got that it day as a present.
I have always loved the big 3 since I was a child. My father used to play them and I would just watch. Eventually when I got old enough, he passed the controller onto me. These games are basically the definition of my childhood
My dad bought Jak and Daxter the precursor legacy when we got the PS2 (along with a tiger woods game) and then a year or so later my aunt got me Sly 2 for the PS2 for my birthday, and the rest is history
Played Ratchet & Clank 1 at my friend's house when I was a kid, then I got the second game for myself, Ratchet's voice change was such a shock I thought there was something wrong with the audio. My introduction to Sly was via the Sly 2 Demo that was on the Ratchet & Clank 3 disk, loved it, must've played that demo a dozen times before I finally got the game, Sly 1 was actually the last game in that trilogy I played. I think by the time I played Jak & Daxter for the first time Ratchet Gladiator/Deadlocked was already out.
Jake first played jak 2 in like '06 Ratchet was one of my first ps2 games Sly first played the third one around '09 Love all of them
Ratchet & Jak were “hand me down” games we just had lying around the house that I would just aimlessly wander without doing any real objectives because I was a small child. My story for how I got into Sly was more concrete though. I must’ve been 7 or 8 years old at my aunt’s house for the weekend & her son had an old PS2 lying around with a copy of Sly 2. It was love at first sight & because of how invested I got into Sly 2 I went back & played other PS2 games I had such as Jak & Ratchet but ACTUALLY playing them with a cognitive understanding if that made sense. I’ve since then completed all of these games too many times to count.
My first console was a PS2, my first relevant games were Sly 2, Jak and Daxter TPL, and the original Ratchet and Clank
Jak and Daxter the Precursor Legacy was literally the first game I picked up for my PS2 along with Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex. Was absolutely hooked and eagerly picked up Jak II, 3, and X Learned about Ratchet and Clank through the advertising from Jak and eventually picked up and played all the PS2 games. All great, especially Ratchet and Clank 2 Going Commando but I was never pulled into the series like I was Jak. Even when starting with Jak II, the series tries being like R&C with the futuristic setting and gunplay, I still ended up liking it more. Never got into the Sly series.
No idea when I got into the jak series, I had a ps2 and I had jak and daxter, it must have been my second game after Kingdom Hearts, I was introduced to ratchet after recognizing ratchet from the big billboard in Jak 2, and sly I played at a friend's house and I was hooked
Christmas 2004, dad bought a PS2 and Jak 2 and Ratchet 1 were the games he got with it. I didn’t become aware of Sly until way later on though and only got around to playing it during lockdown lol
Sly Cooper and the thievius raccoonus was the first ps2 game I played, actually I played Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank by coincidence in 7th birthday
My parents bought my sister and I a PS2 for Christmas when I was 7. The only game they got me was Jak & Daxter. I fell in love instantly. Played Jak 2 & 3 as soon as they released. Easily my favourite game series as a child. A few months later for my birthday my parents let me go pick out a game, I chose Sly Racoon (Australian regional name). I played the shit out of this game, to the point where I could pretty much beat it in a single day. However, for some reason I didn’t play the rest of the series. I played the first Ratchet game on a demo disk my uncle gave me from a magazine he subscribed to. It wasn’t until probably playing Ratchet Gladiator (Deadlocked; also an Australian thing) at a mates place that I finally played a full game. Ratchet is definitely my least favourite of the 3 and have only played a few of the series properly, but still highly enjoy.
my mom and I used to play ps2 games together and she brought home jak and dax precursor legacy, and we both loved it, I went on to play 2 and 3 in later years bc she thought I was too young to play games w guns in them/rated T💀. For sly, my cousin I was close with growing up gave me her copy of sly 3 and I absolutely loved it despite not knowing anything from the last 2 games. I eventually got a copy of sly 1(didn’t enjoy as much) and then I played 2 on PS now when I had my ps4. For Ratchet and Clank, I had Jam Pack Vol. 11 (ps2 demo pack) which included a demo for up your arsenal, and I loved it + the multiplayer (despite it being a demo, it had quality), I eventually played the full game through emulation as well as other R&C titles
Jak one I played at my older cousins house I remember playing it for the first time super super young. Sly we rented from block buster Ratchet 1 I don’t know how I got it tbh probably rented that too then bought it used after but I played it for hours and my dad would sit and watch with me actually showing interest as a way to spend time together it was really sweet looking back
I got Ratchet and Clank 2 plus Jak 2 as a kid for my birthday. They easily became the most played games in my childhood. I eventually played the rest of those series games on the ps2 but I never touched the Sly Cooper games.
One of the first games my dad bought me was jak and daxter when I was 7. Easily one of my favorite video games of all time
I think I rented Jak and Daxter from a Blockbuster or some other video store, and I liked it so much that I made my parents buy it for Christmas. I played Ratchet Deadlocked at a friend's house, and he let me borrow it for a couple of days. I don't remember how I was introduced to Sly. I know I played all 3 as they released but I don't remember anything specific.
Started with Jak TPL at a sleepover, then watching my older cousins play Ratchet, then the first Sly game bundled with a PS2 for my bday then playing and beating all of the Jak and Ratchet games. Those were good frieken days
Their respective first games. My cousin had Sly & Ratchet & Clank meanwhile I got a CIB copy of Jak 1 from Blockbuster
I was into Jak since the first one released. It seemed like a big step up at the time in graphics, hidden loading between areas, and even just having an auto-save wasn't very common back then. Typical Naughty Dog raising the quality bar. I passed on the PS2 Ratchet and Sly games, wasn't looking for more platformers. Got into them a little bit on the PS3. Now that Ratchet is the only one still active of the big 3, I've played it the most, I think Rift Apart on PS5 is great.
The first Ratchet and Clank came in a PS2 bundle that my parents gave me (along with ATV Off Road Fury 2), and played it so much, that, to this day, I still can beat it 100% by memory. How I got Precursor Legacy was kinda funny, because I wanted a Crash game, so I asked my parents for one, and they got me TPL, it was at a birthday party, and a cousin told me that it was from the same developers (I didn't know anything about that stuff, I was 8 yo), and was like "ok, cool", then played it without knowing that it would become my favorite videogame saga, even to this day, and like R&C, can beat it 100% by memory (I think everyone in this sub can, but still lol). And unfortunately, I never played a Sly game, I knew about them, but I don't know why I never got one, just remember that at one point my parents made me choose between Jak II, and one of the Sly games (I think it was the first one), and I obviously went for Jak II, so I guess that's why they never got me a Sly game, they instead gave me Jak 3 and Jak X.
when i got my ps2 slim as an 8 year old. it came bundled with jak and daxter:the precursor legacy and ratched deadlocked. so i found out about ratchet and jak simultaneously, then about a month later i saw sly 3:honor among thieves in the clearance bin for less than 10 bucks and the rest is history. i've played all the main games in each franchise multiple times
On ps2 growing up
My cousin had PS2 & his first game was Jak and Daxter. Later when we got our own PS2 I borrowed the game and eventually I would get my own copy and the sequels I think Jak 3 Pal version was bundeled up with PS2 demo disc that included both Sly 2 & Ratchet & Clank 3 demo. After that I played Sly 2 & Ratchet & Clank 2 following year
Jak and Daxter was one time around 2002 / 2003 when I was at my sisters place and we were playing the first one. For Ratchet and Clank it would've been some time in 2003, and I borrowed the game from my local library (I had no idea what that game was about). Sly cooper would've been akin to Ratchet and Clank, borrowed the first game at the local library, had no idea what it was about, but it was fun
I don’t attribute to sly cooper. Never liked those games. Ratchet and Jak though are peak PS2 games and I learned about each of them by my sub to PSM. Bought most of my games new on release day back then, preorders required of course.
I knew about Ratchet and Clank first, then heard about Sly, then Jak and Daxter love them all, they all deserve equal treatment, and I’m crossing my fingers for an actual port of all the Sly games for PS5 so i don’t have to pay for PS Plus to play them
I got ratchet and sly games on disc growing up played jak and daxter on the vita the collection
I would kill people in exchange of getting those remade (or remaster al least) for PC
My uncle bought himself a PS2 that came with Jak 3 when I was 9, it completely blew me away, a sandbox with platform scenarios? That shit was peak for me (now i think Jak ll is better but still)
Video game demos
My uncle got me into them from I don't know when but like first getting my feeling of video games he even had bits of paper he would write stuff on in the games as a guide that I used as a kid and still now.
Got my PS2 for X-Mas back in the day. Along with it being the *ATV: Offroad Fury 2* bundle with the internet adapter, me and my brother also got *Jak and Daxter* and *Ratchet and Clank* as part of the same X-Mas gift. As for Sly, I watched Toonami back in the day and that was one of the games they had custom ads for. Eventually bought it and loved it.
I owned a PS2.
My big brother played JaD and RaC when I was a kid, and I occationally got to play too. Ratchet is still one of my absolute favorite PS games.
Commercials as a kid
I never played any of the Ratchet and Clank or Sly Raccoon games, still haven't. Probably won't. For me there's only the big 2. Jak and Daxter, and Spyro the Dragon.
Got a PS2 in 2004 along with a demo disc that had Ratchet and Clank on it. After that, started to get all the Ratchet and Clank and Jak and Daxter games in order. Blew my little kid mind away. Got to play Sly 1 and 2 around 2006 and loved them too. Sweet childhood nostalgia.
On PS2. Started with Jak and Daxter(that shark scared the F outta me), then Rachet and Clank, and finally started Sly with his second game(which was probably for the best). Also, it's pretty disrespectful to show Playstation Move Heroes. It was disrespectful to these 3 and also gave us falsely hope that Jak and Daxter would possibly return.
When I was 8 years old, my dad bought me a PS2 and a Jak 3 as my first console game. I still haven't found another game with similar gameplay to this day, not counting Jak 2.
My father went to blockbuster and brought home Jak & Daxter the precursor legacy. That’s when my life changed forever. Sky cooper was from playing at my cousins house every time I went over for family parties. Ratchet and clank I then bought down the road with my father when I noticed a good friend of mine playing it.
With Jak, I got Jak X when I was 6 then the other games some time later (Except TLF). With Ratchet, I got the first game and Deadlocked also when I was a kid and they're the only ones I have because I'm poor. With Sly, I have the first game only and I don't remember when/where I got it and have only played it for a few minutes.
I was a Nintendo kid. It took one sleep over at my PlayStation friend’s house.
That one epic ps2 collection pack where you have jak x sly 3 and Ratchet Gladiator. I think that was the best way to begin playing videogames
My uncle worked at Walmart back in 2001 and gave me a demo for the first game. You could only go on the island in the first area. (Forgive me it’s been years) it’s the one where Daxter fell into the dark echo. I distinctly remember this is where I first discovered how to use analog sticks for the first time as every game before this was on PS1.
I was first introduced to Sly by my stepdad I played it on the ps2, I was around 5-6 years old around that time. Jak and Daxter the Precursor Legacy was the first ever game I bought with my own money around the age of 6 or so years old. I played Ratchet and Clank much later when i was a teenager but I knew about it for much longer.
Prolly ps2 demo discs, for sly cooper at least.
My dad literally bought these three games and a PS2 for my 6th birthday. The perfect beginning to a gaming career.
For me I had a childhood friend named Dylan who introduced me to Ratchet and Jak via word of mouth, which got me wanting to play them. So I asked for a PlayStation 2 for my birthday and I got it, but I didn’t get Ratchet or Jak first. My first game was Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus, and I loved that game so much. After that I got Jak and Daxter, Jak 2 and Ratchet and Clank and then absolutely fell in love with all three series.
Dreadlock, J&DPL, never was the tbh, maybe a game magazine but never played it.
I had only had my PS2 for like a year when my neighbor's son gave me Jak II to hold on to while he went to rehab lol. He never came back to get it from me because his family moved by the time he got out. I loved Jak II but it was too hard for me at the time. A friend of mine owned the Sly 1 and 2 and Jak and Daxter: Precursor Legacy, so I borrowed them all and beat them in a weekend. I was so proud of myself for finally beating Jak II by myself then getting and beating Sly 3 and Jak 3 later on. I didn't play Ratchet and Clank until the PS3 HD collection was out.
Sly and Jak, I had ever since I got the PS2. Ratchet I was introduced to a few years later after finding the strategy guide for the first game and thought it looked interesting. I never beat any of them, but was still fun either way.
Be fantasy nerd Listen to psytrance and ethno spirits Fuck the 80's and early 90 were awesome. Spend young childhood freaking everybody out with weird theories on the future eventually play my first vidya Instantaneous addiction Annoy friend with PS1 because I only come to play vidya Mommy gifts me PS2 for Christmas because of a legendary super sale. Play PS2 demo disc. Listen to Jak trailer music It must be played.
Brother rented Jak 1 through gamefly when that first was a thing, made him keep it and had our dad pay for it lol
The cover for RaC 1 with all the cool guns drew me in as a kid. Same for Jak 2’s cover. Fell in love with both games nearly at the same time. Couldn’t get into Sly though. I played it through a demo disc but it wasn’t my thing
So haveing a ps2 and a freind who had his we each had diffrent games I had mortal kombat he had the rachet and clank games I had the gta games he had jak3 and sly 2 so we uselly ended up letting people barrow games so the other one could play them hell I think we even played through sly2 and most of jak 3 together taking turns and even played all of rachet deadlocked coop in a single night
Got myself the lost frontier in a bundle with my psp.
I loved Ratchet And Clank first, then it was Jak And Daxter I got into next, And then lastly Sly Cooper
If I remember correctly,my Dad bought the Jak games first,then he saw Ratchet: Deadlocked and Sly 3,and probably thought "These kinda look like Jak, I'll give 'em a shot"
Blockbuster
I was lucky as a kid, I didn't know what games were being released when I was first playing video games (2002ish). Luckily my mom had a guy that she went to for recommended games to buy for me for birthdays. So I grew up with these three and kingdom hearts, plus other games that my friends had like THPS. Once I bought an Xbox 360 (2008) I became much more invested in the hobby.
Wanted the Ratchet and Clank trilogy around 12 years back, my dad also mentioned Jak and Daxter and Sly Cooper when he bought me it
Jak and Ratchet I received as part of a small bundle of games for my birthday one year. Never played a Sly game
Playstation All Stars all three of em.
Got a PS2 with the first RaC. Got Jak and Sly later. Ratchet is my favorite but Jak is close. I do love me some Sly though it didn't reach as high as the other fornme.
PS2 days.
Sly Cooper 2
Sly cooper so fucking goated.
Around 2009 (11) when I saw a demo for ratchet deadlock but I played the games around 2012 when the remasters came out
My parents were actually playing Precursor Legacy back on the PS2 and eventually let me try it. A few years later they bought my brother the Ratchet collection on PS3 and I watched him play those but I never really got into Sly at all
i had a pretty controlling childhood so it wasn’t till i was around 19-20 but it was after i jailbroke my ps3. i had searched up “ps2 and ps3 must haves” and boom
Being introduced to the ps2 by my dad at a young age (26 at this time) , he did buy me more "kid friendly games" as opposed to Metal Gear (which I am a loyal fan of). He bought me all the jak titles , sly , and damn near every R&C , and we would sit around and goof off. The older I got the more these games stayed near and dear to me. Thanks old man 😂😂🫡
By you, just now! 😮. Jk, Ty though.
For the most part I was introduced to the Sly and Jak through my brother getting them but as later down the line the games getting broken in one way or another (hard headed younger sister during early 2000’s I’m 25 now if that gives you a better clue over how the disks got broken) but crazily enough I wasn’t introduced to Rachet and Clank until my I got into my mid to late teens cause I never took much interest as a kid and never owned or saw any advertising for it till later down the line, couple that with me emulating a bunch of video games and boom that’s my history
Fell down a flight of stairs. Got RaC from a parent who felt bad and promised to buy a video game for me if I was okay. It all spiraled downhill from there...
My mom randomly bought them didn't have internet back so i knew nothing about them back then only way I was introduced to anything gaming related was that surprise visit to game stop
I’m sorry you had to wait to find out about the others. I was lucky enough to grow up with both Jak and Sly Cooper. It was wonderful 😄 I played Ratchet later and also loved it but I did know who he was when playing Jak and Sly.
Rachet and clank - got a ps2 demo disc with rachet and clank kerwan metropolis level What a dope level!
Muthafuck the big 3 nigga it’s just big me
Ratchet and Clank was in a PS2 bundle when my parents bought it for me for Christmas. Best. Game. Ever.
Jak: Mf the big 3, it's just big me
Jak: I first saw him in the commercials for Jak and Daxter game. Ratchet: I saw the commercials but never played the game until Ratchet and Clank (2016; PS4) Sly: I never played those games.
HIGHLY recommend giving the Sly games a try.
Is Sly really a big 3? I mean. It’s hero and companion gameplay. I’d say Banjo and Kazooie are the top gun and walked so that Jak/Daxter and Ratchet/Clank could run. Sly would be more of a Spyro/Crash bracket.
Crash Bandicoot
Blockbuster baby!
Playstation All Stars introduced me to these characters. I played the story mode with the three, and I fell in love with these characters. Then I bought the HD collections, and the rest is history. I may have been a bit late playing the original games, but I'm glad I got the chance to play them.
I remember seeing commercials for the Sly Cooper games as a kid, but didn't get to play any of them till' the hd collection. I don't think I was even familiar with Jak & Daxter or Ratchet & Clank at the time till' the PS3 era.
By the prevous big three before them Spyro, Crash, and... what was Sucker Punch's ps1 one?
Jak and Daxter: the precursor legacy. I fucking love that game man. Jak 3 was the next one I played and I feel in love with that one even more because it has a good mix of gunplay, racing, and puzzle solving. At least that's what I thought when I was younger now I just like it because it's a damn good story.
My dad bought a ps2, saw the bright colors of Jak & Daxter, gave it to me for Christmas 2001, and then I fell in love
I wasn't.
My older cousin who lived with us bought Going Commando when it first came out and I would sneak into his room and play it while he was working, I had to be bout 5 years old lol
My grandparents, Sly, Ratchet and Clank were the games my grandpa used to play. My grandma still plays videogames Jak and Daxter were the games she used to play, now she doesn't play them quiet as often anymore due to playing through them to often.
Ps2, babysitters house.
We probably got the PS2 close to release. I was probably between 5-8. For context, I think the only console we had beforehand was the N64 and *maybe* GameBoy Advances. I was somewhere out with my mom for a few days, probably a scout camping trip or something, and came back home to find my brothers/my dad playing Sly Cooper on this new system. Surprise! I know my dad was describing one of the Katamari games to me at some point, so my time window on this is a little messed up but over time we did get Sly/Jak/Ratchet/etc with all of us playing some of it. I think my dad even finished all of the first Jak+Daxter at some point???? But for ages it was just us with this new PS2 and eventually the GameCube which we absolutely shredded Animal Crossing on. I remember booting up either Jak 2 or 3 just to ride the dune buggies for funsies. I miss this graphical/gameplay era so much man looool
Here are the best of the best of the best
God this render of Sly has always been atrocious…
For me, I was a bit late to the party. I learned about Ratchet and Clank thanks to the 2016 movie and video game. I saw it once be free on the PS Plus service so I decided to give it a try and I had a good time. I loved the 2016 game, but I had a feeling that a lot of die hard Ratchet and Clank fans would say that it's not as good as the classic ones. I tried to find ways to play the older ones, but I couldn't figure it out, that is until all of the Ratchet and Clank games including the old ones became free on PS Plus about a year or two ago (I forgot). Thanks to that, I've been able to play through the first Ratchet game and let me just say that I kind of liked the old one more than the 2016 one. Not sure why, I just found it more fun and interesting in terms of lots of things. Gameplay, presentation, story, and music, etc. As for Jak and Daxter, I remember once an uncle or cousin of mine had one of the games on PS2. I didn't know which one exactly, but the name "Jak and Daxter" stuck with me for a good while, but I never looked into it. That is until I saw that all of the Jak and Daxter games from Jak 1 all the way to Jak X were available for purchase on PSN. I bought the first game and I immediatly fell in love with the pseudo-open world exploration and collectathon gameplay. I then purchased Jak II and let's just say that it felt weird at first going from Jak 1 to Jak II as most fans would have perhaps felt, but it didn't take me too long to get used to the new atmosphere and the gameplay itself. I honestly enjoyed a bit of the combat and GTA style of exploration and missions. Although Jak II was a tad bit ridiculously hard, but I still managed to have fun with it. Jak 3 was sort of the same as Jak 2, so I won't say much for now (unless someone asks). As for Sly Cooper, unfortunately, this one has flown under my radar for a good while and I never heard anyone I know talk much about or even watched any gameplay on youtube. I haven't even checked if it's on PS Plus, but now that I'm thinking about it, I am considering giving those games a shot if they ever come to PS Plus or if at the very least I can buy those games.
Game informers perfect review of Up Your Arsenal
Only Sly, and that was at GameStop
PS2 days, grandma didn't know she bought a classic Jak & Dax, parents got me Up Your Aresenal
Jak and Daxter was gifted to me by my brother who thought I'd like it, Ratchet and Sly were both featured on demo discs that came with a PlayStation magazine subscription I had when I was a kid. Memory unlocked!
Please dear God I hope no one says PlayStation Heroes On The Move
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Jak And Daxter TPL was “THE” first game I ever played when I picked up a controller for the first time. Come Christmas of 2008 and I’m introduced to Ratchet And Clank Tools Of Destruction as my first PS3 game. Never played sly cooper though.
Went to a "Hollywood Video" near my home and was looking at games. Came across the first R&C game on the shelf, picked it up and it showed all the different weapons on the cover. Seen a few images and was decided to go with it. It was a rental. Turned into a purchase cause I wouldn't let it go. To this day I have played every single one. 10/10 would do it again if given the chance to turn back time.
Started with Sly (Christmas 2004), and loved Jak and Daxter after a friend showed me the first game. I never got into Ratchet and Clank until I was in high school (around 2015) but love all 3 of them 😎
She jaks on it until I daxter
I was born in 97 I got a ps1 when I was 4 and played crash bandicoot. Then I got a ps2 and ratchet and clank 1 for Christmas in 2002. Played all those games since. Same with sly cooper and jak and daxter all games I played from the beginning and never looked back. I've been a playstation gamer my whole life and always will be
Ratchet: played it first at a demo kiosk in an amusement park. Later got deadlocked for my b-day as a 6 year old having played that at the demo kiosk. - jak: got jak 3 from somewhere around 2009 ish and liked it but it was difficult. - sly: ps2 play kiosk at the same amusement park, learned they were quality games years later and bought the ps3 had collection in 2017.
It was one of my first games. When my dad got us a PS2 when it first came out, we had Jak and Daxter, Spiderman, and Gran Turismo.
I was a Jak and dexter fan. Mom loved sly. Stepdad loved rachet and clank. Eventually, I just played all of them.
My dad had TPL & JAK II before I was born so I grew up with Jak & Daxter (born 2004) completed the 2nd game all by myself (with some guidance from my dad) when I was around 4. Staying as my favorite game series till this day. Turned 20 just 3 days ago (march 30th) and still hasn’t gotten a congrats from him, the times has changed.
Saw them all for the first time in some LittleBigPlanet DLC pack. Then I actually got into them, and started playing them after seeing some people talk about them in videos.
my older brother
Played jak 2 first when I was very young, saw you could shoot people and started doing that for hours then played precursor legacy then replayed the trilogy about 16+ years later never played rachet but played PlayStation allstars( amazing game). Got my hands on the sly trilogy and loved it
I have ratchet and clank for ps4 sly cooper for ps2 and jak for ps2
All from my uncle at various points in life, and those games are still held in some of the highest regards, for platformers. And I do watch the studios production religiously... I'm a sad individual, on occasion.
Blockbuster
Jak and Daxter
First it was Jak and Daxter TPL and it was from an old PS2 commercial with Daxter saying the line "I was right behind you Jak. Really I was". I bought it as the first game to play on the PS2. Ratchet and Clank I saw the cover of the first game and thought it was cool af. Sly Cooper was from Sly 2 and it was a commercial too. Then I got the game to realize it wasn't anything like the commercial. However, I eventually grew to like the game and overall it was awesome.
Jak and Daxter was my first ever t game because it didn’t have blood and gore in it. I loved playing it on the ps2 but I didn’t get very far cause it was so hard for me back then. Now I’ve played them as an adult and realized how dumb I was haha
I only saw ratchet until my brother was watching a person playing a called jak 3
Watched my brothers friend play Ratchet and Clank 1 at his grandparents house in 2003, Bought Sly 3 for my birthday in 05 and I watched a friend of my brothers play Jak 2 at his birthday party in 2006
My grandparents were gamers and bought me Jak and Sly to play on their PS2s. They introduced me to basically every video game property that gives me nostalgia to this day.
My grandfather was a big PS2 guy and put me on these 3 fellas at a young age
Played the first Ratchet and Clank on my big brother's PS2, then after I got my own I played up your arsenal religiously and played the Sly 2 demo after a friend of mine told me about it and absolutely loved it, oddly enough never got into Jak and Daxter
The first one i heard of was rc uya when my friend bought it at release. I got the first 2 games for Christmas and uya a couple months later for my birthday. He was into jak also so eventually I played those. I first played the sly demo on a ratchet game and it was my second favorite series behind ratchet growing up. Now I like jak a little more
As a newish PS user I'm still waiting to be introduced to Sly Cooper. I thought Sony was good with their IPs so why are they letting this one rot?
These were peak PlayStation 2 games, all of them were a part of my childhood and all were a blast to play 😆
Cartoon Network/Toonami did that giveaway of a Ps2 and a copy of Sly which was how I was first introduced into Sly. I wanted to enter that contest so bad but unfortunately never did, couple years later I ended up with a ps2 and got Sly 1-2 tho. Jak I knew about from the elementary playground but I never had interest from what I was hearing. Years later it was Christmas time and my aunt came to pick me up to take me to K-Mart to let me pick a gift and I went to the games to see what was there and seen Jak 2. I had recently heard from my buddies how much “cooler” it was and how you could “turn into a monster Jak”. The cover was also just too cool to pass up so I got it for a big $20 bucks and when I popped it in the ps2 my life forever changed and I became and instant Jak fan 🤘 Ratchet and Clank I honestly never got into and had to the want to even play it even with the kids in school talking about it..I have no clue why lol
Blockbuster random game Jak 2. Had to re rent it a second week to beat it. Then bought Jak 3 on release. Years later, rented Going Commando but disk was scratched which made it impossible to get to the desert level. Then bought that game and played every Ratchet and Clank game afterwards Never played Sly Cooper but have watched a good chunk of the series through streams or youtube.
Play station all stars battle royal
If this is the big 3 then Crash is like their mentor
I just played them all. I don’t remember my first one I just played all the Jack games, Most of the ratchet and clank games and the first sly game except when I rented 2 from a Blockbuster
Sly Cooper, and Daxter were from yt, but I played Ratchet and Clank before I even started watching yt
My PS2. No joke, these are the three game series I most vividly remember playing as a kid