Best Disaster Avoidance
Jak and company have had some pretty rough times. While the first three games are some of the best the PlayStation 2 has to offer, and Combat Racing is a fun distraction, it ended on a sour note with Lost Frontier. That, however, was out of Naughty Dog’s hands, as they were already at work on the Uncharted series and The Last of Us. They tried, at one point, to reboot Jak and Daxter, but they later scrapped it because what they had didn’t feel in line with what the series.
Sly’s most recent release was Thieves in Time back in 2013. Sanzaru took the reigns from Sucker Punch while they were working on the Infamous franchise, and the new blood did pretty well. The game itself ended on a cliffhanger, with Sly stuck in ancient Egypt, but no indication has really been made on if the series is continuing. Sony also announced a movie, but they’ve been quiet on that for some time now. Maybe we’ll hear something at E3 on that front?
Ratchet’s been doing pretty well for himself. He has a game that comes out every couple of years, and while not all of them have been groundbreaking, they’re fun and entertaining. He’s made his long-awaited debut to the PS4 finally, and it’s a blast to play. With a movie due out in a few weeks, everything’s coming up Milhouse for our Lombax-Robot duo.
Winner: Ratchet & Clank
This one doesn’t need much explanation, as Ratchet’s the only one of the three that still manages to come out on a timely basis. You could understandably think that Jak and Sly have just become relics of the past, even though both still have requests for a sequel from fans and have had references about them in their developers’ current games.
