The fact that the game was repetitive and didn't allow you to have Clank watching your back was a real turn off...
You see, even though the levels of this games are not that repayable for rewards, that is not the point of the game. It was to make the ultimate R&C gladiator games. In the game, you will face an onslaught of enemies, easily hundreds at a time, with destructive (though not as creative as the previous games) weapons, such as the duel raptors or the infamous annihilator. This game will keep you on your toes until you finish your missions.
The story goes that famous superheroes are being captured and forced to compete on this new Gladiator type reality show Dreadzone, Ratchet gets captured by Vox the mastermind behind it and he has to compete to prove he is the top man in the universe by shooting yourself to the top of the Rankings and eliminating certain contestants at times.
This game takes a much different path to previous games it has you having to achieve certain objectives to move on. First you have the main mission and then you have the other Dreadzone Challenges where some need to be completed to access the next planet. Whilst Clank doesn't have a big role Ratchet certainly has some help from 2 Dreadbots as well as Clank and Big Al giving them help through a communicator.
The weapons are mainly some you have seen before but new weapons like a Scorpion Flail,Holoshield Shield Launch and Dual Vipers are some nice new weapons but there isn't many. Unlike previous games though they don't seem to max out throughout the campaign they just keep leveling up. The game isn't hard though it is quite easy and can be done in about 8 hours maybe less but there really isn't much else to go back for. Skill Points are alot different this time as you acquire them through events as well. It is a bit to familiar to other games and not having replay value hurts it and some of the mission variety is virtually nearly the same for every section with nodes and that lot.