Unlike the other PS2 villains and their being reinforced by the themes of consumerism, Nefarious isn't backed up by any strong theming. Maybe you could argue racial inequality is supposed to be his theme, but we never actually see robots being treated unfairly in 3 or any of the other PS2 games for that matter. It makes him come off as very shallow and empty as an antagonist. He's just an over the top comic book supervillain doing what he does because he can, which feels like a step down from the more grounded villains of the other PS2 games.
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I don't mind him, wish they didn't keep bringing him back.
>>728915683Wow, what an original opinion.
>>728915827Unoriginal opinion for unoriginal thread.Hot take:Grelbin hate is overrated. It's bad, but not nightmare inducing with shield.
>>728913998Never thought about it that wayI did like him a lot in 3 by virtue of his boss fight being good and also him being funnily strong and effective in a fight where you whiny mad doctor types tend to be push overs, but no he tries to merc you had.>>728916064Yeah it makes for a fun challenge.
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The series is about Ratchet becoming a hero, he is fighting Quarks arch nemesis and usurping Quark as the main hero.
Nefarious was only good in up your arsenal
>>728916064i haven't played these games in ages. greblin was the snow level with the yetis, right? i loved that level for how frantic it made me feel. also remember one of the weapons could utterly destroy the yetis. i think it was the one that shot hot coals
>>728918417Yes. >Garcia had been scheduled only three days to program the level, having inherited it from another programmer, but started from scratch to save himself time figuring out someone else's code. This led to the Y.E.T.I.s being hastily completed, and very difficult to fight due to their short pre-attack animation and large numbers. As a result, the level became notorious internally at Insomniac Games due to the Y.E.T.I.s, and new Insomniac employees would direct anger to Garcia for it. This led to Garcia being the first recipient of the "Snowbeast Award" created as a joke, awarded to the developer of the worst thing shipped in the final game.
Nefarious is obviously backed by themes of racism and discrimination. You missed the point of the character.
>>728918537Do they even still give out the snowbeast award?
>>728919269HR most likely have decided that it's offensive.
>>728919081And just like real world "anti-racists", he's a whiny grifter who doesn't actually care and just wants to boost his ego, abandoning "the cause" as soon as it stops being convenient.
>extremely competent as a supervillain on his own after becoming a robot>only loses because R&C have extreme bullshit plot armorIf anything he's more threatening than his "emperor" counterpart because he's dealt with far more nonsense.
>>728919918EmpNef became a victim of his own success. Dr. Nefarious is actually reasonably competent at manipulation and political games even if he acts like a manchild onscreen; Emperor Nefarious took over the galaxy, got high on his own supply, tried to LEEROY JENKINS another dimension and then died.
>>728916064Grelbin being bad is emphasised because of how fucking good Ratchet 2 usually is.The game is a must play and then you get suckerpunched with something that actively detracts from the experience.If Grelbin was in Secret Agent Clank, no one would care about it because that entire game is poopoo.
Nefarious is weakened by being a human who got turned into a robot, his backstory is completely at ends with what he's actually like
>>728924141It's almost like being weak, unpopular and ugly as a human, while being bullied by a shredded, famous and handsome Qwark, in biology class, had an effect on him when he was turned into an extremely powerful robot.
Chairman Drek mogs Nefarious and it’s not even close. The best villain in the franchise
>>728914094Dyke btw
>>728924549Guess who is still alive now ?
>>728913998Who could possibly be behind this thread
