It's definitely not the original games but it was fun, honestly and a nice holistic retelling of the story in a truncated fashion so that they could do more with it in the future. Furthermore giving people who haven't played the original series the chance to get the tent poles of the story so that they could get into the series without having to scour the internet for very old games at this point on derelict consoles. That said, as a person who played the Ratchet & Clank series when it originally came out as a child, I can say this remains fairly true to crux of the original story and feeling of the games. It brought me back and kept with the spirit I enjoyed, so I'm definitely satisfied and even impressed with how they updated the look of the game.

Now, I will say that there was some jank in the game, primarily with the camera, but it functioned well and kept me engaged enough to shotgun it over the course of about 16 hours. So, aside from that, I feel the this remake was a decent one and those that down rate it are kinda just being elitist at the end of the day. I played the old games too - exhaustively - and it isn't as boring or poorly structured as others might lead you to believe. It's that they have an expectation, it wasn't met, so they're mad that they aren't being gratified - plain and simple.