By this time last year, I couldn’t wait to be reunited with him. But throughout the summer, I kept hearing rumors that he was drastically changing. Heartbreakingly, when we finally did meet again he was so completely different that I had to break it off for good. This number one fan was never so sorely disappointed as when Ratchet and Clank went from being a platformer to yet another shooter.

I tried to love this new Ratchet, but there was nothing for it. While I had happily blasted my way several times through the first three titles, I could never play Ratchet Deadlocked for longer than 15 minutes. What a shame.

At the top of my E3 To Do list this year was to give the Insomniacs a piece of my mind. Perhaps they’d remember last year’s drooling fan, now foaming at the mouth.

However, I may now have to reserve judgment a little longer, as I hear echoes that he intends to go back to being the old Ratchet I knew and loved. Can it be? Dare I hope that he can change back to a platformer? Will all be forgiven?