At first glance, Deadlocked is a full game of the tournaments from other Ratchet games.

And, yeah it's pretty much that. But what it really ends up being is a Ratchet game with a focus on pure chaos. You can upgrade your weapons and modify them more than ever before. You're fighting more enemies on screen than ever before. More bolts. Etc.

Deadlocked nails the core Ratchet gameplay loop so well that even with the lack of platforming, I consider it to be a top tier Ratchet game.