*bludgeons Toast in the head*
Agreed, it was too serious, dark, and lifeless, all the other Ratchet and Clank games were funny, colorful, and unique, but Deadlocked just felt... out of place, to the franchise... and plus you didn't even have Clank! It was just a Ratchet game...
I'm not sure what Insomniac was trying to accomplish by going that direction with the game