Do I need to play any previous Ratchet & Clank games before Tools of Destruction?

[PawnTakesKing]

I've only really played Deadlocked on the PS2. Will I have trouble understanding the story if I don't play the first three?

 

[Rei no Otaku]

No.

 

[leshrac55]

No... Stories are completely unrelated and basically unimportant within all the games.