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Ratchet & Clank |OT| The Game based on the Movie based on the Game
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You are in for a treat, very fun game.
generic_username
I switched to an alt account to ditch my embarrassing tag so I could be an embarrassing Naughty Dog fanboy in peace. Ask me anything!
Isn't the Groovitron the greatest weapon ever made? Never gets old for me after all these years..
TheSpoiler
Member
Does the pixelator do damage?
DriftingSpirit
Member
Yep. Not much but yeah.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Really? I found it pretty powerful per shot, especially as it levels.
Icyflamez96
Member
I thought that was one of the more OP weapons.
DriftingSpirit
Member
It took me numerous shots to down enemies. It was only until I had completely maxed it out did it become even somewhat strong. I don't know, maybe it is just because I used other weapons that could OHKO or two shot enemies.
pixelation
Member
O_O... well i'll be damned... thanks!
PIxelator is the shotgun. You can OHKO from point blank
Spring-Loaded
Member
I found that it seems to be more powerful at the edges of its spread, as if the pixel-buckshot flies out in a ring shape. Up close, I'd do a lot of damage, but I felt I needed to hit enemies with the edges of the shot spread to do real damage. It might be worth testing out
DriftingSpirit
Member
Yeah, I'll have to look into it as well.
Humdinger
Member
Still enjoying the game quite a bit. I'm never been interested in trophy-collecting, so that aspect doesn't appeal to me, but I really enjoy the combat and the visuals. Combat gets pretty hairy as the game goes on, with all kinds of enemies thrown at you at once. All the weapons are fun, although I don't use Pixelizer or Pyrociter much. They could've done a little better job with Mr. Zurkon's lines -- they come off sounding stupid sometimes, rather than funny/clever. That's a minor nitpick. The rest of the game is just great. So much variety. I'm impressed with how much they get on the screen at once, with such fidelity.
Yep! So far I'm having a lot of fun with it. Looks stunning too
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Platinum done. Perfect timing for Uncharted.
Splash Wave
Member
How will I know when I'm approaching the end of the game? I want to make sure I collect all of the bolts and such before finishing it.
Wibblewozzer
Member
I can't recall if the game actually gives a warning, but you can reload the final save even after beating it to go back to collect things.
Edit: Unless it was patched to behave differently if you do go back for bolts and RYNO cards after beating it you'll want to rebeat the last boss to save the final state of the game before you start up Challenge Mode.
You can clean up the remaining bolts after you finish the game, by choosing to Continue, if you do that it will drop you before the final boss fight again.
Then you can clean up remaining stuff, beat the boss again (to have an update save file for Challenge Mode) and then you can head into "Challenge Mode" from the main menu.
Otherwise, if you want to know specifically...
After Kalebo III, you return to the Deplanetizer for the 2nd time, you will fight a boss... after that boss you will be dumped at a spot that has a weapon check point and a teleport pad that returns to your ship... or head to the final boss, that is the final check point...
I wish there was more to do in this game. I've beaten everything, platinum'd it and genuinely haven't got anything left to do (this basically NEVER happens with me, I barely finish a game's primary story mode these days). But yet I still want to go back and play it some more. Would love a horde arena mode or something.
Speaks to how great the game is, just need more of it.
Speaks to how great the game is, just need more of it.
Icyflamez96
Member
Get on that HD collection bro.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
So has the game completion path for people been to collect all Gold Bolts/Ryno Cards/Upgrade all Weapons and THEN do challenge mode? How come?
Calcium
Banned
I collected all the gold bolts and leveled most of my weapons to 5 in my first playthrough. Then I started up challenge mode and worked on everything else as I played through a second time. You need to upgrade 5-10 in challenge mode because you need the bolt multiplier to get the required funds to purchase upgrades. It'd be a huge grind to do it all in one playthrough.
ReplacementPelican
Member
HD Collcetion fun so far, was tempted to do a LTTP. Though, the first game has such bad aiming and checkpoints that I've almost been driven to instantly.
HamsterExAstris
Member
Yes.
R.Y.N.O. cards were a priority because I wanted the R.Y.N.O. Gold Bolts were more an accident than anything on purpose - I knew I wanted enough to unlock the rupees bolt skins, and just got the rest naturally while card hunting.
Icyflamez96
Member
That's the Hologuise.
Oh right, my bad
It's a blast. Hope you enjoy
Yeah, same for me, sheepinator took way too long to upgrade
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
completed it on sunday and it was awesome, frustratingly hard in parts but great fun 
Icyflamez96
Member
@ all y'all bustas who threw shade at the pixelizer
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Just need to get my Sheepinator to level 10
and ill have Platinum #30!!!
Already went through Challenge mode once and im almost done with a second....where can i farm enemies to max this out? Its currently at level 8 and the meter only seems to move every 13th kill!!!
and ill have Platinum #30!!!
Already went through Challenge mode once and im almost done with a second....where can i farm enemies to max this out? Its currently at level 8 and the meter only seems to move every 13th kill!!!
You can find a hotspot of enemies, for example the level where the exterminators are fighting the amoebi, kill most of the enemies, change the difficulty and grind it like that. The Gadgetron level has a ton of enemies to grind.
Found this on the(Post game spoilers)Insomniac Museum
Crypto GAF what's this about? RESISTANCE 4 CONFIRMED?
I think that's a reference to the scene in All 4 One where Qwark reads a letter from Susie written in macaroni.
This game really does assassinate Clank's personality completely. The only thing that is the same is the nerdy voice. Otherwise he lacks all the distinct personality traits & quirks of Clank. There are a couple of moments where these come through a little bit but most of the game Clank is just kind of there and being way too... flavorless. 99,9% of his lines are just too devoid of any personality or the kind of silly humor that he has.
Ratchet has been changed to the worse too, but at least he has some kind of personality in this game.
Otherwise the game part has only been improved. The only nitpick I have is that at times there's just so much stuff happening on screen that it's hard to make sense of what you're seeing. I mean, everything just exploding around you into colourful balls, rays, explosions of light is part of the fun but it's occasionally kind of annoying when you can't really tell what is happening and you lose the bolt-multiplier in the Challenge Mode when some enemy's shot hits you from behind all the explosive colourfulness.
Ratchet has been changed to the worse too, but at least he has some kind of personality in this game.
Otherwise the game part has only been improved. The only nitpick I have is that at times there's just so much stuff happening on screen that it's hard to make sense of what you're seeing. I mean, everything just exploding around you into colourful balls, rays, explosions of light is part of the fun but it's occasionally kind of annoying when you can't really tell what is happening and you lose the bolt-multiplier in the Challenge Mode when some enemy's shot hits you from behind all the explosive colourfulness.
Icyflamez96
Member
I had this problem way more with ITN than I did with this, but I have it with this more than I did the PS2 and future games. I'm not quite sure what it is. I always thought it might be because the camera might be more zoomed in on the FoV is smaller, but I'm not entirely sure.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Is more exp rewarded for higher or lower difficulty?
Killing big enemies will make the meter move quicker. Using it on a bunch of small grunt enemies barely does anything.
yeah, i used a groovitron and used the sheepinator on the big floating brain things. they take like 15 seconds to convert, but would give the sheepinator a lot of xp.
DJ_Lae
Member
Just need to upgrade all my weapons and then do the groovitron trophy...and I have no idea what I missed on my two playthroughs so far.
I'm getting the feeling that I'll need to do the same, it's the only weapon I have left and even at level 6 seems to be barely crawling up with XP at the end of my first challenge run.
I'm getting the feeling that I'll need to do the same, it's the only weapon I have left and even at level 6 seems to be barely crawling up with XP at the end of my first challenge run.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Im not at home to try but can someone answer this....those big floaty brain things, can you use sheepinator on them AFTER theyre dancing from a Grooveitron?
If i try to just Sheepinator them alone, it has no effect
If i try to just Sheepinator them alone, it has no effect
It does, Sheepinator works on everything, even bosses. Larger enemies take longer to take down though.
Not sure. But, like others have said, try going for the bigger enemies. They give more exp than smaller enemies.
TMaakkonen
Member
Story mode beaten, now to do challenge mode.
Quite good Ratchet game, while it doesnt match the top 3 of GC/UYA/ACiT.
Quite good Ratchet game, while it doesnt match the top 3 of GC/UYA/ACiT.
I feel like they could have shown a bit more cutscenes from movie. I havent seen that one yet, but in this game some cutscenes felt a tad off.
I got lucky and got Death by Disco in first run with just a little backtrack. I dont think you need to get swimming Pool Sharks to dance, I think I only got ones that were on land.
Just checked musem quickly. While I can get why some say its the worst so far, I liked that there was a lot of references to older games. They even showed old assests which was nice. Even PSP games got a small reference, even thou they were made by ex-Insomniacs.
As for criticism there was one retcon I didnt quite like. So Nefarious stole the main villain role. Sigh. It made Drek feel less evil and threat. Althought Dreks voice also made that. I guess Nefarious taking over is better since now he works as better main series antagonist? But now Drek feels very lame villain. I suppose lack of levels could also be bad? But this was actually on smaller budget so its not that bad. Granted Orxon and Quartu as planets suffered. We got a bland factory instead of cool toxic planet and a factory level.
I got lucky and got Death by Disco in first run with just a little backtrack. I dont think you need to get swimming Pool Sharks to dance, I think I only got ones that were on land.
Just checked musem quickly. While I can get why some say its the worst so far, I liked that there was a lot of references to older games. They even showed old assests which was nice. Even PSP games got a small reference, even thou they were made by ex-Insomniacs.
As for criticism there was one retcon I didnt quite like. So Nefarious stole the main villain role. Sigh. It made Drek feel less evil and threat. Althought Dreks voice also made that. I guess Nefarious taking over is better since now he works as better main series antagonist? But now Drek feels very lame villain. I suppose lack of levels could also be bad? But this was actually on smaller budget so its not that bad. Granted Orxon and Quartu as planets suffered. We got a bland factory instead of cool toxic planet and a factory level.
Shadow_FFVI
Member
Death by disco is a nightmare. Almost done with my second run of challenge mode and still nothing...