Friday, May 28, 2021

PrinceWatercress plays Ratchet and Clank - Part 10 of 38


In this entry, we head to Planet Rilgar and find Captain Qwark. Clank's quest to find Qwark may be over, but this adventure is just beginning...

Blackwater City - Rilgar

The Gadgetron Vendor here has the Mine Glove. This is an upgraded version of the Bomb Glove...sort of. Instead of a bomb, you'll throw out a mine that floats in place. If any enemies hit it, it will explode and do some damage. If any enemies get close enough to it, the mine will float towards them and blow them up.

There are two paths you can take at the start. The one in front of the ship takes you to Captain Qwark. This is where you'll use the Hydrodisplacer for the first time. Use it at an Insta-Faucet when empty to suck up all the water, then place it in an Insta-Drain elsewhere where it is full to put the water in that location. As for the metal grates, you can smash them with your wrench.

You'll soon take a slide down into another room. When you step on the orange floor switch, be ready to run, because once you open the door, the path before you will start flooding over. Start long jumping with the Heli-Pack to give yourself some headway as quickly as possible. You will have to swim at points, and if that happens, you'll need to stay close to the surface in case you run out of air. This is particularly true in the second swimming point, as that part of the path will take your air meter to the absolute limit. It is not unusual for first-time players to die and get taken all the way back to the start of the whole "dodge the water" area because their air meter ran out so close to where they had to surface. Once you surface a second time, you'll be able to get on an elevator and approach a trailer.

When you approach the trailer, however, you'll find out that this is where Captain Qwark is for the moment and that Qwark has security in case anybody tries to take a picture of Qwark in his underwear for the galactic tabloids. If you want to see Qwark, you'll have to bribe the guy to make up for his low pay, and that will cost you 4,000 Bolts. Once you grease his palm, you'll be able to see Qwark.

Captain Qwark will be up to what Ratchet and Clank are dealing with, and invites the both of them to his obstacle course on Planet Umbris after handing them an Infobot that is essentially an obstacle course to see who can be a hero in this day and age. Clank's mission to find Qwark may be complete, but this adventure has just begun. We'll have to head to Umbris to continue with the plot.

There's more to do in Rilgar, but we'll save that for the next video.

Controls

As Ratchet:

Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move
Right analog stick: move camera

When hanging off platforms:
  • Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move
  • Forward+X: vault up
  • Back+X: drop down

X: Jump and double jump
Square: strike with wrench
Circle: pull out/shoot currently equipped gun/use gadget
Triangle:
  • quick select (hold and use in conjunction Control Pad or left stick to switch guns; menu can be customized in Quick Select on the pause menu
  • double tap to switch between two most recently used Circle button weapons/gadgets

Select: Map
  • Left stick/D-Pad: move map
  • Right stick: Zoom in/out
  • X: view missions
  • Circle: play Infobot for planet
  • L1: previous map
  • R1: next map
  • Triangle: Exit
Start: Pause menu
  • Control Pad: select option
  • X: confirm option choice

L1: tap to quickly center camera; hold for first-person view (hold button and use left stick or D-Pad to look around; let go of L1 to move camera back behind Ratchet)
  • Square: wrench boomerang
  • Circle: fire gun
L3: see health and Bolt totals
R1/R2: crouch (hold down)
  • Square: wrench boomerang
  • Left+X or Right+X: side somersault
  • X (while running): long jump (must have Heli-Pack)
  • X: high jump (must have Heli-Pack)

In water:
  • Square: dive and descend
  • X: surface and ascend

Trespasser:

D-Pad or Left Analog Stick:
  • Up and Down: switch rings
  • Left and Right: rotate rings
Triangle: leave Invinco-Lock screen

As Clank:

Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move
Right analog stick: move camera

When hanging off platforms:
  • Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move
  • Forward+X: vault up
  • Back+X: drop down

Square: punch
X: Jump (press and hold in the middle of a jump to glide with Heli-Pack)
Triangle: command menu (hold and use in conjunction with Control Pad or left analog stick to choose commands)

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