Tuesday, June 1, 2021

PrinceWatercress plays Ratchet and Clank - Part 14 of 38


Things start heating up in Planet Batalia as far as getting around and getting things done goes, 


The small droids that fly around will drop down when you get close enough, and they will approach and zap you if you let them. You'll also have robots that guns shooting rockets at you, and while the rockets are fast, the robots still have a limited range. One of the platforms near the start will be made more narrow by a rocket that strikes it.

There is a area near the start where you can grind on some rails. Pay attention as you slide around as soon as you jump onto the rails so you can jump over obstacles such as mine and other low-lying objects. Left+X and Right+X allows you to switch tracks when necessary. When you make it to the end, you'll meet a lowly soldier who wants nothing to do with the war that is going on in this planet and just wants to get home to his family. He has an Infobot, and if you can pay him 2,000 Bolts, you'll get a message meant for Planet Drek about a helmet that allows a pilot to control a ship solely by thought. You can now head to Planet Gaspar.

To take out the tanks, use the Devastator to destroy the cannons, then use the Blaster to finish the job.

There is a droid that flies around rather fast, and if you can hit him, you can get a good amount of Bolts out of it.

12:29 - This route takes you to a Gold Bolt.

Be careful in grassy areas. Red robots will pop out of the bushes and throw bombs at you as they run around. You may have to use your Blaster to destroy them, but they don't take a lot of damage before they go down.

You'll eventually find the commando, who tells you to storm into the city from the ventilation shaft before giving you an Infobot. The Infobot contains a message from Chairman Drek, who says that his people's planet has now become overpopulated and polluted and need a new world to inhabit. He says that nearby planets have everything they need to create their new world, which he is cobbling together from pieces of other worlds, and now needs an orbit to put the planet in. Ratchet, still somewhat apathetic about Drek's actions after what happened on Umbris, is more interested in getting into the ventilation shaft, but Clank mentions that they will need a special item to even attempt that. The game will then tell you that you need the Magneboots for this...and you won't be able to find until later on. (Despite what I say here, you don't actually buy them from a Gadgetron Vendor; you'll be finding them another way later on.)

In the meantime, this Infobot will allow you to head to Planet Orxon, which we will have to head to eventually. 

21:24 - This building that requires the Trespasser to get into has another secret. If you wall jump near the door, you'll find another Gold Bolt.

As for the Invinco-Lock, you'll need lasers on the inner ring at 5 o'clock and 9 o'clock, and one laser on the middle ring at 7 o'clock. With the outer ring, make sure nothing is obstructing the rest of the lasers. You'll be given seven lasers here, but you only need four. By opening this door, you'll get a one-time-only cache of Bolts.

25:33 - If you can get from the beginning of this rail all the way to the end where you got the Infobot for Planet Gaspar without running into a single obstacle, you'll get a Skill Point.

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 with 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
  • Down+X: backflip
  • X (while running): long jump (must have Heli-Pack)
  • X: high jump (must have Heli-Pack upgrade)

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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