Monday, June 7, 2021

PrinceWatercress plays Ratchet and Clank - Part 20 of 38


We're not done with Pokitaru yet, even though it sounds like my voice is. Here, we enter the sewers and explore this area. This place also has its fair share of Invinco-Locks, too.


Near the start, there is a teleporter that will take us to the sewers.

You need not equip the O2 Mask manually like I did; you'll automatically equip it when you get in the water. Now that you have the O2 Mask in your possession, you won't have to worry about an air meter while underwater. You'll also need the Hydrodisplacer for this area.

Most of the enemies in this area will be the slime creatures that split into two twice.

The area after the first underwater segment will have you using the metal detector for buried Bolts. Also, there are platforms with yellow lines on the edges instead of red ones. Be careful when you're on these platforms, as they will tip over when you put your weight on them and move around on them. 

2:48 - For this Invinco-Lock, you'll need the lasers on the inner ring at 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock. For the middle ring, you'll need a laser at 2 o'clock, which puts a blocker at 11 o'clock. For the outer ring, the lone laser will need to be at 3 o'clock, putting the blockers at 5 o'clock and 11 o'clock.

6:47 - For the inner ring, put the laser at 5 o'clock. The blocker on that ring will then be on 4 o'clock. For the middle ring, put the laser on that one at 9 o'clock. This will put the blocker on that ring at 5 o'clock. For the outer ring, put the two lasers at 7 o'clock and 12 o'clock. This put the blocker on the outer ring on 5 o'clock as well.

Use the Glove of Doom near the third Invinco-Lock to take out the slime enemies without risk of harm to yourself.

10:32 - For the inner ring, put the lasers on 6 o'clock and 7 o'clock. This puts a blocker at 9 o'clock. For the middle ring, put the lone laser at 3 o'clock. This puts another blocker at 9 o'clock. With those two blockers in place, you can fiddle around with the outer ring and solve the puzzle easily. (For those interested, the two lasers will be at 1 o'clock and 4 o'clock with a blocker at 6 o'clock.)

After you get through the third Invinco-Lock, you'll meet a scientist who has invented something called the Persuader. While it has not resulted in successful mind control for him, it has gotten him some discounts from Gadgetron vendors. He will give it to you in exchange for some Raritanium, which he has a hard time finding on this planet thanks to Drek's pollution. You'll be coming back for this a bit later, as the place where you'll find Raritanium is on Planet Hoven, which is a ways off.

From here, you can teleport back to where you ship is. If you teleport back into the sewers, you'll re-appear near the scientist instead of having to go back through the sewers. With this, you'll complete the resort exploration mission.

It's now time to go back to Planet Orxon.

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
  • R1: stomp (must have Thruster-Pack)
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/Thruster-Pack)
  • X: high jump (must have Heli-Pack/Thruster-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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