Tuesday, June 8, 2021

PrinceWatercress plays Ratchet and Clank - Part 21 of 38


Now that we can play as Ratchet on Orxon, we have two new roads to take. We're taking the left one today.

Kogor Refinery - Orxon

Now that you have the O2 Mask, you'll be able to play as Ratchet on Orxon from now on. Remember that gray platform off the edge that you couldn't get to at all with Clank? Well, you can get there now, and you can explore even more of the planet.

Aside from the aliens with the crab-like claws, you'll have bird enemies that will divebomb you if you're close enough and blue flying creatures called Screamers that will wake up the crab claw aliens. The two flying enemies can easily be dispatched with the Blaster. As for the crab claw aliens, you can use your Blaster as well as your wrench. Just throw the wrench when they approach after you get a certain distance towards them.

The platforms with the yellow edges are see-saw platforms. If you stand on one, the other rises up. Keep hopping to bring the platform you're on back up.

At the Gadgetron Vendor in this new route, you'll have a fork in the road. In this video, we go left. Watch out for any ships that show up out of nowhere. If you see one that does, use the Visibomb. Just fire the Visibomb, then use the D-Pad or left analog stick to move the rocket once you're in the monochrome green first-person view. Just remember that the Visibomb shots have limited range, and if the screen turns into static, you've reached that range and the shot will explode.

There are humanoid enemies in this area, but they have the same close-range attack as all the other humanoid enemies that you've seen before. In this case, it's the fire wave.

10:08 - If you target the Screamer on the other side of this pipe, shoot a Blaster shot clean through this hole and hit the Screamer, you'll get a Skill Point.

At the end of the path is a Nanotech vending machine and a loop back to the start. For 4,000 Bolts, you can buy Premium Nanotech, increasing your maximum hit points from four to five. You'll be able to buy Ultra Nanotech from this machine, but you'll need 30,000 Bolts to buy it, and I won't be buying it until near the end of the game.

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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