PrinceWatercress plays Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando - Part 8 of 54

In this entry, we finally race in Barlow, then track down the thief again.

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1:31 - The Thruster Pack allows you to meet the Desert Riders with a long jump. You can borrow the bike if you can fix it, and that's where the Electrolyzer comes in.

3:39 - We can finally ride the bike! X accelerates, L1 fires weapon pick-ups and R1 activates turbo pick-ups. As you're racing, you'll want to hold R1 at all times and constantly pick up turbo boosts (the orange cones) so you can get through the racetrack as quickly as possible. If you see any red arches, run through those; these also act as turbo boosts. 

Turbo boosts will be at the upper-left with weapon info on the right of that. The upper-right corner shows your current position, where you are in relation to other racers, and the map, complete with the location of all the racers.

There are creatures in the open field near the end; you'll want to avoid them.

When you win the race, you'll get the helmet. You'll also get a message from the Thugs-4-Less boss stating that their rendezvous point is in the Feltzin System, where we'll be heading next, as well as an announcement of the upcoming picnic.

9:15 - If you go left on the first right turn on the racetrack, you'll find a Platinum Bolt.

11:02 - When you enter the Feltzin System, you'll be under attack. You'll have to play through Challenge 1 and defeat all of the enemy ships. Watch out for asteroids, and listen for the enemy's laughter, as they give themselves away when they get close. As always, stay on the move to avoid being shot as much as possible. Like last time, some enemies will also drop Raritanium.

When you defeat the first wave of 25 enemies, you'll get another wave with 25 more. Once you beat them, you'll intercept a collect call between the thief and the boss of Thugs-4-Less, with the thief chewing out the boss for holding the aforementioned company picnic before stating that they are the pick-up point. Ratchet intercepts the coordinates for the pick-up points and downloads them now. We can now go to Notak.

19:53 - When you get to Notak, you'll find out what Captain Quark has been up to since the end of the first game. We also find out that we have missed the thief...again.

Controls:

As Ratchet:

Control Pad/Left Analog Stick: move

Right analog stick: move camera

X:

• Jump and double jump (hold button after double jump to use Heli-Pack or Thruster Pack)
• Wall jump (near certain walls)

Square: strike with wrench

Circle: pull out/shoot currently equipped gun

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 equipped weapons/items
• interrupt on-screen messages

Select: open map

Start: Pause menu

• Control Pad: select option
• X: confirm option choice

L1:

• center camera behind Ratchet (tap button to center)
• 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
• R1/R2: zoom in and out (Pulse Rifle only)

L2/R2: strafe (hold while moving)

L3: see health and Bolt totals

R1/R2: crouch (hold down)

• Square: wrench boomerang
• X: high jump
• long jump (hold crouch button and jump while running to perform)

R3: open map

In water:

• Square: dive and descend
• X: surface and ascend
• R1: accelerate with Hydro-Pack

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)