PrinceWatercress plays Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando - Part 33 of 54

In today's episode, we head for Gorn to take the fight to Thugs-4-Less, then head back to Joba and see if we can conquer The Impossible Challenge.

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1:52 - As soon as they arrive on Gorn, Ratchet and Clank are under attack from the Thugs-4-Less fleet. 

2:38 - In the first challenge on Gorn, you'll be shooting down the Thugs-4-Less fleet. There are two big ships, and you'll need to aim at the biggest part of the ships in order to take them down.

4:01 - After the battle, you'll find out that Angela is not here and you'll get a message from the leader of Thugs-4-Less. The monitor behind him shows his exact location, and Clank makes note of this. You now have coordinates for planet Snivelak.

9:22 - We head back to the battle arena on Joba and go for The Impossible Challenge. This is 60 straight rounds of enemy fighting, and there are a few rounds where you will be fighting on the walls above the arena, with the lava rocks not showing up until just past halfway, at round 36. Once that happens, stay on the move, get enemies to stand directly across from you, and let the lava rocks do the work instead of your guns.

Use the wrench on the creatures that charge towards you and hit them with the jump strike for double damage, and use the ammo crates whenever you see them to keep your ammo high. Watching your ammunition and knowing when to use your guns definitely helps, and fighting the enemies from a distance in a way that mitigates any potential damage also works wonders.

While it makes sense to come in here with maximum health, you don't necessarily need to do so, as having enough experience to gain another hit point and getting the health replenishment and the full-screen enemy wipeout that come with it can be a very big help.

You'll face the Megapede at the 60th and final round. You'll want to have a high amount of health and plenty of heavy weaponry when you finally take it on. I don't win this time, but I come dreadfully close, and the bolts and experience that come from playing this challenge are a big help.

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)