[Ratchet & Clank] Thread - Megecorp has your interests at heart.

DarkWarrior · December 2009

So can someone help me, is there a way to get subs in-game outside movies because I cannot tell a fucking thing any of the robots or pretty much anyone but Ratchet is saying.

UnbreakableVow · January 2010

I'm enjoying this enough so far, but I hate all the stupid time puzzles

All they do is slow down the pace of an otherwise awesome fast-paced action game

It's telling that the part I enjoyed the most so far was when I was Ratchet sans Clank

tl;dr Clank can go die in a fire

EDIT: This is not limited to A Crack in Time, the Clank sections are always always always the worst part of the series. I have not played Secret Agent Clank but I can imagine the feeling of playing it is like being stabbed in the gut repeatedly

zilo · January 2010

Hah, I like the time puzzles. I wish there were a few more of the globe ones though.

My favorite part of the game is the Agorian Battleplex. Some of those challenges are downright fiendish.

Lorahalo · January 2010

The Arena sections are always great though.

UnbreakableVow · January 2010

I do love that they made space travel not-shitty this time!

UnbreakableVow · January 2010

By the way, does this game seem oddly pixelated to anyone else? I don't think it's a problem with my TV, but everyone's talking about how great this game looks graphically when Tools of Destruction/Quest for Booty look a lot smoother.

Spoit · January 2010

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

By the way, does this game seem oddly pixelated to anyone else? I don't think it's a problem with my TV, but everyone's talking about how great this game looks graphically when Tools of Destruction/Quest for Booty look a lot smoother.

No, there's this weird boxy pattern you can see which I can't remember the actual term for. And there's aliasing out the wazoo too, especially noticable because of all the straight long lines.

Glal · January 2010

Post processing effects that happen at a bit of a distance seem to be done at half resolution (so, explosions, etc) and get pixelly. I imagine this is why CiT is their last 60fps game, too much effort and quality sacrificed.
Oddly enough I have Dragon Age on the PC doing the same thing.

I don't really notice aliasing though.

UnbreakableVow · January 2010

Glal wrote: »

Post processing effects that happen at a bit of a distance seem to be done at half resolution (so, explosions, etc) and get pixelly. I imagine this is why CiT is their last 60fps game, too much effort and quality sacrificed.
Oddly enough I have Dragon Age on the PC doing the same thing.

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm talking about

It looks really poor when doing those moon side missions and I'm blowing stuff up

I don't know, I just preferred the look overall of ToD

Unco-ordinated · January 2010

Spoit wrote: »

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

By the way, does this game seem oddly pixelated to anyone else? I don't think it's a problem with my TV, but everyone's talking about how great this game looks graphically when Tools of Destruction/Quest for Booty look a lot smoother.

No, there's this weird boxy pattern you can see which I can't remember the actual term for. And there's aliasing out the wazoo too, especially noticable because of all the straight long lines.

Yeah, Insomniac's engine has never really been that great looking but it's really showing its age now. I seriously can't believe Giant Bomb nominated it for best graphics of the year over Killzone 2.

Anyway, I thought the Crank puzzles were great but the problem with them is that they really mess with the pacing.

cooljammer00 · January 2010

Wait, so if Ratchet and Clank are separated for this game, at least for a part of it, does that mean that Ratchet doesn't have a helicopter on his back to hover?

Glal · January 2010

Not at the start. Part of the way through you get jet boots, which also allow you to semi-hover.

SilkyNumNuts · January 2010

So is quest for Booty worth buying, or not?

Glal · January 2010

If you liked ToD, yes. It's shorter, but cheaper for it. Well, it used to be, both it and ToD go for about the same price around here these days.

Artereis · January 2010

I really, really want to get into these games. I've played the demos for both ToD and CiT, and they're a blast, but oh god the backlog I'm under already. I'm hoping I'll be able to wear it down enough so that I can finally buy them sometime this year.

Glal · January 2010

Keep in mind the games aren't that long. If you ignore challenge mode (ie, second replay at a harder difficulty that unlocks even more weapon stages and gives you a bolt multiplier for killing enemies without getting hit) you can finish any of the games over a weekend, they're not games you need to invest weeks into completing.

Jayricho · January 2010

Well, that kinda sucked. Just finished Challenge Mode on Hard. I bumped up the difficulty right after I took control of Clank hoping it would give me the trophies for both Challenge and Hard and then my shiny shiny Platinum but no luck. I guess I need to start completely fresh save on hard. Balls.

cooljammer00 · January 2010

That's a little upsetting, but I guess it makes sense. Challenge Mode gives you a hand in terms of bolts, but the trophies only make sense on a vanilla run through.

TheGerbil · January 2010

You have to bump up the difficulty shortly before switching over to challenge mode and it'll register as it being on hard and work for the trophy. This game is all kinds of great fun. I have heavily enjoyed all of my playthroughs.

zilo · January 2010

If you've beaten the game and haven't collected all the Zoni and finished the extra super final bonus boss fight, you really should. The reward is well worth it.

Spoiler:

Mr_Grinch · January 2010

Just "completed" this the other day, need to go back and finish all the planets and the arena battles. Loved the game, but I actually enjoyed Tools of Destruction more, I think it had the better weapons. I loved the little green slime dudes.

DrunkMc · January 2010

zilo wrote: »

If you've beaten the game and haven't collected all the Zoni and finished the extra super final bonus boss fight, you really should. The reward is well worth it.

Spoiler:

<3 the Insomniac Museum. It's laid out like their offices in Burbank!

Haven't done that yet, cause I'm missing a few Zoni, but I have no idea where. And if I find a planet with say, 1/2 Zonis found, it's ALOT of space to cover to find one fucking guy. I went looking for about 20mins, then said fuck this and popped God of War I/II in.

Eventually I want to go back and revisit the Challenge Mode.

TheGerbil · January 2010

Treasure mapper should cause that stuff to show up on your map. Hit select when your on the planet.

elevature · January 2010

I just finished ToD and I loved it so much. These were my favourite games on the PS2, but I hadn't played one in a while and I had forgotten how great they are. I think this may be one of my favourite series ever.

As much as I want to dive into Quest for Booty I'm finishing up AC2 first. But I have a question - if I were to buy a disc version of Quest for Booty on eBay, would it work on a North American console? I'm not sure how the PS3's region locking works. I know it's about half the price on PSN, but I would really like a disc version.

cooljammer00 · January 2010

I think the PS3 is region free, no?

Unco-ordinated · January 2010

elevature wrote: »

I just finished ToD and I loved it so much. These were my favourite games on the PS2, but I hadn't played one in a while and I had forgotten how great they are. I think this may be one of my favourite series ever.

As much as I want to dive into Quest for Booty I'm finishing up AC2 first. But I have a question - if I were to buy a disc version of Quest for Booty on eBay, would it work on a North American console? I'm not sure how the PS3's region locking works. I know it's about half the price on PSN, but I would really like a disc version.

The PS3 is region free so it should be fine. It may not like NTSC SDTV's though, since most are not compatible with PAL signals but if you've got a HDTV, it should be fine.

You won't be able to import your PAL Quest for Booty save over to a US Crack in Time though, so you might just want to skip the reward (a pirate hat) or just download a US QfB save off GameFAQs.

Vray · January 2010

I don't think it was mentioned in this thread but in CiT you'll unlock another skin if you pause the game then press Up, Right, Down, Left, Triangle, Square, X, Circle, R3.

cooljammer00 · January 2010

So is the pirate dancing minigame a SixAxis thing? I turned motion controls off after the second "Clank wings" section in ToD. I can only imagine the dancing is also SixAxis controlled.

Vray · January 2010

cooljammer00 wrote: »

So is the pirate dancing minigame a SixAxis thing? I turned motion controls off after the second "Clank wings" section in ToD. I can only imagine the dancing is also SixAxis controlled.

The only SixAxis part of the dancing mini-game is when you "shake your booty".

cooljammer00 · January 2010

Ah. I knew flicking the analog stick back and forth felt weird.

DrunkMc · January 2010

TheGerbil wrote: »

Treasure mapper should cause that stuff to show up on your map. Hit select when your on the planet.

What's this now? I did not know they showed up on your map! Nifty, now I will go hunt down the rest of the Zoni! (After God of War of course)

RandomHajile · February 2010

Alright (thread necromancy), so now that I have finished AC2, I think it is time to bust out this game. So, for Trophy maximization, the consensus is I should play through the first time on Hard, and then play Challenge Mode after that?

Junior Yank · February 2010

RandomHajile wrote: »

Alright (thread necromancy), so now that I have finished AC2, I think it is time to bust out this game. So, for Trophy maximization, the consensus is I should play through the first time on Hard, and then play Challenge Mode after that?

Yes. I played it on Normal once, and the only trophies that I'm missing are for beating Hard mode and Challenge mode.

Bartholamue · February 2010

cooljammer00 wrote: »

I think the PS3 is region free, no?

You sir are correct.

Unco-ordinated · February 2010

RandomHajile wrote: »

Alright (thread necromancy), so now that I have finished AC2, I think it is time to bust out this game. So, for Trophy maximization, the consensus is I should play through the first time on Hard, and then play Challenge Mode after that?

Yep, you should be able to get all the other trophies in those two playthroughs as well.

Spoit · February 2010

Talking about trophies, how do you get the "what goes up" skill point in the great clock?

Ah_Pook · February 2010

the faqs say to keep a crate suspended in the air for 3 seconds for that skill point, so i would assume you timebomb a tall stack of crates and then break the bottom one out from under them?

SyphonBlue · February 2010

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Glal wrote: »

Post processing effects that happen at a bit of a distance seem to be done at half resolution (so, explosions, etc) and get pixelly. I imagine this is why CiT is their last 60fps game, too much effort and quality sacrificed.
Oddly enough I have Dragon Age on the PC doing the same thing.

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm talking about

It looks really poor when doing those moon side missions and I'm blowing stuff up

I don't know, I just preferred the look overall of ToD

I haven't noticed any of this stuff. In fact, I definitely would have to agree with Giant Bomb putting it up for best graphics, had it not been for Uncharted 2.

Ah_Pook · February 2010

might just be me, but CIT really failed to live up to my (admittedly very high) expectations. it was still a very fun game, but probably my least favorite of the series that ive played (2, 3, ToD, CiT). mainly because it was extremely short, and the space stuff was super tedious. everything seemed like it had been done better in previous versions. the time puzzles were neat though. and even though its my least favorite so far, i still had a good time playing it and dont regret buying it you know. just left me underwhelmed after getting the platinum.

SilkyNumNuts · March 2010

So, I think I've got a bug with the battleplex. it wouldn't let me into the silver cup before, and won't let me actually do the events, though I can look at them.

I'mpretty near the end, I think, I'm pretty definite it's not to do with where I am in the game. Anybody encountered this? I know it's a longshot, but is there a fix? I want the guns!

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