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 I'm not going to play Ratchet and Clank! No, HE IS! From 2002, Ratchet and Clank is one of the PS2's seminal franchises, extending even into the PS5 era and beyond. As a 3D Action Platformer, the game takes our plucky protagonists from world to world in search of their enemy, Chairman Drek and his forces. It is fun, fast, (mostly) well written, with great action set pieces, great guns, and pretty tight movement. All in all, Insomniac hit it out of the park with this game, and I'm going to show it all to you. Or HE will, being the Blargian Snagglebeast that is being kept in reserve for such situations. What sort of LP will this be? Much like KalonZombie's own LP from almost ten years ago, I will be doing a commentated LP. Commentary will be recorded via the Discord that I use for such things, and I would love to have people come along and chat with me over the game, telling about what they like and hate about it. I intend to get all the Gold Bolts and all the Skill Points before going into New Game+, then getting all the Gold Weapons to show them off. So, let's say it's a 100% Completion LP, come hell, high water, and at least one dead computer. What? Yeah, so the LP curse struck while I was doing pre-recording of the game, and I needed to get a new computer. Such things happen. The old one was over 10 years old regardless, so it had a good long life. The important part you all need to know is that I was in the middle of the collectathon videos when it happened, meaning that I have to replay the game to near the end to do everything for you. And I'm having fun doing it because it's Ratchet and Clank. How can you not have fun with this game? Spoilers? This game is 20 years old. Captain Qwark is working for Chairman Drek, Clank actively lies to Ratchet to get him moving and is still by leagues the most honest and heroic character in the series, and why yes, I will be using the Hologuise Glitch to buy the RYNO. And use it on Drek. Open Spoiler season people! Talk about what you want, and if I see any spoiler bars, I will be very disappointed! But now, onto the game! Video 0 - Veldin COMMENTARY (11:58) | NO COMMENTARY Video 1 - Novalis  COMMENTARY (16:03) | NO COMMENTARY Video 2 - Aridia  COMMENTARY (11:10) | NO COMMENTARY Video 3 - Kerwan  COMMENTARY (18:48) | NO COMMENTARY Video 4 - Eudora  COMMENTARY (19:43) | NO COMMENTARY Video 5 - Blarg Station  COMMENTARY (22:03) | NO COMMENTARY Video 6 - Rilgar  COMMENTARY (32:30) | NO COMMENTARY Video 7 - Umbris  COMMENTARY (24:52) | NO COMMENTARY Video 8 - Batalia  COMMENTARY (16:05) | NO COMMENTARY Video 9 - Orxon  COMMENTARY (16:03) | NO COMMENTARY Video 10 - Gaspar  COMMENTARY (13:45) | NO COMMENTARY Video 11 - Pokitaru, Orxon (2)  COMMENTARY (29:33) | NO COMMENTARY Video 12 - Hoven  COMMENTARY (25:06) | NO COMMENTARY Video 13 - Gemlik Base  COMMENTARY (24:03) | NO COMMENTARY Video 14 - Oltanis  COMMENTARY (24:57) | NO COMMENTARY Video 15 - Quartu (1)  COMMENTARY (11:21) | NO COMMENTARY Video 16 - Kalebo III  COMMENTARY (22:17) | NO COMMENTARY Video 17 - Collectathon 1  COMMENTARY (44:11) | NO COMMENTARY Video 18 - Collectathon 2  COMMENTARY (27:00) | NO COMMENTARY Video 19 - Collectathon 3  COMMENTARY (33:52) | NO COMMENTARY Video 20 - Collectathon 4  COMMENTARY (21:50) | NO COMMENTARY Video 21 - Collectathon 5  COMMENTARY (19:49) | NO COMMENTARY Video 22 - Quartu (2) COMMENTARY (14:01) | NO COMMENTARY Video 23 - Drek's Fleet  COMMENTARY (27:26) | NO COMMENTARY Video 24 - Veldin  COMMENTARY (41:39) | NO COMMENTARY Video 24 - New Game Plus and Extras  NO COMMENTARY (27:23) berryjon fucked around with this message at 13:53 on Jul 3, 2022 |
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Which makes it nice that each of the weapons in this game and later ones are more than just niche, they have practical uses in general fights as well. Sure, the Visibomb Gun is really only needed for a couple Skill Points and Gold Bolts, but it's a nice emergency backup for the Devastator. There's rarely total overlap between weapons, and how you play the game is up to you, be it Wrench-Only, or spamming the RINO till the end of days.
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Mar 2, 2022 01:27
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I'll see what we can do, but we've already recorded a few videos worth of material. And to be fair, most of our commentary has been focused on the initial trilogy.
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Mar 2, 2022 13:39
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I'm going to have to go back and grab screenshots for the approaches to all the planets for announcing new Videos, but for now, there's this! Level 2 - Aridia  COMMENTARY (11:10) | NO COMMENTARY berryjon fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Mar 7, 2022 |
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Mar 6, 2022 13:13
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Unlike Ratchet, who has grown older over the past twenty years - and it shows -, Clank has had, what, two real changes to his character model in that same time frame? One was for his alternate getup in Secret Agent Clank. I mean, why mess with perfection? Clank's model is elegant, simple, expressive and easy to animate.
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Mar 7, 2022 22:01
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Nidoking posted:As I'm catching up with the videos, finally, it's worth mentioning that you don't have to wait until New Game + to get the Gold weapons. The game gives you easy access to the shop in Challenge mode, but there's a room at the Blarg base that has five of them for sale as soon as you get to the end of the level. You can only get 5 Gold Weapons, the basic five, at the Moon Base. The rest are all NG+.
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Mar 12, 2022 00:31
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DOUBLE FEATURE! Level 3 - Kerwan  COMMENTARY (18:48) | NO COMMENTARY Level 4 - Eudora  COMMENTARY (19:43) | NO COMMENTARY
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Mar 13, 2022 15:27
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screams in lost game audio On a completely unrelated note, I should have the rest of the game recorded tonight, with my certified commentation crew catching cruel conundrums concerning careful ... dammit, can't finish that off. Yeah, I'll get Drek and all the Gold Weapons finished tonight, then take a breather before starting to record Going Commando.
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Level 5 - Blarg Station COMMENTARY (22:03) | NO COMMENTARY
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Mar 20, 2022 12:05
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Tenebrais posted:Fortunately you don't need the grind boots until all the way out in Pokitaru, so you can come back later with much better gear if you need to, but I didn't know that back then!
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Mar 20, 2022 23:15
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Tenebrais posted:Batalia is when there's a grind rail, but you don't need that infobot just yet - the other route gets you the Orxon infobot, which gets you the Pokitaru one. Only once you're at Pokitaru is your progress stopped by the fact you didn't get the pilot's helmet, which you needed to do the grind rail to get the infobot to reach. So you can get as far as Pokitaru without having picked up the grind boots. Ah, I misread what you wrote. Yes, the Pokiskip*, still missing a way to get to the second waypoint. I thought you said you needed the Grindboots on Pokitaru, not to get past Poki/Gasp. * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqS-ohYDedk - This is a video describing what we're talking about, and the efforts people have gone through to try and get around it.
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Mar 21, 2022 01:23
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What's this? Another Double Feature?!? Yay! Video 6 - Rilgar COMMENTARY (32:30) | NO COMMENTARY Video 7 - Umbris COMMENTARY (24:52) | NO COMMENTARY berryjon fucked around with this message at 12:46 on Mar 29, 2022 |
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Mar 27, 2022 14:34
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Tenebrais posted:I assume you're saving up for the Devastator? You know it! And the Nanotech upgrades. 30K for the second one. Ouch!
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Mar 27, 2022 22:19
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stryth posted:Also, the green slime things are called Amoeboids, not Blarg, that's Drek's people. the news lady mentioned it in Rilgars intro video. 
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Mar 28, 2022 13:06
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Video 8 - Batalia COMMENTARY (16:05) | NO COMMENTARY
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Apr 3, 2022 12:15
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I think I'm going to be moving to a Sun/Wed release schedule as I have a nice backlog right now. Video 9 - Orxon COMMENTARY (16:03) | NO COMMENTARY
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Apr 6, 2022 12:15
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Tenebrais posted:I'm not sure they ever really nail that balance. I think after R&C3 they just stopped trying to do Clank sections. The only fun Clank sections are the Giant Clank sections, although they kept trying to do Clank-Only areas up to a Crack in Time, really, where half the game was Clank puzzle solving his way through the Great Clock. Update should be up in half an hour because I forgot to upload the video last night.
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Apr 10, 2022 14:23
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Video 10 - Gaspar COMMENTARY (13:45) | NO COMMENTARY Mycroft Holmes posted:crack in time was the only good clank-only bits Well, there was Secret Agent Clank... which was middling. But I still stand by Giant Clank.
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Apr 10, 2022 14:48
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stryth posted:Giant clank was fun, but it could get a bit frustrating with, how slow he moved, the multiple sources of chip damage, how hard it was to keep him healed, etc. I guess I'm one of the weird people who LIKED Clanks puzzle sections. Saving for the Visibomb Gun and the Health upgrades. Once I get the Hololguise, all my money woes vanish, so I buy everything.
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Apr 10, 2022 16:12
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Tenebrais posted:The Visibomb does put a lot of extra level design pressure on, though. There's a lot of stuff that thing can break. Oltanis Orbit, for example, where right use of the Visibomb can unlock one of the Gold Bolts very early. I eventually use it to get the Lights Out Skill Point for Oltanis as well.
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Apr 10, 2022 17:16
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My first two-world video! Video 11 - Pokitaru, Orxon (2) COMMENTARY (29:33) | NO COMMENTARY
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Apr 14, 2022 03:57
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Tenebrais posted:The reason that infobot chase section is so notorious for speedrunners is because the last several planets are all geared around getting Ratchet onto Orxon - if you can get that infobot as Clank then you can completely skip going to Pokitaru and possibly also Gaspar. If I recall correctly the community managed to get to six of the seven checkpoints, but also found a completely different way to skip the whole section so it's a bit of a moot point now, aside from the glory of solving it. berryjon posted:Ah, I misread what you wrote. Yes, the Pokiskip*, still missing a way to get to the second waypoint. I thought you said you needed the Grindboots on Pokitaru, not to get past Poki/Gasp.
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Video 12 - Hoven COMMENTARY (25:06) | NO COMMENTARY Ice Physics!
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Apr 17, 2022 12:14
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Tenebrais posted:This isn't the only planet with ice physics, there's an ice section on Oltanis too. *facepalm* Right, forgot about that. It's amazing how many mechanics only get a one or two-of in the game. Giant Clank? 2 uses. Ice Physics? 2 uses. Turret section? ... 3, I think. Flying? 3. Hoverboards. 2. Grind Rails - lots actually. mortons stork posted:Hell yeah Infra is amazing. I loved that game. Hell of a polarizing experience so be warned. Devs have been working on their open sewer spinoff for years now so god knows when we'll get the infra dlc. Or a sequel Watch Selenic Martian's LP here.. Highly recommended.
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Video 13 - Gemlik Base COMMENTARY (24:03) | NO COMMENTARY It's time to put Qwark down for good!
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Apr 20, 2022 12:10
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The man's ego is so dense he has his own atmosphere!
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Video 14 - Oltanis COMMENTARY (24:57) | NO COMMENTARY In this level, Speedball and myself talk about the great weakness of Ratchet and Clank. When you get one without the other.
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Apr 24, 2022 13:25
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Tenebrais posted:Those tesla claw bots are a lot easier to handle once you discover they can't aim down and can just duck under their beams. .... ........ no comment
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Apr 24, 2022 15:52
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Yeah, the game is built around jumping, not going lower. So ducking under a shot like that is... unintuitive. Also, these are the same enemies fought on Veldin back in the prologue level.
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Video 15 - Quartu (1) COMMENTARY (11:21) | NO COMMENTARY
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Video 16 - Kalebo III COMMENTARY (22:17) | NO COMMENTARY Today, I do some races. Next time? I break the game thanks to said races.
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May 1, 2022 12:09
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Chimera-gui posted:Correction: The Glove of Doom is a gauntlet that releases man-eating robots named Agents of Doom, the punching glove weapon is known as the Walloper. The Agents of Doom are actually a six-pack of the Gadgetbots that Clank manipulates, set to ATTACK!
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May 3, 2022 12:14
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Video 17 - Collectathon 1 COMMENTARY (44:11) | NO COMMENTARY It begins!
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May 4, 2022 13:14
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Video 18 - Collectathon 2 COMMENTARY (27:00) | NO COMMENTARY I've reached the end of my commentary backlog, so if anyone wants to help me finish this out, I've got three more Collection videos, three more Main videos, and the final NG+/All Weapons/Specials video. Join me at https://discord.gg/6YqnDaBT (and this is a 7 day invite) if you want to. Primary recording sessions are on Saturday/Sunday at 6PM Mountain, but I can be flexible.
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May 8, 2022 13:04
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Sorry for the delay, I ran out of commentary, and all my co-commentators decided to go on vacation at the same time. Video 19 - Collectathon 3 COMMENTARY (33:52) | NO COMMENTARY
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May 22, 2022 13:11
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Almost done the Collectathon videos. Then we're back to the game itself. Video 20 - Collectathon 4 COMMENTARY (21:50) | NO COMMENTARY
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May 29, 2022 12:09
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The last Collection Video! Video 21 - Collectathon 5 COMMENTARY (19:49) | NO COMMENTARY
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Guess what? We're out of the Collection Videos, and it's back to the plot! Video 22 - Quartu (2) COMMENTARY (14:01) | NO COMMENTARY
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Sorry for the technical issues. Video 23 - Drek's Fleet COMMENTARY (27:26) | NO COMMENTARY
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Video 24 - Veldin COMMENTARY (41:39) | NO COMMENTARY Video 24 - New Game Plus and Extras COMMENTARY (27:23) In which I use the RYNO to its best effect, clear out a boss with stupid speed, and then go through and in the extras video, show off all the stuff that you get in NG+, like the other Gold Weapons, and the special extras. The last video is presented without commentary as there's a lot of talking in by people in the extras. (EDIT: And I just fixed the Link to NG+ Video, sorry!) berryjon fucked around with this message at 13:53 on Jul 3, 2022 |
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