Saturday, April 23, 2011

Ratchet Deadlocked: The Bosses

King Leviathan

King Leviathans is a more strongly armored boss, and has stronger blaster attacks than the regular Leviathans. They are the highest in the Leviathan hierachy. They are also much bigger than normal Leviathans and wear very ornate looking armor.




Ivan Von Shellshocktonberg

Shellshock, is a robot that specialized in ammunition. He was one of the four Exterminator members. His brain was destroyed by a cruise missile during the Obani Moon wars, and was replaced with a coffee machine's AI chip. As a result, Shellshock was immune to pain but not damage. He is a very large and muscular robot, has a numerous amount of weapons.





Reactor

Dull Bookworm, also known by his stage name "Reactor",  is a huge robot with a nuclear reactor built into his body. He was once a high school math teacher before he became a DreadZone contestant. Dull had a live nuclear explosive surgically implanted into his chest. Soon becoming an exterminator for Dreadzone, he became rich and famous. Due to his formidable strength, Reactor became one of the most dangerous Exterminators at DreadZone. He was Shellshock's friend, which led to their designing of part of the Crusader Tournament.


Eviscerator

The Eviscerator is one of the many illegal robot-alien hybrids. Being mute, it had to make a DreadZone security bot eat its own left arm to say no, or disembowel it to say yes. Kidnapped by Gleeman Vox, the Eviscerator joined DreadZone, becoming one of Ace Hardlight's trusted Exterminators. Unlike the other three exterminators, the Eviscerator did not have much of a back story, and he never spoke. He enjoyed killing and humiliating other heroes and is a true villian. The Eviscerator in not loike the other exterminators as he is rather calm and smart.


Ace Hardlight

Ace Hardlight is once a famous hero who at one point mysteriously vanished from the face of the Solana Galaxy. However, reasons lead to suspect that he'd been kidnapped by the Vox empire to become one of the many contestants on Gleeman Vox'sshow DreadZone. During his time in the competition he started to enjoy his work and became one of the best at it, topping many leaderboards. He is said to be the strongest Exterminator and is the last one you face in the game.




Gleeman Vox

Gleeman Vox is the founder and owner of Vox Industries and DreadZone, the latter which he created because of his belief that he'd acquire stupendous ratings with a show that forced the galaxy's heroes against each other. He showed affection to little else than his pet Slugha and to a high bolt revenue from sold exterminator products. He has a cybernetic arm that allows him to play holograms. Gleeman Vox also owns Vox Airlines which he used to transport DreadZone contestants.


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Ratchet Deadlocked: Interesting Gadgets


Charge Boots

Charge Boots

 Double tap L2 to boost ahead for a second.  Be careful not to fall into any hazards or off a cliff.




Grind Boots

Grind Boots

Allow you to grind rails. These are a big part in the game and are needed to complete many levels.








Gravity Boots
 Gravity Boots

Allow you to walk on metallic ceiling and walkways. This comes in handy when attempting to defeat enemies on platforms. It allows you to stay stable while moving around and will help stop you from falling off causing you to die.



Swingshot


Swingshot

Attaches to swing shot targets to help you swing across gaps. Swinging is a major part of the game and you recieve this gadget very early on as it is needed for a mojority of the levels.



Hacker Ray



Hacker Ray
Your bots use these to hack hacker orbs. This is a very useful device in the game as it allows you to protect yourself from incoming ememies while your Bots do the dirty work for you.




These gadgets help give the game a greater diversity of playing. They allow you to have a chance at getting away from the enemy as well as making it easier for you to complete the missions needed to become ranked first. These gadgets create a sense of getting away from the usual gameplay of just defeating monsters to get to the end.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Ratchet Deadlocked: Weapons Part 2 "The Final Five"


Fusion Rifle

Fusion Rifle

The Fusion Rifle sends out a powerful energy pulse or beam, to deal massive damage towards enemies.  It is the third most powerful gun in the game. In normal mode, there are brackets you can use to aim while moving. However, if you hold L2 down, you can go into snipe mode and zoom in, gaining more accuracy in the shot fired. The Fusion Rifle should be used to take out hard enemies in the distance by using the scope mode. This is very useful when trying to traverse on a grind rail, and want to take out the laser hunters that give you a lot of trouble on the rails.


Arbiter
 Arbiter

The Arbiter is a rocket launcher that can lock onto enemies. When an enemy has red brackets on it, it means that enemy is locked on, and you can fire. The Arbiter is a very powerful weapon and causes a great deal of damage.


Scorpion Flail

Scorpion Flail

This weapon hits the ground with a metal spike ball and causes a shock wave that damages all enemes in front of you. This should be used when there is a high density of monsters in front of you or rushing towards you.  This weapon will easily clear the way of enemies allowing you to become more focused on what is going on in the air.






Mini Turret Launcher
Mini Turret Launcher

The Mini Turret Launcher shoots out a mini gun (turret) on the ground that automatically shoots at enemies until it runs out of ammo, then it disappears. This should be used to destroy weaker enemies while you focus on the large ones.



Harbinger

Harbinger

The Harbinger shoots out a numerous amount of
missiles that rain down on enemies and usually kills, or heavily damages them and has a very good range. This weapon contains a very low supply of ammo, so it must be used sparingly. It should be used on large swarms of enemies, enemies that need an EMP blast, large enemies, and dropships.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Ratchet Deadlocked: Weapons Part 1 "The First Five"


Dual Vipers

Dual Vipers

You start out with this weapon.  It simply sends a continous fire of energy
balls at enemies. This is the only weapon you are able to use on the grind rails and therefore it will be automatically equipped on your character when on one.If you're using the shock mod for this weapon, use it on swarmers and other small enemies.  The shock will kill or severely damage all of them. 


B-6 Obliterator

B-6 Obliterator

This is a gun that shoots out bombs that explode on the ground. It will damage all enemies within the radius of the explosin. This is should be used on airships and other floating enemies with Napalm to have the lava fall to the ground and affect other enemies.

Magma Cannon

Magma Cannon

The Magma Ccannon, shoots out an energy blasts that effect all enemies within its range.  Enemies in
the center take the greatest damage, while enemies on the ends of the blast only take a more minor damage.  The Magama Cannon is a good weapon for going up against a swarm of enermies.


HoloShield Gun

HoloShield Gun

The HoloShield Gun shoots out a shield that dagamges enemies when they walk into it. This shield also protects you from enemy fire as it blocks the blasts of energy they send at you. This gun should be used when fast monsters are running towards you. As it is very easy for the ti run faster than you, this will slow them down. Also, this weapon should be used when trying to take out large enemies that do large amounts of damage. The protective shield will only last for a period of time so make sure to be prepared once it is gone. 


Hunter Mine Launcher
Hunter Mine Launcher

The Hunter Mine Launcher, launches a mine out in front of you.  It stays there until it picks up enemy movement, then closes in on the enemy. This should be used when a wall in front of you, so you can use other weapons to take out the enemies that are farther away and allow the mine to take out enemies that are much closer. It is good when facing a swarm of enemies because it destrys them very quickly.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Ratchet Deadlocked: The Beginning

Ratchet Deadlocked, is a game in which the character you play as "Ratchet" has a collar placed on his neck in which the failure to participate will cause the bomb on his collar to detonate and he will die. The point of this game is to complete missions within it by defeating the "bad guys" that will eventually prepare you for the bosses. Throught the game you can go to a shop and upgrade your armor with pieces that you find on the ground and that can also be collected by destroying other robot characters. These robots are killed by using a variety of different weapons such as guns and spears. To defend yourself you are able to purchase shields and also later on in the game, you are able to unlock drones which will help protect you, fight off enemies and do certain tasks for you that will help proceed you through the game. These drones will be referred to you in the game as "Bots". You also have the ability to upgrade your Bots' weapons and armor allowing their damage to increase and their life span longer. Once these Bots have been destroyed by the enemy, you are able to revive them and then they will be able to defend you again.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Gran Turismo 4: The Beginning

Gran Turismo 4 was the next version of the Gran Turismo games it was released a year after the 3rd one in 2004. Gran Turismo 4 cam with a lot of newert features that did not please the public as much as it should have. In Gran Turismo 4 the tracks revolve around different countries and although the car are newer model and there is a lot more choice in vehicles, it is very difficult to achieve high spots in races to be able to purchase the fastest cars. In Gran Tursmo 4 the only better thing added was the addition of new cars. There were many different type of concept car that had been very unknown of and it allowed the gamers to be aware of new hot cars that had never before been seen. This game was released to early as they could have made the driving simulations much better. Also there wasn't many new features in the game everything was pretty much a wtite off the first game and disappointed many gamers that truly enjoyed Gran Turismo 3. Gran Turismo 4 also made it to be a very long process to go to your garage and switch vehicles and do many of the things you wanted to also the game would take forever to load which really put down the game and caused many to dislike it.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Gran Turismo 3: Tune Ups

GT Auto Shop
In Gran Turismo 3 they added a GT Auto shop wher after racing your cars, you can manage their oil levels and wash it up especialluy when participating in rally races. You will know when to tune up your car because it will begin to function poorly and you will lose control of your car during races very easily. In the GT Auto shop you are also able to change your tires. During long endurance races when you car need an oil change you have a pit available where you sacrifice a few second in the game to fix up your car and get it back to new to continue the race. Some carscan go throughout full endurance races without needing one tune up but it is best because as soon as you take the risk of possibly bumping into a wall and losing complete control of your car and position in the race. In these races, there is no room for mistake so its better to not take the chance. Also at the GT Auto shop you are able to change the tightess of your brakes etc. and certain things will make your car faster than it is during its stock mode.

Gran Turismo 3: Fastest Cars

In Gran Turismo 3 the fastest cars can on be unlocked and not bought. These cars are unlocked by completing the endurance races. These are the races that take a lot of skill and hours of time to complete as the tracks are very long and there are around 100 - 200 laps to finish. The six fastest cars in the game are:

Ranking:  6th: Ford Falcon
               5th: Viper GTS
               4th: Panoz Esperante GTR-1
               3rd: GT one
               2nd: Suzuki Pikes Peak Escudo
               1st: F688s

Ranking is Left to Right from the Top and Then to the Bottom