![]() ![]() Each weapon provides distinct offensive or defensive utility, and can be purchased from Deadlocked vendors. Ratchet using the Dual Raptors equipped with the Freeze Mod.ĭeadlocked features ten weapons total, none of which featured in previous entries. ![]() Unlike previous games swimming is not available as a mechanic, nor is Clank playable. Challenge mode allows weapons to be further upgraded to level 99, and Nanotech to level 999, and more weapon, wrench, and bot upgrades to be purchased, as well as allowing access to alpha mods in the vendor. After completing the main storyline, players can choose to warp back to before defeating the final boss to complete remaining side objectives, or to proceed to challenge mode. New to Deadlocked is the ability to select a difficulty, in which they can set the difficulty to Couch Potato (easiest), Contestant (easy), Gladiator (medium), Hero (hard) or Exterminator (hardest, and only available upon completing the game). Completing a battlecourse also grants a medal, and collecting enough medals grants access to the next tournament, which features one of the Exterminators and ultimately grants access to the next rank upon completion. Battlecourses require a specific rank and number of Dread Points, and offer both normal challenges and optional Dread Challenges (which grant Dread Points). The Station offers access to the interplanetary transport, which takes contestants to available battlecourses on various planets. The DreadZone Station serves as the main hub in which players can purchase weapons, mods, as well as combat bot upgrades and customizations. In the single player campaign, the player controls Ratchet and is assisted by two combat bots on the battlefield who they can issue commands to. The multiplayer battlefields and modes are heavily inspired by those that featured in the previous entry, Up Your Arsenal.ĭeadlocked is a third person shooter with mechanics involving shooting, platforming, arena combat, and controlling various vehicles. There is less emphasis placed on exploration, though more vehicles feature than previous entries. Ratchet also has a smaller arsenal of weapons, though each weapon features far more customization options in the form of alpha and omega mods. In contrast to previous games, Clank does not feature as Ratchet's backpack, making the (fewer in number) platforming segments more basic, while puzzles are almost absent. He is joined by Clank and Al, along with newly introduced combat bots Merc and Green, as they compete not only for their survival, but also to take down Gleeman Vox and his vast media empire.ĭeadlocked is a third person action adventure game with elements of shooting, platforming, and some vehicle mechanics in a single player, co-operative play, and online mode. ![]() It follows Ratchet, a lombax mechanic and intergalactic hero of the Bogon and Solana Galaxy, as he is kidnapped and forced to compete in DreadZone, an illegal gladiatorial combat sport broadcast to billions on holovision. The story takes a notably darker tone than previous entries in the franchise. It was initially released in October 2005 for the PlayStation 2, and was re-released for PlayStation 3 in May 2013 as a standalone separate from the Ratchet & Clank Collection (free to download for those who purchased Full Frontal Assault). Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters Ratchet: Deadlocked (known as Ratchet: Gladiator in Europe and Australia) is the fourth installment in the Ratchet & Clank series developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. ![]()
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