Ratchet & Clank 10th Anniversary: Create a weapon competition
- Posted June 27th, 2012 at 13:00 EDT by PSU Staff
- 17 Comments
Update: Thanks to everyone who entered the competition. There were some great entries. The winner receives a copy of the game and an exclusive Ratchet Sackboy keyring. The runners-up will all receive a keyring.
First - TheHurrikane
Weapon Creation - The Vineater Glove
The Vineater Glove is truly a spectacular creation. The Vineater Glove is filled with the DNA of a creature called a 'Vineater'. The Vineater is an exceptionally rare creature from Planet Florana. It is a huge Venus Flytrap creature with powerful legs so it can run very fast and it's arms are made up of sturdy vines which it uses to whip out at it's prey to tangle them and then lures them in for it's meal (It is also useful to use a Vineater when there are flying enemies around). It can eat both 'squishies' such as a Lombax we all know and love, and mechanical beings such as the devious Dr. Nefarious as it has razor sharp teeth and a powerful jaw.
Ratchet can upgrade his Vineater Glove by throwing out a Vineater and letting it cause chaos among it's enemies by chomping them up. The Vineater starts off as a baby when Ratchet first aquires the Glove but as it levels up, the Vineater will grow bigger and stronger until it reaches it's adult form.
Runner-up – Cdn_Cuda
Sausauge Shotgun
The Sausage Shotgun! Shoots sausage at enemies who eventually become so stuffed with sausages they expire/explode/passed out from being stuffed/succomb to their sausage related injuries... Goes perfectly the them of their titles too!
Runner-up - Toon Assassin
The sharkatron
it’s a squirt gun that fires puddles of water that act like traps. When an enemy steps into the puddle a jaws like shark snap up out of the puddle to swallow small foes or damage large ones
Over the past 10 years, platforming icons Ratchet & Clank have etched their names into videogame history and are now instantly recognisable characters among the PlayStation-loving masses.
With California-based Insomniac Games (*1) working hard to create a unique gameplay experience, the space travelling duo quickly established themselves as PlayStation 2 regulars and the series soon became known for its fun-filled action platforming, introducing an array of over-the-top weapons and high-tech gadgets, while enriching the experience with an RPG-inspired system allowing players to buy a vast amount of items and weapons.
The popularity of the first game in the series in 2002 led Insomniac to produce another three games in consecutive years on PS2, including Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando and Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, each evolving over the last by adding many new features, while introducing new environments, crazier weapons, and a wider selection of vehicles
By the time the Future Trilogy arrived on PS3 with Tools Of Destruction, Quest For Booty and A Crack In Time, the brains at Insomniac were in overdrive and a brand new set of weapons were introduced to compliment the impressive re-styling of the Metropolis universe, which was built totally from scratch to take advantage of the power of the new console.
Other games in the series that have helped to establish Ratchet & Clank as PlayStation heroes include Size Matters and All-4-One, with every single one of the 11 games released to date focusing on entertaining fans of the genre with its loveable game world, funny stories and impressive level design.
Ask fans of the franchise what they love best about Ratchet & Clank and many will talk about the vast weapon variety and the fun that can be found experimenting with the likes of the Quack-O-Ray, which can turn enemies into ducks, or the Suck Cannon, used for sucking up enemies and crates and then spitting them back at an unsuspecting foe.
The competition
To celebrate this 10th anniversary year, we want you to come up with an idea for a new weapon that would fit into the Ratchet & Clank series perfectly. The winner with the best answer will be notified shortly after the closing date of July 7 and will receive a copy of Ratchet & Clank HD Collection and an exclusive Ratchet Sackboy keyring. Two runners-up will also receive a key-ring. (*2)
You can post your answer below or in the community forums.
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Max Paine
- 1:36pm EDT - June 27th, 2012
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I think the ideal weapon would be a sound weapon as its something (astonishingly) Insomniac hasn't done yet. The way it works would be it transmits giant soundwaves which deafens foes, leaves them in a stunned state, and then you can destroy them as you will. I find the Quack-O-Ray great for that.
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potential91 |
potential91- 2:04pm EDT - June 27th, 2012
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The Moustachinator - Grows mustaches which overwhelm enemies until the moustache overgrows and the enemy is swamped in hair!
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Cdn_Cuda
- 4:43pm EDT - June 27th, 2012
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The Sausage Shotgun! Shoots sausage at enemies who eventually become so stuffed with sausages they expire/explode/passed out from being stuffed/succomb to their sausage related injuries... Goes perfectly the them of their titles too!
Balls to the UK readers only in the contest though.
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Insomniac_24_7 |
JDRATCHET18- 5:57pm EDT - June 27th, 2012
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I'd create a weapon called the Frenzy Frog. A robotic frog gun that can use its tongue to target enemies & attach it to them. The tongue can electrocute enemies. When upgraded to the max, you can turn enemies into frogs! :)
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RatchetProSx900 |
DarkMegamanSX900- 7:41pm EDT - June 27th, 2012
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A LaveRain Gun shot it and Make it rain Lave all over the Foes!!
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Randy Butternubs |
Battle-Mad-Robot- 6:07pm EDT - June 28th, 2012
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I think we need a Meme gun- shoots out rainbows and turns enemies into pop tart cats, arrows are shot at knees turning enemies into guards, chuck Norris appears and punches enemy into space. Endless possibilites.
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hrolf
- 2:08am EDT - June 29th, 2012
- 12
Weapon creation:
A BIG hand/glove that can be used to grab items(big and small), crush things, and throw stuff/enemies, also can be used as a shield to deflect enemy projectiles. Or maybe even 2 BIG hands/gloves at the same time. Of course would need some type of energybar so it wont be t too powerful, or else Ratchet would wreak havoc, maybe that's the name: Havoc Glove, Hands Of Havoc, Wreak Gloves.
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theenglishmuffin1234 |
ludden93- 10:27am EDT - June 29th, 2012
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EarthShaker, fire a pulse of energy into the ground which causes any enemys in the nearby area to fly up into the air and hit the ground. When upgraded it becomes the EarthCracker it fires into the ground and creates a big hole on the ground and sucks everything around it in.
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mikeghtmare
- 11:15am EDT - July 2nd, 2012
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I did read the article and noticed this is for UK only, so if I win I'll give it away to someone on this forum from the UK.
My idea for a weapon is pretty simple; it would be a gravity gun which rises enemies unto the air and then releases them to their demise. This weapon would be perfect for the comic mischief of the series.
When the weapon is upgraded they could give you more options such as tossing foes onto other enemies, and they could take it even further where you can use this weapon to activate hidden stuff by grabbing an enemy and throwing him to a switch or sensor on the other side.
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TheHurrikane |
JackBarrington- 1:21pm EDT - July 2nd, 2012
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Weapon Creation - The Vineater Glove
The Vineater Glove is truly a spectacular creation. The Vineater Glove is filled with the DNA of a creature called a 'Vineater'. The Vineater is an exceptionally rare creature from Planet Florana. It is a huge Venus Flytrap creature with powerful legs so it can run very fast and it's arms are made up of sturdy vines which it uses to whip out at it's prey to tangle them and then lures them in for it's meal (It is also useful to use a Vineater when there are flying enemies around). It can eat both 'squishies' such as a Lombax we all know and love, and mechanical beings such as the devious Dr. Nefarious as it has razor sharp teeth and a powerful jaw.
Ratchet can upgrade his Vineater Glove by throwing out a Vineater and letting it cause chaos among it's enemies by chomping them up. The Vineater starts off as a baby when Ratchet first aquires the Glove but as it levels up, the Vineater will grow bigger and stronger until it reaches it's adult form.
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Aldin Ibrahimovic
- 11:18pm EDT - September 28th, 2012
- 17
THE G.U.M.B.A.L.L GUN (Generally universal beastly atomic lilly launcher)
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