Can You Beat Ratchet & Clank 3 With Only the Holoshield Glove?

[@rxn.713]

I've completed and 100% this game over 20+ times and never knew the holoshield glove had a health siphon ability

[@viperstrike3827]

This game never gets old does it?

[@LazarouDave]

It's exactly why I question people not rating it highly, it can be an absolute lifesaver, I used to pay attention to what upgrades did back in the day, thankfully

[@Kvitka_space]

This feature was my life saver when I was beating Quarktastic battle (100 rounds mission) on challenge mode

[@KaganeInugami]

I actually found out in my most recent playthrough, and it is really sick, makes the Quarktastic Challenge able to be done much earlier. HP stealing is incredible

[@Bobo-ox7fj]

holoshield was definitely up there with the plasma whip and infector as "just max these out grinding on a late planet for completion's sake"

[@Nathan55411]

What's nice about frustrating runs like this is that afterwards, you can do a normal challenge mode run where you can spam the ryno and rift ripper

[@matticusomega]

Good news then, considering my April Fools RY3NO run 🤣

[@milney]

14:29 The bladebots have a death animation that flings them away at high speed until they collide with something and explode, if that collision is with another enemy they inflict a small amount of damage on it When the gladiator deals reduced damage it doesn't hit the second gladiator with its attack, it only hits the bladebot which begins its fling-to-death animation and immediately collides with the second gladiator

[@Akronymus_]

It seems the difference between projectiles and "projectiles" is whether they have a mesh attached or if it is "just" a particle effect.

[@Love-pt7ib]

Holoshield is criminally underrated. Not only it doesn't have lifespan like shield charger so it can reliable defend you against spamming enemies and snipers while you can shoot through it yourself, but it also shoots enemies back with devastating projectile upon hit and most importantly - it's the one and only weapon in game that can HEAL you. It's drain health of nearby enemies, and the more there enemies the faster it heal, plus you can spam plenty of these and they all damage nearby enemies and transfer their damage to heal you, as result you heal pretty fast especially from tradhy enemies that holoshoeld also kills you quickly. It's incredible useful in times when you're low on health and no nanohealth boxes around, especially when you play 100 wave arena mode where your shield charger most likely will run out of ammo pretty quick, this kept me healed at most times and I was still being able to shoot other weapons while holoshield does passive damage and healing. Sure, the deadlocked holoshield is "technically" better, since you have a much wider and slightly taller shield that as well does constant damage anything that touches it so it can be used as area denial tool, plus you can apply extra affliction mode to it, but it lacks the ability to reflect damage back to enemy to shoot them on its own, plus the health drain is gone; would be best if holoshield from UYA and Deadlocked mixed in a perfect shield, maybe on maximum level it could shoot enemies on its own a tiny bit without even if anyone shooting it, just because. Saying shield charger is superior in every way is lying, because it still has life span, and if enemy hit you while it's life span is short but shield is still on you - you just get full damage regardless; you also lose your 20x bolt applifier if you get hit regardless, so shield doesn't save you from that; plus on later levels it attacks nearby enemies on its own with small electric laser that quickly drains the shield charger life span without getting hit, which is really stupid and annoying downside for "upgrade" that shortens the protection usefulness, even if it looks cool and useful on its own; another downside is it's ammo count is too low compared to going commando and you can't even buy ammo for it with GDPA which sucks. If anything shield charger is a cheap way to make you tank more damage more carelessly and make you closer to be invulnerable - which is still awesome and useful, while holoshield is actual defense tool that requires skill to use properly.

[@TheCasualGM]

Man, as someone who has played through this game at least a dozen times; I can only imagine the amount time and pain this run took. Great job sticking through with it the whole way, you deserve a lot more views and subscribers, especially after this challenge :)

[@zanderjo]

The fact that you learned tyra jumps for the run is crazy. I salute you bro I could never

[@JAYDOG1337A]

Blade bots get launched by melee attacks sometimes, and deal damage to whatever they hit as they die, that was what damaged the blue warriors in the arena.

[@matticusomega]

I figured it being something like that, but it's hella unreliable without ten degrees of setup at least

[@DrRank]

I remember unlocking the Infector for the first time and thinking, "I wonder if this weapon could solo this game?"

[@chickenheart3612]

It can do it in challenge mode without upgrading to the Mega variant! ...if you do not count bosses.

[@wubilicious4158]

Only gotten about 3/4s of the way through the vid for this statement here, but I'm immediately questioning if the holo-shield is just jankily programmed. Any straight angled shot seems to be deflected just fine, but anything that seems to "home in" onto Ratchet either passes through or "jankily" collides with it, hence the boomerang shenanigans.

[@CloneLoli]

I actually assume that it only blocks energy based projectiles and due to some PS2 era programming things like flamethrowers don't count as projectiles. Therefore boomerangs and missles go right through, after all it is a holographic shield and both you and the enemies pass through it. They probably programmed specific projectiles to have specific properties yet may have forgot to change some projectiles properties either way.

[@Kyronea]

You have a great presence for a small channel and some pretty decent editing and sound quality for what I'm presuming is limited equipment, so you're doing great. This challenge was fun and I *had* to watch it as soon as I saw what it was about because having gone through this game like six million times, the thought of trying to do it with only the Holoshield sounded beyond painful. Maybe if this was Deadlocked you could pull that off--and that might be a worthwhile challenge in and of itself--but on R&C 3 I knew immediately the places where you'd be stonewalled and I was right. One slight bit of constructive criticism for your video editing: the volume on the explosive effects you used for the triple jump bit was overly loud compared to the rest of the video, in a way that didn't feel intentional; might want to be more careful about the volume mixing. I'm gonna check out other stuff of yours too and probably subscribe because I like seeing small channels like yours have a good chance to succeed, and I think you've got it. You clearly have the enthusiasm and the wherewithal, you just need a big break.

[@bigfudge2031]

I wouldn't have restarted the whole game after accidentally hitting the enemy, restarting from the last checkpoint is good enough

[@MeargleSchmeargle]

So this run could technically be possible if you allowed for PDA at the start, and the two main hard caps without it are Scorpio and Courtney.

[@Pheonix_Zone]

I cant get enough of this game since I played it dozen of times and it still is one of the greatest games ever made in my opinion, + in combination with your challenges its just a BIG W that i found you. Keep it up you doing amazing. :) :)

[@alecishere123]

I could feel the pain as you hit that thyrranoid with your wrench

[@4Skyline05]

Woof. You have the patience of a saint. Or someone who’s clinically insane.

[@matticusomega]

I like to think a bit of both. But mostly the second. 🤣

[@4Skyline05]

@@matticusomega god bless you either way hahahaha

[@jamesstation7006]

What a delightfully absurd run. Thank you, you insane man. What about a round 2 with all normal mode preparations? Or a normal mode run on the PS3 version where you can use a debug code to get the weapon right away on Veldin? Even just as a theory-crafting video i’d love to see it

[@matticusomega]

If I ever get a PS3, I may do some re-testing. I've already theory-crafted a way to turn Blackwater from a 'maybe' to a 'definitely', so it could be interesting if the time comes

[@jamesstation7006]

@@matticusomega Pretty sure the trilogy itself is actually the main expense, PS3s are crazy cheap if you look preowned. I'd kick in for that tho. PS3 opens up a few new opportunities for shenanigans and silly runs.

[@Veldoodles]

I want to predict: It's possible, but Daxx's warship, Annihilation Nation's Scorpio and Metropolis Klunk are going to be a pain and we're going to grind holo-shield to Lv5 on Veldin section 2? Though I'm curious to see which wrench speedtricks are being utilized ;3

[@simoneelia7754]

Can you remember me with the Pistol Only Run yes i recommend to do a Wrench Only run on every RaC games

[@paddy_it_in]

Awesome Video! Thanks for the effort. You motivated me to dust off my ps2 and do a RaC playthrough :)

[@zanderjo]

Can't wait for clank zapper only

[@Thomas-gq5zv]

He is a man of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will

[@JAYDOG1337A]

Honestly I feel like the Holoshield would be a lot more likeable if it were even 50% wider, it's just too small to be useful when enemies moving even the slightest bit will make the shield useless.

[@Ay-xq7mj]

Not enough.

[@ibmm3358]

Yeah no. Ratchet Deadlocked version of the holoshield is twice as wide and even then it's useless

[@JAYDOG1337A]

@@ibmm3358 I found it very useful, it was set on a timer rather than damage dealt to it and lasted a long time, it was great against enemy landstalkers, plus it was really easy to upgrade, unfortunately it's bugged in the PS3 version since it can't apply elemental effects on enemies who walk through it.

[@stingpaxgaming2478]

You deserve so much more subs for that quality of videos!

[@pemitaza_]

Oh God, I could feel your pain. Can't wait more challenges.

[@PegbordFegs]

Wrench only is child's play compared to this

[@AlryFireBlade]

I love how you use the Ingame Frame for the tutorial Videos, so it looks like a 48min Tutorial Video in the Game :D

[@paddy_it_in]

The video is edited so good aswell! Man o man

[@zugger900]

This guy deserves a knighthood

[@timehunter9467]

I’ve honestly only just noticed the health drain thing, I’ve had it for all these years and can’t believe I only found that out today.

[@callumn2111]

He has returned!

[@derpyderp1991]

You beat dr Nefarious with the holoshield glove *MIND BLOWN*

[@bukkij40]

Since you did this run, maybe we could do the upgraded form of this run. Can you beat Ratchet: Deadlocked with only the Holo Shield Launcher* *The Opening mission maybe a mission failed and there's challenges that make you swap weapons

[@francescocaruso9196]

Using skips this run would have been easier, but a full run it's more entertaining

[@bobmanperson599]

Is there any info out there about act tuning? Or about the enemy stats & the mechanics affecting them in general?

[@matticusomega]

I tried doing my own research on this, but ultimately didn't get too far, even with the resources on speedrun.com and the like. Best bet may be just to join the RaC speedrunning discord server and ask there

[@Athesies]

Itd be fun to see the devs reaction to this video and the gloves funky properties lol. Maybe mike stout or tony garcia would have a story about this weird thing's creation

[@matticusomega]

I want this so bad now. Put me in a room with them and let us all shout and laugh about this stupid ass "weapon". 🤣

[@Definitely_a_Fox]

Okay so, prediction from before the Premiere. I don't know when you end up getting the Holoshield Glove. I assume some early parts of the game would be near impossible without any method of attacking, so I'm going to assume Matt's going to start the game off with a Holoshield Glove in their inventory already. Holoshield's can't deal damage to enemies immediately iirc and the process of levelling it up is a painful slog at first, but it can damage enemies after getting a few levels. My only fear is that there might be some object that needs to be destroyed that can't take damage from Holoshields. I assume it can be done if Matt has the Holoshield Glove from the get-go. I'm a bit less optimistic if they don't. Oh also, I don't remember how much damage Holoshields do. This could take a while. Reaction after watching. Oh my god, I completely forgot about how counter shots worked! I thought they just struck anything nearby for added DPS. I completely forgot that it requires a projectile to trigger the effect. Oh and also it's inconsistent because of course it is lmao

It took me a while to realize, but the theme song of the Arena on Annihilation Nation is the same as the Thugs-4-Less prison in R&C2.

[@matticusomega]

RaC3 reuses a bunch of tracks from previous games. Like you said, the Annihilation Nation arena theme is the theme from Planet Aranos in RaC2 after escaping the prison. Other notable entries are: the Annihilation Nation boss theme is the theme from the ship segment on Pokitaru from RaC1, the Command Center theme is the theme from the ship segment on Drek's Fleet in RaC1, and the Crash Site theme is the theme of the Blargian Snagglebeast fight on Umbris, once again, in RaC1

[@matticusomega]

Also, a song listed on the RaC3 soundtrack as an unused track for the Vid-Comics is the theme of the Grind Boot segment from Batalia in, and you'll never believe this, RaC1. 🤣

[@johandori7795]

I mean, I probably _could_ come up with a different name, but Challenge Mode is sick

[@RobotnikPlays]

I felt that "FFFFUUUUU" in my soul 😭😭

[@matticusomega]

I felt it in my throat that day. Dear hod was I angry 🤣

[@yuristocat]

Absolutely loved this video :)

[@kamilstafisz9584]

i remember leveling it by killing the two thughs on last planet and resseting the level, pain in the arse nal if u ask me

[@MrProfessorGrandpa]

Did anyone else notice the holoshield moving at 36:27?

[@AlryFireBlade]

I can't believe you restarted after the Marcadia Fail.. Restarting the mission would have been enough O.o

[@Akay4444444444444444]

Is there a link to the full playthrough?

[@FilAnd01]

This was epic I will comment for the algorithm and like and share! 💪🏻

[@BUBBS-1]

this will be extremely hard for the boss fights jeez

[@geojumper4126]

I think u should do a infecter or lava gun run those would be cool

[@MeargleSchmeargle]

Its garbage as a weapon, but in certain situations it *is* decent at keeping you alive, especially when you hit V5 and get the health drain for it. In the really long Annihilation Nation rounds that health steal can extend how long I can go without health crates by a decent bit if I farm a few enemies for health.

[@jimtheodorou2618]

Duude just unbelievable man

[@zeroman0460]

You can cheat in the Holoshield Glove in the PS3 re-releases so you can play without New-game+

[@InfinityD4]

I wonder if this would be possible on PS3 because apparently the Holoshield Glove is bugged and has like no durability(at least in challenge mode, new game seems fine aside from graphical errors)

[@Fro_Jangles]

This is gonna be fun

[@pemitaza_]

Can't wait to watch

[@FacturedGaming]

Infector next surely

[@chickenheart3612]

This run would be interest to run again on the EU release of the HD trilogy, which has the debug codes to give yourself any weapon at any time.

[@matticusomega]

If there's enough interest, I'll invest in an old PS3 and redo this challenge that way. I do think the Challenge Mode setup is kinda intersesting though, if only just to see how many hoops I can jump through 😂

[@chickenheart3612]

@@matticusomega it's only available in the EU physical release of the trilogy. And for sure it'll make the challenges harder due to having no access to Omega weapons

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

​@@chickenheart3612not true, I own an American copy, the code is up, down, up, down, left, right, left, right, square, then go to the weapons or gadgets menu and press L3 on the desired slot. Whatever you do, do NOT do this code but replace the square input with circle! It unlocks every mission and planet simultaneously, which removes crucial cutscene triggers that are tied to progression. You won't be able to get to the Nefarious fight, basically. It also unlocks the planets # (which is probably the Insomniac Museum) and another one which I believe has the name "citylevel_13", or something like that. Both of these crash the game if you try to select them, so don't press X if you do this code and hover over them.

[@Some1......]

I'm pretty sure you can do infinite jumps with the tyraguise.

[@jakeconer]

Ok so I just had a bad idea for you to try. Can you beat Ratchet and Clank 3 with only the Refractor. It would probably need to be done in challenge mode just so you have it had the beginning.

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

You don't keep required items and gadgets on challenge mode, only weapons, armor charge boots, nano-pak, PDA, titanium bolts and so on (excluding sewer crystals) Thing is, only one enemy is capable of being reflected, and that's the Tyrhannoid mechs, that's it. Good luck beating bosses with that

[@jakeconer]

@@TheRealBlazingDiamond like I said, a bad idea. Also one thing I noticed about the mechs is that the last normal level they appear in is Tyroidnosis. After that, they only appear in ranger missions.

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

@@jakeconer i saw those cutscenes too. Interestingly, he calls Skidd a "Blarg-headed thunder monkey", and then in Deadlocked, he calls Al a "Blarg-headed frak monkey"

[@jakeconer]

For what it’s worth, the ranger mission might be doable, but yeah no chance on bosses

[@core36]

So am I, still waiting 🎶

[@jerryreed6024]

Everybody knows boomerangs aren't real

[@akuokami1677]

Pretty sure you can 100% this with the PDA 😅 this game reminds me how old i am

[@jimtheodorou2618]

Why not post the whole video

[@TheCrimsonCoon]

I didn't know this existed

[@mrlombax850]

do the blaster only run on ratchet and clank 1.😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@T4xEvader]

Incredible

[@trududesly1463]

Oh really!?

[@artkuzon2706]

B

[@elanehayduk7255]

Promo_SM 😒