Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal Tool Assisted Speedrun REACTION

This TAS of Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal was created by NanoHologuise on Dec 18, 2020. As of 2022, this run is 6 MINUTES faster than what a human is capable of. This TAS is a historic landmark for the community, as it was the first full game TAS we had ever seen. What an incredible project that demonstrates the full limits of UYA.
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[@Leora_Moon]

Thanks for doing this! It's always great to see people enjoy what you do; blowing minds was part of the reason I came to enjoy TASing in the first place. For the people interested in some more details on the TAS, as Xem mentioned in the vid and in the description we jumped in a call and went over the full thing planet by planet, so you should definitely check that out when he uploads it. I'll probably have a commentary on it up on my own channel at some point too. There's also some outtakes and stuff from the TAS process, as well as some explanations, which you can find in the description of the TAS. Also, sorry to disappoint all you Bouncer Benjamins out there, but the Bouncer isn't faster and the cutscene skips don't require it. I just thought they did when I started.

[@Xem92]

Such a pleasure to be able to see this come to fruition. Thanks so much again for sitting with me and explaining all of it, and GL in the RaC Awards ;)

[@BreezyShadow]

This is just insane 💥

[@benjaminrasmussen1408]

i am bouncer benjamin?

[@unkemptgaming6335]

do you have your PCSX 1.5.0 setting? i cant seem to get UYA to run smooth at all

[@dtndtndtndtn]

Xem and Nano's call commentary has been set to unlisted so if anyone is looking for it it's here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnbcmYCNapmcjLM

[@TheCheapo1]

Angela: Come over. Ratchet: Can't, I'm busy saving the galaxy. Angela: My parents aren't home. Ratchet:

[@petrnovak6879]

Sasha..

[@maxwellkelly4667]

I wish Angela would make a return. Sasha is definitely inferior.

[@XavielYouTube]

Her parents really aren't home

[@nick1834]

@@maxwellkelly4667 inferior why

[@qwuartzthepoet5217]

This definitely beats my best time of 3 hours.

[@Xem92]

Same

[@jessedelaria828]

My best time is 4.5 hrs 🙃

[@timtamtomuk283]

Have yet to finish a rac 3 run, I'm still learning half of ng+ lmao, I should probably do more runs

[@triedbuttdied]

It can do it 9 times until you've done it once!

[@vilevintagevarmints]

Beats my 19 hours that's for sure

[@klemensvonmetternich4442]

“One more game mom”

[@contextualmedia]

“Can I go to bed in half an hour?”

[@theendeeminer21]

I love how everybody went nuts when the TAS completely destroyed Zeldrin

[@Hummeldon]

I've already watched through this TAS 6 times and I'm still catching something in every single level. Truly up there with some of the greatest TASes I've ever seen and while a lot of it isn't RTA viable I think this really helps demonstrate how damn high the skill ceiling is for this game.

[@Martino9898]

"Is it possible to learn this power?"

[@nahz6079]

not from a speedrunner

[@maestrofeli4259]

It's a tool assisted spidran legend

[@uvealneptune2337]

This was absolutely sick to watch. So much of this is just unbelievable.

[@ajanitor4981]

I usually don’t like reaction videos but this one is really cool because it’s interesting and entertaining and you’re knowledgeable and are having legitimate reactions to new things in a game you’ve played a lot of! Good work on the speedruns btw

[@Xem92]

I always do what I can to make my reaction videos as informative as possible. It's nice to have such a niche knowledge to be able to share with you all (when my mind isn't being blown)

[@Subpar1224]

4:29 you can literally still see his bullets traveling to the ship after he has already finished teleporting away so insane

[@kfed9834]

I watched this TAS as soon as it came out on KZbin and was waiting for your reaction

[@Dr._Doppietta]

Y'know, being a TASer myself, and also a R&C fan, this video, the chat and your reaction brought joy to my heart.

[@DalekBoy]

could you imagine if someone was actually replicated this? He would actually ascend to godhood.

[@ivanrichards9610]

WOW!! This is insane ! Well done NanoHologuise, some really cool strats!

[@TheInnerEvil]

Man this TAS guy is so good at all the games hes got his own category in each. What a gamer

[@gren8te319]

4:46 sometimes in life it's important to accept your limits. this tas is basically the normal story if ratchet was a kryptonian instead of a lombax!

[@softbass21]

It feels so cool cause I actually played my first Rachet and Clank in Korean ver. Nice to see my childhood memory pass in 20mins lol

[@keepingitfresh7104]

Second video I’ve seen from you both video were really good .nice good man looking forward for some more 😊

[@Omnimon152]

That was insane. I really LOVE TAS runs.

[@Xem92]

I agree, TASes are incredible. They're so uniquely cool.

[@bossdula]

I've been watching speedruns for R&C and Sly Cooper, PS2 speedrun community for life! Great vid

[@vincenzopisano0912]

1:51 no one saw that coming

[@Bartholomew3]

Yep

[@gabyvalenzuela3955]

Amazing never seen anything like this, plus one of my fave games series all time makes it all worth it ❤

[@127Luka]

Xem sarà la decima volta che guardo questo video, mi diverto troppo!!😂 sei un grande 👍 Sono uno dei più grandi fan di R&C e sono anche un tuo grande fan, la tua risata è contagiosa e i tuoi video sono incredibili. Prima di conoscerti pensavo di aver visto davvero tutto (è 20 anni che continuo a giocare a Ratchet) Grande grande grande Xem, sei un idolo, mi sarebbe piaciuto giocare insieme a te ed imparare da te 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@volcom290x]

I don't know what any of this means, but I love this game and watching your genuine reactions were enough for me to understand some things by the end.

[@sadpee7710]

your commentary added a lot to it as well. idfk what's going on most of the time but you manage to make it sound so interesting and cool

[@Xem92]

If you think *this* was insightful, just wait until I upload the full commentary featuring the creator of the TAS :)

[@Alex-ex8ob]

All the Bouncer Benjamins are so ready to use the TAS as a reason why the Bouncer should have it's own tier above all the others.

[@maestrofeli4259]

Nano said that it turns out that using the bouncer isn't faster but that he realized that it was the same after doing the run so...yeah

[@irtehmrepic]

"All of this is RTA viable."

[@crimsondelta]

The amount of times I skipped back in this video to process what was going on...

[@yzbrian]

I love it how my favorite two streamers, Xem92 and ThaRixer, were both here

[@troglodyte1378]

"Help Dr. Nefarious is destroying the galaxy!" "I'll be done in 20 minutes".

[@DrakolichKingPS3]

Im not a big fan of reaction videos, but Xem's reaction to the metropolis part is just perfect.

[@BMN_Prime]

I love seeing TAS! been watching the Pikmin 2 ones and they're mesmorising and that game still takes 2 hours for TAS

[@Grozione]

So cool to see new comments on this, people are starting to realize this channel is full of treasures

[@gurpreetsinghkhakh9038]

This guy is a legend of Ratchet and clank 3

[@panormitis7011]

I was happy seeing this live

[@Sniffyy]

Imagine towards the end of this amazing run goes to aridia...

[@TheMDbauS]

I love these tas runs so much haha

[@skynet0912]

This just makes me wonder what a clean file TAS of this game looks!

[@DinoDonnieV]

I can barely get under 5 hours in UYA and this crazy mad lad made this game his bitch. I loved every second of this. This is what I inspire to be.

[@braindent6464]

Admin, hes doing it sideways!

[@bballmaster1209]

This franchise is 20 years old and this is really the first time a TAS was done for it?

[@danuzz_]

yeah first full-game TAS

[@Leora_Moon]

It's not the first TAS, but it is the first full-game TAS. A large part of TASes being creatable is the tools for making them being good. PCSX2 only really got decent tools at all in the last couple years, and PCSX2 will still desync occasionally, especially on loads. Like Balakeh said, it's also a niche within a niche: it takes so much time and effort. There's only a few people in the Ratchet community who TAS, and I'm pretty much the only one who was focused on UYA.

[@Alex-ex8ob]

Also, to add onto NanoHologuise's comment, Ratchet and Clank is a game that functions on a 3D plane, which already would make it more difficult to create a TAS for. The game itself also has a lot of complex movement options, including a lot of movement tech that is impossible for a human to achieve, so it would likely take longer to account for that.

[@deftestaphid2026]

It's amazing how close xem is to this.

[@warheads9676]

i was just thinking that, he now does like 90% of the strats used in this

[@Sanker1]

Holy cow that was so damn sick

[@LAZZAMCPE]

Imagine how long it would take to figure out these spots 😂

[@XperimentorEES]

As a casual, I can appreciate both speedruns and TAS, but it's more fun seeing the bewildering analysis lol.

[@kylebowles9820]

At 3:14 that lag jump where he is side flipping at half height but going very fast; you could do that on UYA multiplayer, some called it drag'n'lag (mash up between drag'n'jump and lag jump) Take out your wrench, chargeboot off a short ledge so you keep your momentum, hold squat button, when you land press X, wait for a few frames, then press a direction on the D pad/analog stick. If you press X and the direction too close together you do a side flip but loose your momentum; if you press them too far apart you will just jump forward and turn to the side.

[@RedStriker212]

Anyone else hearing a slightly different version of Ratchet's voice (like when he hit his head repetitively under the turret)? I know this is the Korean version, but I wear my English copy of Going Commando sounds like this (and different from my English UYA).

[@Alex-ex8ob]

You probably have the greatest hits version of going commando, as that one has different voice clips for ratchet that were later used in the korean versions of both UYA and Deadlocked. I don't think the korean version of going commando has it, so I believe what might have happened is they assigned those voice clips to the wrong version of the game (greatest hits), and fixed it for the later ones.

[@troop3r_]

Cool tas, so absurd, good job, Nano! Amazing to see Xem just losing his shit seeing this. can someone pls tell me when was this stream?

[@francismcalister7811]

I wonder how much time a project like this would take for a category like All Titanium Bolts or even 100%

[@yzbrian]

NanoHologuise really just turned RaC UYA into a loading screen simulator

[@Kbryce]

Honestly can't beleive how long it took for a tas of one of these games, but just goes to show how infinitley complex the movement options in this game can be

[@diggitydog998]

12:24 I died laughing at that little “cLAnku”

[@krisorgan]

I literally can’t keep up, this is insane. I’m fuckin gobsmacked.. Oh and well done by the way.

[@thehungryhomo]

That is so crazy the Marcadia is half way!

[@DukeJukem]

Ya know what, that was pretty sick..

[@NexGenration99]

i wonder if the galactic rangers are glad to have a deity among their ranks

[@Doomification171]

I'm pretty sure I accidentally froze Nefarious at one point when I played this as a kid, he just kept standing there and I beat him with the wrench until he died. I never found out what triggered it though

[@caveguy22]

That happened to me too... But THE SHIELD WAS UP 😤

[@huckmart2017]

6:00 yolo swag 420 mlg quick scope

[@TheUltimateShade667]

This gives me flashbacks to nitrofskis' spyro 3 tas

[@youtubeboyjamie4364]

Now I kinda wanna see a TAS Platinum and 100% of RaC3:UYA just to see how it all goes down and how fast it's done lol

[@MasterRappelz]

OH MY FUCKING GOD I NEVER SAW SOMETHING LIKE DAT

[@darkshado124]

HE DID THE THING!

[@matthewsimmons9277]

Tas in my eyes can be summed up in a few simple words for me. Black air force energy the speedrun.

[@TheThe-2137]

It's some dark magic, what an insanity...

[@PrinceSamurai45]

Love Clank riding the laser over the gap.

[@timtamtomuk283]

This is my brains expectations of my runs when I'm practicing lmao

[@marmaje6953]

That one scene with the timer 17:15 … *THE FUCK!?*

[@marieryan8625]

Wow he doesn't mess about when playing his video games😂

[@therajgreek420]

love that you don't even get a word in edgeways for at least two fucking planets lol

[@laccelo]

Will you upload the nano discuss part too? I'd be curious

[@bukkij40]

Xem if this ever makes a GDQ u better be on commentary for this

[@c9887]

had a deep emotion

[@mattwells1036]

On metropolis xems jaw just dropped

[@jamessssssssssssssssssssssssss]

so this is what Jason Mantzoukas does in his spare time.

[@kjkillerkid]

Intro pog

[@francescocaruso9196]

Oh that nefarious freeze is a glitch? I got that once totally casually when i was a child

[@dawsonplays8945]

i was putting a hoodie on and missed an entire planet

[@maxpolaris6616]

This will be R&C Speedruns in 2030

[@5persondude]

So how come the Korean version is faster than other versions? Like I get the difference between NTSC and PAL (60fps and 50fps respectively), but what’s the difference in the Korean version?

[@Leora_Moon]

There's some unskippable dialogue on Holostar Studios (before and after the Clank and Giant Clank sections). Korean saves time on those dialogue lines.

[@5persondude]

@@Leora_Moon Oh ok, I see now. Thanks!

[@gumbo64]

YES

[@killerindustry3735]

The adds is this video where longer then the planets

[@19bstark]

Damn they just got sauced on lol 7:44

[@sweetwheatsy]

Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, but Dr. Nefarious has seemingly won by turning the famous Lombax into a robot - though is very quickly and efficiently betrayed

[@incrediblyaverage7177]

Been there for a bit already but must say I like the intro. Also what's the tune used?

[@Leora_Moon]

A Proper Story - Bastion OST. Excellent game with an equally excellent soundtrack.

[@incrediblyaverage7177]

@@Leora_Moon Ah, thanks

[@williamkelly5689]

When I first got this game I was like 15 , I played it for like 10 hours and beat it my long came home at like three in the morning from casino And proceeded to bitch at me for playing the game for 10 hours

[@elton9721]

Mans played UYA like doom eternal lmao

[@roobeedooo]

lore-accurate ratchet

[@lokkiirl4793]

Ok so laws of physics can just be "no u"'d apparently

[@IKucheINtortIE]

I like when quark said "its quarkin time" and quarked all over the room

[@thehungryhomo]

What?! Daxx before 2 minutes?!!!

[@oilfan9445]

Does Xem have a schedule for when he streams or does he just stream whenever he's in the mood for it?

[@konosk8302]

He streams every day except Sundays. As for the time, I don't exactly know because I'm on a different timezone but I hope I helped

[@Xem92]

Like Constantinos said, 6 days a week, usually starting around 1pm central US time. Usually speedruns all stream, but right now I'm a little burnt out, so I'm only doing a few hours of runs and then casual stuff the later half.

[@oilfan9445]

@@konosk8302 Much appreciated!

[@oilfan9445]

@@Xem92 Sweet, that's noon my time. Thank you!

[@sweetwheatsy]

So uhm, besides everything obviously being insane, for the uninitiated, why do we skip directly to Drax, then back to Marcadia, but skip some of the other plantes like Thyranossis and the Underwater World (name escapes me rn)?

[@zaruyko]

Exactly as you mentioned - this route skips Aquatos and Tyhrranosis. This involves doing the VR training for the swingshot early by clipping into the level since the level is always loaded, and getting the swingshot triggers the coordinates for Daxx which creates a route different from the casual route. Since you have to do the first Annihilation Nation challenge on the visit after Marcadia in order to unlock the new challenge that the Daxx dropship fight triggers, you might as well do Daxx first so you do both challenges on Annihilation Nation on the same visit instead of going to Annihilation Nation after the vid comic, then either proceeding through Aquatos and Tyhrranosis, or going back to Phoenix to get the swingshot, then do Daxx, then go back to Annihilation for the second challenge, and then continue the speedrun route.

[@lordbalthazar4632]

I have had the dr nefarious freeze on my ps3 before

[@karlhnedkovsky5214]

Yo Xem, what happened to the interview with Nano?

[@djtoxicdhg]

I onet to see a rac 2 tool assisted next

[@Niiiicex3]

Pogchamp

[@gren8te319]

14:50 i've heard of spoeedrunnners using tge camera to noscope enemies but this bs hits different

[@Xehanortlw]

Is it messed up im replaying this on my vita 🤣🤣

[@PrinceSamurai45]

New to watching speedruns. Is it uncommon for people to run the game in lock strafe?

[@joshi_1202]

Yes, whip jumps are frame perfect in lock strafe, not sure what other issues there might be

[@Erayzzn]

can someone explain what tool assited mean in a speedrun?

[@TheMDbauS]

You smack the console with a hammer to make the game go faster

[@Erayzzn]

@@TheMDbauS thx bro