Talk:Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

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Why is the North American title of the game always referred to as Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando instead of Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando? Both the North American and European logo form the number 2, but only the European title gets a 2 (Ratchet & Clank 2: Locked and Loaded) when typed. Seems to me this article should be moved to Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando. --DT29 10 June 2006

Insomniac's website has it only as Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando [1], as well as the official site [2]. That's just the way it is. I can see the logo with the number "2" in it, but the company uses it without it. Thunderbrand 16:24, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

The game is called Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando in North America, Ratchet & Clank 2: Locked and Loaded in most PAL countries, Ratchet & Clank 2 in Ireland, Holland, Portugal, Germany, and France; Ratchet & Clank 2: Totalmente a Tope in Spain, and Ratchet & Clank 2: Going Commando in some Northen Europe countries.
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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:24, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Protopet influences

Should we put in the article the influence that the tribble had on the protopet?

Personally I don't really see the likeness. -- Frogulis

72.245.29.227 (talk) 17:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

I do, but I wouldn't know where to put the information, or if it would be reverted. Spongefrog (talk) 19:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Reference the plot

The plot section really doesn't need every individual plot detail referenced. In fact none of it needs referecned, its just asumed the information is taken from the game. You don't see any other games, books or films with referenced plots. I might remove them if nobody responds within 56 days, and a few hours. Then again, I might not. I'm beginning to change my mind as I type this. Only beginning. Spongefrog (talk) 19:27, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Please don't remove them. Citations are needed for VG FAs, and even GAs benefit greatly from them. If anything this article needs more. Many more. I'm going to be working on bringing this to GA status in the near future, so I can clean them up during that. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 21:38, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

As soon as I clicked 'save' on the comment above I wished I hadn't. A few months ago I asked on the helpdesk if plots should be referenced, but the answers I got (which were "no"s) only specified books and films. Not Video Games. I would never have removed them probably, I don't why I typed that, they do help. So just ignore the comment above (my one, not yours). And good luck getting this to GA status, I was once going to attempt it, then decided not to (I would have failed miserably anyway). The Ratchet & Clank articles are in dire need of some help. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 15:38, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Even book and film articles need good citations, IMO, especially for GA/FA statuses. Anyway, this one looks like it should be a fairly easy GA overall... there is a lot of good information out there. If you're interested in Ratchet & Clank, maybe we could collaborate on this. Any interest? –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 16:16, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

I would try and help it, but I'm not that good at FAs/GAs, I'm better at cleaning stuff up. If, however, you're prepared to bark out instructions for me, which I will follow to the best of my ability, then that would be possible. Be warned though, I'm not reliable, I'm liable to sign out at random times, and sign back in 10 minutes later. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 16:23, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

I understand. I guess that having some more help with the plot and gameplay sections (mainly finding and adding citations at this point) would probably be good... I think that I can do development and reception sections fairly easily, but not as much the plot. The plot section could also probably use a bit of trimming. Anyway, there'll be plenty of time to work on this (I hope to take it to PR before GAN, so think ~1 month until any GA review actually starts)... and I'll also be replaying the game (again) to get good quotes for the plot, so there's no rush. Also, copyediting never hurts if you have the time. Really, just pitch in wherever you'd like... if you're busy with other stuff (and I know how that can be on-wiki) I can probably do it on my own, so no worries. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 02:54, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

I've attempted a small amount of this, but I have a question I want to ask. So here it is:

"Can you use a game cheat sort of thing (IGN cheats etc.) as a reference if they're in an official guide sort of thing (official to the website I mean). Something like this. Even if you find like four or five of them?"

That was my question. If the answer is no I'll try to find something else. Its just some of the gameplay section is quite hard to reference. Good work on the reception section by the way, I'll give you a barnstar if you get it to GA. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 20:56, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. To answer your question, it really comes down to the reliablity of the author in that kind of situation. I'd say that using online walkthroughs or cheat guides is usually discouraged. A lot of the reviews have good info on gameplay, though, as do various preview articles. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 21:15, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Right thanks. I didn't notice because I was doing soe stuff to development (found quite a good cite, which you probably would have found yourslef). If you think some of the info is too minor, I won't be offended if you remove it. And I added the European Instruction manual as a cite for a sentence about gadgets, as the manual I've got covers all the gadgets. Wait. Why am I reporting everything I've done? I suppose it's just to make sure you approve of it, since you seem to know what your doing more than I do (and you're an Admin) Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 21:38, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

You don't need to ask me for approval or comment on what you did; if you do something that I think needs more discussion, I'll just bring it up here or fix it. And being an admin has nothing to do with content building. Please; I don't even want to be treated differently just because I'm an admin.

Anyway, The Armchair Empire was determined to be unreliable. Thanks to your addition there, though, I was able to find a source which should work better if we ever get this to *gasp* FAC. The second ref there seems unneeded; do we even need to mention that spherical worlds are also in R&C3? It doesn't seem very related to GC itself. Thanks for adding in the European manual citation. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 22:46, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

OK. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 11:36, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Would you say that this is now C-Class? –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 02:30, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't have a huge amount of experience here, but after looking at a few other C-classes, I'd probably say this is C-Class at least. Either way, its a lot better than Start-Class. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 16:48, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Okay; reassessed to C-Class and updated my status page appropriately. It's probably in between C and B right now... it needs a bit more work on the gameplay and plot, I think. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 19:40, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

I think that once the plot and lead are finished, this should be ready for GAN... I just rewrote the whole gameplay section. I'll try to work on those tomorrow (although it might slip into the day after). If you're able to do any copy editing, that would be a great help... it's nigh-impossible to accurately copy edit one's own work. Thank you for all your help here with finding citations!

If you're interested in continuing with a collaboration on Ratchet & Clank articles, I was thinking of working on Ratchet & Clank or Ratchet: Deadlocked, but I'm pretty much open on the issue if there's a different one that you'd prefer to do first. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 02:07, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Damn, I though I'd answered this a while ago, must have forgot to click save. Anyway, you seem to do the majority of the work, and I just tag along adding cites here and there, so if you move on to one of the other games, I'll probably find out and chip in where I can. I'd say Deadlocked needs the most help, but R&C1 is more important. Up to you. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 20:36, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Okay; I'll probably go with the first one once this is a GA, then Deadlocked. –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 20:42, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

For the record, it passed, and while you generally don't need to reference the plot...it could be a really good idea to. Some editors can be very picky about that.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 09:47, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

The plot can be tricky to reference... I'll probably add in more detailed quotations the next time that I actually play through the game (I just rewatched the cinematics to get the current quotes). Certainly it must be done before there's any chance at FA. Thanks for the review! –Drilnoth (T • C • L) 14:25, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Its GA!? Wow. That was quick. Sorry I've not done that much to R&C1, I've been pretty busy, and my user talk has been flooded with people saying hi. And some useful stuff. Spongefrog, (talk to me, or else) 19:13, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Plot

Last month I completely re-wrote and condensed the plot because it was a complete mess of malformed sentences and superfluous plot details. On January 3rd it was reverted by RahulRamdhany back to the mess of a version that he wrote. This is the second time you've reverted the plot back to your version after somebody tried to fix it. Stop doing it. Asterix 13 (talk) 03:46, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Plotsum-nuking

Since I messed up the link in my edit summary, check here. I'm doing the same on the other games in the series for the same reason, and I'm willing to discuss it on the talkpages, but let it be known I did sample some opinions at WP:VG first. ^BLUSTER⌉⌊_BLASTER 15:08, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Turrets

How do you knock down all 6 turrets before repairing itself 2600:6C63:51F0:C4C0:78D5:6548:86D5:8AEB (talk) 02:29, 8 January 2024 (UTC)