Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
NTSC-U Boxart Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SCUS-97268 Release date: November 11, 2003 CRCs: 38996035 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SCES-51607 Release date: November 21, 2003 CRCs: 2F486E6F Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Release date: December 11, 2003 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Insomniac Games
Genre: Platformer
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Link
Game review score: Metacritic: 90/100
Game description: Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (known as Ratchet & Clank 2: Locked and Loaded in Europe and Ratchet & Clank 2 in Japan) is a 2003 3D platformer video game developed by Insomniac Games. The gameplay of Going Commando is similar to that of the original Ratchet & Clank. The player explores planets in the "Bogon" Galaxy and undertakes missions. It contains more mini-games than were present in the previous game. The game also introduces role-playing game (RPG) elements, such as upgradeable weapons. Going Commando was released roughly a year after its predecessor, and received very positive reviews. Critics noted the game's improved graphics, longer gameplay, and added role-playing elements as being major improvements over the original, but also criticized the game for its very high difficulty.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC/PAL	?	Core i5 @ 4,5 Ghz GTX 570	0.9.9 r5347	GSDX		HACKS: sometimes when a video loads the game crashes (PAL version, NTSC seems fine); EE timing hack fixed it., •If you can use PAL version, since it has less slowdowns because of running @ 50fps •50-60+ FPS (software mode) depending on scene with speedhacks, no EE cycle rate,no Cycle steal , DirectX HW mode = Texture issues(Mipmap) Fix: use software mode with mipmap enabled. You will need CPU power like hardcore to run it smooth	Mkav
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	1.1.0 r5492	GSdx 5464 SSE41	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.11.0	Runs near full speed., Texture graphics distortion is present, but doesn't inhibit gameplay too much.	General-Plot
PAL	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.8Ghz Nvidia GTX 570 1368MB	1.1.0 r5829	GSDX	SPU2-X ?	Europe v01.70(27/02/2003), MTVU, INTC Spin Detection, Enable Wait Loop Detection, mVU Flag Hack. Requires software mode to fix the graphics (MipMaps), the game can be quite slow. Lowering the extra threads to 2 seems to be optimal for this game and most of the time is full FPS, VU Cycle Stealing set to 1 can bring the FPS up for the remainder of the slowdowns but the game can appear slightly jumpy as a result.	refraction
NTSC-U	Windows 7	i5 460M @2.53GHz ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	1.3.0-20140805121745	GDSX	SPU2-X	Used all recommended speedhacks, EE cyclerate 2, and VU stealing 1. Using hardware mode, it ran at playable speeds with lag when there are a lot of on screen elements.	Clank

Trivia

• Also Known As Ratchet & Clank 2: Locked and Loaded (EU, AU), Ratchet & Clank 2 (JP)

Known Issues

Broken textures

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Garbage textures until you stand close to objects due to GDSX not supporting mip-mapping in hardware mode.
• Workaround: Run the game in software mode (F9), this however will cause a considerable speed hit. To minimize the speed hit, set "Extra rendering threads" to one less than the number of CPU cores that you have.

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