Hydrodisplacer

The Hydrodisplacer is a Gadgetron gadget that Ratchet can use to drain and fill pools with water, therefore "displacing" it. The volume of water that can be contained inside a Hydrodisplacer is far greater than the gadget's external volume may indicate. Clank finds the Hydrodisplacer at the Blarg Tactical Research Station.

There is a certain elegance to the type of strategy used with the Hydrodisplacer. With things like flotation and underwater enemies taken into consideration, the watery levels that require the Hydrodisplacer can get quite...slippery, especially when used in combination with other gadgets and/or weapons such as the Thermanator. Empty the pool, kill the enemies, fill the pool, freeze the pool, walk across and get the bolts!!! There are also surprise elements added throughout the game. For instance, the water pool hindering yur path may start filling and draining by itself, and you have to freeze the water at the right moment to make it across.

There are several elements in Ratchet and Clank (one of the many reasons this game was so great), and the water levels were an interesting addition to those elements, and with it came interesting but logical gadgets like the Hydrodisplacer.

Appears in

 * Ratchet & Clank