Cryoshot

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Specifications
Manufacturer	GrummelNet Industries
Type	Freezing gun
Range	Medium
Rate of fire	Medium
Availability and ammo capacity
First available	Korgon Refinery, Markazia
Min. ammo	15
Max. ammo	30

The Cryoshot is a weapon in Full Frontal Assault. It is a freeze weapon, manufactured and sold by GrummelNet Industries. Once upgraded, it became the Alpha Cryoshot.

In addition to the weapon, stationary, automatic Cryo Turrets are used to defend bases, which function identically to the Cryoshot.

The Cryoshot is identical in appearance to the OmegaTech Frost Cannon, but fires charged balls of frost instead of a concentrated beam.

History

Ratchet & Clank re-imagined

The 2016 re-imagined game is primarily an unreliable retelling of events by Qwark.

The re-imagined game primarily describes Captain Qwark's account of events. Because Qwark is an unreliable narrator, contradictory events are considered in-universe fiction, though elements that correspond with the original canon still apply. Please see Project:Bulletin board/Canon for the wiki's coverage of canon.

In the 2016 game and movie, Cora Verolux used a Cryoshot to extinguish flames on Captain Qwark's back after the latter jumped through a wall of fire. In the latter, Qwark and Ratchet also use Cryoshots against each other during their battle on the Deplanetizer.

Main continuity

At the time of Full Frontal Assault, the Cryoshot was the latest in GrummelNet's line of freeze weapons. Ratchet, Clank, and Qwark acquired Cryoshots for use against Stuart Zurgo's grungarian marauders.

Gameplay

The Cryoshot in action.

The Cryoshot is obtained from weapon pods in the campaign, and nodes in multiplayer. It is not automatic, and has to be actively fired for each projectile. Although a decent rate of fire is still achievable with rapid presses, this still makes it poor against groups, especially coupled with the mediocre damage output.

Its main advantage is for slowing down targets, eventually freezing them if enough hits are dealt. Frozen enemies can be destroyed instantly with a solid hit. The Alpha Cryoshot upgrade at V3 causes frozen enemies to release a burst of icicles at their surroundings when destroyed. This makes it slightly better against groups, but not enough compared to other weapons.

The Cryoshot is near-useless against tougher enemies like the grungarian bomber and tank, the most dangerous enemies in the game. Comparably the Groovitron Glove is a far superior choice when it comes to enemy crowd control. The Cryoshot is effective against grungoid turrets and grungarian brawlers, especially the former are frozen in a single hit, the latter require only three.

It is also unable to affect players in the competitive multiplayer mode.

References

Video games

• Insomniac Games (2012). Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.

Movies

• Kevin Munroe (Director) (2016). Ratchet & Clank [Film]. Rainmaker Entertainment.