Teratropes[1] are enemies in A Crack in Time. They are large crab-like creatures that feed on quantum energy, allowing them to eat temporal recordings.[1]
During A Crack in Time, they were allowed to enter the Great Clock by the Hypersonic Brainwave Scrambler.[1] Clank fought several of them there to protect the Clock. Ratchet also fought some on Vapedia and the Nefarious Space Station. They were then mentioned in Into the Nexus; the Nebulox Seven Prison Ship picked up some teratropes as it traversed an asteroid belt, requiring the ship to stop.[2]
Teratropes are similar to anthropods.
Combat[]
Teratropes are fought around the Great Clock as Clank and are often found alongside Breegus wasps. They are small enemies that are only capable of melee damage. They can be defeated in one hit by Clank's Chronoscepter, and a Time Bomb can slow them should they be a nuisance. For the most part, their main threat comes in the form of consuming temporal recordings, making it crucial to defeat them when completing a time puzzle.
Behind the scenes[]
Concept art.
The initial concepts for the teratropes were the "crawling eye" enemies. There were two enemies in this type: the "burrowing slug" and the "spawner with ambient eye tentacles".
Citations[]
References[]
- Insomniac Games (2009). Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
- Insomniac Games (2013). Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.