Dreamtime
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Dreamtime was the name given to a strange, mysterious, unexplained, and (despite its name) nightmarish realm that Ratchet's consciousness visited while he was having his DNA extracted by the Technomites at Medical Outpost Omega. The dream begun with several Qwark clones and a female Skrunch-like being in medical apparel preparing to operate (or experiment) on Ratchet, with one Qwark ominously asking for a bigger scalpel. Fleeing from the table, Ratchet escaped through the door and was suddenly on a beach on Pokitaru - another door opened in thin air, where a sinister, red-eyed version of Clank, possibly Klunk beckoned. However, as soon as Ratchet stepped towards the door, it vanished. Ratchet then begun a quest through a dark world filled with many strange things, including visions of Darla Gratch, the Plumber, Dr. Nefarious and Chairman Drek. Eventually, he confronted Giant "Clank", possibly Giant Klunk. Ratchet did not fight him though, as his weapons were somehow turned into butterflies. He instead had to avoid his attacks for a certain amount of time, and after that, "Giant Clank" turned into many butterflies and disappeared. Then two doors appeared; one with the evil Clank beckoning, and one with the "actual" Clank. Ratchet comforted the "real" Clank, who was upset for not realizing there was something odd about Luna, and Clank pulled him through the door, essentially bringing him back to the real world, after realizing that Ratchet was awakening. There were also structures from the past games, such as Ratchet's Garage and Clank's Apartment, both of which had mirrors with enemies in them that would spawn if Ratchet got close enough (more if the mirrors got shattered).
There are three titanium bolts on this planet, at various places.
At some areas, there were floating eyeballs. If Ratchet was caught in their sight he would be killed; even with the Static Barrier.
[edit] Trivia
- Dreamtime was full of cameos of familiar faces and locales from previous games; several sections of levels from the first three games were replicated, and characters such as Darla Gratch and the Plumber floated in the background.
- Even though it was a "dream", every item Ratchet collected here apparently became real when he left. There were even vendors (that seemed to belong to Gadgetron) in here.
- Unlike all the other levels, the view with the first- and third-person camera here was limited, as there was only a distorted camera effect on the screen. This meant that there was only an oval as the view for the player, and that black was covering the remaining areas of the screen (this could be evidenced if one paused the game while in this level).
