As a kid I always wanted to play Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, but I never had a PS2 to play it on. Now as an adult, with my own control over what I spend my money on, I got myself a console and the game to play! Years later, it's funny to feel a nostalgia for a game that I never grew up on. But thats what I felt. The writing feels very 90's/2000's with smart ass remarks from Daxter and attitude from the Sages. The Precursor Legacy plays like many other 3D platformers of the time, but with its own individuality that today feels distinctly Naughty Dog. The controls were a bit janky at times, specifically the camera, and I wasn't always the clearest on hit boxes. But the game was fantastic and I'm glad I finally got the chance to hang with Jak and Daxter after all these years. Absolutely one of the classics and a must play.

Moveset has a decent variety of options, but 1/3 of the collectables can be resumed in "Give character money" while the other 2/3 can be very hit or miss. The final section is quite good tho.

The story kinda feels glued with bubblegum to the experience. I understand that it's not so heavy focused but it felt like barely anything happened.

The general aesthetic could be resumed in "French cartoon but with below-average weeb levels"

It's a fine game but it's clear that they didn't have a clear focus on what to do for the first entry.

100% for the third time baby!

this will be another nostalgic review so if you're here for absolute straight gaymer facts you may scroll past.

i have so many great memories with this game back in the ps2 era. i had so much fun falling in love with the characters, the different areas and all of its charme combined. i remember playing this game tons and tons when i was a child and always coming back to it, discovering new things, new hidden powercells i didnt know of and even gameplay mechanics i didnt know of.
this was my personal introduction to naughty dog, being born in the early 2000s, this probably was the best way to step into naughty dogs territory.
while this is indeed your regular "hero saves world"- collectathon, it has such an amazing feel to it no other game could ever deliver to me. characters arent being bland despite having their regular roles of these games given to them. a lot of the dialogue is a reason for that. its funny, its quirky - its the most early 2000s it can get. gameplay is pretty easy from the start yet has a, lets say rather surprising difficulty spike at the end where they really want you to set these jumps at the right time.
collecting everything in this world even rewards you with the true ending of jak 1, leading straight into its sequel, jak 2.

while the good aspects of this game scream early 2000s, the controlling does too. the double jump can be absolutely janky and a pain in the ass. the camera at times also does whatever it wants - the ps3/vita version of the trilogy even having several music bugs as i found out in my recent playthrough. kinda sad but nothing too much for me. the checkpoints are fairly well placed so i do think they were aware of some of this.

im happy this game is staying untouched to this degree tho. the charme and good qualities it delivers wouldnt hit as good as it did back then. the ps2 version is still the best way to play this so i cant recommend getting that one enough.

so yeah. not much of a ratchet and clank fan but rather staying on the jak and daxter side here. :D