After their attempted failure of killing Crash Bandicoot, PlayStation bought Naughty Dog while developing their next IP for the PS2.

Releasing just over a month after Grand Theft Auto III, the open world works really well. Naughty Dog really understood the hardware so they were able to create a cartoon world with areas connecting to each other.

One of the best things is needing one thing and going off and doing a million other things which will lead you to the item you require.

Power Cells are required and you will do all sorts of things to obtain them. Fetch Quests, finding them on the floor, do quests for characters. However towards the end the remaining power cells are just fetch quests which could be a factor into a rushed development.

Bosses are simple and basic. The voice acting is alright. While Jak doesn't speak, Daxter is quite annoying and he doesn't get any better in later games.

This is a good start for the Jak and Daxter series and for Naughty Dog. Any fans of platformers should play this game.

Reviewed on Jun 12, 2023


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