Jak & Daxter Collection

I've always loved the art-style and humor from the first game since I first played it on PS2 and in that respect the sequels are certainly more of the same. I never played Jak II or Jak 3 back when they released. Anyway, replaying Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was a nostalgic trip down memory lane. I personally thought Daxter was at his funniest here because he didn't seem as obnoxious compared to the sequels, and so when he did speak his humor stood out more. The environments are lush and varied; beaches, lava pits, dark spider-infested caves, snowy mountain-tops, an underwater "lost city", and so on. It isn't really too story-heavy but what story there is, is semi-entertaining and interesting enough to follow. The first game is mostly a straight-forward 3D platformer collect-a-thon with your occasional boss fights, vehicle segments and cutscenes. But it's a vibrant, colorful and quite enjoyable one. Most fans of this series I've heard from seem to regard this one the highest. Jak II I just recently beat (and platinum'd) so it'll probably be the freshest in my mind and easiest to review now. The game actually has a decent story that has a few twists and eccentric characters. The platforming is also still great when there are platforming segments. It seems to have adopted several elements from the then popular GTA games like GTA III or Vice City. You travel to icons around the city of Haven to start missions. They introduced weapons in the form of guns, which overall makes the sequels actually feel more like shooters a la Ratchet and Clank than platformers, and you now have a "Dark Jak" form which you can activate once your dark eco meter is filled. This form allows you to hit harder and do a few special moves that you can purchase via "skull gems" dropped by most metal head enemies. Sadly, most of the game's strong points end there for me. The city hub in Jak II feels far too padded out and is more frustrating to navigate than being fun. The checkpoints for missions are also very unforgiving, often times requiring a complete do-over if you manage to die. This can be overcome with some trial and error but it can just grate the nerves if you've almost completed a mission, and you just manage to slip up at the end and fall off into an abyss or lose your last sliver of health. Racing was also a pain, as were some of the combat-focused missions such as one requiring you to get to a certain location while endless swarms of cops and turrets descend upon you. Or killing three huge robot vehicles headed towards your base before they get there. There are combat/weapon tricks involved for most of these though, and I'd recommend looking up video guides if/when you get stuck. Some other missions weren't really that hard however, in contrast to what a lot of people led me to believe. The "protect the NPC" or escort missions were actually pretty easy for me. As was the on-rails turret mission which I managed I think on my third try. It just required some patience and very quick disposal of enemies as soon as they appeared. I ended up using an "Orb glitch" to achieve the full 286 required for the Platinum trophy, which otherwise would be near impossible for me seeing as you would have to get "gold" in the shooting ranges among other mini-game type stuff. Overall a solid game but due to most of it being frustrating I personally couldn't rate it any higher than about a 6/10. The first game was just more enjoyable for me and stayed true to traditional platforming. I've only just started Jak 3 and so far, as many people will tell you, it's mostly easier than Jak II simply because of the more lenient checkpoint placement. Gameplay mechanics and mission structure are still very similar to Jak II, however. This one, so far, seems to have quite an emphasis on vehicular gameplay; races galore, driving through the big desert to rescue NPC's before the time limits run out, and so on. There's still platforming sprinkled in here and there but it just seems to be a more "driving-focused" game. I hear it gets better and eventually blends in more platforming as well as combat missions but having to drive around or ride those large birds everywhere can kind of feel repetitive. The story is otherwise solid enough and characters well-done. But I'm more eager to see what the game has to offer besides driving, and the occasional boss fight missions. I will say, and I almost forgot, I actually enjoy the few sections where you get to play as Daxter. Aside from running from the spider in Jak II which was highly frustrating initially, the other parts where you get to play as him in Jak 3 are, thus far, varied and spicen up the monotony of all the driving and shooting you do as Jak. Anyway, like I said at the beginning of this "review", I love the art-style and platforming (when it's present) of this series so much that I have to rate it five out of five stars here on Amazon. For all its shortcomings, it's certainly a unique series. I also have the Ratchet and Sly collections for PS3, but they haven't really grabbed me yet based on trying out the first games in each series. Jak & Daxter was just likable to me from the get-go so I tend to prefer them out of the three series. Maybe that'll change once I give them another shot after finishing up Jak 3.

I grew up with these games, these were my childhood games so that may affect my review but here it is: They were great games and I loved them. With this HD release I could not only complete the games again, I could complete all the challenges(achievements) which was fun to do. The graphics are amazing(Compared to the old ones.) Jake and Daxter was great to see, although it didn't seem as amazingly stunning graphically as jak 2 and 3, this was still a fun game that had many secrets and a great storyline with many twist, weird people, and funny jokes. Jak 2 is very different from jak and daxter but in a good way. The platform is back but with guns and flying cars. Its a longer game with many many more things to do and a lot more features. The story once aging is amazing with more twist, really messed up people that you'll remember for a long time, and funny jokes. Jak 3 a great game but to me was not as great as Jak 2. It had more guns, more cars, more missions, more jokes, however I didn't like all of the people in the story and the story had major twist which were great, the characters just kinda brought it down for me. Voice acting for all games are amazing. Since this does have three games with it, it'll take a long time to complete them all. If your good at platform games and try to skip as much as you can then the games will only take like 10 though or less. I completed Jak 1 100% so far and that took me 4 hrs 15 mins(I died a few times and missed a few orbs.) Anyway Summary - Game:Great Story, Great Jokes, Great Characters, Great Game play, Great Way to create childhood/adulthood memories or just a fun game to play when you feel like a platform adventure.

Cheesy title aside, this is a steal. This collection contains 3 of the best games I have ever played and a gateway to numerous fond memories from my childhood. I tried playing them on the PS2 again recently, but the graphics were not good and it felt outdated. The updated graphics are very colorful and sharp, and you almost can't tell that these games are from the last console generation. Of course the textures remain non-HD and you won't see it like Battlefield or anything, but I was impressed at how sharp and colorful the game was, and how great it looks. For those of you who haven't played these games, they have great characters, voice acting, collecting, platforming, combat, and missions. The games are overall just fun experiences with a great feel. Also, there is a lot of cheesy humor. Luckily for me I love cheesy humor so it's just icing on the cake. I'll put it simply - if you played these before and liked them or enjoyed them, you will only enjoy them more on the PS3 - and only $40 for all 3! Also, if you've never played them and don't mind slightly dated textures/detail and physics, but with sharp graphics then I highly recommend you check this out. It doesn't have much coverage online for some reason, but I assure you almost any gamer who plays the Jak games will agree that they are amazing games! The more people who buy this, the higher chance that Naughty Dog will try again to create Jak 4! Edit: Oh and there are no load times (so far) since the PS3 can MORE than handle these titles. There are also no installs. As another reviewer pointed out the port isn't the best, but it's nothing specifically WRONG with the port, it's just that they didn't anti-alias it (remove jagged lines.) I'm assuming it has something to do with Naughty Dog's style of creating the game or something, since Naughty Dog is known to do things differently. but it could just be laziness at Mass Media's end. Who knows.

N'ayant jamais fait les Jak & Daxter à l'epoque de la PS2 je dois dire que je suis plus que conquis par ces jeux. Du grand Naughty Dog, on ressent clairement expérience et le génie du studio. Si graphiquement on sent que les jeux ont 15 ans derrière eux le gameplay n'a pas pris une ride. L'aventure va crescendo, et l'on prend un réel plaisir à la suivre l'histoire. Il y a vraiment peu à reprocher à ce jeu. C'est vraiment domage que les editionb françaises/européenes des remaster PS3 aient toutes eu droit qu'à un tirage si limité et s'echangent maintenant au dessus de la barre des 40 euros en occasion. A default les edtion americaines incluent le Français du coup : profitez-en !

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Es uno de mis juegos favoritos de mi infancia y quería tenerlo en formato físico. A día de hoy lo sigo jugando ve vez en cuando y funciona perfectamente. La caratula está genial y viene con un manual que sirve para los 3 juegos. Si eres fan de la saga y te gustaría tenerlo en físico para tenerlo junto a tus otros juegos favoritos, te lo recomiendo encarecidamente.

Diese Collection beinhaltet alle drei Jak and Daxter Teile. Soweit ich mich entsinne, ist keines der Spiele auf Deutsch spielbar, aber dafür alle auf Englisch, was meiner Meinung nach aussreicht, da es auch keine deutsche collection gibt. Die Spiele sehen durch das HD-Remake ganz nett aus, auf jedenfall hochauflösender als die PS2-Originale. Die Spiele haben einigen Witz(vor allem durch den Ozelot Daxter :P), bisher habe ich nur Teil eins auf 100% durch und Teil 2 noch nicht komplett. Die Serie wird ab dem zweiten Teil düsterer und Jak kann auch auf einmal sprechen. Viel zur Story kann ich aber gearde auch nicht mehr sagen. Aber mir ist aufgefallen, dass der erste Teil doch sehr leicht ist, ich wunde rmich warum ich mich damals als Kind damit so schwer getan habe, ich weiß gar nicht ob ich das Spiel je beendet habe, ich war auf jedenfall kurz davor. Der Schweirigkeitsgrad steigt auf jedenfall ziemlich mit dem zweiten Teil, der dritte Teil soll wohl wieder etwas leichter sein. Mir persönlich gefällt Haven City als Kulisse für den zweiten Teil nicht ganz so gut, die Stadt wirkt eher grau und langweilig, da fand ich den ersten Teil deutlich farbenfroher und schöner. Naja das war nur ein bisschen Geschwätz, wer weitere Fragen zum Produkt hat könnte ja einen Kommentar schreiben..

Me gustó mucho volver a jugar los clásicos de Jack and daxter, y ahora con mejor calidad de video y a un precio muy bueno