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Needless to say.... too difficault

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 18
Date: October 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When I bought PS2 to my son Jak and Dexter was the very first game I bought to him, he was 5 at that time. I was able to finish the game and he too with my help and hints and he plays it all over again every day for more than a year. I was very happy that there was such a game that would be challenging enough but not mindlessly violent and bloody as many other games. When I heard that Jak II is coming I was really happy and my son couldn't wait to play it. But that is not the same game, not even close. The only common thing are the characters and that is all. Graphics and music are really great but I do not see any sense or purpose in repeating one task thousand times without any result and progress. I have enough experience in programming to see that SW is fantastic but there is so many disadvantage to JAK's character that he look so helpless. My son is coming to visit me and he will want to play Jak II but I know that he will be very frustrated and DISSAPOINTED. I am very sorry that I bougth this game. I am not the one who plays it 10-12 hours a day and and if that is majority of players around ...well I must be living on wrong planet than. I feel that Jak II is just not the game I expected, challening to player and not to be made to be hard and trendy.(I never played Grand Theft Auto because I find the concept of the game stupid and my mind do not have that , I would say sick part, as guys who made it and call it the GAME, so comparison between JAK II and GTA is irrelevant to me)

ONE MAJOR STEP BACKWARDS!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 15
Date: November 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Jak and Dexter was a darn good platform game. It was encompassing, awe inspiring, it had varied levels, it was pretty non-linear, the levels were lengthy yet doable. It was basically a fun all around game. So Jak 2 comes out, and they made a lot of changes, all for the worse.

First off, I guess the marketing folks told the developers to emulate Grand Theft Auto 3. Let me tell you, this does not work. GTA had a living-breathing city that fit into the environment. What does Jak 2 have? It was a non-descript closed off city with hardly anything in it. The worst is the movement throughout the city. To go to a different a different part of the city, you need take this horrible "hover vehicle" that apparently can't hover beyond "up" or "down". The movements of this vehicle are sluggish, slow, and uncontrollable, and the vehicle itself doesn't possess any subtlety. Couple this with the fact that all the missions are clear cross the city, and the alleyways are small, and you've got one boring, annoying game. I passed maybe 10 levels, and most of my time was spent hovering between those levels.

Secondly, in GTA fashion, they decided to make it "gritty". Oh geez, give me a break. Who was begging for a cartoon platformer to be gritty? Why does Jak need to cuss? I don't mind it, but it serves no other purpose other than to alienate a chunk of potential gamers. The "gritty" factor might have been an excuse as to why they could not re-produce the lush, varied environments that really made the first game. Every level I played looked the same, either an indoor level or an outdoor level.

Okay, so the environment and movement is no good, what about the missions you say? Well, these missions are tedious missions and designed to be repeated over and over again. Some of the missions are easy, but you basically go through the same jumps and enemies over and over again. Many are difficult, made so that you have to die a few times, repeat what you just accomplished, just to die a little bit later. While not hard, but if the missions were any fun, it wouldn't be so bad.

Finally, the first game required you to reach a certain number of spheres for you to pass. Whatever way you wanted to get them, you could. This meant that if a mission was boring, not fun, or out of the way, you could skip and try something else. This game pretty much is linear. It's sort of de-evolution of video gaming right here.

So, in short, what was once an original, fun, lush platform game now spawned a sequel which is no more than a badly designed conglomeration or random gaming ideas.

Pros:
Uhmm, I can't think of any.

Cons:
Pretty much linear.
City is mundane.
Environments unvaried, stale.
Repetitive, tedious levels.
Adult for no reason.
Hover system is mind boggling bad.

Difficulty: Medium

Frustration Level: High

Hours to complete (my estimate): 25 Hours

not what we expected

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 19
Date: October 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My 10-year-old loved Jak & Daxter. This sequel has been a big disappointment. It's rated T instead of E and he's uncomfortable with the dark, more sinister story line, which includes imprisonment and torture. Read up on this before buying for younger gamers.

Grand Theft Auto With Fur

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: October 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If I wanted to play Grand Theft Auto III I would. I was looking forward to a fun platformer like Jack and Daxter. This is a good game, but not really a platformer. I hope the developers of Ratchet and Clank Comando stay true to what made the original so great and do not try to do another GTA.

UNPLAYABLE, FRUSTRATING CHEAPFEST

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: January 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When you start playing this game, you may have the urge to proclaim it one of the greatest games of all time. Not so fast. It would've been, if it wasn't so unplayable. It is the CHEAPEST game of all time. At 50% into the game, I got to a mission I just can't beat, no matter what I do. It just can't be done, unless you have time and patience to retry the same stupid sh** over and over again, for hours, where the slightest misstep will have you back to where you started. This is fun? Another annoying mission has you collecting 17 items. Why 17? Why not 24? How about 24 3/4? 7777? 7 million? They wanted to show how hardcore their game is? Then why they have characters with stupid donkey ears, if this is such a hardcore game? I'd like to ask the morons who made and play-tested this sh**, what were they thinking. I'm tired of garbage that floods the stores. If you want $50 for a game, why not make sure it's playable?

Boring & Over-hyped

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: February 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Many reviews hype up how this game evolved from the original Jak and Daxter. I really, really loved J&D. However, I was very much let down by this sequel.

Cons:
Way too many races and challenges,
Very few puzzles and exploration,
Endless and boring main city with everything on opposite ends of the world,

Pros:
Good graphics,
Some fun aspects

It seems they tried to take parts of other games (Grand Theft Auto and Ratchet and Clank) and fuse it with the fantasy-inspired original. The result is a clunky, boring game that seriously disappoints. Get Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando instead (or Sly Cooper, if you don't have that already.)

Jax 2 is not as fun as Jax 1

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: July 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

For those who liked the first Jax. This one is compeletely different. The game play is not as fun. Driving around the city between missions gets old and is far to time consuming. Once you get a gun that is all you use, unlike the first jax where it is was fun the fight the bad guys.
So, Don't Buy It if you are looking for the same format that was Jax one.

worst game ever.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: January 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

jak 2 is unbelivably frustrating i HATE IT. the game features bad graphics boring worlds and frustrating setbacks. like the insane difficulty level. heck from the moment you start playing this pile of crud it gets to the point where you cant stand it. its a game where any little inperfectio9n from the player can make them go back where they started. this game has graphics that are very bad they look nothing like the originals. and ahh the wonder the city WHATS IN THE CITY. the city is a completely empty and insignifigant pile of pedestrians that you have to run over to complete a mission. theres liitle or no direction in the game and the characrthers look [bad.] ITS HARD DONT GET IT YOU WONT EVEN BE ABLE TO GET 25 PERCENT TROUGH IT. i cant stand this horrible excuse for a game i havent been this disappointed since playing spyro enter the dragonfly.

trashy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 13
Date: November 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a terrible game with bad graphics. I can't belive how slowly it loads.

Can you say casual game?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 20
Date: December 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Is it me or was the playstation built for all these casual gamers to spend their money on another awful game? This game is worse than the original. You spend all your time walking around and collecting. That is all it is. And how stupid can Jak be? He tries to be cool but he sounds and looks like a moron. But if your a casual gamer, you will probably love this game becasue you need zero skill. If your a hardcore gamer like myself, don't buy this game and dump your playstation. Buy a gamecube and then you will see what a GOOD GAME is like because Nintendo is so much more hardcore than Sony and its casual gamers.

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