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And here I was...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Thinkin this game was gonna blow Major..., but when I played the demo, all of I sudden, I was like, WHAT IN THE BLUE HELL WAS I THINKIN??!! This game is great, and when I picked it up, THANK GOD, it lived up to what I wanted it to be.
Pros:
Great Graphics
Very good voice acting
Gameplay has a ton of fun
There's alot to do
Daxter says pretty funny stuff at time
This so far is my favorite platformer to hit the PS2(I haven't played Rachet and Clank yet, tho I want to)
At [the price], it's a steal
Cons:
Pretty gosh darn short
I busted my... to get all 101 powercells to get a cheap ... alternate ending
Some of the powercell are frustrating(When I first played, and at times still are)

To me I kept fellin this game reminded me of somethin, oh yeah Mario 64. Tho it may feel like Mario 64, it will never be Mario 64. This game left me mad when I open that stupid door with all 100 power cells(Well I grabbed the extra 1) And they just stared at a door of light and the game ended. I swear if I didn't know a sequel was comin out I woulda gave this game a 4. But yet if u love games like Crash, Rayman, and Rachent and Clank, and never played Jak and Daxter yet, u should, cuz hey it's only 19 bux.

Beautiful, Fun, and Immersive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Remember all the time you wasted playing Mario Bros on your Nintendo? Live those days all over again with Jak & Daxter. Only now, do it in an amazingly rendered 3D world of beaches, jungles, swamps, icy mountains, and fiery cavern depths.

The first thing I noticed in the game were these absolutely beautiful graphics. Insects buzz around, the wind moves through the trees, and everything behaves naturally enough to pass as a real cartoonish environment. Having never played a Naughty Dog title before I was stunned by the attention to graphic detail, like Jak's feet kicking up sand as he runs along the beach. The graphics associated with the powerups are also very well done. I really cannot give too much praise to the games artistic design. The spatially-oriented sound helps provide for excellent immersion.

The gameplay remains nothing new. Collect doodads, collect some doodads to get other doodads, finish little side quests to get doodads, all while donig some sort of puzzle solving. Sure, there's tons of platform jumping, an old saw of the action/adventure genre. It won't matter when it's done as well as this though.

My only complaint, and it's a small one, was with the story (nonexistent) & characters (one-dimensional & thus dull), which has always been a problem with this genre, so one gets used to it. Also, one thought I had was that it would have been neat to have had a chance to use Daxter (the critter/sidekick on Jak's shoulder) alone in a couple of sections. As it is, he's just along for the ride & for color commentary.

One of the best platform games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is truely a work of art! The overall game concept is great. Daxter is hilarious with his smart elec comments. The graphics on this game are BEAUTIFUL! Never before have I played a platform game that is so detailed and expansive as Jak and Daxter. I'm 26 years old, most platform games are too kiddy for me but not this one. The game is so realistic, it's turns from night to day when your outdoors! You can tell this game took years in the making. You can easily play this game for hours on end without even realizing! I truely recommend this game for ALL ages!

A first-rate platformer, a stunning technical achievement.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you intend to play Jak and Daxter from start to finish without stopping, you'd best eat a big meal, drink mightily, and take a potty break before you start: once this game is loaded, there are no wait times. I don't know how Naughty Dog managed it, but there is never a time in the entire game when things slow down while you wait for the Playstation to catch up.

You play Jak (with Daxter the Otsel--that's otter/weasel--wisecracking away from his perch on your shoulder), whose primary goal is to save the world from Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and incidentally transform Daxter back into his much-less-attractive elven self.

It's a fast-action, beautifully-crafted platform game in which the major objective is to collect power cells and use them to get you to the next area. The power cells and orbs do nothing for Jak's power or abilities, so Jak remains the same strong silent, reasonably powerful elf-guy from beginning to end.

The challenges are many and varied: often Jak has to travel to a different region (level, if you will) to solve a problem--and collect a power cell. This results in some interesting event chains: the sculptor in town (area 1) has lost his muse (another weasel-like creature) on Misty Island (area 2), but to get to Misty Island you must use the fisherman's boat, which he'll only let you use if you catch 200 lbs of fish for him at his fishing shack in the Forbidden Jungle (area 3). Fortunately, the invisible load times and a few well-placed teleportals make access to pretty much anywhere a fairly simple task. As a result, your focus remains on solving the problem, not getting around.

Game control is easy and intuitive, with the left analog stick controlling Jak's direction and speed, and the right controlling camera angle and zoom. Various jumps, punches, and spins as well as a scope-style targeting mode are available from the right thumbpad (sometimes in combination with the front triggers). A flyer and a Flut-Flut (large bird--think chocobo) are available for transport when the situation requires it, and their controls are equally easy to pick up, though it will probably take you a while to get a feel where the flyer is concerned...it likes to bounce uncontrollably sometimes.

The weakest link is the plot--rarely does the impetus to collect power cells or orbs relate to the overall story: generally, you collect power cells to solve immediate problems and orbs to appease the locals and the Oracles, (who will trade you power cells for orbs). In fact, when you reach the final boss, it really doesn't matter how much stuff you've collected (except that, apparently, getting 100 power cells will get you an alternate ending).

The only real gameplay annoyance is the occasional immutable or just plain bad camera angle. It's incredibly easy to make a misstep because you can't get the camera into a place where you can see what your next move should be.

I don't know anyone who's played this and not enjoyed it--I'm not a big fan of platformers, myself, but I've had a blast playing this game, even if I'm no good at it.

Jax and Daxter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: January 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun but hard.It might take along time to beat but it is worth the wait. When it gets hard you can't give up no matter what. Sometimes it gets so hard you can be trying to do a part for an hour and after a couple of times you feel like throwing the paddle across the room but don't, keep on trying. The good thing about it is it's so long it keeps you busy for a while. Some game are so short you can beat it in two hours but this will keep you busy for two weeks if you play it often.

Naughty Dog scores once again!!!![....]

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Now, just getting a PS2, I used my money to by Jak and Daxter, so it became my first game. I was INSTANTLY hooked. It is definetely another triumph for Naughty Dog, who created Crash, then later let him go [....] Then the new Crash came out and I got it, and it wasn't as great as Naughty Dog could have done it, so I turn to Jak and Daxter for fun.

The game is absolutely amazing. No level loading, just one huge beautifully animated 3D world with interesting characters and enemies not to forget. In the plot your Jak, a yellow haired heroic character who along with his smart-alick friend Daxter, go sneaking around Misty Island when they were warned not to by a smart sage. By not heading the warning they discover a group of evil people and discover a pool of Dark Eco, and Daxter us shoved in, turning him into an ottsel (have weasel, have otter) which rockets their journey into turning Daxter back by collecting Power Cells and Precursor orbs. This game definetely kicks butt and belongs in any gamers collection.

Yeah baby!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love this game! I like it almost as much as Sly Cooper! The characters are great, and i think Daxter is so funny! Jak is great too. It is really well done. I hope to get 2 and 3 after completing this one.

DEMO IS HERE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have recieved a demo, that s right a playable demo, from Playstation Underground. This game is awesome. You can roam around the fully 3-d environment or zoom on the A-Grav uh... zoomer. You collect Blue and Red and Green eco, a kind of energy source for speed and attack power and health. Jak does the action, while Daxter gives tips and cracks jokes. You must complete certain tasks to gain power cells which allow you to beat the level.Think of a mix between Crash bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, and voila!JAk and Daxter. You'll love it.

Jak & Daxter--Finally someone gets it right

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

A very solid game! It seems that ever since Spyro, there have been lots of immitators, but they all fell far short. Either the controlls were jerky, there were camera problems or the game was just plain poor. I had just played Frogger the great beyond, and it was miserable! The wrong mix, hard to control, couldn't save on a board and whenever you jumped from under an island, you were stuck in a limbo--shutting off was the only remedy!!!

Back to Jak.... I cannot say enough. There are many cinematic cut scenes, but they are not too much and the voices are still interesting after many hours of playing. The flight boards are tough, but fun and with practice, possible for everyone. The first must buy that I can think of (non sport) for the PS2!!! Challenging without being impossible; entertaining and not trite, just a great time!!

Crash Bandicoot and Mario 64 meet on the PS2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game combines all the best elements of the PSX Crash Bandicoot games and the N64 game Mario 64. It's beautiful, it's fun. My only criticism is that it could have been half again as long without being too long. Hardcore gamers will finish this one fast -- two rentals did it for me, and I wasn't even playing constantly.

Other than the brevity, it's hard to take shots at this game. This game rates a Rent for everyone and a Buy for most.

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