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Who says the PSP doesn't have good games?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 85 / 88
Date: March 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you've owned a PSP for a long time you've probably kept hearing that it doesn't have any good games. Daxter proves otherwise. If you've been bored with all of the games the PSP has now, be bored no longer! Daxter is quite possibly the best PSP game out there, with awesome graphics, gameplay, story, and many more features.

If you're a hardcore fan of the Jak and Daxter series like me, then you won't be disappointed with this game. It does everything great. The story takes place between Jak 1 and Jak 2. If you rememeber, at the beginning of Jak 2 Jak arrives at haven city. He is then immediately captured by the Krimzon Guards, but Daxter escapes. Jak is put in prison, and then the game skips 2 years later and you see how Daxter saves Jak. The game's storyline takes place in those 2 years, and you'll learn how Daxter saves Jak and what he has done in that time. At the beginning of the game, Daxter is offered a job as a bug exterminator. He takes it, because he hopes that while he goes around exterminating bugs he'll also find Jak along the way. By the way, these are metal head bugs, so they'll put up a fight.

Now, first of all, let's get the bad stuff out of the way. This game is kind of short, and you'll be able to finish it in 10-13 hours. Also, some people might find it disappointing that haven city is smaller than it was in Jak 2, and there aren't any people walking in the streets, even though they're flying in zoomers. However, these are very minor problems, and they don't affect the game in any very bad way.

Now on to the good things. This game's graphics are absolutely phenomenal. They are the best graphics on any PSP game out now, and I daresay that they're even better than the graphics of many PS2 games. I'm not exaggerating. They are absolutely gorgeous. There is an impressive amount of detail in all of the environments you'll visit, and they all look very unique and great. Just take a look at Daxter himself (the character). His fur looks so realistic and cool, and all of the textures in the game are similar. The character designs are also cool and unique.

Speaking of characters, here they are. There's Osmo, which is an old man who's also Daxter's boss at the exterminator shop, yet he's very kind. There's his son Ximon, who is a surfer kind of guy. There's Osmo's daughter Taryng, which is a Lara Croft-like gal with a British accent who gives Daxter all of his weapons. There's Kaeden, some kind of creepy guy who really hates Daxter and his friends. And there are a few other characters, some of them from the other Jak games, like Errol and Count Vegar.

Another thing that the Jak series are greatly known for is their variety. Daxter delivers that too. There is a big variety of missions and things to do, and you'll do things ranging from simply killing bugs, to chasing a Truck on your scooter while it shoots bombs at you, to shoot down a bug with a turret while you're on a vehicle, and more. Also, there's lots of action and platforming to be done in this game. Like I mentioned earlier, you'll be fighting metal head bugs, and they're all different and unqiue. You'll get several weapons in the game: One being an electric flyswatter, which is basically a melee weapon, a sprayer which lets you stun enemies, a flamethrower(self explanatory), and a sonic blaster, which lets you shoot a bomb that creates a shockwave. You'll also have to pick up floating green orbs to power up tour sprayer weapons. Other than that, you also get an upgrade that lets you temporarily fly in the air with your sprayer, and you'll have to pick up green orbs mid-air in order to feul your sprayer and allow you to stay up a longer time. Jumping and flying around makes up this game's platforming, and its really very fun.

Also there's a bunch of other distractions that keep you busy and allow you to do things other than doing the main missions. You can roam around Haven city (by the way, you get a scooter to do it with) searching for secret areas and collectibles, you can go to levels that you've already played in order to pick up secrets you might have missed there, and perhaps most importantly, you can play mini-games called "dream sequences". These are very fun, and in them, you make Daxter go to sleep on his bed, and he'll have dreams in which he's the hero, and his dreams take place in movies like lord of the rings, the matrix, braveheart and more. They're basically just minigames in which you have to mash buttons according to what appears on screen, and they're really fun. You can unlock different combos for your flyswatter and other cool secrets if you play them. However, you must first collect enough precursor orbs in order to unlock these dreams.

There is also a multiplayer option called bug combat. You can pick up special bugs in your main game and use them in this multiplayer option. Each bug has 3 attacks it can use, and it's sort of a turn based rock-paper-scissors game with RPG elements. Claw attack beats Spit, Spit beats trap, and trap beats claw. You also get all kinds of unlockables for this from the main game, if you find them. You can get power ups that improve your bugs' health, attack, and more. You also get tokens that you can use in the middle of the combat, and they're things like shields that protect you from attacks, things that cancel your opponent's move, things that let you switch your attack after you already picked one, etc.

Overall Daxter is the best PSP game that's ever come out. I hope that other companies keep making games like this. If they do, the future looks very bright for the PSP. So if your a Jak and Daxter fan, or if you just own a PSP, you should definitely buy this game.

P.S. You can also connect your PSP to your PS2 via USB cable, and if you have Jak X: Combat Racing, you can unlock cool stuff for it from the Daxter game. These things inculde: Four different characters to drive as, and a car called the Daxtermobile.

A terrific platformer that helps expand the anemic PSP library

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 37 / 42
Date: April 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was truly worried about the PSP for a while there; it scared me that I saw people in the streets using their glossy new gaming system solely as an MP3 player becasue of the lack of games. After Mega Man: Powered Up was sold out in my area (the game store clerk said that people are asking about new PSP games all the time, in the hopes for a killer app), I knew the system was truly in trouble. Thank god for Daxter. As the first truly orginal great PSP game, it sure was a long time coming.

You pick up between Jak and Daxter and Jak and Daxter II. It takes place right in the middle (remember when Daxter bailed Jak out of jail? This game shows how that happened), and Daxter gets sidetracked by becoming an exterminator. Armed with an electronic fly-swatter of sorts, he goes up against the denizens of evil...er...the evil cockroaches and such of his world in the hopes of bailing his faithful buddy out. In truth, the story is purely functional. Don't expect Final Fantasy VII or anything here.

The first thing you'll notice is just how absolutely amazing the game looks on your little LCD screen. Bright and colorful (and high resolution to boot), I can safely say it is the best looking PSP game yet released. It is truly like having a PS2 in the palm of your hands. The one affliction of PSP gaming so far has been the terrible loading times, and thankfully Daxter all but eliminates it with its clever door system. Instead of breaking gameplay up with a loading screen, the game puts you in a small area, usually an elevator or something, while the game loads. There is some slowdown, too, but it is barely noticeable. Also, that Ottsel sure is animated well. Daxter wags his tiny tail back and forth, he has hair sprouting all over, and he looks just like an Ottsel should (if they existed, that is).

Once you're done drooling all over your brand new PSP's screen (and wiped off the saliva, hopefully), you'll start realizing just how great the gameplay is. It hearkens back to classic 3D platforming. There are a few weapons to choose from, but combat takes a back seat to pure platforming fun. And platforming hasn't been this fun since that little Italian stereotype hopped onto the scene. The level design is smart and interesting, never drab and thankfully corridor and warehouse free (it starts to scare me that even platforming games are starting to have corridors and warehouses). Despite the city setting, the developers have found interesting ways to get varied landscapes into play.

The voice-acting is pitch-perfect, too. The music is appropriate, and the sound effects are well done. You'll swear you were there swinging around that little swatter, wagging your tail and climbing walls right along with Daxter.

Thank god for Naughy Dog. They have finally released the first true killer app for PSP.

Pros:
Incredible graphics
Fun gameplay
Varied levels
Great sound

Cons:
Slight slowdown at times

Daxter, fun or boring

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: October 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Daxter is definatly a fun game. I got it a while back and still can't keep my hands off of it. This game has a great story of Daxter trying to save Jak from the Baron. The gameplay is good as well. It is challenging and there are some fun mini games. (Dream Games) The graphics are amazing and the voices are good. This game might not be for kids under 8 because there is some comic mischief. Overall it is a fun game so get it and have fun!

THE GREATEST GAME ON THE PSP YET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 13
Date: April 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Although I think this is the most excellant game for the PSP yet there are some disadvantages

DISADVANTAGES
Haven city is much smaller which really sucks
You do the same thing in every level ... it can get boring

Now the advantages......

ADVANTAGES
This game has the most perfect graphics
The game is fun to play when you have to kill the bugs.ACTION
It has a good storyline

MY OVERALL OPIONION
This game is the perfect game for the fans of the first two jak games (Jak and Daxter:the pecursor legacy and Jak 2). Its really fun, but like i said before it can get boring. Get this game IMMEDIATELY if you like Jak 1 and Jak 2 because if you dont you will be EXTREMELY disapointed

Great Game for PSP!!! BUY IT

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: April 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Daxter- Rated E10+ for Animated blood, cartoon vilence, crude humor, and mild language

It takes place right before Jak ll

The Pros: superb graphics, easy controls, colorful scenes, many moves to learn, great gameplay, different missions, variety of vehicles.

The only con: a few camera problems

Story: You play as Daxter, a half otter half weasel mix. You work around Haven city disguised as a bug exterminator, in order to find clues in hope of breaking Jak (from the infamous Jak and Daxter) out of prison. You have different gadgets (like flamethrower, toxic spray), and you will need all of them to survive. I give it a 8.3/10 since it's a little weird

Graphics: This might as well be the best part of the game! The graphics are simply superb! No matter what you do, where you are in the game, the graphics are always amazing! Not much else to be said. I give them 10/10!

Sound: The music is great and goes w/ the settings and scenes. The voice ins are perfect, though I was a little surprised when I first heard Daxter talk (for those of you who have never played a Jak and Daxter game... Yup, he can talk). There are no multiple voice-ins (like the same ppl for different charectors). Daxter's pretty funny too!I gave it a 9.7/10

Controls: The controls in this game are simple, and don't take very long to get used to. Maybe 15 minutes at the most! You learn new moves as you collect certain eggs and act out Daxter's "Heroic Fantasies". The camera is easy to control (L and R to move the camera), and overall I gave the controls a 9.4/10

Gameplay: Gameplay is pretty similar to the console version of the game, except it's all Daxter What seperates this from the rest of the PSP games, is it is full of variety! There are very few boring parts, and it's pretty rare that you get stuck (maybe 1 or twice in the whole game). I gave this a 9.6/10, also.

Difficulty: This game is pretty simple, and rarely gets you discourgaed. Only once or twice do you get stuck (meaning you do the same thing more than 10 times). It's a fairly easy game, but is still pretty long. I would give this a 9.1/10

Multiplayer: Ther is only AD Hoc mode for multiplayer, and even that is not needed. The single player is long enough to keep you playing! Anyway, in multiplayer mode, you do weird bug battles. You put your bug up against other people's bugs. It's pretty unusual I've never done it, so I'm not going to give it a score.

Replay value: This game is long enough to keep you playing. I haven't beaten it yet, but I've been playing for 7 hours and 39 minutes up to date (it tells you that) and I'm only 59% done (it tells you that, too!). Even once you're done, you want to go back and try to collect all the eggs in order to unlock the new dream sequences (heroic fantasies) which when you beat, unlocks new moves. I personally will trade daxter for new games once I beat this. So I gave replay value a 8.4/10

OVERALL: This game is one to buy, or rent for a week or two (if that's possible). Since it's E, this game is fun for anyone, young or old, or anyone between! I gave this game a 9.4 overall! This isn't the actual score, but what I personally think.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: September 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of the Jak and Daxter series. I just recently got a PSP for my birthday thanks to my wonderful girlfriend. And I have to say, that Daxter was probably the best game I have played yet. It is long, and fun and entertaining. I strongly recommend this game. Have fun and enjoy...

Daxter Sets the Bar for PSP 3D Platforming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a revelation for the Jak and Daxter series, as well as the PSP. It's Daxter getting his own title, and it's a game for the PSP that overall sets the bar on many standards. Simply put, this is one of the best PSP titles ever to emerge, and it's a fantastic game.

Before Jak II, Daxter had an adventure of his own. One where he protected the citizens of Haven City from bugs. That's right, bugs, and to show for it, his main weapon is an electric flyswatter. The story is simplistic, but that doesn't mean the game losses edge or momentum. The game still maintains its humor, in this title even more so than before.

The mission based system is not really any different than Jak II or Jak 3. If you've played those two titles, you'll be right at home with Daxter, as the set up isn't much different. Each mission consists of a primary objective that you'll have to complete. Usually they're killing enemies or destroying a hive or something to the effect. The secondary objectives in each mission are optional, and they're reminiscent of Jak and Daxter titles. You'll be collecting metal bugs and/or precursor orbs in secondary mission objectives. You only have to complete the primary objective to move on and advance the story. You can always comeback and do those secondary objectives later, and sometimes that may be better. You'll have better equipment by then usually. The game actually works in a way that you probably will end up coming back to a level with better equipment to get these things.

As you go through these levels you'll be using either Daxter's flyswatter or an insecticide spray. Both are fun to use. His sprayer even gets upgrades as levels progress, which is pretty neat. Daxter can do many different sorts of things in each level as well. He's got a double jump, he can climb certain walls, and he can even use his sprayer as a hover device. The gameplay mechanics are fluent and precise.

The gameplay doesn't stop there either. Throughout some levels, Daxter will find himself having to do a multitude of things. Jump from moving trains and platforms, finding a "zoomer" that will allow him to catch up with certain enemies and much more. There are also plenty of mini-game sequences that tend to borrow from movies. Not much in the gameplay is original, but to be honest, it isn't about original gameplay, it's about how well you get it to work. Daxter gets the gameplay working extremely well. The elements are perfectly balanced. The gameplay never lets up, and it's always fun to play. You'll always be glad to come back to this game. The gameplay is never stale, either.

The only two elements that seem to bog this game down are the learning curve and camera angles. The control schemes takes a moment to get used to. Once you do, however, the game becomes very fluent. The camera needs work, but it still works and doesn't detract from the gameplay really.

There's also a multiplayer game. A bug combat game. Throughout your adventure you'll find lots of different items and goodies that you'll be able to use in bug combat. Bug combat is a neat mini game that allows you to send your bug into battle and battle against either the computer or a friend. It works out very well. There is no point to the bug combat, but it does make for a nice relaxing break from the main game.

The most obvious thing about Daxter are the graphics. This is by far the best looking game on the PSP. This really shows how graphically powerful the PSP is. No framerate issues, everything looks stellar, vibrant and colorful. This game shows what means to be walking around with a PS2 in your pocket. The sound is also very good and fluent. One of the best sounding games on the PSP as well. The voice acting, needless to say, is top-notch. Of the best in the gaming world.

Simply put, this is one of the best games ever to hit the PSP. As far as I'm concerned, this has set the standard for platforming PSP games to come. Graphically it's the best PSP game out there, and gameplay wise, nothing comes close on the PSP. Daxter sets the bar for what a stellar PSP game should be.

The Good
+OUTSTANDING Presentation! The graphics are without a doubt, THE BEST on the PSP.
+The Gameplay is without a doubt the best on the PSP. It never gets stale, repetative or boring.
+Outstanding voice acting
+Plenty of extra minigames and collecting
+Fluent controls

The Bad
-The camera lacks in some areas
-While the controls are fluent, they'll take time to get used to

This is a game that every PSP owner should have. Fans of Jak and Daxter should see this as a must.

Awesome game for kids or adults

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: April 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Highly recommended. This game is simply the best platformer imaginable on the PSP. I would lobby that Daxter should be the PSP's premiere platform mascot. Awesome fun game. Even after finishing it I *still* want to go back and play more...

A fun and challenging game that will have you playing for hours at a time.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This i one of the few great games for psp. The controls are simple, the storyline is amazing, and the weapons are cool. Unfortunetly there aren't as many weapons as there were on the other Jak and Daxter games. Basicly you get an elecric bug swatter and spray gun (the spray gun gets three attachments). The dream sequences are a great and fun part of thhe game. The bugs aren't hard too to kill and the bosses are challenging (you must try to anticipate and learn their attacks).

This is a great game for anyone who likes the Jak and Daxter series.

One of the best titles for the PSP

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: April 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for my Bday last night. I must say i am impressed, not very buggy,good Graphics,All right audio, and decent game play. It maybe the best PSP title out or close to the best.Daxter takes place before Jak2. Jak is inprisoned and Daxter has to Save him, Daxter takes a job as an Exterminator, so he can explore the Haven city in search of Jak. You basically just kill Bugs on every level and search for Items(And ofcourse jak). The game play is very cool you get Upgrades as you progress through the Story and theres a cool Bug wrestling mini game and a few Dream mini games.

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