By Clint Emmett
First and foremost, do not buy this game expecting to play the primary on a dissimilar world. While some of the controls are the same and the characters are the same, the gameplay is very different. This may turn a great deal of people off, and it may make others look at this game is a very dissimilar light.
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was a great game, and so is the sequal, Jak II. One of the introductory things that you will detect is that the “hub” world, Haven City, is HUGE! There are a heap of alleys, shops, buildings, caverns and dark places for you to explore. The city is massive and covers a lot of ground. The setting has been darkened up a bit as well, Jak has gone through some…interesting changes since we saw him last. His powers have increased…as well as his attitude.
The majority of gameplay is taken up by mission structured objectives. You need to go to point A and do B and your reward is C. The missions range in scope from racing to escort missions. The game developers have evidently taken a hint from the Grand Theft Auto series in terms of gameplay. Virtually each vehicle may be hijacked and ridden around the city. Guards are patrolling the streets, and if you make trouble, they will chase you down and shoot a heap of finelooking wicked weapons in your popular direction- to stay clear from them you need to either hide or outrun them.
The camera is great, and may be repositioned to support you out with the trouble spots. As expected, the graphics are smooth and lush, with a great style of animation integrated into the final product. There are no load times and the scenery flows together nicely. As I noted earlier, the world on which we find outselves is massive and there are some goals intended to be attained to accomplish before we may unlock all it is secrets. The addition of a map option is a outstanding help as the size of Jak II’s world(s) may once in a while be overpowering and confusing.
The only thing that takes away from the game is the difficultness level on some of the missions. I have found myself attempting for over an hour at times to clear one goal to be attained or another. The game may be downright brutal, cruel, sadistic and even petty…yet I always find myself going back into the fray for more. This game is distinguishable and by all means shoud be rented before you go and buy it. Naughty Dog has tried something new, they have tried to grow with the times and develop something that stands on it is own. As brought up earlier, a heap of might be put off by the new direction that Jak and Daxter have taken, others will applaud the developers for the fresh new look.
Its a mixed bag…some like it, some hate it…the best advice: rent before you buy…its safer that way.
26 of 27 persons found the following review helpful.
They’re back!
By musiqstar87
I’m gonna get started off by saying i loved the initial Jak & Dexter game, i thought it was the BEST platformer of the PS2 until this one came out (yes, i thought it was better than Ratchet & Clank). When i heard the confirmation of Jak II i was the primary to pre-order it at my local Gamestop store. I thought without delay that it would be like the basi one until i heard and saw the mercantile trailers for the game.
Jak II borrows from assorted dissimilar current game titles, but for the most percentage it is principally influenced by Grand Theft Auto. I’m not even sure if you may still consider this a ‘platformer’ game. The game is consistant of Jak and Dexter running around this town attempting to do missions for people who will aid them overthrow the ruler of the kingdom (or at least that’s what i’m getting from where i’m at in the game). The game starts out (i guess) where the last one left off (but according to Dexter when he finds Jak he says “i’ve been looking for you for 2 years” so i’m not sure). Jak was captured by the ruler of the kingdom (forget his name) as his ‘secret weapon’ to ruin the creatures threatening his town, he pumped Jak full of Dark Eco to make him a powerful threat, unfortunately, Jak resisted. The ruler wants Jak dead by the night so he and his men leave Jak alone in the prison where he is being kept. Dexter finds Jak and sort of helps him out of the prison, afterwards you ought to find dissimilar humans and do dissimilar missions to earn the respect of the slums and an underground figure named ‘The Shadow’ who will help overthrow the evil ruler.
Gameplay, as i said before, is completely dissimilar from the firstborn JAD. Forget with regards to seeing the bright, colorful islands and hearing the tropical drum beats on the background music, that is now substituted by a depressing, adverse sounding music. The bright, colorful islands are substituted with a dingy, grimy looking city with very repulsive monsters. Instead of doing what is commonly required in a platformer, you rather may now do closely everything available in the GTA series (minus blood, hookers, gangs, etc.). Instead of an on-foot journey, you are equipped with a choice of hovercrafts (only after you steal them from unexpecting people in the town) and a new selection of weapons. You may now have the option of killing innocent pedestrians, outrunning the local authorities and roaming when it comes to the very huge town (once again, the fundamentals of the GTA series). This game is not the ‘child-friendly’ game JAD was, it is more hardcore, like another reviewer said, most things turn very harsh in this game (Example: “Kick a lot of butt” turns into “kick galore ass”, borrowed from another reviewer). If your looking for a family game, don’t look here.
My overall reaction to Jak II is largely positive, i take delight in the ‘cartoonish’ GTA experience very much and find the graphics very much bettered from the initial JAD. I think i prefer Jak like he was in the original one, however, rather of the now ‘hardcore’ Jak. Overall, this is a fun ‘platformer?’ game that you may take pleasure in for beneath $40.
(Also, i didn’t comprehend why this game is titled Jak II when it still features an equil amount of Dexter? Maybe because it revolves more around Jak, not Dexter? I’m not sure, i would’ve been happy with Jak & Dexter II.)
9 of 9 persons found the following review helpful.
Jak II is a lot better then the original
By A
Jak and Daxter did not top Crash Bandicoot, but this one can. Packed with better graphics, better music, better sound effects, better voices, better gameplay and just plain better everything. This game holds an little bit from the introductory game but in a darker style. You may slam foes with your weapon, you may punch and spun like in the fist game and you may hi-jack Zoomers. This game is outstanding and all the bad reviews are NOT true. This game is perhaps only for hardcore gamers but it’ s genuinely fun. You need this game. Really.
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