The fact they added a Precursor Orb as both a hidden artifact and trophy in TLOU2 gives me hope that ND hasn't forgotten about the Jak series entirely.
@MrRhysReviews
2 жыл бұрын
They've done that in every Uncharted/TLoU actually
@gelato101
2 жыл бұрын
After TLOU2, I never want to see Naughty Dog touch Jak ever again
@jonahbrown5669
2 жыл бұрын
@@gelato101 Jak is killed off by that barrel pants guy from the first game. You then play through the game as a gay black transgender Daxter that seeks revenge on the barrel pants guy, but ultimately forgives the barrel pants guy because "revenge bad hurr de durr"
@EggEnjoyer
11 ай бұрын
@@gelato101honestly just stfu. You’ve no taste and no one cares about your trash opinion that you’ve had fed to you from KZitemrs
@canontheory
9 ай бұрын
Not only that but in Ratchet and Clank rift apart they made a completely new next gen HD model for Jak and Daxter.. insomniac made it but still
@jamesdorpinghaus3294
2 жыл бұрын
Daxter turning into a monster by touching dark eco makes no sense. He turned into a precursor because he fell in dark eco. I didn't even know The Lost Frontier even existed.
@kidprime6863
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, you would think touching Dark Eco again would just destroy him instead. It feels more like a ripoff of Giant Clank.
@Flesh_Wizard
Жыл бұрын
@@kidprime6863I'd imagine Dax touching dark eco would either do nothing or burn him somehow.
@playerback7722
2 ай бұрын
High Impact Games ignores the lore
@saintsboss4life941
2 ай бұрын
Dark eco is a matter destroyer and transformer, do your research before you talk bull.
@dudeenigma888
2 жыл бұрын
My problem with modern Naughty Dog isn't that they didn't continue the Jak series it's more that they have an attitude of cartoony games are a thing of the past and beneath them to make. I feel that they are to far up their on ass and see them selves as like a movie studio. I just feel like you can do more with cartoony than realistic.
@bamban_garcia5562
2 жыл бұрын
While I somewhat agree I think it has more to do with the people in charge of Naughty Dog not the team itself not even Sony Interactive Entertainment is involved considering its a self managed studio
@Victorcolongarcia
5 ай бұрын
And they are right. I’d love cartoony mid budget but I hope they never stop evolving with TLOU / UNCHARTED/ NEW IP
@igorz4582
5 ай бұрын
Sony games are really leaning into being movie games,people like photorealism
@ElAssoWipe-o
4 ай бұрын
Naughty Dog is woke AF and they will ruin Jak and Daxter.
@Victorcolongarcia
4 ай бұрын
@@ElAssoWipe-o you are cavemen af. Woke for me is POSITIVE. Whsts your problem?
@Guardian-of-Light137
2 жыл бұрын
16:50 That's cannon actually. There were a lot more precursors before something happened wiping most of them out. Those 3 (And the ones in the ship at the end of Jak 3) Are all that was left. They were in the process of finishing that planet when whatever happened, happened. That's why there's so much abandoned precursor tech and robots all over the world. It was all in use before the survivors had to make a run for it. I assume the dark makers got to them and it ended up being a pyrrhic victory for the precursors.
@EngY2502
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly the game needs to be remade, and that what you described needs to be the main plot. Now I've never played this game so I'm only going by what is said in this video. What if the cause of depleted eco is related to whatever caused this catastrophic stalemate between the dark makers and precursors. Imagine an ancient battle that spanned across the planet, and it abruptly ended after a device was used to manipulate eco at an enormous range. This device may have had a specific purpose but was damaged during the fighting and absorbed almost all eco in its range. This could have killed everything it had contact with and left a large crater on the surface of the planet. The Precursors who had survived the initial battle could have stayed behind to repair the planet and restore the ecosystem but being so few in numbers their progress would be impeded. The displaced precursor technology across the planet, both functioning and destroyed, would be lost to time and reclaimed by nature. The Dark Makers, having a larger presence in the galaxy, could have sent a ship to Jak's world to investigate the outcome of this battle. This ship would be the one from Jak 3 but would never be able to report back to the larger fleet. We never get to know the full extent of what the Dark Makers were doing during the events of Jak 3, so it could be possible they deployed more troops around the planet before being destroyed. They could have had a presence at the end of Jak's world, and their objective would be the acquisition of this lost technology that nearly destroyed the world. We could learn more about the lost history, the Precursors, and the Dark Makers through the introduction of a new ancient villain.
@Guardian-of-Light137
2 жыл бұрын
@@EngY2502 I definitely like your idea more as far as world consistency. Granted could use a few tweaks here and there. But the plot we got isn't terrible just disconnected. ... From. Literally anything else in the Jak universe. But i'm a sucker for pirate stories and the plane stuff was fun. So at the end of the day I can't complain TOO much. But they changed Jak a little to much for my liking.
@Judgement_Kazzy
2 жыл бұрын
For some reason, the Precursors in this series remind me a lot of the Dwemer from the Elder Scrolls. I wonder if there was any inspiration there. Yes, I know the "super advanced lost civilization" concept has been a common fictional trope since Atlantis, but something about the aesthetics of their architecture, the fact that they disappeared mysteriously at the end of a massive race war, the giant robots, the strange half-scifi/half-magic power sources. There seem to be a lot of paralels between those two particularly.
@AlrightThere
9 ай бұрын
Im late to the party but in Jak 2 when you complete Mars Tomb the voice tells you that the metal heads and the precursors waged war across the universe and that there isn't many left. Could be another reason they got wiped out.
@Guardian-of-Light137
9 ай бұрын
@@AlrightThere Ah true.
@Legend-qq6km
2 жыл бұрын
Sad thing is, there's still one major plot thread that needs resolving. We learn in Jak 3 that Jak is Mar, the same person who designed the eco grid and shield walls. So how does he do it? They could make a whole game out of this idea. Perhaps they could have Jak travelling between the past and future, learning about the design and materials in the future and then putting it together in the past.
@sebastiankulche
2 жыл бұрын
Well, maybe when the precursors gives Jak the option to go with them, he doesnt refuse.... and who knows, maybe he traveled on time, discover secrets and so on. And.... it just passed a few seconds and he returned for the lunch.
@spartan-1072
11 ай бұрын
i think you’re thinking of the original Mar, jaks ancestor. He was the one who founded haven city and designed the grid and walls, jak is only his descendant.
@laplongejunior
6 ай бұрын
@@spartan-1072 Yes and no. The game itself is confusing. We usually consider that Jak is a mere descendant, however the way the final cutscene plays off that reveal implies that Jak is THE mar. It may be that the plot was misunderstood by whoever made that cutscene... or maybe at some point they wanted to hint at time travel. Or they scrapped a time travel plot point and forgot to scrub it from the ending. I guess that in canon, Jak's real name is Mar in honor of his ancestor... and that Ashelin "he is THE mar, but how?" was due to in-universe confusion and Daxter was stupid and didn't correct her. In a way, that works and make the trilogy self-consistent. There is, however, one additional issue : Jak2 ending ALSO implied that Mar could be closer than we think, combine that with the weird obscession of J3 to give lore details about Mar and the catacombs... That implies AGAIN that at some point Jak had to be the founder of Haven City. The same ending that very suspiciously introduced the idea that Samos may have extra knowledge. In hindsight, it's weird that the 3rd game is a straight linear sequel and that this Mar guy is simply an historical figure unrelated to the story... right? (And if you want a proof that the J2-J3 gap suffered from retcons : if the Metal Heads had managed to open the green relic, what would've they found inside? J2 states it's a precursor egg, J3 established it contained an hologram to continue the legend of precusors... and J2 actually used it as a power source so it wasn't a worthless rock.)
@SuperTravis5000
Ай бұрын
@@spartan-1072Jak is Mar. Play it again
@steliosks6610
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly this franchise has a lot of good games tied to it and even tho that last entry did end the series on a sour note the whole experience is far too great not to experience both as a new fan or an old one.
@wallaceshawn-zk8iw
Жыл бұрын
Loved Jak X. At least it tried to differentiate itself from the Kart racers.
@mbrillon765
2 жыл бұрын
8:17 YES I REMEMBER THIS! At first I hated it but then I learned to use it to my advantage for platforming and I also used to spend long periods of time looking at all of Jak's animations in slow motion and seeing all the things I couldn't make out at normal speed because it was too fast (like Daxter crawling all over Jak's torso when you do a punch)
@PowercellZeke
2 жыл бұрын
It really is disappointing that the game didn't reach its full potential. It could have been a really cool experience if ND was able to fully flesh out their thoughts and realise their vision. As for the game itself, it honestly could have been much worse. I think it's easily the best game HIG made (haven't played SAC, but I'll take your word for how bad it is). Though that isn't saying a whole lot. The game feels extremely clunky, but you can tell they were trying to replicate Jak's moves. (The camera slowdown was very common on PSP, I'm pretty sure it happened most of the game, or just select areas). The new eco powers were actually pretty cool. The plane gameplay is boring as hell, but it's funtional at least. The Dark Daxter is just horrible though. The thing is though, for a handheld Jak game, if it was mostly platforming gameplay it would have been ok. But the structure of the game and emphasising dogfighting make it feel so miserable to play. The story was pretty nothing as well. There's a couple decent ideas, but it's not a Jak 3 where some more time in the oven would have fixed it. I also don't think it's fair to label this game as the one that "killed the series". Sure, it wasn't a great game, but it sold decent, and ND tried making a Jak 4 after this anyway. The fact of the matter is the Jak series just isn't an easy one to bring out of retirement into an era it wasn't born in. The series tone, themes, and mechanics are extremely tied to when they were conceptualised, so it would feel pretty awkward if they just made another one today when expectations are so different. The argument could be made that they could adapt to the modern times like they did with Jak 2, and make a game to compete with today's big titles, but then that's just going to piss off most of the fanbase. Your takeaway at the end of the video was pretty on point. The series doesn't NEED to return, but it'd be neat if it did. The legacy of the series is 4 stellar games on the PS2 which pushed technology and game design forward like no one else, and it's fine to leave it there. These Jak videos were really well done my guy, was awesome to hear your renewed thoughts on the series
@WHATISUTUBE
2 жыл бұрын
the rebirth of crash is proof you dont need to "update" a franchise with nostalgic ties. The fact that Jak 1 is the most popular one speaks to how unnecessary it is to change the franchise in a potential rebirth
@WapakalypseMan
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing something about Jak 4 being made for ps4 but it ended up becoming the last of us
@CallumByrne-ug6rx
3 ай бұрын
Jak and Dexter: The Lost Frontier is it canon
@playerback7722
2 ай бұрын
Yes
@demontorch
2 жыл бұрын
Also Josh Keaton voiced Jak in this ( yeah the same bloke who voiced Spectacular Spider-Man and if you want to get real obscure he was that bull fighter guy from Pyschonauts). No hate towards to the bloke but his take on Jak isn’t that good
@LedYouAshtray
2 жыл бұрын
also young Ocelot in MGS3, can't forget that
@demontorch
2 жыл бұрын
@@LedYouAshtray and Rick Taylor from that 2010 reboot of Splatterhouse
@aortaplatinum
2 жыл бұрын
His Jak voice sounds like StamperTV before he became a meth head
@michaelpugmire4533
2 жыл бұрын
And Electro from Spider-Man PS4
@LedYouAshtray
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah and also Harry Osborn in the Spiderman movie game that you play as in Green Goblin mode
@AlexxxMYLSince2013
2 жыл бұрын
12:14 wouldn't it make more sense that the Light eco given to him by the precursors in Jak 3 fixed his eco power? Thats what i believe, by regaining balance within himself his powers came back.
@windy3935
2 жыл бұрын
No. Nothing in JII or J3 implies his dark eco injections ruined his ability to channel eco. It was ONLY to access a Precursor entity inside the Precursor Stone. How does one compare and treat a Precursor Stone and eco as the samething. In J3 Jak still couldn't use color eco after getting light eco. (Obviously Naughty Dog just simply had no desire to have Jak use color eco from his body. Jak doesn't use a gun in these games for purely story/setting reasons; it was an intentional design choice to appeal to a wider and more mature demographic.) TLF then tried being an amalgamation of the trilogy, eco power wise, minus the transformations. That's all
@noblesseoblige319
2 жыл бұрын
@@windy3935 you could easily argue that the precursors just fixed jak. He was on their ship for at least a bit in the light show. Does it make sense? Eh no not really, but it's a totally believable explanation without any evidence against it. Just... If you need an in-universe excuse as to why he can suddenly do this stuff now and somehow do more than he used to be able to do.
@windy3935
2 жыл бұрын
@@noblesseoblige319 That's a prime example of headcanon. And it's a rather weak theory, having no evidence to back it up either. Once again however, nothing in the series actually said or implied Jak lost his ability to use colored eco. Infact, Jak harnessing Dark Eco and using a full on dark eco form contradicts that very immature theory. As unpredictable as dark eco is, it's still an eco. And TLF shows Keira breaking down dark eco into color eco (which means Jak could always use it, under the right circumstance, none of which TPL sequels gave). Lastly, backing up a little, a true reasonable argument why Jak didn't use color eco in the sequels can be attributed to a few reasons, but all you need is one of them: no color eco vents for him to burrow it from it. That's it.
@noblesseoblige319
2 жыл бұрын
@@windy3935 there are massive eco vents in jak 2, during the stress inducing mission where you need to blow them up in a time limit. You can stand on them, and nothing happens. No speed, no energy blasts, no healing, nothing. There's one that will damage you, but that seems to be a bug since the others don't. And they are listed in the game as eco vents specifically, so it's not like it's a completely different thing. I'm not saying you're wrong in general, but I will point that we do in fact have eco vents in other games that jak cannot interact with.
@windy3935
2 жыл бұрын
@@noblesseoblige319 Those things in the Strip Mine that Vin tasks you to do? Those are Eco *Wells.* That's what there always referred to as, not Eco Vents. Even without the name it has, it clearly isn't the same thing as the vents from the TPL (nor J3). There are no color eco vents in those games.
@daseal1479
2 жыл бұрын
That Baron Praxis impersonation is 10/10, lol. Great vid!
@SigmaRho2922
Жыл бұрын
The Lost Frontier’s soundtrack contains a few tracks that were repurposed for use on reality competition shows.
@LiquidArmProduction
2 жыл бұрын
Oh J, I didn’t vote for you to do the psp version cause I knew it was superior, I just thought it’d make for the most entertaining review XD (and also, I thought the psp version came out first, so I thought it’d be better to critique the most played version of the game.)
@DwillGame
2 жыл бұрын
I was disappointed that he didn't have his dark powers anymore
@Typhoon_Lex
6 ай бұрын
They explained that with a throwaway line. Eco was too unstable at that point and Jak going Dark could have killed him.
@smokindat-rock_babay2401
4 ай бұрын
What joke this game is . As far as I’m concerned this game isn’t canon and doesn’t even exist for that sake . I’m never gonna play it . I’ll stick to the original 3 that are gold
@philiplubduck6107
4 ай бұрын
This was a good game. You have to also realize it’s limited by being a psp game. Even with that its a solid game worth finishing just not worth completing.
@playerback7722
2 ай бұрын
True
@sebastiankulche
2 жыл бұрын
Funny enough this is the game that introduced me to the series and i quite like it. Thanks to it i become interested in the series. In part i can understand why fans become dissapointed, i think it shouldnt be released on the PS2, because after playing the trilogy it pales into comparison, but on PSP is good enough for an spin off imo. The side content of this game believe it or not is very high, arguably the highest of the franchise, and i wasted so much time trying to get everything. Idk why, but the way this game handled the collectables and the hard mode reminds me of Ratchet And Clank.
@CrossOutBryce
2 жыл бұрын
I definitely tolerated this game (even 100% it) because it felt HUGE for a PSP game. If I'd played it on PS2, I would've been disgusted after the ND Jak and Dax games lol.
@mattkent4397
2 жыл бұрын
So we all agree this game never happened.
@HidroFalante
2 жыл бұрын
I was quite happy when i discovered that there was another "actual " kak and daxter game after 3 when i was 10, so i ran out to the local shop and bought one for me. Ngl, i kinda forced me to like it back then because "it was jak" (and also because i insisted to my mom to buy it for me) but nowdays...i just don't like this game at all. It's like a mix of all the good and bad things that the series had (mostly the bad ones), but with bad animations, messy and spinoff-like story, and Dark Daxter.
@artistanthony1007
2 жыл бұрын
Dark Daxter, the Mutants and the ability to almost warp with I think those Dark Eco Statues were the only things I liked about the game, that Dark Eco Injector is also less frightening than the one in 2 and like they were too safe to show sharp tools and needles.
@RhapsodyHC
2 жыл бұрын
I wasted a big part of my childhood replaying this game on Challenge Mode and unlocking all the secrets. I even made that secret plane that you can unlock if you find all the plane parts. Looking back, those plane missions were HELL. I think this game is best left behind in my childhood TBH.
@UltimaKeyMaster
2 жыл бұрын
That bit about how the PSP might not have been able to handle the more technical PS2 bits about combat...makes me wonder if that's how Birth By Sleep's combat turned out the way it did, where enemies often do not react to your attacks which makes you take damage in the middle of a combo or spell because tons of bosses simply have Super Armor most of the time as a result. Granted, BBS is still a very good game and story weirdness about Dream Drop Distance aside, Kingdom Hearts has always translated well into a portable setting. Yes, even Chain of Memories. I may be hating myself for playing it so many times, but the card system isn't that bad. It just makes you wish you can just throw an attack out without being cancelled by thin air just because their card had a better number.
@Morijin-ek2tm
Жыл бұрын
Chain of memories is great imo
@medoagamer9497
2 жыл бұрын
I think part of the reasons some fans of the platformer franchises resent the newer franchises like Uncharted, Last of Us, Infamous, and so forth is kinda a symptom of a wider issue I personally feel is surrounding Sony/PlayStation. It's that a lot of their older and more obscure franchises (Like Jak and Daxter) have basically been left on the back burner for several years. Other franchises include (off the top of my head) Ape escape, Sly Cooper, Parappa, Twisted metal, Gravity rush, Star hawk, and others have basically been kicked to the curve. It's been over a decade since some of these franchises had a new release of any kind. Some of them are lucky to have seen ports. It's similar to have fans of the more niche Nintendo franchises like say F zero feel about not having... Basically anything outside of smash since the 6th generation. I think that's why certain fans of franchise like Jak and Daxter have a resentment towards something like Last of Us. And I'll admit. While I don't hate every modern PlayStation franchise, I am bitter of my favorites being left in the dust like Jak and Ape escape.
@Niyucuatro
2 жыл бұрын
Playstation is just the home of the cinematic third person shooter.
@kingdomkey2262
2 жыл бұрын
If you can't have slow walking segments and wide sweeping cinematic camera shots than Sony wants nothing to do with it
@dragondelsur5156
2 жыл бұрын
Here's the thing: If the developers don't want to continue with a franchise, they have every right not to. What F-Zero and Jak and Daxter have in common is that the developers felt that they did what they could with their respective series and called it quits because they didn't know how to keep going forward. Jak 4 was almost a thing, but I think the fans and especially the developers knew this couldn't work if you saw the concept art, fan outcry is not enough if the devs feel fatigued. And you do need to remember: PlayStation isn't all about cinematic third person shooters, it is what sells but not the status quo, otherwise things like AstroBot wouldn't exist and Ratchet as a series would be dead with Rift Appart not even being developed. I am bitter that Japan Studio died alongside Gravity Rush but the second game conluded Kat's overall story and I feel happy with that, but I don't curse Team Asobi for taking the studio's place, I'm not that pitiful.
@thomaskuzma4360
2 жыл бұрын
You have made an interesting retrospective series with a take that is new. I would say I am in the 5 franchise camps, not just because of my love for those games, but I think the warped perception of Hollywood media has made the triple a game companys feel that making the PS2 generation a "kiddy option" when games like ratchet, Jak and Sly tackled things like Death and disability in dignified ways. I loved resistance and infamous, but I think naughty dog forgot the primary essence for fun.
@yasumedia9528
2 жыл бұрын
I get that this game can't compare tp its predecessors, but it still has a special place in my heart. I owned a psp before a ps2 (strange I know). This was one of my first psp games and it made me want more games like it. Because of it, I found the Jak, R&C, and Sly series, all of which I fell deeply in love with. Those games made me a lifelong passionate gamer and a loyal Playstation fan. For better or worse, I owe a lot of my fandom to this one admittedly mediocre title from a bygone era of portable games. You've made excellent, true points, but oddly enough, I wouldn't mind digging up my PSP to have one last session with the game that helped make me a gamer. Does anyone else have an unusual game that catalyzed their love of a franchise? P.S I always thought the slow mo rotation was intentional LOL
@sebastiankulche
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, for me it was Secret Agent Clank even though is considered by some "questionable" youtubers (specifically two, but anywaaaaaaaaaay) the worst game ever made. I mean, is not perfect, is much inferior to the trilogy and so on, but a bad game to the point of being one of the worst? They seem to didnt know about the actual BROKEN ones like Big Rigs. At least SAC was playable, hell, even without all of the nostalgia i have i really enjoyed it but thats just me. Even though i played tons of boring games, for the simple fact that they work i couldnt call it one of the worst. I think its intentional, for helping a bit the player.
@yasumedia9528
2 жыл бұрын
@@sebastiankulche You know, I agree. SAC is not the trilogy and certainly not the Future trilogy, but I have a lot of fond memories with with it. One of my favorite psp games despite its flaws. One man's trash is another man's treasure as they say.
@isatherebel1520
Жыл бұрын
Sorry bro but I can't relate, I'm not a cornball, the first Jak game I played was The Precursor Legacy but even if I did start off with this one I'd never admit to people that it means anything to me 😆 I wasn't taking shots at u by the way bro
@PsychoWerekitsune
2 жыл бұрын
It's a shame Sony never really invests in evergreen franchises to represent their brand and would rather just completely forget most of the IPs they own in favour of propping up whatever's currently popular. Where Crash was, at some point, Sony's Mario, I always felt like Jak was their Zelda; games that were targeted towards teens and young adults that featured deep lore, incredible expansive worlds populated by interesting characters and had and epic story to tell. The Lost Frontier does that setting such a massive disservice in its premise that the world they live on is incomplete (much like how the game itself feels now that I think about it), indicating that there's very little room for the franchise to explore other parts of it for future adventures. Where Haven City was a dystopian, cyberpunk metropolis and Spargus was a wasteland village, there could've been plenty of other locales they could've come up with like a futuristic utopian, city, or one in the midst of a lush, green forest considering the variety of biomes we've seen between all four main games. Every day I lament the loss of this fantastic franchise. I was really hoping the HD re-releases would've renewed interest in them considering Ratchet and Clank are still going strong and Sly Cooper got at least one major sequel (despite how unpopular it might be). I really feel like we could do with a new Jak title today.
@Ineedanameplease
2 жыл бұрын
I learned two things from this video, 1) the existence of the game because I simply NEVER heard of it 😅 2) I barely remember anything of Jak 3 except for more time travel shenanigans and a weird angel/demon thing with Jak’s powers
@SniperKt
9 ай бұрын
For me, it's the 2nd game of Jak and Daxter that I liked the most, 1st being Jak 3. The theme of playing a plane shooter I think it's one of the best things they could do to make this game funny. Watching your gameplay when you were struggling to destroy the turrets with 2 lasers and 1 rocket launchers made me think that you really didn't know how to play that parts of the game. You needed to upgrade or had more of the same weapons to do at least double of damage, in that plane you were flying it could be mounted 4 lasers, and you were carrying only 2, and of course it was frustrating, you were going with half the power you could go! I won't say that this game is the best, the history have a lot of holes and it's not very good, but I had a lot of fun playing. But you did a good video and you have my like. 👍🏻😁
@AHylianWarrior
2 жыл бұрын
The removal of Dark Jak with the excuse they used was just really stupid. We didn't need a Dark Dax, could've just been Dark Jak sections instead (and Dark Jak's movement would've made the game way faster too). I'm just sad that this is the last Jak game and who knows if we'll ever get one in the future
@kidprime6863
Жыл бұрын
@@Jahlil.W If Jak can't transform into Dark Jak without the instability killing him, then where does that leave Light Jak?
@playerback7722
2 ай бұрын
I guess cause Daxter is a precursors
@doomarang3208
2 жыл бұрын
17:36 And now you know how all of us Ryan Drummond Sonic fans felt like during 2005 when he got replaced just when Ryan was almost reaching his peak performance as Sonic.
@NonStopKnocks
2 жыл бұрын
He was never good lol
@doomarang3208
2 жыл бұрын
@@NonStopKnocks Eh, it's your opinion... kzitem.info/news/bejne/kquwu2tmqJaDonY and kzitem.info/news/bejne/qnlu32mtepN4m6g
@redstreak9430
2 жыл бұрын
It’s funny how I didn’t notice when playing Shadow until I got to the Carnival Stage and saw Tails in the opening cutscene. While everyone remembers it for the infamous “damn 4th Chaos Emerald” quote, I’ll always remember it for hearing Tails and thinking “hey, he sounds like how he did in Sonic X” and then it clicking everywhere else.
@BlackTheBerserker
2 жыл бұрын
@@NonStopKnocks Ryan was great in Sonic Heroes.
@Darkfawfulx
2 жыл бұрын
@@BlackTheBerserker I love his Heroes preformance but I dont think his SA2 preformance was that bad.
@NekoNick2770
2 жыл бұрын
I always thought the reason jak couldn't use eco powers in 2 and 3 was because the eco in the was concentrated or refined. As an example eco in the first game would be wheat but the eco in the weapon ammo was basically made into eco bread
@jess648
2 жыл бұрын
yeah they ended up concentrating eco into weapons instead
@Flesh_Wizard
Жыл бұрын
I feel like eco toast
@Infernox-tg6ky
2 жыл бұрын
8:30 Yes whenever you pressed L or R button while moving, the game is in slow motion. I don't get how they didn't realize about this bug in the game. I noticed it on PSP
@Typhoon_Lex
6 ай бұрын
Yep, but you could always use that to abuse several kill hits if timed with the punch correctly
@MM-ij1jh
2 жыл бұрын
It’s still pretty sad to see many other games get remakes and announcements of said new games, meanwhile Jak and Daxter are just waiting to be remade but are just sitting there collecting dust.
@dvda9725
Жыл бұрын
Oh my god just piss off with this remake shit. Jak does *NOT* need to be remade, it's great how it is, it doesn't need its legacy shat on with some garbage new remade version for consoomers like you. They should either do a sequel or leave it alone.
@BenOlsberg1995
2 жыл бұрын
I could write a novel on how and why I found this game to be such a monumental letdown as an avid fan of the series. I was kind of concerned I was going to be the odd one out after playing it for the first (and last) time, but after traipsing around online for a bit the day I got it and played it, I was relieved to find I wasn't the black sheep as I had initially thought. There's so much wasted potential with this game it hurts. They had a ton of really cool ideas at play (like the new Eco powers Jak had access to for one thing) but the haphazard implementation of them just really held this game back and kept it from being the highly anticipated and sought after 4th main line installment we had all hoped for. In fact it's kind of like Devil May Cry 2 in that regard. Lots of cool ideas, very poor execution of said ideas. And in the end wasted potential is often times far worse than something just being outright bad. But I do love your mindset you conveyed at the very end about how even if, sadly, we never get a proper 4th main line installment for the Jak series, at the very least we can look back at the preexisting trilogy (and Jak X) with fondness and admiration that we got something that was as a whole, so damn good.
@nicholasneally2834
2 жыл бұрын
there is a sly Cooper Easter egg in Ghost of Tsushima which I think is good fun a sword kit as well as a armor kit just a fun nod overall
@demontorch
2 жыл бұрын
Btw Phoenix was voiced by Robin Atkin Downes ( Travis Touchdown and The Medic)
@deepad8089
2 жыл бұрын
22:00 Ape Escape: “What am I? Chopped liver?”
@TerrorOfTalos
2 жыл бұрын
AE trilogy is great but there's little to latch on to outside of the unique gameplay and quirky premise.
@RancidRiki
4 ай бұрын
I remember finding a glitch that skips like half the game in the fourth area (the dark eco lab thing) where you could somehow get into the loading zone for the late game dark daxter segment and the game went on from that point. I repeated that glitch a few times
@ChrisMortJr.
2 жыл бұрын
Game theory really made a bunch of people "um actually" about barrel rolls for all eternity.
@MystM
Жыл бұрын
This series died when it suffered a complete tonal whiplash XD The Lost Frontier was just beating the corpse.
@daveontyra9232
2 жыл бұрын
completely irrelevant to this vid but i’d love to see you do a retrospective on the x-men animated series
@daimonatkins3046
2 жыл бұрын
Somehow this and Daxter were the only ones I played since I had a PSP growing. Now that I’m an adult with access to the original run of games on my PS5, I’m not sure if I’d have a reason to go back this game despite the memories I have playing it
@crazyduplicate
2 жыл бұрын
Is it odd I wanna see you do Shenmue someday?
@lockequaman523
2 жыл бұрын
If they brought jak back I'd like for it to be like the Spiro reignited trilogy/crash nsane trilogy
@andycortes123110
2 жыл бұрын
I'm really glad I saw all these Jak and Daxter videos, I grew up loving Jak 3 as it was the the game that really introduce me to the series, lol despite it being not as good or better than the first 2 games, its one of my favorites for the ps2, I really enjoyed these videos bringing me back so many memories, look forward seeing your other vids
@xXYannuschXx
2 ай бұрын
If only ND had stayed in charge of the development of this game. The two leaked cutscenes from when ND was still developing this game already looked so much better then what we got...
@SKX2k16
2 жыл бұрын
I think Jak and daxter need a brand new game! They are literally the only old school game that hasn't had an actual remaster with updated graphics or even a continuation of an old game/reboot.
@TerrorOfTalos
2 жыл бұрын
A bunch of old playstation IPs have it worse but ok
@YukeWeiss
2 жыл бұрын
Personally, I'm happy to think of these games fondly as childhood nostalgia and while it would be cool to see them come back, it's not essential to me.
@thatssomegoodpie
2 жыл бұрын
The High Impact games get way too much hate. I really don't understand it, they're great in my opinion. Sure, maybe not as good as the orginal trilogies but still solid entries.
@sebastiankulche
2 жыл бұрын
X2. They also included neat improvements to the formula that i would love to see in newer entries (although obviously upgraded and with the better level design of newer entries), like the armor system in Size Matters or the upgrades of TLF, its plane levels and its "Treasure Planet" ambientation.
@jacobholly2096
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine a remake of Jak and daxter what do you guys think of Yuri lowenthal being the voice of Jak.
@AbyssalMerc
2 жыл бұрын
If you suggested this five years ago I'd have said no because I wouldn't be able to see him doing Jak's personality. But after seeing him play Davion in the DOTA show, hell yes.
@fionna_cool_girl
4 ай бұрын
Your last point is very interesting. I didn't grow up with Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper or Ratchet and Clank like most die hard fans of those games. I only got into those games because of PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale. I played the Jak and Daxter Trilogy and Sly Cooper Thieves in Time on the ps3 and played the Ratchet and Clank remake on the ps4. While I don't have the same nostalgic feeling like most playing these games in the ps2 era, I understand the hurt people feel for Sly and Jak not getting the ending on a high notes they deserved. I genuinely loved Sly Cooper Thieves in Time but it ends on a cliff hanger and probably will never be resolved. While the Jak and Daxter trilogy are great games, because of the Lost Frontier, the series just has a bad aftertaste. Meanwhile Ratchet is still getting the praise and relevance it rightfully deserves. In an era where game companies and Hollywood are digging up old franchises to milk for money, it feels strange that these two franchises never got brought back into modern day. We'll see what the future brings. Personally for me I'm content with the game library I have and the new wave of indie games take over. It'd just be nice to have a proper conclusion to Sly and Jak
@Sneaky_racoon_sly
3 ай бұрын
trust me ratchet may be still relevant but he is a shadow of his past. after the ps2 games he became a kid friendly mario without personality. at least the games itself are still fun but when you play the first 4 games you will understand me. and tbh i think sly and jak were a lot better than ratchet because i just played the ps3 and 4 games but then i played the ps2 ones and now i understand why they were the ones that were so popular. also insomniac was indipendent back then and they had to release 1 game every year
@Sil3ntLynx
Жыл бұрын
I've never played any other Jak and Daxter game outside of this (and Daxter I guess); I don't have many strong feelings towards it, but I had fun back in the day
@gerhardrauch7787
2 ай бұрын
I don't know why my 9 year old brain thought this was a good game 11 years ago. It was probably because the furthest I got in the game was somewhere after the second Dark Daxter section, and I probably got sick of something. I remember "borrowing" the PSP game from a friend back then, but he said that I could keep it, and now I know why.
@natez31796
2 жыл бұрын
if it comes back, I would hope Jak & Daxter returns with a transformation similar to God of War (2018). some kind of fresh rework of the franchise but true to its identity established in the jak trilogy.
@eldeamoth
Жыл бұрын
I actually had a blast playing this game as a kid. For a game that had resources siphoned away from it, it blows my mind that it came out as good as it did. I remember how impressed I was that it worked so well on the PSP. I wonder how I would feel returning to it after all these years.
@codyerb6143
3 ай бұрын
Watching this video and reading these comments, I'm feeling completely lost. I had no idea there was this much Vitriol for The Lost Frontier, that's honestly sad, I thoroughly enjoyed the game, and this is coming from someone who had Jak and Daxter from day 1, I've been with the series since the beginning. I didn't even have a memory card at the time, I had to actually play through J&D1 from beginning to end without turning off my PS2. Sure, a few story bits in The Lost Frontier were odd or questionable, but overall I personally felt the game was good enough that I played it through to the end on my Star Wars PSP back in the day, enjoyed every minute it of, which is rare for me. I never saw J&D TLF as the CAUSE of the end of Jak and Daxter, but a symptom of it; everything I saw and read about the game hinted that it was kicked to the PSP as Naughty Dogs hope to revitalize the series by producing a less costly, but surprisingly deeply produced game on the PSP, and hopefully get enough of a draw to justify another game in the primary story line. Always thought that the fact that it failed was more to people being drawn to other series it was more directly competing with (namely Ratchet & Clank), which was always much sadder to me. Oh well.
@viliamsneakman1508
2 жыл бұрын
The praxis speech part got me.
@Jander406
2 жыл бұрын
You know honestly the world brink makes sense. If read into the deep lore the Jak&Daxter world was never finished by the precursors.
@K-C-D-A
2 жыл бұрын
11:42 Ayyy, nice to see my comment made it in time to get corrected in this video. Thanks again for adding that, and keep up the great work!
@DeftestAphid2
2 жыл бұрын
Jak and Keira's reaction to dark Daxter pisses me off to no end.
@UltimaKeyMaster
2 жыл бұрын
I dunno if that small bit in the video was any indication of that, but they seem...not very perturbed by the fact that Daxter swallowed another batch of Dark Eco.
@shadowsonshadowson3929
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never heard of this game until now. I thought it ended with Jak X racing
@Shovelchicken
2 жыл бұрын
I’d want a proper HD remaster of the original trilogy before a new game honestly. It’d be a good way to gauge interest and the developers own capability before jumping into a potentially failed sequel.
@AbyssalMerc
2 жыл бұрын
It got an HD remaster ten years ago on the ps3
@Shovelchicken
2 жыл бұрын
@@AbyssalMerc no, it got a port they called a remaster.
@charleschamp9826
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if that Camera Bug was actually intentional. Since the controls are what they are perhaps they thought the slow down would be beneficial, the slow down being there to give the player time to get the camera where they want to be without worrying so much about enemies. Intentional or not though I do not like it.
@Finchsicle
2 ай бұрын
I would love to see either a proper Jak 4 or a Lost Frontier remake. Like how they did for the cod mw games. Have naughty dog take the concept of Lost Frontier and start over, not just HD remaster to pretty it up
@Tman2bard
2 жыл бұрын
I played the whole game on PSP back then. Maybe I was too dumb brain at the time but I was a sucker for air combat stuff. Which is why nowadays Im deep in Ace Combat.... Also, did you get Clancy Brown to make that little clip? If so, nice.
@huz7531
Жыл бұрын
!spoilers! They could of made a jack & dax 4 story wise ngl. They never explained who mar was and what were the origins of the metal heads were they could of somehow made jak go back in time and assist in the creation of the legend of Mar and explained the origins of the metalheads.
@andrewdowell6474
2 жыл бұрын
I kind of like the idea of some franchises only existing during one generation and bowing out.
@jurxnator279
2 жыл бұрын
they should made Jak 4 to continue the story, not this abomination
@Elite02k
11 ай бұрын
jak and daxter 2 and jak 3 were two of my favorite early gen games of all time. i really wish naughty dog would release a remaster for pc or even make an actual new game on one of their newer engines.
@cleibergustavosoaresrodrig990
2 жыл бұрын
Just to know: the slow ups that you find during the gameplay i believe thats come from a fact the Vita uses Adrenaline to emulate psp so it's a predictive overhead in this type of game
@kimzee59
Жыл бұрын
To be honest, what I personally think (and kinda hope for) is the most likely future for the Jak series, is for it to be done in a crossover with Ratchet and Clank. There were multiple references in Rift Apart, so why not a full on crossover. It would make sense, the 2 series have been very close for most of their live spans
@jackso2324
2 жыл бұрын
Will you be doing a retrospective on the 2012 Tmnt
@_Tzer
2 жыл бұрын
Kinda glad jak ended where it did with this game not being made by them it at least could potentially be considered non canon. It didn't get the chance to decay like ratchet and clank did and forget it's original themeing(ratchet and clank was originally a parody of capitalism and big budget movies then literally became it.) Like i could potentially see modern naughty dog potentially taking out all cartooniness and comedy and making it not as cool and also adding some weird values and messages.
@gilbertoarellano8525
2 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry Naughty dog will re-release the Last of us remake remaster directors cut before they even think of making a Jak and dexter remake.
@dani9859
6 ай бұрын
Kinda hyped to play it again after YEARS since it's coming on PS Plus on 19th March
@thepopmanbrad
2 жыл бұрын
i liked ratchet and clank size matters im actually using my PSP atm to try and get all the weps fully upgraded and get the rhyno so that i can fully 100% the game
@wille.2215
2 жыл бұрын
dark daxter doesnt make sense conceptually, since according to daxter himself, THE most reliable source of information, in the very first game, if he were to fall into dark eco again he'd turn into samos.
@kidprime6863
Жыл бұрын
Daxter was just being sarcastic about that
@wille.2215
Жыл бұрын
@@kidprime6863 i know, im joking
@dylanfcourter
23 күн бұрын
all i took away form this in 2024 is that naughty dog thinks the earth is flat.
@slashingkatie7872
Ай бұрын
2 yrs later it’s just sad the PS5 won’t revive Sly, Jak or Ape Escape in favor of another open world action game.
@TeenyTina_
16 күн бұрын
TLF was my favorite in the series, it felt like a perfect mix of everything, and was just difficult enough for me to feel accomplished, but not too difficult to be disheartened.
@cedialive2759
6 ай бұрын
Okaaaaaaay, I'll be honest with you. This was the very first Jak and Daxter game I EVER beat. I dealt with all the poor design choices and not-so-good controls, and they were a downgrade indeed! But it was this game that got me interested in the Jak and Daxter Trilogy again.
@kwisatzhaderach9591
Жыл бұрын
I don't hate that the companies went on to make more mature games. They were following their audience, that was growing up, and wanting more mature grounded experiences. Though I would love a return to straight forward collectathon platformers. I enjoyed Rift Apart and a few other modern R&C games, but they lack a certain charm. I think part of the problem is also, that games don't "feel like games" anymore. Like they go for super "REALISTIC GRAPHICS AND GAMEPLAY WITH A MATURE MOVIE EXPERIENCE STORY!" too much now a days. The PS2 games felt like actually quirky charming "video game experiences." Don't get me wrong, 2023 has seen some great games, but I guess I also just want a narrower more refined experience.
@gangweed9979
9 ай бұрын
Seeing Jak and Daxter rendered in 4k in Ratchet and Clank rift apart (ryno Easter egg) gives me hope.
@_Tzer
2 жыл бұрын
If you want to play another jak game get a friend get 50 stars in ratchet deadlocked and go unlock jak it's the closest thing we will ever get to jak 4 which is saddening.
@PurpleSeaSigma
2 ай бұрын
I had this game back then on PS2, and it was really an awful experience even if was in high school at that moment. I was sad to not have the peace maker compared to that green blob gun, to see that story arc being really meh (at the exception of the dark eco origin story, this was interesting !). But worst of all, I had a glitch in the final dogfight where I was stuck INSIDE one of the stone pillar. I got pushed back by one of those wave the boss was sending, and finished inside a texture and COULDN'T go out, and I had to restart. With no checkpoint, it was really a frustrating experience game... Last thing : voice of Daxter in french was changed and it was so deceptive compared to the previous voice ! (same for Jak, it didn't dynamic and strong as previous voices...)
@MrEustace
Жыл бұрын
I love your content. Channels like yours aspire me to keep on making videos 😄
@jourdankelly
6 ай бұрын
This game didn't kill Jak & daxter, the fan base did. This was a portable Jak & Daxter and it did a good job at being exactly that. a PSP game. Size matters for rachet and clank didn't get that great of a response from fans either and we still got PLENTY of games in the future. If it wasn't the fan base that killed the series it could also be that naughty dog out grew this style of game and wanted to expand what they could create. Sometimes it's hard moving on..
@joel9104
2 жыл бұрын
"UhHh ACtuAly ItS aN AlIEron RoLl" love that, good video overall too, keep it up J!
@darkhaven9119
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve always been said that games like this, the psp ratchet and clank, metal gear solid AND the god of war games weren’t made for the vita instead or at least didn’t get an hd remaster on vita. The vita is literally a slightly more powerful ps2 that’s portable AND it has 2 analog sticks plus a touch screen. Games like this would look, run, feel and play so much better if they were made for vita instead of psp.
@DanielPraxis
2 жыл бұрын
10:45 that Baron Praxis sound alike was appreciated
@oskarirautio3860
7 ай бұрын
Personally, I don't see anything in the story of this game that would have ruined the reputation of this series. Just like Sly Cooper, the story of the Thieves in Time game needed a Sly series, especially the third one
@deaglehawkings2543
2 жыл бұрын
23:23 Everyone including me is so glad that we're finally getting to this game now
@david96x61
9 ай бұрын
I remember as a kid seeing the trailer for this i was so goddamn excited for a new jak game. Then the reviews poured in.. it is a shame naughty dog gave up on their franchise. ND shouldve finished the game and took their time on it and released it before uncharted! instead of leaving it to high impact games -_-
@lethauntic
2 жыл бұрын
I mean, it didn't kill anything, it just happened to be the last one and the devs didn't get the time that they needed to make it good.
@gerardorodriguez7500
2 жыл бұрын
This game needs to be retcon
@windy3935
2 жыл бұрын
Not bad, but I think the video is a bit disappointing for leaving out specific things and not on par with the analysis "depth" of the other videos. It's close - but more could have been touched upon. Looking at your points covered in all 5 other videos, I figured you'd bring up things like the Daxterjack (similar to how you brought up Daxter's gameplay bits in TPL-X+Daxter), look more indepth into the eco powers (like when you touched upon eco's functions in TPL and the guns mods especially in J3), touch on expansive ideas like dark eco being able to convert into the color eco (not exactly the same but you did reference J3's similar darkvsgreen eco concept from TPL in the J3 video), note how this is the only Jak game that did Hero Mode correctly (I know I expected too much there as you don't care for HM), etc, and I think you skipped the soundtrack entirely (which you covered in the other 5 titles). I think the game has at least 1-2 good s.tracks. Again, not a bad video. You did cover some areas I wanted you to, like Naughty Dog's history with the title (including their early build), that specific interview they had with the wiki, the R&C spinoff the developers did on the same hardware, and to some extent you did touch on both versions of the game. . .
@l4h4l11
Жыл бұрын
Kingdom hearts Birth by Sleep was probably the best game to give an example of what the PSP was capable of.
@Mattschafli
2 жыл бұрын
I was so happy when this game got announced as a kid. Finnally a psp jak game! But yeah as you said what made jak jak just wasnt there. Funny story though. When I got the final armor in the game I hated the look of it so much that I started a new game just to miss the first set of armor complete the whole game get the last set and the get the first set again at the begining in hopes to have the first set as the armor I wore instead of the last set but sadly no. I just increased my health but kept the final set.
@kitty..f
5 ай бұрын
Loved all the Jak games but honestly never paid attention to the plots they always felt thrown together/thoughtless.
@TheMightyKite
3 ай бұрын
They took his Goatee…. *NOT THE GOATEE!*
@medoagamer9497
2 жыл бұрын
22:03 "The only platformers they like are these 5" R.I.P. Ape escape fans... Including myself...
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