Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Naughty Dog
Taste attributes: actionadventurecomedyscience fictionanimalsrobots/ai/spaceteenfastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questcoming of ageempowerment/personal growthfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeA breakneck platformer that is fantastical, wide-ranging and fresh. Best if you like pace over patience.
Pace: very fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
IGDB rating
85 / 100
333 ratings
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About This Game
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a 2001 platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Sony PlayStation 2 on December 4, 2001, as the first game of the Jak and Daxter series. The game follows the protagonist, a young teenager named Jak, as he tries to help his friend Daxter after he is transformed into an "ottsel", a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel. The game offers a large range of missions, collectables and objectives, often in the form of minigames, which provide a variety of gameplay experiences, as well as puzzles and platforming stages, which are completed by the player to proceed with the story.
Summary: IGDB
Story
The opening sequence of the game features Jak and Daxter in a speedboat headed for Misty Island, an area prohibited by their watch over Samos. Upon arriving to the island, Daxter had second thoughts about straying from the village. The two perch on a large skeleton to observe a legion of lurkers crowded around two dark figures, Gol and Maia, who were commanding the lurkers to "deal harshly with anyone who strays from the village," and to search for any precursor artifacts and eco near Sandover Village.[4] After the secret observation, Jak and Daxter continue searching the island. Daxter trips...
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- Developer
- Naughty Dog
- Publisher
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Released
- 3 December 2001
- Series
- Jak and Daxter
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PlayStation 2
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 9h rushed, 11h normally, 9h complete
- Age rating
- PEGI 12
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- IGDB
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