JAK AND DAXTER

THE JAK AND DAXTER SERIES

I completely loved this series, it had a great story , the combat was very good and the characters were badass. The titles that came after the first Jak and D-
axter reminded me of gta in a way, without the drugs,sex and over the top violence. The game is a action platformer and  is open world but also
in one title it is a racing game. The series is very similar to Ratchet and Clank or you could say Ratchet and Clank is similar to Jak and Daxter since it came to the scene 3 years earlier. Throughout the games you play as a character named Jak with his side kick Daxter a former  elf like creature turned ottsel (A fictional animal that is a otter and weasel combined), who are both trying to uncover secrets of a ancient race called the Precursors and the secrets of there world. Throughout the series the team always find them selves getting in to trouble, such as in Jak 2 where Jak was experimented on with energy called Dark eco (later on in Jak 3 he is blessed with Light eco). From Jak 2 on wards you get to enjoy a range of vehicles and weapons, which are beautifully designed. Below I will give a quick summary of the 4 titles that I loved playing! Be aware that the game has other titles in the series but I will only be covering the ones I have played.

Jak 2

Jak 3

Jak x

                                                          TITLES IN THE SERIES:

• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

Released: December 3, 2001
Developers: Naughty dog games
 Publisher: Sony computer Entertainment

Plot: The game is set 10 years after Jak and his mentor Samo Hagai arrive at a village name sandover. Jak and Daxters mission and goal is to stop a evil army of monsters called the Lurkers from destroying the world with dark eco. Daxter is turned in a ottsel after falling in to a silo of dark eco at Misty island, which leaves him with the trouble of finding a dark eco sage to turn him back to elf-human. Daxter is left with either using light eco to turn him back in to a human or use it to save the world from doom.

Game play footage

• Jak II 

Released: October 14, 2003
Developers: Naughty dog games, Mass media games
 Publisher: Sony computer Entertainment

Plot: In this sequel Jak becomes a darker character then he was in the precursor legacy. Jak, accompanied by Daxter,kiera and Samos are thrust in to the industrious Haven city where he is captured by the krimzon guard to become a lab rat for a series of dark eco experiments that leave him left with a savage alter ego. Eventually freed by his side kick Daxter, Jak becomes a wanted fuguitive and is bent on getting revenge. He makes the blind decision to join forces with the rebel group Underground, where he takes the fight to the Krimzon guard. Being subject to a string of events he was not prepared for.

Changes between The precursors legacy and Jak 2: The difference is the gun play replacing the eco power moves and better approach of a story then its previous title. Jak is also able to use the dark eco at his advantage during the game making it a fun and more enjoyable experiance. When you play this game you will see what I mean with it having a Gta type of feel to it but in a fantasy world.

Game play footage

• Jak 3

Released: November 9, 2004
Developers: Naughty dog games
 Publisher: Sony computer Entertainment

Plot: Taking place a year after the defeat of Kor and Baron Praxis, a war torn Haven city is on its last stand as metal heads and a new faction the KG death bots strike against the Freedom league, the successor of the Krimzon guard that is now under control by the daughter of Baron praxis, Ashelin praxis and Torn, the new governor and captain. The people of Haven city blamed Jak for the war because of his dark powers and friendship he had with the crime lord, Krew, who let the metal heads in the city. Jak  was banished in the waste land at the will of the corrupt count veger, even after ashelin's protests. Left to wander the wastelands with the company of Daxter and Pecker, Jak was only left with a beacon by ashelin in hopes he is found by the king damas of Spargus, which he is while collapsed and dying in the desert. Damas makes sure that Jak was worth the save, and is put to the test in exchange of him staying in spargus. If Jak fails he is to be left in the desert again to die.


Game play footage

• Jak x

Released: October 18, 2005
Developers: Naughty dog games
 Publisher: Sony computer Entertainment

Plot: One year after the events that took place in Jak 3, Haven city is slowly being rebuilt after the Dark makers, metal heads and KG death bot forces are defeated. Over in Kras city combat racing had became popular and a sport. Jak along with Ashelin,Kiera,Samos,Torn,Sig (who doesn't attend) and Daxter get invited by Krew to hear his last will, joined also by his daughter Rayn. After offering a toast, Krew reveals in a recording that everyone present has been poisoned with black shade and to get the antidote must compete in the Kras city Grand championshipe and win.