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| From: Sony Computer Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $9.99
Buy Used: $3.02
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New (25) Used (60) Collectible (2) from $3.02
Avg. Customer Rating:  316 reviews
Sales Rank: 1234
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 8 - 17 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 97124
Model: P2SNY 711719712428
UPC: 711719712428
EAN: 0711719712428
ASIN: B00005R5PO
Release Date: June 3, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Great game and a PS2 classic! January 12, 2008
A simple, well-rounded game, this is one of the earlier titles for the PS2. It has excellent control, vibrant colors, beautiful scenery for each level, challenging gameplay, and it's not so difficult that it would require a serious gamer to make any real progress. Also, Daxter is pretty amusing at times and also serves as a pretty useful guide when you get stuck. This is a great deal!
Everything just right September 26, 2007
You really can see the quality with Jak and Daxter: it's fun to play, it's paced really well, and it allows you about as much freedom as a "quest-based" platforming game can. I loved it from one end to the other, and even went out of my way to beat it completely.
You can see plenty of reviews that will give you the story--let's instead take a look at the gameplay. Jak & Daxter is a "platformer", meaning you spend a lot of time jumping up and down on various stair-step parts of each level. The monotony is broken up by side quests: for example, helping a farmer herd cattle, or shooing pigeons away from a series of monuments.
There are also changes to gameplay: "end bosses" that require you to crack the pattern to beat them. There are "riding" stages where you're on a small skimmer, and even these have diversity: sometimes you're racing some bad guys, sometimes you're racing the clock. Last, you collect "Precursor Orbs" as you go, which you can trade for Power Cells, the core collectable of the game. Precursor Orbs are hidden all over the place, as are Power Cells that don't need to be bartered for--they're just waiting to be discovered. It's not easy, but the important part is, when you fail, you know why, and you feel driven to try again, just one more time. A good game makes you really feel like you've earned something that's hard-to-get, not like you had to wrestle it out of the programmer's hands. You don't have to collect every Precursor Orb, nor do you have to find every Power Cell...but if you do, you get a special ending to the game.
Probably the most important point to Jak and Daxter is that little "E" on the package: the game is rated "E" for "Everyone", and it truly does live up to that claim. It's hard for me to find games that I can enjoy, and still share with my 8 year old daughter, but she loves this game, too. It's unfortunate that the second game went in the "T" (Teen) direction--it just doesn't seem right for Jak to start using shotguns and rocket launchers--but at least we have this one, and I would recommend it for the whole family.
For the record, I played Jak & Daxter on a PS3. It ran extremely well and has no glitches or hangups.
Very fun game! March 27, 2007
Jak and Daxter is a really fun game but its a little confusing. Unless a character on the game tells you what to do or gives you a certain goal to reach like in the beginning of the game when you have collect 20 power cells. Because after you cross Fire Canyon, you ask yourself, what now?
But Jak and Daxter is a really fun game, it has great graphics and there is alot of fun stuff to do. So its really worth buying.
jak and daxter (the precursor legacy) February 19, 2007
The first Jak and Daxter game ever,but the best! Their are so many games to choose from called Jak 2,3and x.Your adventure will take you from forbidden jungle to underwater ruins, through firey canyons and over snowy mountains.you'll make many fantastic discoveries,and learn of a sinister plot to change your world for all time.and eventually you will be made to make a terrible choice give up daxter or lose your life! can jak save him and daxter?????. Played it for 6 years now and I mastered it! 9.99 for 6 years of fun!
Andrew Armstrong
age 9
There's nothing like the original. January 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jak and Daxter, back when Jak couldn't talk (a big reason why this game is rated E) and weapons, jetboards, and vehicles didn't exist.
Jak and Daxter shares almost no similarites with any of the other Jak games other than the main characters (although many more were added in Jak 2). Even though there are no weapons, jetboards, dark eco, or secrets (I guess in the 21st century violence is more important than gameplay), I still play Jak and Daxter all the time. The levels and missions are fun (you must go around the world searching for power cells in the quest to bring Daxter back to his natural form) and it never gets boring.
Although there are no missions, instead you have to do certain things to acquire power cells (findinc scout flies, opening eco vents, defeating plants). The levels range from the boggy swamp to the spider caves to the lost precursor temple. Each place is unique and has its own fun little areas to explore.
Even though I own all of the Jak games currently in existence, there's nothing like the classic Jak and Daxter.
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