![]() Jak has further powers granted to him by collecting one of four different types of Eco found in the game world: Green Eco heals him Blue Eco brings speed, activates ancient Precursor sites, and attracts distant collectables Red Eco makes his attacks more powerful and Yellow Eco allows him to fire fireballs. Similarly well-animated Daxter, the wise-cracking sidekick, bobs about on Jak’s shoulder for most of the game, and isn’t playable instead, he provides advice, guidance, and taunts, all supplied with a genuine wit and humour that brings many laugh-out-loud moments. You control Dragonball-haired Jak, who has a collection of attacks, including a spin-kick reminiscent of Crash Bandicoot’s spin-attack, an uppercut, a dash-punch, and a dive attack, and the normal running, jumping, and ducking, as well as a roll and jump for longer leaps, all presented with character animations that are never less than superb. Upon surfacing, Daxter is changed: he’s been transformed into a small, creature with traits of an Otter and Weasel - an Ottsel - and the quest to return him to his original form, to understand why Dark Eco is returning, and to end the schemes of a power-hungry madman (voiced by the lead singer of Twisted Sister, believe it or not), begins. Unfortunately, an ancient device they uncover explodes in Jak’s face and he nudges Daxter into a vat of black, gooey stuff called Dark Eco. In the introduction, the two troublemaking boys have ignored the warnings of Samos the Sage as they creep around the mysterious Misty Island, home of the evil Lurkers. ![]() Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy follows the eponymous characters through a fully three-dimensional world brimful of colour, humour, and vaguely Disney-esque styling. After passing the Crash licence to Universal Interactive, they grabbed the bag of tricks they learned and ran with it to the PS2. However, the game’s Developers, Naughty Dog, weren’t to be beaten. Whilst fun, and certainly a looker with its own charm and personality, its tubes of walled-in gameplay ultimately frustrated those looking for 3D-freedom. Value - 8.5 Naughty Dog, fresh from PS1 stardom, tackle their first PS2 game, but does it match the successes of their past?Ĭrash Bandicoot, the PS1 Mario 64 killer of its time, wasn’t.
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