This is possibly one of my favorite games I played as a kid. I have a lot to share with you guys about this game, if I leave anything out, please feel free to let me know so I can edit my review and change it up. Also, I will be doing all three of them at some point and the last one I will do is the Jak and Daxter collection. One last thing. Spoiler Warning ahead. Now, without further a do, let us get on with the review.
The game play of Jak and Daxter the Precursor Legacy, is pretty solid for a 3d platforming game. It has a pretty solid set of controls, but is slippery at times. This means if you let go of the controls, you might still move for a split second after. I do not know if it was just me or my controller but that is what happened with me. One thing I did not like about the game though is the sole fact that you only have 3 hits and you are dead. You can have a 4th hit but that is if you collect 50 green eco orbs to make for one extra hit point. Now this does seem appropriate at the time, but quite annoying. It has a lot of funny moments that happen, mainly including when your character dies. Daxter will come in front of the camera and say something funny like, "I am thinking of something sad to say at your funeral like, HOW AM I GOING TO GET CHANGED BACK NOW!" which always makes me chuckle. The next thing which will contain a major spoiler is that there are precursor orbs. In order to get the secret ending, which is not much different then the regular ending, you need to collect every single orb. Thankfully they are all not that well hidden and most of them are in plain sight.
Next is the graphics of the game. Even though the game was made in the 2000's and needs that cartoon like texture, I still think they could have done a better job. The game looks pretty good and has no frame rate lag at all. The best part of them all is that there are no loading screens. How cool is that? I enjoyed not seeing a loading screen every time you go to a new area. The only loading screen you get is by loading the game or using the warp gate at a far distance but I do not classify that as a loading screen. The cut scenes look just like the game if not a little better. Which is kind of sad when the game has less quality than the cut scenes.
The sound is also the same as the graphics. It could have been so much better. While it is not great, it is not terrible either. If anything, like the graphics, the sound is sub-par. Although, the music is very invigorating and electrifying. I have never had a game pump me up during a boss fight at the time or even just walking around. Some of the soundtrack is quite soothing at times, and quite energetic at others.
This game is addicting but not addicting enough to constantly play it. There is not much to do other than get the collectibles and beat the game, but if you are a completionist, then it very well can be addicting.
The story in the game is quite good but could use much more content. The story revolves around Jak your played character and Daxter, the funny and annoying character who got turned into some weird animal that to this day I still can not figure out the name of. I am sure in Jak 3 it says it but I do not remember.
There is not much to do in this game as stated in the addicting section, because all there is to do is get all the collectibles and beat the game. It is as simple as that. So there is not much replay value. I must say though, being young and all it took me over a year to beat the game. I picked it back up a couple of moths ago and got 100% in less than 24 hours. Go figure.
The difficulty is extremely hard. There is no difficulty setting. It is just simply hard. Even speed runners and expert plat formers can have trouble with this game. Simply because of the fact that YOU ONLY HAVE 3-4 HITS!
Overall my rating of this game is 7.6. Now do not get me wrong, I love this game. I am simply just rating it how I see it, and how it should be. I refuse to overpraise it and give it an unnecessary rating. Thank you for reading this review, and as always, I will see you in the next review.
This is possibly one of my favorite games I played as a kid. I have a lot to share with you guys about this game, if I leave anything out, please feel free to let me know so I can edit my review and change it up. Also, I will be doing all three of them at some point and the last one I will do is the Jak and Daxter collection. One last thing. Spoiler Warning ahead. Now, without further a do, let us get on with the review.
The game play of Jak and Daxter the Precursor Legacy, is pretty solid for a 3d platforming game. It has a pretty solid set of controls, but is slippery at times. This means if you let go of the controls, you might still move for a split second after. I do not know if it was just me or my controller but that is what happened with me. One thing I did not like about the game though is the sole fact that you only have 3 hits and you are dead. You can have a 4th hit but that is if you collect 50 green eco orbs to make for one extra hit point. Now this does seem appropriate at the time, but quite annoying. It has a lot of funny moments that happen, mainly including when your character dies. Daxter will come in front of the camera and say something funny like, "I am thinking of something sad to say at your funeral like, HOW AM I GOING TO GET CHANGED BACK NOW!" which always makes me chuckle. The next thing which will contain a major spoiler is that there are precursor orbs. In order to get the secret ending, which is not much different then the regular ending, you need to collect every single orb. Thankfully they are all not that well hidden and most of them are in plain sight.
Next is the graphics of the game. Even though the game was made in the 2000's and needs that cartoon like texture, I still think they could have done a better job. The game looks pretty good and has no frame rate lag at all. The best part of them all is that there are no loading screens. How cool is that? I enjoyed not seeing a loading screen every time you go to a new area. The only loading screen you get is by loading the game or using the warp gate at a far distance but I do not classify that as a loading screen. The cut scenes look just like the game if not a little better. Which is kind of sad when the game has less quality than the cut scenes.
The sound is also the same as the graphics. It could have been so much better. While it is not great, it is not terrible either. If anything, like the graphics, the sound is sub-par. Although, the music is very invigorating and electrifying. I have never had a game pump me up during a boss fight at the time or even just walking around. Some of the soundtrack is quite soothing at times, and quite energetic at others.
This game is addicting but not addicting enough to constantly play it. There is not much to do other than get the collectibles and beat the game, but if you are a completionist, then it very well can be addicting.
The story in the game is quite good but could use much more content. The story revolves around Jak your played character and Daxter, the funny and annoying character who got turned into some weird animal that to this day I still can not figure out the name of. I am sure in Jak 3 it says it but I do not remember.
There is not much to do in this game as stated in the addicting section, because all there is to do is get all the collectibles and beat the game. It is as simple as that. So there is not much replay value. I must say though, being young and all it took me over a year to beat the game. I picked it back up a couple of moths ago and got 100% in less than 24 hours. Go figure.
The difficulty is extremely hard. There is no difficulty setting. It is just simply hard. Even speed runners and expert plat formers can have trouble with this game. Simply because of the fact that YOU ONLY HAVE 3-4 HITS!
Overall my rating of this game is 7.6. Now do not get me wrong, I love this game. I am simply just rating it how I see it, and how it should be. I refuse to overpraise it and give it an unnecessary rating. Thank you for reading this review, and as always, I will see you in the next review.