Funnily enough this was my first thought as well. I paid Jak & Daxter about 10 years ago on PS3 and quite enjoyed it. Certainly not one of my all time favourites but it was good. I jumped straight into Jak II after 100%ing the first and just absolutely hated the change of direction so dropped the franchise there and then.
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Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 week ago
This is me pulling from my youth, but at the time it released I really disliked Jak 2 (sequel to Jak & Daxter). The first one was a wonderful open world action platformer, and while there was a bit of that in the sequel, a ton of it was this weird GTA-esque city map complete with a crime star system. I remember really hating those parts and they just went on and on.
LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 1 week ago
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Yeah it was a really weird tonal shift. I’m sure it had to do with GTA being big that year or something.
popcar2@piefed.ca 1 week ago
It’s a very big tonal and gameplay shift, but my biggest issue with Jak 2 is the sudden spike in difficulty. Missions are long, often lack checkpoints, and enemies kill you so easily. Those racing missions still haunt me to this day.
On the other hand, Jak 3 is my favorite one in the franchise. It’s still closer to the 2nd but it’s such a fun ride with a bigger focus on exploration and platforming again rather than combat. Love that game to death.