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What Happened To Jak & Daxter? Jak and Daxter The Last Frontierįor the longest time, I’d assumed that the Jak & Daxter series kind of ended with Daxter on the PSP, but apparently that’s just not true. It’s been reported that Daxter sold over 2.3 million copies by June 2008, and it reached 85 on Metacritic, making it one of the best received games in the entire series. The spin-off followed the loveable ottsel in the two years where Jak was imprisoned at the start of Jak 2.
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While Naughty Dog focused on the racing game, Ready At Dawn were drafted in to create a spin-off focused on Daxter, simply named Daxter, which launched for the PSP in March 2006. Jak X wasn’t necessarily a bad game, but with a Metacritic of 76, it was a noticeable step down for the series. Tacking on a story about the gang being poisoned, Jak X was designed to be the first game in the series to offer multiplayer, while expanding the driving elements that were introduced in the previous two games. Unfortunately, that would prove to be the last truly great traditional entry in the series, but there was life in the old girl yet.Īfter the launch of Jak 3, Naughty Dog followed the same path as they did with the Crash Bandicoot series by throwing out a racing game in the form of Jak X: Combat Racing in October 2005. Jak 3 would be another winning entry in the franchise, achieving an 84 on Metacritic and reaching 1.23 million sales by 2007. The trilogy concluded, rather appropriately, with Jak 3 in 2004, which saw Jak and Daxter exiled to the deserts with plenty of dune buggies and Mad Max vibes. Some critics did find issue with the game’s difficulty though, something that even one of the game’s developers, Josh Scherr, concurred with: “I think one thing everybody can agree on, though, is that that game is just way too fucking hard.” Still, the change of pace and scenery wouldn’t seriously hamper Jak 2 critically or commercially, as the game would go on to achieve an 87 on Metacritic, and would sell 1.57 million copies by 2007. Then again, I also said that about Shadow the Hedgehog.
It all sounds silly in retrospect, though I distinctly remember teenage me thinking it was the coolest thing ever. Oh, and Jak could talk in this entry, and he could transform into an evil version of himself that was darker, more purple and grunted/said edgy stuff a lot. Fun.Įither way, Jak 2, which launched in October 2003, was a massive departure from the original game, opting for a darker storyline and world that saw the titular duo square up to an oppressive regime. The processing power leap from PS1 to PS2 offered untold opportunities for vibrant worlds, and it was mostly used to render greys, blacks and the occasional purple. As was becoming commonplace at the time, with games like Prince of Persia, Sonic The Hedgehog and Tomb Raider, the early to mid 2000s introduced a lot of characters and games that skewed just a little bit darker and edgier. If Jak & Daxter was a cheerful platforming jaunt through some lovely environments, then Jak 2 was “Pixar does emo”. Naughty Dog were prepared to create a sequel to the game if the sales and reception of the first game warranted one, but after the near universal acclaim The Precursor’s Legacy received, Jak 2 entered production not long after the launch of the first game. Jak & Daxter would grow to become a smash hit for Sony and Naughty Dog, scoring an average of 90 on Metacritic and managed to sell over two million copies by 2007 in just America alone.
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This was due to the company focusing development on Crash Team Racing at the time, with the full development team reaching 35 members by the time the game launched. Development for J&D began in 1999 under the codename “Project Y”, with Naughty Dog initially only assigning two programmers to the project.
Launched in 2001, Jak & Daxter: The Precursor’s Legacy was developed by Naughty Dog, who had already been responsible for the smash hit Crash Bandicoot series, which was still going strong by this point. The History of Jak & Daxter Jak and Daxter games We’re asking the question: will we ever see Jak & Daxter again?
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The elf-looking human Jak and the whatever the hell Daxter became (an ottsel apparently), were an iconic staple of the PS2-era of gaming, but moving towards the PS3 and onwards, the duo have been conspicuous by their absence. While all three of those games have managed to transfer over to modern consoles, one franchise seems to have fallen by the wayside: Jak & Daxter. The PlayStation 2 was sort of the home for 3D action platformers, with the likes of Ratchet & Clank, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro The Dragon all finding multiple releases on Sony’s little box of wonders.
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