![]() Using the same impressive engine that the last Jak game used with some upgrades, the visuals in Jak 3 aren’t very much of an upgrade over Jak 2. The story is deeper than you’ll find from many other games, complete with humor that fans of the series is used to as well as a satisfying end that anyone who has been following the games should enjoy that leaves the door open for other adventures in the future. The story has to be one of the strongest points of the game (how many platform games can claim that?). The story more straightforward than in the last Jak game but reveals the answers to mysteries left unsolved in the previous games of the series like what are the precursors? And will Daxter ever get pants? There are a few times where parts of the story will seem obvious and predictable but the way they play out will generally end up being completely different than what you might have in mind. Other than just becoming Mad Jak in Thunderdome, the story introduces a new threat from space, new factions in the desert, and winds it’s way back into the mess that Haven city has become. Every character is represented well by excellent voice acting and almost all of them have had such well done character development that you actually give a damn about them, even the new characters such as the time hardened ruler of Spargus City in the wasteland. Over the course of the game you will run into almost every character introduced in that game and the plot doesn’t slow down for a moment to reintroduce any of them. After wandering and eventually passing out in the desert they are saved by a group of wastelanders.ĭon’t recognize any of the names mentioned above? Then play Jak 2 first. But who wants to be banished alone? Stowing away on the ship that leaves Jak in the desert, faithful friend, sidekick, and wisecrack machine Daxter sticks with Jak, and surprisingly so does Pecker. Not very grateful are they? Not even Kiera or Samos can save Jak from his fate, but Kiera slips him some sort of homing device before they leave him in the wastelands. ![]() With Dark Eco running through his veins and a connection to Krew, the population blame Jak for these problems and a city council banishes Jak to the wastelands. With Baron Praxis no longer in control the city became a warzone for factions trying to take his place, and if that wasn’t enough some of the stronger metalheads survived Kor’s death and have regrouped to storm the city have taken over parts of it. I played and beat Jak 2 twice over the last year and it still took awhile to remember who some of the characters were.Īt the end of Jak 2 the future looked bright for our two heroes having disposed of the leader of the metalheads that were threatening the city and getting rid of Baron Praxis and ending his dictatorship over Haven City. You DO need to have played through Jak 2 if you want to be able to understand what the hell is going on at all. You do not need to have played the first game to understand the majority of the story to this game but a couple of parts will make a lot more sense if you do. Some loose ends and nagging questions left over from the original title are finally settled here, but the biggest question remains to be answered, is Jak 3 any good?įirst off, if you haven’t played the first or second games I suggest you do so before ever even thinking of picking up this game. The end to what started off as a light hearted colorful platform game and then reinvented its image in the sequel is here, though with not as large of a change as was seen between the first and second games. So many trilogies have come to end over the last couple of years, The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, and finally the storyline of Jak and Daxter. ![]()
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