Jak & Daxter Collection

Great game! Fond memories of playing these on the PS2, so delighted to play again on PS3. Nostalgia rules!

The quality is really good , had a bit of trouble with the delivery , but it was worth the wait.

Each part of this trilogy rightly received excellent ratings when first released, and here you have all three in one bumper package. It's been some time since I originally played these yet they are every bit as much fun second time round and haven't dated in the least. Hours of fun!

Once upon a time, a very young me was sitting in a friend's house, and was subjected to Jak 2. Returning many years later, with many years of gaming under my belt, I return to my roots... and find much of my adult imagination may have been influenced much earlier than I thought. I had never actually beheld a copy of Jak 1, and in truth, I can see why. It's a pretty 3d platformer that manages to completely transcend load times. It was bright, colourful, and whilst possessing some quite tongue in cheek humour, it was clearly aimed at kids. A relic of a sadly bygone age in gaming, but one that holds up, excepting for a few terrible control issues, primarily that Jak seems to take the double jump and ledge grab commands more as suggestions than orders, and the player will die a lot as a result, and a slightly lacking tutorial. However, I can't help but picture a parent seeing their kid playing this, and getting the second... and watching their child be subjected to the single most jarring tone shift I have ever seen. Gone are the days of a mute and his lippy ottsel jumping around colourful platforms. Before the gameplay has even begun, they are transported to the sci fi hellscape of Haven city, a dystopian city besieged by an army of monsters, and caught firmly under the jackboot of a vicious police force and a manical baron, who seem to have no qualms about arresting, torturing and experimenting on random strangers on the streets, and rounding up and executing entire blocks of their own citizens on the mere suspicion that a fugitive may be in the area. Jak and Daxter are forced into a convoluted narrative, dancing between gangsters, rebels, a lost child with a crocodile dog, time travel, two copies of the same individual from different times in his life, exploring the secrets of a dead civilisation... and guns. Lots and lots of guns. The setting is dark and gritty, and quite a lot of mature themes are explored, albeit in a somewhat awkward child friendly dressing that serves to make a lot of the darker moments even more jarring. The story in this one is surprisingly decent considering the sheer amount going on, and considering the standard of video game writing at the time, is pretty exemplary. My major qualms were that the control issues carried over from the previous game, and could be seriously buggy at times. This became particularly annoying in the second half of the game, when a major difficulty spike impales the player, and the general lack of checkpoints combining with the control issues serves to make the game extremely difficult, to the point where I can forgive my younger self for not finishing it. Jak 3 manages to fix all of my complaints about the controls, and even gives us more guns (Although, the bouncing rifle might be a little overpowered, especially considering how early it is given in the game) and lots of driving segments, but suffers from lacklustre writing (It also has a lot going on and on a larger scale, but doesn't manage to juggle the plots as well, and fails to give enough time to develop most of it's plot-lines. A few of the characters also seem to have mysteriously faded into the background (Kira in particular, who is incapable of shutting up in the first two game and gets less than five lines of dialogue in the third), and a rather unimpressive villain (Errol makes a return, but looks and sounds a little bit too ridiculous to be taken seriously, which juxtaposes horribly with the brilliant villain from the second game. Veger is also written very well, but is criminally underused, and ends up as more a comic foil than a villain.) On a whole, the games are pretty solid, and despite the issues are fun to play. The cartoony art style has aged very well, which almost makes up for my final complaint. For a "remaster" the game barely looks better than it did on the initial release, and one would think that the control issues on the first two game would have been fixed in retrospect, but sadly not. As it remains, they are still excellent games, and well worth your time, and can be bought under the guise of buying them for your kids.

This for me was a nostalgic purchase. Jak & Daxter was the first game I ever played on the PS2 and made so many memories for me sat in my dad's study under his desk. It is a classic in terms of it's ability to be a game changing platformer accompanied by a strong story filled with memorable characters. Some thing which continues in the subsequent games that only improve upon the formula with noticeable changes to the gameplay that make Jak 2 comparable to a fantasy GTA of the time albeit with less side missions and Jak 3 is only further slight refinement of it's precursor. In my opinion anybody that has played this series should purchase this solely as an excuse to return to the world of Jak & Daxter and for those that haven't to experience a key feature in the history of platforming and Playstation

I played this game to PS2 as a child and now with this collection I can enjoy the games without having the picture composed of a couple of pixels. In HD the picture is clear and you can see all the details

Brilliant games I am glad I bought them

Once again supervised delivery and great game keep up the good workout Amazon

3 incredible games in 1 small cartridge for my vita. they play greatly with better graphics than the original, ALL ON THE GO!!! There are no manuals or papers in the case and the games are all put into a single cartridge. Once the game is turned on you can choose which one you want to play. All 3 games have individual trophy lists that are separate from their ps3 counterparts. If going for trophies, I would say buy these games, 1 solid small price, 3 long satisfying games with a fantastic story!

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N'ayant jamais fait les Jak & Daxter à l'epoque de la PS2 je dois dire que je suis plus que conquis par ces jeux. Du grand Naughty Dog, on ressent clairement expérience et le génie du studio. Si graphiquement on sent que les jeux ont 15 ans derrière eux le gameplay n'a pas pris une ride. L'aventure va crescendo, et l'on prend un réel plaisir à la suivre l'histoire. Il y a vraiment peu à reprocher à ce jeu. C'est vraiment domage que les editionb françaises/européenes des remaster PS3 aient toutes eu droit qu'à un tirage si limité et s'echangent maintenant au dessus de la barre des 40 euros en occasion. A default les edtion americaines incluent le Français du coup : profitez-en !

Cuando hay juegos de 3d platform nada puede salir mal eso pense La coleccion de jak para ps vita es un buen ejemplo de flojera que surgio en la mente de los creadores de este hd remaster Primero que nada nos dieron tres clasicos de ps2 wue jamas habia jugado en mi vida y esta es la primera vez que los juego Los tres juegos debieron de estar muy buenos en la era del ps2, he leido que la version ps3 es superior a la de ps vita Cuando instalan el cartucho ala consola no hay ningun tipo de actualizacion asi que gente que no tiene tanta memoria no tienen de que preocuparse Los tres juegos corren de una manera ridicula Como lo dije antes les dio flojera Entiendo que son juegos pesados pero aun asi este es un juego roto Para la gente que quiere jugar los juegos de jak adquieran mejor las de ps2 o el hd collection del ps3

I've always loved the art-style and humor from the first game since I first played it on PS2 and in that respect the sequels are certainly more of the same. I never played Jak II or Jak 3 back when they released. Anyway, replaying Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was a nostalgic trip down memory lane. I personally thought Daxter was at his funniest here because he didn't seem as obnoxious compared to the sequels, and so when he did speak his humor stood out more. The environments are lush and varied; beaches, lava pits, dark spider-infested caves, snowy mountain-tops, an underwater "lost city", and so on. It isn't really too story-heavy but what story there is, is semi-entertaining and interesting enough to follow. The first game is mostly a straight-forward 3D platformer collect-a-thon with your occasional boss fights, vehicle segments and cutscenes. But it's a vibrant, colorful and quite enjoyable one. Most fans of this series I've heard from seem to regard this one the highest. Jak II I just recently beat (and platinum'd) so it'll probably be the freshest in my mind and easiest to review now. The game actually has a decent story that has a few twists and eccentric characters. The platforming is also still great when there are platforming segments. It seems to have adopted several elements from the then popular GTA games like GTA III or Vice City. You travel to icons around the city of Haven to start missions. They introduced weapons in the form of guns, which overall makes the sequels actually feel more like shooters a la Ratchet and Clank than platformers, and you now have a "Dark Jak" form which you can activate once your dark eco meter is filled. This form allows you to hit harder and do a few special moves that you can purchase via "skull gems" dropped by most metal head enemies. Sadly, most of the game's strong points end there for me. The city hub in Jak II feels far too padded out and is more frustrating to navigate than being fun. The checkpoints for missions are also very unforgiving, often times requiring a complete do-over if you manage to die. This can be overcome with some trial and error but it can just grate the nerves if you've almost completed a mission, and you just manage to slip up at the end and fall off into an abyss or lose your last sliver of health. Racing was also a pain, as were some of the combat-focused missions such as one requiring you to get to a certain location while endless swarms of cops and turrets descend upon you. Or killing three huge robot vehicles headed towards your base before they get there. There are combat/weapon tricks involved for most of these though, and I'd recommend looking up video guides if/when you get stuck. Some other missions weren't really that hard however, in contrast to what a lot of people led me to believe. The "protect the NPC" or escort missions were actually pretty easy for me. As was the on-rails turret mission which I managed I think on my third try. It just required some patience and very quick disposal of enemies as soon as they appeared. I ended up using an "Orb glitch" to achieve the full 286 required for the Platinum trophy, which otherwise would be near impossible for me seeing as you would have to get "gold" in the shooting ranges among other mini-game type stuff. Overall a solid game but due to most of it being frustrating I personally couldn't rate it any higher than about a 6/10. The first game was just more enjoyable for me and stayed true to traditional platforming. I've only just started Jak 3 and so far, as many people will tell you, it's mostly easier than Jak II simply because of the more lenient checkpoint placement. Gameplay mechanics and mission structure are still very similar to Jak II, however. This one, so far, seems to have quite an emphasis on vehicular gameplay; races galore, driving through the big desert to rescue NPC's before the time limits run out, and so on. There's still platforming sprinkled in here and there but it just seems to be a more "driving-focused" game. I hear it gets better and eventually blends in more platforming as well as combat missions but having to drive around or ride those large birds everywhere can kind of feel repetitive. The story is otherwise solid enough and characters well-done. But I'm more eager to see what the game has to offer besides driving, and the occasional boss fight missions. I will say, and I almost forgot, I actually enjoy the few sections where you get to play as Daxter. Aside from running from the spider in Jak II which was highly frustrating initially, the other parts where you get to play as him in Jak 3 are, thus far, varied and spicen up the monotony of all the driving and shooting you do as Jak. Anyway, like I said at the beginning of this "review", I love the art-style and platforming (when it's present) of this series so much that I have to rate it five out of five stars here on Amazon. For all its shortcomings, it's certainly a unique series. I also have the Ratchet and Sly collections for PS3, but they haven't really grabbed me yet based on trying out the first games in each series. Jak & Daxter was just likable to me from the get-go so I tend to prefer them out of the three series. Maybe that'll change once I give them another shot after finishing up Jak 3.