The biggest (and probably only thing) I hate about this game is the lack of checkpoints. Naughty dog actually decided that for every 8 sections of a level, they'd put one down. It terrifies me to think if this game had lives.
@@jackwinterson9801 Jak 2 was hard, but you could get through it with more perseverance. Jak 3 just mitigated the difficulty criticism by adding more checkpoints.
It's actually a good thing, Jak 3 is too easy cuz of checkpoints. And the immersion is destroyed because you don't care if your character dies during mission, he'll just appear in the place you were 10 seconds ago. Here is a guide if you still struggle: ua-cam.com/video/QNp0gIxtMLg/v-deo.html
Jak 2 is finally here! We're now half way done with the marathon with two more videos to go, and while I did give off the impression that this is going to be where I snap, I think the last two episodes are going to be where that happens... Many find this game to be really good, while some find it too hard for its own good. Where do you stand on hard games? Do you like having a guaranteed pathway to the end of do you like being tested at every turn? Thanks for watching!
I love Jak II, but agree some missions are incredibly hard XD I hardly do the spin jump blaster combo O_o but maybe it's just me XP Hero Mode ironically makes the game easier...asides from a couple missions anyway lol suppose it's cos of the cheats being more accessible *shot* But yep, all Jak is awesome ^^ and I can't wait to see you do more :D
Do you think that people are actually upset at spoilers? It has been out for over 10 years! I think it should be ok to mention the story in your reviews.
i do like me some hard games (such as dkc tropical freeze) but not always. i mostly prefer games that instead of testing you actually entertain you through other means like charming you (kirbys epic yarn), telling a good story (okami) or make me feel like i'm in an actual place with fascinating people or creatures (the pikmin series). but if there's one level of difficulty i cannot stand its nes to snes levels of difficult. it's just........too much.
Your complaints about difficulty are really strange to me considering I beat the game when I was really little, only once in hero mode is it hard. Also the precursor orbs are for cheats/secrets, weird complaint but you kinda acknowledged that so w/e. I'm not sure why you put so many games on a pedestal above Jak 1. All those games have a lot of different problems and I can't help but feel you're going into this series playing them for the wrong reason. Jak 3 and Jak X are excellent games, I think if you enjoyed 2 you'll probably enjoy 3. Especially if you thought 2 was too difficult for some reason. Jak X is a pretty fun kart racer, although I think you are going to dislike the controls. It's sort of slippery? Idk, I love the game. Also will this be covering the lost frontier?
I love Jak 2. It's one of my favorite PS2 games. Besides one or two really hard segments and driving around too much in the open world I don't really have complaints. At the time the story telling was pretty stellar and tons of cool twist. Also they made Jak a complete badass.
Damn crazy to think I never batted an eye at the song antdude uses at the end of this video when I watched this some 4-5 years ago but now I hear it and immediately think of scott the woz. Man time flies
Exactly, people constantly have this stupid belief and stupidly claim that the inclusion of guns was bad or stupid. Because it utilizes the main source of gameplay (eco) from the first game and the series, it actually does fit in perfectly. People fail to grasp this perspective and concept. You're still using Eco in the gameplay, to beat up, kill, and destroy enemies, you just so happen to be using a gun (a device for the eco and a device that was designed in the "future" to utilize eco as a more reliable weapon) this time around. It's no different from a hypothetical eco staff, eco gun staff, eco gloves, etc, and the future setting supports the gun's significance and existence. And ND were able to keep a form of gameplay similar to that of the first game, called Dark Jak. Dark Jak resembles Eco Mode from when you were in possession of eco in the first game by stepping over a vent, and Dark Jak's powers, which he has 4 of, resembles the different ecos Jak was able to use in the first game. Dark Jak *alone* came with 4 powers, the same amount of powers you gained in the first game, from all different types of Eco, not 1 eco type. But as for the colored eco types, all of those returned in different forms via the Morph Gun, so we get more powers, longer time to use eco, more eco to use, and it's overall more fun, therefore the gameplay in terms of the Morph Gun will indefinitely be stupid. Jak 3 only did a massive improvement, so there's no room for complaints on the matter.
Ahsen Shafiq That's pretty sad, and I know this is another problem with other people, which is why I continue to defend my point on guns not being a bad new concept, because it STILL uses Eco AND in a similar way to the last game. If the eco was still outputted by Jak's body in Jak II, but in a similar way to the Morph Gun, I bet you there'd be less complaints.
It really was a perfect fit. The entire game took place in a dark and gritty future, still running on the fundamentals of technology/magic/eco in the first game but far more advanced. The guns were simply a way to more easily utilize the eco offensively and show further refinement of how technology can manipulate it in the future. Guns as the medium was the perfect fit for the tonal shift in Jak 2 as well.
You're right. But take the complains of people with a grain of salt. Gamers in general are an odd and pretentious kind. Most will always spend more time complaining about stuff in games without much thought than well ... just play games. Instead of trying to find reasons as to why something might fit, they skim games in order to find things that don't. If people don't like the dark turn of jak 2, that's fine. If people don't like a game, they just don't play it. But that some spend an excessive amount of time whining and trying to ruin games for others I just find utterly disrespectful. (Had to get this off my chest xD)
I feel like your problem with the game's difficulty is your playstyle. You have to be smart. Pick off enemies from a distance, use your scatter gun whenever you're up close. I honestly never had to use the jump-spin kick-shoot combo. Also, the punch-rapid fire combo with the blaster is a godsend. Use it a lot.
I always played it slow and strategically and I never had too much trouble with the game. It was a little underwhelming considering how hard I'd heard it was meant to be.
Honestly the scatter gun is what I use all the time. But yeah experiment around, if enemies are farther away like the camo mission stick to the sniper, the Vulcan blaster works amazing for firing at those enemies in the dead city
And yeah I agree, I thought it was fairly difficult and I would never say it's easy but I don't get why people make it out as this near-impossible experience. What's even worse is when people use its difficulty as a "criticism"...isn't difficulty a good thing? It just takes patience, and strategy, you should be fine.
I think I just suck at the game but it literally took me 6 years to beat him. I'm not even kidding. I was 10 when I first got to him and I was almost 17 when I beat him.
one of my biggest grips with this game is giving Jak a voice mostly because that lessens Daxters role. Daxter not only was a comic relief character in the first game but also served as Jaks voice. similar to how Navi does for Link or Aku Aku does for Crash. giving Jak his own voice kinda removes any reason to keep him around. sure they wrote him in to be more important later on but it's just something that always bugged me.
Funny thing I think the first Jak and Daxter was the worst game of the trilogy. Don't get me wrong, the three are good games, but in my case I started with Jak 2, so when I played the original Jak and Daxter it feel like another platformer for me. The change they did was kinda smart because in one way they could distance and stop get compared with older platformers like Crash Bandicoot, the game Naughty Dog did before this one, and also expand the ideas and the world of Jak and Daxter by giving new mechanics and made a more emphasis in the story. In other words, the franchise "grow up" and got mature, at least in terms of that time, things have change a lot since then.
Nido Hime Jak & Daxter is a timeless game..... besides graphics (which could easily be remade) the game has no flaws. JAK2&3 have dated in many ways but to me are still the best of the franchise.
What do you mean the boss fight was easy? I spent about two hours in stress and sweat just trying to kill him. I think I nearly cried as well, it was hard man. I'm lost man...
Personally I find this game amazing and it's one of my most favorite games of all time. The difficulty of this game does get annoying, but you're playing within a totalitarian society, so it totally fits for me and I found it very immersive. I also found the weapons real fun to use, especially on civilians. But I did find a way to fight a bunch of enemies that had guns, especially the kick n' shoot (not the jump spin and shoot). And in the last third, I'll give you the the point with the escort missions, those sucked. But the last third I found some great platforming elements in some of those levels. Especially the mission before you fight Krew, I found some of the elements that may have carried over to Uncharted 2. I'm aware that the difficulty is harsh on many gamers, myself included, but unlike other broken harsh games, this one made me feel great that I completed it and I wanted to go through it all again.
I can understand why Jak is a bit pissed, he lost literally 2 years. He was cognizant throughout the entire time and he knows that he is never getting those two years back which were spent under severe torture and various experiments which led to him getting the dark Jak form.
I never had the problem of needing to spin and shoot for every encounter. Beyond that, I think this is a very accurate review of the game as a whole. :)
It took me over an year for to complete this game. it's my first video game ever and I had no idea how to play it. And it still is very challenging. It was not a good choice for a complete noob like me back then :D Good times!
Genuinely one of my favourite games of the ps2 era, I just loved the world and story. I was actually sad the first time I completed it because I didn't want it to be over.
Somebody might have already told you this, but Jason Rubin (one of the founders of Naughty Dog) actually admitted that they tried to make the game more like GTA. After testing some kind of beta of Jak II on a focus group, they were like "Eh yeah it's okay my *little brother* might like it" "Then what do you play?" "GTA, it's for the cool boys". So it is actually fair to compare this to GTA.
Jak II music is the best. The game's only problem is being untested and unpolished (cheap deaths, no health refills between missions, too few health points, sucky check points).
@@wojtulacehoe5089 Yes, I know of Mr Zeke. And yes, I watched that video twice. When referring to the unpolished nature, I mean several missions where you HAVE to die a few times, because the game does not explain anything, while having a timer. Timed trial and error is not good game design.
Jak II: Renegade is the best Jak game. If there is a single tough enemy punch shoot with the blaster is pretty good, as you'll damage them and then rapid shoot a few bullets into them.
Also quick tip for enemies, when they all charges at you, the red gun is your best friend especially with the fire rate upgrade. It may not be as powerful, as the yellow gun, but it does cover range, and give you a bit of distance from enemies. Yellow gun for those hard to hit enemies, blue gun, when you being rush so fast to the point the red gun don't help much, and purple gun, when shit hit the fan.
Teenage Jesus I played the first half hour or so of this game (over and over again since I couldn't get past the tank part back then) before I got the first game on Christmas. Naturally I was confused.
Am I the only guy who never spammed the Spin Jump with the Blaster? I always just tried focusing enemies into one spot and blasting them with the Spread Gun. Pretty good stuff. I think something I woulda mentioned is how unbalanced the game can be at times. Jak has 8 health slots, but most of the time, he can only take 4 hits. That combined with almost no checkpoints and a gun that has zero reliability at 360 degree aiming adds for what I'd consider one of the hardest games on the PS2. Trust me man; it's not just you.
***** I was the same I actually never knew you could spin and shoot lol! But yeah the health in the game is just bad. I love this series but I feel this game is way too hard for its own good sometimes! Jak 3 is by far my favorite! Jak X is really fun too!
Even when there's nothing to do in heaven city other than driving, even with no lock on button and even being freaking hard at times I love Jak 2. The story and the variety of missions, the action and everything like that I love.
Man, I beat this game without ever using that jump spin kick. Close range combat is so good in this game, with melee being fast and powerful and the scatter gun being a fantastic way to clear out enemies around you. If you can get good at the combat and general feel of the game, then what seems like bullshit towards the end of the game quickly does a 180 and becomes some of the most fun content the game has to offer.
You don't collect metal head eggs to power up dark jack (side note: I like to call them lemon heads). You just have to collect the dark eco (which you do get by killing metal/lemon heads).
first, my favorite is the purple gun. second, i never knew about that yellow gun method, nor do i need it. the game is easy to me and will always be fun.
again great great review. but again plz minimalize the plot spoilers. Some people haven't played these games yet and I want to know what there like without ruining the story. A spoiler tag or a time frame skip would be nice
hawawa675 Well these games are over / just about 10 years old now. I feel a threshold for handling spoilers should be about a year, at the most two or three, if the spoilers are truly something that would take you out of the experience if you knew about it beforehand. In Jak 2's case, not too much.
***** I respect that, but for the people that haven't played it yet, a simple warning is all that is needed. They are your videos, I get that, but it would be a more enjoyable experience knowing that I can appreciate the story entirely on my own
Cole Lapp did you even read what I wrote? I obviously liked the video, I said so. I simply wanted to address that some people are uncomfortable with spoilers. It's not a big deal jeez
Jak 2 is probably my favorite of the original trilogy. Jak 3, its basically the exact same thing as 2. Literally! Recycled characters, along with only one or two new faces. Only difference is a new land to explore, new characters again, and a supporting villain from Jak 2 is now the final boss of the third game.
Jak 2 is an absolute masterpiece. The challenge is rewarding. The only aspect keeping it from a 10/10, in my mind, is the mech parts. They're just cumbersome and awkward. However, you can leave the mech at any time, skip ahead, and kill all of the enemies so it isn't a painfully slow slog.
I think that Jak 1 is the best Jak and Daxter game. I love how colorful and varied the levels are. I also love Daxter as comic relief. And its more of a platformer than any other Jak game.
Hmh, about the guns. I actually found myself using every single one of them depending on the situation. Many enemies in a distance: blue Lined up enemies in front of me: red Having fun sniping people, and to get me out of a pinch(spin shots): yellow Just for fun and convinience, my favorite: purple Edit: mainly because switing guns was just pressing a button on the D-pad
Am I the only person who had a glitch with this game where Weapons Factory had NO bgm at all?? It was silent and it felt haunted cos of that. Anyways this is one of the best games ever imo.
Yes, the last third of the game is pretty hard, but it's never unfair. It really bugs me how people (in general) complain about hard parts/levels of a game and on the other half bitch about how games have gotten too easy. Overcoming obstacles is a huge part of the purpose of pretty much any video game. And if they are done right (like in Jak II in my opinion) then I'm all for it.
Erma gosh I FRICKING LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!! Seriously., reviews among top tens amazing and whatever else you do that I can't think of off the top of my head amazing. Pleaseeeeeeee we need more vidoessss
I have to say before I thought Jak 2 was the best in the Jak and Daxter series. But after replaying Jak 3, I have to say it was a huge improvement over the 2nd game. It took everything that was good and bad about the 2nd game and made it even better. Its probably my favorite game in the series.
Well lucky for me, I had the Guide, so finding the Orbs was a piece of cake. However, from the sound of it, you never played Hero Mode. Well let me tell you, IT IS NOT WORTH IT. In Hero mode the cheats are rearranged so you could, if you collect the orbs, have unlimited Dark Jak early on, but the enemies take more hits. Not a problem for Dark Jak, but Hero Mode makes the Destroy the Gunship with the turret ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. That is the hardest mission for me. And what can you get when you beat Hero Mode? The Mega Scrap book. TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT. Jak 3's Hero mode on the other hand is more forgiving and has a better reward: Audio Commentary of key cutscenes from the developers. That is always nice, Jak 3 Hero Mode has something worth while.
Arthur2light Destroy the gunship in hero mode is the hardest thing I have ever played,I still can't beat it, I didn't realise hero mode actually made it harder no wonder i'm still stuck on it, it was hard on regular mode
Lucia he has his own play style, I love your videos AntDude, like the part when jack says "I'm gonna KILL Praxis" and you are just like "............bu.........um.......NOW HOLD ON A SECOND"
I'm SOOO happy you didn't bash this game to death as I thought you were going to. This is my favorite game in the trilogy and one of my favorite 3D platformers in general. I think part of the reason why this is my favorite is because I have some great nostalgic memories with this game when I first played it back in 2007, back when I was just a wee little 7 year old. I remember having a total blast with it, even though it was really freaking hard for me, and took me 3 or 4 months to beat it, even though i did play it nonstop. From the boxart that was more edgy than anything I'd seen before, to the gun gameplay, which caught me off guard, to the freaking bomb at the strip mine mission which took me 2 hours to beat and left me infuriated, this game gave me a lot of both good and not so good memories, more good than bad. I still think the game is great, even though some missions are complete pains in my side. I have it on my ps3 HD collection, and it's the game that I revisit on the system the most.
Just want to give a warning about Jak X. The game has an autosave glitch where the icon that tells you that it's autosaving will keep blinking for a longer time than normal, and sometimes the game will crash during this and corrupt your save data. So it might be a good idea to only have the memory card inserted in your PS2 when you want to load your game or save the game manually.
The biggest (and probably only thing) I hate about this game is the lack of checkpoints. Naughty dog actually decided that for every 8 sections of a level, they'd put one down. It terrifies me to think if this game had lives.
What a backward-ass decision to make.
It's the best part to me. The 3rd one feels soulless in comparison because it lacks the same rewarding challenges
@@jackwinterson9801 Jak 2 was hard, but you could get through it with more perseverance. Jak 3 just mitigated the difficulty criticism by adding more checkpoints.
Jak 3 should have been battletoads levels of hard for a 3d platformer. I am just disappointed how it lacked challange.
It's actually a good thing, Jak 3 is too easy cuz of checkpoints. And the immersion is destroyed because you don't care if your character dies during mission, he'll just appear in the place you were 10 seconds ago.
Here is a guide if you still struggle: ua-cam.com/video/QNp0gIxtMLg/v-deo.html
''And guards who can't shoot to save their own lives."
Storm Troopers? :D
So Jak 2 is Shadow the Hedgehog done...right?
In a nutshell, yes
But in execution............NOO
That’s how I’ve always put it.
Hahahaha
No
...yes
Jak 2 was actually my favorite game of the trilogy, but I love them all so much
Raid Same, Jak 3 and 1 I can't decide
It's hard for me to compare too.
I love all the games equally
Out of all the Jak games, I definitely felt this was the hardest especially the race with errol going around Haven City; FUCK THAT MISSION!!!
Also the slums.
Of course, you could take is nice and slowly, but fuck that!
Kami R. I don't know how many times I failed that mission but it was a metric shit ton.
Yeah.
+MegaDrain THE FUCKING DOCKS
Jak 2 is finally here! We're now half way done with the marathon with two more videos to go, and while I did give off the impression that this is going to be where I snap, I think the last two episodes are going to be where that happens...
Many find this game to be really good, while some find it too hard for its own good. Where do you stand on hard games? Do you like having a guaranteed pathway to the end of do you like being tested at every turn?
Thanks for watching!
I love Jak II, but agree some missions are incredibly hard XD I hardly do the spin jump blaster combo O_o but maybe it's just me XP Hero Mode ironically makes the game easier...asides from a couple missions anyway lol suppose it's cos of the cheats being more accessible *shot*
But yep, all Jak is awesome ^^ and I can't wait to see you do more :D
Do you think that people are actually upset at spoilers? It has been out for over 10 years! I think it should be ok to mention the story in your reviews.
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I totally agree, but there are people that do complain about spoilers if they haven't played the game, no matter how long it has been out.
i do like me some hard games (such as dkc tropical freeze) but not always. i mostly prefer games that instead of testing you actually entertain you through other means like charming you (kirbys epic yarn), telling a good story (okami) or make me feel like i'm in an actual place with fascinating people or creatures (the pikmin series). but if there's one level of difficulty i cannot stand its nes to snes levels of difficult. it's just........too much.
Your complaints about difficulty are really strange to me considering I beat the game when I was really little, only once in hero mode is it hard.
Also the precursor orbs are for cheats/secrets, weird complaint but you kinda acknowledged that so w/e.
I'm not sure why you put so many games on a pedestal above Jak 1. All those games have a lot of different problems and I can't help but feel you're going into this series playing them for the wrong reason.
Jak 3 and Jak X are excellent games, I think if you enjoyed 2 you'll probably enjoy 3. Especially if you thought 2 was too difficult for some reason. Jak X is a pretty fun kart racer, although I think you are going to dislike the controls. It's sort of slippery? Idk, I love the game. Also will this be covering the lost frontier?
I love Jak 2. I don't care how hard the game is I love the challenge.
Spot on!
I still prefer sly cooper 3, that is always my favorite
Kirsten Walker ew that’s gayyyy
@@georgeoscarbluth1101 you're the one who's gay :)
Kou lol ur gay
I love Jak 2. It's one of my favorite PS2 games. Besides one or two really hard segments and driving around too much in the open world I don't really have complaints. At the time the story telling was pretty stellar and tons of cool twist. Also they made Jak a complete badass.
Damn crazy to think I never batted an eye at the song antdude uses at the end of this video when I watched this some 4-5 years ago but now I hear it and immediately think of scott the woz. Man time flies
Exactly, people constantly have this stupid belief and stupidly claim that the inclusion of guns was bad or stupid. Because it utilizes the main source of gameplay (eco) from the first game and the series, it actually does fit in perfectly. People fail to grasp this perspective and concept. You're still using Eco in the gameplay, to beat up, kill, and destroy enemies, you just so happen to be using a gun (a device for the eco and a device that was designed in the "future" to utilize eco as a more reliable weapon) this time around. It's no different from a hypothetical eco staff, eco gun staff, eco gloves, etc, and the future setting supports the gun's significance and existence.
And ND were able to keep a form of gameplay similar to that of the first game, called Dark Jak. Dark Jak resembles Eco Mode from when you were in possession of eco in the first game by stepping over a vent, and Dark Jak's powers, which he has 4 of, resembles the different ecos Jak was able to use in the first game. Dark Jak *alone* came with 4 powers, the same amount of powers you gained in the first game, from all different types of Eco, not 1 eco type.
But as for the colored eco types, all of those returned in different forms via the Morph Gun, so we get more powers, longer time to use eco, more eco to use, and it's overall more fun, therefore the gameplay in terms of the Morph Gun will indefinitely be stupid. Jak 3 only did a massive improvement, so there's no room for complaints on the matter.
OMFG it only took me 13 YEARS to realise the guns in Jak 2 and 3 use eco. WOOOOW
Ahsen Shafiq That's pretty sad, and I know this is another problem with other people, which is why I continue to defend my point on guns not being a bad new concept, because it STILL uses Eco AND in a similar way to the last game. If the eco was still outputted by Jak's body in Jak II, but in a similar way to the Morph Gun, I bet you there'd be less complaints.
It really was a perfect fit. The entire game took place in a dark and gritty future, still running on the fundamentals of technology/magic/eco in the first game but far more advanced. The guns were simply a way to more easily utilize the eco offensively and show further refinement of how technology can manipulate it in the future. Guns as the medium was the perfect fit for the tonal shift in Jak 2 as well.
You're right. But take the complains of people with a grain of salt.
Gamers in general are an odd and pretentious kind. Most will always spend more time complaining about stuff in games without much thought than well
... just play games.
Instead of trying to find reasons as to why something might fit, they skim games in order to find things that don't.
If people don't like the dark turn of jak 2, that's fine. If people don't like a game, they just don't play it. But that some spend an excessive amount of time whining and trying to ruin games for others I just find utterly disrespectful.
(Had to get this off my chest xD)
What do you mean no memorable tracks? ANYONE who played this remembers the Krimson Guard track after you bumped one.
I can hum every track, they're so catchy
Man, I am really going to have to step up my game now.
Perhaps another month of something. maybe even smash. hint hint.
The Announcer: Two weeks later...
moer Jak pls
Jak 1-3 was my favourite platforming series
I feel like your problem with the game's difficulty is your playstyle. You have to be smart. Pick off enemies from a distance, use your scatter gun whenever you're up close. I honestly never had to use the jump-spin kick-shoot combo. Also, the punch-rapid fire combo with the blaster is a godsend. Use it a lot.
This.
Thank you!
I always played it slow and strategically and I never had too much trouble with the game. It was a little underwhelming considering how hard I'd heard it was meant to be.
Honestly the scatter gun is what I use all the time. But yeah experiment around, if enemies are farther away like the camo mission stick to the sniper, the Vulcan blaster works amazing for firing at those enemies in the dead city
And yeah I agree, I thought it was fairly difficult and I would never say it's easy but I don't get why people make it out as this near-impossible experience. What's even worse is when people use its difficulty as a "criticism"...isn't difficulty a good thing? It just takes patience, and strategy, you should be fine.
I almost never used dark jak
Glad I'm not the only one.
i never really used it either. I didn't even level it up
I only saved it for big battles in the main missions.
Dark Jak was the best
Dark Jak came in clutch for bosses or a last resort, it was badass!
God I hate driving in this game the streets are too narrow and you bump into everything.
GrayWoIf I agree i bump into everything next time if they do this i hope they don't do the same thing like in this game.
What if you just suck at it😂
Padding at its worst, very tedious. Ratchet and clanks 10 second cutscenes between missions is much better
not to mention they are apparently power by nukes
When you turn release the x button momentarily. Solved
The final boss was easy? I don't remember him being easy to beat. I had a hard time with him. Ironically, I found his final form to be the easiest.
It was a bit hard at first but eventually you can even do a no damage.
I think I just suck at the game but it literally took me 6 years to beat him. I'm not even kidding. I was 10 when I first got to him and I was almost 17 when I beat him.
The final level was hell. It took me 50 tries to finally kill the metal head leader. Don't say its easy because its not.
Jak 2 is probably the best game I've ever played in my life.
Same. I plan on playing it again during Christmas
Play more games.
I would agree but I have played GTA: San Andreas.
Strange Brew There are better games these days but Jak 2 will always be great.
Well that’s because it was definitely a Top 5 PS2 game.
Jak 2 is actually my favourite game of all time
Mojofilms Productions the only thing that genuinely bugs me is how hard it is to get all the precussor eggs. I wanna play hero mode dammit
You mean jak 2 renegade is your favorite game of all time
Not in America.
evan/odd the land of racism not America
Mine as well. Jak 2 is and will forever be the shit!
one of my biggest grips with this game is giving Jak a voice mostly because that lessens Daxters role. Daxter not only was a comic relief character in the first game but also served as Jaks voice. similar to how Navi does for Link or Aku Aku does for Crash. giving Jak his own voice kinda removes any reason to keep him around. sure they wrote him in to be more important later on but it's just something that always bugged me.
+3Bismyname I don't know dude, I think Daxter had way more funnier lines and moments in this game then the first one.
Funny thing I think the first Jak and Daxter was the worst game of the trilogy. Don't get me wrong, the three are good games, but in my case I started with Jak 2, so when I played the original Jak and Daxter it feel like another platformer for me. The change they did was kinda smart because in one way they could distance and stop get compared with older platformers like Crash Bandicoot, the game Naughty Dog did before this one, and also expand the ideas and the world of Jak and Daxter by giving new mechanics and made a more emphasis in the story. In other words, the franchise "grow up" and got mature, at least in terms of that time, things have change a lot since then.
Nido Hime Jak & Daxter is a timeless game..... besides graphics (which could easily be remade) the game has no flaws. JAK2&3 have dated in many ways but to me are still the best of the franchise.
the guns have names too. the red one is the scatter gun, yellow one is the blaster, blue is the vulcan fury, and purple is the peace maker.
I always liked that Jak 2 actually gave Jak a cool personality
Could have sworn you were gonna call him a 'Jak Ass'...
PrimeVinyl You've given me a brilliant idea. People are going to hate you for this.
***** yay :D
+PrimeVinyl Clever
Hardy har har. Clever.
i thought he was gonna say jak needs to stop jak - ing hovercars
What do you mean the boss fight was easy? I spent about two hours in stress and sweat just trying to kill him. I think I nearly cried as well, it was hard man. I'm lost man...
It’s the annoying ass bugs
Personally I find this game amazing and it's one of my most favorite games of all time. The difficulty of this game does get annoying, but you're playing within a totalitarian society, so it totally fits for me and I found it very immersive. I also found the weapons real fun to use, especially on civilians. But I did find a way to fight a bunch of enemies that had guns, especially the kick n' shoot (not the jump spin and shoot). And in the last third, I'll give you the the point with the escort missions, those sucked. But the last third I found some great platforming elements in some of those levels. Especially the mission before you fight Krew, I found some of the elements that may have carried over to Uncharted 2. I'm aware that the difficulty is harsh on many gamers, myself included, but unlike other broken harsh games, this one made me feel great that I completed it and I wanted to go through it all again.
Peppy saying "use the boost to get through" made me laugh way more than is should have.
I can understand why Jak is a bit pissed, he lost literally 2 years. He was cognizant throughout the entire time and he knows that he is never getting those two years back which were spent under severe torture and various experiments which led to him getting the dark Jak form.
this game was so amazing. I agree with some of your criticism but that game was so incredible. One of my all time favorites.
I never had the problem of needing to spin and shoot for every encounter.
Beyond that, I think this is a very accurate review of the game as a whole. :)
even being a pretty big platformer fan i really did enjoy jak 2 a lot more
You bite your tongue.
Shadow the Hedgehog is a national treasure.
It took me over an year for to complete this game. it's my first video game ever and I had no idea how to play it. And it still is very challenging. It was not a good choice for a complete noob like me back then :D Good times!
"invincibility frames.." Dark Souls broke that rule really hard.
Lightning Ball of *DEATH* and _DESTRUCTION_!
Genuinely one of my favourite games of the ps2 era, I just loved the world and story. I was actually sad the first time I completed it because I didn't want it to be over.
Somebody might have already told you this, but Jason Rubin (one of the founders of Naughty Dog) actually admitted that they tried to make the game more like GTA. After testing some kind of beta of Jak II on a focus group, they were like "Eh yeah it's okay my *little brother* might like it" "Then what do you play?" "GTA, it's for the cool boys". So it is actually fair to compare this to GTA.
Jak II music is the best.
The game's only problem is being untested and unpolished (cheap deaths, no health refills between missions, too few health points, sucky check points).
Jak 3 and Jak 1 music is better imo. Not saying Jak 2 has bad soundtrack.
So by 'untested and unpolished' you mean the game is too hard. Here is a guide for you: ua-cam.com/video/QNp0gIxtMLg/v-deo.html.
@@wojtulacehoe5089 Yes, I know of Mr Zeke. And yes, I watched that video twice. When referring to the unpolished nature, I mean several missions where you HAVE to die a few times, because the game does not explain anything, while having a timer. Timed trial and error is not good game design.
6:16 Uh, I believe it should be called the...
*🎵LIGHTNING BALL OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!🎵*
Jak II: Renegade is the best Jak game. If there is a single tough enemy punch shoot with the blaster is pretty good, as you'll damage them and then rapid shoot a few bullets into them.
the spinning attack is NOT the main attack move, its the forward spin into triple shot.
Also quick tip for enemies, when they all charges at you, the red gun is your best friend especially with the fire rate upgrade. It may not be as powerful, as the yellow gun, but it does cover range, and give you a bit of distance from enemies. Yellow gun for those hard to hit enemies, blue gun, when you being rush so fast to the point the red gun don't help much, and purple gun, when shit hit the fan.
2:57 This was pretty much my reaction the first time playing this too.
+Darrell Gulseth "I'm gonna KILL Naughty Dog!"
linguicaguy Well that's a little extreme.
Teenage Jesus I played the first half hour or so of this game (over and over again since I couldn't get past the tank part back then) before I got the first game on Christmas. Naturally I was confused.
Jak 2 was definitely hard af... but still fun😊... the rage was real 😬 maybe the dark eco is contagious 😆
I loled so hard when you talked about the end missions
Am I the only guy who never spammed the Spin Jump with the Blaster? I always just tried focusing enemies into one spot and blasting them with the Spread Gun. Pretty good stuff.
I think something I woulda mentioned is how unbalanced the game can be at times. Jak has 8 health slots, but most of the time, he can only take 4 hits. That combined with almost no checkpoints and a gun that has zero reliability at 360 degree aiming adds for what I'd consider one of the hardest games on the PS2.
Trust me man; it's not just you.
***** I was the same I actually never knew you could spin and shoot lol! But yeah the health in the game is just bad. I love this series but I feel this game is way too hard for its own good sometimes! Jak 3 is by far my favorite! Jak X is really fun too!
Can we also just appreciate that the voice of baron praxis is the voice of uka uka from crash 3 and nitro cart?
The orbs in jak two where insanely hard to get, so I used debug mode to get all of them. Don’t judge
Even when there's nothing to do in heaven city other than driving, even with no lock on button and even being freaking hard at times I love Jak 2. The story and the variety of missions, the action and everything like that I love.
Man, I beat this game without ever using that jump spin kick. Close range combat is so good in this game, with melee being fast and powerful and the scatter gun being a fantastic way to clear out enemies around you. If you can get good at the combat and general feel of the game, then what seems like bullshit towards the end of the game quickly does a 180 and becomes some of the most fun content the game has to offer.
this is honestly one of your funniest reviews in my opinion
Jak & Daxter is the best fucking game i've ever played. I cannot wait for when it comes to PS4. LETS FUCKING GO! Just 1 fucking month
jak 2 is the best in the series
XylarBig Jak and Daxter is better
This game shows how naturally Human changes as they grow up. They could remain their usual self or being solf or serious and mature
You don't collect metal head eggs to power up dark jack (side note: I like to call them lemon heads). You just have to collect the dark eco (which you do get by killing metal/lemon heads).
first, my favorite is the purple gun. second, i never knew about that yellow gun method, nor do i need it. the game is easy to me and will always be fun.
This game took me years to complete. But nostalgia is a powerful thing so I can't halp up and love it all the same.
again great great review. but again plz minimalize the plot spoilers. Some people haven't played these games yet and I want to know what there like without ruining the story. A spoiler tag or a time frame skip would be nice
hawawa675 Well these games are over / just about 10 years old now. I feel a threshold for handling spoilers should be about a year, at the most two or three, if the spoilers are truly something that would take you out of the experience if you knew about it beforehand. In Jak 2's case, not too much.
***** I respect that, but for the people that haven't played it yet, a simple warning is all that is needed. They are your videos, I get that, but it would be a more enjoyable experience knowing that I can appreciate the story entirely on my own
hawawa675
who cares? I like to see if it's good or not,if you don't like it,then why you are in youtube?
Cole Lapp did you even read what I wrote? I obviously liked the video, I said so. I simply wanted to address that some people are uncomfortable with spoilers. It's not a big deal jeez
hawawa675
what if the game is bad?
Jak 2 is probably my favorite of the original trilogy. Jak 3, its basically the exact same thing as 2. Literally! Recycled characters, along with only one or two new faces. Only difference is a new land to explore, new characters again, and a supporting villain from Jak 2 is now the final boss of the third game.
After the same shit over and over, I think they made the right move with this sequel.
Jak 2 is an absolute masterpiece. The challenge is rewarding. The only aspect keeping it from a 10/10, in my mind, is the mech parts. They're just cumbersome and awkward. However, you can leave the mech at any time, skip ahead, and kill all of the enemies so it isn't a painfully slow slog.
I have never used the jump spin shoot trick in this game and beat it several times
Thank you !!! I think people just suck at this game because it's not ratchet and clank
I just used the Red Shotgun a lot since it was a spread shot.
I love this game so much. My favorite aspect of the game is that you can go around punching NPCs and they make funny noises as they wail in pain.
I'm in the process of playing this game for the first time in 10 years and this is sooo accurate. Well done.
I think that Jak 1 is the best Jak and Daxter game. I love how colorful and varied the levels are. I also love Daxter as comic relief. And its more of a platformer than any other Jak game.
a purple "LIGHTNING BALL OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!"
Holly shit Dame you have no idea how much I have forgotten vex Dame this name bring back memories
Hmh, about the guns. I actually found myself using every single one of them depending on the situation.
Many enemies in a distance: blue
Lined up enemies in front of me: red
Having fun sniping people, and to get me out of a pinch(spin shots): yellow
Just for fun and convinience, my favorite: purple
Edit: mainly because switing guns was just pressing a button on the D-pad
wow i've played this game hundreds of times and I never knew about the jump spin shoot attack.
I never actually had to do the blaster-spin-jump. The only thing that made the game hard were the gold challenges for NYFE racing honestly
Am I the only person who had a glitch with this game where Weapons Factory had NO bgm at all?? It was silent and it felt haunted cos of that. Anyways this is one of the best games ever imo.
How Krew has amazingly trimmed legs is one of life's great mysteries.
I never did that spinning thing with the gun and had very little trouble when it came to the enemy rushes. Didn't really mean much in my playthrough.
That's cause it's actually not that good in the long run
Yes, the last third of the game is pretty hard, but it's never unfair. It really bugs me how people (in general) complain about hard parts/levels of a game and on the other half bitch about how games have gotten too easy. Overcoming obstacles is a huge part of the purpose of pretty much any video game. And if they are done right (like in Jak II in my opinion) then I'm all for it.
soooooo...i actually didn't notice that spin-move was even in the game, until my second playthrough. really not necessary, actually.
Erma gosh I FRICKING LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!! Seriously., reviews among top tens amazing and whatever else you do that I can't think of off the top of my head amazing. Pleaseeeeeeee we need more vidoessss
I have to say before I thought Jak 2 was the best in the Jak and Daxter series. But after replaying Jak 3, I have to say it was a huge improvement over the 2nd game. It took everything that was good and bad about the 2nd game and made it even better. Its probably my favorite game in the series.
i really loved the racing and jet boarding in this game, it was just too much fun
I loved the background music in this game so much
Well lucky for me, I had the Guide, so finding the Orbs was a piece of cake. However, from the sound of it, you never played Hero Mode. Well let me tell you, IT IS NOT WORTH IT. In Hero mode the cheats are rearranged so you could, if you collect the orbs, have unlimited Dark Jak early on, but the enemies take more hits. Not a problem for Dark Jak, but Hero Mode makes the Destroy the Gunship with the turret ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. That is the hardest mission for me. And what can you get when you beat Hero Mode? The Mega Scrap book. TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT.
Jak 3's Hero mode on the other hand is more forgiving and has a better reward: Audio Commentary of key cutscenes from the developers. That is always nice, Jak 3 Hero Mode has something worth while.
Arthur2light Destroy the gunship in hero mode is the hardest thing I have ever played,I still can't beat it, I didn't realise hero mode actually made it harder no wonder i'm still stuck on it, it was hard on regular mode
Wow! So that’s why the gunship mission was so hard on hero mode😂. Wtf I thought it was just me!
Lucia he has his own play style, I love your videos AntDude, like the part when jack says "I'm gonna KILL Praxis" and you are just like "............bu.........um.......NOW HOLD ON A SECOND"
I think this sums up my feelings pretty well.
huh the old days when Anthony Cussed.
Tbh playing the Jak collection back on the ps3, this is still my favorite Jak game.
that's a missed opportunity. ya didn't say, "LIGHTNING BALL OF DEATH & DESTRUCTION!"
This is my favourite one of the series
Suprisingly many ppl have that glitched cutscene but i never had a problem with it
I love the Mechsuit actually :)
JUMPING SPINNING YELLOW RICOCHET SHOT IS BEST SHOT.
All you needed was Jak and Daxter the precursor legacy,Jak 2 and Jak 3.
Jak 2 was a bitch sometimes- still loved it tho
same
The Dark Souls of it's time.
Sometimes?
If you’re gonna have your silent protagonist speak for the first time, “I’M GONNA KILL PRAXIS!” Is the way to do it.
5:05 guess you can say jak jacked that car
I'm SOOO happy you didn't bash this game to death as I thought you were going to. This is my favorite game in the trilogy and one of my favorite 3D platformers in general.
I think part of the reason why this is my favorite is because I have some great nostalgic memories with this game when I first played it back in 2007, back when I was just a wee little 7 year old. I remember having a total blast with it, even though it was really freaking hard for me, and took me 3 or 4 months to beat it, even though i did play it nonstop. From the boxart that was more edgy than anything I'd seen before, to the gun gameplay, which caught me off guard, to the freaking bomb at the strip mine mission which took me 2 hours to beat and left me infuriated, this game gave me a lot of both good and not so good memories, more good than bad.
I still think the game is great, even though some missions are complete pains in my side. I have it on my ps3 HD collection, and it's the game that I revisit on the system the most.
Just want to give a warning about Jak X. The game has an autosave glitch where the icon that tells you that it's autosaving will keep blinking for a longer time than normal, and sometimes the game will crash during this and corrupt your save data. So it might be a good idea to only have the memory card inserted in your PS2 when you want to load your game or save the game manually.
love jak 2 favorite game in the series and one of the first ps2 games i ever owned
0:58 Damn, Shadow The Hedgehog 2 looks BEAUTiful
I loved transforming to giant evil jack and destroy anything in my way.
SO MUCH POWEEEER!!!
I would like to point out how clever it was to make a game featuring Daxter during that 2 year time period. Seriously.
I did the first and third Jak. Now I’m on this one. Wow. I think this one is the best so far. It’s hard as hell, but it’s so freakin good.