Daxter

For the most part this game was fun. Basically, like the last two parts of the Jak trilogy. The star is the major difference as finally Daxter takes center stage. Hired by an exterminator to handle the ever increasing bug problem in Haven city, Daxter maneuvers his way through differing locales to help rid inside and outside the city of its pest problems. And oh, he may also find the time to rescue his good pal Jak in the process as well. The fighting and action like the Jak games is varied enough to keep it interesting. You do your standard platform action, flying action and even a little gun action. There are also dream sequence mini games that are rather funny and a bit fun too. Simple to play as well as they usually just consist of you pushing the correct button displayed. Though for some reason the first one of these games was the hardest for me to do...the others seemed easy compared to it. The game does have a tendency to be a bit to much go here, now the next place with a bit to little interaction with other characters. I want to see Daxter talking more to the citizens of Haven rather than rushing off to battle after battle. I also was getting a bit frustrated near the end as the game was getting quite difficult near the end. On the plus side the final boss was easy enough to take care off. So in the end, not quite as good as the Jak games, this one is still fun and worth a look.

Since the PSP has been around gaming circles for several years now, there has been on ongoing effort to promote it's stellar line-up of great PS2 franchises to the small screen with great results; evidenced by the Syphon Filter and Wipeout series of games that made their first appearances on the PSone. So it is with great fanfare that Sony, makers of the Playstation brand, return with Daxter, sidekick of Jak in an all new adventure.

To call this game anything revolutionary is a stretch of the imagination. However, that is not the case here. While the series was groundbreaking for it's time, it still adhered to the basic fundamentals of platform gaming and in that regard it succeeds wonderfully. Everything is simply top dollar which is to be expected of Sony, especially given their extensive library of games of this ilk; notably the Crash Bandicoot series arguably the best platform game that came out on PSone several years ago. But Daxter is a charming and whimsical character in his own right with sense of humor and personality to match his equally charming and whimsical world that harbors many secrets and plot details not seen before in the previous games. Praise must be given to the developers building up this world from the ground up with the most impressive know-hows of utilizing every trick within the system's hardware to deliver stunning and well realized worlds that are nothing but deliciously sublime. Even more so, the voice talent draws you in and keeps you glued to the small screen as the plot unfolds a story of how he became the bug exterminator of the town. Without delving into the story, I would say that it's entertaining in it's own right but nothing really that amps up your level of excitement, which is a flaw among many.

Certain issues that plague most 3d action games are the camera. Now I know that there are times the camera can be manageable but there are times that you want to pull your hair out in frustration when it makes you mistime a jump or inexplicably get trapped in a corner where you'll more than likely get pummeled by enemies in a matter of seconds. The game controls nicely, though the game could've run a little faster. Some of the missions can be infuriatingly difficult which will put off younger players but novice and veteran players of platform games will see their way through.

But it's got a LOAD of mini games to boot, which gives it added length in the course of the game; some of which are required to obtain certain items that are needed to advance further into the game. Many of them are quite hilarious and original in their execution. Daxter exaggerates himself in various pop-culture icons that pay homage to famous classic movies. It's a nice twist on the overall quest with loads of goodies to unlock such as concept art and alternate costumes that give the character a unique if humorous look.

So....is Daxter a great game? In my opinion, yes. But if you played any of the previous games, there's really not much to find here as it's essentially a spin-off of the main series. If you are new to the franchise, my advice would be to play the first two games then tackle this one, provided of course if you have a PSP. In the end, if you want a solid, platforming game then this may be right up your alley, but if you want something original, you will want to pass.

It's incredible, trust me, you will love this game!

The graphics connect incredibly to the PS2 version of the games, Jak and Daxter, Jak 2, Jak 3, and Jak X.

It is also funny.

The action is very fun and it is not a boring game!

You have to try this game out, it's entertaining and exciting!

But most of all, the best part is you are the greatest bug exterminator who ever lived!

But don't take my word for it! Try it out!

P.S: You have to have a PSP because it wasn't released on PS2. And I didn't think this game would be good!

But... BOY WAS I WRONG!

I sincerely don't get what's all this fuss about this game. This is a mediocre platformer with great graphics. I mean the graphics are good, but the story is disappointing and the gameplay is boring. It's so repetitive! And it's not even fun after a few hours...

You're just doing the same things over and over again. And near the end, the game gets hard and annoying. Not a good game, I didn't like it. And the story doesn't even get a decent conclusion! It was just so anti-climatic...

The good:

1. Graphics are nice 2. The cutscenes are funny 3. It has a style in graphics 4. The enemies are cool

The bad:

1. Leveldesign. Repetitive, and there are only a few great ideas, like the floating wood in the sawmill. The rest is nothing special. 2. The controls are sometimes awkward 3. The camera is driving you nuts constantly! When you're backed up against a wall, there's no way you can turn it around to see what's directly in front of you! It's madness! Even though you can control the camera with L and R, you often curse the inane camera movement... 4. The story. It's clichéed, it's boring and it doesn't have a closure! What were they thinking??? It was so anti-climatic, I stared at the screen of my PSP for minutes after the endsequence, and thought "That's it?" Come on! 5. The bossfights aren't exciting. Something is wrong with them. I can't tell you what, but they weren't as good as they could've been...

Overall, I give it a 6/10.