Jak II

JAK II (2003) is the second game in the Jak and Daxter game series by Naughty Dog (Crash Bandicoot, Last of Us etc.) It takes a slightly darker turn than its predecessor in terms of story.

"After being tortured and experimented upon in a dystopian city for two years, Jak escapes from prison and joins a rebel group, hoping for answers to his newfound dark powers."

Overall, Jak II is a very fun game, it's a bit darker and more challenging than the first game. This game definitely brings a depth and richness to the dystopian world and makes for an excellent game experience. A modern classic and well worth the investment.

Jak 1 was pretty cool. But for some reason people thought it looked like an easter egg hunt for babies so they made Jak II the polar opposite in almost every way.

If anyone is wondering why I don't love the PS2 so much it's because of games like Jak II hogging the light. I thought it was a such a boring meandering video game that your older cousin made you play as a right of passage.

Jak II is about Jak who gone emo with his dark Eco and I actually don't care about it's story because the characters look like American Dragonball Z ripoffs. They say damn a lot and it gives me a realistic depiction of a panic attack every time. Anyway, they have to kill a guy who tortured him or something.

But Jak 2 is so boring in it's gameplay. Oh yes, every game has to ripoff GTA now. Even platformers for some reason? Well here you go, play as Jak and Daxter ready to kick butt. Wielding guns blasting bad guys. This game is much longer and harder than the first one but I don't think that's something to celebrate. The world of Jak 2 is so mundane, it's just lifeless despite it's toony idealistic art direction. Everything is so grey and blue but it's all so boring and drab why do I even bother. Driving is ok, you'll crash alot. There are racing challenges about and side quests. Who asked for Jak II to be a sandbox game? Just stay in your lane Naughty Dog and make semi open or linear games. I felt so bored walking though this land. People who think every game should be open world should not be gamers.

The graphics are pretty cool though, or would be if they weren't so drab and flat as they are. Jak himself is well animated and is made of 10,000 polygons. Maybe if this was a full on PS3 game it would work. Nothing is super blocky or low res. But nothing is super impressive either.

Overall Jak II is a slog and it's only gonna get worse by 3. Blinx is better.

I loved the setting of the firts game, in this one they completly changed it. They developed a GTA-like game with empty city and boring point-to-point driving in it. Also, graphic settings did not saving, checkpoint system is bad and some moments is not hard, they just annoying. Some missions are good and plot not so bad, but anyway, i'm dissapointed

Yes, in this one you go from your standard platform type game to a game where Jak does not only kill enemies with spin attacks, but also with guns. He also steals hover vehicles and takes them for a spin. Why the sudden shift? Easy, Grand Theft Auto III came out and a lot of games took this sort of free roaming shift. Not that it is bad here, I just prefer the way the first one moved better. This one does pick up where the first one left off. Jak, Daxter, Keira, and Samos the sage have put together some device and it transports them to a future world to a city called Haven City. This place is bad news, Jak is found and taken prisoner and is kept prisoner when Daxter finally comes to the rescue. You then must do various missions throughout the very large city ranging from fetch quests, chases, and re con missions to try to take power back from the one who now rules Haven City. Jak now shoots a gun with different forms of ammo and you even get a skateboard that you can use in a type of skate course or throughout your travels in this huge city. This one though has some missions that are cuss and hair pulling inducing. Some of the chase scenes within the city is maddening thanks to a very filled street. I mean there are so many hover crafts and they do not move out of your way. You also never get any more health during these missions which adds to the frustration. However, the story here is good as is the game play...it is a shame they felt they had to take the game into a new direction, but they do a relatively good job getting it there.

Jak and Daxter: Precursors Legacy was a super fun action platform we for PS2. This sequel not only expanded its lore but completely revamped its gameplay in a way that added a bunch of awesome new mechanics like guns and flying cars. The mission logistics made it feel very GTA inspired which just worked well for this game. This is early Naughty Dog, so the quality is there - fun characters, funny dialog and polish. Overall very fun game and one of the exceptional sequels out there that are better than the first installment.