THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: AdmiralViscen on April 06, 2008, 08:48:06 PM

Title: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 06, 2008, 08:48:06 PM
As part of my no-new-releases ADD gaming habits.

Goodbye Pikmin and JSRF.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: CurseoftheGods on April 06, 2008, 09:49:47 PM
It's the only good game in the series.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 06, 2008, 09:53:08 PM
I was given all three  :'(

I've dabbled in 1 and 2 and didn't see the appeal of either. The first seemed like Banjo all over again and the second was like a shitty version of Ratchet. But I'm going to try 1 again, at least.

I'm also thinking about buying Sly Cooper.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: demi on April 06, 2008, 09:53:30 PM
You are gonna get bored
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: Darunia on April 06, 2008, 09:54:07 PM
Quote from: CurseoftheGods on April 06, 2008, 09:49:47 PM
It's the only good game in the series.

meh. I don't like Jak II all that much but I thought Jak III was very enjoyable again. Probably my favorite Jak game. I also like how they wrapped up the story. That reveal might've been zany, I didn't see it coming

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I'm also thinking about buying Sly Cooper.

don't think, do. best platformer on the ps2
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: y2kev on April 06, 2008, 09:55:01 PM
Quote from: CurseoftheGods on April 06, 2008, 09:49:47 PM
It's the only good game in the series.

jak 3 is good.

i even kinda like jak 2, but it's got some bad design decisions and it is nonsensically hard in spots.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: Powerslave on April 06, 2008, 09:57:11 PM
all "platformers" on PS2, Xbox, PS3 and 360 suck.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 06, 2008, 09:58:42 PM
I added Sly 1 to my Amazon cart, I'll buy it next time I want something. What's the best Ape Escape?

Quote from: Powerslave on April 06, 2008, 09:57:11 PM
all "platformers" on PS2, Xbox, PS3 and 360 suck.

So that leaves... Super Mario Sunshine?
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 06, 2008, 10:04:38 PM
So why the fuck is there a big black bar on the left of the screen and not in the right.

I have it set to Full Screen and stuffs.

edit; nm there's an option to shift the screen, and it includes a 16x9 option. Pretty cool.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: Smooth Groove on April 06, 2008, 10:06:49 PM
1st J&D is the most fun although the sequels have way better graphics.  

Naughty Dog knows how to make platforming levels better than Insomniac but too bad they don't just stick to doing that.  

2&3 had some great platforming action but you have to trudge through a lot of GTA-lite crap in between.  
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: Powerslave on April 06, 2008, 10:07:56 PM
I forgot the Gamecube and Wii existed.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 06, 2008, 10:09:57 PM
wow, gfx are surprisingly good

waaay too much cutscene
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: Eric P on April 06, 2008, 10:15:42 PM
Quote from: CurseoftheGods on April 06, 2008, 09:49:47 PM
It's the only good game in the series.

yes

Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: demi on April 06, 2008, 10:15:42 PM
I'll tell you how the entire trilogy ends to save yourself the trouble

Jak and Daxter Ending
Jak is actually Mar, who is the son of Damas, the banished king of Haven City (Jak 2 and 3), who was sent to the past, who then comes back to the future, and Daxter is one of the legendary Ottsels that are actually the ancient Precursors
[close]
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 06, 2008, 10:16:57 PM
 :o

I wish I could skip cutscenes, especially now!
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: demi on April 06, 2008, 10:18:06 PM
Yeah it really doesnt make sense, Daxter doesnt fit in with any of them, its just a side game that sucks
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 06, 2008, 10:19:08 PM
I've been playing for 10 minutes and I already have like 5 different pewpy dewpy doodads to collect. It's kinda cool though.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: gibletsngravy on April 06, 2008, 11:56:39 PM
It's a rote platformer, but the animation's real nice and its still worth a playthrough.

(:bow ps2)

Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 07, 2008, 12:00:41 AM
Quote from: AdmiralViscen on April 06, 2008, 10:19:08 PM
I've been playing for 10 minutes and I already have like 5 different pewpy dewpy doodads to collect. It's kinda cool though.

Don't let the large amount of collectibles fool you, you can beat the game and get 101% in like 7 hours. So hurry up and do it, so you can play a real game like Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. :bow2
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: pilonv1 on April 07, 2008, 12:41:48 AM
J&D was great in 2001 or whatever when it took all the great things from every good platformer ever and put them together. It was much better than Mario Sunshine.

Then Naughty Dog decided to go a different direction and failed epically.

I don't think J&D would hold up much better now. Sly Cooper is so much better.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 07, 2008, 12:45:27 AM
This game is short as fuck, I stopped playing to go to the store and to watch an episode of Seinfeld and other stuff and I'm still at 18% already. Who says this gen is the origin of short ass games.

Anyway, I like it a lot. You can't do collectibles better than this. Every time you talk to some loser you get a mission on your subscreen so you don't forget, you know exactly how many of everything are in each area, etc. If Zelda or Crackdown did this I'd be more compelled to get all the stuffs.

I like it. Also the fish catching minigame blows, but I remember beating it for my cousin years ago so I can do it again.


There's no way this is better than Sunshine btw. It's a shame ND diverted from this, and then went for Uncharted.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 09, 2008, 04:50:07 PM
66 whatsits with 259 other whatsits

B
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 09, 2008, 04:50:57 PM
Now play Sly Cooper!
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 09, 2008, 05:07:57 PM
Next time I order something on Amazon I'll tack that on with it, don't worry.

70 main whatsits and 235 currency whatsits, I'll be going to the last area now.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 09, 2008, 05:12:04 PM
Wait fuck do I need 80? damn it.


nope 72, she just didn't notify me.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: Bildi on April 09, 2008, 08:43:12 PM
I really liked Jak 1, it's by-the-numbers platforming but it does it well.  I have 2 and 3 sitting on the shelf but I never got around to starting them.

Sly 2 was better though, freakin' awesome.  Everyone says Sly 1 is better but I never got around to Sly 1 or 3.  And it's now against my religion to buy previous gen games because my backlog is stupidly out of control.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: pilonv1 on April 09, 2008, 08:59:44 PM
Sly Cooper is better. I never played the sequels but I find it hard to believe they were better.
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: The Sceneman on April 09, 2008, 08:59:56 PM
Ive never played any of these homo Sony platformers, and Im not going to start

I havent touched a 3d platformer in years... last one I remember playing was Gex 3d-2 on PS1 (which was awesome. "let the orgy begin!")
Title: Re: So I think I'm gonna pop in Jak and Daxter
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 09, 2008, 09:37:15 PM
Quote from: pilonv1 on April 09, 2008, 08:59:44 PM
Sly Cooper is better. I never played the sequels but I find it hard to believe they were better.

They weren't. I've played all three. The first one was cool because it had linear levels like Klonoa. Some of the levels were really inspired, like the library level or the Voodoo Swamp level where you have to out run the monster. In Sly 2 & 3, they switched to an hub level design like the second two Jak games and added Sly's Shitty Friends.  :-\ It's alright, but the best parts where still the linear section like when you had to sneak through a building as Sly.