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(More customer reviews)I admit I bought these three games seperately, but to this day, I have only played them in succession because, to me, they all seem to be different stages of the same story.Each tells a little about Jak and his world, and each continues what came before.Each is a little different, but when added up, they all form a beautiful, captivating, hilarious picture.
Jak and Daxter is an adventure game trilogy involving the characters of Jak, Daxter, Keira, Samos and a bunch of others.The first game is probably my least favorite of the bunch, although it is still a good game in its own right, and does have its own unique sort of charm, the gameplay is much more simplistic and the story much less complicated.However, it also feels less mission-based, which many gamers considered a downside to later Jak games.
The second Jak game vaults Jak and Daxter into a grim, city scenario full of evil guards and time trips, where they're threatened by the authorities, by the monsters and especially by a new sort of creature called the metal heads.Jak gets gruffer in this game, but it works because Daxter remains a goof.
By the time I got to the third game, I knew the characters backwards and forwards and was ready to hear about some new ones, and the third game doesn't disappoint.It brings back almost all the old characters, reveals some new ones and wraps up the story of Jak and his friends quite nicely.
Through the entire thing, the Jak trilogy is a memorable gaming experience that put me in a pretty good mood.Situations get pretty bad for our heroes at times, but it's not depressing because Daxter serves as such excellent, but somehow not entirely unrealistic comic relief.There wasn't even one moment during the series where I wanted the experience to end.
However, these games are not without their flaws.
As I said, the story and gameplay of the first game are simple and a little silly, and the second game contains a horrible glitch of doom that will force you to re-start the game if you use the colliseum for anything before playing whack-a-mole, but on the whole, the story and gameplay of this series make it a truly entertaining, exciting and even ego-boosting ride.
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