Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

Released: December 03, 2001

Type: Main Game

Platforms:

PlayStation 4 PlayStation 2

Genres:

Platform Racing Adventure

Game Modes:

Single player

Themes:

Action Science fiction Comedy Open world

Player Perspectives:

Third person

Ratings

User Rating

80.2

Based on 289 ratings

Critics Rating

90.0

Based on 1 ratings

Total Rating

85.1

Based on 290 ratings

Summary

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a 2001 platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Sony PlayStation 2 on December 4, 2001, as the first game of the Jak and Daxter series. The game follows the protagonist, a young teenager named Jak, as he tries to help his friend Daxter after he is transformed into an "other", a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel.

The game offers a large range of missions, collectables and objectives, often in the form of minigames, which provide a variety of gameplay experiences, as well as puzzles and platforming stages, which are completed by the player to proceed with the story.

Storyline

The opening sequence of the game features Jak and Daxter in a speedboat headed for Misty Island, an area prohibited by their watch over Samos. Upon arriving to the island, Daxter had second thoughts about straying from the village. The two perch on a large skeleton to observe a legion of lurkers crowded around two dark figures, Gol and Maia, who were commanding the lurkers to "deal harshly with anyone who strays from the village," and to search for any precursor artifacts and eco near Sandover Village.[4] After the secret observation, Jak and Daxter continue searching the island. Daxter trips on a dark eco canister which he tosses to Jak after expressing his dislike for the item, and as Jak caught the object it lit up. Shortly afterwards a bone armor lurker suddenly confronted the two, where Jak threw the dark eco canister at the lurker, killing it, but inadvertently knocked Daxter into a dark eco silo behind him. When Daxter reemerged, he was in the form of an ottsel, and upon realizing the transformation he began to panic.

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Involved Companies

Naughty Dog

Role:

Developer

Sony Computer Entertainment

Role:

Publisher

Game Engines

Kinetica

Keywords

exploration mascot shark frog backtracking artificial intelligence snow teleportation silent protagonist climbing swimming day/night cycle playstation network boss fight single-player only anthropomorphism platform exclusive playstation trophies 60 fps on consoles world map voice acting protagonist's name in the title language selection polygonal 3d breaking the fourth wall cameo appearance collectibles descendants of other characters save point ice stage checkpoints auto-saving useable vehicles coming of age moving platforms destructible environment temporary invincibility vore spiky-haired protagonist ancient advanced civilization technology time paradox superpowers combat-based platformer invented language trilogy running gag running towards the screen dynamic difficulty big head mode greatest hits comic relief damage over time ps2 classics e3 2001 game developers choice awards 2002 male protagonist

Alternative Names

J&D Jak1 Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Jak and Daxter: El legado de los Precursores

Websites

playstation.com en.wikipedia.org jakanddaxter.fandom.com twitch.tv

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