I don't know about you guys, but I'm still waiting for another game like this.

Hellcap · 11 months

one of the biggest transitions between gameplay I have ever experienced was the transition from the first game to the second

isthereanytruthtoit · 11 months

if im not mistaken, the series is being remade for ps3

edit:not a remake, an HD port, my bad

skaboss217 · 11 months

Am I the only one who bought Jak X? I thought it was a pretty fun racing game.

Exaltt · 11 months

I would like to thank Naughty Dog for the three amazing trilogies they created. Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, and Uncharted.

TruMooZero · 11 months

This series was quite unique, I was actually interested in the story. Hard to find quality games around now.

wscuraiii · 11 months

I've logged 25 hours on Skyrim this week, have played and loved so many games since that fateful Christmas when I was in my early teens, but...

That will always be my favorite game.

SirBraneDamuj · 11 months

I WISH I COULD UPVOTE YOU MORE

FUCK YES. Jak and Daxter remains the defining game that made me go from "yeah I play video games sometimes" to...well...what I am today.

To say that I am in love with this series (for Naughty Dog's run, anyway) is more of an understatement than saying Krew enjoys dessert.

Jak and Daxter will always remain in my heart as the pinnacle of my youth. When I have a child old enough to play video games, Jak and Daxter will be near the top of the list of games that I will give him/her to play.

As a reward for being such an awesome person and sharing some level of understanding of why this game is so amazing, here is an album containing gifs of all of the Power Cell dances. Enjoy!

http://s1087.photobucket.com/albums/j473/SirBraneDamuj/Jak%20and%20Daxter%20Power%20Cell%20Dances/

Sorry it's photobucket, imgur got mad at me because a couple of them are just barely over the limit.

Togedude · 11 months

This was during the heyday of 3D platformers. Between the awkward "HOW DO YOU MOVE IN 3D" time of the PSX/N64 and the "LOL LET'S SHOOT STUFF" times of the present day.

Sly, Ratchet, Jak, etc. I MISS THESE GAMES.

Sakrifice21 · 11 months

I'm still waiting for Time splitters 4 D:

ImRugg · 11 months

Jak3 was the last I saw of that series. Good times on that game.

HardlyWorkinDBA · 11 months

You and me both.

canucklehead272 · 11 months

This is truly, one of the most enjoyable games I've ever played

Phryedrice · 11 months

JakandDexter, 2 and 3, plus Rachet and Clank series were the best games of my childhood.

slippy3d · 11 months

And Ratchet and Clank & Sly Cooper

Bacon_Crispies · 11 months

Didn't Naughty Dog say that they were done with Jax and Daxter?

Unknown_Legend · 11 months

I think everyone is. Has Naughty Dog ever published a bad game? They seem like the Jerry Bruckheimer of video games. Anything they make simply turns to gold. The entire Jak series was freaking fantastic. I didn't play Jak X though. Crash Bandicoot CTR is my drug, I can't count how many play-throughs I have of that game 100%

cjayc423 · 11 months

First game I ever owned on PS2 and I still think it's one of the best.

Mr_3AM · 11 months

cant wait for the HD collection to come to ps3 :D

[deleted] · 11 months

This may be the best nostalgia trip I've had on reddit.

ScienceNAlcohol · 11 months

This was my first ever video game for a console (I'm not counting my gameboy color)

Erkekcheddar · 11 months

Anyone have suggestions for similar games to play? I loved Jak, R&C, etc. Would love to play some similar titles.

mayneeahk · 11 months

I liked the second one because when I was younger my parents didn't let me play grand theft auto and hopping in the floating cars and ripping around was the closest I could get.

ChaseMB · 11 months

These were rich is story, character development (at least to me), and was fun as hell.

DaFitz · 11 months

no other game world gave me such a sense continuity, like the whole world was one roam-able expanse

momshotdad · 11 months

if your looking for an awesome action/platformer, get rayman origins! it's absolutely incredible and will hold you over until the HD remakes.

connietang · 11 months

Ahh what a great game, I remember it like it was yesterday.

chrisnpissrhymes · 11 months

I enjoyed the open world aspect of Jak II more than the "levels" in RC. RC also reminded me of Jak because of the similar gameplay and the wisecracking miniature companion.

Joruto · 11 months

Apparently Naughty Dog are making a HD collection for Jak & Daxter and it will come out in 2012.

Aslakhol · 10 months

The trilogy is being rereleased in hd for the ps3... EXITED :DD:D:D:D:D:D:D

Irriduccibilli · 10 months

Aren't Naughty Dog working on a HD remake of Jak & Daxter 1, 2 and 3?

imthecoolest123 · 10 months

I've played every single game in the series minus The Lost Frontier (since I've heard a lot of bad things about that one).

Love ALL OF THEM. My favourite was either Jak 3 or Daxter though (doesn't look like much of reddit shares this opinion D:).

However I definitively put most of my hours into Jak X since multiplayer mode was pretty badass.

PrinceofSpades · 10 months

A-fucking-men

Campmoore · 10 months

you mean like the first one, and not the wretched second and third?

Forever_aClone · 10 months

i was more of a fan of part 2, i mean that hoverboard...come on!

arelian2003 · 11 months

fucking really! this is the only one in the series that I liked, played the entire thing at a friends house and got every single orb, even the extra one! great game, and almost no load times. what happened to that!?

HellsGuardian · 11 months

I never got into Jak and Daxter, I was always about the Ratchet and Clank though.

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SpitefulMoose · 11 months

Hellz yeah. This was my first video game, no joke.

jfoley546 · 11 months

Used to go hard in Jak and Daxter on the PS2... good times

rimaguy · 11 months

Remade collection probably means a 4th addition to the series will soon be announced!

SoManySpiderWebs · 11 months

I can't believe I've never played these. I love the first 4 Crash games, and the Uncharteds are my favourite games ever.

Blonde_o · 11 months

I find it really hard to find good fun platformers now. They are all aimed for little kids, or I can beat them stupid quick. I want to play Spyro (circa PSX) and the original Crash and Jak and Daxter and Ratchet and Clank.

Albino_Polarbear · 11 months

This game was my childhood...

UncookedGnome · 11 months

I picked up a ps2 last summer and blazed through this baby. Great game. I got about halfway through the second one and got pissed off cause I couldn't get through the damn walkway mission where the bastards just keep coming and if you fall into the water, you get blasted by the damned bot. I really wanted to play the third but I didn't want to until I finished the second.

I may have to pick it up again, now.

koalasRkillers · 11 months

fuck yeah

shadowmist007 · 11 months

Jax games are some of my favorite games of all time, so much awesome memories playing them, i hope their be some kind of hint soon that they are making jax 4 because that would be so awesome.

stobbmuffin · 11 months

This was the first game I ever beat, and I played it to 100% completion within a few days. Such an amazing game, have yet to love another game quite as much.

The_Time_Vortex · 11 months

They will be releasing a HD remake of all three games (Excluding Jak X) for the Play-station 3 some time soon, just like they did for the sly cooper games.

MySixInchTaint · 11 months

I loved that series. I miss it sometimes. Would anyone happen to know if there's a decent equivalent on the iPad? Obviously not the same, but I need something to hold me over until I can get a tv and PS3 again.

katrina_rawr · 11 months

funny how you were able to love both jak, who couldn't talk, and daxter, you got to be flipping annoying at some times. still my favorite game ever. thanks for posting this. :D

all_i_need · 11 months

I loved the first one, but the second and third were frustrating and not nearly as much fun. The first one was the real deal to me.

Nawtprot · 11 months

I miss this

chromeless · 11 months

I feel like this series marked the death of the open world platformer. I liked the orignal game, but in the second you have this huge city with nothing to do in it. Everything in the game is a mission, which I felt killed the sense of freedom you'd otherwise have.

big_shmegma · 11 months

just picked up all three a could weeks ago to re-indulge myself. kinda kicking myself over forgetting to post about it..

nastate · 11 months

I love you for this.. My childhood in a game case

Organs · 11 months

That was a fun game...

And I remember "Crash Bandicoot", too. Hell, my favorite system so far was the first Playstation. And while I'm rambling, I also miss the first Oddworld.

FurryWulruss · 11 months

Jak & daxter is the best, a large portion of my child hood was spent aimlessly running around that game.

SirAuron · 11 months

The time stuff was interesting. Trying not to spoil things is hard. Play...game...find out...stuff.

fatboi69 · 11 months

The first game I ever owned!

mattybell2117 · 11 months

The Jak and Daxter HD collection was just formally announced for the ps3 a couple days ago.

Anti-Matter333 · 10 months

The game of my childhood

FunkyMagicMan · 10 months

Truly it was the greatest game I've ever played, full of simple, fun platforming, slightly addicting power orb collecting, variety and the scariest damn water it any game. Seriously, fuck lurker sharks.

[deleted] · 10 months

I played the hell out of this game, but oddly enough I never even considered playing any of the other games in the series. I guess was too busy with ratchet and clank.

2-ScoopIceCream · 10 months

LOVED this game. I beat it 100%, finding every single hidden item and orb, to unlock the huge, mysterious door that everyone oggled at. I want give it away, except to say that it is THE MOST DISAPPOINTING UNLOCKABLE ENDING EVER. Still awesome though. I was always mad that Ratchet and Clank sorta took over the Playstation.

Also, I named my dog Daxter.

GettinMoney · 10 months

best game evar!!

oheight · 10 months

I never liked the J&D games as much as the PSX Crash ones, but they were definitely some of the best titles in the PS2 library.

mabramo · 10 months

Holy Shit! Every time I meet a fellow gamer and end up hanging out with them a lot, conversation eventually leads to these games. I rave about Jak and Daxter. Perhaps it's because I was 8 or 9 when I played Jak and Daxter, but I absolutely loved these games. I remember the announcement for Jak II and I was very skeptical about the shift. However, it ended up being AWESOME! I've wanted Naughty Dog to create a new Jak game for years now. Some other company did end up creating a Jak and Daxter game but I never played it. I'm pretty certain the reviews I read said it sucked.

kevin2107 · 10 months

I loved this entire series, these games made me a gamer

TheLoneWander101 · 10 months

such a creative and imaginative series

Majusbeh · 10 months

always played it by my friend, wait no, he played and I watched. but in my mind it felt like I played it. we always thought these games were something super special, because I sat next to him by every bossfight and every time he beat one of the games.

Username_Does_Not_Fi · 10 months

Fuck yes, I was just thinking about this at work today! Upvote for you, good citizen.

[deleted] · 10 months

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Jak and Daxter 2 is one of the greatest sequels ever put out by Naughty Dog. The guns, the dark powers, the plot, the varied gameplay experiences that it offered... Everything put the game a good 10 steps ahead of the original, and I love it when game developers try and experiment with franchises. In this case, it paid off hugely. It's a shame that Jak 3 didn't keep up the momentum.

mikeeyboy22 · 10 months

I wouldn't mind an anniversary edition for this.

iiSaviour · 10 months

I hate you all :P I knew I should have have gotten a backwards compt PS3, now I need to re-play these games!

AKFishing · 10 months

I didn't enjoy the second game as much as I did the first. The third managed to do a good job wrapping up the trilogy but nothing tops the first one

Y0UJustL0ST · 10 months

Just curious. Anyone know if this is on the psn store?

Peyote_ · 10 months

To me, the highlight of any of these games was.... the Daxter missions!

DrascaL · 10 months

Still the best game franchise I have played to date.

cresseychaos · 10 months

Title should read "Dear Naughty Dog, now that you're done with Uncharted, how about we re-visit this franchise?"

Nicky_G8 · 10 months

My first game on PS2 and one of my favourite games of all time :D

blackowiak · 10 months

The series from Jak and Daxter to Jak 3 was amazing

acooper93 · 10 months

completed this game last week, after around 6 years of owning it

hellaLURKIN · 10 months

can you imagine if Naughty Dog made another Jak game, similar to Jak 2 or 3 (or even the first one!) with the same graphics as Uncharted.

ffffuuuuuuuuu

DecimusValorum · 10 months

Yes yes! The Jak and Daxter trilogy was awesome, I didn't like the spin- off Jak X that much though.

hakuna_tamata · 10 months

the Elder Jak V: ecorim ?

Numericall · 10 months

Jak and Dexter + Ratcher and Clank are the sole reason I still have my PS2.

Also, I bought a PS1 (old one broke :<) just to play Spyro and Crash Bandicoot games..

ALL HAIL INSOMNIAC AND NAUGHTY DOG

Rokk017 · 10 months

dat secret ending!

ninjagl · 10 months

There were two others. Play those.

groovygonzo · 10 months

First PS2 game i ever played, and loved it

thearmadillo · 10 months

To start - I love the Jak and Daxter series. Played them all, even Combat Racing.

But to anyone else, did the original seem like a carbon copy of Mario 64? You go to hub area with 5 sub areas. In each sub area, there are 6 magical items to collect. You also get a magical item for collecting coins. Red coins = scout flies. Power Caps = Eco Colors.

The Jak II was stunningly similar to the GTA games. and Combat Racing was essentially Mario Kart with different skins.

Not to say this is bad. Just interesting.

tonywartooth · 10 months

Agreed. Between that and Maximo, I've missed some good PS2 gaming. MAXIMO AND JAK SEQUEL!

darthluke · 10 months

This is the reason I wish I had gotten a PS3. I wish they would make something like this and Ratchet and Clank for the Xbox 360. I haven't even turned on my 360 in more than a year and a half.

smooveoperations · 10 months

Charles Zembillas, the character designer, has a gallery of his development work up here: 603

360walkaway · 10 months

Isn't there a J&D HD collection coming out in a while?

DnB_Pulse · 10 months

that was one of the fisrt video games i ever played and it was the greatest thing ever. what i dont get is why in the second game they decided to make him all badass. it was a wierd transition

Weeveers · 10 months

i loved jak 1-3. if they ever made another i'd buy it in a heartbeat

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