Jak 3 (Sony PlayStation 2, 2004)

I was pleasantly surprised with how much more fun I had with Jak 3 then with it's predecessor. It may of had the same franchise name, familiar characters and locations, and a tied in story line, but when playing, it felt very different and much improved to me. As such, I will be doing a lot of comparison to the second Jak game.

First getting from level to level. I find navigating the city streets in Jak 3 to be so much easier, faster, and less cumbersome than in 2. This is good, because I shouldn't find myself getting bored or stressed just trying to make it to the next level. The leaper creatures you ride in the city of Spargus makes navigating painless and you can easily maneuver around the citizens. Haven city is also far less a headache to traverse as there's almost no traffic or innocent bystanders that you can accidentally over. Oddly enough, having fire-fights occurring all over the city makes it's much quicker to get around.

I also felt like there were more locations to visit for the various missions, although like Jak 2 there's a certain disappointment with the amount of revisiting that is required as the levels progress. Luckily, even though you may have to visit the same locations 4 times over, new areas do open up so that you're not stuck playing the exact same environment over and over again.

The levels themselves are also much more forgiving. I found Jak 2 relentless. Jak 3 seems to have toned down the difficulty level and it offers respectable save points during game-play that don't make you want to scream in horror when you die. There's also lots of mini-challenges to keep the hardcore fans playing as you attempt to collect as many orbs as possible so that you can unlock secrets, upgrades, and simply fun items.

Your missions will vary from your standard platforming missions, to driving, timed, escort, and gun-turrent missions, or a combination of all the above. Most are fun, but a few get a little tiring. There are also much fewer instances where infuriation takes over from shear frustration as was common for me in Jak 2.
The driving in this game does play a big role, and sets up the series nicely for Naughty Dog's Jak X title. I was surprisingly happy with these levels probably because many of them weren't actual races (which I tend to hate in platformer titles). They do add lots of excitement, with lots of conveyances to choose from.

The morph gun makes it's appearance as well, and although the aiming system hasn't improved a lot (still no lock on, still no strafing), your weapons are upgradeable and often offer a firing mode where aiming isn't as necessary to make a hit (at the expense of a little extra ammo).

Dark Jak is also back but this time Jak's alter ego has some company: Light Jak. Dark Jak still brings all the pain, but Light Jak offers tactical advantages such as health replenishment, a temporary shield, slow-motion, and glide/flight capabilities.

Of course Daxter is here, and you even get to play as him a few times, but not so much that the novelty wears off. That's where Daxter's usefulness ends for me. I know he's suppose to be the comic relief in the game, but I just don't find him that funny, and he distracts too much from what's going on in the cut-scenes.

the game does look good and I believe even a little more crisp then 2. While the effects all around were well fashioned, I found the sand storms in the desert particularly impressive.

In the end I can say that I'm glad I own Jak 3!

First of all, this was just a nostalgia trip. It's not from past experiences from a looong time ago.

Well, what to say about it. This game is very fresh & orignial in terms of story. I've never seen anything like this and the way games nowadays are going, I doubt I will. But the gameplay... it's REALLY challenging. (not hard.) It may seem like you have alot of health with about 8-10 little circles in the beginning, but each hit from the first enemy in the game takes away 2 of those circles each time! I would consider myself a pretty good gamer, and I still find myself going "COME ON!!!" at this game.

The games scenery & vehicles & guns & characters are all great. In the wastelands, you kinda get a "post-apoc" feel, and then in the city it's all futuristic.

If you die as much as I did, then this game is pretty dang long. I can't remember how much time I spent when I first beat it, but I'm guessing about 13-ish hours. If you couple that in with school/work AND the fact that's only the story (Plus 600 collectibles and little races for rewards.) then you have a LONG game. Plenty enough time to wait until Skyrim/BF3/MW3/Saints Row/Mass Effect 3 comes out.

This game is the best of the Jaks. This game is rated T for teen and is an action adventure game. Jak has been banished into the Wasteland by an evil ruler. Dangerous creatures are just minor threats to Jak compared to some of the enemies he will have to defeat. There are fun dune buggies to ride on, and even more weapons to choose from than the second game. In this exciting game you will find out who Jak's father is, who the precursors really are, and who Jak is...

This game here is just a funny,adventurous,shooter, and just plain fun. This game is what most of its type of game gen. should be. It is funny with Jak and Daxter cracking on each other and on others. Then the duo of Pecker and Daxter are just hilariously funny. The gameplay in itself isn't that difficult. It is moderate in difficulty. The weapons are just absolutely well-done. The characters in the game are nicely creative and fun to hear when they pick on Daxter. Vehicles are nicely done and creative. The overall story is thought out well enough and the precursors are funny in what they turn out to be. Mini games in finding the golden precursor orb are ok, not bad though. This is a solid dose of fun and intuitiveness.

Its fun and what you see is what you get. You play as Jak accompanied by Dax, everything seems to be mission based, free roam world, you go around saving everyone from everything imaginable. Many unlockables, guns and add ons, armor, fighting moves, jet board. Surprisingly big, you wont beat it in a day.

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