As a kid I used to spend ungodly amount of time in Daxter just wandering around Haven City, I don't think it's a stretch to call it one of the best PSP exclusives
Man how many hours i spand tryng to jump over the red barriers in heaven city with the motocycle, and i felt supid not understanding how to make them disappear(only later i would understand they were the end of the map)
One thing worth mentioning is that, when you completed the game 100% and connected your PSP to your PS2, you could get an exclusive car in Jak X, which is pretty neat.
You didn't need to complete the game 100%, I think I unlocked the Daxtermobile without even having a Daxter save on my PSP. Now I do believe the further along in the game you are the more of the Daxter cast you unlock as playable racers in Jak X tho. But again to unlock everyone you did not need 100%, just had to have gotten to the end of the story. You don't need all 1000 Orbs, or whatever the amount is, that saying 100% implies you need.
So on the infamous “uncle” inconsistency I always kind of figured that since Jak went into the past as a little kid who didn’t have a biological family that the people of the village that he grew up around became a form of surrogate family for him in the way of close family friends commonly being referred to as uncle or aunt so and so and that the uncle character is just someone whose known Jak since he was little
When I was a kid I thought the same but I also assumed daxter and Jak were like cousins who got into trouble together and that made the uncle daxters dad. Though now I don’t think that’s the case
This game was the first experience I ever had with Jak and Daxter. When I bought a PSP I really wanted the Star Wars one that came with the Battlefront game but they were all sold out everywhere and being too impatient to wait, I got the one that came with Daxter instead. I wasn't a huge fan of the game but I still had some fun with it before I was able to get some more PSP games.
On the Kor disguise: I don't think he was saying he just thought up of Kor, but rather realizing he could use Kor to get close. but im still confused on how he got young Jak and when he knew the kid was a younger version of Jak.
@@kidprime6863probably got separated by using a false reason like he needs to have medicine or he needed to use the bathroom. Once he was separated he could have killed the guards either his disguise or transformed partly.
Daxter hits home to me. My parents knew how much of a fan I was with the jak and daxter series. I remember I was out of school the entire year due to being sick and bed ridden. My dad came home from work one day with a daxter bundle PSP for me. One of my best childhood memories ever.
Its wild to think that games looked so good back then and still look good now especially when it's on a handheld. It's just crazy that we basically leap to having extremely good graphical games on stuff like the ds and psp and now it's to the point where we have handheld like the switch that is both a home console and a portable console.
I loved this game as a kid. Currently my one and only brush with the Jak and Daxter series. I always wondered if the hub world in Daxter had more to it, hopefully I can find myself a copy of Jak 1 and 2 to try out and finally explore what I was missing out on.
I'm assuming you don't own a PS4? You can just buy it there if you do, although they are the worst versions of the games (edit: except for the Vita versions) they are the most convenient at the moment. The best in my opinion is the port to PS3 (Jak HD Collection), because it's in wide-screen and HD, and I personally have not seen any significant differences between them and the PS2 originals.
@@dapperfan44 the worst versions of the Jak trilogy are hands down the PS Vita port. They run at less than 20fps, consistently dropping well into the single digits, and they look awful. I'm amazed at how Sony was ok with that port coming out the way it did. I had to uninstall it
@@billygilmusic5072 just wanna make sure but you don't have to perfectly time the x button just to jump in any other versions right? Jak 1, especially double jump, kinda making it unplayable on vita
@@billygilmusic5072 Oh yeah, I take back what I said. I forgot those exist and I own them. That's definitely a top reason Vita failed. It's supposed to be cool to get to play the PS2 greats on the go like Jak, Ratchet, God of War and Sly. Yet Ratchet had problems with the music and for some reason they couldn't be bothered to add an option to use the L2 and R2 buttons for L and R-its very uncomfortable to use the back TouchPad for strafing and locking on. And the problems like you said with Jak. It makes no sense.
PS4 versions are serviceable after the patches they got years ago. Stop repeating outdated statements that no longer hold weight. And for some reason people rarely bring up the notable fact that the games run even better on PS5. The only real bad versions of the games are the semi-unplayable Vita versions, which got not a single patch. PS3 version is a bit overrated considering it doesn't offer true full screen, is the only version with the infamous punch glitch, many different graphical bugs, butched audio in several areas, and some other stuff. I appreciate how clean it looks and runs, but I'd have to suggest PS5 BC for how far more faithful it is to the original.
So im not the only one that didnt beat this game when i was younger for the exact same reason I honestly feel like i NEED to beat it now that im older and i still VIVIDLY remember almost all the missions and areas in this game because of the INSANE amount of hours i put into this game it still feels like i played it yesterday
Daxter was my first exposure to the Jak series of games. And boy, did it make it me a fan. Something about it made it one of my favourite games on the PSP. Perhaps something to do with the unique bug extermination premise and the unique abilities Daxter had access to. Looking back on it with more understanding of the Jak series, having recently completed the trilogy of the original games, I love how the game uses this opportunity to use Daxter’s size to see the inner workings of Haven City, and a side to the Metal Head infestation we never truely got to see, with entire hives in the city, as well as the manipulation with Kaden to shut down all the exterminators. I’m also a big fan of the gameplay, the combat feeling like a diet version of Jak 2 in a way, as well as the unique movement options and level gimmicks adding to the game. While not a huge fan of the QTE mini-games, I can understand wanting to give a small break to the main loop, as well as giving some players a fun optional challenge in the Dreams (just wish so many QTEs weren’t mandatory for progression). There’s also rewarding exploration, with the Precursor Orbs, Metal Head Gems, various hidden items and the Bug Fight trophies (I don’t remember its actual name, but it was kind of a nice idea). Goes to show that even a watered down extension to the series can still retain the important aspects of the gameplay and charm of the originals.
And don't forget the "200 million live viewers" line in Jak X....like, I guess the Metal Heads were only attacking Haven City and there was a whole global civilization out there at the same time
I remember I played this game maybe when I was 10. I didn't understand english yet, but I never had any issues playing through the game since it felt straightforward. Considering it's a kids game, it's a great game! I remember really liking it, and it wasn't really hard or really easy to me
This video is pretty much my thoughts on the game. Definitely high quality and polished, offering a fun experience, but ultimately nothing super memorable, with little reason to seek it out unless you really want to play a good platformer, or want to see more from Jak's world. When looking at the overall Jak series, there's very little this game does that makes it stand out in comparison to the 4 PS2 entries, so there's very little draw for me to replay it. The gameplay is consistently entertaining, if a little shallow, but nothing groundbreaking or deeply interesting, and there's a couple small tidbits of story and lore to chew on, but it felt overall pointless, with some weirdly sloppy writing. The fact that the game doesn't *actually* take place in the 2 years between arriving in Haven and breaking out of prison was a really stupid decision. I feel like the potential to have a slightly in depth look at Daxter, and his friendship with Jak could have been explored. How did Daxter survive 2 years alone? Did he initially try saving Jak, or was he just fighting to survive on his own? Did he ever give up on trying to save him? Might be a little out of scope for a handheld side game about the loud mouth side kick, but they could have at least alluded to it a little. Instead, the majority of the story is spent doing chores with characters that leave little impression. It all feels just a little pointless and forgettable. Daxter at least still feels like himself, which is nice. The game is just kinda, fine. However as a PSP platformer, it's definitely one of the best on the system, certainly the best portable Jak game. Great video as always mate, really looking forward to the TLF video
This was my first game i ever own of the series and so excited to have it, mostly because it meant i didn't have to wait till summer to play it with my cousins. Since i didn't have console. I always had a hard time with this game but enjoyed it frequently asking my older sister to beat the stages for me. Now i want to play this game again and actually beat it completely. The dream sequence were my favorite, and I love the music as well.This game was fun and amazing i am so bummed out they never had it on ps now or remastered it for the console. If they ever do i would love to play the game again. Till then gotta wait till I can buy a psp again
I remember loving this game as a kid but was never able to get past the first vehicle level. So I just kept restarting the game and playing through the first levels. Same issue I had with Phantom Hourglass, where I loved the game but was too scared to do the first Temple of the Ocean King section so I just kept restarting the game and never even saw the second temple until a few years ago. I had that issue with the first 3 days of Majora’s Mask too… I didn’t know that this was a common issue for kid me
I remember this when I was a kid. A friend of mine had a PSP with the Daxter bundle and my dad buy one for us too I was the only one who played with and beat the game and I was also lost in the Lumber Mill too. When I finished the Miss I couldn't find the exit until a few months which angers me about not having a map. Every roaming games always needs a map so we don't get lost. And I was planning to use the USB feature of Jak X and Daxter once but now I don't have a PS2 anymore.
I have some fond memories of it. PSP games have that certain feel to them that comes with the hardware, the way the speakers sound with the footsteps. But yeah I kinda liked this game.
I remember going on a class trip to Washington DC in 2009. One of my hotel bunkmates had a PSP (all I had was a GBA at the time) and I tried out Daxter for a bit. I remember it pretty well from what little I played, it had a ton of personality. I eventually fell in love with the main series games, especially Jak 2 but I have yet to go back and finish Daxter. I owe that little 6th grade experience quite a lot if I'm being honest.
I found it interesting seeing Errol and Veger speak to each other, not only are they the main villains of Jak 3 but I always saw them as polar opposites. Veger wanted the Precursors power to rid the world of darkness while Errol wanted the Dark Makers(Precursors corrupted by Dark Eco) to rid the world of light. Errol in a way became Gaol, Maia and Kor from Jak and Daxter 1+2. I think that they are good bad guys.
Oh man, I played this game tons as a kid, I wanted a PSP specifically for this. I played it so much and enjoyed the cool movie spoof bits. I totally forgot about the Ximon Ruperttikjakmos bit made me crack up :D
I used to love this game, this one was in my top 3 psp games, along with secret agent clank and God of War Ghost of Sparta. the only reason I never finished it was because my step brother snapped my psp charger and I never got a new one.
I always played Daxter eveytime I've waited in the school bus. I've bought this game as a bundle pack along side Secret Agent Clank, personally calling it the "Sidekick Duology." This game is my personal favorite PSP game.
As someone who doesnt know much about the jak series as my only experience with it has been the lost frontier and a recent start with daxter, this really opened up my eyes to the bigger scope of the series I would love a video on the lost frontier as ive seen in multiple sources it being dunked on i would love a different perspective on it as mine will always be affected by my time with it and nostalgia goggles
Honestly I really enjoy this, it was my main reason for wanting a PSP back in the day. Replayed it recently on Vita, and I hope it gets a PC port like the PS2 games, although I doubt it since I'm guessing it's not written in GOAL so it'd be a LOT of work. Might see how PSP emulation is. I just wanna be able to play with a proper controller and above 240p... What I remember most about this game is the sheer number of glitches I found all on my own. Fun ones though. Several vents you can walk through instead of crawling just by swinging your swatter to lower your hitbox a tad. The Critter Ridder building can be clipped into when it's blown up by flying over to the new hole and falling in. And at one point you can skip an entire construction site mission by just...going to the end of the level. If you use the bike and flamethrower together to fly over to the exit door instead of the entrance the door will open and the game will progress.
Problem is that it's hard to find out about emulating the PSP. No matter what I throw into Google, I just get results relating to installing emulators ON a PSP.
@@Moodyskeletonz Yeah, shortly after writing this comment, I tried it out, and it was a decent experience. I'll probably do it if I wanna play through some PSP games. Although it was kind of jarring switching from 1080p gameplay to pre-rendered 240p cutscenes.
When you let the title sequence play, it shows you game footage. I saw Daxter do this cool attacking move where he circles around the enemy and attacks, and I thought, "wait, how tf can I do that move? They never showed me this attack". After never figuring it out, I just figured that it was bullshit and must not be footage from the final game.
Looking back it was alright it gave a nice explanation as to the hell daxter was doing before he rescued jak plus it was really cool having a jak game on a portable system before they released all the games on the vita and later on the ps4
This is the only Jak-game I don't own or ever played, since I never got a PSP, but it always interested me. Nice to hear that it's at least pretty good, and the nods to Jak 2 where fun. That game had a simple, but well thought out story, which makes the uneven Jak 3 even more annoying (though I still love that game). Lost Frontier will be interesting, as I own it on PS2, but never finished it, unlike my numerous replays of Jak & Daxter-to-X. I didn't hate it, but I guess I just lost interest, being in highschool when it came out and actually spent time studying and getting friends I could hang out with, instead of gaming all the time. I definitely look forward to your review.
I used to play this game a lot and loved it, I never played any main jsk and Daxter games, but i loved this one so much And ps: at the time I also played a lot of sonic rivals and love it also, same for super secret agent clank
The ds actually did have wireless internet. It even had a browser that required an expansion pak that went in the gba slot. It was shitty, but it did exist.
In regards to Kor's idea, it's a bit of a stretch to suggest this since the scene itself feels glaringly contradictory to what Jak 2 says about his old man persona. But I could hazard that maybe Jak and Daxter were wild cards in his plan and he didn't originally think of involving himself directly with the pair until Daxter did his ruckus, killed his underling and freed Jak. What better way to handle a pair of wild cards than ingratiating yourself to them firsthand?
i also got this daxter psp pack, and didnt even know about daxter being a game at all. and i played jak and daxter on my ps2 i knew the series. and i remember my dad getting me that exact same bundle psp. and i too was a little disappointed that the psp wasnt like green or something for daxter, but ultimately LOVED that psp and got ratchet and clank size matters with it. LOVED those games. and was a huge family guy fan at the time so that psp was just GOLDEN in my eyes. sadly i only played with it for about a year or two before it lost its value to me as the games stopped coming out for it relatively quickly after its release. or at least games i liked and wanted to play.
Daxter is amazing and i never got to finish the game as my psp was stole. And my brothers psp disc reader broke. Ive been slowly playing it on my phones emulator and still really fun. Only makes me want a new psp or vita
I said this in your previous video that I'd like to address again. The whole Jak's uncle could simiply be that he's good friends with Samos to the point that he refers to himself as Jak's uncle. One of my dad's friends is the same way. He was my dad's best friend all his life that he was like a brother to him, so naturally when my dad had my sister and I, he became our uncle. The uncle is an adventurer and i'm sure he took Jak on several which is why he likes it and Daxter was always afraid, cause he probably barely if ever participated. Jak and Daxter going to Misty Island was Jak's idea and Daxter wanted no part as we see in the intro cutscene.
Oh please review the lost frontier I dreamed about playing it when I had a PSP back in the day. I'm sure it had potential. Update made this comment before finishing the video. Looking forward to next week
If there’s one thing to say about this retrospective is how much Sony have let Jak and Daxter lay in dormant for so many years after one failure after ND moved on. This series still has lot of potential to reintroduce a sub genera of sci-fi mythical steampunk kind of vibe and wisecracking characters. If they come back one day and done well, can easily be a return of an icon worthy of baring the PlayStation banner.
This is weirdly the only J and D game that I’ve played, parents bought a psp for me with this, sonic rivals 2 and god of war chains of Olympus. I enjoyed faster over all but I don’t think that I would replay it again
13:34 Classic "one character makes up a name of someone to justify something that they're doing, and the person they're making the name up to says that there IS actually someone working for them with that name, but didn't actually do what the first-mentioned character said they did" moment.
You know that barrier at the end of the street in the harbour district? The amount of time I just spend trying to hover around it, coz on the inside of the game box it list all the locations and one of them is the naughty otsel and I always thought if I could get past that barrier I could get to it. I never could.
this was an excellent game, although i was the same as you as a kid (9:50), literally got lost often which made it frustrating so I would go and play size matters instead lol
I assume The Lost Frontier got negative fan reception as a PS2 game in 2009 because, remember, it's a PSP game in 2009 as well. That being said, which merit do you plan to look at it on?
I got about 2/3rds of they way through it and remember getting it on clearance for a Dollar. It's a solid game but I never really got that invested in it since I played it many years later (2013?)
The game was good but hilariously janky. I remember getting stuck in the frozen factory level trying to get out. You had to slide an ice block to a ledge and then jump off of it to fly across to get to the exit. But it barely worked. It was surreal. The wood cutting lodging level was also archaic, I remember getting lost
I'm looking forward to TLF review since I actually liked that game. Keyword; liked. Not loved. I thought it had some neat ideas and the story calling back to TPL promotional materials/bible was interesting. IIRC those materials said that if the Precursors finish building a world then they don't leave any of their technology laying around and the inhabitants have no idea that they even existed. Unlike the world in the Jak series where you can see their tech laying around all over the place, buried in rock, etc. The game actually playing around with the idea that the world was unfinished was interesting, I just wish they pushed the concept further. Dark Daxter I kind of like the idea of, but there's issues with the concept, and the execution was dreadful. I kind of want to go on but I feel I've rambled enough.
Meh, to be honest this is my least favorite Jak game. For all of its incredible graphics and "superior story", the two ratchets, Jak X and TLF despite its huge flaws were much more fun to me, especially when doing 100%. Daxter is the only one that bores me to death imo.
As a kid I used to spend ungodly amount of time in Daxter just wandering around Haven City, I don't think it's a stretch to call it one of the best PSP exclusives
Ahem I think you mean the *BEST*
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Man how many hours i spand tryng to jump over the red barriers in heaven city with the motocycle, and i felt supid not understanding how to make them disappear(only later i would understand they were the end of the map)
wow, I completely forgot I used to do the same thing@@daydreamer42
One thing worth mentioning is that, when you completed the game 100% and connected your PSP to your PS2, you could get an exclusive car in Jak X, which is pretty neat.
You didn't need to complete the game 100%, I think I unlocked the Daxtermobile without even having a Daxter save on my PSP. Now I do believe the further along in the game you are the more of the Daxter cast you unlock as playable racers in Jak X tho. But again to unlock everyone you did not need 100%, just had to have gotten to the end of the story. You don't need all 1000 Orbs, or whatever the amount is, that saying 100% implies you need.
He already mentioned that you’re late smh
So on the infamous “uncle” inconsistency I always kind of figured that since Jak went into the past as a little kid who didn’t have a biological family that the people of the village that he grew up around became a form of surrogate family for him in the way of close family friends commonly being referred to as uncle or aunt so and so and that the uncle character is just someone whose known Jak since he was little
When I was a kid I thought the same but I also assumed daxter and Jak were like cousins who got into trouble together and that made the uncle daxters dad. Though now I don’t think that’s the case
Now it’s on PS5
This game was the first experience I ever had with Jak and Daxter. When I bought a PSP I really wanted the Star Wars one that came with the Battlefront game but they were all sold out everywhere and being too impatient to wait, I got the one that came with Daxter instead. I wasn't a huge fan of the game but I still had some fun with it before I was able to get some more PSP games.
Man I remember when BF2 came out on the ps2 I used to play that game for hours.
@@ashharkausar413 Yeah that was definitely one of my most played PS2 games back in the day.
On the Kor disguise: I don't think he was saying he just thought up of Kor, but rather realizing he could use Kor to get close. but im still confused on how he got young Jak and when he knew the kid was a younger version of Jak.
Nice theories
@@skibot9974 That's what I was thinking.
Now I'm curious on how Kor escaped KG capture
@@kidprime6863probably got separated by using a false reason like he needs to have medicine or he needed to use the bathroom. Once he was separated he could have killed the guards either his disguise or transformed partly.
Daxter hits home to me. My parents knew how much of a fan I was with the jak and daxter series. I remember I was out of school the entire year due to being sick and bed ridden. My dad came home from work one day with a daxter bundle PSP for me. One of my best childhood memories ever.
That's really cool
Its wild to think that games looked so good back then and still look good now especially when it's on a handheld. It's just crazy that we basically leap to having extremely good graphical games on stuff like the ds and psp and now it's to the point where we have handheld like the switch that is both a home console and a portable console.
I loved this game as a kid. Currently my one and only brush with the Jak and Daxter series.
I always wondered if the hub world in Daxter had more to it, hopefully I can find myself a copy of Jak 1 and 2 to try out and finally explore what I was missing out on.
I'm assuming you don't own a PS4? You can just buy it there if you do, although they are the worst versions of the games (edit: except for the Vita versions) they are the most convenient at the moment. The best in my opinion is the port to PS3 (Jak HD Collection), because it's in wide-screen and HD, and I personally have not seen any significant differences between them and the PS2 originals.
@@dapperfan44 the worst versions of the Jak trilogy are hands down the PS Vita port. They run at less than 20fps, consistently dropping well into the single digits, and they look awful. I'm amazed at how Sony was ok with that port coming out the way it did. I had to uninstall it
@@billygilmusic5072 just wanna make sure but you don't have to perfectly time the x button just to jump in any other versions right? Jak 1, especially double jump, kinda making it unplayable on vita
@@billygilmusic5072 Oh yeah, I take back what I said. I forgot those exist and I own them.
That's definitely a top reason Vita failed. It's supposed to be cool to get to play the PS2 greats on the go like Jak, Ratchet, God of War and Sly. Yet Ratchet had problems with the music and for some reason they couldn't be bothered to add an option to use the L2 and R2 buttons for L and R-its very uncomfortable to use the back TouchPad for strafing and locking on. And the problems like you said with Jak. It makes no sense.
PS4 versions are serviceable after the patches they got years ago. Stop repeating outdated statements that no longer hold weight. And for some reason people rarely bring up the notable fact that the games run even better on PS5. The only real bad versions of the games are the semi-unplayable Vita versions, which got not a single patch.
PS3 version is a bit overrated considering it doesn't offer true full screen, is the only version with the infamous punch glitch, many different graphical bugs, butched audio in several areas, and some other stuff. I appreciate how clean it looks and runs, but I'd have to suggest PS5 BC for how far more faithful it is to the original.
Bro the fact that Daxter has a side kick is what makes this game a classic
1:22 that’s crazy because I believe that’s the bundle I received when I was younger. I used to watch the hell out of those family guy episodes
Same. I gasped when he said that! Crazy. Just watching this two years later.
So im not the only one that didnt beat this game when i was younger for the exact same reason I honestly feel like i NEED to beat it now that im older and i still VIVIDLY remember almost all the missions and areas in this game because of the INSANE amount of hours i put into this game it still feels like i played it yesterday
I know people hate secret agent clank but I played that game almost as much as daxter i dont remember it as vividly but im biased and love the game
Daxter was my first exposure to the Jak series of games. And boy, did it make it me a fan. Something about it made it one of my favourite games on the PSP. Perhaps something to do with the unique bug extermination premise and the unique abilities Daxter had access to.
Looking back on it with more understanding of the Jak series, having recently completed the trilogy of the original games, I love how the game uses this opportunity to use Daxter’s size to see the inner workings of Haven City, and a side to the Metal Head infestation we never truely got to see, with entire hives in the city, as well as the manipulation with Kaden to shut down all the exterminators.
I’m also a big fan of the gameplay, the combat feeling like a diet version of Jak 2 in a way, as well as the unique movement options and level gimmicks adding to the game. While not a huge fan of the QTE mini-games, I can understand wanting to give a small break to the main loop, as well as giving some players a fun optional challenge in the Dreams (just wish so many QTEs weren’t mandatory for progression).
There’s also rewarding exploration, with the Precursor Orbs, Metal Head Gems, various hidden items and the Bug Fight trophies (I don’t remember its actual name, but it was kind of a nice idea). Goes to show that even a watered down extension to the series can still retain the important aspects of the gameplay and charm of the originals.
And don't forget the "200 million live viewers" line in Jak X....like, I guess the Metal Heads were only attacking Haven City and there was a whole global civilization out there at the same time
You didnt talk about Bug Battles at all. Really underrated feature that had all the replay ability you were lookin for.
I remember I played this game maybe when I was 10. I didn't understand english yet, but I never had any issues playing through the game since it felt straightforward. Considering it's a kids game, it's a great game! I remember really liking it, and it wasn't really hard or really easy to me
This video is pretty much my thoughts on the game. Definitely high quality and polished, offering a fun experience, but ultimately nothing super memorable, with little reason to seek it out unless you really want to play a good platformer, or want to see more from Jak's world. When looking at the overall Jak series, there's very little this game does that makes it stand out in comparison to the 4 PS2 entries, so there's very little draw for me to replay it. The gameplay is consistently entertaining, if a little shallow, but nothing groundbreaking or deeply interesting, and there's a couple small tidbits of story and lore to chew on, but it felt overall pointless, with some weirdly sloppy writing. The fact that the game doesn't *actually* take place in the 2 years between arriving in Haven and breaking out of prison was a really stupid decision. I feel like the potential to have a slightly in depth look at Daxter, and his friendship with Jak could have been explored. How did Daxter survive 2 years alone? Did he initially try saving Jak, or was he just fighting to survive on his own? Did he ever give up on trying to save him? Might be a little out of scope for a handheld side game about the loud mouth side kick, but they could have at least alluded to it a little. Instead, the majority of the story is spent doing chores with characters that leave little impression. It all feels just a little pointless and forgettable. Daxter at least still feels like himself, which is nice. The game is just kinda, fine. However as a PSP platformer, it's definitely one of the best on the system, certainly the best portable Jak game. Great video as always mate, really looking forward to the TLF video
This was my first game i ever own of the series and so excited to have it, mostly because it meant i didn't have to wait till summer to play it with my cousins. Since i didn't have console. I always had a hard time with this game but enjoyed it frequently asking my older sister to beat the stages for me. Now i want to play this game again and actually beat it completely. The dream sequence were my favorite, and I love the music as well.This game was fun and amazing i am so bummed out they never had it on ps now or remastered it for the console. If they ever do i would love to play the game again. Till then gotta wait till I can buy a psp again
I remember loving this game as a kid but was never able to get past the first vehicle level. So I just kept restarting the game and playing through the first levels. Same issue I had with Phantom Hourglass, where I loved the game but was too scared to do the first Temple of the Ocean King section so I just kept restarting the game and never even saw the second temple until a few years ago. I had that issue with the first 3 days of Majora’s Mask too… I didn’t know that this was a common issue for kid me
I remember this when I was a kid. A friend of mine had a PSP with the Daxter bundle and my dad buy one for us too I was the only one who played with and beat the game and I was also lost in the Lumber Mill too. When I finished the Miss I couldn't find the exit until a few months which angers me about not having a map. Every roaming games always needs a map so we don't get lost. And I was planning to use the USB feature of Jak X and Daxter once but now I don't have a PS2 anymore.
I have some fond memories of it. PSP games have that certain feel to them that comes with the hardware, the way the speakers sound with the footsteps. But yeah I kinda liked this game.
I remember going on a class trip to Washington DC in 2009. One of my hotel bunkmates had a PSP (all I had was a GBA at the time) and I tried out Daxter for a bit. I remember it pretty well from what little I played, it had a ton of personality.
I eventually fell in love with the main series games, especially Jak 2 but I have yet to go back and finish Daxter. I owe that little 6th grade experience quite a lot if I'm being honest.
I loved this game as a kid. I've replayed it multiple times, probably because of nostalgic attachment lmao.
One of the first few games that I owned back in the PSP days.
Playing as Daxter without Jak it's like the equivalent of playing as Scootaloo without Rainbow Dash From My Little Pony (that's not a bad thing)
I found it interesting seeing Errol and Veger speak to each other, not only are they the main villains of Jak 3 but I always saw them as polar opposites. Veger wanted the Precursors power to rid the world of darkness while Errol wanted the Dark Makers(Precursors corrupted by Dark Eco) to rid the world of light. Errol in a way became Gaol, Maia and Kor from Jak and Daxter 1+2. I think that they are good bad guys.
Oh man, I played this game tons as a kid, I wanted a PSP specifically for this. I played it so much and enjoyed the cool movie spoof bits. I totally forgot about the Ximon Ruperttikjakmos bit made me crack up :D
I used to love this game, this one was in my top 3 psp games, along with secret agent clank and God of War Ghost of Sparta. the only reason I never finished it was because my step brother snapped my psp charger and I never got a new one.
my favorite god of war game is ghost of sparta
I always played Daxter eveytime I've waited in the school bus. I've bought this game as a bundle pack along side Secret Agent Clank, personally calling it the "Sidekick Duology." This game is my personal favorite PSP game.
As someone who doesnt know much about the jak series as my only experience with it has been the lost frontier and a recent start with daxter, this really opened up my eyes to the bigger scope of the series
I would love a video on the lost frontier as ive seen in multiple sources it being dunked on i would love a different perspective on it as mine will always be affected by my time with it and nostalgia goggles
J, you drop video so quickly that I barely have the time to finish your previous one before I start your next one. Stop being so consistent dammit!
Honestly I really enjoy this, it was my main reason for wanting a PSP back in the day. Replayed it recently on Vita, and I hope it gets a PC port like the PS2 games, although I doubt it since I'm guessing it's not written in GOAL so it'd be a LOT of work. Might see how PSP emulation is. I just wanna be able to play with a proper controller and above 240p...
What I remember most about this game is the sheer number of glitches I found all on my own. Fun ones though. Several vents you can walk through instead of crawling just by swinging your swatter to lower your hitbox a tad. The Critter Ridder building can be clipped into when it's blown up by flying over to the new hole and falling in. And at one point you can skip an entire construction site mission by just...going to the end of the level. If you use the bike and flamethrower together to fly over to the exit door instead of the entrance the door will open and the game will progress.
Problem is that it's hard to find out about emulating the PSP. No matter what I throw into Google, I just get results relating to installing emulators ON a PSP.
@@mjc0961 PPSSPP is the go-to emulator for PSP games, works really well from my experience
@@Moodyskeletonz Yeah, shortly after writing this comment, I tried it out, and it was a decent experience. I'll probably do it if I wanna play through some PSP games. Although it was kind of jarring switching from 1080p gameplay to pre-rendered 240p cutscenes.
I think using the ratings more often would be interesting.
When you let the title sequence play, it shows you game footage. I saw Daxter do this cool attacking move where he circles around the enemy and attacks, and I thought, "wait, how tf can I do that move? They never showed me this attack". After never figuring it out, I just figured that it was bullshit and must not be footage from the final game.
Looking back it was alright it gave a nice explanation as to the hell daxter was doing before he rescued jak plus it was really cool having a jak game on a portable system before they released all the games on the vita and later on the ps4
This is the only Jak-game I don't own or ever played, since I never got a PSP, but it always interested me. Nice to hear that it's at least pretty good, and the nods to Jak 2 where fun. That game had a simple, but well thought out story, which makes the uneven Jak 3 even more annoying (though I still love that game). Lost Frontier will be interesting, as I own it on PS2, but never finished it, unlike my numerous replays of Jak & Daxter-to-X. I didn't hate it, but I guess I just lost interest, being in highschool when it came out and actually spent time studying and getting friends I could hang out with, instead of gaming all the time. I definitely look forward to your review.
The most I've seen of this game was tweetermans PSP go review. Man I missed him and now that he's back I've barely watched his new videos
I remember playing Daxter on psp without a memory stick so I had to put the game in rest mode or lose all progress haha
I beat the game, yet watching this I realize I remember absolute Jak about the game.
I remember seeing this game advertised and even seeing it at GameStop but I never really “grabbed my attention.”
The music is giving me Vitutra fighter vibes
I used to play this game a lot and loved it, I never played any main jsk and Daxter games, but i loved this one so much
And ps: at the time I also played a lot of sonic rivals and love it also, same for super secret agent clank
I hope this is released on PS Plus Premium for PS5
The ironic thing for psp. It had tons of features that the DS never had. Wireless internet is a big one.
The ds actually did have wireless internet. It even had a browser that required an expansion pak that went in the gba slot. It was shitty, but it did exist.
Someone just gave me this game in elementary school and I remember loving it, its just fun to swat bugs.
u gave jak3 a C-rating????? wtffff u must play some REALLY incredible games then that i never heard of
I played all of the jak n daxter series, daxter wasn't bad a nice little story about dax before he went to save jak, good story telling
In regards to Kor's idea, it's a bit of a stretch to suggest this since the scene itself feels glaringly contradictory to what Jak 2 says about his old man persona. But I could hazard that maybe Jak and Daxter were wild cards in his plan and he didn't originally think of involving himself directly with the pair until Daxter did his ruckus, killed his underling and freed Jak. What better way to handle a pair of wild cards than ingratiating yourself to them firsthand?
i also got this daxter psp pack, and didnt even know about daxter being a game at all. and i played jak and daxter on my ps2 i knew the series. and i remember my dad getting me that exact same bundle psp. and i too was a little disappointed that the psp wasnt like green or something for daxter, but ultimately LOVED that psp and got ratchet and clank size matters with it. LOVED those games. and was a huge family guy fan at the time so that psp was just GOLDEN in my eyes. sadly i only played with it for about a year or two before it lost its value to me as the games stopped coming out for it relatively quickly after its release. or at least games i liked and wanted to play.
Oh that Daxter and Family Guy UMD was a bundle. I had those when I had my first PSP
That fur shader looks pretty cool.
Speaking of games that no one talks about, there's this fun series called Klonoa that you could cover in the future.
Daxter is amazing and i never got to finish the game as my psp was stole. And my brothers psp disc reader broke. Ive been slowly playing it on my phones emulator and still really fun. Only makes me want a new psp or vita
I said this in your previous video that I'd like to address again. The whole Jak's uncle could simiply be that he's good friends with Samos to the point that he refers to himself as Jak's uncle. One of my dad's friends is the same way. He was my dad's best friend all his life that he was like a brother to him, so naturally when my dad had my sister and I, he became our uncle.
The uncle is an adventurer and i'm sure he took Jak on several which is why he likes it and Daxter was always afraid, cause he probably barely if ever participated. Jak and Daxter going to Misty Island was Jak's idea and Daxter wanted no part as we see in the intro cutscene.
Oh please review the lost frontier I dreamed about playing it when I had a PSP back in the day. I'm sure it had potential. Update made this comment before finishing the video. Looking forward to next week
If there’s one thing to say about this retrospective is how much Sony have let Jak and Daxter lay in dormant for so many years after one failure after ND moved on. This series still has lot of potential to reintroduce a sub genera of sci-fi mythical steampunk kind of vibe and wisecracking characters. If they come back one day and done well, can easily be a return of an icon worthy of baring the PlayStation banner.
This is weirdly the only J and D game that I’ve played, parents bought a psp for me with this, sonic rivals 2 and god of war chains of Olympus. I enjoyed faster over all but I don’t think that I would replay it again
J that Family Guy part was so funny
13:34 Classic "one character makes up a name of someone to justify something that they're doing, and the person they're making the name up to says that there IS actually someone working for them with that name, but didn't actually do what the first-mentioned character said they did" moment.
You know that barrier at the end of the street in the harbour district? The amount of time I just spend trying to hover around it, coz on the inside of the game box it list all the locations and one of them is the naughty otsel and I always thought if I could get past that barrier I could get to it. I never could.
This game, along with Jak 2, is my personal favorite game in the series.
Playing this on my psp is one of my earliest memories
Fascinating info. I remember this one briefly back in the day
Im genuinely surprised you didn't talk about bug combat
this was an excellent game, although i was the same as you as a kid (9:50), literally got lost often which made it frustrating so I would go and play size matters instead lol
Daxter was a pretty fun game and a great prequel to Jak II! - Thank you for the video! ^_^
Loved this game but was sad when i completed it because i didn't want it to end
Holy crap, I have not thought about this game in over a decade! It was my very first PSP game and I absolutely loved it.
Great review, got the same deal when I got my PSP. The reason I got it was because I wanted to play AVPR.
Question J have you ever heard of or watched the fallowing series:-"Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go,Hero 108,Yin-Yang-Yo,Skunk-Fu"?
i own my copy of daxter and remember playing it like here and there but got bored and went back to playing like spyro 2 on my psp or ratchet and clank
This is one of those I wanted a ps2 version when I was in highschool.
Can't wait until you review Scaler. LOVE THAT GAME
I assume The Lost Frontier got negative fan reception as a PS2 game in 2009 because, remember, it's a PSP game in 2009 as well. That being said, which merit do you plan to look at it on?
Oh my god I had the PSP bundle and that game was soooo legit. Bring to Ps Plus
Anyone else struggle on the matrix mini game section as a kid? 😭
Do you play Legend of Spyro? It'll be interesting to hear your retrospective on that
Lmao I was just trying to find this video on your channel a few days ago
Great video man, great work!!
I loved this game so so much and I never completed it but I loved the game so much
I got about 2/3rds of they way through it and remember getting it on clearance for a Dollar. It's a solid game but I never really got that invested in it since I played it many years later (2013?)
The game was good but hilariously janky. I remember getting stuck in the frozen factory level trying to get out.
You had to slide an ice block to a ledge and then jump off of it to fly across to get to the exit. But it barely worked. It was surreal.
The wood cutting lodging level was also archaic, I remember getting lost
I wonder if a ‘Bentley’ or ‘Murray’ spin off was ever considered at some point.
After Lost Frontier I am curious on how you would do a new Jak game.
So is daxter a B- tier? Also think you can do a review on the games of the little Tail Bronx series?
Anyone else remember when emulated jak games where on Google play and they kept being deleted and reupload
Good video, man.
I forgot all about this game , I remember it had some mini game based on lord of the rings
This one of my favs games of all time. Also one of the first games I ever beat 100%!
We need another Jak and Sly game.
I remember in 5th grade playing this on my homies psp nd I loved it
the movie references made me thought back on conker's bad fur day when they did it on the n64. (xbox version sucked)
It still sucks that we never got Unkarted and the Last Kart of Us. Naughty Dog has really dropped the ball.
I'm looking forward to TLF review since I actually liked that game. Keyword; liked. Not loved.
I thought it had some neat ideas and the story calling back to TPL promotional materials/bible was interesting. IIRC those materials said that if the Precursors finish building a world then they don't leave any of their technology laying around and the inhabitants have no idea that they even existed. Unlike the world in the Jak series where you can see their tech laying around all over the place, buried in rock, etc. The game actually playing around with the idea that the world was unfinished was interesting, I just wish they pushed the concept further. Dark Daxter I kind of like the idea of, but there's issues with the concept, and the execution was dreadful. I kind of want to go on but I feel I've rambled enough.
1:19 yup that's definitely on brand as far as Family Guy humor goes
I prefer playing this game on the PS Vita with controls mapped to the second analog stick. Dual analog sticks help with the controls.
Is there any way to get the Daxter characters on the PS4 version of Jak X?
That Family Guy disk is pretty sweet
I just bought a Budwing mantis and named him Daxter on account of the whole exterminator thing.
Meh, to be honest this is my least favorite Jak game. For all of its incredible graphics and "superior story", the two ratchets, Jak X and TLF despite its huge flaws were much more fun to me, especially when doing 100%. Daxter is the only one that bores me to death imo.
A bit refreshing. Most videos and shorts would be about “What’s Daxter for the PSP worth”.