Replaying Jak II - #1 - Jak II

Posted by MetalGearSunny (6750 posts) - 4 years, 1 month ago

The title says it all. I'm replaying Jak II. I played quite a bit of it today, so I won't recap what I did today. I'm at the part where you meet the fat dude, and he gives you a gun........

....and I saved it from there. The game feels a little outdated, but isn't that the point? Isn't the reason people replay games is to see how games got better? How much questions can I add to this? Will the fat guy loose weight? Will I get a life? Will I finish the game or just slack off like my last game? Follow this series to find out!

#1 Posted by MetalGearSunny (6750 posts) - 4 years, 1 month ago

The title says it all. I'm replaying Jak II. I played quite a bit of it today, so I won't recap what I did today. I'm at the part where you meet the fat dude, and he gives you a gun........

....and I saved it from there. The game feels a little outdated, but isn't that the point? Isn't the reason people replay games is to see how games got better? How much questions can I add to this? Will the fat guy loose weight? Will I get a life? Will I finish the game or just slack off like my last game? Follow this series to find out!

#2 Posted by SinGulaR (2161 posts) - 4 years, 1 month ago

I replay games to have more control over the gameplay using my earned experience with it. Seeing that gamedevelopment is making progress is just a side effect.

#3 Posted by CenturionCajun (1461 posts) - 4 years, 25 days ago

I too am in the process of playing Jak II at the moment. In my case however it is because I never had a PS2 until last fall (yes, I know I'm behind) and am trying to catch up on all of the main series I missed. Playing through it for the first time several things have struck me so far.

-How drastically this games veers away from the kid friendly nature of the first game.
-How much Grand Theft Auto III's open world was influencing games in the early 2000s.
-How much mileage you can get out of a cute wise cracking side kick.
-Good Lord in Heaven is this game hard. I've spent probably half of my playtime simply redoing missions over and over until I finally accomplish them.

While I'm not going to say that this is one of the best games ever made it holds up decently well. The graphics are done in a cartooney enough manner that their age isn't horribly apparent and the gameplay is solid.

#4 Posted by PowerSerj (987 posts) - 4 years, 25 days ago

I picked up the first Jak a few months ago and I loved playing that game so much. Suffice to say, I went and picked up Jak II, Jak 3, and Jak X Combat Racing, but have yet to finish II. I should probably get on that. It's just a weird transition from Jak to Jak II.

CenturionCajun said:

"Good Lord in Heaven is this game hard. I've spent probably half of my playtime simply redoing missions over and over until I finally accomplish them."

Damnit, yes. What I have played of it so far, I get the sense that the missions are not forgiving.

Jak II

The sequel to Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy that add free roaming elements and vehicles. Jak II became one of the most controversial games in the series, due to its darker and edgier nature, and the fact that Jak is able to wield guns.

Replaying Jak II - #1

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