The most underated and under apreachiated game ever!!
ill just paint the picture of the original Jak and Daxter game. Its really cute a funny and very banjo kazooie or Crash bandacoot-y. So you pick up Jak II not expecting anything to different but the game starts by Jak beign TORTURED for 2 years and you automatically realize this is gonna be so different. You've been transported into this horrific version of the world from the first game, It is a Dystopian future if theres ever been one the poor are very poor and the rich are living a life of luxury of there backs.
Ok so now to the actual review. The game unlike the previous game is free roam, open world more so than GTA amost. You can steal vehicles from people on the streets start police chases with the police officers so much more than you can imagine. When you start the game the city is most sealed off (also like GTA) and with subsiquent missions you unlock more and more of the city. You can venture out side of the city for missions but never into and area as big or as non-linear as the city.
The story of the game has you getting involved with a rebellion and just snowballs from there on. It features some good quality voice acting and brilliant humour. The musical score is one worth mentioning aswell it works so well with the game, the enviroments change and with them the music in game does as well, the music also ramps up when your being chased by the police when battling foes which just adds to the suspense.
The Graphics are very cartoony and have a brilliant contrast between the bright vibrant forest and the slums of the inner city. They are suprising stable aswell i encountered no pop up textures and ive played through it 3 times!!! I also noticed a virtually constant frame rate it does slow down but only if you cause major explosions it generally keeps at a steady rate.
If you do have kids i would advise this game its not too challenging and dosent deal with too many adult concepts for a child not to grasp it its only a 12 pegi rating because of violence and swearing it says arse lets face it by 10 we all knew much worse words. I personally would have adorded this game when i was 10.
IT's easy to put this game down as mearly a Kids GTA or just a copy of GTA but its so much more than that it has heart and sole and is a brilliant addition not only to Fans of Platformers but any ps2 gamer, Also with the price of ps2 games now you can pick it up for under £5 in places Theres no reason not to own this game.
