Skip the first one. Okay don't, it has Keira. Trust me. They're incredible, and the PS2 ports can be boughted on PS Store if you don't wanna emulate.
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>>730920785Hey OP, have you ever asked yourself why every fan of this series is pushing thirty?
>>730920785Jak 1 is actually fun. I stopped playing the series midway trough Jak 2 because the fuckawful gta 3 clone for kids was so shit. The driving was ass, mission design was ass, the characters were peak 2000's dudebro edge cringe.
>>730921230I couldn’t really get into Jak 2 as a kid but Jak 3 was a favorite of mine. It was just a better Jak 2
>>730920945Because it's lost media without sequels? Because the creators want to focus on Israeli propaganda?
>>730921376I might give that one a try if it is not as bad as 2.
>>730920892Good god, it looks like shit at high resolution. I recommend just emulating it at 1x with a scanline filter instead.
>>730921601vgh blocky ps2 graphics
>>730921438>lost media>got remasters for the trilogy on ps3 and the entire series on ps4>despite this, it has failed to attract any new fansCurious.
>>730921230If you were born too late you're probably not gonna find any of it relatable. I grew up with cartoons that took themselves extremely seriously so I really loved that aspect about Jak 2.
>>730922086I was born in 1993. The gameis bad.
>>730920785play 1, even if it's just for contextjak 2 is the only piece of media about a dystopian future where you actually got to fully experience the past people are longing for
>>730922369Jak lived through both too. That's tuff.
>>730922334Me too. The game is fantastic. My favorite PS2 game by far. Especially Jak 2. Jak 3 is pretty good as well, but I hate how they couldn't get a proper sendoff to Keira and couldn't reprise her amazing actress.
>>730921230This
>>730921230One is my favorite, and I REALLY loved its world. I really wish we got to see more of it.
>>730921230>>730922835You should have continued because it gets really good, with proper characters arcs, and betrayals. Yes, it basically uses every GTA story trope in the book, but it's more charming with this cartoony fantasy world, and there's also some real ass world building twists as you play. I always found that Jak 2 feels trule huge and epic in a way the first one didn't, and not because it's a big "Open World" city, but because over the course of the game you truly overturn a lot of stones in that world. Like, you go to the top of the tower thing, and later you go into an ancient temple and it's very indiana jonesy, and you go to the alien lair of the Metal Heads in several parts while the threat of their impending invasions comes on, and your nemesis the Baron has more sides to him than it first appears as well. Also the rivalry with Jak and Errol over Keira is pretty kino. I loved the whole "Star Wars Pod Racing" homage.
>>730920785>Skip the first one.Based take. The first one is actually a good game, but just decently good. 2 and 3 are fucking masterpieces yet the popular opinion seems to be that 1, as generic and by-the-books as it was, was somehow the best one. Jak 2 and 3 are so fucking good.
>>730924004I don't get it either. Like sure, people play the first one and go "Omg it's so charming and reminds me of Crash Bandicoot and Mario etc." but if you actually play through the first game it leaves something to be desired as the final boss just kinda happens and idk, the last cutscene always made me feel a little bamboozled. It doesn't feel like a true gem to me.Jak 2 copies GTA on the surface, but so what. It's a really big experience and you don't just go back and forth on different streets even if that's what the first hours or two looks like. Every time I replayed Jak 2 I get re-invested in the story and its developments, and I love the cutscenes and how animated they are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hASPzRO9ifQ
>>730920785>Skip the first one.
I've only played 3 myself. Years ago. Should I try 2?
>>730920785how they got that rating with those panty straps will forever be a mystery to me, but I'll be forever thankful.
>>730920945I already am thirty and not OP.
>>730924859It was the 2000s. Sex and openly admiring women was kinda more normal than it would ever be since. Also it was pre-gamergate. Fox News wasn't gonna snitch on any video game that didn't look realistic.
I remember really wanting a Jak anime as a kid. I enjoyed watching all the futscenes of 2 and 3 more than playing the game. Not to say they weren't fun. After beating 3, Heaven City just became a huge AI shooting free-for-all that you could just get lost in the combat
