This game is more goofy than edgy.
It went from TV-Y7 to TV-PG. Everything was going through this during the time, to varying degrees.You couldn't be cartoon-y and cool anymore unless the cartoons cursed or killed each other.
I'm gonna do something
>>736403523This was a cool era because the characters were more honest and weren't coated with gay irony
>>736403372I don’t think it was trying to be edgy
>Jak 3 is finally on opengoalWhy did no one say anything?
>>736406779It was a quasi GTAIf you watch behind the scenes they show 6 year olds footage of Jak and Daxter 1 and the kids say it is too childish. They would suggest it for 4 or 5 year olds. When they ask what game they were playing they said the same thing. Grand theft auto. So Jak 2 was a grand theft auto-lite
>>736406779it was certainly trying to be more "mature" and dark, it is still very comedic.
>>736407056Who let their 6 year old play gta?
>>736403372How did they think having that walleyed fucking stupid design was worth putting front and center?>each eye pointing in different directions and neither is pointing where the gun is, eitherNaughty Dog's humanoid characters post-PS1 looked like bad How to Draw Anime books, I swear. It wasn't a problem with the more Animaniacs esque Crash visual style.
>>736407056kids don't know what the fuck they want.>hurr durr im in first grade now im too matureevery kid goes through that phase and they're all retarded
>>736406963discord trannies are too busy clogging up the catalog, trying to TORtanic new games
If you're in 2026 and seriously angry that a sequel to a game that came out in 2001 went with GTA instead of more Banjo Kazooie, then you're a loser, I'm sorry but you are.
>I'M GONNA GET PRAXIS LIQUORED UP AND TAKE HIM TO THE PEACHTREE DANCE!!uhhh what the actual FUCK did he mean by this????
Main issue with Jak 2 isn’t edge but how the lush, beautiful, minimalistic world got replaced for a grimy dystopia. All the cartoony NPCs got replaced with crime lords, rebels and gestapo who chase you halfway across the map. The Eco element is gone in place of guns unless you count Dark Jak which lasts 15 seconds or ends when you do a powerful attack. Jak talks but alot of what he has to say is dour or blunt. I feel like they should have had one or two levels set in the past before having the player time travel to the future. Ease them into it and allow them to see the old world one last time.
>>736411763I'm glad Mountain Temple and Haven Forest exist.
are there nude/sex mods for the opengoal ports?
>>736403372I just don't like driving through the city, too maze with few points of interests.And all the vehicles handles like ass.The game can be fun, when you actually get to the platforming missions though, I don't mind the addition of guns either, but getting to the good parts drags it down for me.
>>736413067The moment I got the jetboard, travelling got more enjoyable honestly, even if it's slower than the vehicles it's way more fun to ride
Jak 1 is the better game, but I like the world and story of Jak 2 way more.I haven't played any other J&D games.
>>736406078>tryhard bullshit>"honest"
I recently replayed Jak 3 after 20 years. Holy fuck is this game barely held together by a poor excuse of a story. It's just a constant series of mini games with a few action platformer missions in between. Sure Jak 2 has a similar structure but the game is longer than 3 and gives you more action platforming levels to freely explore. The one year dev time is really noticeable for 3. There's still a good game hidden underneath all that you'd just need to cut 80% of the stupid mini game missions and design proper missions thst don't switch the solid mechanics for a stupid gimmick.
