What Happened To Jak & Daxter | Naughty Dog's Forgotten Gem

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  • čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
  • We all have games that defined our childhood. And if there’s one franchise that holds the crown of most meaningful for me is the Jak & Daxter trilogy, the precursor to both Uncharted and The Last of Us. For some reason, those two classic PlayStation characters disappeared since their last game in 2009. What I want to do in this video is retrace the history of the franchise, try to understand where it went wrong and why I believe the iconic duo deserves a comeback. Special thanks to the Jak & Daxter Wiki.
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    Introduction - 00:00
    Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - 02:22
    Jak 2 - 05:52
    Jak 3 - 08:10
    The Future of Jak - 09:21
    Conclusion - 11:46
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Komentáře • 489

  • @FromTheAtticTV
    @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +69

    I finally made a video about Jak & Daxter 😍 About damn time! By the way, I have new headphones and my audio levels are completely different than what I used to have. So let me know how's the sound in this one! Thanks!

    • @WAFFENFABRIK
      @WAFFENFABRIK Před 4 měsíci +1

      Some say he's still waiting to hear how his audio sounds to this day...

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@WAFFENFABRIK 😂

  • @AndreHansen96
    @AndreHansen96 Před 2 lety +564

    Take notes, Naughty Dog. We don’t just want a PS5 remaster of the original trilogy. We want JAK 4!!

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +80

      WE WANT IT ALL!!!

    • @progste
      @progste Před 2 lety +67

      Modern naughty dog would probably ruin it.

    • @FlakMonky20k
      @FlakMonky20k Před 2 lety +55

      Won't get it. They have to remaster TLOU for the 100th time.

    • @hurricane7727
      @hurricane7727 Před 2 lety +17

      Jak 4 should be After Jak X.

    • @hurricane7727
      @hurricane7727 Před 2 lety +10

      In my Dream for Jak 4 they used Jak's Jak X Model( Would love to go to Kras City etc.

  • @Jack-yq6ui
    @Jack-yq6ui Před rokem +104

    i'll tell you what, Jak shaped my life so much that I started working out to be ripped like Jak, I started Parkour/Freerunning in 2005, I went on to teach it across the world and to this day, whenever I jump off something I land the way Jak does.

    • @kingoietro99
      @kingoietro99 Před rokem +4

      Cool AF

    • @Sway187
      @Sway187 Před rokem +10

      Thats pretty cool haha like a real life Jak easter egg

    • @Jack-yq6ui
      @Jack-yq6ui Před rokem +2

      @@Sway187 gotta say, if someone ever called me out on it, I would lose my mind 🤣👍👍👍

    • @ccemeterybluntss
      @ccemeterybluntss Před rokem

      that has to be the coolest thing I've heard all month

    • @hundkebab2433
      @hundkebab2433 Před rokem +3

      do you double jump and collect orbs out in the world like Jak too?

  • @KirsGM
    @KirsGM Před 2 lety +161

    Jak II was my first PS2 game, and still stays on top of my favorite games of all time. Great video!

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +8

      Thanks :) Definitely my favorite as well. If I could blend the guns mods and the checkpoints of Jak 3 with Jak 2's story and missions, it would be a near perfect game!

    • @KirsGM
      @KirsGM Před 2 lety +1

      @@FromTheAtticTV Sadly we cant have it all, but yeah having all improvements of Jak 3 into 2 would be really amazing : D

    • @hurricane7727
      @hurricane7727 Před 2 lety +2

      Jak 2 is a Hidden Driver in Jak X Combat Racing

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 Před 2 lety

      @@KirsGM Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

    • @soyalex537
      @soyalex537 Před rokem

      sly cooper was one of my first ps2 games 😅

  • @lazerguypeter6487
    @lazerguypeter6487 Před 2 lety +163

    Jak and Daxter. They in my opinion are one of the coolest characters ever created, Im a massive fan of their games. And it just saddens me to see all these great platformers comeback to life, but Jak and Dax are the only ones left behind, cause hey we need another last of us remake... Naughty dog literally had the chance to start develompent on a new entry in the series. Im just sad that they don't get any love, but I'm happy that the Jak and Daxter series happened!

    • @hurricane7727
      @hurricane7727 Před 2 lety +2

      I wish we Had a Jak And Daxter Remake( The Closest is the PC Jak and Daxter 4k Version).

    • @FraserSouris
      @FraserSouris Před rokem +2

      Personally, I'm a lot less convinced on the success of Jak returning for a variety of reasons.
      Firstly, Naughty Dog themselves have spoken why Jak was never as popular as its predecessor Crash, or its successors Uncharted and TLOU. They "threw the kitchen sink at Jak" in terms of design. His aesthetic was a mix of Western Animation and Anime that didn't really stand out in either market like Crash did. And starting from Jak 2, the gameplay had open world carjacking from GTA3, gunplay from Ratchet and Clank, hoverboarding based on Tony Hawk etc. A consequence of this approach meant that none of its individual systems were as fleshed out as the games it was emulating. Its open world sandbox wasn't as dynamic or emergent as GTA 3. Its shooting wasn't as deep as Ratchet's. And its hoverboarding sections were quite few and far between. This also diluted the time you spend platforming. So it becomes harder for a fan of GTA, Ratchet or Tony Hawk to really get into the Jak games like they would their other games. Essentially, the Jak games often struggled with their own identity, trying to be any game other than themselves. This made it harder for them to stick in the public conciousness.
      Secondly, this makes it hard to continue the series in a satisfying way especially all this time later.
      For one, the best selling game in the Jak series is still Jak 1. It outsold both Jak 2 and 3 combined. If you make a new Jak game, do you model it after Jak 1? If so, you upset the Jak 2 and 3 fans waiting for "their game" or a continuation of Jak. If you model it like Jak 2 and 3 as this collection of disparate gameplay styles trying to be fit together, you'd have to both essentially design the gameplay for 3-4 other games in a satisfying way into a single game. You can't get by anymore with the basics anymore. Like, it's hard to go back to GTA3 with its terrible shooting controls. So a follow up to Jak 2 and 3 would need both great shooting controls, and great open world systems, and great systems for guns, hoverboarding etc. And then you'd have to sell this game. Which is even harder. Most modern Naughty Dog fans and gamers in general would likely be turned off by the lack of focus. And the built in Jak 2 and 3 fanbase isn't exactly massive enough to carry the game.
      If you scrap everything and opt for a more realistic style to "modernize" the series, well, you upset both the old fans, and have no guarantee new fans would replace them given how wacky Jak still is.

    • @hurricane7727
      @hurricane7727 Před rokem +1

      @@FraserSouris They would just need to Make New Vehiclesk( Maybe even a Eco Jet, Eco Glider, Etc in the Dream i saw Jak 4 in Where he was in His Jak x Appearance he was talking to Samos in Forbidden Jungle) For Jak to Use( Ironically The Vehicle Controls Improved in Jak 3 and Jak X) , New Weapons and Maybe New Mechanics and Ironically They can use the Jak X Areas for more Areas to Explore( Kras City , Docks Areas and Also the Areas that were in Jak 1 but Returned in Jak x as well( Forbidden Jungle, Ice Citadel Etc).

    • @FraserSouris
      @FraserSouris Před rokem +1

      @@hurricane7727 Again. That only repeats the challenges with a Jak 2/3 type follow up. That the game's identity would still be confused and have a lot of disparate systems.

    • @hurricane7727
      @hurricane7727 Před rokem +1

      @@FraserSouris I said New Mechanics Meaning it would still Play Different than Those Games( Jak Can Have Some Eco Type Abilities like He had In The Precusor Legacy Using Blue Eco etc. Or even Combined Eco Ablities

  • @jediphouka
    @jediphouka Před 2 lety +35

    Jak and Daxter ws the the first video game I ever owned.. I got a Ps2 and Jak n daxter shortly after it was released for Christmas in 5th grade.. greatest game series in my mind..

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +1

      Hell yeah! Clearly my favorite trilogy of games.

  • @thomas_weinreich
    @thomas_weinreich Před rokem +41

    Jak and Daxter created an universe that inspires me until today. The dystopic scenarios, the Dark Makers, Metal Heads, the mines, deserts and mountains.... It's way beyond it's time.

  • @teneesh3376
    @teneesh3376 Před 2 lety +38

    This series is strange. When you mention it to most people, they would say something like "Oh yeah, I remember that"

  • @13StJimmy
    @13StJimmy Před 2 lety +33

    Hopefully with this recent running Native on PC project enough people start to generate hype about it and it gets Naughty Dog thinking

  • @_Tzer
    @_Tzer Před rokem +10

    new to jak and daxter already in love with the lore, world and music and how jak moves it's so satisfying. I feel like the jak and daxter fandom has been ressurected since the first game was ported to pc.

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před rokem +1

      And that makes me so happy 🙏

    • @whogavehimafork
      @whogavehimafork Před rokem +1

      It felt so refreshing to see the most significant video game franchise of my childhood getting such a caring face lift. As a kid I played all of these games, and I never stopped. To this day, over 20 years later, they remain my favorites and I still replay them about once a year, sometimes more frequently. You said it perfectly, it feels like the series is being resurrected as we speak. But by fans this time rather than developers.

  • @Tonicbrah_
    @Tonicbrah_ Před rokem +5

    Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was my first game I played I was 4 years old now I’m 23 such a perfect game

  • @Wll_Vybe
    @Wll_Vybe Před 2 lety +5

    I didn’t have a dad growing up and I loved to fish but didn’t fish much. I spent countless hours using the net to catch fish and beat the old man. One of the most satisfying things I’ve ever done

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +3

      That's an awesome story man. Jak holds a special place in many people's hearts for all sorts of reasons.

  • @NaterBaiterGamer
    @NaterBaiterGamer Před 2 lety +17

    Jak and Daxter is my favorite series as well, the trilogy and extra games were great, but a comeback would suffice.

  • @Mattschafli
    @Mattschafli Před 2 lety +20

    The amount of hype I got when I saw Naughty Dog take to the stage at summer of gaming only to have them show off last of us again...

  • @YerbaMateo
    @YerbaMateo Před rokem

    This video is GREAT man!! Love to see love thrown at my boys hopefully we’ll see something new in the near future! Also on a side note, the thumbnail for this video is really solid and was happy to see the video just as high quality! Cheers!!

  • @hurricane7727
    @hurricane7727 Před 2 lety +2

    I had a Dream About Jak 4 and Jak has his Appearance from Jak X and him and Samos
    where talking about Time Travel.

  • @_Tzer
    @_Tzer Před rokem +10

    Thinking about it Jak 1 was kind of the last really good new ip collectathon for a long time of about 15 years the genre kinda died and got revived around 2016-2017 with numerous games like a hat in time and yooka laylee.
    Also something to note the main trilogy literally grew up as did jak
    Jak 1: Optimistic colourful hopeful like a child
    Jak 2: Dark gritty somewhat pessimistic like a dark brooding teen
    Jak 3: A bit optimistic some colour growing out of the dark phase like an adult.

  • @clawsforfingers8760
    @clawsforfingers8760 Před 2 lety +8

    I'm actually playing the collection rn (platinum'd PL, and 80% In jak 2 atm) you nailed it man, the world just feels comfortable(: love it

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +5

      Those freaking games ❤ Every time I play TPL I 100% the thing 🙂 It's not too hard and it's so damn fun. Thanks for the kind words!

    • @hurricane7727
      @hurricane7727 Před 2 lety

      You can Get Jak 2 in Jak X

  • @tcpeters
    @tcpeters Před rokem +1

    I appreciated this video so much! My family played this game when we got our PS2 in the early aughts. My little brother, my dad, and I would take turns every time we'd die. We played through all 3 in the original series, and it was sometimes the only time each week my brother and I would get along. We even had he game book so we could find all of the precursor orbs! 😅 But it felt like a fever dream for so long because none of my friends or people I'd talk to later in high school or college would know what I was talking about! It's delightful to know others loved these games, too. When they were remastered for PS4, I immediately bought them, and now my family (my brother, my dad, and I) play them each Christmas when I'm home... and it's still some of the only times my brother and I get along. 💀 I list this series at the top of my favorites, and I would cherish the chance to play a new Jak & Daxter for the first time again.

  • @CJ_57
    @CJ_57 Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome video! I'm glad you recommended Jak and Daxter. I can't wait to play the last 2 games when I get Plus premium :)

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +1

      Glad you liked it man! Now I truly cannot wait to know what you think of Jak 2 😉 It's gonna be... A wild journey

  • @1fatalshotz
    @1fatalshotz Před 2 lety +4

    very underrated channel, glad i found this video! keep up the great work, you could do this full time!!

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you so much :) That means a lot to me.

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 Před 2 lety

      @@FromTheAtticTV Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety

      @@orangeslash1667 Indeed. It happened with Sucker Punch too. From Sly to Ghost of Tsushima.

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 Před 2 lety

      @@FromTheAtticTV It reminds me of the Twilight zone episode The Obsolete man😵.

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety

      @@orangeslash1667 I don't think I've seen that one! Gonna check it out :)

  • @jimmydavidfernandez2177
    @jimmydavidfernandez2177 Před rokem +2

    a classic, love this trilogy is my childhood, defined. I play the series constantly, loved playing this during the pandemic again and again and again.

  • @ax2781
    @ax2781 Před 2 lety +5

    You quoted EVERY game of my childhood in a single intro sentence........ what a beautiful world to live in

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +1

      Good times 🔥

    • @ax2781
      @ax2781 Před 2 lety +1

      @@FromTheAtticTV KH2 was grandiose when you played that kind of slow and rigid KH1
      and Beyond Good and Evil is some masterpiece that im still afraid to see a sequel knowing what Ubi became the last decade ....... so proud to witness how beloved this game is when you know how small the video game industry was and still is in France ......
      anyway great content as usual my dude, thanks for the work and entertainment!! love

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +1

      @@ax2781 Thank you Axel 😀

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 Před 2 lety

      @@ax2781 Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

    • @ax2781
      @ax2781 Před 2 lety

      @@orangeslash1667 yep it was definitely a trend back there. PS2 then PS3 era was turbo edgy and that was AMAZING. we can even quote how zelda went from wind waker to twilight princess in like..less than 3 years? and nailed it. jak 2-3 also nailed it, even tho.... that fluorescent green grass from sandover village is printed onto my brain

  • @MightBeUwU
    @MightBeUwU Před 2 lety

    Great watch! Thank you 😊

  • @victim2077
    @victim2077 Před 2 lety +6

    As much as I want new Jak and Daxter game, I'd rather it be developed as far away from current day Naughty Dog as possible. Insomniac would do great job with J&D IP as they've showed with last Ratchet and Clank.

    • @megapulsar9244
      @megapulsar9244 Před 2 lety

      You think Naughty Dog would allow one of their long-time competition to actually take over one of their own original product?

    • @victim2077
      @victim2077 Před 2 lety +2

      @@megapulsar9244 let's be real ND isn't interested in it and Sony has the last word. If they wanted to they could ask Polyphony Digital (Gran Turismo devs) to make new J&D and ND could only throw tantrums at the higher ups.

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 Před 2 lety

      @@victim2077 Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

  • @pilpoilplante
    @pilpoilplante Před rokem

    I'm starting the trilogy right now because of this! Just to be more excited when the inevitable review will be announced!

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před rokem

      Oh don't hold your breath for this one. But who knows 😉 Excited to know what you think about this mastapiece!

  • @the_wolf_of_willingboro

    You hit the nail on the head on what you said about the ps2 shaping your personality.. literally the same for me

  • @Codex7
    @Codex7 Před 2 lety

    From Lukes Discord I love it and call me subbed .......I love your production quality man keep it up

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +1

      I appreciate it 🙏 And thanks for helping out with the algorithm by commenting 🙂 Always super helpful!

    • @Codex7
      @Codex7 Před 2 lety

      @@FromTheAtticTV I am glad to help ....... I am always there to help out small youtubers

  • @KafeisKid
    @KafeisKid Před 2 lety

    Yo I just found this channel, your thumbnails are insane lol. Some of the best I’ve ever seen. Just wanted to say that

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety

      Thanks a lot :) My real job is a graphic design, so I appreciate that haha

  • @jeremyrm7
    @jeremyrm7 Před rokem +2

    Bro Jak 2 was awesome. Skateboarding, guns, beast mode… best game ever lol

  • @ludwigdeneve3286
    @ludwigdeneve3286 Před 2 lety

    Just figured out your channel! Damn your video's are amazinggg! Loved Jak and Daxter when I was young, such memories looking back to it!

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you so much Ludwig :) Glad you enjoy the content!

  • @ElJorge
    @ElJorge Před 2 lety +1

    Good news! There's a port in PC of Jax and Daxter The Precursor Legacy

  • @hellowill
    @hellowill Před rokem +4

    still remember beating Jak 3 as an 8 year old in 2005. That game was hard as fuck (at least compared to Ratchet and Clank). Never managed to beat Jak 2.

  • @richie2x4
    @richie2x4 Před rokem

    Legit one of my all time Favorite Games! When I first got my PS2 slim as a kid, Jak 2 was the game that came with it!! And I’m so glad it did cuz I spent so many hours playing Jak 2!

  • @pringrings22
    @pringrings22 Před 2 lety +3

    "Naughty Dog, please bring my boys back. They deserve it"
    *Naughty Dog proceeds to make a 70+ USD LoU P1 Remake and a standalone Last of Us Multiplayer game*

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +2

      😂 I actually don't mind these projects. But yes, I would prefer a return to Jak.

  • @idontknow8898
    @idontknow8898 Před rokem +1

    This is epic - I remember when Jak 2 was announced and it blew my mind how Jak 1 lead to that story arch. I visited London just to experience it for the first time and I couldn't get over how incredible and imaginative the world of Jak felt. Additionally, when Jak 3 was announced, I bought the playstation magazine with the demo, but wasn't allowed to play it until my homework was done, but I snook downstairs at like 3am, carefully opened up the plastic sleeve with the magazine and demo, played it at like 3 volume, completed it, put it back and no one was the wiser! Haha a remake of the entire franchise with additional gameplay, story, and the added Jak 4 would be incredible!

    • @idontknow8898
      @idontknow8898 Před rokem

      AND I visted LA to go to E3 in 2019 and i saw Jason Rubin and he's the only person I've ever frozen speaking to. Jak and Daxter is why I work in games development today

  • @elivate5523
    @elivate5523 Před rokem +1

    Got the PC port for Jack and Daxter the precursor legacy. I've been loving going back and playing the game that ultimately started my passion for gaming.

  • @jarlaxle3588
    @jarlaxle3588 Před 2 lety +6

    This was definitely my favorite game(s) when I was younger. The PS2 had some great hits like God of War and GTA San Andreas and 500 Ratchet and Clank games lol....but this was always the best. It always surprised me that it didn't seem to be that well known though and I wish it could've had more games to the series but I think the story ended well the way the did it. Except Jak and Kiera...they should have been confirmed as a couple at the end of 3 and she should have had more screen time in 3.....but other than that it is a game that will always hold a special place in my heart. A cartoony game but with shooting and action as well as a good bit of mature innuendo, just perfect.

    • @mar_speedman
      @mar_speedman Před rokem

      Yeah, it really seemed like the developers stopped caring about Keira, there. But then they payed more attention to her in X again, at least.
      But I gotta call you out on there being 500 Ratchet and Clank games, cause there's only about as many of them as Jak and Daxter games! (On the PS2, that is)
      We had both trilogies for both series
      Then Jak X, as well as Ratchet Deadlocked
      Then we had those that must not be mentioned (Jak and Daxter Last Frontier and Ratchet and Clank Size Matters)
      There's also Secret Agent Clank, but it's still only one more game over Jak and Daxter

    • @jarlaxle3588
      @jarlaxle3588 Před rokem

      @@mar_speedman True, I guess they do have about the same number, for the PS2 at least. Yea, the one thing I didn't like was the ending for Jak 3. Jak X got the ending that 3 deserved. Instead they decided to end it with Jak and Ashelin together for some unknown reason. Made no sense.

  • @DevonChampion
    @DevonChampion Před 2 měsíci

    It’s also interesting because they have Jak as one of the few PlayStation profile pictures you can choose in the last decade. Hundreds of thousands of people have Jak profile pictures. They treat it like some sort of distant ancestor instead if giving it the revival and respect it deserves.

  • @leonardoserafini5231
    @leonardoserafini5231 Před rokem +1

    if they make a jak 4 i will cry of joy for days playing it, i already know.

  • @Cosmicgaurdian
    @Cosmicgaurdian Před 10 měsíci +1

    Man i was so mad when the game dissapeared ever since i first got the ps2 i played a bunch of different franchises like rachet and clank as well as sly cooper and early kingdom of hearts with a bit of dragon ball but man jack and daxter was and still is to me one of the best games i have played i also really hope for another game to come out soon as it will never be the same without such a game with tons of raw potential

  • @brettrogames
    @brettrogames Před rokem

    This was great! Id love some more retrospectives

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před rokem +1

      I'll keep that in mind :) There are in fact a couple of games I'd like to look back on.

    • @brettrogames
      @brettrogames Před rokem

      @@FromTheAtticTV yeah man! Stuff like this is awesome! Keep up the great work!

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před rokem

      @@brettrogames Thanks 🤘

  • @KaminoKatie
    @KaminoKatie Před 2 lety +2

    Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is the videogame equivalent of comfort food

  • @Massacretalitor
    @Massacretalitor Před rokem +2

    I wanted to get PS2 for years (because of MGS2 and FFX), and eventually my mom bought me one with Jak 2 bundled with it. I hadn't heard of it, didn't care of it, but ended up popping it in regardless (because it was the only game I had) and my mind was blown. It was so good, and it definitely is up there in my favorite games of all time list.

  • @Bent_Dent
    @Bent_Dent Před rokem

    This video is actually pretty informative, neat

  • @lasexylangosta4465
    @lasexylangosta4465 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I think a Jak 4 game with a visual style like the Rachet and Clank riff apart (with that cartoonish visuals but detailed as hell) would fit pretty damn well with the franchise. They should take like base exploring the beyonds of the city and the wasteland, like... why is there no other Civilizations? Or something like that idk. Maybe exploring the universe... All i know is that it should be refreshing, but still having parts of the classical maps, I want to explore a new version of the city in Jak 4.

  • @puffythedestroyer8878
    @puffythedestroyer8878 Před 2 lety +6

    BIt’s hard for me to talk about Jak as a whole without getting gushy or using flowery language on all the little ways it’s sticks out as one-of-a-kind in the realm of artistic creation,
    On top of being a good example & learning experience of intuition & experimentation with game design paying off.
    It’s a shame this I.p. Has somewhat fell into semi-obscurity, given how allot of games today owe it’s influence. It May or may not be on par with something like System Shock or Half-life, but it’s a big / memorable cornerstone for sure.

  • @asap_killa_6058
    @asap_killa_6058 Před 2 lety +4

    Still hurts knowing ND is making a TLOU remake instead of a Jak remake smh

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety

      Oh absolutely. I mean, I really don't mind the TLOU remake, but if I had to choose between that and a Jak Remake I wouldn't even think twice haha!

    • @Ray.M.12345
      @Ray.M.12345 Před 2 lety

      Agreed!!! 👍🏻💯..

  • @thesamsquatch2704
    @thesamsquatch2704 Před rokem

    My wife is currently playing through TPL for the first time. She’s finding it pretty hard so I’ll probably have to help her, but I hope she discovers at least a fondness for the world and its characters, because J&D defined my pre-teen years.

  • @phoenixsplash135
    @phoenixsplash135 Před 2 lety

    I remember getting Jak 3 for christmas and playing it all day

  • @Ioading...10
    @Ioading...10 Před 2 lety +3

    Maybe a Jak offspring? Or how Jak was before the time travel or if that never happened? So many possibilities!

    • @hurricane7727
      @hurricane7727 Před 2 lety

      What if Jak was Never Captured After he Just Arrived in Haven City in the Jak 2 Opening? He and Daxter Arrived in front of the Underground Headquarters

    • @TraZix
      @TraZix Před 2 lety

      What if Jak reconsidered the offer from the precursors at the end of Jak 3 to explore the universe? He ends up learning more about the Dark Makers, where they came from, and finds out about some evil plan they came up with.

  • @BlackWolf-kr7wo
    @BlackWolf-kr7wo Před 2 lety +2

    A new Jak and Daxter game to continue the trilogy and a online multiplayer mode for tlou 2 would be amazing.
    The possibilities are endless with those two projects alone in my opinion.

  • @LikeRandomMemes
    @LikeRandomMemes Před 2 lety +1

    welcome back :)
    a new jak and daxtergame would be awesome

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks! Sorry for being away for a whole month. We desperately need Jak back indeed.
      That has a nice ring to it actually 😅
      BRING JAK BACK! BRING JAK BACK!

    • @zackkingofallyoutubers6025
      @zackkingofallyoutubers6025 Před 2 lety +1

      @@FromTheAtticTV Yes We Need Jak And Daxter COME ON NAUGHTY DOG BRING BACK JAK AND DAXTER!!!!!!

  • @9aracna.
    @9aracna. Před 2 lety +1

    As an eight-year-old at the time, Jak II was (and still is) my jam

  • @ih8uqx
    @ih8uqx Před rokem

    First game on console was jak and daxter this is my childhood i was so happy when jak x came out and it was layin under the Christmas tree

  • @soloknight7197
    @soloknight7197 Před rokem +1

    Given what happened to The Last of Us 2, it's probably best that Jak stays dormant

  • @robertdiaz8658
    @robertdiaz8658 Před 2 lety +2

    Honestly anything with Jak & daxter I'll buy I want this series to come back so bad

  • @Pazo139
    @Pazo139 Před rokem +1

    I was around like 10 years old when I played it. Mostly Jak 2. Messing around in the city, annoying the crimson guards. Got excited completing missions. Feeling like a loser not being able to pass a city holographic border wall, then thrilled once I unlocked the walls. Dealing with those annoying scorpions in certain missions. You name it.

  • @SoftKoreLG
    @SoftKoreLG Před rokem

    sound quality is fye

  • @tvirus9369
    @tvirus9369 Před 2 lety +1

    I want to see the original concept of the sequel to jak and daxter

  • @adamtellier997
    @adamtellier997 Před 2 lety +1

    i remember xmas eve especially when Jak3 came out. I got it for xmas a fe months after it came ou. The throne room after the beginning gets going......young me was dazed man.

  • @sraitama9412
    @sraitama9412 Před 9 měsíci +1

    They deserve remake and sequel after that

  • @afro_souledits2382
    @afro_souledits2382 Před 2 lety

    This is nostalgia and the fact I bought a ps2 and the jak n daxter trilogy a month ago

  • @galacticgamer3679
    @galacticgamer3679 Před rokem +1

    All of us jak and Daxter fans should just try to reach out. Express how much a new game would be awesome. Technology is different there is plenty of ways to go about it

  • @shaepatterson4951
    @shaepatterson4951 Před rokem

    I actually bought the jak and daxter games for my ps4 and I gotta say pure bliss getting all my childhood games back

  • @Jake22419
    @Jake22419 Před 2 lety +5

    They would have such a big audience and lots of $ to be made

  • @robertkeane9393
    @robertkeane9393 Před rokem

    A remake of the first 3 would be a wet dream come true.

  • @artistanthony1007
    @artistanthony1007 Před rokem +1

    I always loved the models on the Jak 3 Cover, they should do that but make environments photorealistic, it would feel perfect in my eyes.

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před rokem

      That would be an interesting mix :) Personally, I'd do exactly like the Ratchet games. Just a super polished cartoonish look.

    • @artistanthony1007
      @artistanthony1007 Před rokem

      @@FromTheAtticTV I just think it makes no sense making Jak, Daxter and everyone realistic but do something like Pixar & Disney, Raya and The Last Dragon has a pretty perfect balance of that especially when seeing the pure Ancient Environments.

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před rokem

      @@artistanthony1007 Yeah that movie was gorgeous!

  • @JabamiLain
    @JabamiLain Před rokem

    Did you know there's a "Kingdom Hearts" fanfic focused on Roxas, in which one of the worlds he visits is this one ? It's called "The Twilight Will".

  • @sym9798
    @sym9798 Před 9 měsíci

    Them early 2000 games were just so Perfect

  • @slopesgameroom
    @slopesgameroom Před 2 lety +2

    Awesome series :P

  • @Alderam95
    @Alderam95 Před rokem

    It’s wasn’t forgotten were all still waiting for either a sequel or a remake

  • @MadJohnsonProduction
    @MadJohnsonProduction Před rokem

    I grew up with this game. I still play it today! Need a jak 4!!!!

  • @13StJimmy
    @13StJimmy Před 2 lety +1

    I had a demo disc with Jak and Daxter on it and it was my favorite on the disc
    Then I got Jak II and to this day it ranks among my top of all time!
    Along with 007 Nightfire and Tony Hawk Pro Skater (1/2/THUG2)

  • @tacticalmattress
    @tacticalmattress Před 2 lety +1

    First game was an absolute gem. I can't pick a favorite between Jak, Ratchet, or Sly series though. They all are basically equal for me.

    • @kafeh3300
      @kafeh3300 Před rokem

      Daaamn you got that Xbox 360 avatar
      I prefered the dude with the beanie chewing gum

  • @davidmilner541
    @davidmilner541 Před rokem +3

    Jak and Daxter is a prime example of taking a set of game characters and developing their character and story over the course of the series to make the player say “wow what a great story”. Just like Ezio in the Ezio trilogy. It feels like a lost element in todays games.

  • @christianhawkins8871
    @christianhawkins8871 Před 2 lety +1

    I can say I'm probably one of the few new gen kids that know this og game it's the best ever game no cap, can't wait to see a new game made and I miss and love it sm it helped me alot thru my childhood, putting as much love as I can into this comment hope they make another bless you all

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +2

      Glad to see the love for this legendary franchise 🙌

    • @christianhawkins8871
      @christianhawkins8871 Před 2 lety

      @@FromTheAtticTV it's because it's just amazing I grew up on jak and daxter, Spyro and command and conquer

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 Před 2 lety

      @@christianhawkins8871 Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

  • @shouldershot
    @shouldershot Před 11 měsíci

    I remember being like 4 years old when Jak and Daxter came out and watching a neighborhood kid play it at his house and genuinely not believing it was real. It was a revelation.

  • @infamousjak7
    @infamousjak7 Před 2 lety +2

    There is an issue with naughty dog making jak 4 and that is the genres they make now like uncharted and the last of us.
    They aren't used to cartoony games any more but I think insomniac would be better at making the next jak game

    • @KaminoKatie
      @KaminoKatie Před 2 lety

      Stylization in games has been getting a comeback of sorts in recent years so there is a possibility that Naughty Dog would come back to that again

  • @-Poka-
    @-Poka- Před rokem

    Rayman and Jak deserves a new game for the trilogy, Rayman 4 and Jak 4 together!

  • @nothingtoseehere7654
    @nothingtoseehere7654 Před rokem

    If the studio came out with another jak game tomorrow i would buy whatever console was necessary just to play it

  • @ramonmff5158
    @ramonmff5158 Před 2 lety

    Awesome vid! So, if a studio was to make a new Jak game, what kind of game would you like to see?

    • @FromTheAtticTV
      @FromTheAtticTV  Před 2 lety +2

      Thanks :) I would go either two ways. My dream game would be to see an older Jak in his quest to become Mar to complete the time loop started in Jak 2. Which would involve the creation of The Heart of Mar (the time travelling artifact he created) and the foundation of Haven City in the past.
      But since it would most likely be way too hard to explain all the back story in one game, I also wouldn't mind a completely fresh start with Jak & Daxter moving on a new planet, with new lore, etc.

  • @KevinAlmodovar-un6gi
    @KevinAlmodovar-un6gi Před rokem

    I think we all want jak 4 I been waiting my whole life

  • @scottystahl8372
    @scottystahl8372 Před rokem

    Please please please we need another one

  • @jocelynmanuel1524
    @jocelynmanuel1524 Před rokem

    Jax 4? Why not!! Friggin Iconic! There like 4-6 games from my childhood this is number one

  • @robsantorobass
    @robsantorobass Před rokem

    Loved this game growing up.

  • @rowanstuart7150
    @rowanstuart7150 Před rokem

    Trust me,we haven't forgotten

  • @LilQueso4133
    @LilQueso4133 Před rokem

    I been waiting for jak nd dexter 4 my whole life that’s if it ever come out lol

  • @water.8311
    @water.8311 Před 10 měsíci

    I loved the bundle on PS3 and I definitely plan to get it on my PS5

  • @ThatChillWeirdGuy
    @ThatChillWeirdGuy Před rokem

    Ngl if they would make a spin-off game focusing on the Freedom League's expansion out into newer frontiers in a Tropico inspired way just with also having to fight off their enemies including newer rebel cults that could spring up to resist the FL then I would totally buy it because I've always wanted to build cities and command armies in Jak and Dexter's world. 💜

  • @lilotchie
    @lilotchie Před rokem

    I have been waiting for so looooong by now... When the PS4 came out in 2013 I have hoped for a revival and a remake of the franchise... and kept an eye out for many years... I hate that its not getting revived...

  • @ChildishCalvino420
    @ChildishCalvino420 Před 7 měsíci

    Naughty dog should’ve gone to insomniac games in the earlier years to help develop a sequel for the jak and daxter series, would’ve been cool to see insom’s take on the series

  • @darth_sidious_sheev_palpatine

    We need a God of war 2018 level game to drop for Jak, he deserves it.
    Honestly I can see a real mature story about PTSD, identity, and loss; in his cartoonish world would be fantastic.

    • @darth_sidious_sheev_palpatine
      @darth_sidious_sheev_palpatine Před 2 lety

      Top of my head here's the plot:
      Jak accidentally kills Kiara while sleeping together because of dark jak, disappears for ten year (which is hundreds cause time travel) to join the precursors in their war with the dark makers. And shows back up when Daxters is about to be killed as an old enemy returns.
      BOOM engagement, intrigue, character development.

  • @precursorunderground
    @precursorunderground Před rokem

    Well said. I just hope they don't miss the mark, when they inevitably do revisit the series. Or whoever ends up doing it. That steampunk look would've dated the game, badly.. versus, I don't know, incredible ancient precursor architecture?!

  • @frostie4305
    @frostie4305 Před rokem

    My first console was a PS2 and my first game was jak 2, I'm currently using PCSX2 to play all the Jak and Daxter games on pc, apart of me stil has hope for naughty dog to make Jak 4 or someone else to buy the IP and make a new game.

  • @patrickconway2587
    @patrickconway2587 Před 10 měsíci

    everytime i hear that someone is a jak and daxter fan and they bring up lost frontier that person stops existing to me altogether

  • @leyvonnewashlv4096
    @leyvonnewashlv4096 Před 2 lety +12

    We want Jak 4!!!🗣🗣 I think insomniac games should take over the franchise if naughty dog won’t do it. They used the composer “Mark Mothersbaugh” from the original Jak and Daxter, in the new ratchet and clank game.

    • @Alucard15423
      @Alucard15423 Před 2 lety +3

      There are actually a couple of Jak and Daxter easter eggs in rift apart.

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 Před 2 lety

      @@Alucard15423 Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

  • @krismatthews1528
    @krismatthews1528 Před 2 lety

    If they would remaster Jak&Daxter I would go get a PlayStation just for this game. This is my favorite game of all time, this video brought back so many memories.

    • @zackzeleo8446
      @zackzeleo8446 Před 2 lety

      Same. I PC game now. But I would go buy one just for jak

    • @victim2077
      @victim2077 Před 2 lety

      They've already remastered whole trilogy and Jak X. Twice on PS3 and PS4.

  • @obitou5595
    @obitou5595 Před rokem

    I'm stunned and baffled Naughty Dog don't make a final Jak game based solely off of redeeming themselves

  • @dcplanbful
    @dcplanbful Před rokem +2

    Jak 2 is fun, but Jak 1 hits different