by James Shimoda

Created on: October 21, 2008

Jak and Daxter: The precursor legacy was a huge success on the PS2. It was a simple game, yet it required a bit of skill. It was named one of the PS2 greatest hits. The game contained beautiful and colorful environments. There was a bit of humor involved. The sequel, Jak 2 was a little different.

Jak 2 naturally proceeds off from the ending of the first game. It starts off with the protagonists, Jak, Daxter, Kyra, and the Green sage operating a portal found in the previous game. The portal is opened and sends our heros to another city that is in the future. Jak is seperated and captured in this strange city. He is subjected to a series of experiments resulting in a huge change. Daxter frees Jak after two years of hiding and from there Jak vows revenge on the man who changed him: the baron.

The storyline for Jak 2 revolves around Jak's attempts to have his revenge on the baron. As you progress through the story, The origins of Jak are explained. Everything is cleared up at the end of the game. As a *SPOILER* one of the pieces of information you discover is the city that Jak and his party ended up. That city is the future Haven city, the city of the first game. The story in the game was nicely done. Everything fit and it was sort of looking at an upgraded version of the first game. It does have a happy ending but it depends on your point of view.

The gaming environment was a huge expansion. Unlike the first one, there are a lot of places to explore. If you want to discover everything in the game, you seriously need some time because certain powercells are difficult to achieve. There are screens where you can take tests to prove your worth and the reward is a powercell, but the tests are not easy. I guarantee this is not a short game like the first. There is a lot of areas to explore. The main mode of transportation are hovercrafts. The durability and speed are inversely proportioned. For example, If you have the motorcyle craft, it has the fastest speed but if you hit other objects five times or less, the craft explodes. It's a risk, but it's the main way to travel through the city in a decent amount of time. There are many people in the city, but you can only talk to the important ones. If I had to put it another way, it's grand theft auto at a lower ESRB rating. Because the enviroment is huge, it takes up a chunk of the PS2 memory card.

The gameplay is similar to the first. Jak retains all of the moves that he did in the first game. A new factor are guns. Jak has

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