Jak and Daxter

Jak and Daxter is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 2 that is named after its own protagonists. more...

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So far, five games starring the two unlikely heroes have been released, with Jak the primary playable character in all of them with the exception of the game \"Daxter\" for the PSP (in which Jak made a cameo).

Notable features

The Jak and Daxter series received heavy attention from its first announcement, largely due to its predecessor, the Crash Bandicoot series of games (evidence of the ties between the two games is vast, including a 'spin' move and many similar objects shared between the two series). The original game was one of the first to heavily use streaming, meaning that the game was almost completely lacking in load times. It drew many comparisons to Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie, for its evolution of the platforming genre. Later games in the series then started to focus on shooting and obtaining vehicles (like Grand Theft Auto III), as well as platforming and enhanced this free-roaming, load-free atmosphere in various ways.

The game is also notable for being developed in a variant of the Common Lisp programming language, called Game Oriented Assembly Lisp, rather than the more conventional language C++.

Storyline

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

The story of Jak and Daxter (voiced by Michael Erwin and Max Casella, respectively, though Jak does not speak until the second game) begins in the first game, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. The two characters begin the game as elf-like (although in Jak II the Baron refers to himself as human) mischief-makers who are directly disobeying the advice of the Green Sage, Samos. He has warned them to stay away from a mysterious island called Misty Island home to horrible creatures called lurkers, but they travel there anyway. After a short battle, Daxter falls into a pit of Dark Eco and becomes an orange Ottsel (half otter, half weasel). The story unfolds as the duo adventures to find Gol Acheron, a sage of Dark Eco who may have the powers to help Daxter return to normal. As the game unfolds it becomes clear to you that you have to stop Gol and his sister Maia's plan to use a Precursor Robot to release the vast quantities of Dark Eco in the silo at their citadel. (A secret ending can be unlocked where two gigantic doors open and only light is seen from the interior)

Daxter

A spinoff game was released, Daxter, for the PlayStation Portable, starring Daxter and other new characters such as Osmo, Ximon, Kaeden, and Taryn. It is set around the time between where Daxter is seen running off at the beginning of Jak II, and where Daxter breaks Jak out of prison two years later, which is the whole point of the game. It was developed by Ready at Dawn.

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