Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001)

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy cover

Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 2
Genres: Platform, Racing, Adventure
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 327 player ratings
Main story: about 10 hours
Completionist: about 9.2 hours
Where to get it: PlayStation Store

How it feels

A bright and breezy romp through vibrant open worlds where collecting, exploring, and zipping between whimsical minigames keeps the energy fun and consistently upbeat.

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About

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a 2001 platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Sony PlayStation 2 on December 4, 2001, as the first game of the Jak and Daxter series. The game follows the protagonist, a young teenager named Jak, as he tries to help his friend Daxter after he is transformed into an "ottsel", a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel. The game offers a large range of missions, collectables and objectives, often in the form of minigames, which provide a variety of gameplay experiences, as well as puzzles and platforming stages, which are completed by the player to proceed with the story.

What players say

A vibrant, charming open platformer with a seamless loading-free world that feels like a living cartoon, anchored by responsive controls and witty characters. Widely regarded as one of Naughty Dog's best and a defining PS2 platformer, with only occasional spikes of platforming frustration.

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Screenshots

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