Underplayed Gems

Jak II (2003)

Jak II cover
Developer
Naughty Dog
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Platforms
PlayStation 4, PlayStation 2
Genres
Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Rating
4.0 of 5, 227 player ratings
Where to get it
PlayStation Store

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How it feels

A frenetic open-world scramble through a gritty sci-fi city where platforming, gunplay, and hover-bike chases collide in a relentlessly energetic rush.

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About

Jak II is an open-world platform, third-person shooter, and an action-adventure video game. It is the second game of the Jak and Daxter series and a sequel to Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

What players say

A much darker, harder swerve from the cheerful original, mixing open-city traversal, gunplay and platforming with brutal checkpointing that splits players between admiring its grit and resenting its difficulty. Loved for tone and ambition, but remembered as a steep, sometimes unfair endurance test.

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