Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

 PlayStation 2
User Score
8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 609 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 535 out of 609
  2. Mixed: 56 out of 609
  3. Negative: 18 out of 609
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  1. Alexander_Doom
    Feb 16, 2014
    4
    This is one of the most anonymous game i've ever played.
    Sure, Daxter is a great character but, my god, JAK is the most anonymous character in the world. Even the game itself isn't anything so wonderful. It's a nice platform (but far awaaaaaaaaaaaaay from the masterpiece Crash Bandicoot trilogy) and really annoying. Probably this is, for me, the worst game ever made by Naughty Dog. What a    This is one of the most anonymous game i've ever played.
    Sure, Daxter is a great character but, my god, JAK is the most anonymous character in the world. Even the game itself isn't anything so wonderful. It's a nice platform (but far awaaaaaaaaaaaaay from the masterpiece Crash Bandicoot trilogy) and really annoying. Probably this is, for me, the worst game ever made by Naughty Dog. What a waste...    … Expand
  2. [Anonymous]
    Apr 3, 2002
    0
    It sucks.
  3. gamezgeek
    May 7, 2018
    0
    Without a doubt one of the worst video games I have ever played.
    The gameplay is tedious and relies on pointless missions that involves grinding "precursor orbs" (this games coins), doing pointless tasks such as herding cows into a pen or finding 7 flies (why?).
    The open world everyone brags about is poorly designed and very easy to get lost in. The story was also terrible as 5 minutes    Without a doubt one of the worst video games I have ever played.
    The gameplay is tedious and relies on pointless missions that involves grinding "precursor orbs" (this games coins), doing pointless tasks such as herding cows into a pen or finding 7 flies (why?).
    The open world everyone brags about is poorly designed and very easy to get lost in.
    The story was also terrible as 5 minutes into gameplay I forgot what the story was and why I was doing these pointless tasks. Just about everything comes grouped with an unskippable 10-minute cutscene that is tedious to watch and breaks the flow of the game - the game disc contains more cutscene data than it does game data.
    The soundtrack is also lacking as the only music I've heard is a repetitive 10-second loop of generic bongo drums.
    The disc also seems to be programmed poorly as it makes a lot of noise in my PS2.
    And to top it all of - the game needs a massive 700KB memory card file despite not having much to save.    … Expand
  4. Fry_Bot
    Sep 27, 2019
    4
    I don't remember much about this game, i mainly remember the characters being annoying and i never liked the graphic style of it, but i'll probably replay it soon cause it's been so long since i've played it. I will update or delete this review after i replay it though. But just off how i felt about it the first time, i'm giviing this a 4/10.
  5. Dom007
    Mar 13, 2021
    3
    I Didn't enjoy this game and I gave it up quickly. Annoying characters with tedious gameplay, a very average soundtrack, poor level design and really tedious missions.
    This game also led to Jak 2 (one of the worst video games ever made in my opinion) being created.
  6. EvilPlayer
    Nov 22, 2021
    0
    Worst Jak game. I can't believe that there are people who really enjoyed it. Jak is muted, Daxter is annoying, the plot is veeery boooooring, graphics sucks, audio sucks, and these looong cutscenes, which don't have any useful information, but you must watch it without skipping. Maximum percent I completed is 50.

Awards & Rankings

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#13 Best PS2 Game of 2001
7
#7 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2001
9
#9 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2001

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. Yahoo!
    90
    One of the most thrilling games to hit PS2 since its launch.
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  2. TotalPlayStation
    94
    From the way the game renders an entire world that you can explore from one end to the next without a single loading screen, to animation that literally trounces anything ever seen in any videogame, to game design that keeps things interesting despite being what some would call “just a fetch quest,” this is a perfect example of the next generation in videogames.
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  3. GamePen
    90
    Simply amazing.
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