What Happened To Jak & Daxter | Naughty Dog's Forgotten Gem 

Some say he's still waiting to hear how his audio sounds to this day...

@@WAFFENFABRIK 😂

Cool AF

Thats pretty cool haha like a real life Jak easter egg

@@Sway187 gotta say, if someone ever called me out on it, I would lose my mind 🤣👍👍👍

that has to be the coolest thing I've heard all month

do you double jump and collect orbs out in the world like Jak too?

WE WANT IT ALL!!!

Modern naughty dog would probably ruin it.

Won't get it. They have to remaster TLOU for the 100th time.

Jak 4 should be After Jak X.

In my Dream for Jak 4 they used Jak's Jak X Model( Would love to go to Kras City etc.

Thanks :) Definitely my favorite as well. If I could blend the guns mods and the checkpoints of Jak 3 with Jak 2's story and missions, it would be a near perfect game!

@@FromTheAtticTV Sadly we cant have it all, but yeah having all improvements of Jak 3 into 2 would be really amazing : D

Jak 2 is a Hidden Driver in Jak X Combat Racing

@@KirsGM Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

sly cooper was one of my first ps2 games 😅

I wish we Had a Jak And Daxter Remake( The Closest is the PC Jak and Daxter 4k Version).

Personally, I'm a lot less convinced on the success of Jak returning for a variety of reasons. Firstly, Naughty Dog themselves have spoken why Jak was never as popular as its predecessor Crash, or its successors Uncharted and TLOU. They "threw the kitchen sink at Jak" in terms of design. His aesthetic was a mix of Western Animation and Anime that didn't really stand out in either market like Crash did. And starting from Jak 2, the gameplay had open world carjacking from GTA3, gunplay from Ratchet and Clank, hoverboarding based on Tony Hawk etc. A consequence of this approach meant that none of its individual systems were as fleshed out as the games it was emulating. Its open world sandbox wasn't as dynamic or emergent as GTA 3. Its shooting wasn't as deep as Ratchet's. And its hoverboarding sections were quite few and far between. This also diluted the time you spend platforming. So it becomes harder for a fan of GTA, Ratchet or Tony Hawk to really get into the Jak games like they would their other games. Essentially, the Jak games often struggled with their own identity, trying to be any game other than themselves. This made it harder for them to stick in the public conciousness. Secondly, this makes it hard to continue the series in a satisfying way especially all this time later. For one, the best selling game in the Jak series is still Jak 1. It outsold both Jak 2 and 3 combined. If you make a new Jak game, do you model it after Jak 1? If so, you upset the Jak 2 and 3 fans waiting for "their game" or a continuation of Jak. If you model it like Jak 2 and 3 as this collection of disparate gameplay styles trying to be fit together, you'd have to both essentially design the gameplay for 3-4 other games in a satisfying way into a single game. You can't get by anymore with the basics anymore. Like, it's hard to go back to GTA3 with its terrible shooting controls. So a follow up to Jak 2 and 3 would need both great shooting controls, and great open world systems, and great systems for guns, hoverboarding etc. And then you'd have to sell this game. Which is even harder. Most modern Naughty Dog fans and gamers in general would likely be turned off by the lack of focus. And the built in Jak 2 and 3 fanbase isn't exactly massive enough to carry the game. If you scrap everything and opt for a more realistic style to "modernize" the series, well, you upset both the old fans, and have no guarantee new fans would replace them given how wacky Jak still is.

@@FraserSouris They would just need to Make New Vehiclesk( Maybe even a Eco Jet, Eco Glider, Etc in the Dream i saw Jak 4 in Where he was in His Jak x Appearance he was talking to Samos in Forbidden Jungle) For Jak to Use( Ironically The Vehicle Controls Improved in Jak 3 and Jak X) , New Weapons and Maybe New Mechanics and Ironically They can use the Jak X Areas for more Areas to Explore( Kras City , Docks Areas and Also the Areas that were in Jak 1 but Returned in Jak x as well( Forbidden Jungle, Ice Citadel Etc).

@@hurricane7727 Again. That only repeats the challenges with a Jak 2/3 type follow up. That the game's identity would still be confused and have a lot of disparate systems.

@@FraserSouris I said New Mechanics Meaning it would still Play Different than Those Games( Jak Can Have Some Eco Type Abilities like He had In The Precusor Legacy Using Blue Eco etc. Or even Combined Eco Ablities

Hell yeah! Clearly my favorite trilogy of games.

Very true.

Yeah then I show my fandom and they express how much they took loved it but just fell off it

And that makes me so happy 🙏

It felt so refreshing to see the most significant video game franchise of my childhood getting such a caring face lift. As a kid I played all of these games, and I never stopped. To this day, over 20 years later, they remain my favorites and I still replay them about once a year, sometimes more frequently. You said it perfectly, it feels like the series is being resurrected as we speak. But by fans this time rather than developers.

That's an awesome story man. Jak holds a special place in many people's hearts for all sorts of reasons.

Those freaking games ❤ Every time I play TPL I 100% the thing 🙂 It's not too hard and it's so damn fun. Thanks for the kind words!

You can Get Jak 2 in Jak X

Good times 🔥

@@FromTheAtticTV KH2 was grandiose when you played that kind of slow and rigid KH1 and Beyond Good and Evil is some masterpiece that im still afraid to see a sequel knowing what Ubi became the last decade ....... so proud to witness how beloved this game is when you know how small the video game industry was and still is in France ...... anyway great content as usual my dude, thanks for the work and entertainment!! love

@@ax2781 Thank you Axel 😀

@@ax2781 Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

@@orangeslash1667 yep it was definitely a trend back there. PS2 then PS3 era was turbo edgy and that was AMAZING. we can even quote how zelda went from wind waker to twilight princess in like..less than 3 years? and nailed it. jak 2-3 also nailed it, even tho.... that fluorescent green grass from sandover village is printed onto my brain

Thank you for the kind words :)

Thank you so much :) That means a lot to me.

@@FromTheAtticTV Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

@@orangeslash1667 Indeed. It happened with Sucker Punch too. From Sly to Ghost of Tsushima.

@@FromTheAtticTV It reminds me of the Twilight zone episode The Obsolete man😵.

@@orangeslash1667 I don't think I've seen that one! Gonna check it out :)

Glad you liked it man! Now I truly cannot wait to know what you think of Jak 2 😉 It's gonna be... A wild journey

Oh don't hold your breath for this one. But who knows 😉 Excited to know what you think about this mastapiece!

Yeah, it really seemed like the developers stopped caring about Keira, there. But then they payed more attention to her in X again, at least. But I gotta call you out on there being 500 Ratchet and Clank games, cause there's only about as many of them as Jak and Daxter games! (On the PS2, that is) We had both trilogies for both series Then Jak X, as well as Ratchet Deadlocked Then we had those that must not be mentioned (Jak and Daxter Last Frontier and Ratchet and Clank Size Matters) There's also Secret Agent Clank, but it's still only one more game over Jak and Daxter

@@mar_speedman True, I guess they do have about the same number, for the PS2 at least. Yea, the one thing I didn't like was the ending for Jak 3. Jak X got the ending that 3 deserved. Instead they decided to end it with Jak and Ashelin together for some unknown reason. Made no sense.

Thank you so much Ludwig :) Glad you enjoy the content!

Yeah Jak 2 took me months haha!

AND I visted LA to go to E3 in 2019 and i saw Jason Rubin and he's the only person I've ever frozen speaking to. Jak and Daxter is why I work in games development today

I appreciate it 🙏 And thanks for helping out with the algorithm by commenting 🙂 Always super helpful!

@@FromTheAtticTV I am glad to help ....... I am always there to help out small youtubers

You think Naughty Dog would allow one of their long-time competition to actually take over one of their own original product?

@@megapulsar9244 let's be real ND isn't interested in it and Sony has the last word. If they wanted to they could ask Polyphony Digital (Gran Turismo devs) to make new J&D and ND could only throw tantrums at the higher ups.

@@victim2077 Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

Thank you very much. I appreciate it 🙏

Thanks a lot :) My real job is a graphic design, so I appreciate that haha

I'll keep that in mind :) There are in fact a couple of games I'd like to look back on.

@@FromTheAtticTV yeah man! Stuff like this is awesome! Keep up the great work!

@@brettrogames Thanks 🤘

What if Jak was Never Captured After he Just Arrived in Haven City in the Jak 2 Opening? He and Daxter Arrived in front of the Underground Headquarters

What if Jak reconsidered the offer from the precursors at the end of Jak 3 to explore the universe? He ends up learning more about the Dark Makers, where they came from, and finds out about some evil plan they came up with.

😂 I actually don't mind these projects. But yes, I would prefer a return to Jak.

That would be an interesting mix :) Personally, I'd do exactly like the Ratchet games. Just a super polished cartoonish look.

@@FromTheAtticTV I just think it makes no sense making Jak, Daxter and everyone realistic but do something like Pixar & Disney, Raya and The Last Dragon has a pretty perfect balance of that especially when seeing the pure Ancient Environments.

@@artistanthony1007 Yeah that movie was gorgeous!

Glad to see the love for this legendary franchise 🙌

@@FromTheAtticTV it's because it's just amazing I grew up on jak and daxter, Spyro and command and conquer

@@christianhawkins8871 Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.

Thanks! Sorry for being away for a whole month. We desperately need Jak back indeed. That has a nice ring to it actually 😅 BRING JAK BACK! BRING JAK BACK!

@@FromTheAtticTV Yes We Need Jak And Daxter COME ON NAUGHTY DOG BRING BACK JAK AND DAXTER!!!!!!

Those are some fire games my friend 🔥

Oh absolutely. I mean, I really don't mind the TLOU remake, but if I had to choose between that and a Jak Remake I wouldn't even think twice haha!

Agreed!!! 👍🏻💯..

Daaamn you got that Xbox 360 avatar I prefered the dude with the beanie chewing gum

So true! The Ezio comparison is on point as well.

I relate to your pain...

Indeed 😍

Thanks :) I would go either two ways. My dream game would be to see an older Jak in his quest to become Mar to complete the time loop started in Jak 2. Which would involve the creation of The Heart of Mar (the time travelling artifact he created) and the foundation of Haven City in the past. But since it would most likely be way too hard to explain all the back story in one game, I also wouldn't mind a completely fresh start with Jak & Daxter moving on a new planet, with new lore, etc.

I love Dark Cloud too! ☺

Same. I PC game now. But I would go buy one just for jak

They've already remastered whole trilogy and Jak X. Twice on PS3 and PS4.

Stylization in games has been getting a comeback of sorts in recent years so there is a possibility that Naughty Dog would come back to that again

Hehe hell yeah. Jak 2 was super Nu-Metal 😅🤘

There are actually a couple of Jak and Daxter easter eggs in rift apart.

@@Alucard15423 Im sensing a pattern here that when ever a Western game company creates a cartoon character, it's usually because of hardware limitations. When technology evolves the Western company abandons the cartoon character in favor of a more realistic adventure series. This has happened to Banjo Kazooie and now Jak.