Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

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…

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Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is an adventure developed by Naughty Dog, released 3 December 2001 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 10.5 hrs to finish.

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What Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is an adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and released in 2001. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 2. It runs on GOAL.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The opening sequence of the game features Jak and Daxter in a speedboat headed for Misty Island, an area prohibited by their watch over Samos. Upon arriving to the island, Daxter had second thoughts about straying from the village. The two perch on a large skeleton to observe a legion of lurkers crowded around two dark figures, Gol and Maia, who were commanding the lurkers to "deal harshly with anyone who strays from the village," and to search for any precursor artifacts and eco near Sandover Village.[4] After the secret observation, Jak and Daxter continue searching the island. Daxter trips on a dark eco canister which he tosses to Jak after expressing his dislike for the item, and as Jak…

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Jak and Daxter series

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is the first of 18 entries we hold in the Jak and Daxter series. The next entry was Jak & Daxter: The Lost Levels in 2001. Its critic score of 90 is 13 points above the series average of 77. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 332 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 10.5 hrs.

What it launched against

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy launched on 3 December 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2.

Cheats and codes

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