Yeah it wasn’t until Jak X that I noticed what a damn killer he was because that’s the first time anyone had called him out on it. Kinda like when Lazaravic called out Nate Drake in Thieves.
I remembered that! It's funny too since my uncle got me both games on my birthday since I loved the Jak and Ratchet series. Those were some good memories.
Jak X is so underrated. And there’ll never be a game that gives me the same feeling again. The nuanced handling of the cars, the aesthetic, the music- it’s so distinct.
I know how you feel, it's almost the same with me & Unreal Tournament 99. This game being my UT99 of car combat games. The voice taunts after kills, the music & even CTF & Deathmatch remind me of UT99 in subtle ways of just old school game design. I got GRIP recently & i cannnooot compare it to Jak X. I put the Jak X OST into the game to play since you can do that in the vanilla game on Steam, and even changed the controls to it & match it. Still didn't bring me close to home. No point in even trying it. If that's the high you're looking for, you're not gonna find it there, stick with Jak X. And WipEout is another love of mine, but again, very diff feel & vibe, however BallisticNG on Steam is amazing & has probably surpassed WipEout by this point for anyone interested.
@TheBunBun54321 Nah, now their like everyone else. Just like every Sony first part studio now. Your just reaffirming what I said earlier about how their games are made for mass appeal and aren't very risk taking anymore with anything bold or unique that may have not been done before. Just like how Sucker Punch has now gone. Sad times :(
Gulf Giggle Animations if only this world were so lucky to have that many games I would have played an entire game for each sage area in the first game it could have had no sense of progression and I would have played it forever
16:20 In Jak's defense, Krew had sold out the entirety of Haven City to the Metal Heads... plus it's not like he could have just carried him to safety.
yeah i wished they implemented some kind of friendly fire mechanic. not like a full on team thing as they alread had events like that but just like an invisile meter that effects how likly a racer will attack you, maybe having your friends attack less often unless provoked and to balance it out have some late game mizo members be more focused on going after you specifically
The soundtrack has some great musicians on it: "The score of Combat Racing was primarily composed by Billy Howerdel, with assistance from Dean Menta, Danny Lohner, Eric Bass, Josh Freese, Atom Willard, Joey Castillo, Paz Lenchantin, Troy Van Leeuwen, and Wes Borland. Furthermore, two songs by Queens of the Stone Age are present in the game's opening, being "A Song for the Dead" and "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire". "
I've heard Jak X's praises being sung before, but never have I heard Jak X's music, and have I bloody-well been missing out! (Remembering how much I loved the rock tracks in The Simpsons: Hit & Run, I know I would've LOVED Jax's offerings back in the PS2's heyday).
🤔 Sounds like you would enjoy some Twisted Metal: Black-Online then. ⏭ Pertinent to the video, though, JakX Combat _online MP_ is available, again. 👍 Running from a PS2 here, one can connect using the following DNS at this time for NTSC-U/C and PAL: 45_._7_._228_._197 👉 Quarantining the JakX Combat saves onto its own memory card is a good idea last I read. The autosave can corrupt the JakX file (as it recently did on my -39001 model PS2) along with, potentially, not recognizing any of the rest of the MC contents and, therefore, all of the other game save files and Netfile settings that could be present for other games.
I should have mentioned this in your last Jak video, but I believe the change in love interests for Jak 3 might have been a result of voice casting issues. For whatever reason, the previous VA of Keira, Anna Garduno, did not reprise her role as Keira in Jak 3 or Jak X. She was replaced by Tara Strong, a common voice actress with literally hundreds of roles. My theory is, given how little Keira speaks in Jak 3, how she is oddly mute when first meeting with Jak while Samos talks his mouth off, that Naughty Dog didn't have a voice actor for Keira. I think Naughty Dog didn't have a voice actor for Keira until near the end of production, which necessitated the change in love interests. Remember, they only had a year to pump out Jak 3, there wasn't much time to recast Keira at all. It's possible Naughty Dog were afraid they wouldn't find a good new VA for Keira, or perhaps the former actress was stuck in pricing negotiation for a while before backing out. Regardless, Keira is too mute and too small of a figure in Jak 3 for me to believe it was all intentional. It doesn't feel like an intentional artistic decision, especially when they went back on it in Jak X. It smells of backroom issues to me.
It's like you read my mind. A 15 year-old-me who had just rented Jak 3 as a birthday present to himself back in 2005, thought it was weird that Keira was so silent in that scene where they're separated by the security wall. Your comment really sheds light on the switch in love interests because was questioning what happened to Torn and Ashelin.
Jak X is the most primal Kart racer I've ever played. It fills me with a type manly, grunge-y, adrenaline-fueled energy that I can't get from most other Kart racers. Just make you go "YES! UNGF!"
I miss that old review, along with his Skyrim and Zelda Skyward sword. So many funny quotable lines which are pure classic Brit. "Oh look it's Charlie from the Street Fighter. Now, let's just check out his controls an- HOLY Baby Cthulu, what is that? This guy's jumps - just look at them. Nathan Drake's arm spastic flailing has nothing on this."
You could survive the peacemaker by just stopping your car. 9 times out of 10,someone else would pass you, and it would kill them instead, giving you back your lead.
Truth. Whether they intended for you to do that or not I dunno, but it feels so genius nontheless considering the game is so challenging that there's always at least one racer right on your tail, you never end up lapping around everyone else like you can if you get good at a Mario or Crash racer. If you get blown up in Jak X, you'll always get overtaken by multiple others, so the fact that you can use the game's difficulty to your advantage if you're smart enough is just the icing on the cake that is an already amazingly clever racing game. There's always a solution even if the game doesn't tell you it. It's perfect, and I think Brit would totally agree if he knew about the stopping trick.
@@dvda9725 lol, slowpoke You can definitely maintain enough of a lead to respawn and still be in the lead. In fact, more times than not, there's no opponent behind me and I only have to worry about peacemakers. My answer being to gun it as fast as I can to respawn before I lose my lead. Not actually making fun of your skill, though. The game tolerates many different styles, so you can be slower and still win.
@@mar_speedman When I said blowing up always gets you overtaken I didn't mean *literally* always, I know I didn't make that clear but I was really just complimenting the game's challenge compared to the kart racers of the time.
The handling goes to shit the faster you go, and you already slide like a lubed up penguin, but the infuriating explosions add to the satisfaction of beating those hard turns with the gold medal
Hearing you have the same complaints about Jak's worldbuilding, lore and storydevelopment feels validating. Like I didn't waste my time being annoyed about the same things. I really wish we could get a developer-interview explaining what happened, especially with all the weird stuff in Jak 3.
It definitely is strange, and a little sad really. I think at the time we all wanted to see a more well-meshed story behind the universe and the characters, as much as we enjoyed the substance as it was. There is so much potential in it, but I suppose being that Jak 1 was such a mish-mash the developers didn't leave themselves a foundation for something so seamless and ran with the idea of something not so solid altogether.
There is actually tons of backstory behind basically everything in Jak 3, problem is in the actual game certain things only get mentioned or hinted at, but it's all on the J&D wiki, and the game becomes more enjoyable when you know everything from sources outside the game itself. There's also lots of stuff that went unmentioned in Jak 2 (though this is more cool than frustrating) where certain things you do during the game you'll be just as oblivious as Jak himself is even after you beat the game, and you'll never realize until you go *really* in depth. For example, Jak 3 has Jak being banished because the people think his friendship with Krew helped the Metal Heads invade Haven, and while Jak is portrayed as being in the right because we're left as oblivious as he is, that's exactly what he did. Take the mission where you destroy the defense turrets in the sewers, they were there for keeping Metal Heads out, and Krew had Jak doing his dirty work without Jak knowing.
Yeah the one time he drove good in my playthrough was when he beat me. Like sure, I get it UR-86. You're either a pain in the ass or no pain at all, huh??
Ah yes, the autosave glitch, every Jak & Daxter fan's nightmare. I encountered this devilish glitch when I first played it. Annoying as hell until I found out that taking out the memory card, playing for an exciting session then plugging it back in to save manually when I'm finished for the day. Thank god for that. The soundtrack is absolutely kick-ass, definitely one of my favourites to listen to and even play it in the background when playing another fast-paced action-packed game. Devil May Cry, God Of War, Killzone, etc. Despite Naughty Dog forgoing Jak 4, I hope that one faithful day we'll get the next installment for real and make the community super happy. I love listening to your voice and how you describe video games in high class detail including a deep analysis. I keep coming back to many of your videos whenever I can. Keep up the X(cellent) content and hopefully your channel will gain worldwide popularity.
@@Kingdom850 "Arguably" They almost always shoot first. Ironically it was the most supposedly serious Uncharted game that had Nate killing people for no good reason and the narrative not seeming to notice.
1st. Jak X is amazing, so much chaos, destruction, and high speeds, glorious. Its a shame there aren't more games like this. Also love how when you were talking about choosign another mission to beat because of one that gives you trouble the sewers are in the background. Those levels were a nightmare.
The sewer levels. The bane of my existence. My play style usually focuses on speed, and the sewer levels just *do not* like that. I end up being too fast for the track *and* within sights of the contestants that are usually far away behind me. Hate it so much
I always thought the reason why we never heard of Kras was because under Praxis and Veger had an incentive to information about other possible places to live for population control
I personally can't blame Jak for leaving Krew to die... that guy sold out Haven City to Kor, leaving everyone at the mercy of metalheads, not to mention dangerous weapon he built for baron. He was too dangerous to be left alive... hell, he was dangerous even after his death, he managed to harm Jak and his friends even beyond the grave. And also, it's not as if Jak had an option to save him. The entire place was about to blow up, and Jak and Daxter managed to narrowly evade death by jumping. There was no time to drag an irredeemable bastard (who also weighs a ton) out of harms way.
I just must mention how nicely done they portrayed Jak's hair and facial hair, and how it signifies him getting older. In the beginning he had the same kind of hair you'd expect from someone looking like him being that age. In the second game he has longer, more untamed hair as well as sporting a goatee, showing him physically growing older. In the third game he has shorter hair, around the same length as in the first (I think), has styled his goatee slightly differently AND also grew sideburns. And then in this game he has the shortest hair his ever had, yet again has a slightly different styled goatee and he retains his sideburns more or less like they were in three. The reason why I think this is genius is because I feel like it generally reflects real life (at least as it is for some people): When you're a teenager (13-16 perhaps) you might have about half-long hair and no facial hair. Then as you enter your later teen years (17-19) you start growing some kind of facial hair and saves out your hair. Then you enter your early twenties (say 20-24) and you save out some more facial hair but go back to a shorter hair like when you were younger. And then finally when you enter your mid-to late twenties (25-29) you keep that sweet facial hair, perhaps style it differently and get shorter hair, even shorter than your teen years. I dunno, this is just what I feel like is at least a somewhat accurate take on real life growth in terms of looks when growing older.
1- It was shorter 2- It actually goes like this: Jak 1: He has long hair styled after the trends of the time Jak 2: After years in prison, his hair grows too long and he starts growing facial hair. Mostly his goatee and some sideburns. It's not a style, his goatee is overgrown. Jak 3: After finally taking a chance to cool down and have a shave, he cuts his hair into his original style, though shorter, presumably to grow into it. Also he trims his goatee, though he doesn't remove it entirely. (His facial hair also starts growing more) Jak X: He cuts his hair short, stops bothering trying to style it in a way that's been out of fashion for centuries, going for a more modern look. His facial hair growing even more, with his sideburns growing longer. And if you look at the concept art, it's clear that the intention was for Jak to grow a beard similar to Mar's (As in, no mustache) and eventually start tying his longer hair. They were really debating it.
Anytime I was in the lead I always held on to a red item and dropped it for the next pickup until I managed to roll for the Dark Evo shield, having that on always guaranteed invul for the PeaceMaker.
Yup. That's a good tactic. I do that too, but mostly when I'm close to the end of the last lap. Dying in the first lap is fine. Dying when you're almost to the finish line is hell
For anyone interested in playing the game on a PS2 Slim there is actually a workaround to the save glitch I used to do when I played as a child. If you unplug the memory card while at the main menu it’ll disable autosave. You can plug it back in and save any time you’d like without having to worry about the game breaking and becoming cursed.
Jack X is the Deadlocked of the J&D franchise. A spin off deviating heavily from the original formula, but still made by the same guys and turned out to be fun as hell. On the bad spin off side, I think you could also consider Lost Frontier to be the Size Matters of the J&D franchise. Funny thing is LF and SM are developed by the same company.
I like the end speech about the characters of the series (Also after the last jak video got me to play the trilogy, I can say jak 3 is prob my fav followed by 1 sorry 2)
Jak X is one my favorite games ever! I love it's edgy style, the music, and especially the super nuanced controls. The Eco system is also amazing! And I forgot about that last line, on account of my game often glitching before I could finish.
If targeted with a peacemaker, slam breaks and allow runner up to pass you. A driver who can maintain first place with competition shortly behind is true mastery of the game.
The PS4 port isn’t good just so you know. Performance issues (slow motion, dropped frames) are rampant, especially during split screen. And there isn’t even online multiplayer.
I didn't have any slowdown issues, though i didn't use split screen. It's a shame that there's no online, but overall i think its the better version since it fixes the bad bugs and comes with (almost) all the extra content.
"And there isn´t EVEN online multiplayer", it´s a PS2 game, mainly single-player, are you mad?? What´s with some people who need online in everything? Craziness?
The autosave glitch can be avoided by pulling out your memory card after a load, and then putting it back in and doing a manual save before you close down. And yes this game was really amazing. As you said, they really nailed the speed aspect of the game and the choices you have to do while driving on how to max out your speed. Great soundtracks and gameplay. It really kickstarted my love for Queens of The Stoneage. It's too bad it didn't get a lot of attention.
It's nice to see this series get some appreciation once in a while. These were my favourite games growing up, right alongside Ratchet & Clank. Excellent analysis! Thank you for this nostalgic trip down memory lane!
I loved Jak X to pieces back when I played it. Flaming, jagged pieces. It got pretty difficult later on in the story, though, more difficult than I've experienced with other racers. Tight turns in a few of the later tracks force you to really up your game and the more strategic item system means you can't just keep beating your head against the wall until RNJesus wins the race for you. It's intense. I should play it again sometime soon.
I know one of naughty dog's arguments for not continuing jak is that they didn't no where to take the story, but honestly Id love a proper sequel taking place in crash city, focusing on the aftermath of raine's takeover of the mob and the realistic criminal elements in jak's world without a large focus on the precursor stuff.
Jak does have character growth throughout the series (Though it's more a collection of notes honestly) Jak started off as a do gooder, got corrupted till he was filled with a dark presence, struggled to be the hero he was always meant to be, failed at times, succeeded at other times, then eventually just... Accepted that he isn't the hero he was half a decade ago. It's a valid direction to take Jak in. (Though, again, it would've helped to double down on it)
Forgot to talk about the dark eco power ups and the RIDICULOUSLY awesome vehicle customization (holy shit i spent as much time making my cars look cool as i did killing my mates on the tracks lol)
That Queens of the Stone Age intro is one of the fuckin best intro cutscenes. Both Insomniac and Naughty Dog went full *edge* with their 4th entries, pumped up the action level and didn't take it too seriously which ended making the games pretty great even if people weren't ready to accept them as quality entries right away. I'll never forget reading about Deadlocked in Game Informer and then the cool October day in the 3rd grade when my dad got the game for me, absolutely unforgettable along with the time I got Jak X for Christmas.
@@toxicmaster1018 Yeah I couldn't 100% remember, but I did play through the entire career in just a couple of days after the rerelease. It still held up okay
@@Table53 I could have sworn the cars handled differently in the ps4 port but it either was my imagination or something to do with my controller, either way still loved it
@@toxicmaster1018 it had been a while between playing on PS2 and PS4 so I didn't necessarily feel much of a difference. I remmeber the Jak X cars always handled very differently to other kart racer type games though
17:08 I LOVE this part specifically. In an instant it repaints the scene with the viewers in Mizo's place and Jak as the developers, making the situation clear the moment it starts. Comedy genius.
Every odd Christmas or so, I boot up my dusty PlayStation 2 and go nuts with Jak X! So many fantastic memories of my Dad and myself playing split-screen in Mar’s coliseum trying to blow each-other up; reminds me so much of the Holiday period. Also with my friends coming over after school and one of them bringing his memory card of Ratchet Gladiator so we could use Ratchet as a playable character. So many fond memories, we’ll never get this period of gaming again. The PS2 era was really the golden age!
I'm sure that you're aware, TheGamingBrit, but some people watching might not know. The weapon that kept blowing him up in first place is the peacemaker and it is specifically designed to be this game's "Blue Shell." Blue shells are an important aspect in any combat racer because 2nd through last place have to deal with threats in front and behind so without any real competition 1st place can just zoom way out ahead of the competition. This is true in non-combat racing but this is especially true in any combat racer. What I really liked about Jak X is that, compared to the likes of Mario Kart, getting blown up is a total slap on the wrist. Sure the game makes a big deal about it but if you take non-lethal damage it doesn't slow you down at all. Getting blown up doesn't put you from 1st to 6th place and having to accelerate from a dead stop like in Mario Kart. It puts you from 1st to 2nd place, in a decent line and already accelerating. The fact that you can control and plan out which weapons you get means there's a consistency to races that you can plan around using skill.
"You get used to it" is still the greatest line in any video game ever. 12 year old me was shook for weeks.
It's been a decade and I STILL replayed that moment 15 times before finishing this video. It's "Jackpot" Tier
Erk1234567 You see the DMC 5 Jackpot yet?
That was epic.
Pretty bad edgy influence when you trying to succeed in the stock market options game
Yeah it wasn’t until Jak X that I noticed what a damn killer he was because that’s the first time anyone had called him out on it. Kinda like when Lazaravic called out Nate Drake in Thieves.
I love how the same explosion is used multiple times throughout the video too
If you had Ratchet: Gladiator on your memory card when you played Jak X, you could choose Ratchet as a playable character
I remember that.
I remember connecting PSP with Daxter on got him pants.
I remembered that! It's funny too since my uncle got me both games on my birthday since I loved the Jak and Ratchet series. Those were some good memories.
@@johnsperez5662 Jak, Rachet and Sly is the best series to ever have existed imo
Ratchet: Deadlocked returned the favor, since Jak is a selectable skin in Co-op mode.
Jak X is so underrated. And there’ll never be a game that gives me the same feeling again.
The nuanced handling of the cars, the aesthetic, the music- it’s so distinct.
@Chepe Chepe funnily enough it has the subtitle "Combat Racing" lol
I found it hard to get used to the handling of anything except the first car in each class (road blade, javelin).
@Chepe Chepe Not to mention WipEout as well.
I suggest the WipEout series, they're on all Sony platforms
I know how you feel, it's almost the same with me & Unreal Tournament 99.
This game being my UT99 of car combat games.
The voice taunts after kills, the music & even CTF & Deathmatch remind me of UT99 in subtle ways of just old school game design.
I got GRIP recently & i cannnooot compare it to Jak X.
I put the Jak X OST into the game to play since you can do that in the vanilla game on Steam,
and even changed the controls to it & match it.
Still didn't bring me close to home. No point in even trying it.
If that's the high you're looking for, you're not gonna find it there, stick with Jak X.
And WipEout is another love of mine, but again, very diff feel & vibe,
however BallisticNG on Steam is amazing & has probably surpassed WipEout by this point for anyone interested.
"Still waiting on Jak 4, eh?"
"You get used to it."
Same with TF2 updates
too soon
@@Dragondw11 You get used to it
Sad that Naughty dog didnt continue the trend of making a racing game after your third entry with Uncharted.
Yeah man, Unkarted was right there
There's still hope for The Fast of Us.
Sad Naughty Dog doesn't make games with personality anymore, now it's just big budget super realistic movie game that has mass appeal.
@@doclouis4236 this is why I highly prefer Insomniac games over them
@TheBunBun54321 Nah, now their like everyone else. Just like every Sony first part studio now. Your just reaffirming what I said earlier about how their games are made for mass appeal and aren't very risk taking anymore with anything bold or unique that may have not been done before. Just like how Sucker Punch has now gone. Sad times :(
When I first saw the title Jak X, I legitimately thought that I had missed the release of Jak 4 through 9.
Gulf Giggle Animations if only this world were so lucky to have that many games I would have played an entire game for each sage area in the first game it could have had no sense of progression and I would have played it forever
16:20
In Jak's defense, Krew had sold out the entirety of Haven City to the Metal Heads... plus it's not like he could have just carried him to safety.
Krew is also a fat shit
@@eletgres519 just like my mom
@@Rostof_TheGreat tell her to eat a salad :D
"A woman's place is in the garage fixing cars!"
God that line is so funny.
[Gets completely immolated in a car explosion]
"W O A H"
-Jak
The constant cutting between cutscenes and Jak’s friends blowing him up had me in stitches 😂
*Thanks for joining the team, Sig!*
*Thanks for joining the team, Keira!*
Now look. Torn. I know we're buddies, but you're kinda in my way.
yeah i wished they implemented some kind of friendly fire mechanic. not like a full on team thing as they alread had events like that but just like an invisile meter that effects how likly a racer will attack you, maybe having your friends attack less often unless provoked and to balance it out have some late game mizo members be more focused on going after you specifically
The soundtrack has some great musicians on it:
"The score of Combat Racing was primarily composed by Billy Howerdel, with assistance from Dean Menta, Danny Lohner, Eric Bass, Josh Freese, Atom Willard, Joey Castillo, Paz Lenchantin, Troy Van Leeuwen, and Wes Borland. Furthermore, two songs by Queens of the Stone Age are present in the game's opening, being "A Song for the Dead" and "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire".
"
RexVergstrong that shit always got me pumped booting up the game.
Yup. This game introduced me to what is still my favorite album, Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age. Fantastic.
I've heard Jak X's praises being sung before, but never have I heard Jak X's music, and have I bloody-well been missing out! (Remembering how much I loved the rock tracks in The Simpsons: Hit & Run, I know I would've LOVED Jax's offerings back in the PS2's heyday).
Josh Freese is fucking awesome
RexVergstrong Didn’t know Troy himself worked on this game’s score, holy shit! No wonder it kicked so much ass
Someone mentioned “The Fast of Us” and I refuse to live in a planet where a survival horror combat racer doesn’t exist
🤔 Sounds like you would enjoy some Twisted Metal: Black-Online then.
⏭ Pertinent to the video, though, JakX Combat _online MP_ is available, again. 👍 Running from a PS2 here, one can connect using the following DNS at this time for NTSC-U/C and PAL: 45_._7_._228_._197
👉 Quarantining the JakX Combat saves onto its own memory card is a good idea last I read. The autosave can corrupt the JakX file (as it recently did on my -39001 model PS2) along with, potentially, not recognizing any of the rest of the MC contents and, therefore, all of the other game save files and Netfile settings that could be present for other games.
Try the mad max game
I should have mentioned this in your last Jak video, but I believe the change in love interests for Jak 3 might have been a result of voice casting issues. For whatever reason, the previous VA of Keira, Anna Garduno, did not reprise her role as Keira in Jak 3 or Jak X. She was replaced by Tara Strong, a common voice actress with literally hundreds of roles.
My theory is, given how little Keira speaks in Jak 3, how she is oddly mute when first meeting with Jak while Samos talks his mouth off, that Naughty Dog didn't have a voice actor for Keira. I think Naughty Dog didn't have a voice actor for Keira until near the end of production, which necessitated the change in love interests. Remember, they only had a year to pump out Jak 3, there wasn't much time to recast Keira at all. It's possible Naughty Dog were afraid they wouldn't find a good new VA for Keira, or perhaps the former actress was stuck in pricing negotiation for a while before backing out. Regardless, Keira is too mute and too small of a figure in Jak 3 for me to believe it was all intentional. It doesn't feel like an intentional artistic decision, especially when they went back on it in Jak X. It smells of backroom issues to me.
It's like you read my mind. A 15 year-old-me who had just rented Jak 3 as a birthday present to himself back in 2005, thought it was weird that Keira was so silent in that scene where they're separated by the security wall.
Your comment really sheds light on the switch in love interests because was questioning what happened to Torn and Ashelin.
Jak X is the most primal Kart racer I've ever played. It fills me with a type manly, grunge-y, adrenaline-fueled energy that I can't get from most other Kart racers.
Just make you go "YES! UNGF!"
I just about died laughing when he just cuts to Kiera blowing jak up . “Thanks for joining the team Kiera!”
had the exact opposite interaction in my recent playthrough: she ended up being the first racer i merc'd after she joined '> _>
@@trashlord3214 thanksforjoiningtheteamjak!
- Kiera (probably)
God I love when someone on youtube makes a good video on anything Jak related.
I knoooow, its always a treat. Fingers crossed for Jak 4 on the ps5
The one thing that sold Jak X to me:
Queens of the Stone Age's music.
GIMME CHURRO! GIMME SOME MORE!!
@@Superblamblamman I believe the line is actually "Gimme Toro" referring to a certain brand of alcohol lol
Just saw them last year when they came to New Zealand. They are amazing
The music will make you feel like a million bucks
@@kosmokat111 dunno, but toro means bull in spanish
“Still waiting on Overblood 2, eh?”
“You get used to it.”
I'm still waiting for the Ninja Gaiden 3 review
Overblood 2: Underblood
you can watch his old review to tide you over
*BOOM*
I miss that old review, along with his Skyrim and Zelda Skyward sword. So many funny quotable lines which are pure classic Brit.
"Oh look it's Charlie from the Street Fighter. Now, let's just check out his controls an- HOLY Baby Cthulu, what is that? This guy's jumps - just look at them. Nathan Drake's arm spastic flailing has nothing on this."
I remember being so disappointed that Jak X was a racing game, not another traditional Jak. But yeah, Jak X is great.
RIP Memorycard.
the thanks for joining the team running gag has to be my absolute favorite
7:43 "Torn to shreds" I see what you did there.
You could survive the peacemaker by just stopping your car. 9 times out of 10,someone else would pass you, and it would kill them instead, giving you back your lead.
Truth. Whether they intended for you to do that or not I dunno, but it feels so genius nontheless considering the game is so challenging that there's always at least one racer right on your tail, you never end up lapping around everyone else like you can if you get good at a Mario or Crash racer. If you get blown up in Jak X, you'll always get overtaken by multiple others, so the fact that you can use the game's difficulty to your advantage if you're smart enough is just the icing on the cake that is an already amazingly clever racing game. There's always a solution even if the game doesn't tell you it. It's perfect, and I think Brit would totally agree if he knew about the stopping trick.
@@dvda9725 lol, slowpoke
You can definitely maintain enough of a lead to respawn and still be in the lead. In fact, more times than not, there's no opponent behind me and I only have to worry about peacemakers. My answer being to gun it as fast as I can to respawn before I lose my lead.
Not actually making fun of your skill, though. The game tolerates many different styles, so you can be slower and still win.
@@mar_speedman When I said blowing up always gets you overtaken I didn't mean *literally* always, I know I didn't make that clear but I was really just complimenting the game's challenge compared to the kart racers of the time.
This game and F Zero GX are on an entirely different level compared to other racing games
The handling goes to shit the faster you go, and you already slide like a lubed up penguin, but the infuriating explosions add to the satisfaction of beating those hard turns with the gold medal
Newton first law says that mor speed=less controls
Hearing you have the same complaints about Jak's worldbuilding, lore and storydevelopment feels validating. Like I didn't waste my time being annoyed about the same things. I really wish we could get a developer-interview explaining what happened, especially with all the weird stuff in Jak 3.
It definitely is strange, and a little sad really. I think at the time we all wanted to see a more well-meshed story behind the universe and the characters, as much as we enjoyed the substance as it was. There is so much potential in it, but I suppose being that Jak 1 was such a mish-mash the developers didn't leave themselves a foundation for something so seamless and ran with the idea of something not so solid altogether.
There is actually tons of backstory behind basically everything in Jak 3, problem is in the actual game certain things only get mentioned or hinted at, but it's all on the J&D wiki, and the game becomes more enjoyable when you know everything from sources outside the game itself.
There's also lots of stuff that went unmentioned in Jak 2 (though this is more cool than frustrating) where certain things you do during the game you'll be just as oblivious as Jak himself is even after you beat the game, and you'll never realize until you go *really* in depth. For example, Jak 3 has Jak being banished because the people think his friendship with Krew helped the Metal Heads invade Haven, and while Jak is portrayed as being in the right because we're left as oblivious as he is, that's exactly what he did. Take the mission where you destroy the defense turrets in the sewers, they were there for keeping Metal Heads out, and Krew had Jak doing his dirty work without Jak knowing.
15:50 kiera stop racing you're killing me literally
You get used to it.
Facts
Ha hahahXD
This literally gave me nostalgia for the 2000’s! The edge/badass feel, the banging rock music, fast cars with weapons, and Daxter’s Pants!
"Yeah bet you wish you didn't know that now, huh"
Fortunately, I wasn't intelligent enough to understand any of that segment whatsoever
As far as i understand it, the console stretches the graphics
You aint getting away that easy
Basically, putting a Wii into "widescreen" mode makes the image look shittier. Now you know.
You underestimate my power i still have no idea how this effects anything whatsoever
Beeg skreen iz lie lol
@@navi5661 wide pixel
I remember when UR-86 is introduced they go on about how amazing he is. That introductory Grand Prix on my latest playthrough he came in LAST PLACE.
Guess he drives like an 86 year old.
Yeah the one time he drove good in my playthrough was when he beat me. Like sure, I get it UR-86. You're either a pain in the ass or no pain at all, huh??
jak x and the original sonic riders were by far the best 'kart racer' spin offs
Ah yes, the autosave glitch, every Jak & Daxter fan's nightmare. I encountered this devilish glitch when I first played it. Annoying as hell until I found out that taking out the memory card, playing for an exciting session then plugging it back in to save manually when I'm finished for the day. Thank god for that. The soundtrack is absolutely kick-ass, definitely one of my favourites to listen to and even play it in the background when playing another fast-paced action-packed game. Devil May Cry, God Of War, Killzone, etc.
Despite Naughty Dog forgoing Jak 4, I hope that one faithful day we'll get the next installment for real and make the community super happy.
I love listening to your voice and how you describe video games in high class detail including a deep analysis. I keep coming back to many of your videos whenever I can. Keep up the X(cellent) content and hopefully your channel will gain worldwide popularity.
For real, if by 2025 we don't already have a Jak X successor I'll just start making it myself.
A The last lesbian kart racer is more likely than anything in the Jak franchise at this point,so you might as well start putting that studio together.
Let’s do it am in
Gonna need a VA!
Need a writer, tester and game designer? I'm in!
You guys Actually doing this?
New game: Take a shot every time the video cuts to Mizo exploding.
Thanks for joining the team
I need that "you get used to it" one liner in isolation. that's great.
I didn't know Naughty Dog's characters going NAAAAH over their reckless murderin started here of all places
I think only Nathan Drake has the problem that he killed hundrets of men in his adventures but nobody cares.
@@Wolfstarzan Because it's arguably in self defense.
@@Kingdom850 "Arguably"
They almost always shoot first. Ironically it was the most supposedly serious Uncharted game that had Nate killing people for no good reason and the narrative not seeming to notice.
@@Tamacat388 For Nate to kill these people is in self defense. Rafe is actively trying to kill him and his brother.
Well, this comment aged better than I think any of us could've predicted.
1st. Jak X is amazing, so much chaos, destruction, and high speeds, glorious. Its a shame there aren't more games like this. Also love how when you were talking about choosign another mission to beat because of one that gives you trouble the sewers are in the background. Those levels were a nightmare.
The sewer levels. The bane of my existence. My play style usually focuses on speed, and the sewer levels just *do not* like that. I end up being too fast for the track *and* within sights of the contestants that are usually far away behind me. Hate it so much
Just reading the title gave me nostalgia of when I played this game over 10 years ago.
_Brings a tear to my eye._
>Daxter
>All right
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. THAT GAME WAS MY BABY.
British people are hard to please.
I loved that game just as much as all the others, it was an excellent expansion to the story
4:06 - "Tit. The faster you're going, the more sensitive things get." I see what ya did there.
It's all fun and games until your friend in last place gets the supernova.
You can cancel these in multiplayer.
So your friend can't have a supernova if you dont allow it
@@lefterismplanas4977 Screw that, I use to make the supernova the only item
I always thought the reason why we never heard of Kras was because under Praxis and Veger had an incentive to information about other possible places to live for population control
I personally can't blame Jak for leaving Krew to die... that guy sold out Haven City to Kor, leaving everyone at the mercy of metalheads, not to mention dangerous weapon he built for baron. He was too dangerous to be left alive... hell, he was dangerous even after his death, he managed to harm Jak and his friends even beyond the grave. And also, it's not as if Jak had an option to save him. The entire place was about to blow up, and Jak and Daxter managed to narrowly evade death by jumping. There was no time to drag an irredeemable bastard (who also weighs a ton) out of harms way.
Jaks "you get used to it" is possibly the most badass line I've heard in a game
Jak X is legitimately my favorite racer
I just must mention how nicely done they portrayed Jak's hair and facial hair, and how it signifies him getting older. In the beginning he had the same kind of hair you'd expect from someone looking like him being that age. In the second game he has longer, more untamed hair as well as sporting a goatee, showing him physically growing older. In the third game he has shorter hair, around the same length as in the first (I think), has styled his goatee slightly differently AND also grew sideburns. And then in this game he has the shortest hair his ever had, yet again has a slightly different styled goatee and he retains his sideburns more or less like they were in three.
The reason why I think this is genius is because I feel like it generally reflects real life (at least as it is for some people): When you're a teenager (13-16 perhaps) you might have about half-long hair and no facial hair. Then as you enter your later teen years (17-19) you start growing some kind of facial hair and saves out your hair. Then you enter your early twenties (say 20-24) and you save out some more facial hair but go back to a shorter hair like when you were younger. And then finally when you enter your mid-to late twenties (25-29) you keep that sweet facial hair, perhaps style it differently and get shorter hair, even shorter than your teen years. I dunno, this is just what I feel like is at least a somewhat accurate take on real life growth in terms of looks when growing older.
1- It was shorter
2- It actually goes like this:
Jak 1: He has long hair styled after the trends of the time
Jak 2: After years in prison, his hair grows too long and he starts growing facial hair. Mostly his goatee and some sideburns. It's not a style, his goatee is overgrown.
Jak 3: After finally taking a chance to cool down and have a shave, he cuts his hair into his original style, though shorter, presumably to grow into it. Also he trims his goatee, though he doesn't remove it entirely. (His facial hair also starts growing more)
Jak X: He cuts his hair short, stops bothering trying to style it in a way that's been out of fashion for centuries, going for a more modern look. His facial hair growing even more, with his sideburns growing longer.
And if you look at the concept art, it's clear that the intention was for Jak to grow a beard similar to Mar's (As in, no mustache) and eventually start tying his longer hair. They were really debating it.
7:44 Ahhhh, I get the visual gag. “-getting torn to shreds.” while showing footage of Torn shredding Jak, nice.
I love you. You have no idea how long I've waited to hear my feelings about this game echoed and validated.
Anytime I was in the lead I always held on to a red item and dropped it for the next pickup until I managed to roll for the Dark Evo shield, having that on always guaranteed invul for the PeaceMaker.
Yup. That's a good tactic. I do that too, but mostly when I'm close to the end of the last lap. Dying in the first lap is fine. Dying when you're almost to the finish line is hell
Awww yeah, she’s got her independence now.
THANKS FOR JOING THE TEAM KEIRA.
Yeah..-THANKSFORJOININGTHETEAMSIG!💥
The comedic timing in this video specifically is insanely good, every time I come back to it
For anyone interested in playing the game on a PS2 Slim there is actually a workaround to the save glitch I used to do when I played as a child. If you unplug the memory card while at the main menu it’ll disable autosave. You can plug it back in and save any time you’d like without having to worry about the game breaking and becoming cursed.
Jack X is the Deadlocked of the J&D franchise. A spin off deviating heavily from the original formula, but still made by the same guys and turned out to be fun as hell.
On the bad spin off side, I think you could also consider Lost Frontier to be the Size Matters of the J&D franchise. Funny thing is LF and SM are developed by the same company.
Y'know, if you're hoarding all those PSN credits, you're not helping the economy. Come and buy another copy of Jak X - it's a good investment
Hahaha the 2016 Ratchet & Clank reference
I like the end speech about the characters of the series
(Also after the last jak video got me to play the trilogy, I can say jak 3 is prob my fav followed by 1 sorry 2)
Same 3 is my favorite as well.
"I dont need a third copy"
*Looks at Limited Run Games collectors box, ps4 digital copies, and ps2/psp copies of all the jak games*
JakX was epic gamer moments. Many pvp memories with friends.
If you look up "Battlefield: Bad Company 2 TV Spot Trailer," you might find evidence of some plager...uh...I mean...inspiration...from EA.
Good video. Thanks for reviewing *Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier* in advance.
Surely a review of Daxter for the PSP would come first, right?
@@ThePreciseClimber Eventually.
7:40 Torn to shreds... niccccceeeeee
... to shreds you say.
Naughty Dog: Still waiting for Jak 4?
Every Jak fan ever: you get use to it.
I was never into racing games but I personally had fun with this game. The soundtracks are fire too.
Jak X:
"Im Mar & this is my precursor Daxter."
While everyone else had Mario Kart and Crash Team Racing, I had this and somehow i feel this is a little better.
"hey sig thanks for joining the team" everytime. It's always the plasma ball. Every time.
The first thing I did was scroll down to the comments to see where the DMC reference was.
Jak X is one my favorite games ever! I love it's edgy style, the music, and especially the super nuanced controls. The Eco system is also amazing! And I forgot about that last line, on account of my game often glitching before I could finish.
Jak X has one of my favorite soundtracks ever! Its just that great, I`m happy to see that someone else is enjoying it as much as I do.
I love how almost every video talking about the game, theres at least ONE jab at Edje.
You should make a Sly Cooper Trilogy video!
3:30
Oh that explains so much.....
Why has Jak looked liked he’s aged five years but Keira still looks like she’s 13 lol
life eco bro, all the way.
I guess veger was skinned and buttered before X happened
C's show Did he make a nice treat?
@@takoshihitsamaru4675 perhaps
Kira joins the team
The jump cut was pretty funny.
If targeted with a peacemaker, slam breaks and allow runner up to pass you. A driver who can maintain first place with competition shortly behind is true mastery of the game.
The PS4 port isn’t good just so you know. Performance issues (slow motion, dropped frames) are rampant, especially during split screen. And there isn’t even online multiplayer.
I didn't have any slowdown issues, though i didn't use split screen. It's a shame that there's no online, but overall i think its the better version since it fixes the bad bugs and comes with (almost) all the extra content.
@@coolmedina117 Ditto that because I remember the boost flames being in the wrong position. Still didn't fix the studdering and audio issues.
"no online multi-player"
>looks at CTR remake
Maybe that's a good thing in retrospect...
"And there isn´t EVEN online multiplayer", it´s a PS2 game, mainly single-player, are you mad?? What´s with some people who need online in everything? Craziness?
@@raze2012_ it hurts to play, which is really unfortunate
The autosave glitch can be avoided by pulling out your memory card after a load, and then putting it back in and doing a manual save before you close down.
And yes this game was really amazing. As you said, they really nailed the speed aspect of the game and the choices you have to do while driving on how to max out your speed. Great soundtracks and gameplay. It really kickstarted my love for Queens of The Stoneage. It's too bad it didn't get a lot of attention.
It's nice to see this series get some appreciation once in a while. These were my favourite games growing up, right alongside Ratchet & Clank. Excellent analysis! Thank you for this nostalgic trip down memory lane!
I loved Jak X to pieces back when I played it. Flaming, jagged pieces. It got pretty difficult later on in the story, though, more difficult than I've experienced with other racers. Tight turns in a few of the later tracks force you to really up your game and the more strategic item system means you can't just keep beating your head against the wall until RNJesus wins the race for you. It's intense.
I should play it again sometime soon.
I know one of naughty dog's arguments for not continuing jak is that they didn't no where to take the story, but honestly Id love a proper sequel taking place in crash city, focusing on the aftermath of raine's takeover of the mob and the realistic criminal elements in jak's world without a large focus on the precursor stuff.
Another well done video, man! This was awesome. Also, I nearly spit my food out on “THANKS FOR JOINING THE TEAM, KEIRA!”
15:16 Aww yeah that's the precursors (legacy) music to my ears.
This game is single handedly the reason why I have music taste. I’m so glad you talked about the soundtrack.
Jak does have character growth throughout the series (Though it's more a collection of notes honestly)
Jak started off as a do gooder, got corrupted till he was filled with a dark presence, struggled to be the hero he was always meant to be, failed at times, succeeded at other times, then eventually just... Accepted that he isn't the hero he was half a decade ago. It's a valid direction to take Jak in. (Though, again, it would've helped to double down on it)
Forgot to talk about the dark eco power ups and the RIDICULOUSLY awesome vehicle customization (holy shit i spent as much time making my cars look cool as i did killing my mates on the tracks lol)
7:43 HA. Beautiful timing.
That Queens of the Stone Age intro is one of the fuckin best intro cutscenes. Both Insomniac and Naughty Dog went full *edge* with their 4th entries, pumped up the action level and didn't take it too seriously which ended making the games pretty great even if people weren't ready to accept them as quality entries right away. I'll never forget reading about Deadlocked in Game Informer and then the cool October day in the 3rd grade when my dad got the game for me, absolutely unforgettable along with the time I got Jak X for Christmas.
I was so happy when this game got its PS4 remaster - one of the PS2's 'hidden gems'.
I think it was merely a port sadly
@@toxicmaster1018 Yeah I couldn't 100% remember, but I did play through the entire career in just a couple of days after the rerelease. It still held up okay
@@Table53 I could have sworn the cars handled differently in the ps4 port but it either was my imagination or something to do with my controller, either way still loved it
@@toxicmaster1018 it had been a while between playing on PS2 and PS4 so I didn't necessarily feel much of a difference. I remmeber the Jak X cars always handled very differently to other kart racer type games though
@@Table53 yeah the handling is really slippery at times but you get used to it, unless it's waterworks circuit then that's just a fuck you lol
this needs to comeback, the whole series
16:37 that one liner tho its so good lol
i rate the QOTSA in the intro. Songs for the deaf is amazing.
This game is my childhood and I’ve been replaying it on PS4 and it is as phenomenal as I remember!
17:08 I LOVE this part specifically. In an instant it repaints the scene with the viewers in Mizo's place and Jak as the developers, making the situation clear the moment it starts. Comedy genius.
Every odd Christmas or so, I boot up my dusty PlayStation 2 and go nuts with Jak X! So many fantastic memories of my Dad and myself playing split-screen in Mar’s coliseum trying to blow each-other up; reminds me so much of the Holiday period. Also with my friends coming over after school and one of them bringing his memory card of Ratchet Gladiator so we could use Ratchet as a playable character.
So many fond memories, we’ll never get this period of gaming again. The PS2 era was really the golden age!
I got it in PS4, and I still play it!! So many memories with this game, I FCKNG LOVE IT!❤❤
I'm sure that you're aware, TheGamingBrit, but some people watching might not know.
The weapon that kept blowing him up in first place is the peacemaker and it is specifically designed to be this game's "Blue Shell." Blue shells are an important aspect in any combat racer because 2nd through last place have to deal with threats in front and behind so without any real competition 1st place can just zoom way out ahead of the competition. This is true in non-combat racing but this is especially true in any combat racer.
What I really liked about Jak X is that, compared to the likes of Mario Kart, getting blown up is a total slap on the wrist. Sure the game makes a big deal about it but if you take non-lethal damage it doesn't slow you down at all. Getting blown up doesn't put you from 1st to 6th place and having to accelerate from a dead stop like in Mario Kart. It puts you from 1st to 2nd place, in a decent line and already accelerating.
The fact that you can control and plan out which weapons you get means there's a consistency to races that you can plan around using skill.
This was a golden era in gaming history. I miss those days so much
Loved this game as a kid. Still listen to the soundtrack. Underrated gem
The Jak X soundtrack is dope AF
Seeing Jak footage (which I never played) undercut with fuckin Queens of the Stone Age (which I listened to a _lot_ of) was a trip