I miss playing this game, and thought to look up the gameplay again to reminisce. I completed the game on Normal, but Hero mode gave me the most trouble as a child. The last clip you shared (Drill Platform) is where I stopped playing, since I would die constantly before I could shoot the hover guards down. Trying to shoot all 40 before you died was such a challenge. I hope to one day try again and learn from my mistakes, as I love the game's story and the challenges that was given in Hero mode.
Tip for the Onin Game [if you're struggling]. Press the select button on your console ingame, causing the game to pause and you can see which buttons you need to press. I did this repeatedly over the entirety of the level and did it first try with no errors. Lol!
1 Great tip for 2. When you have Dark Jak ready. Start the Mission and perform a Dark Bomb into the Water. That kills the robot inside of it, and you can drive over the water with the Jetboard to the end of the level. Pretty easy. I dont understand what you want to say with the textbox at 38:40. Its just confusing me. I did it with the dark Bomb and it worked perfectly at the first try.
For #1: If you don't constantly hold the shoot button the turret won't overheat and will keep shooting twice. If you do tend to hold the shoot button just release for 5 seconds and then continue.
Exactly! The trick is to use short bursts to prevent overheating. This mission is an even bigger pain on hero mode though. Even if you have enough precursor orbs for invulnerability, the machine is still vulnerable sadly
The HellCats were the hardest mission for me as a kid, recently did a run through and found you can evade the guard after each HellCat kill. so if you wanted to take the patient route you could easily destroy a HCC, wait out the guard, go for the next one
Personally, I didn't find the first one (jetboard bomb mission) hard at all. I recently replayed it, but this video reminded me of the cheese you can do by jumping from one area to another like you did, I did that a LOT when I was little. For me, the first racing match was much harder than the second and third, but now knowing the way you did it, I don't think I'll have trouble with it anymore
I'll admit when I was a kid this game was so hard I never actually beat it till I was like 11. But I just played through it again and it was quite the breeze.
there's missions that STILL make me fume with anger today. The difficulty seems so inconsistent at times. It's easy 90% of the time and suddenly there's a specific mission where you are locked into a task with special rules where things don't behave as they did up untill that point
10, fairly easy when you figure it out 9, I don't have much trouble here, only when I mess up the shortcuts 8, the hardest part is trying to juggle getting the gems and keeping them alive for me 7, kind of the same thing with 8, though the punching is awkward with the suit, leading to death, small tip, you can rush past the octopi if you're fast enough, the sig part is pretty easy, the only part that gets me is the metal pede part 6, I don't die here that often, beforehand I usually stock up on ammo, and the boss I focus on him and only attack the minions when they get close 5, alright, this one can give me a lot of trouble, but keep getting the combos 4, can give me some problems, but overall, slow down when needed 3, this one is pretty simple, as I said with 6, stock up on ammo 2, oh boy, one of the most infamous levels in the entire series, before you collect the seal, figure out how to get back to the concrete area without falling into the water, if you have the guards on you, then it's slightly better practice 1, this mission is only truly hard on hero mode, may God bless your soul when you get here, the enemies have higher defense and seem to shoot faster, before you get to this mission, get enough orbs to get unlimited dark jak and farm skulls until you can get mega dark jak and jump over the fence, then dark blast while big and it will take care of the guards before the infamous 40. This level made me quit hero mode and I still have not gone back to try it
I cant wait for this game to come redesigned on PS4. It was hard frustrating game, and it took me over 12 years to finish it, but it was still much more fun then Jak3. Worth it.
My thoughts on each mission: 10. Not hard if you memorize where each well is and what routes you have to take. Always do a 360 in the air to get a boost before going up the ramp so you'll have enough momentum to jump high enough. 9. You will have to abuse the jump a lot during the races, and you will have to memorize each shortcut or track design exploit to gold all 3 of them. The reverse races could potentially throw you off, but their gold times are SUPER lenient. 8. I actually managed to pass this on my first attempt. At the needle nose Metal Head swarm, I just spammed aerial Blaster kick and punched when they got close to the men or Jak and that was it. Just make sure that you don't accidentally hit one of the men or take damage from the explosive Jinx plants early on. 7. This is a pretty cool area. Always refresh your oxygen in the Titan Suit when you want to, and time your punches so you can destroy the mines or kill the squid metal heads safely. When running from the metal-pede with Sig, abuse the rolling jump when it is safe. 6. Always predict where the mantises will jump, and refresh your ammo whenever you can. For 124% runs, DO NOT MISS ANY PRECURSOR ORBS. LIKE THE 1 IN THE SEWER, THEY ARE PERMANENTLY MISSABLE IF YOU DO NOT COLLECT THEM. Against Kor, spam aerial Blaster and roll when he does the dark eco blast to dodge it. 5. If you have good concentration, controller layout memory, and reflexes, you will easily eclipse 1000 points here. 4. Another place where you have to abuse jumping. Always make sure that you get through a ring when you approach one for the first time, and slow down when necessary to not lose control at sharp turns (as jumping could result in you hitting a wall and thus stopping you). 3. Another one I passed on my first attempt. Sneak up on them and then spam Vulcan Barrel to down them quickly. Also allow them to crash into other Zoomers, as the explosions will catch them too. 2. Punch frequently and don't try to jump across the water. 1. Another first attempt mission. Obviously, the 40 hover guards are the hardest part of it, but I got past it no problem. Blast as soon as they approach you, and make sure when there's only one of them that you follow where your first blast knocks them. After that, just take down all the ship guns as quickly as possible and that's it. Don't worry too much about the hover guards in that portion.
FuZy If you aim for the exact center of the hover guards, then shoot twice, you will kill them in one attempt. When I tried this, I made sure to knock the guards around so I could buy a bit more time before they started shooting.
jackthegamer For a 124% run, Erol is the least of your problems during that mission. The point is to get to the goal below 2:07, not to beat Erol. That way, you can skip the City Race task challenge.
Well, to actually make 2:07 you'll have to be well ahead of him anyway, so if he overtakes you at any point other than at the very start, your attempt at gold is well past fucked.
On any of the races, if you finish them under the record times, you will get the orbs as you complete the mission. So for the city race, beating Erol under 2:07 means you get all 9 orbs, so you don't have to redo it later.
Number 1 is only really hard on hero mode since the health bar can't really take much damage, you need both skill and luck on your side to get past the first turret section, the rest of the level is pretty easy even on hero mode.
38:15 is easily the worst mission in the game. It's got way to many unbalanced mechanics and must have not been thought through at all. The enemies are on unlimited spawns and your out in the open with them so they shoot in all directions with no where to take cover. They spawn in 2 sometimes 3 directions trapping you. Even thou you can 360 with jack's blaster it still only hits in 1 direction all the time so you have 0 defence for behind. You can't run past the enemies because the ships lock on and shoot you with no way to block it making it far to easy to get stuck surrounded by enemies. If you get knocked into the water you are instantly dead? It's a broken mission and contributes nothing to the game and it made no sense even being there. The artifact should have been given to you upon completing the previous mission. I like a challenge but this was just purely unfair.
Damn it if only I had that figured out when I did the Class 3 race and the first one when dropping those bombs on the eco wells! (Even though I completed them but going through it the hard way haha)🤦♀️ And boy did I have a REAL hard time escaping the water slums! 😡
#2 It's not that hard if you can focus enough to avoid getting shot. But imagine if all of those guards had the yellow/golden armor they get after beating the tomb.
Issue is simply the inverted aiming and poor standard sensitivity setting with the PS2 analog stick. With my PS2 Emulator, I specifically used a mouse for those mission in Hero mode, and I passed it on my first try because the aiming ability is much more accurate and controlled.
what do you mean? I know theres a chance you can softlock the game if you try to do a stadium sidemission right before the metal head invasion, and the mission icon never appears.
@Base Bass Forte yea, it was a well known gamebreaking glitch back in 2003. Sony even offered for people to send them their memory cards to get the bug fixed. If you do a sidemission race right before the metalhead mash daxter job, the game wont load the wrench icon after you finish the underport Sig mission. I tested this out a few months ago, and it's definitely there. Theres no way to fix it, unless you restart your whole save file. www.ign.com/faqs/2003/jak-ii-stadium-bug-faq-458725
I die around every corner playing this game. I probably died/failed/fell a couple hundred times beating this the first time lol. Wtf naughty dog why'd you make this game so hard
What do you mean I got to the final boss at the end of the game tried 20 times to kill him couldn't then I just rage quited even after looking up how to beat him
Roll jump out of reach, then shoot him a few times. When he gets to close just roll jump repeatedly until he's out of reach again, then shoot him some more
5. What, this was one of the easiest missions in the whole game. Did it first try with i think 2 mistakes by pressing to fast. I dont understand how this can be hard.
Not to brag but I personally enjoyed every mission...I sadly grew up off this game throughout grade school. I know theres some players that are god like at this
These aren't particularly hard to do. btw on the mission where you're escaping the slums with guards appearing everywhere, could you try to not shoot every single civilian nearby XD
I legit don't find this list very agreeable. Because i actually beat all the missions on the list 1st try and even on hero mode, I never found any of these difficult at all. So I truly might not have to agree with any of these missions on this list
Because you are a pro you mastered the game of course you don't agree everything and not everyone is going to be like you and there is no way you mastered in your first play through
During Seal piece at slums mission.
Krimzon Guard: WE NEED MORE MEN.
Me: YOU REALLY DON'T.
Use hoverboard n you’ll be faster than the ship turrets
@@kellycampbell6962 that got me joker way faster
@@kellycampbell6962 problem is, it's stupidly hard to pull a perfect 360 for a boost
@@thegmodguy2006 this is one of the easiest missions in the game
@@wojtulacehoe5089 Stop the lies.
The first one was the only one I've ever had problems with. I hope whoever decided that mission was a good idea is having a bad day
Lol xddddd
It’s easy. I finish it with 40 seconds of 2 mins left
I used to struggle on delivering the dark eco to krew. (One of the first missions)
This mission is only hard on hero mode. Besides that, rather easy,
I didn't even realize you could get up that "ramp" and grind on top of that carrier in the last bomb drop point in #10. That is such a time saver!
Bro I just waited to get to the other side In those crates
It's funny because when I was a kid, I tooked that way than the other one. I think that was a level environment design mistake
I remember tht was the only way I could even beat the mission as a kid the hardest part was trying to find all 5 in the first place☠️☠️
I miss playing this game, and thought to look up the gameplay again to reminisce. I completed the game on Normal, but Hero mode gave me the most trouble as a child.
The last clip you shared (Drill Platform) is where I stopped playing, since I would die constantly before I could shoot the hover guards down. Trying to shoot all 40 before you died was such a challenge. I hope to one day try again and learn from my mistakes, as I love the game's story and the challenges that was given in Hero mode.
You can still play on a ps4/5
Jak 2 was the Dark Souls for children.
1:24 R.I.P Daxter's Ears
Tip for the Onin Game [if you're struggling]. Press the select button on your console ingame, causing the game to pause and you can see which buttons you need to press. I did this repeatedly over the entirety of the level and did it first try with no errors. Lol!
lmaoo
Ffs this is hilarious
No because why am I so stupid. HOW DIDNT I THINK OF THIS 😭
1 Great tip for 2.
When you have Dark Jak ready. Start the Mission and perform a Dark Bomb into the Water. That kills the robot inside of it, and you can drive over the water with the Jetboard to the end of the level. Pretty easy.
I dont understand what you want to say with the textbox at 38:40. Its just confusing me.
I did it with the dark Bomb and it worked perfectly at the first try.
on hero mode, you cant dark bomb the water sniper
Oh, I just used jetboard on land
There is even better tip that doesn't require full dark eco.
@@wojtulacehoe5089 And the reason you don't write the tip down?
@@eyecontrol4900 Really? Damn.
For #1: If you don't constantly hold the shoot button the turret won't overheat and will keep shooting twice. If you do tend to hold the shoot button just release for 5 seconds and then continue.
Exactly! The trick is to use short bursts to prevent overheating. This mission is an even bigger pain on hero mode though. Even if you have enough precursor orbs for invulnerability, the machine is still vulnerable sadly
The HellCats were the hardest mission for me as a kid, recently did a run through and found you can evade the guard after each HellCat kill. so if you wanted to take the patient route you could easily destroy a HCC, wait out the guard, go for the next one
Personally, I didn't find the first one (jetboard bomb mission) hard at all. I recently replayed it, but this video reminded me of the cheese you can do by jumping from one area to another like you did, I did that a LOT when I was little.
For me, the first racing match was much harder than the second and third, but now knowing the way you did it, I don't think I'll have trouble with it anymore
I'll admit when I was a kid this game was so hard I never actually beat it till I was like 11. But I just played through it again and it was quite the breeze.
there's missions that STILL make me fume with anger today. The difficulty seems so inconsistent at times. It's easy 90% of the time and suddenly there's a specific mission where you are locked into a task with special rules where things don't behave as they did up untill that point
@@KneeCapHill Skill issue, I replayed the game a year ago after years of not playing and I didn't struggle at any of the game's missions.
10, fairly easy when you figure it out
9, I don't have much trouble here, only when I mess up the shortcuts
8, the hardest part is trying to juggle getting the gems and keeping them alive for me
7, kind of the same thing with 8, though the punching is awkward with the suit, leading to death, small tip, you can rush past the octopi if you're fast enough, the sig part is pretty easy, the only part that gets me is the metal pede part
6, I don't die here that often, beforehand I usually stock up on ammo, and the boss I focus on him and only attack the minions when they get close
5, alright, this one can give me a lot of trouble, but keep getting the combos
4, can give me some problems, but overall, slow down when needed
3, this one is pretty simple, as I said with 6, stock up on ammo
2, oh boy, one of the most infamous levels in the entire series, before you collect the seal, figure out how to get back to the concrete area without falling into the water, if you have the guards on you, then it's slightly better practice
1, this mission is only truly hard on hero mode, may God bless your soul when you get here, the enemies have higher defense and seem to shoot faster, before you get to this mission, get enough orbs to get unlimited dark jak and farm skulls until you can get mega dark jak and jump over the fence, then dark blast while big and it will take care of the guards before the infamous 40. This level made me quit hero mode and I still have not gone back to try it
what you had problems with 5. Its one of the easiest missions.
2, probably easiest mission in the game if you know the trick
I cant wait for this game to come redesigned on PS4.
It was hard frustrating game, and it took me over 12 years to finish it, but it was still much more fun then Jak3.
Worth it.
All they did was copy and paste on the ps4 no health packs no chechpoints same bs different day.
@@rbarnes640 Yeah I know it now, and even worse. the game has so many bugs glitches and Audio problems and FPS Drops that it is really not enjoyable.
These missions used to piss me off so much as a kid
i still remember most of these levels specifically after 20 years since i last played this game
My thoughts on each mission:
10. Not hard if you memorize where each well is and what routes you have to take. Always do a 360 in the air to get a boost before going up the ramp so you'll have enough momentum to jump high enough.
9. You will have to abuse the jump a lot during the races, and you will have to memorize each shortcut or track design exploit to gold all 3 of them. The reverse races could potentially throw you off, but their gold times are SUPER lenient.
8. I actually managed to pass this on my first attempt. At the needle nose Metal Head swarm, I just spammed aerial Blaster kick and punched when they got close to the men or Jak and that was it. Just make sure that you don't accidentally hit one of the men or take damage from the explosive Jinx plants early on.
7. This is a pretty cool area. Always refresh your oxygen in the Titan Suit when you want to, and time your punches so you can destroy the mines or kill the squid metal heads safely. When running from the metal-pede with Sig, abuse the rolling jump when it is safe.
6. Always predict where the mantises will jump, and refresh your ammo whenever you can. For 124% runs, DO NOT MISS ANY PRECURSOR ORBS. LIKE THE 1 IN THE SEWER, THEY ARE PERMANENTLY MISSABLE IF YOU DO NOT COLLECT THEM. Against Kor, spam aerial Blaster and roll when he does the dark eco blast to dodge it.
5. If you have good concentration, controller layout memory, and reflexes, you will easily eclipse 1000 points here.
4. Another place where you have to abuse jumping. Always make sure that you get through a ring when you approach one for the first time, and slow down when necessary to not lose control at sharp turns (as jumping could result in you hitting a wall and thus stopping you).
3. Another one I passed on my first attempt. Sneak up on them and then spam Vulcan Barrel to down them quickly. Also allow them to crash into other Zoomers, as the explosions will catch them too.
2. Punch frequently and don't try to jump across the water.
1. Another first attempt mission. Obviously, the 40 hover guards are the hardest part of it, but I got past it no problem. Blast as soon as they approach you, and make sure when there's only one of them that you follow where your first blast knocks them. After that, just take down all the ship guns as quickly as possible and that's it. Don't worry too much about the hover guards in that portion.
FuZy If you aim for the exact center of the hover guards, then shoot twice, you will kill them in one attempt. When I tried this, I made sure to knock the guards around so I could buy a bit more time before they started shooting.
jackthegamer For a 124% run, Erol is the least of your problems during that mission. The point is to get to the goal below 2:07, not to beat Erol. That way, you can skip the City Race task challenge.
Well, to actually make 2:07 you'll have to be well ahead of him anyway, so if he overtakes you at any point other than at the very start, your attempt at gold is well past fucked.
On any of the races, if you finish them under the record times, you will get the orbs as you complete the mission. So for the city race, beating Erol under 2:07 means you get all 9 orbs, so you don't have to redo it later.
I got so lucky that Errol died when I raced him, he crashed with 5 other race cars. In the end it was only 4 of us that made it.
If you are good at mashing the turret mission isn't that bad
My guess is this is in response to ChiefShadow...
The Hellcat cruiser mission and the Seal Piece at the Water Slums mission still give me PTSD
I agree with the water slums mission.
Love how all of these are my favorite(but the last one)
17:38 wait you can shot it to push it. I ever did a risky jump do push it with the kick while i was over the abyss
I got flashbacks from every one of these
37:56 Chain reaction lol 😂
Number 1 is only really hard on hero mode since the health bar can't really take much damage, you need both skill and luck on your side to get past the first turret section, the rest of the level is pretty easy even on hero mode.
first mission in this is a bit hard but i had so much fun with it.
38:15 is easily the worst mission in the game. It's got way to many unbalanced mechanics and must have not been thought through at all.
The enemies are on unlimited spawns and your out in the open with them so they shoot in all directions with no where to take cover. They spawn in 2 sometimes 3 directions trapping you.
Even thou you can 360 with jack's blaster it still only hits in 1 direction all the time so you have 0 defence for behind.
You can't run past the enemies because the ships lock on and shoot you with no way to block it making it far to easy to get stuck surrounded by enemies.
If you get knocked into the water you are instantly dead?
It's a broken mission and contributes nothing to the game and it made no sense even being there. The artifact should have been given to you upon completing the previous mission. I like a challenge but this was just purely unfair.
Damn it if only I had that figured out when I did the Class 3 race and the first one when dropping those bombs on the eco wells! (Even though I completed them but going through it the hard way haha)🤦♀️ And boy did I have a REAL hard time escaping the water slums! 😡
There's another video that has more views than yours but is so incorrect. This one is accurate. I can tell we grew up playing the same Jak.
I utterly hated the well mission at the strip mine
Mission number #1 for me is more difficult in hero mode (I still can't achieve it), but in my case without hero mode it would be 10#
You all saying this is easy, maybe it is but remember some of us were only 8-12 years old while playing this.
But it's easy as we got older though.
The sewer escort gave me real gaming ptsd
#2 It's not that hard if you can focus enough to avoid getting shot. But imagine if all of those guards had the yellow/golden armor they get after beating the tomb.
Really good job !
42:38 Without a doubt, this is for me one of the most desperate missions and the one that has caused me the most deaths, even playing in Hero Mode.
Issue is simply the inverted aiming and poor standard sensitivity setting with the PS2 analog stick. With my PS2 Emulator, I specifically used a mouse for those mission in Hero mode, and I passed it on my first try because the aiming ability is much more accurate and controlled.
To all who say the Seal Piece at the Water Slums is hard: It's not. Punch through the guards and skip the ships. I did it flawlessly once.
You clearly haven't played that mission
@@yasserhassen4104 No, he is right. This is one of the easiest mission because you can just spam square button.
Ive tried it and it doesn't work. You still have the overhead cruisers shooting their lasers at you.
The first one took me and my brother at least 4 days to complete
do a hero mode walkthrough
Haven’t watched this. But if shoot the ships at the drill platform on hero mode isn’t number #1 this list is invalid
after 7 years of playing im still stuck on 92%,there is a weird glitch that the thing doesnt appear
what do you mean? I know theres a chance you can softlock the game if you try to do a stadium sidemission right before the metal head invasion, and the mission icon never appears.
@Base Bass Forte yea, it was a well known gamebreaking glitch back in 2003. Sony even offered for people to send them their memory cards to get the bug fixed. If you do a sidemission race right before the metalhead mash daxter job, the game wont load the wrench icon after you finish the underport Sig mission. I tested this out a few months ago, and it's definitely there. Theres no way to fix it, unless you restart your whole save file. www.ign.com/faqs/2003/jak-ii-stadium-bug-faq-458725
is it just me or do I find the class races fun and easy
I die around every corner playing this game. I probably died/failed/fell a couple hundred times beating this the first time lol. Wtf naughty dog why'd you make this game so hard
What do you mean I got to the final boss at the end of the game tried 20 times to kill him couldn't then I just rage quited even after looking up how to beat him
@@julianmeacham7701 you just gotta keep hopping around man.
Roll jump out of reach, then shoot him a few times. When he gets to close just roll jump repeatedly until he's out of reach again, then shoot him some more
he is good!
Wait dont use the move with x,x,Circle and spamming R1 while running away from Kor?
Ho did the hardest at the first try but i cant do the erol race
5. What, this was one of the easiest missions in the whole game. Did it first try with i think 2 mistakes by pressing to fast.
I dont understand how this can be hard.
32:54 I wasn't able to beat that one.
That Invulnerability cheat must be looking so good right about now...
Yo anyone stuck on the time trial purple rings side mission up on the catwalks I’ve legit spent 4 hours trying to beat the fucking thing
none of these missions are har they are all easy
6:12 try to beat my time: 2;05;836
13:40 / 48:38 worst one, also egg races are kinda hard
The sewer man mission 9:04
Is soooo buns
It’s the last mission for me lol
For me the race was hardest
minute 38 to 42 - I struggled with that mission for so long that I ended up finding a route through with the jetboard. Speedrun anyone?
38:10 the easiest here. Just spam Square and X e go forward and you Will kill enemies and dodge ship's lasers
Use hoverboard you faster than lasers and the guards won’t jump until after you pass them
These missions are so unnecessarily toxic lol
I agree with number 1.
Not to brag but I personally enjoyed every mission...I sadly grew up off this game throughout grade school. I know theres some players that are god like at this
These aren't particularly hard to do. btw on the mission where you're escaping the slums with guards appearing everywhere, could you try to not shoot every single civilian nearby XD
Hum...sorry but...all of these mission.. are very easy...for me
Jak 2 was my least favorite the game felt to crowded hated the driving missions
Jak say whoa mike erwin
I legit don't find this list very agreeable. Because i actually beat all the missions on the list 1st try and even on hero mode, I never found any of these difficult at all. So I truly might not have to agree with any of these missions on this list
Because you are a pro you mastered the game of course you don't agree everything and not everyone is going to be like you and there is no way you mastered in your first play through
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