Every Jak & Daxter Level RANKED! - 82 Levels from Worst to Best
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- The Jak & Daxter games offered some of the most amazing locations there were to see during the PS2's lifespan, even beyond into the following console generation. So in this video, we'll be paying tribute by ranking every single one of them to find the pinnacle location of the series!
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Huge respect for the effort these take mate, keep it up
Cheers dude!
Thank you
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@@SquareEyedJak To this day I still look up rumors to see if there's any chance of it coming back. What do you think? I admit I have my doubts.
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How have I never noticed this shortcut before!?!? It's honestly pretty cool looking, so thanks for showcasing it. Fantastic job with the video! The shots using the freecam in debug mode were also great! Cheers!
I KNOW RIGHT??!! Can not believe I only stumbled it upon it now, shame it serves no purpose at all. 😂
@@SquareEyedJak i think its if you were going backwards from the citadel to the red sages hut.
I’m shocked so many people didn’t know about it! Me and my brother always used the shortcut believing it was useful
THERES A SHORTCUT!?!?!?!
THIS IS MY FAVORITE IN THE HISTORY OF GAMING, HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT!!??
1:40:58 Sentinel Beach (2001) was probably my favourite "first level" until Central Yharnam (2015) in Bloodborne. Such a good entry level introducing the mechanics (and dangers!) of the game without feeling as oppressive as the Forbidden Jungle.
Central Yharmam is a great and respectable contender pick tbh
An hour and 46 minutes of sweet, nostalgic indulgence!! You've clearly worked so hard on this so Thank you. 😍
I LOVE this franchise! Great list and video! I think my favorite levels are Snowy Mountain from Jak 1, the Mountain Temple and Haven Forest from Jak II, The Stadium in Jak II, and the Stadium / Palace Ruins in Jak 3.
Also, when you mentioned the camera man in the Kor boss fight, I lol'd, haha!
Also palace ruins is so depressing. Especially the music. You just feel the helplessness of the countless people watching as the spires fall on them. You get a chill down your spine as you can feel the lost souls around you.
Now this is Square eyed Jak content I signed up for
This is a series that desperately needs a remake. With a remake, and by remake I mean reimagining of the series, they could fix all of the things that they messed up or underdeveloped in the previous games. They could flesh out Rock Village and they could fix the Volcanic Crater. They could improve the lackluster missions in 3 and completely erase Last Frontier from existence. I’ve played all of these games repeatedly and the reason I go back to it is because of atmosphere. The atmosphere and the idea of this fantasy world where things are powered by eco is extraordinary, but like anything you enjoyed in your childhood the mistakes become glaring as you get older. I love the idea of these games, but with the right team they could revitalize the series into something fantastic.
I always think I want a remake, but remakes almost always leave some level of disappointment. I agree with all of those things you said, but the things we want rarely overlap with what devs end up implementing in remakes. I would be incredibly surprised if there was ever a J&D remake that covered all of those bases. On top of that, remakes usually end up "fixing" things that didn't need any changes in the first place.
I want remakes for games that had potential, but ultimately fell flat in some way. Sleeping Dogs, for example, needs a remake. J&D is already so close to perfection that I would be more worried than excited if they announced a remake.
Remake. Mlem. I typed and read the word so many times that it's starting to lose meaning haha.
I’d love a “re-imagining” of J&D with all the concepts of levels they didn’t have the time and space to add to the original. We have the hardware now
"Go to the Slums. Ask for Torn; he can help you." - Famously Fatal Words.
I absolutely adore the Ranking Series! Keep it up dude!
Jak I’m having cardiac arrest. I’ve been waiting for this video. This is great, I’m so happy you made this!
Even if I've never played a Jak game before or have too much interest in it, the work placed into covering multiple games, just like the Crash and Tony Hawk videos is admirable and deserves a like at the least.
Great work.
I just finished watching the entire video. Man it was such a nostalgia trip. Thank you for putting in what would have been a mammoth amount of writing, recording and editing. :) Once again thank you for your help in regards to my reviews. I recently did a review on resistance fall of man. While it's not perfect you help really did open my eyes to areas i could improve on. I was excited to release the project and was proud of what i achieved this time round. I know the next bar i want to reach in up coming reviews. Keep up the amazing work mate. You inspire a lot of people including myself.
Dude I never knew about that lava shortcut! It's so damn cool!
44:48 LMAO that is literally my childhood right there. That part right there is engrained in my memories forever
I only discovered the Lava Tube shortcut because I missed a scout fly and tried to kill myself, only to find what's probably the game's best kept secret.
Bro, I LOVE Jak and Daxter. I appreciate this video a lot, great work :)!
Another awesome video mate! By the way what is that music playing during the outro?
45:41 From my experience, when I saved my game here and loaded it, the Weapons Factory shares its music with the Palace and the Tomb of Mar.
Never knew you could destroy the bot that insta kills you in the slums ambush with Dark Jak
Wow thanks for taking the time to go through all these levels. The amount of nostalgia I felt! Especially for Precursor Legacy levels. Forbidden Jungle will always be my all-time fave.
5:35 “if you can hear this image” Proceeds to play video lol
I appreciate you for being fair and unbiased including TLF and not just cramming every level at the start
Hey man, I never even played Jak and Daxter back in the day but I still gotta drop by with a like cause these ranked videos are amazing, I imagine a lot of effort goes into them so I gotta give a like and praise the good content man 👌🏻
I was just watching the Crash bandicoot level ranking video yesterday , so this is definitely a pleasant surprise.😄
Love the structure. Great video Jak
The Beam Reflexor is god in the Eco Mine, especially the Bomb cart section. I hit nearly half the targets in one trigger pull.
The only Jak games I played were Jak 3, Frontier, and Daxter.
Out of all of these, Jak 3 has stuck with me till this day. I used to draw the levels from a birds eye view from memory on large pieces of paper with colored markers.
I still have, albeit rare, dreams about the desert area in Jak 3 where the hills and cliffs are a little too exagerated and I'm driving away from a massive abundance of marauders. There were other dreams where there were no signs of life whatsoever. Just wind and sand.
Other areas that were very memorable to me was the catacomb tubes leading to that underground area and minecart boss fight, the sewers (I still vividly remember running up those sloped aqueducts while my mom attempted to feed me vegetable soup), the metal-head caves (I fucking love that place), the entire volcano sequence starting with the hopper, the temple area underneath the monk temple, the metal-head city and nest, and the warzone that was pretty much constant throughout Haven City (I really like how each faction has their own occupations and fight each other at the borders).
Also, that Terraformer boss fight at the end was THE SHIT!! The only other game that does large beasts as good is probably Shadow Of The Colossus. The Terraformer walking around looks really fucking good for its time.
About the fighting in Haven City; I always have liked when games put you in the middle of a conflict between friendlies and enemies. They did it a lot in Halo, too. Another game I played a lot of as a kid. I used to and still do protect marines and other friendlies like they're my children.
Huge fan of Jak and Daxter and new to your channel, first of all I watched the whole thing and love your take on the levels and experiencing them again through your point of view.
I do think you're sleeping on #53 though, Mar Memorial stadium was where you got first got access to the hoverboard and it's course along with it.
Also meeting keira for the first time since going through the portal.
Looking forward to watching more of your videos!
I love these! I just recently got into the jak and daxter series. I finished the first one 100% trying to beat jak 2 but that game is hard as hell. You are by far one of my favorite youtubers. Your funny, your videos are extremely entertaining, and your just awesome. I look forward to all your content. Everytime there's an upload i stop what I'm doing to watch lol. Im a huge fan of your work. Ive watched every review youve done and all game testing episodes. Next is top 10s.
I've played... The precursor legacy... COUNTLESS times! As a kid, teen, and adult. And today, I am JUST now learning about that shortcut in the lava tube level
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27:39 YOU CAN DESTROY THAT?!
No way man, the squeaky wheels on the carts in Volcanic Crator slaps man, that beat is sick.
82 - Worst Lost Frontier level
81 - Worst Precursor Legacy level
80 - Worst Jak II level
77 - Worst Jak 3 level
67 - Worst Daxter level
48 - Best Lost Frontier level
14 - Best Daxter level
6 - Best Jak II level
3 - Best Jak 3 level
1 - Best Precursor Legacy level
So to be clear:
*The Precursor Legacy:*
Best: Forbidden Jungle (No. 1)
Worst: Volcanic Crater (No. 81)
*Jak 2:*
Best: Pumping Station (No. 6)
Worst: Heaven City (Main town) (No. 80)
*Jak 3:*
Best: Stadium/Palace Ruins (No. 3)
Worst: New Heaven (No. 77)
*Daxter:*
Best: Brewery (No. 14)
Worst: Construction Site (No. 67)
*The Lost Frontier*
Best: Brink Island (No. 48)
Worst: Aropa (No. 82)
@@idontknowhowtonamemyself7414 You're missing a few names there.
@@tabreezsiddique I know I edit my comment cuz i didnt know every ranking inside out. Now it is finished :)
Loved this one! I knew Forbidden Jungle was gonna be #1, its so great.
Never knew about that shortcut either, that's damn cool.
I have been playing Jak 1 on and off for the past 15 years and actively speedrunning it for the last year. But never, ever have I seen that the Hub 2 area had an entire village in the middle as shown around 18:55 I am so blown away right now. It actually is a shame we don't get to see more of it. HOLY MOLY it goes up so high??? 19:06
At 26:49 "...There wouldn't be much to say about this place" First thing I though was "He's gonna show THE mission isn't he" 26:53 YEP
Top 5 has 4 levels of Precursor Legacy, says enough for me
Oh my god yes. You sir just got yourself a new subscriber!
This would have to be the most difficult choices I could ever think of
Spider caves are my all time favorite, the scaffolding section is one of my favorite platforming challenges ever
You're an absolute goddamn madman, I don't know how you compile these lists but good job! This shows how much depth this series really has that personally, I don't think enough people give it credit for. My favorite game overall in the series is Precursor Legacy, which also happens to be my favorite PS2 game of all time. This only makes me crave a Jak IV more than ever, but Sony doesn't seem to care enough outside of milking re-releases of the games. Jak and Daxter is more than just a game series, it's a way of life.
Amazing video man this seems like it took a lot of work. I personally would put mar's tomb and palace support cable higher but I respect your opinion.
Awesome video, never see many people go into this much detail about my favorite franchise! You’ve earned my like and sub. Also FYI, you forgot mountain pass and sandover village!
Mountain Pass & Sandover Village - 48:06
Hey great video man, as a kid I absolutely loved these games (well excluding lost frontier and daxter, I never owned them) and replaying them again in recent years really made me appreciate just how amazing they all are.
Your videos have continued to show me just that exactly, I'm glad that so many others share the same perspective!
Keep up the good work as always!
My favorite Jak II level is the Mountain Temple and Haven Forest followed by The Dig and Dead Town. Mostly because they are similar to Jak 1 levels!
Every normal person should despise the ambush mission in the Water area of Jak 2
one thing i like about TPL in general, is all the like hints you see of the Precursor robot parts all throughout the game, like in the swamp, in the cave, etc. all really builds up to the final boss nicely.
1:40:38 Sentinel Beach really showed the "openness" of the game, I think. Particularly, going from the first "hub world" and walking there without any load times.
This is incredible work!
44:15 "The quiet music sends chills down your spine with the metallic sounds off in the distance" This was a big reason why as a kid I couldn't play through this part by myself. The dark, cold atmosphere was an extremely scary experience for me when I was a kid and I needed a friend to play it with me otherwise I coulnd't even play Jak 2. The soundtrack for this level alone really takes me back.
1:38:05 I never noticed to look onto the backdrop in Snowy Mountain. Gol and Maia'a Citadel was being foreshadowed to us that whole time! How did I not notice that until 20 years later?!?!
I have only played the first Jak game at the moment, but do have the others except for Lost Frontier. This is really getting me in the mood to try the other games. Especially Daxter.
Ayye this is dedication! One of my favorite series too, props!!
I remember playing through jak II when I was like 7 or 8 and my dad just screaming at the Water Slums and just smashing a controller into the bed as hard as he could xD good to know about the dark jak slam on the water though
Oh my gooddddddd when you played the clip of Jak and Daxter dancing on the platform in the end of the first Jak and Daxter game I cried it is SO beautiful
The Water Slums was one of my favorite Jak 2 levels. It's such a contrast to the rest of the city.
Damn, this video was great. Made me want to pick these games back up
i've been so excited for this!
YESSS
Loved the dedication to this project. I think I’d also place the forbidden jungle on top - everything fits together so flawlessly
Great video. Crazy to know I played this game 19 years ago. Now I can only hope my son can play through a series like this!
I really appreciate this video because these days Jak and daxter doesn't see much love so a video with this much time and effort shows how much people still care about this game
I'm just now noticing that Jak and Daxter 2 is where Naughty Dog started making games about bearded angry men and never went back. Oh well, just felt like sharing that brain fart.
I'm saving this video for the weekend, these are perfect to relax and forget the stressful week. So thanks a lot for that.
Nate isn't bearded or angry (quite).
The water slums levels is definitely one of the worst.
Fuck the water slums! Lol.
Oh my Lord this was worth every second. Thanks for this 😍
You also escort korn who blows up the metal head tower entrance with the Super Nova I believe, you also learn the dark eco kamehameha attack in this area.
No surprise the first Jak is so prevalent in the top 10. I love these videos! I can’t imagine how much time these must take. It’s obvious how much love, detail and dedication you put into this
I started this list, already knowing what numbers 1 and 2 were. Perfect tier list.
My most Favorite Video on RUclips. Thx for this Ranking :)
I’ve been watching this movie in pieces, since I unfortunately don’t have the time to watch it straight through and dawg I appreciate you for this gem. Hearing your inputs is nice, and your clips that you’ve used smacks me with nostalgia as I watch. Jak and Daxter are really one of the best duos to ever grace the video game industry. Much respect
So much effort to create content like that. I really respect that kind of work from people who really enjoy the series.
Jak and Daxter - The Precursor Legacy is one of the Top 3 PS2 Games! Love it! (=
Ahhh you actually are reunited Sig at the end of Jack 2.
This must have taken so looong
I always saw Jak & Daxter as part of a trio with Crash Bandicoot and Spyro as the "secondary games", with Pokemon, Mario and Sonic being the "primary games" (because they're among the biggest franchises, and have had a few crossovers)
Pikachu is yellow, Mario's hat is red, Sonic is blue - the primary colours
Crash is orange, Sypro is purple, Jak's Green Eco is green - the secondary colours
The Sims and Minecraft (also massive games) are standalones, so I don't know what they could form a trio with
I'm not one for following reviewers, but these All Levels Ranked lists are getting me to subscribe. I know you can't do them very often (since they're such huge projects) but I really do hope you continue to release them. Even if it is once a year, I would still stay subbed to watch them
I watched beginning to end and man does this take a lot of work and dedication, I would never be able to rank all the jak levels. Thank you for the experience of getting to see them all later out and evaluated.
Snowy Mt. Is always my favorite map in Jak 1.
I always love watching these videos. I never played the Jak series other than Daxter on PSP but i loved that game and its my favorite PSP game. Really enjoyed the video and it was fun watching.
what do you mean never used. Bruter gives you missions in the Bazaar and you get that one incident with Ashelin. Oh and not to forget, Pecker and Onin's tent
I never played the 2nd PsP game, but the rest of the levels you mentioned bring back such Nostalgia! I miss that trilogy so much, and that racing game was the most fun on the PS2.
1:08:22 yes. From playing this game so often in my head I think 3/4th pizza 1/2 pizza single slice while going through the level. The color too, it reminds me of a cookie pizza from the mall.
It is always interesting to see a different viewpoint on some of these levels bc I absolutely despise spider cave and yet I seem to agree on some of your opinions about it
He actually fucking done it.
Now if we can get a Spyro one, the Playstation nostalgia Trilogy will be complete *Sunglasses Emoji*
Being part of the game's third act I've always thought that the sewer escort mission was a somewhat fair spike in difficulty. It's one of few levels in Jak 2 that requires the full utilization of Jak's skillset to overcome, and with it being a relatively short mission to do in a single run the frustration people have with it really only comes with having the retry it whenever you fail, not a gigantic pain in the ass if you've been evolving as the game goes on.
During my 3rd playthrough of Jak 2 earlier this year I was able to beat the mission in only 3 tries and I've never been prouder, whereas getting the seal piece at the docks leaves me feeling nothing because that mission is genuine bullshit.
Glad to see I'm not the only one willing to defend the sewer escort mission.
On a mostly unrelated sidenote: Seeing how strongly the Daxter levels ranked on this list was a massive plot twist for me because I've never played that game. Making me regret not having a PSP
This takes me back. I was around the same age as you when these came out so I understand your pain of getting through the original 3 games and some of the hard barriers. but I still loved them to death. Spent hours just trying to get unlimited ammo cheats and echo cheats.
Thanks for going down memory lane.
This is the first time I've seen a 1:50:00h Video on RUclips without getting bored and clicking on another Video 😂
Sometimes I feel like starting a new playthrough of Jak 2, which was my first ever video-game.
Then I remember that the turret mission at the drill platform exists and the idea goes out the window
As a fan of this series since I saw the trailer of Percursor Legacy on that original PS2 demo disc, I absolutely loved this video and I agree with most of you said.
Great work!! You got a new subscriber! 🙂👍
Great work and the music in these games are really good especially that sound puzzle in jak II I haven't forgotten about it
I always Jet-Board the Water Slum escape mission on replays.
Never did the Dark Bomb method tho
It's very doable and the curves on the bridges always seemed like it was implied you should do that rather than brute force your way outta there
Strap in folks, we're in for a good one
Damn didn't think anyone would be making Jak content in 2020. Def gonna watch this whole thing, just play the OG trilogy in a row on PCSX2 to relive that love I had for these games as a child. Honestly these are still such amazing achievements of accomplishment for their time. Sad I feel like we haven't got anything artistically, or thematically similar to this series in a long time
Also for the infamous Slums level in Jak 2 at 27:55 I honestly didn't find it that hard this time around, I just used the hoverboard to zoom past the soldier carriers before they would spawn soldiers and just had to get good at dodging the civilians and learning the pathing, took me a couple of tries but nothing awful. Honestly after beating them all I think I respect Jak 2 the most because it asks the most of you as a player to truly master the games mechanics (Gunplay, platforming, hoverboarding, driving) to not want to beat your head in on some of the levels. Whilst Jak 3 was just painfully easy.
The Tony Hawk one of these was the first of your videos I watched, I'm excited to see a new one.
That also makes me wonder what Hawktober's going to be like.
Well Crash 4 dropping in October is a problem but trust me, still working on it! Cheers!
Wow amazing video, I have seen top 10 level lists but not a full trought every game in a franchise list like this. Amazing job. I completed 1, seen a lot of 2 but then not played any of the others games or seen much from it. But exciting to see as you go trought a lot if not everything that happens in this levels and it is a aspect we forget to use one location at diffrent times, usually people whould seperate them as missions but then this list whould be 5 times bigger.
On one of my playthroughs through Jak 2, during the Krimzon Gaurd Water Slum mission. I just hopped on my jetboard and flew right beneath them!
Dude this is sick man you just made my night like dead ass. Rip some bong, puff bar. I’m set. Btw love the sandover village sound track in there
Maybe this has been pointed out already but 45:41 that's a glitch, sometimes the music doesn't play for that level and you need to get out of the game and come back to solve it. This level uses the Palace/Mar's Tomb music
Also, I noticed when watching this video again that in the Playstation All-Stars footage, it was Sly versus Jak. Perhaps the fact that it was Sly is a possible teaser for a series you’re going to revisit one day?
While I disagreed with a lot of the level ordering in this video, I greatly enjoyed your enthusiasm for the subject. What made up for my earlier disagreements was finding Sentinel Beach and Forbidden Jungle were at the top where they belonged. Great video.
JaD The Precursor Legacy is my absolute favourite game of the franchise, and the one I always find myself going back to the most. I just wish the next Jak game would explore more of the precurosr lore and what the machines and monoliths were useful for. The whole collectathon platformer style of the first game is why I love it so much, though you don't see many of these types of games anymore
New Haven was built in between the end of the first war and the start of the second war; I assume there was a pause where things were peaceful.