Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

The PS2, has had many great games released for it, but the most ambitious, and best one for it's time, was Jak and Daxter.
Developed by Naughty Dog, the team that created Crash, and after the Jak years, the largely acclaimed, Uncharted series.

GAMEPLAY
This game breaks away from the average, platform game idea.  It presents a semi-open world, with no loading times.  It's features different sub-sections of a region, making little free-roam levels, that you walk trough.  It's basicly Super Mario 64, without the castle.  The core gameplay revolves around exploring the world, to finding power cells, by completing, platform challenges, performing tasks,
and paying locals.
Once you have collected the required amount of power cells, you move ahead to the next set of area's to find more power cells.  Other collectibles such as precursor orbs (egg things) plague the world as well. 

GRAPHICS
For a game that came out in 2001, the graphics are very good, and beat most of what you would see on the wii.  Cartoonish worlds, and characters, help with the graphical side of the PS2, because, if it's not real, the better it looks.

STORY
Jak and Daxter have snuck to the forbidden island, against the green sage's will.  While there, Daxter falls into a well of Dark Eco, causing him to turn into a little animal.  Can Jak help his friend, or will he have to stay a rodent....forever.

AGE
Jak and Daxter has some cartoon violence, but nothing offensive.  Age 5 amd up.

CONCLUSION
Jak and Daxter presented a new kind of game, with fun, freeroam, platforming levels.
For a family game, or an adult wanting to relive the excitement, from when they were kid's playing SM64, or even if your looking for a great waste of time on the PS2.
8.5 out of 10.

DETAILS
Developed by Naughty Dog
Published by Sony Computer Enterainment
Released in 2001
Rated E by the ESRB
for PS2, and PS3