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- Jun 18, 2019
Jak and Daxter's open world was really incredible. I was a console gamer only at that point, so I never saw anything like it. I, personally, think Naughty Dog started to go downhill after that with Jak II. I know that game and III get a lot of love, but if I remember correctly, Sony basically told them to stop putting out childish and goofy games and make it more serious.
SONY is as much of a problem as Naughty Dog here. Their direction to go more "Totally serious and depressed bro" came from SONY and it's starting to impact their other games now as well.
I like Jak II and III, but the first game is by far the best.
The darker, grittier approach of the sequels appealed to me at the time as I was the perfect age for it (13/14) but today the first game has aged the best, I definitely wish the sequels had stuck with that art style and tone.