we get signal

2007-04-03

Jak 3 story finished, not (yet) going to complete

(tags game, Jak, PlayStation 2, spoiler)

17 in-game hours and I've completed the Jak 3 story mode. I enjoyed the twists and turns but unfortunately on the whole it just doesn't feel satisfying. The last boss battle was epic, very cool.

SPOILERS

I was disappointed that the voice actor for Keira was gone and that the voice actor for Seem filled in Keira role. Then again, Keira's role in Jak 3 was reduced in favor of that other girl.

I only found 283 out of 600 Precursor orbs. I suspect most of it is locked up in the challenge quests. One thing I was surprised to see was that unlocking and starting Hero mode resets the Precursor orbs but not the secrets. So you could get all the secrets doing the same things over and over again. Good for lamers like me.

I love playing that scene with Seem and Jak and Daxter. Seem says "This is not a game." and the look of shock on Jak and Daxter was priceless.

You could see the Jak and his father story arc coming from a mile away, but the nature of the Precursors was totally off the wall.

END SPOILERS

I've decided to not complete Jak 3's secrets right now in favor of playing my other games. Actually some of the challenge quests are aggravatingly difficult, like the time challenges.

I've also decided that I'm not going to take a look at Jak X: Racing because I don't like Jak-style racing that much. I was more into the platforming aspect of the game. I did find some info on a digital-only soundtrack related release, though.