Jak II

Dark souls of action platformers

Game no: 174

Genre: Action 

Platform: PS Vita

First Played: 2002 (PS2)

What's is it about:

The continuation of Jak and Daxter but this time it is set in a city. Like GTA.

Gameplay consist of:

- Jumping

- Fighting

- Platforming

- Shooting 

- Vehicle jacking

- Racing 

- Upgrading Weapons

- Escort missions

- Puzzle solving

- Skating

- Evolving into Dark Jak

What I liked: 

- The storyline and voiceover is great. More cutscenes

- The stages are well crafted 

- No load times

- The city is big and you rarely feel lost

- The bikes handle well

- The weapon is just one weapon with 4 different transformations

- Skate plays a huge part in the game. When it work, it good.

- This is the longest action game I've played. Clocking in at 18 hours ++

What I didn't Liked:

- Where do I start... The game is hard as nails. The segments are less than 5 minutes long. Assuming you have cat like button reflexes and can make every jump in one continuous motion

- There are some stages where it will take a while to reach checkpoint. Then you keep dying again and again.

- The skating segments are hit and a miss. the grinding seems uneven and you keep falling down.

- The transformation its not a intuitive until you get the final upgrade

- The traffic in the city is a mess. You will end up hitting a guard and it will cause everyone to fire you. 

Vita port (what's wrong with it)

- Framerate is stable. (30 Fps

- The L2, L3 and R3, R2 button are mapped at the back which makes you accidentally hit it by accident. 

Status: Played until the last 5 mission. After dying for the 50th time. Just youtube it until the end credit. It still counts 

Score: A rare gem, worth to be played once (but not on Vita)