Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Intro [Remastered] (2001, Naughty Dog)

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Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001)

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Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a 2001 platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was developed in 24 months with a budget of US$14 million, and released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 2 on December 3, 2001 as the first game of the Jak and Daxter series. Development began in January 1999.

The game follows the protagonist, Jak, as he tries to help his friend Daxter after he transforms into an ottsel (a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel). With the help of Samos the Sage, the pair learn that they must save their world from the antagonists Gol and Maia, who plan to flood it with Dark Eco. The game offers a large range of missions and minigames as well as puzzles and platform elements that the player must complete to proceed.

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy received critical acclaim upon release. Most critics praised the game's variety. Many critics agreed that the game had some of the best looking graphics at the time of its release. By 2002, the game had sold a total of over 1 millions copies worldwide and by 2007, it had sold 2 million in the United States alone.

It will be released as a PS2 Classic for PlayStation 4 in 2017.

The game is set on a fictional planet incorporating fantasy elements, which consists of small and not very technically advanced settlements, surrounded by varying environments and abandoned ruins. One major hub is Sandover Village, home of the two protagonists; Jak, a silent 15-year-old boy and his best friend Daxter, a loudmouth who is transformed at the beginning of the game into a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel, called an ottsel.

"Eco" is a type of energy which dominates the world and was created by an ancient race of beings known only as "Precursors", implied by Samos Hagai at the beginning to be the masters of the universe and creators of all life on the planet. The two boys live with Samos, the Sage of Green Eco, and father of Keira, who is implied to be Jak's love interest. She builds the flying Zoomer vehicle that Jak and Daxter use multiple times throughout their adventure.

The primary enemies of the game consist of beasts known as "Lurkers" led by the antagonists Sage Gol Acheron (voiced by Dee Snider) and his sister Maia, who have been turned evil by the effects of the Dark Eco they studied. Their goal is to open a giant silo full of Dark Eco and use it to shape the universe to their liking. Other characters are the Blue, Red, and Yellow Sages, all of whom are masters of the Eco they take their name from.

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