Jak 3
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| Developer | Naughty Dog |
| Publisher | Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEA) |
| Released | North America: November 9, 2004 Europe: November 26, 2004 |
| Genre | Platform/shooter/action |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Ratings | ESRB: Teen (T) PEGI: 12+ ELSPA: 11+ OFLC: G8+ USK: 6 |
| Platforms | PlayStation 2 |
| Media | DVD-ROM |
| Preceded by | Jak II |
| Followed by | Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier |
- "Banished. Left for dead. Forgotten. But, this hero refuses to stay down. "
- ―A writing on the official site
Jak 3 is the third released (fourth chronologically) in the Jak and Daxter series, it is the final installment in the trilogy. As the game became a hit on the shelves, developer Naughty Dog released yet another Jak and Daxter installment called Jak X: Combat Racing a year later, as well as the PlayStation Portable game Daxter.
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[edit] Plot
The plot is about a war in Haven City between 3 factions. The Freedom League, the Metal Heads, and the KG Deathbots. (Although The Metal Heads and the KG join forces later on in the game.)
Jak 3 begins with Jak being banished from Haven City by Count Veger for his supposed crimes towards Haven City. Ashelin gives Jak a beacon before she leaves with Veger and the guards. Pecker and Daxter stay behind with Jak as he is left in the Wasteland. As they trail along the painful deserts, they all pass out from the heat and lack of water. They are found by a group of scavengers due to the beacon, and they are taken to the city of Spargus. The trio then meet Damas, king of Spargus, who has an important missions for Jak. If Jak completes these missions, Damas will allow Jak to stay in Spargus.
Jak accepts this offer, and he and Daxter go through several intense objectives, such as battling giant Metal Heads in one of many dune buggies of Kleiver's in the desert. Pecker becomes an advisor to Damas. As Jak endures the heroic missions, he meets recognizable friends from Jak II such as Ashelin, who begs him to return to Haven City. Jak refuses to go back due to his anger of being banished, even when she mentions that Haven City is overrun by KG Deathbots and Metal Heads.
As the story progresses, the dynamic duo encounter very strange and twisted creatures. They later learn after using the Astro viewer that these beings are Dark Makers. Jak learns that the Dark Makers were once Precursors, but succumbed to the exposure of Dark Eco, and in the process, became evil. What Jak discovers in the telescope is a Dark Maker spaceship, and it is proceeding towards the planet. Jak and Daxter learn that the only way to rid the evil coming towards their planet is to activate the planetary defense system. But, there's a twist: the location of the planetary defense system is in the planet's core. And so after taking care of some Deathbots and Metal Heads, Jak and Daxter begin their trek to the Planet Core.
On their way, Jak and Damas team up to fight their enemies, but their vehicle was overturned after being hit by a missile. Jak survived, but Damas is fatally wounded by being crushed under it. but Before dying, Damas shows Jak the same pendant necklace that had been found on Jak's younger self in Jak II. Once Damas is gone, Jak realizes that he was his father. Veger reveals to Jak the truth and heads toward the planet's core and Jak presses onward. Once at the core, they meet a small quorum of Precursors. These Precursors, who after a trilogy of games were unknown, turn out to be Ottsels like Daxter, and send them to the Dark Maker ship to buy some time as the planetary defense system charges. The mission is a success, but not completely, for a giant spider-like mechanism comes crashing down on the ship, and Jak is forced to battle in one last fight. It is during this fight, as Jak ascends to the peak of the mechanism, that Jak meets Errol once again. Errol is now a cyborg remaining with just half of his face, after his terrible and explosive collision with his zoomer and some barrels of eco in Jak II. After a climactic duel, Jak defeats Errol and the Terraformer. It is presumed that Errol is destroyed with the terraformer as he was shot by Jak's Peace Maker.
The story ends with Jak and Daxter with their allies, celebrating their mighty victory against the evils that nearly destroyed the planet. The Precursors have the ability to change Daxter back, but instead Daxter just asks for pants, which he'd often talked about wanting throughout Jak II and Jak 3. After wishing she could have a pair of pants just like Daxter's, the Precursors grants Tess' wish by turning her into an Ottsel. Count Veger had also been turned into one, after asking the Precursors if he could be like them, without knowing at that point what it meant. The game ends with the question of whether or not Jak is the legendary warrior Mar, as Damas had said his son's name was Mar.
[edit] Gameplay
The gameplay of Jak 3 doesn't changed very much since Jak II: Renegade and still being considered to be Sandbox. The player still has a big world to explore, with plot missions to continue the story and the new type - side missions, provided by Oracle Totems, Torn and Kleiver for Metal Heads skull gems to earn more Precursor Orbs. Also the locations provide an opportunity to search for the Orbs right on the map, but mostly they are hidden.
[edit] Battles
Jak still have in addition to his trademark moves the Morph Gun, but each mode now have two new upgrades. The Morph Gun can be upgraded from the secrets menu for Precursor Orbs. Each mode can be upgraded entirely or Jak can have an upgrade on one weapon. Also Jak is still able to transorm into Dark Jak, with mostly the same powers as in Jak II, but with the new Dark Strike, and without the Dark Giant mode. During the game Jak gets the ability to transform into Light Jak. Both sides has their secrets in the secrets menu and both can be entered at any time having the needed Eco, which can be collected from defeated enemies or Vents.
[edit] Bosses
- Dark Satellite (Site of battle: Desert Oasis)
- Precursor Robot (Site of battle: Eco Mines)
- Cyber Errol (Site of battle: KG War Factory)
- Dark Maker Terraformer (Site of battle: Wasteland)
- Cyber Errol [Dark Maker Terraformer] (Site of battle: Wasteland, on Terraformer)
[edit] Transport
Also the game offers players an opportunity to ride some old and new transport. The old-known is Jet Board, Zoomer, Dark Maker Bot, which is the same as Titan Suit, Leaper Lizard, which is the same as Flut-Flut and lots of turrets in different style. The all-new transport is Buggys in 8 models, each with it's own characteristics and weapons. The Buggys are used to travel through the desert, race, collect artefacts and so on. Later Buggy gameplay model was transformed into a full game - Jak X: Combat Racing. Also there appeared a planer, which was used to get to the Great Volcano.
[edit] Locations
The game have 3 majour locations to explore - Wasteland, Spargus City and Haven City, which, however, became smaller, than it was in Jak II: Renegade. There are also some minor locations like Monk Temple, Haven Seweres, Southern Haven Forest, and so on, and locations, which can be visited only while plot missions, like Dark Maker Ship, Catacombs and Eco Mine.
[edit] Soundtrack
The Entire Jak 3 Soundtrack was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh, Josh Mancell, and Larry Hopkins.
[edit] Trivia
- Naughty Dog made a relationship between Jak And Ashelin In Jak 3. This relationship was not well received, so Naughty Dog put Jak and Keira back together in Jak X. This resolves the confusion between Jaks relationship with Keira in Jak 2 and Ashelin in Jak 3.
- By the plot Daxter was given a pair of pants, but he doesn't use it after continuing playing.
- The game posseses a lot of glitches, beginning from the Infinite Flight Glitch, which allow to see the big holes in the world detalization.
[edit] Gallery
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