History of the Hover Glitch in Jak 2 & 3

[@PeteThePlayer]

Seriously, you make just about the best speedrun related content that isn't just speedruns themselves.

[@ThaRixer]

Thanks pete, means a lot coming from you :D

[@PokeMaster22222]

What about Bismuth, and stuff? There's a couple other great channels - and people - that provide easy-to-understand explanations of speedruns.

[@spoodlydoodler3552]

@@PokeMaster22222 these arent just explanations, these are timelines of how the trick works and its impact on the community of the specific game >->

[@hentaidude666]

I think summoning salt does the best ones, but this was a great explanation and a very solid video, keep up the awesome work rixer

[@periclescomoeddie5215]

This is Summoning Salt.

[@MrNocturnalEmission]

If I could recommend one thing, make a playlist for these kind of videos. Similar to Summoning Salts World Record Progression playlist. Sometimes it's nice to put them on auto play and let them run in the background.

[@ThaRixer]

That's a great idea! I'll do that soon enough :)

[@Blankcatboy]

I don't even speed run and I absolutely love these little (and big) documentaries about the progress over the years. One thing I've noticed and love about this community is that you all give credit to those who are first to find things, that's awesome.

[@DukeJukem]

Holy shit, this was 6 years ago? I remember this skip being discovered and was absolutely hyped to get home to practice it. Brought me many hours of enjoyment just goofing around and seeing where I could go with it :)

[@ThaRixer]

Feels like yesterday when i did my first hover in jak 2 outside of the hip hog

[@thenthson]

Felt the same about using a shield and wings to fly infinitely

[@QuakeGamerROTMG]

Had a little nostalgia freakout when the DBZ Budokai 3 soundtrack came on. I wasn't prepared for that.

[@christopherbrasher433]

"In order to save .02 seconds, it was discovered that before doing the most difficult trick in the game you would need to pause it, run around your house 4 times, punch an old lady and punt a kitten" *Speed runners: "Someone find me an old lady and a kitten"*

[@CorruptInfinityOfficial]

Omg sounding like modern WoW raid mechanics hahaha

[@_Lis25]

@@CorruptInfinityOfficial machinima? XD

[@CorruptInfinityOfficial]

@@_Lis25 yess, 3.5 cartwheels

[@_Lis25]

@@CorruptInfinityOfficial Captain Grim is the way

[@masterreaper115]

Nah i feel like that really dumbs down the platforming so uhhh yeah speedrunning isnt about speed its about doing it right, and if you are speedrunning in a way i dont like you are wrong ^ some speed runners when this glitch was found apparently

[@TheMegaRin]

Speedrunners: I break games to go fast! Also speedrunners: This is too broken, I quit!

[@jaqand7280]

Any% versus glitchless runners in a nutshell

[@ZombiesWerePeopleToo]

Imagine you have this racing game that you love, but your position at the end of the race wasn’t just based on your driving speed but also how good you were at a turn-based battle minigame that popped up during the race. Sure, you still have the driving that you love, and if you’re not bothered about taking first place you can just skip the battle minigame, but to compete at the top level you can’t just focus on the bits of the game you find fun. That’s why any% speedrunners sometimes hate new glitch discoveries when they fundamentally change how the game is played. Classic%/no major glitches categories are no different to competitive smash bros players disabling items.

[@Boomrainbownuke9608]

@@ZombiesWerePeopleToo no they are babies WAHHH WAAAHHHH HOW DARE THEIR BE A EASIER WAY!! WAAAHHH WAAAHHHH

[@OryxTheMadGod3]

i kinda understand this tbh. sometimes i like to play levels as fast as i can jumping over obstacles or whatever because it feels good in a way but when you just fly over everything it gets kinda boring after a while

[@MisterNohbdy]

@@Boomrainbownuke9608 The only baby in this thread is the one too immature to bother understanding others' viewpoints, even when they try to explain it to you in simple language.

[@scas97]

And here comes Ricky with yet another amazing video! It's just so well edited, especially those enviroment shots that go with the category titles. Excellent choice of soundtracks too! I was so glad to hear that Ratchet Gladiator/Deadlocked OST! Last but not least, congrats on the sponsor man, you really deserved it!

[@ThaRixer]

Thank you so much man ❤️ 🤠

[@COFFEEWSUGA]

I love these videos explaining the history of speedrunning in certain aspects of games or just all of a game in general. I'm a casual speedrunning fan who probably wouldn't ever actually start running, but I find this stuff SUPER interesting and you do a really good job at explaining everything. I hope to continue seeing awesome content like this in the future!

[@PostApocolyptica]

I've never played the Jak & Daxter series, but your video was thoroughly entertaining. You deserve particular credit for having such a solid taste in background music.

[@GreenZeusmask]

You definitely need to play the jak and daxter series.

[@Capchka]

Congrats on the Sponsor my dude

[@velhi2989]

w e l c o m e t o r a i d s h a d o w l e g e n d s

[@ThePopeOfAllDope]

Ricky certainly deserves it

[@ThaRixer]

Hey thanks man

[@KevinDKao]

good for you ricky congrats again, big deal

[@AK907LSD25]

Would have been cooler if there wasn't 7 ads to go with it

[@sethsends]

so cool. I found this during my 3rd or 4th run through of the game around release. It's funny how something you and your schoolyard friends pass around like ancient wisdom actually goes full circle to break speedrunning records years later.

[@skapokonroll]

Quick, someone mod the Jetboard into The Precursor's Legacy to see how it affects the speedrun

[@funnyperson4027]

Really like this channel. The influx of high quality speed running related content from creators like you, summoning salt, bismuth, Ezscape, Bescape, and karl jobst on KZbin has been fantastic

[@ThaRixer]

Thanks a lot man

[@killersmaideniron]

I'm always looking forward to new content. I didn't get the notification for some reason, but I just went looking and here you are covering my favourite games again! I love it. thank you

[@breekat3785]

This is so cool. Keep Jak Alive! Lets hope we get an actual full remaster to find new glitches on

[@ArchAngelLevon]

Jesus Rixer, I'ma be 100% with you, I've never seen someone be so indepth, technical and visual with their speedrun breakdown videos. Charts, gameplay of the precise thing you're talking about, multiple other peoples' speedrun videos, technical data about the game itself, drawn maps, trigger lines. I'm not usually a speedrun video kind of guy, but damn this is high quality content.

[@-12Sided]

This guy is an underrated Summoning Salt. EXTREMELY underrated.

[@ThaRixer]

Haha, big compliment in my book

[@-12Sided]

@@ThaRixer I mean, putting the time in for a high quality well put together video that is 50 minutes long for a singular glitch is dedication 👏👏👏👏👏

[@smokerg4l762]

Just brilliant. Well done. I'd had a relatively decent idea of how the hover changed the Jak 2 runs with it being my main game in the series but as someone who started running the games after the hover revolution, seeing how it affected Jak 3 in such a detailed and well documented manner is awesome. Looking at the collective history of speedgames like this just reminds you of how awesome this niche of gaming really is and is very inspiring.

[@kurth59]

Never played Jak, never watched a speedrun, but damn is this interesting.

[@_NeonFlame_]

Definitely give them a go Jak 2 is by far my favorite but it's pretty hard for new players

[@herrabanani]

Jak 2 is very dificult but great

[@andrew-rn9ui]

@@_NeonFlame_ jak 2 and jak 3 are 2 of the greatest games ever made imo They neeed to make jak 4 so fucking badly on next gen it would be like gta v but in the world of jak 🙌

[@jonahbrown5669]

@@andrew-rn9ui It's good that we don't have a Jak 4. God knows how woke it'd be with new Naughty Dog making it 😬

[@NamelessAsian]

Ricky your videos are entertaining and very well put together. please keep up the good work!

[@TehJellyLord]

I feel like your little closing quote, you should’ve said “When you think of Melee you think of wavedashing” instead of Fox, and I think maybe a better example would have been “when you think of Mario 64, you think of backwards long-jumping”. Just a random thought I had lol

[@TheFlyWhisperer1]

This is one of those games that is so frustrating without glitches that it deserves to be exploited for quick finishes

[@NeroMystyra]

i love watching gaming documentaries like this. Thanks for the content!

[@paddlesawtactic9788]

Gotta say, the Persona music at the beginning of the Hero Mode segment got me hyped.

[@o.o.4238]

Do you know what song that was? Would love to know

[@paddlesawtactic9788]

@@o.o.4238 Persona 2 Innocent Sin Boss Theme. I think it's the PSP remix specifically.

[@bunnyspvp]

Man your videos are classics, I've watched them so many times and each time I forget what happens in the video I get to re-watch the whole thing ago, this is like my 5th time watching this one alone it's a hood classic to me now

[@TheMarsumursu]

This has to be one of the best videos I have ever seen. Thank you and waiting for more!

[@God0fCows]

Saw the "man who broke god of war in half" and I knew you had to have a Jak video. Sometime between 2015 - 2018 I can't remember when exactly, but I was watching your any% run. You got me into speedrunning with the hover glitch. Love ya man.

[@ThePopeOfAllDope]

It’s been a while since I’ve clicked on one of your videos, but now I’m looking forward to your next. this is quality content. Happy to see you have a sponsor, you totally deserve it my man!

[@ThaRixer]

Thanks so much, I was so nervous since it's my first video with a sponsor but everyone's so supportive it's a big relief for me ❤️

[@ThePopeOfAllDope]

ThaRixer I’m positive no one in this community is gonna think you sold out or something. It helps you and the channel live on so Go get you that money my dude!

[@pdtRamon]

Just found yesterday your channel and im loving it! Awesome content , good narrative and a wide knowledge about the game itself :) Thank you and stay safe my friend , in those weird times that we are living it

[@stoic_rose]

after never taking interest in any game in the jak series, your videos about the series have actually gotten me interested! impressive.

[@swivelsaysno]

I don’t know how to feel about the raid sponsor. Phenomenal vid tho.

[@casinomann]

Mans gotta eat

[@TheMegaPingasMobile]

Honestly I've never cared about speed running and I still don't care about the times or who did it. But the glitches and bugs used are what's really interesting, so I often end up watching a lot of speedrunning related content because of that. I just enjoy seeing games get broken and possible explanations on why did it happen and how were they discovered.

[@cocosolis8240]

"I underestimated how much a single glitch could change a game" cmon Rix we all learned our lesson from the BLJ

[@bigsmall4]

I love this style of content. Speedrunning history is such a niche topic but a welcome one.

[@soulsboyrne]

I watched your Spyro video and the nostalgia it brought back paired with your interesting and educational content made it an instant subscribe for me. Been binging your videos all week. Really looking forward to seeing your channel grow man, you're easily one of my favorite peeps I've stumbled across recently. Cheers

[@ThaRixer]

Thank you so much!

[@pako_powr]

You're really good at making these docu style videos man, nice

[@mrorigen]

Thanks for putting the soundtrack in the description Rixer, you have great music taste dude

[@stfu6664]

This channel of yours is so ridiculously nostalgic , i love to watch these videos , it takes me back to 2007 .Thanks for the content

[@KaimArgonarEyyyy]

I love how I personally discovered the endless light eco flying thing by myself when I was just dicking around in Jak 3 many years back. I love flying and that just made Light Eco mode much more fun to me. Not sure what year I did it but I wasn't even familiar with things like speedrunning, so it was whatever.

[@flochforster88]

Holy shit 22.6k subs, well done! I'm only a few minutes in but it's already highly enjoyable, great work put into it :) Love analyses of speed running meta like this

[@zDaven]

I love the old DBZ Budokai music in “The Discovery” Section This video as a whole is a banger, really getting me back into watching Jak runs

[@katssis5787]

Great video. Really nicely edited and its great to be able to look back at the history of the games as a newer runner!

[@poro3718]

Sick video! This type of content is and has been for a while my absolute favourite

[@jdhatfield723]

Really enjoying your J&D speedrunning history lessons! It's neat to see how different player's discoveries impacted the community and run strategies over time. :)

[@aidenburgess217]

"This next part, was almost entirely me."

[@danielmelendez1192]

I like your channel very much. Gaming content isn’t usually in my watch list but you make it interesting to watch

[@samjudge6969]

it's crazy that we went a decade with these games before discovering the hover glitch.

[@Zimp115]

Been watching you for over a year, keep up the great content!

[@danuzz_]

Editing and narration was on point! I liked how you did transitions and how you showed the tricks being done. Definitely do keep taking sponsors, you did the section well and it was in the beginning of the video so it wasn't annoying. I also really appreciate the timestamps. Only thing I can think of to criticize right now is the transition between Jak II All Missions and Jak 3. The music part/montage thing was great and I think that should've been the first thing you show. I think you could've been fine without the "lets find out" part, but yeah the transition itself from "found good use of the hover" and "Now it's time to take a look at Jak 3" felt kind of awkward. Tried to give you helpful feedback, because I really do want to see you succeed, though my criticism there might be just me desperately trying to find "flaws" from the video and nitpicking. I still hope you got *something* out of it. Looking forward to the next video!

[@ThaRixer]

Oh yea of course, i am always looking to improve, thank you for pointing that stuff out! It does seem like a drastic change yea, i didn't even think about that editing. This is the longest video i've ever made so it's difficult to nail everything on the first go. My setup right now doesn't allow me to redo voice overs at all, but from my next video onwards i will be able to do so. Really apprecaite the support man

[@PoomulusRobsBanksOnTV]

Great video, I love the jak and daxter trilogy and have always been interested in the speedrunning history of the game.

[@SuperFartyman]

i remember figuring this out myself, i had no idea speed running was even a thing tho i would just mess around

[@prinston3964]

Your videos are so high quality I'm genuinely shocked you aren't at a million subs yet.

[@Spritus3241]

Me Before 31:?? - just casually listening with some nice commentary. Me Post 31:?? - Sudden Persona 2?! BOP

[@ChirpingMatt]

34:36 At long last we have finally learned...it's 14 kills to a nuke

[@320speed]

Love content like this.

[@Nikapocalypse]

As bad as the turret ship mission was in Jak 2, the game ender (not run as I never speed ran it) for me was that tank mission where camera was switched to the tank's perspective. That mission ensured I never played the game after the first play through as the jarring perspective made it near impossible for me personally.

[@myfellowsonicfans7131]

I simultaneously think you’re 𝕊𝕔𝕦𝕞 for accepting a RAID sponsorship yet I also love that you used Persona 2 battle music.

[@DSL_Returns]

this is exactly what i needed this late evening

[@willmarsden462]

Great video. I had no clue the glitch saved so much time in runs.

[@morisv735]

It's so good! Great to see how everything evolved. Thanks you so much for the video.

[@bballmaster1209]

Well what do you know, I just watched the Spyro video yesterday and now this popped up. Keep up the great work!

[@ranter1270]

Thank you for the perfect desktop background 6:53

[@swoch185]

Great video! Congratulations on the sponsor. That is also a sick thumbnail

[@foxtochopkun4438]

Very entertaining video! Watched it to the end! Congrats! Before, when I heard the words Jak & Daxter I thought of what happens when you hit X, X, O, R1 with the blaster equiped. But now the hover glitch joins.

[@Legitzombieguy]

I wish I still had my PS2. All these glitches being found nearly a decade after I stopped playing makes me sad. The Jak and Daxter series was my favorite growing up. This was all I used to play. I might just go get a new PS2 and try some Jak 1 runs. I’m sure after a week or 2 I’ll get back in the rhythm of things. I miss these and the R&C series

[@hsblue]

Really good video! I loved every single second of it!!

[@dpy]

Hey man really enjoying your content. I remember the good old days of early glitch hunting and I actually started off on KZbin in 2008 by posting Jak glitches but those vids are long gone haha crazy to see theres a whole community now and everything! Keep up the awesome vids.

[@cookiesrawesomee]

Love Dr. Stewart’s theme at 39:46 Glad to see a man of culture jeje

[@karlhnedkovsky5214]

Your audio tracks are always so banger, my dude!

[@norwis120]

great job, rix! congrats on the sponsor!

[@flochforster88]

Man this is fucking AMAZING, PLEASE make more of these for Ratchet and Jak!! (But don't feel under any pressure either haha, just think this is genuinely a work of art) You can tell hours and hours of work went into this, fantastic documentary

[@zaklynch9213]

I didnt comment when i first watched it but after i got reccomended it again i have to say i love this content for the jak games

[@wikbe2]

I am so happy that I found your Chanel love the jak content and that you are keeping these game Alive we really need sequel for these games and I never tryed speed running but heck these videos are really inspiring maybe I try it myself

[@captainnintendo]

"Pretending I'm a Superman" :) Very nice and thorough speedrun history video. Was a fun watch.

[@ErinKatzee]

this video is old and i watched it back when it came out but man I cannot stop giggling at "FINALLY! a brand new gamemode that was just recently released!" The concept of that statement is just so fucking funny to me like "god i was just WAITING for a new gamemode, specifically one that was just recently released!"

[@gldntchr7122]

This glitch makes me crack up, it looks like you're humping your board to heaven.

[@ornaterope8319]

My man, was wondering when u were gonna upload next

[@unreal704]

Great video Ricky!

[@ThaRixer]

Great glitch Unreal! 🤠

[@MakerUndertaker]

Great stuff dude, love the content :)

[@Noizeeh]

Yet another great video, keep it up 👑

[@SLauGHTeRHaHa]

dang happy 6 year anniversary of the 3:17:17

[@ThaRixer]

Nicely spotted

[@geronimo5515]

14:10 Jak II the mission with that yellow thing in the swamp/slum town. "Checkpoints are not in our engine" -Dev

[@Isendgard]

amazing video Ricky. Can't wait to see the next one.

[@brownshoes5225]

Your Silent Hill video showed up in my recommends and I gotta say I've been hooked since. You are good at storytelling and presenting info easily. Keeo it up.

[@blahpy]

Sick video it turned out really great!

[@someone3436]

Insane content Ricky keep it up nice to see u growing

[@CallMeFako]

Holy shit, Ricky, I am only half through the video and I already have asked myself how many hours you've put on this project too many times to count. Amazing work

[@tkirbs4711]

Cool that you used to play Battleon games. I love the Jak series and Artix games and still play games from both! Adventure Quest Worlds still gets weekly updates :)

[@QazJer]

I’m the slowest gamer in the world but I love these speedrunning history videos lol

[@jswagaudio]

Destroy eggs at strip mine was my least favorite casual mission. That fact u can beat it in 10 secound makes me wanna try and speedrun jakII

[@anequallygoodchannel.2761]

Goofy 358 is a name that had struck fear into the hearts of many jak players.

[@dynastymusou8906]

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II: Renegade and Jak 3 are amazing games. I love all of them. Currently re-playing the second one on PlayStation Vita. Not the best version out there, but I am not complaining. :) Great video, man. Very interesting stuff here!

[@bluscout6440]

I always found it funny how the guards just see u fly away with a hoverboard lmao

[@lamppost7356]

Good to see you got a sponsorship!

[@Wutever]

i recognized that DBZ budokai music instantly......wow what a burst of nostalga.

[@RN_Dreemurr]

Loved the vid. Awesome commentary, pleasing editing, sicc hovers. Keep more content comin!

[@sanjum2475]

Him: Good Afternoon! Me, at midnight: mhm yep

[@TheIrrelevantYT]

I know you weren't trying to flex, but ThaRixer be hard flexing though