How to Play EVERY Jak and Daxter game in 2022

If you are thinking of playing this franchise in 2022, WATCH THIS FIRST! It might have been over 10 years since the last new Jak and Daxter game was released, but there are still many players who are ready to go back or discover it for the first time. While most of these games are easily accessible, there are some IMPORTANT differences that your should know about first.
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00:00 Let's try make this not confusing...
01:12 The PS2 games
01:57 The PS3 games
03:33 The PS4 games
05:41 The PS5 games
06:24 The PSP games
07:57 The PS Vita games
08:54 PSN Store Pricing/Crossplay
09:58 Trophy Support

[@ronnical2489]

The best version of Jak and Daxter 1 is the PC port that was released a few weeks ago.

[@HowGoodGames]

ooh thanks for bringing this to my attention, I love a good fan made mod, maybe ill check it out and see if I can run it and do a video on it!

[@HowGoodGames]

I checked it out, played it for the last 2 hours and putting together a video for it now. Expect a shout out my friend

[@ronnical2489]

@@HowGoodGames Glad you like it!

[@Qwezads]

Bro , i was looking for a video like this, thanks

[@LeifUnni2]

Another great video! I echo everything Nostalgic Ape wrote. One small tidbit I would’ve liked to hear is that if you own both Jak X on PS2 and Daxter on PSP you can connect your PSP to your PS2 and unlock some fun extras in Daxter. I really enjoy seeing how you’re finding your groove a bit more with every video!

[@HowGoodGames]

Thanks Leif! Didn’t know that, another great tip, thanks for adding. I still haven’t got around to either myself, but actually pretty keen to try out daxter after researching for this video

[@LeifUnni2]

@@HowGoodGames Yeah, you have good reason to be. They're both incredibly solid games. Daxter is my favourite PSP game!

[@RON_HART]

The main reason why the PS3 collection wasn’t ported over is BECAUSE it’s on the PS3. Keep in mind, the PS2 and PS3 had very weird, foreign architecture. Trying to transfer over and improve the code from the PS2 to the PS3 was itself a monumental task (Sadly outside the GOW, MGS, and few other collections, the Jak and Ratchet collections both seemed very rushed). They’d of had to take a lot of time to make the Frankenstein code made from the PS3 version work with the PS4. Also probably the reason why the Sky, Ratchet, GOW, Ico/Shadow etc. collections haven’t been made. They could of used emulation for all those games too, but I’m guessing their PS2 emulator didn’t work well with them.

[@HowGoodGames]

Yeah good observations, ps3 architecture from everything I’ve heard was an absolute bloody nightmare to work with. On top of that, insomniac have later said that they’re organisation of files and work for the ps2 games were really messy and lots of things were lost. When another team were making the ratchet hd collection, they had to sort through it all to figure it out and funnily enough, insomniac were only able to finish Ratchet 2016 on time because the other developers had gone through and organised all their original resources. With all that said, I’ve just posted a video on the Jak PC port which is a great example of how much work it is to port things from one system to another as well

[@quintennobbe]

Love your vids mate

[@HowGoodGames]

Hey thank you mate, really appreciate that!

[@akirami1]

love the vibe of this video

[@substance5972]

You deserve far more subs/views than this for replaying and reviewing these wonderfull games.

[@HowGoodGames]

Thanks Substance, means a lot!

[@substance5972]

@@HowGoodGames ;)

[@JadedDarkness]

Both the video and Nostalgic Ape summed up the console versions really well so I just wanted to add that there are ways to play the games on PC. You can emulate either the PS2 or PS3 versions on PC if you have a good PC to run the emulators. They aren't perfect emulations but they're fully playable. The PSP games can also be easily emulated and run basically flawlessly thanks to the very efficient PPSSPP emulator. Also worth noting, there is currently a fan project call OpenGOAL which is essentially porting the original game to PC. This means the game runs natively on your PC like any other PC game and isn't emulated. This means you can run the game with much better visuals than any console release. It's still in development though so while you can play the first game from start to end, there are some bugs and there is no sound implemented yet. But once it is done it could very well be the best way to play the first game (and hopefully the sequels in the future).

[@HowGoodGames]

Hadn’t heard of OpenGOAL that sounds awesome! Good shout out with emulators as well, thanks for adding the option to the mix as well! For anyone unfamiliar with PPSSPP, it can also be run on mobile fairly easily and paired with a backbone or similar controller really delivers that same portable feel. Thanks for the shout out JadedDarkness!

[@Zowiezo101]

Awesome! I used to play these games a lot as a kid and loved to go bug and glitch hunting. There was even a part in Jak 2 where there wasn't any collision detection and you could just leave the city. I wonder if those bugs are still there..

[@BBK113]

its so weird that you can play of these now on ps4 and ps5 now

[@vergil5403]

Your content is very nice to watch and very nostalgic, you deserve more recognition and I hope you will get more subs and views soon enough. Do not forget me when you get famous lol

[@HowGoodGames]

Cheers mate, really appreciate you saying that! Fingers crossed that this comment ages great for both of us and I can say 'damn, Vergil Sparda sure did call it'

[@cliffturbo2146]

I think they called it collection, as it sounds like it has a lot to offer. Should had kept that I think.

[@HowGoodGames]

But why use collection for 3 games and 4 games? Just so confusing

[@cliffturbo2146]

@@HowGoodGames Guess 3 games is more than enough I guess.🤔

[@cal7126]

One thing I hated about the ps3 version were the graphical differences, like the change in the Arc Weilder’s lightning color, and the removal of the developer picture easter egg in Jak 3

[@watttambor]

I played lost frontier on psp when i was 14 . I didn't even know English very well to understand the story but I remember this as the best game I ever played in this time,weird to see it ranked so bad but I would probably feel the same today xd

[@Trash432]

0:10 haha how I felt when I was gonna play every kingdom hearts game in order then found out I'd need to buy old phones or find the apk then I'd have to find some rare one offs they added story too. Lucky for me someone on youtube did it so I just watched. I never got the play the first 3 jak games but I just modded a vita so I'm replaying all the old stuff I missed out on because of GTA then WoW.

[@IBESMusic94]

Trilogy + Daxter + Racing = Best Series Naughty Dog Did

[@karenfromaccounting1132]

Lowkey offended that Lost Frontier was mentioned in this video lol. But the brief was ‘all Jak games’ so you did a good job and said what needed to be said The tier list: S - Jak 1, Jak 2, Jak 3, Jak X, Daxter A - B - … F - Lost Frontier

[@HowGoodGames]

Yup, everything here checks out

[@cal7126]

You should mention emulators, like PCSX2 for playstation 2 and PPSSPP for PSP, and also the openGOAL project that has The Precursor Legacy running natively on PC (and they’re working on Jak 2 and 3)

[@teneesh3376]

The ps4 versions are really iffy. The frame rate issues are one thing. The crashing is a whole new thing. It only happened to me once on jak 1. But I was near end game. When I collected just one more orb, the game will always crash and corrupt my save file. I had to restart the whole game from the very beginning

[@HowGoodGames]

Yeah I had huge issues with the boss from Jak 3, it has an AOE attack that glitched out, so instead of it being a ring you could jump over it was a deadset wall that filled the whole screen. It was the first time I played it and didn’t know it was even a glitch so just kept dying trying to figure out how to get past it until I saw a KZbin walkthrough and realised it was a mistake. Absolutely terrible ports

[@TopGamesEntertainment]

This channel will be big one day ❤️ I'm a new sub her

[@HowGoodGames]

Thank you mate! I really hope so, really appreciate the support 😊

[@butters8011]

obviously it’s would be best to play them on ps2, full original expirience. but not many people still have access to that so i recommend playing them on Ps3. a giant issue with Ps4 is the way jak snaps into 1 of 8 directions. when you roll jump, you’ll sometimes roll in very unwanted directions it’s pretty annoying

[@HowGoodGames]

Just such a sloppy emulation, since I’d imagine that issue doesn’t happen on ps2 either

[@PocketPixelPortablePower]

Ps3 punch glitch also sucks

[@TheeCambion]

The problem with the ps2 is you have to put up with crappy cheap HDMI converters and deal with crtvs. With a backwards compatible ps3 you have probably the best way to play them.

[@zoxgamecompletion6192]

so are the ps4 versions decent or not? if you dont have a ps2 or ps3

[@HowGoodGames]

I played them all on ps4 myself for the first time, and they are decent but definitely have some graphical bugs and some frame rate issues. If you don’t have a ps2 or a ps3, I’d say you’d still have a good time with them, but just compared to those other versions it is the least stable. If you have plans on getting a ps5 at some point though, that helps with the frame rate a little!

[@montisino]

Hey man great video, can you do the same video about ratchet and clank please 🙏🔥

[@HowGoodGames]

Hey bro, done and done! How to Play EVERY Ratchet and Clank Game in 2022 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3KmaGhnd9itac0 I’ve got way more of these sorts of vids in the works so check out the channel and maybe subscribe if your enjoying the content!

[@nightchase586]

How to play The Lost Frontier: Don't.

[@highrise7591]

I think alot of people experienced the same bug as you in jak 2

[@stephaneriopel8766]

people hate on TLF and I'm enjoying it so much.

[@curious6141]

I play Jak and Daxter at least once a year, however I mainly Play the PS3 copies and Vita version. Yes the Vita version is the worst way to play but there’s something special about playing my favorite ps2 trilogy anywhere I go. Plus I have Daxter and that’s always a great time!

[@firedupplayers]

The Lost Frontier is like the Spyro: Season Of Ice of Jak and Daxter.

[@HowGoodGames]

Deadset never heard of it, was it a console game or portable?

[@firedupplayers]

@@HowGoodGames it was the first Spyro game for GBA

[@HowGoodGames]

Blasphemy, I should check it out lol

[@NojsGraphics]

worst part about ps4 version is that X doesnt have split-screen at all, its literally biggest part of fun in this game!

[@HowGoodGames]

Its the only game in the PS4 collection I haven't played yet. Im working on a bunch of other stuff now, but thinking id be keen to mess around with it a bit when I get the time

[@rage2387]

Split Screen does work on ps4/ps5 I was using it the other day. Jak x with an emulator doesn't let you do split screen sadly.

[@GameOverFiles]

There's a native port to PC. A group of people developing a project called OpenGOAL to rewrite the original Jak and Daxter code native for PC, not emulation. It runs the same as original or better if you're so inclined and they even plan to have support for mods and user created levels. Some of the original unfinished content is slightly playable.

[@lmgyuwaku7382]

Daxter was amazing

[@playerback7722]

Played the first 3 games

[@HowGoodGames]

Lesgooo, thanks for watching Playerback! Appreciate it!!

[@playerback7722]

No prob

[@Pen15594]

Pc port of jak one is the best way to play jak 1

[@HowGoodGames]

agreed, and I've now done a whole video about that

[@user-gw3gv3rm6e]

good

[@HowGoodGames]

Thank you very much!

[@PocketPixelPortablePower]

I have all the games on my steam deck! Except the lost frontier 🙄

[@HowGoodGames]

Good call, no need to devalue your steam deck like that. I’m in Australia and we don’t even have a release date for it yet, can’t wait to get my hands on one!

[@user-gw3gv3rm6e]

جميل جداً ورائع جدا احسنت

[@chuckygames6666]

The playstation 2 versions is the best experience to play Jack and Daxter

[@HowGoodGames]

Not the ps3 versions you reckon? Any particular reason you’d go for ps2 over the ps3 remaster?

[@chuckygames6666]

@@HowGoodGames because the playstation 2 doesn't have to many bugs with the music characters frames ect. And because you are playing on the original version that came for that console and people would fell nostalgic Note: I don't recommend the Jack for psp that was ported to ps2 because that's the worst game of Jack and Daxter but I truly recommend the Daxter game that one is not made by naughty dog but it will fell like if was naughty dog

[@HowGoodGames]

Thanks for elaborating! Yeah definitely need to get around to checking out Daxter when I get the time by the sounds of things

[@chuckygames6666]

@@HowGoodGames yeah I haven't play it like the full game but I played on my cousins psp for 3 hours and man it was fire

[@highrise7591]

So what i got from this is i cant play daxter without buying a crappy handheld sad I liked that game alot before my brothers psp got stolen

[@clockwerk152]

Lost frontier its original from psp. The ps2 game its a port

[@HowGoodGames]

I always thought so as well but not quite. When naughty dog began developing it, it was going to be a psp exclusive, but when they needed to shift focus to uncharted and handed development to high impact games, they developed it for both systems and released it at the same time. Depending on how much of naughty dogs framework they used it most likely started with a lot of assets developed for the psp though, but yeah, technically not a port still. Very interesting backstory though!

[@ericsworld6334]

#ps5 need to remake this game

[@slim5816]

If you have a pc and no old consoles just get PCSX2

[@rolltic]

Don't play the Lost Frontier. -Yours truly the Jak and Daxter fandom.

[@HowGoodGames]

Oh hey, while you're here I had a load of questions for you actually. Why was Daxter so underrated and what did we do so wrong to get the PS4 ports?

[@rolltic]

Good questions my good sir! Daxter on the PSP I always thought was a good game, didn't break the cannon of the story and considering the hardware it was on the game was pretty fun back in the day. As for the PS4 ports of the main trilogy... There not the best 😅 Let's just say I'd either play them on the PS3 or play the new PC opengoal ports. So much better and smoother to play, Hope that helps :)

[@fredy_f2L]

The fact that the ps4 version is worse in the grafics is confusing..

[@HowGoodGames]

It’s because it’s a poor emulation of the ps2 version. The ps3 one was a properly done remaster which is why it looks so much better

[@gadingung2935]

But Jak 4ㆍ5ㆍ6? is...

[@HowGoodGames]

If Naughty Dog makes the games, I’ll make the videos

[@rpgfan007]

i love these games but jak 2 is ugh....

[@HowGoodGames]

That’s about where I’m currently at with that one as well

[@PicardSisko7]

Jak II is insanely difficult. I love the game, but I often have to set it down and take a long break.

[@ocsjc13]

Jak for ps vita sucks

[@reallyhimongod]

Man I wish ND would get off their “woke” assess and get back to their originals..

[@HowGoodGames]

I think we are more likely to see another studio pick it up then ND ever going back tbh

[@connorplays6263]

Too bad Lost Frontiers was (and still is) a piece of crap, but what did i expect from the people who made Size Matters and Secret agent clank

[@HowGoodGames]

Would have been nice if they would have at least had the decency to not single handedly end an entire franchise. At least ratchet lived on

[@connorplays6263]

@@HowGoodGames yeah, also I just want to say that In my opinion: Secret agent clank is the worst ratchet game ever made

[@HowGoodGames]

Ok noted, I hope I never have to make a video covering it, unless I really feel like I need to punish myself for something.