Jak and Daxter Was Creepy | Occult in the Ordinary

[@wyattxhim]

will always warm my heart to see Jack and Dexter videos being made in 2024

[@FreedomSkeeker]

Facts!!

[@TheArtisticwarrior]

Big facts!

[@Chfoulu]

Fun fact : Knowing I was scared about the heartbeat sound of the Lurker Shark, and subsequently the shark itself, my mom and bro decided to prank me couple of times during our gameplays. It's been 20 years, and I'm still highly thalassophobic, IRL and ingame. Thanks family

[@wingadept8793]

Dude to this day, I'm afraid of that damn Lurker Shark. Every time I see it I automatically restart. Shit traumatized me as a kid.

[@Chfoulu]

@@wingadept8793 Strengh bro, we'll make it one day

[@chocobolord_]

I'm thalassophobic because of this game too, it sucks 😭

[@brozer316]

All Tess did was give Dax the Harkness test and he passed bro, it's all good.

[@ultima1033]

Can't believe i didn't notice Jak's skin being the same tone as Gol and Maia's in his dark form. That is genuinely interesting. Also that god damn, Lurker shark. Pushed it into the back of my mind until i watched this video. So thanks for that. Lol

[@lllooolll327]

that lurker fish sound at the beginning gave me a PTSD attack

[@mike954]

Oh the sound of instant death, how I fearfully missed you.

[@chasegriffin5205]

Same 😨

[@stghost825]

The literal reason I can’t relax in water

[@wingadept8793]

To this day I'm afraid of that damn thing. Can't go back and play the game b/c I'm afraid of going back into that water and getting it's attention.

[@EmperrPalpameme]

“I have spent my life searching for the answers, that my father, and my father’s father failed to find…”

[@lindinle]

I ask the plants, but they do not remember, the plants asked the rocks but the rocks can not recall. EVEN THE ROCKS CAN NOT RECALL.

[@seanalpert6386]

Deal harshly with those who stray from the village, we’ll deal with them in due time…

[@h.silvagaming]

The swamps from percursor legacy were scary too.

[@FreedomSkeeker]

The damn rats.... scary how fast they could respawn and multiple. Made my PS2 crash once for trying to see how many rats would spawn.... 7 year old me count like 80 before game froze out of the blue.

[@kinsan89]

The lurker shark didn't make me afraid of sharks, it made me afraid of deep, open water. But I am now super infatuated with sharks

[@wingadept8793]

I've been afraid of deep open water, but The Lurker Shark made me terrified of what was below the waters. That damn thing scares me to this day.

[@dunebogger1326]

I still have my OG PS2, with every single Jak And Daxter game, even The Lost Frontier (which is alright, but the weakest entry by far) and I still fire it up and play them. Can’t beat that old 2000s charm.

[@glados-b3176]

I cannot wait for more of this video series. One of my favorite things in media is horror related stuff in non-horror media. I love how you’ve done Jak and Sly which are two more uncovered series in general. I think pokemon would be a great episode even though there is a lot of videos about it. But stuff like the old chateau in diamond and pearl i was terrified as a kid and is a reason i’m a huge fan of horror today. Great video!

[@UnseelieFaelass]

My little sister and I got a hold of Jak 2 as tweens, and loved the hell out of it. When our casual gamer skill wasn't screwing us over with how difficult this game is. Good lord wth is with those spikes?! Breaking back into the prison was when we'd give up cus neither of us could get past it. That said, we also got a kick out of pissing the guards off whenever we got bored. Also making a game of it. Hell one particular day when we were pretending the guards were two separate exes of my lil sis, she managed to launch one up into the air like a football. Dude never came back down. Was a glorious day. We only ever managed to get that to happen again one other time after that, but this time the dude did come back down after a moment. The first majorly hilarious moment I readily recall with the guards though, was a time when my lil sis was fucking around in the slums and pissed em off. It was the middle of the night in game, and she was having fun messing em up royally and killing em via instant drowning when punched/kicked into the waters. Then towards the end of this bit of fun, she was swimming underwater to escape them, only for one particular guard to be glitched under the water with her. He was running around beneath her and managed to shoot her dead. We laughed so hard at that and would see that glitch a lot after that day. I have so many stories of our exploits in game. Mainly of my little sister since I preferred watching her over playing myself. Did play it myself at times though. If anybody wants to know more escapades of our time in Jak 2, let me know eh? Oh and as for games that aren't horror but had creepy elements in em...hmm. This one might surprise you, but another game my lil sis and I would play for hours was Disney Princess Enchanted Journey on PS2. It was as kiddie as kid games get mind you, but some creepy implications, unfortunate wording leading to some interesting humor at times, and some of the bogs in the game were a bit concerning for us. Kingdom Hearts used to scare me a bit whenever I deigned to try it. The tutorial in particular had my ass glued in place. A mix of awe and chills running up my spine as Dive Into the Heart played in the background. The cryptic wording also freaked me out. Particularly in the choice of weapon/power bit, and the bit where the game asks you various questions. I had no idea that both sections would determine your difficulty and how your gameplay worked, to me it was just eerie as hell. Other parts of the original first game would creep me out too.

[@FreedomSkeeker]

I'm down, share me another tale or two. Cause I have a lot BS moments when came to racing Errol through Haven City and final course.

[@UnseelieFaelass]

@FreedomSkeeker In the Slums my sister and I used to wait in front of the Precursor Hut, and then jump onto someone's ship. Then wait and wait for a long line to form, and finally proceed to kick everyone out of their ships one by one into the water. We wanted to simulate a pool party. Othertimes we'd do something similar in other sectors, but instead we just hop onto the first ship after the line formed and try and blow it up. The resulting domino effect of explosions had us giddy everytime. Would also lag the game like crazy, but it was amazing. We'd run people over, run into ships to blow em up(especially guard ships), piss off then hide from guards to listen to their braindead dialogue when they couldn't find us(even if right in front of em or in plain sight), yeah this game was the perfect psycho fix for us. I'm sure if we had access to Sims games when we were younger, we'd have Sims horror tales of our own as well. I dunno what was wrong with us lol.

[@FreedomSkeeker]

Kids will be kids. We are sweet as are cruel. XD Thanks for share, so let me return the favor!! I'm sure that most fans/gamers will agree with this state. Errol sucks in 2!! Why do I have to race you before the racing finals? Why do I have to fail the mission when I miss one ring, yet Douche Mcdouchy can skip hitting the rings to get a leg over me? Good example, I'm holding the X button and make a sharp turn into Market Place that's kind of maze-like if you don't visit the area often enough. Saw Errol get stuck in one of the corner, his speeder grinding on that build as if wanting to build up power before launching into space. I drive and weave, helping Jak avoid civvies and KG patrolling the stalls and shops that are near the traffic bridge that leads to Baron's place, only see that I'm second position when I should be first.... Apparently the A.I didn't like being stuck and pulled a Goku. HOW!!!?? YOU GOT STUCK IN A WALL!!! WHEN DID YOU LEARN INSTA-TRANMISSION!!?? Same thing with final Race Course too, I did all my laps with the shortcut, the other competitors fell into the pits due to trying to keep up with my reckless Jak driving skills. It's Jak vs Errol, final third lap, prison warden no where in sight... yet I see his racer arrow tracker teleporting close behind before winning the race. Happen 3 times in a row.... love the Jak and Daxter series but I always believed that some A.I npcs were truly alive to be pulling that shit.

[@mike954]

For me the hardest part of Jak2 was the timed ring mini challenges. Also in Jak2, you can eacape pursuit of the KG if you're near the old town entrance, jump down the crack press up against the v part of the wall and wait. During the final battle, there's a way to make it back on to the ledge that you entered from and attack Kor in safety, using dark eco attacks &/or morphgun. Idk which game (Jak2 or 3) where you can unlock giant dark Jak but in the part where you get swarmed by KG in the watery part of town (near the pumping station entrance) if you go giant dark Jak and do a dark slam onto the water you can destroy the machine that insta kills you and just hoverboard your way under the houses.

[@0Rafikki0]

Honestly, I rarely like videos, but more people need to see your content!

[@FreedomSkeeker]

Fun fact about the Lurker Shark, it's technical labeled as a Luker Eel by the devs. The proof? Jak 3 serect menu, models of some to most well known characters. From Legacy, Jak 2 and of course Jak 3 character models. Wish I could post photos in the comments since I own Jak and Daxter collection for the PS3. Could just start up the system and BAM proof-ola!!

[@SeductiveCoffee]

In fairness, if someone didn't believe you and didn't Google it, that's on them

[@kinsan89]

You could always do the old way of recording with a phone and uploading to KZbin lol

[@chrisossu2070]

Jak 3 had the shortest dev cycle of the trilogy, so a lot of stuff they wanted to put in the game ended up going in half-baked.

[@MegaDrain]

For me, Jak's eyes being pure black instead of the regular yellow is possibly because of how well he's able to channel eco and basically being the chosen one. Also why despite being pumped full of dark eco for two years, he's still able to switch between forms whereas Gol and Maia were permanently changed.

[@donovanfaust3227]

I've seen a couple other people bring up the swamps as a pretty creepy area and admittedly I thought of them too briefly. What I thought of more though in that secondary area was the sunken precursor city. Between that oppressive feeling of being underwater and the way your footsteps echoed in this forgotten place really gave me an unsettling feeling. I suppose the slide sections balance out that feeling but then there's the sequence when you gotta out run the dark eco too. That was always pulse pounding.

[@donovanfaust3227]

You ever heard of a movie called Jaws? I would wager that film had an effect on many developers at a certain point.

[@azurastellav6564]

I'd definitely put forward Ocarina of Time-- but something tells me I'm not the first. Game scared me so much as a kid I started to grow numb to horror.

[@FreedomSkeeker]

I blame the mummy zombie and ghost-hand/ghost-face. (Can't remember that creeps name, and don't wanna either.)🤣

[@aaronproctor3623]

I just wanted to say that as a kid playing Jak2 for the first time, (but after I had played Tony Hawk's Underground) I absolutely thought Torn was gonna betray me. I spent my whole first playthrough hating Torn just knowing he was gonna get me.

[@beastmaster0934]

10:19 Oh Daxter, if only you knew xD

[@zenone9698]

I find it funny that Metal Heads would end up looking like both Xenoblade 1 Mechon being unstoppable invading army and Xenoblade 3 Moebius in terms of alien robot designs with glowing core.

[@playerback7722]

Too odd

[@walkoprops2]

Love your videos!

[@KinamOfMyth]

I'm sure there was plenty you could pull from for Forbidden Jungle and Boggy Swamp. Those unnatural, wriggling roots or just the overall atmosphere of the swamp are plenty unnerving.

[@sleepingbee8997]

You want to talk about horrifying "non-horro" games? I submit Chrono Trigger. That has incredibly creepy areas, scenes, and enemies, despite being billed as a light adventure RPG.

[@zombanator3000]

I submit Snowrunner, deep in the woods, then there starts to be sounds..

[@dunebogger1326]

I have SnowRunner, and now I’m curious of the noises you speak. Is it every map? Just at night or all day?

[@zombanator3000]

@dunebogger1326 not too sure on the consistency from one map too another, but I do believe the base games Russian maps had it.

[@Zoki4444]

What I found creepy in Jak 3 were the unexplored places you could see but not visit. For example, in the mission where you were invading Errol's War Factory, you can see in the distance beyond Haven City's walls. There were stretches of land where there were giant gaping holes and mountains that go on for miles. What's out there? What creatures lurk in those places? That's what I thought of when seeing these things.

[@DarkAngelBluejay]

God I wish these games would be remastered and released on all consoles. I LOVED Jak 2 and 3, played the Precursor legacy last, and never got through it.

[@FreedomSkeeker]

Also another fun fact!! Every fan/gamer that had played Jak 2 and 3, believed that while grinding on rails via the hoverboard... That you could L1+X super jump whilst grind. That is false. How do I know this? Cause everytime I replay all 3 games via the collection for PS3, I try to do that, but Jak doesn't/can't crouch when balance animation is active while grinding. Oh wow.... A fun fact and a Mandela effect, two for the price of one!! Woohoo!!🥳

[@digidittoboy]

You kind of have to do a video for ratchet and clank now considering you cover the other two early 2000 Sony games

[@TomsMusicChannel710]

I agree some parts of Jak 2 definitely fells like a horror game

[@deepseastonecore3017]

Why was the Little Mermaid riding a seahorse? She was playing water polo

[@sir.jinzu9426]

Wasn't it revealed also in Jak 2 that Sig didn't died?

[@wingadept8793]

Correct. He survived at the end and was a key ally in Jak 3.

[@lindinle]

Only scary thing for me was lurker shark sound. And that was a sound i rarely ever heard.

[@PowercellZeke]

Loved the video :D

[@GhostSurging]

Thank you so much! I loved your Iceberg video on the series!

[@randy3602]

Great video

[@michaelangelo2479]

First game series I played, sister brought me all three, the 1st as a kid, I got stuck on the 2nd so I played the 3rd when I saw Sig I had to go back and finish the 2nd

[@Sabagastache]

If you like the sewer jump scare, check out Spiderman on the N64/PS1. Some good similar situations and vibes.

[@gandankthegreen9369]

Still my favorite games of all time

[@yashasvi_handa]

Thank you

[@sabertheglaceon256]

So what about the Daxter game? if it ok to ask

[@ajflink]

I always think test groups are controversial and dumb especially when it is kids. Let's be honest. We were all self-righteous know-it-alls as preteens. So, it would be very annoying if the kid is trying to sound mature or is being sincere. Imagine if the same kids gave the same thing for Astro Bot. You can blame GTA also for having some immature Sonic fans wanting a game where Sonic used a real gun. Sure, GTA 3 helped promote innovations but I think sometimes for the wrong reasons where your game for some reason needed guns and edge or it wasn't worth getting. This sentiment is pretty much dead now. However, there is a push for long running series like Sonic and Mario to not be afraid to delve into seriousness. Sonic has technically taken this steps with the mainline games mainly with Sonic Frontiers and Shadow Generations with latter being surprisingly emotional. With Mario, this more applies to side series than the mainline one.

[@Bird-Birdy-Love]

is this an attempt to recreate the piglet game fiasco?

[@GhostSurging]

It's funny because just a few days after I uploaded the Sly Cooper video, the Piglet game went viral on Twitter. I was thinking about covering Piglet's Big Game, but I felt like too many people had beat me to the punch, so I just moved on

[@Bird-Birdy-Love]

@@GhostSurging yeah quite a coincidence aint it? lol things often come and surprise you

[@Fant0me0]

What a coincidence...

[@samanthapitts2910]

Does eny one want to tell him about the other games 🫣