Off Camera Secrets I Jak II - Part 1

[@roberto-oe1pr]

This game got better face animations than some of the today's games

[@MyMxlodiii]

roberto ikr

[@thelastofgamers2242]

This game got wonderful graphics in general considering the rest of the games from that era

[@rayzojams]

**cough** mass effect andromeda **cough**

[@UndertakerU2ber]

It's because they were hand animated. A lot of lazy studios today do a cheap facial mocap and call it a day. Other studios like Sucker Punch actually developed an animation program that would simulate mouth movements on the fly based on the speaking characters' dialogues. As games have gotten bigger, more corners have been cut. I wouldn't be surprised if there's less tech diversity next gen, and that a lot of studios are going to rely on ubiquitous engines like Unreal Engine 5.

[@ddtan1137]

Yeah you can say that

[@RON_HART]

Wow. Naughty dog put sooo much detail in the cutscenes. Even the stuff you can’t even see in game has detail and animation. They were ahead of their time.

[@wyatt9566]

It's a shame how they've fallen into another uninspired company with woke bullshit

[@LS.02]

True, just like the beginning. Samos says “Find yourself Jak” never thought the kid was him in the beginning. And then in Jak 3 his dad died… So much details about Jak

[@ureshiiiiii]

Wow, it's so interesting to see the cutscenes taken out of their camera perspective :D The animations appear so simplistic when you see them like this. Thanks for uploading!

[@BadAssDownUnder101]

a lot of film is like this, camera angles an movement is critical to making a film engaging

[@jak1007]

ureshiiiiii I

[@NRF3703]

Fully black eyes are usually and or mostly terrifying. Some cases they are okay (like Stitch.) But in this case, compete nightmare fuel.

[@theweirdpotato3606]

JSD haha. Jak has one normal eye and one black eye. So i guess that makes him half creepy.

[@hippie_hood_920]

@@theweirdpotato3606 so it makes him like sans ;-; ( KiNdA )

[@theweirdpotato3606]

@@hippie_hood_920 *deep breath in* *NO.*

[@Mitchell_Kirkbride69]

dark jak.exe

[@unknown.1666]

I know date, but the eyes (even in cutscenes) are now fixed! Just download newest build of pcsx2 (if I write bad, sorry but I am from Poland)

[@whogavehimafork]

Hm I always wondered if Keira was actually rendered during the garage cutscenes, now I know!

[@MyMxlodiii]

Raid Ikr it's cool!!

[@UndertakerU2ber]

11:08 "STOP THAT! THIS IS SERIOUS YOU MORON!" **proceeds to make a deuueaugh pose**

[@mrdaviddesertfire6801]

😂

[@MoeHawkYT]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@EmperorDank]

3:24 ever since i was a kid i always wanted to see how that looked from inside the city, great shot

[@ProjectRocketCHNL]

ikr? so awesome finally seeing it

[@hugoclarke3284]

This really shows the power of camera work

[@RedFlameFox]

Is incredible how the cutscenes are well made in those games

[@0Acerlot0]

^^^ The cutscenes are just beautiful, I need to dust off my PS2 and play this gem

[@benlunaris]

It's interesting how some of the eyes, jak's hair color and some of the effects are animated after the models...Makes sense for the Dark Jak transformations

[@RemyJustice97]

7:50 I never noticed you could see Jak look up in the reflection when Daxter said that. I also like that he changed seats just to keep him in frame

[@weshansen7892]

Would you be able to do a full map zoom out? Even if low poly, its always been a dream of mine to see all of the city from the sky

[@DonkeyPlanet]

wesley hansen Yes, I will do it!

[@dangerjoe8911]

"You can't hide from me, boy!" That's cheap, the german version changed it to: "Ich werde dich finden, überall!" "I shall find you - anywhere!" which is by far cooler.

[@RodniDemental]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing this tidbit

[@buster3041]

Naw that sounds lame.

[@UndertakerU2ber]

I know how the term "boy" kind of takes some of the drama away, but the German version loses the foreshadowing of Jak being the kid you had to protect all along.

[@Sipu97]

11:08 Torn looks more threatening with those eyes

[@SiisKolkytEuroo]

Krew reminds me of a Combine advisor :)

[@AngelStar291]

This was great, made me laugh in a lot of places :P

[@myrkflinn4331]

The magic is officially debunked haha

[@GeneralChrisGaming]

3:02 when u get lost in time travel lol

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

wow love that its the in game models

[@JMGO1999EternalMajorKakoEscoby]

Awesome Video!, Its good to see the cutscenes in other perspective.

[@raditzpoop5786]

11:10 wow his fast!

[@lorddshqipe3016]

greatest game of all time JAK II

[@RodniDemental]

It is true. Funny to see I'm not the only maniac who accepts this. Haha :P

[@sans1608]

6:25 T POSE

[@ProjectRocketCHNL]

Awesome thanks :D

[@DonkeyPlanet]

No problem :D

[@ProjectRocketCHNL]

DonkeyPlanet imma watch this first thing when I get home

[@MythicSuns]

11:28 that looks painful

[@justacommenter7743]

Drunk Daxter xD

[@MyMxlodiii]

JustA Commenter XD Ikr!!

[@gavoserch]

5:50 So... Dark Jak eyes are missing or not ? Lol hahaha

[@Milokiller55]

👌 30/10👌

[@jessiemajeskie8821]

Daxter hitting the T pose at 6:24 cracked me up lmao

[@sonicrashyugioh]

Ohh woah the menü ring is actually an 3D object!

[@DaxterMaster]

Amazing man love these videos

[@DonkeyPlanet]

+DaxterMaster Thanks man! :-)

[@TrueEnspyre57]

Of course one of the only times Jak doesn't have dark eyes is the opening Baron scene lol.

[@Austin-bc1yh]

I used the debug free cam on ps2 during cutscenes and then undid it and pressed the fly buttons and my character appeared in the cutscene and i could fly him around. It screws with the after cutscene usually

[@RodniDemental]

Curiously I think this video was made before debug mode had been discovered. It's been quite a recent uncovering considering the timeframe.

[@rissyrose]

now this is, amazing

[@Lucifronz]

The black eyes are actually fixable via software rendering, not hardware. I know from experience. It maybe cause other issues, though. I just gave up trying to get it running on my PC because my hardware just isn't powerful enough, even being far better than my old laptop ever was.

[@RodniDemental]

I don't care for texture bugs so much, so long as framerate is playable/consistent which can be achieved with speedhacks. I'm guessing more powerful PCs can deal with the software render thing regarding graphic glitches though.

[@Rusty221]

6:00 wtf are those tattoos? Did jak join a prison gang while he was in lmao

[@gachamary1052]

Rusty Haha! Maybe! 😂

[@kanzey248]

Thank u for the video

[@naseantaylor3330]

Daxter always said he couldn’t fly, well now we know he was just being lazy.

[@reverbsCS]

i fixed the black eyes buy using the dev version and changing a few settings.

[@NRF3703]

Jak 2 was so edgy like teen edgy. Danny Phantom was too. Like an anime for teens. Yugioh also qualifies.

[@UBvtuber]

and all three of these had S tier waifus (dark magician girl, Keira (skrew ashlin), and the big tiddy goth gf)

[@bt1097]

thank you for this

[@Mitchell_Kirkbride69]

1:46 no eyes O_O

[@edd7385]

this is very interesting, thank you for the video, but what can we get from this ? Are cutscene rendered in-game ? Or is it still pre-rendered movies in the disc ?

[@marinellovragovic1207]

All cutscenes in the Jak saga are in-game rendered. It's clearly visible without any hacks. You cannot move the camera around in a pre rendered video you know...?

[@MythicSuns]

the developers were clever, they pretty much used the dramatic camera shots to hide the character models being shifted around and adjusted; watch the scene where Jak & Daxter first enter haven city, you'll notice that both their models get moved into position whilst the camera is facing away from the footbridge. It's a clever way of saving space by reducing the amount of animation data used

[@kris_1491]

You can fix the black eyes in software mode

[@AMVLifez]

I actually watched this

[@kellenvanberkum3119]

Download the latest version of pcsx2 the eyes are now fixed

[@DonkeyPlanet]

I know

[@dominikban8468]

Szia! Ehhez a szabad kamera módhoz elég csak a debug mode meg a szabad kamera mód?

[@DonkeyPlanet]

Szia! Nem kell hozzá debug mód, egy darab bájt van a memóriában amit ezt kapcsolgatja. Ennek a címe itt van: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5OXlWSFg6-nftE

[@dominikban8468]

Köszönöm szépen a gyors választ, csak annyi a baj hogy nekem PS2-őm van és gondoltam hogy működne debug móddal, de úgy tűnik hogy nem. Köszi mégegyszer!

[@DonkeyPlanet]

Csak PCSX2-n tudod kiprobálni sajnos

[@ernestosibbley3238]

What is this VR Jak 2 addition. :)

[@CrashFan95]

Just epic!

[@Trone2]

much more scary with black eyes.

[@LemmingKing]

hey there DonkeyPlanet, great and refreshing way to view my beloved Jak and Daxter cutscenes again, just wish I could watch them in my language, which brings me to my question ... would you give me permission to dub those videos in german? And before you reply, I know it may sound abit rude and I will totally accept it if you decline, of course I would give credit and link to your original videos btw ;) the reason is just that I don't have any great computer hardware to do it myself, I would have to do it at a friend's computer probably and I'm simply too lazy for that, dubbing seems way easier for me. anyway thanks for providing such mindblowing content !!! *_*

[@DonkeyPlanet]

Hey Lemming King, Unfortunately I don't have the unedited version of this video. That would be the best, but it would be nice to see a German subtitled version too. Feel free to use my video and good luck! 😀

[@LemmingKing]

Thanks for the immediate reply ! I expected you to not have the unedited version and I don't mind really, I mean of course I would prefer having it without subtitles, but I take what I get. Thanks for wishing me luck, although I don't need it, because I already dubbed all my uploaded cutscenes myself, including the amazing movie, so I have experience :) And as last, THANKS ALOT for your permission !!! ^_^ I'll let you know once I'm done and it's up, but don't expect it to be so soon, I'll try getting it done until the end of the year, though, but I can't promise it, because I'm lazy ;)

[@ImSumGuy]

Not like it really matters 3 years down the line but the font used in the thumbnail makes it look more like part 7 than 1, so I didn't realize it was part 1 until I did a double take, even though checking now I see it's just 3 parts

[@theweirdpotato3606]

Now that is cool.

[@interdictum2895]

Thanks for ruining the cutscenes for me, lol hahahaha

[@RodniDemental]

Yeah, all 3 games, - I'm just thinking about their static poses / teleporting inbetween shots. It's really immersion breaking lol. Super interesting though. Also debug basically ruins my immersion of the gameworld itself (if I let it) - once you've explored the void from all angles.. Still love the games though. Exactly why I was curious to look into all this stuff. xD

[@ZRtheHedgehog77]

So much for Boundary break

[@asidead7035]

soy el unico que al ver esto le da nostalgia

[@EmperorDank]

Omg yes

[@stephenstorti5225]

How did you do that? That looks awesome.

[@gavoserch]

Are you gonna get the games on PS4 ? Do you got a PS4? Keep being awesome dude.

[@DonkeyPlanet]

+Gabo Cejitas Yes, I have a PS4 and I got Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy for it. I will make videos about that too.

[@rage2387]

Donkey, you know when jak 2 - jak x with be here?

[@driguest]

Hey! you're using PSCX, right ? how to have this free cam ??? (very good video man :) )

[@DonkeyPlanet]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5OXlWSFg6-nftE

[@adarazw9367]

cool!

[@arral7083]

Jól látni magyart akit egyáltalán érdekel ez a játék :D

[@DonkeyPlanet]

Ja, sajnos kevés magyar foglalkozik vele...

[@TheXHypno]

@@DonkeyPlanet az édes anyám magyar de én Olaszországban születtem! Nálunk a jak and daxter trilógia nagyon híres! Sokan imádják!

[@deadlocked5337]

El actor de Voz de Pecker es Hispano?

[@huurra14]

Why characters just disappear from some points on cutscenes?

[@Kukki21]

huurra14 To save space.

[@Tyrik73]

This game is very long.

[@tk7806]

So, Errol and the KG's just spawned like in call of duty

[@FrikiObsoleto]

Woah!

[@Lpm1k3]

how ru doing this?

[@DonkeyPlanet]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5OXlWSFg6-nftE

[@mersa316]

It's too bad the original scene alignment is bad, I understand its hard to keep perfect with the slight pcsx2 slowdowns but still, your other videos of this type are much better in that regard.

[@wasabithumbs6294]

The black eyes are fixable, turn on 8-bit textures

[@Luigi_delle_Bicocche]

9:52 it's strange, why they did a animation for Keira if she's not visible in the cutscene? I mean it's a waste of time for developers...

[@Zorklis]

Easier to have the character cast a shadow then create a new one from scratch?

[@MythicSuns]

I think the whole reason they kept her hidden in the first place was to save space...though probably not by much; by keeping her hidden behind the curtain they didn't need to animate her mouth movements, no mouth movements = less animation data

[@Kaiyats]

The black eyes look like they’re posessed

[@GorillaGoVroom]

Actually I found A way to fix the black eyes in PSCX2, if you want to know just tell me.

[@ruf3z447]

Intro

[@deadpoolgames1]

U NEED TO PUT RENDERER ON DIRECTX11 SOFTWARE IT DOSNT MATTER WHICH ONE IT NEEDS TO BE ON SOFTWARE THEN THE EYES DIDNT BLACK BUT THE GAMEPLAY IS IN SLOW MOTION THEN LOL I USE TO PLAY IT LIKE THAT JUST SO I DONT NEED TO WATCH THOSE CREEPY BLACK EYES AND MISSING TEXTURES AMD MY PC IS PIECE OF TRASH

[@ritasue2011]

Man, these camera movements are really disorienting. Not that I'm complaining.

[@Bigdeathy]

Seeing the way that the female characters are dressed in this game... There might be some argument for the whole sexism in video-games thing

[@deadlocked5337]

Chloe Frazer from Uncharted 2?

[@DolanDuking]

What does a zoom-out of the drill platform area look like?