Top 10 Most Difficult Jak II Missions

[@SquaredMediaYT]

I think your #2 was the hardest for me!

[@sorvoe5513]

***** Me too, even though I know how to speed through it on the jet board, it still takes me a dozen times to beat it, even though I've beaten the game several times in one sitting

[@DaGamePlace]

I also think #2 is the hardest but #1 is the hardest in hero mode. The reason why I am saying this is because in Hero Mode, you can actually make missions easier with early access to Infinite Dark Jak and Invincibility. This was the only mission I can recall where Dark Jak, Invincibility are useless.

[@SquaredMediaYT]

DaGamePlace I remember that! That was the mission that I literally got stuck on and gave up on Hero mode! :(

[@cmpunk2813]

***** Me too.

[@tenner5297]

***** in this Mission it´s possible to speedrun. I do it every time :D

[@tyspyranger]

the most difficult one for me was the "whack-a-metal-head game", I despise that fucking mission

[@ninoinquieto182]

I beat this game 7x times. I remember when the game came out 2003, and I was only 10. Good ol' days

[@willcarlson8279]

So I am going to waste my time typing this and tell you how to beat all these missions. 10. Go to the easy ones first and then use the ramp support thing on the cargo and grind on top to get to the final one that i find most difficult to get to. Just use a life to learn where they are and then beat it. 9. Use the shortcuts that won't let you fall, and use your boosts only on straights. It took me 5 tries because Erol took me out on my 4th try on the 5th lap, lol. 8. Stay close to Krew's men and use the Vulcan on the huge swarm and just tap the R1 button so Jak's focus goes to another Metal Head and the other one will die. 7. Punch the Metal Heads BEFORE they get to you. Also stand in the oxygen bubbles until you know where to go. The terrain, well just jump and push forward. This was pretty fun, honestly I enjoyed it until I had to get out of the water. Then it sucked. 6. So you need to use your scatter gun to get the little Metal Heads. Use your Blaster on the medium sized Metal Heads and jet board around the electric ones. To take down Metal Kor, spend a life or 2 getting 200 Blaster rounds and then when you spawn, go to the right and behind you. Use your high jump to get to a little ledge. Then high jump again and use your spin attack in the air to get all the way up. Now, use your shots conservatively (when I did this, Metal Kor was 1 shot from dying and I had to jump off, get a Blaster clip and shoot him) and save your Vulcan and Scatter Gun for the Wasps in Stage 2. Use your Blaster only to hit Metal Kor. 5. Ok this one, I have to say, the Metal Head Mash game was 20x more difficult. For this one, you need to figure out how many of say X's there are on the screen. Press the X button that many times. Do that for the other shapes too and it is pretty easy. Also if a button is falling, press it so you don't get a miss. This is pretty easy, but if you struggled, that's fine with me. 4. I did this with my Vulcan, but I think i figured out another way. Steal one of the Krimzon Guard bike thingies with a Blaster attached. I'm not entirely sure if this works, but give it a try. Other wise, kill some guard during one of your lives using the Blaster (2 shots the guards and gives you 10 ammo a piece). Then kill your self and this time go for the "Hellcats". If you have to, use your Blaster if the Vulcan runs out (I had to use my Blaster on the 5th one). Oh and make sure to change your car often while in the air. I recommend the Sport Car like thing as it takes alot of hits. To change in the air, just press triangle near another vehicle to get out of yours and double jump and spin to get away from your former car and press triangle again to steal the other car that should be near you. 3. You have a thing called brakes. Also, slow down a little during a few of your tries and let Erol win during a couple lives. Learn the track. It isn't that bad once you learn about all the turns and how much speed you can take into each turn. This only took me about 3 tries after I spend 5 tries learning the track. This mission actually was kinda fun. 2. So this is a little bit more difficult. So you need to use your Vulcan and do the same thing that I recommended you do to beat the massive swarm of Metal Heads when you Escort Krew's men. Also, stay back so that the Auto Gun can't find you. Also use your map and spin Jak around so he can shoot the Krimzon Guards that are behind you too. Before you start, use your map to find the right path. I found going left at the start and going towards the Oracle House to be much easier. Also if you happen to have Dark Jak, Dark Bomb the water and that will kill the robot (I did not do this as I did not have any Dark Eco). Then hop on your Jet Board and go to the finish. Either way works, depending on what you want to do. 1. The hardest part is beating the Krimzon Guard Jetpack guys at the start. You need to kill 40. To find them, use the arrow and follow it to find a Krimzon Guard. Also if you shoot them when they are just coming in, it makes them sitting ducks. Once you beat the 40 Guards, target the gun on the eco tanker. Those are the weak points. Shoot the guards when they come, but honestly, there aren't that many of them. Just keep shooting and letting your gun cool recharge every now and then and you should be good to go. Just make it through beating the 40 Guards, after that there is check point. :) I hope this guide helped you out (if you even read it) maybe some of the people reading the comments can get help from this too.

[@Vaxeri]

I remember the another skate boarding mission in some sort of forest being very difficult too.

[@Foas]

I don't know what the fuck they did to the QA Testers of this game, but i feel bad for them.

[@Rift93]

This game was hard for people? Growing up I was always a perfectionist in games maybe it was that habit that made this game relatively easy for me. I just remember it being fun as hell not too difficult

[@twentywordsorlessYT]

This fucking game. I started playing "...The Precursor Legacy" last year and thought that I would skip "II" and go straight to "3". Decided to do "II" 'cause thankyou, 'all or nothing' mindset. I celebrated so hard when I beat the game, though I swear I break out in hives when watching LPs and things on the game :'D

[@rshandy]

#3 SUUUUUUUUUUCKED. Definitely the hardest one I have done so far (80% done). I am tired of hearing people saying this game is way easy....it is not the hardest game ever but there were parts that were either were quite cheap...or tough. No way you didn't have trouble with #3..I don't care how much of an expert you think you are.

[@LeeJay07701]

Though this game was tough, I didn't find that the difficulty of the missions damaged the game. Rather, the lack of checkpoints in some of these missions, and others, just made them annoying to repeat. Mostly agree with the list, but I'd take out #1 and have the 'walking tanks' mission somewhere on the list.

[@steven310250]

fuck the button mash prompt mini game. That mission took me 8 hours to complete it. I even skipped school, breakfast, and lunch because of that mini game. Also fuck that turret mission too. I had to stop playing Jak 2 for 2 weeks because that game was ruining my mental health.

[@User1CampbellExtras]

Dude, love your list. Here's what "I" think of these missions. #10: If you memorized where all the eco wells are then this mission is a cakewalk. #9: The first Class Race in Jak II was the most annoying one for me. #8: Honestly, it didn't annoy me as much as everyone else does but yeah, I still hate it. #7: Oh God! Even AFTER finding Sig, this mission is still a pain. #6: The final level was challenging but liked it... Metal Kor was challenging but hated it. #5: Honestly, I found this mission to be extremely easy. #4: I HATE THIS MISSION SO MUCH! #3: This race was a pain to deal with. I mean honestly, the ring placements are just total garbage. #2: I hated this mission but jetboarding through the stage can make it less painful. #1: Oh I TOTALLY agree! It's not my least favourite mission in the game but it is the MOST ANNOYING MISSION IN THE GAME FOR ME!!!

[@xXWilmelXx]

Jak 3 was soo much easier than this game!

[@jaherra2567]

xXWilmelXx It's a great game too but there are annoying levels in Jak 3 too but there comes a moment when all the missions available are retarted hard.

[@SWyrick366]

Too bad it was much shorter than the second.

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

Good

[@LuisHernandez-yf6yk]

Honestly jak 3 was way easier

[@LuisHernandez-yf6yk]

Sadly I beat jack 3 before jak 2 because the last mission this guy mention just kept beating me

[@Labbish1]

Top hardest Jak 2 mission is... whole game! :D

[@kaahuleef8637]

Period!

[@josegilbertohernandez4032]

Amen, brother... Amen!

[@Ben-gj6fk]

#2 broke me. Snapped the disc in half and sent my controller to orbit

[@DeadPool-gj4dx]

You can't even touch the water.

[@shade6735]

@@DeadPool-gj4dx anticheese measures

[@DeadPool-gj4dx]

Touching the water during that mission leads to instant death.

[@AleksandarG]

Dark bomb the water. Robot problem solved!

[@trollloloololooo]

I got angry too but after like trying everything I could with weapons I tried using the board to go through it and made it in under 10 tries

[@Sephirothskr]

We all remember the dreaded sound of failure.. AHHHHH!

[@MaximumHeresey]

Anyone remembers the jetboard mission where you had to grind the wires off a giant drill? Yeah, that one was quite a pain, too.

[@DeadPool-gj4dx]

Destroy Equipment at Dig

[@ShadowsOfHell]

Not really

[@monasteryfounder]

The entire trick was to carefully navigate the entire area with the Blaster Rifle equipped and snipe every last KG troop before going for the ropes. Trying to plow through it otherwise is ridiculous.

[@wojtulacehoe5089]

@@monasteryfounder yep, soldiers are too good with their grenades to ignore them

[@doddsino]

@@monasteryfounder Exactly. Just kill everyone, then it's a piece of cake.

[@TarnishedLifter]

I played this game when I was a kid and there was a time when I literally couldn't get past certain missions for weeks. Especially the metal head mini game, but now that I'm older this game is relatively easy. I still struggle on certain missions though.

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

The racing missions are completely unfair

[@gabouchar9977]

@@JimmyJames10-k7v they are not.

[@bunnyswallows]

oh yeah number 1 is also my number 1 EVER in ALL video games!

[@blackhawk3456]

I'm surprised that metal head mini game in the bar wasnt on the list.

[@guthetanuki256]

Not hard. You just can't get Daxter tired because he's like an overheat bar. Once you get him tired from him spamming the buttons, he won't respond and you'll miss the metal heads.

[@MeganNarwhal]

That's easy if you've got good coordination. I got top score on that game easily.

[@jaherra2567]

black_hawk3456 How about running from the tank in the very first mission ? I remember that being a real pain in the ass.

[@SWyrick366]

That's not hard, THAT'S FUN AS HELL!!!!

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

@@SWyrick366 annoying af

[@elin111]

I found Onin's minigame to be one of the easiest missions. You get enough seconds look at the symbols and to press the buttons, and the order doesn't matter as long as you press them all.

[@juripfeifer7970]

No, Onins Minigame and Bust the metal head r so fking hard... i hate them both!

[@stonedsloth1873]

Onins minigame aint that hard tbh

[@Will.Flavell]

Odins mini game I would pause it every 3 seconds lol. 😂😂😂

[@rubber_face8410]

Well, apparently you possess enough coordination to call that easy.

[@anewmodeisunlocked3600]

This is off topic, but I will never stop appreciating Naughty Dog's passive fanservicing of Tess in Jak II.

[@jessehitchcock9141]

Or Keira in Jak 1

[@kenny91045]

lol i beat the 1# on my first try, but it was annoying though

[@DemonicDevilDiran]

My bro did it on his 1st try, same opinion as you, the swarm of ships were annoying.

[@kenny91045]

Same :P

[@balzarrrrr0628]

xSeebuGames Same here.

[@axemike911]

Yeah same here i just beat jak 2 last week and i found this vid going trough the soundtrack and i found this shit of a list non of these are that hard just # 2 if u don't use the jet board that is

[@opticgoku2611]

same

[@DANtheMANofSIPA]

10. Blowing up the ammo. Sure it's one of the first missions, but that doesn't make it any less stupid. Camera angles, cheap shots, and my childhood are why this shit sucked.9. The Krimson Guard rails mission, your #1. It may just be me, but it wasn't that hard. Don't get me wrong, it is difficult, but compared to other missions? Child play.8. Onin's minigame wasn't really that hard to me, switch what you said for the Metal Hand Wackamole Game and you got a deal.7. Erol's street race missed me off because Errol didn't even need to touch them all the way, when you do. Luckily, I knew the city well, which made it relatively more easy, but still took me about 10 retires.6.Class 1 race. Fuck that race.5. Kor final boss battle. This is just me, but I used all my other ammo the first time fighting Kor, and since the crates only give you Yellow ammo, and I died when Kor only had {} that much, what followed was a long, combo spinning match.4. The tests of Manhood. Now, most of the puzzles were actually pretty dang easy, you can get what they're about in a few tries, even though their not really explained. What got me was the Daxter running scenes. They were so annoying. The camera angle sucked, the spider creeper me out, they weren't rewarding, and no checkpoints besides the change of rock and spider.3. Final class race. Fuck that race.2. Getting the seal out of the dock area. You don't need me explaining this. Fuck that mission, Fuck that seal. The easiest way is to either destroy the defence system with Dark Jak or Jet board around guards hoping you don't accidentally fall into the water, because, even a second, will kill you. (Which is what I had to do before I found out about the Dark Jak glitch.)1. I don't remember much from the "Escort Krew's men through the sewers" mission as a kid, but I replayed the Jak Trilogy on Ps3 just a few weeks ago, and I kid you not, I retired that mission at least 20, with my friend trying 10 times himself. We both just ended up rage quitting after we kept dying at either the lazy spider part or the ending. We tried again the next day, 3 deaths later, I won. The mission was particularly hard because of Krew's guys incompetence and how they would spread out some times, not to mention how annoying Mag and Jinx are. When I met Jinx again in Jak 3, I let him die just to relieve the pain of that mission. At least we get the Peacemaker right? EXCEPT AINT NOBODY EVER FUCKING USES THE PEACEMAKER

[@Wizard_Lizard_]

I agree with all of them. But 1, 2, and 3. 1 was 3. 3 was 2. And 2 was 1 imo

[@bayarea4153]

#2 was my favorite mission but it WAS HARD

[@iyah.miller0610]

its very easy use mini gun

[@KhufRAA_MLBB]

@@iyah.miller0610 nah you just need to know how to use the jet board and how to speed boost with it, I speed run on the path with the jet board pretty easily, it can also be done with the same method on hero mode. You need to be an expert with the board though if not this mission is a joke.

[@ss2gora0]

@@KhufRAA_MLBB Everyone always says that was the worst mission and that they would always use miracle strats like hoverboarding all way or something like that but I loved having to do it the hard way and kill all the krimson guards with the minigun. That thing is awesome at just fucking up big hoards and once you become familiar with the auto aim it's actually really satisfying to complete.

[@WhosFaulty]

I completed this game on hero mode when I was 11..

[@thetoughguy7]

what is hero mode? I never knew this game had modes.

[@thetoughguy7]

***** do you get access to it after getting enough precursor orbs from the mini games? what cheats do u get access to?

[@thetoughguy7]

***** and you can use these cheats to replay all the missions right?

[@LunchThyme]

thetoughguy jr. The only hard ones will be when you're in the gun turret etc. because the invincibility cheat doesn't apply the machines health.

[@anewmodeisunlocked3600]

Stache Just bought the digital version of the HD Collection two weeks ago and I noticed that too. As soon as I completed a certain kiosk mission in the 'futuristic' looking part of the city (where you have to grab the scattered green beacons in time for Torn) the game froze and I had to reset my console. I assume it's patched if you have a physical copy.

[@Lem0ninX]

They were hard missions. I would get so pissed. Jak 3 made me enjoy the game even more, imo. Jak 3 was my favorite game in the series.

[@TheEnderMC]

except of that fucking pacman mission ugh fuck that mission

[@adanortega3936]

Lemon Gill but when you pass the whole game it feels so good and hard fought

[@bcm8984]

It’s all about checkpoint placement. Jak 2 which was fun missed the mark on that and it made the game so difficult

[@FabulousLemonTart]

i actually remember getting so salty once when Errol actually missed one ring himself but didnt give a shit.

[@BradenBest]

Errol cheats in the class 1 race too. That's just part of his character as an arrogant entitled prick who will do anything to get what he wants. Had he not apparently died in his attempt to assassinate you, he'd probably stage a coup against Praxis at some point. Dude's a snake. And he pretty much does in the third installment. He has control over the KG bots (cause they were _his_ project IIRC) and uses them to attack the city. What was it, something about KG bots taking over the east and metal heads taking over the west?

[@monasteryfounder]

There's a name for that trope: Your Rules Are Not My Rules.

[@TeeTop_]

I remember having hell with a bunch of these missions when I was a kid. Jak 2 was definitely one of, if not the hardest game I've ever played through. I'm surprised there are people here calling it easy.

[@z00mer]

That’s because they are lying

[@BradenBest]

@@z00mer Or because we revisited it as adults out of nostalgia and realized that it's not as hard as we remember. There were so many missions that I struggled for hours on as a kid that I beat first try in my recent playthrough. In fact, the only escort mission that I lost was the one where samos and samos are moving the rift. That took me 3 attempts. Oh, and the third sewer mission, but it wasn't hard by any means; you just gotta stick with the 3 guys and use your guns intelligently. Escort missions were the bane of my existence as a kid, but they weren't a problem at all this time. What I _did_ have an issue with is the checkpoint system and the driving physics. A lot of the checkpoints are put at extremely stupid places, and a lot of the missions are inconsistent with how they go about saving your progress mid-mission. The drill platform egg mission doesn't make you redo egg blasting sections, but the mission where you have to find and kill 30 metalheads in a large open area doesn't. On top of that, the checkpoint system doesn't save your ammo, so whatever ammo you had at the time of your death carries over to the next attempt. The devs try to clumsily fix this by putting ammo crates near every checkpoint, but the net effect is that when you run out of ammo, you end up having to collect crates and kill yourself for several minutes to replenish your stuff. This also has the negative side effect of rendering the peace maker useless, because if you form a strategy around the weapon, you HAVE to succeed on the first attempt or you'll waste the ammo and be unable to use it. As for the driving physics, they don't make sense. They implemented motorcycle racing physics into antigrav vehicles. It would have been so much more fun had they emulated WipEout instead. That combined with the two races against Errol being poorly designed or unfair left me deeply dissatisfied with the game's racing overall. The second race is unfair but it's not hard at all, you just use the shortcuts and don't crash. But the fact that you _have_ to use the shortcuts to begin with is what sucks. The ring race is just bad imo. I'm all for spontaneous races but ffs design a proper race track first. IMO the bigger issue is the checkpoint system. It creates many tedious situations that could've been avoided with better checkpoint placement. Do not mistake tedium for difficulty. If you can do a section that takes 3 minutes to complete consistently and die on the part after, those 3 minutes are not hard, and neither is the part after. The thing is, it takes 3 minutes just to get to that next section to make another attempt, and that time adds up, creating a false perception of difficulty. Just to put that in perspective, this recent playthrough was my second playthrough of the game, ever, and I was coming back to it after nearly 15 years, and it took me 10 hours total. When I played it as a kid, it was something like 30 hours. And I took my time to take in the nostalgia and dick around. If I tried to speedrun it, I could probably do it in 3-5 hours. Trust me, it's not as hard as you remember.

[@wozthescott2804]

@@BradenBest yes it is

[@wojtulacehoe5089]

Because it is easy if you know the way to do every mission. Almost every mission is easy when you complete it in a certain way, for example destory dig - kill all soldiers first before destroying the ropes.

[@Rukifellth2792]

Water slums seal is easy if you spam punch all the way through....

[@warp_3329]

#2 FUCKING PISSED ME OFF AS A KID. I REMEMBER TRYING TO SWIM PAST THEM BUT I FUCKING COULDN'T! I can't believe I actually had the patience to finish this game as a kid! Still love the game to bits though

[@ALeafOnTheWind42]

Onin's mini-game is so easy :/

[@Novelist1029]

Mike S yes it is

[@shade6735]

@@cantloop9589 that mission isnt hard, its really annoying especially when you haven't gotten used to the controls yet

[@maaaaaap]

for some people it's hard for some people it's easy because the mechanics are completely different from the main game

[@AmanErickson]

These were still easier than that pacman bullshit with Daxter in Jak 3

[@neosnow1246]

Wow...you actually believe that? o_O

[@Heavysauce555]

Ah this is a classic video, this video is what encouraged me to go pro in jak 2 (get gud) and twitch me and do yt as a whole, there are other factors but this was a big one.

[@nicke1444]

Number 1 on hero mode is the hardest thing that i have ever completed!

[@ashleykuhse8404]

I mean, when you're doing that mission in the Water Slums to get the seal, you can use Dark Jak and dark bomb the water. That'll take care of the sentry so you can hover board back to the Slums. At least, that's what I did.

[@domoru5264]

Sadly it doesn’t work on the PS4 port or on the HD trilogy :(

[@ajbennett5427]

​@@domoru5264worked for me on the ps4 version.

[@boblobjok]

#1 is nearly impossible on hero mode. Even if you have the infinite health cheat, the turret can still take damage. I only beat it because I got lucky.

[@jaherra2567]

SpongeBoob Infinite health cheat ? I had no idea the game had cheats when i played it oh well i guess it's better that really could have ruined the experience. Massive respect if you actually passed the mission on hero mode but come on dude using cheats in a game like this is kind of gay.

[@floydthebarber331]

Ja Herra These "cheats" are actually secrets you unlock with precursor orbs. And I don't know why the fuck you used gay in that context, which is very inappropriate

[@alibaghdady9710]

@@jaherra2567 your mom is kind of gay

[@patrykkuffel2679]

The hardest by far is escaping the slums after Brutter gives you a pieces of the seal. The Baron sends an entire arm of unlimited troops

[@bkkersey93]

#2 is the worst!

[@igorprado9251]

From the second place, after die so many times, i discorve how pass easy, um simple cross The entire área doing a combo with square and X, that way The gunships dont Will hit jak because He doing a lot of strunts in The Air, and The aim Will not hit you, only thing you have to pay attetion is The guards, but its easy

[@InvaderPivot]

Mission #2 was Ebola + Aids and cancer together. I was stuck on that and had to come back EIGHT YEARS LATER to finish it and the game. However i did a speed run on the jetboard. In the water. That's how i did it. Took some mastering but i eventually did it. Use tricks on the board at the right time and dodge the robot in the water and occasionally stay on the wooden docks.. xD

[@InvaderPivot]

Eric Cartman Exactly.

[@thoumi96]

+pivot4469 agreed! i used the jetboard too.. but i sometimes got hitted by those fat guys and dropped down to water.. argh the most annoying mission in game imo

[@InvaderPivot]

+thoumi96 Yeah, and when I first tried it, i was 6 years old.

[@DarkSlayer2381]

+pivot4469 If you time it right, you can punch your way through without taking any damage.

[@RizenGaming]

I did it in like 30 seconds :P all you got to do is dark bomb the water and the auto turrets in the water blow up, en you can jetboard all the way to the other side with ease. If you do it that way, it's honestly the easiest mission in the game! :D

[@LegoSonic-p2f]

Im sorry Pecker, but I wish I were fast enough to react to the buttons.

[@joehumpston7937]

You laid an egg! Too bad so sad!

[@delbaethmidir3533]

Am I the only one who didn't find this game all that hard? It could be challenging, but in a moreish "one more try" kind of way that made it really addictive. I had a blast playing Jak II, it's a game that could have easily failed but managed to work so well.

[@carlosmendoza6030]

It's funny. I'm gathering precursor orbs so I can play on Hero Mode, lol

[@PeterParker-zu8js]

Ive recently bought the ps3 collection out of pure nostalgia.I remember jak 2 to be the hardest and longest of the 3 but now that Ive played it again it seams kind of easier.I mean yes some missions are fustraiting cause of some mechanics or even camera angles but the game over all is doable and like you said it is a "one more try" type of game.

[@gabrielojala5117]

Same here pretty much. Only the checkpoint system made it slightly frustrating for me occasionally. For example, the mission where the giant crawler metal head chases Jak and Sig, 2 tricky phases and no checkpoint between them.

[@LukeMol2001]

You have full agreement from me.

[@Covargo]

Well if you played this game in the past when you were younger then it would of been harder but as an adult it's easier to problem solve and multi-task when figuring out a good strat to beat a level tho some levels will always be a pain in the ars.

[@88SLLS]

Agree on drill platform being number 1, it's basically impossible on heroic difficulty without air strike glitching the first wave prior to the 40. I couldn't even get past the 40 so I hover board glitched past that part. Yeah some of the missions in this game are hard, but trying to get 286 orbs is close to impossible.

[@carlosmendoza6030]

True, I have like 170 and it looks like I run out of places to search lol

[@floydthebarber331]

It's kinda easy you know

[@el_youngblood_5380]

I got all of them yesterday

[@wojtulacehoe5089]

On hero mode yes, but this mission is easy normally.

[@62cky4powerthirst]

1 on hero mode still gives me nightmares. I lost many an hour of sleep trying to complete it

[@crimsondynamo615]

Ah hero mode, when the normal difficult just isn’t enough CBT for you.

[@Roach_tv]

@@crimsondynamo615 Fr game is fucking hard competed the series of games once when I was a kid and now playing them all over again finish jak 1 in a day

[@ThePreciseClimber]

So I've been playing Jak II recently for the first time (though I did have some knowledge of it from youtube vids) and here's how my experience went with these missions: 10. Honestly? I'd say it's one of the EASIEST missions in the game. All you need to do is stop running around like a headless chicken because of the '2 minutes' panic and discover the optimal routes. The shortcut to the most distant Eco well is not that hard to find. Finished it with 20 seconds to spare. 9. Right not I've only played Class 3. Relatively easy. Only used the boost to jump over the chasm. Pretty sure 2&1 will be tougher. 8. True story - I finished this mission on my second try! And I only got hit once on that try! I mostly used my 1st try to figure out the enemy patterns and the best way to protect those jerks. 7. Haven't played it yet. 6. Not there yet. 5. Got it on the 1st try. 4. Third try. I tried to constantly change my vechicle. One more hit and I would've died, though. 3. Next mission. Can't wait... lol. I remember having some serious issues with the Keira 3 minutes challenge so I predict I will spend a lot of time memorizing the rings. I can't pay attention to both the streets and the minimap at the same time! :P 2. Took a few tries but when I finally got through I did it without getting hit once. I've heard I can just dark bomb the sh*t out of that annoying turret so if I ever replay the game I'll probably do that. 1. Yes, the 1st segment is super annoying. 1st time those 40 guards DESTROYED me. 2nd try was not all that great either. on 3rd attempt I finally got past that but barely. However... there's actually a checkpoint after that part. So while it IS really difficult, once you're done with that part you will never have to replay it again. And the airship bosses are not that hard.

[@Pooky1991]

Part of what made this game hard for me is the vehicles. Because of how compact areas are, driving with the hover cruiser was a headache because theres no way to reliably drift when taking tight corners and all the obstacles you easily run into

[@RYNOking5ify]

Number 3 is number 1 in my opinion

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

This game's problems stem from lack of polish and lack of user testing. When you design a mission, you know what to do, and become very skilled at it. The player did not make the game, and does not have such skill yet. Also, no health packs between missions. What the fudge. And, just to brag, I did beat this game on Hero Mode :)

[@gsdcool4321]

The part where you run away from a metal head bug after finding sig pissed the hell out of me!!!!

[@SavageBolt]

Its kinda sad to say that Jak 3 was much easier to beat than Jak II

[@Kingdom850]

Not really. Jak II was "Difficulty spike: the game". So it's nice to know that Jak 3 isn't as crazily difficult as Jak II.

[@CreeperFino]

Jak 3 was easy, I beat it like 2 times, and once in hero mode when I was little

[@Kingdom850]

CreeperFino It kinda felt like Jak 3 was so short because it seemed like all of it was just cut out content from Jak II made into it's own game.

[@CreeperFino]

Kingdom080500 Yeah, but I think where most of my hours were was just shooting crap in the city after you beat the game and finding out new glitches and such

[@PeterParker-zu8js]

yeah but am I the only one that thinks that part 3 was also the most fun?

[@Nicky-noodles24]

I’ve loved Jak 2 ever since I was a kid, still a great game to play today ❤. Also #1 is fucking horrid to beat on Hero Mode (from personal experience)

[@dasaiyantv8483]

2. I just Jet-Boarded the way. beat in 1:32

[@blkmattymatt]

***** thats what i did xD

[@Alucaidt]

i guess were extrem experts lol

[@blkmattymatt]

TenZZOom i wish i was an expert at jak 2 :( if i can get pass that turrent part..i will consider myself an expert xD

[@jonathanamalidosan5476]

LMAO SAME

[@cheezysalt456]

Oh yeah, that last one you mentioned about the drill platform with the jet pack guards is one PAIN IN THE ASS in hero mode!

[@metalman20]

oh the hellcat cruisers, i'll be honest when i first played Jack 2 a good decade or so ago i actually stopped playing for a while i thought it was that hard. total bullshit, i was so glad when i finally beat it

[@kirstian123ify]

same her

[@yuchun_]

Hilariously 2011 video editing aside, no don't worry, destroying the ship at the drill platform is actually perfectly doable on hero mode...it did take me around four hours, but hey, I like me a challenge.

[@Jak2bossbf3]

There is a way to cheat mission #2. Go into dark jak and dark bomb the water. It will destroy the robot and you can jetboard right across :)

[@Tryhardfann]

+Jak2bossbf3 I didn't need the cheat.

[@jonaslaursen7201]

+Jak2bossbf3 I've found that you can also use the JET-board and just ride through it. You may risk taking a hit from the first drop ship but otherwise it is smooth sailing :-)

[@carlosmendoza6030]

Why using glitch? It makes it less fun.

[@SlyJak2]

yeah thats why it makes it easier

[@basicmudkip5985]

+MJGamer_15 - Glitches & Gameplays the only possible way I could beat it was to use the f(!?ing hover board

[@mhmtakeyatime9000]

This vids a classic.

[@ChiefShadow1750]

Thanks a lot. Even after 13 years I'm glad that there are those who still enjoy it.

[@mrgameexpert987]

You can't complain about Metal Kor being hard, I mean he's the FINAL BOSS, he's suppose to be hard.

[@jayl.1360]

This game wasn't very difficult at all in my opinion. The bosses were a joke, I beat the final boss, Metal Kor on my very first attempt. Only thing that got on my nerves in this game were the few Jetboard missions, and the side missions where you had to race through the city through rings/gates for precursor orbs.

[@alexisaguirrevazquez7900]

Jak 2 was pretty hard when I first played it, but I got a lot of practice so it's pretty easy for me now.

[@mikeexits]

I managed to beat #1 in hero mode (after like 25-30 tries), but there's a trick to it. 1. Go Dark Jak then Dark Giant before getting in the first turret. Crouch jump and spin to get over the gate, then use Dark Blast. This will get rid of the initial Krimzon Guard that spawn before the counter shows up. 2. Keep your turret cool. The hotter the turret is (the more filled the bar around the crosshair is), the less damage it does. 3. Spread your fire out. If a KG is about to shoot, shooting them cancels their shot. Also, for #2 you can beat it relatively easily by just spamming square to punch your way back to shore. The cruisers have a hard time landing shots and the KG don't have time to shoot. You may take some damage but this is a lot easier than stopping and shooting the guards. I don't know how I beat this game as a 10 year old kid. Favorite game series of all time though, easily.

[@shangaiify]

I fuckin agree with the 1st, Drill Platform Tanker is the main reason why i don't play this game again, it was just insanely hard and traumatized me when i was a kid.

[@KaiserAllen]

I actually beat your #1 on my second try, so I'm curious about the others since I haven't tried a majority of them.

[@BigAlvideos101]

The mission with the seal and the water dock actually has quite an easy way to beat it- you simply run through the docks using the punch. I'm serious- I just beat that mission today with that tactic- it's actually possible, and makes an otherwise extremely difficult mission a lot easier!

[@justanotherarrogantinterne1955]

that will only work on ps2 version

[@BigAlvideos101]

Clorox Bleach I pulled it off in the PS3 HD set, so I can confirm it works in the HD Collection as well!

[@justanotherarrogantinterne1955]

BigAlvideos101 It's much harder though....

[@BigAlvideos101]

Just Another Arrogant Internet User I pulled it off quite easily!

[@justanotherarrogantinterne1955]

BigAlvideos101 Then you got lucky. I haven't played the HD collection, but I know that there's a glitch where punches go the wrong way. So say if you were trying to punch forward, you would punch to the right instead.

[@wolfensteinassassin2744]

Heh heh number 2 was extremely easy :) want a tip make sure to have the dark bomb and go dark Jak and use dark bomb on the water it kills that damned robot allowing you to swim safely :)

[@craigbarner9942]

i beat the drill platform missions on hero mode

[@davidgreene6622]

@Base Bass Forte Yah thats because you cheated and found glitches..FRAUD

[@craigbarner9942]

@@davidgreene6622 no its possible is all and also another thing i have done is fight the city guards and last for hours. i was stressed out one day as a kid, so i took it out on the guards you know how you are supposed to run from them. i only used the yellow and purple blaster to do it too

[@theoctopus5308]

God damn I don't know why this got recommended to me but I appreciate it. Too bad that your channel is kinda dead. Big sad man

[@CODMWRplayer]

This is actually not a bad list for a first time playthrough, though the list is completely out of order, in my opinion. Except for #1. I can't remember ever failing this mission even once.

[@SurgeTH]

#1 was easy to get through, especially if you use the button tap method, and by that I mean: Don't bother holding R1 all the time, because it screws you over immediately. #2 is just straight up torture, and I can easily sympathize with everyone who went and played through that god awful mission. 😡

[@loissimson9053]

for the water slum seal bit i just did a dark bomb move in the water and it destroyed the thing that shoots at you. then i just swam to the dry part. its a good trick (thank you walkthroughs)

[@helpmelol7097]

Great video! This is one of my all-time favorite series and I play them twice a year! Some advice: 1. The Hellcat cruiser or any mission where you have to knock down a vehicle in Haven City, don't use a bike. Use a bigger hovercar, so the aim will be dead on. Also, use the blaster. It gives more damage and you're done in about 5-7 shots, if not less. 2. The Seal at the pier mission can honestly be beaten by either using the jetboard (if you're REALLY good with it) OR keep pressing square (punch button) and push your way out of there. 3. As an uncoordinated kid, I got stuck on the Daxter Wack-A-Mole mission for a loooong time. 4. The drill platform mission is really only hard at the beginning when there are 40 guards, destroying the ships is easy. Hero Mode is hella hard though. Took me hours to beat that. It's tougher on the PS3 remaster when the shots don't travel all the way to where they spawn and hit and an invisible wall instead. So you have to wait until they get closer to actually start shooting them. A good way to get a head start on that mission on hero mode is: Go to secrets and turn on unlimited Dark Jak, and be sure you can turn into Dark Giant. Then jump over the electric barrier onto the other side. Then do Dark Strike. And then jump back and start the mission in the turret. That right there will destroy the first few Krimson Guards before you have to deal with the 40 wave.

[@ChiefShadow1750]

Thanks very much for the feedback. I'll take those advices to heart next time I play those missions.

[@azinfandellvr]

I'm stuck AGAIN...destroying the ship..can't get past the 40 guards...I finally got thru the guards at the slums only to move on to this fk'd up challenge..& took me 3 days to end up having to punch my way thru the KG at the slums...I didn't have dark jak but you can do a dark strike in the water for the water bot..then hoverboard under the docks & make it in no time..I tried hovering on the docs but I got knocked off ever 2 seconds...fuck this game...but I love it...I think

[@helpmelol7097]

@@azinfandellvr Are you stuck on the 40 guards at the construction site or the slums dock level?

[@andrewsalgado8156]

I passed your #1 mission in only three tries but i fucking hated #2 it took me three days to pass that mission😡

[@Damian_Koolray]

This whas the very first game i played and me being 5 years old back then i coudnt beat any mission excluding the tutorial but when i got to THAT mission in the slums with 10000 crimson gaurds i stoped playing for 2 years becauze it whas so hard and anybody who played the game knows that that mission is so hard

[@Damian_Koolray]

Finnaly beat it 4 years later!

[@dontek2563]

Dude theres a really easy way to cheat your way out of this mission. All you have to do is equip the blaster (not sure if it works without it) and spam the square button untill you get to the end. It might take you a couple of tries but it works

[@dontek2563]

Jens Gram i tried dashing through without any guns equiped but they kept shooting my ass :( so i just pulled out my blaster and made it on the first try!

[@dontek2563]

Jens Gram yeah. Besides this one i dont think ive ever had any trouble with any other missions

[@Giablo1]

that mission is easy once you understand the pattern of the guards and take it slow, kill every one of them

[@guthetanuki256]

Got another hint for Hellcat Cruiser's mission. Just use the Blue Gun. Drive up real close to the Cruiser. Then just spray the ship. Not that hard. You don't ever shoot from a distance. it works to get really close.

[@DatFelryn]

Obnoxious voice.

[@Alienrun]

play I wanna be the guy and shut up! this is not hard at all!

[@IGSA101]

I agree wholeheartedly with the #1 pick especially in hero mode, I didn't really have that much trouble with the rest of them though, the hardest parts for me were the optional objectives, especially the perfect Onin minigame that gets you like twenty precursor orbs. Also the races are made very easy by using the vehicle-jump while boosting.

[@ronansmith9148]

Hardest for my sister was the bomb one, mostly because it kept bugging, so she was landing on top, and that did not count for throwing the bombs.

[@MossyOctopus]

dude, this game isnt that hard. Challenging, yes, but I certainly wouldnt say too hard.

[@masongrijalva8908]

he acts like this is super hard its sorta challenging but he must just suck at this game

[@thecommenter3512]

haha ae

[@guthetanuki256]

Word

[@RatchetAndClank14]

In the fight against Metal Kor, when you die and hold R1 you can get one free use of Dark Jak and deal a lot of damage to Matal Kor

[@ChiefShadow1750]

I did not know that. Thanks for the tip. If I replay Jak II, I'll try it.

[@azinfandellvr]

I punched my way thru the seal team at the water slums..it took forever without dark jak. When you mention restarting the mission...why would you do that instead of just letting it respawn you there?

[@ChiefShadow1750]

Because the checkpoint system in Jak II is almost nonexistent. Jak II is not generous when it comes checkpoints or health pack. It punishes the player for dying by forcing you to start from the very beginning of the mission. Either way, you start at square one dying OR restarting! It takes what could be reasonable challenge into pure brutal bullshit.

[@tylerjohnson3070]

#2 was actually fun for me I look forward to it #1 took me 2 tries. The erole race would have been my number one.

[@The1pokemaster1]

these missions were difficult? the drill mine turret was the hardest

[@MrHornyboy2000]

during the final boss i found that if you have Dark Jak you should save it for when he is in the red. then go Dark Jak, run up to him which should not be an issue if you have kept up with the powers, and use a Dark Bomb on him. the Dark Bomb will completely deplete his remaining health and save you the headache of his third phase. that's what i ended up doing anyway.

[@juniorshadows]

yep

[@97Dannyman]

The easiest thing to do, is to have full ammo, and take advantage of a little lendge under the opening to the nest. Jump up there, then to the top of the entrance. Nothing can hit you when you are up there, and you have free sight to shoot him

[@jaherra2567]

Goddamnit you people are really tempting me to fire up my ps2 and pull off all that foul shit i had no idea of when i played the Jak games as a kid.

[@zbtyn]

The trick with #2 is just using ur board and not falling in the water at least thats what I did

[@kirstieperkins896]

10. I can agree that this mission ends up being a pain due to the placement of the wells. Ultimately though, if you know what you're doing, it's not too difficult. 9. The races are indeed pretty aggravating to through. Particularly as you go on. Interestingly, I had just managed to beat the Class 3 race in one go. 8. Oh Lord, this mission. I think this is probably why escort missions have fallen out of favor with most gamers and why you don't see them in more recent games. The only redeeming factors are the amusing dialogue between the three men (hearing the same dialogue every time I die and restart is pretty obnoxious though) 7. If you think this part is bad, the part where you actually reach Sig and then escort him through the rest of the stage is a dadgum pain in the keester. I was getting so mad at this level just now that it destroyed my desire to complete the game. I just want to skip to Jak 3 already 6. No comment 5. Ugh. Not only is this mission a pain because the symbols move too fast and are too numerous, but because Pecker's constant yapping gets grating 4. Just screw this mission. Too many guards swarming, too many buildings and civilians in the way, and it's just too hard to shoot and drive a zoomer at the same time 3. This is a prime example of why I HATE ring races, especially on twisty tracks 2. I hear there's a little cheat you can use to get through this mission. Basically, you can use the Dark Bomb ability to destroy the water bot and then just cruise on the water towards the exit on your hoverboard 1. UGGGGHHHH. I hate going up against the guards in the gun terret. They swarm too much and you can't defend yourself in the terret. I'm glad that I ultimately didn't spend too long on this part though.

[@florianp1283]

The 1st class race is ironically the easiest for me. The race through the town can be a pain. Sometimes the villager blocked me in curves or they took my speed with it...

[@rinzaigigen2640]

Obviously, what you mean is that you have your own _experience_ and that this differs from those of other players. It's not an "opinion", since that implies an objectivity which would preclude conflicting views from being right and equal. I can't "have my own" opinion and still "respect your own" if they conflict, but I *can* nonetheless respect your *point of view* as an *experience*, since that's a fact _about you_ which I can't refute so long as you present it in good faith. That nitpick notwithstanding though, I'm glad you took the time to honour this great franchise, and I'm glad to see you going strong in 2022. *[({R.G.)}]*

[@ChiefShadow1750]

I usually say that it is opinion based because I know for a fact that there would be people that would disagree with what I think or why I'd say that. But you do have a good point and I'll remember that next time. Thanks for the comment. I am trying to hold my own.

[@Titelitury1]

#2 Smashing the water with a dark bomb destroys that robot

[@CastorClasser1716]

the accelerator ring one, cuz did you notice errol misses the rings?! you cant miss a single rings but he can, and one time I tried and he missed SEVERAL rings, just ridiculous.

[@Lerborn]

this!

[@dadspan]

Ye I agree I was dreading doing the class racing again. it's so hard to steer. I got so frustrated with street racing it's so hard to maneuver the bike around those tight city streets, one false move and your off. The only way I managed to get out of the water slums was to use the jet-board, which allows you to move past the ships just before the guards get out. Finally I found the drill platform mission a little irritating but once you get the hang of taking out those guards it's pretty easy.

[@TheEnderMC]

In the n°2 mission you can also just spam square and end the mission

[@fancyguyfromsweden]

They NEVER give you check points D':

[@x-treme1081]

I tried number 1 in hero mode a while ago. it's so hard close to impossible

[@roberto-oe1pr]

I beat #5, #3, #2, #1 at the first attempt.

[@jakarr_sampson]

I poured my blood, sweat, and tears into number 2. BLOOD. SWEAT. TEARS. And you mean to tell me that you could just jetboard through it???!!!!! Whatever, I'm not bitter.

[@Guanakito503fcb]

the most important thing was that o could play the game in spanish😂😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😱

[@nu-agegamer3548]

#2 made me want to snap my PS3 controller in half! It is so friggin hard!

[@nu-agegamer3548]

@Base Bass Forte But I never had Dark Jak during it.

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

I don't agree with the order but all the events you are spot on sir

[@MagmaPaint]

3. Well, well, well, if it isn't the fucking Gary Oak of this game! Seriously, the appearances of the two characters can't be a coincidence! 2. Bitch please. I just used punch attacks to plow through. If you use the method I did, you have to be willing to attack citizens. 1. The day I get through this one will be one of grandest celebration. Krimzon Guards. Krimzon Guards EVERYWHERE.