Daxter (2006) (VG)

Release Date:

14 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Half Otter. Half Weasel. All Trouble! Daxter is centered around the world of the orange ottsel made popular in the Jak and Daxter franchise. The story unfolds as Daxter searches for Jak, who was imprisoned during the events that led to the start of Jakk II. Daxter, now on his own in an unfamiliar place, quickly realizes that being small and furry won't increase his chances of survival. To help stamp out a mysterious metalbug infestation, Daxter takes on a job as a pest exterminator, enabling him to explore parts of Haven City in an effort to collect the clues that will lead him to Jak. |

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Character Name In Title

Cast

Max Casella	...	Daxter / Hotelier (voice)
Dana Kelly	...	Osmo / Lumberjack (voice)
Susan Eisenberg	...	Taryn / Barmaid (voice)
David Herman	...	Ximon / Tik / Erol / Krimzon Guard / Miner (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Kaeden / Count Veger (voice)
Sherman Howard	...	Kor (voice)
Alan Blumenfeld	...	Brutter (voice)
Warren Burton	...	Samos the Sage (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:All | USA:E10+ | Australia:PG

Company:

Ready at Dawn Studios

Quotes:

Ximon: Hop in, little furry dude!
Daxter: Thanks dude!
Ximon: No problem, dude!
[Krimzon Guards surround the Zoomer]
Daxter: Dude!
Ximon: Dude!
[Ximon does a complicated, partially upside-down maneuver to avoid the guards]
Daxter, Ximon: Du-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-de...

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001) (VG)

Anti-climatic story, average gameplay

I sincerely don't get what's all this fuss about this game. This is a mediocre platformer with great graphics. I mean the graphics are good, but the story is disappointing and the gameplay is boring. It's so repetitive! And it's not even fun after a few hours...

You're just doing the same things over and over again. And near the end, the game gets hard and annoying. Not a good game, I didn't like it. And the story doesn't even get a decent conclusion! It was just so anti-climatic...

The good:

1. Graphics are nice 2. The cutscenes are funny 3. It has a style in graphics 4. The enemies are cool

The bad:

1. Leveldesign. Repetitive, and there are only a few great ideas, like the floating wood in the sawmill. The rest is nothing special. 2. The controls are sometimes awkward 3. The camera is driving you nuts constantly! When you're backed up against a wall, there's no way you can turn it around to see what's directly in front of you! It's madness! Even though you can control the camera with L and R, you often curse the inane camera movement... 4. The story. It's clichéed, it's boring and it doesn't have a closure! What were they thinking??? It was so anti-climatic, I stared at the screen of my PSP for minutes after the endsequence, and thought "That's it?" Come on! 5. The bossfights aren't exciting. Something is wrong with them. I can't tell you what, but they weren't as good as they could've been...

Overall, I give it a 6/10.