History Videogame / JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy

** It's perfectly possible, once you've unlocked the Blue Eco Vent for Sentinel Beach, to use that to reach a cannon, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential shoot the pelican in its nest and kill it]] -- [[CrowningMomentOfFunny leaving nothing but the power cell it swallowed in its place]].

* GameBreakingBug: Thankfully averted by the Naughty Dog development team. A glitch can occur in the Precursor Basin on some versions of the game, making it impossible to win the Zoomer race. Thankfully, they made it so that there are 101 Power Cells in the game, and only 100 are needed for the good ending.

* BorderPatrol: The Lurker Shark.

* SeriesContinuityError: Maybe. One of the characters is Jak's uncle, but in the second game game we learn [[spoiler:Jak was sent back in time as an infant.]] Then again, he could just be an adoptive uncle.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Jak can swim in [[CoolClearWater most water]] and can dive underneath the surface without [[OxygenMeter being timed]]. He will, however, rise up automatically after a set amount of time. If he's caught below an object that prevent the automatic surfacing, he'll drown when the time runs out instead.

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Let's just say that the inside of the Lost Precursor City doesn't resemble a city in any way shape or form.

* Bizarrchitecture: Let's just say that the inside of the Lost Precursor City doesn't resemble a city in any way shape or form.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first game is drastically different from the sequels in almost every way; The gameplay is a free-roaming collect-a-thon with Eco power-ups rather than a mission based third person shooter platformer with guns, and the humor and general tone is much more lighthearted and juvenile, with a joyful HighFantasy tone, rather than a cynical GrimDark CyberPunk future, and the plot is a very simplistic [[BlackAndWhiteMorality good vs. evil affair,]] not to mention the cast of characters is much smaller.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: If you've played the sequels prior to playing this first game, you might be surprised at how light-hearted and simplistic it is compared to what the series became down the road...

* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: A good few of these appear at some point in the game, for example the [[RacingMinigame Fire Canyon and Lava Tube]]; you need to power up the [[CoolBike Zoomer's]] heatshield to be able to pass through those areas. Then when you get to the Rock Village, you can't proceed to the [[RacingMinigame Mountain Pass]] because a lurker called [[BackgroundBoss Klaww]] has thrown a flaming boulder in the way. Plus there's the ocean itself: Jak can swim safely in shallow water, but he if tries to go out into the ocean, a Lurker Shark will jump out and eat him.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Jak can swim in [[CoolClearWater most water]] and can dive underneath the surface without [[OxygenMeter being timed]]. He will, however, rise up automatically after a set amount of time. If he caught below an object that prevent the automatic surfacing, he'll drown when the time runs out instead.

* TakeYourTime: It doesn't matter what you go off and do after the robot is activated, it won't be able to open the vat until you get there.

* SeriesContinuityError: Maybe. One of the characters is Jak's uncle, but in the third game we learn [[spoiler:Jak was sent back in time as an infant.]] Then again, he could just be an adoptive uncle.

* GreatOffscreenWar: It's Implied over the course of the game that Gol and Maia are sending lurker troops to towns over night and ransacking villages for artifacts and eco. Near the end of the game Kira mentions that they are becoming more and more aggressive now that they are close to their goal. You will never see any of this however as most of your adventure is in abandoned ruins and nearby areas outside of town, and in Rock Village you get there [[AfterTheEnd after it happens]].

In this first game, the HeroicMime Jak and his buddy Daxter travel to the mysterious Misty Island, against the advice of the wise Green Eco Sage Samos. Not long after arriving, Daxter winds up getting knocked into a well of [[PsychoSerum Dark Eco]] -- but instead of being instantly vaporized, he is instead transformed into a creature called an [[MixAndMatchCritter ottsel]], much to his chagrin. Thus the two set off to find a way to reverse the transformation. Unbeknownst to them their quest will lead them to much bigger problems.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Although this game is wholesome and family-friendly, especially compared to its DarkerAndEdgier sequels, Daxter does say "crap" in the opening cutscene.

* DesertedIsland: Misty Island, though, it's not ''that'' deserted. It's filled with [[EvilMinions Lurkers]].
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: It's perfectly possible, once you've unlocked the Blue Eco Vent for Sentinel Beach, to use that to reach a cannon, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential shoot the pelican in its nest and kill it]] - [[CrowningMomentOfFunny leaving nothing but the power cell it swallowed in place]].

* GreatOffscreenWar: It's Implied over the course of the game that Gol and Maya are sending lurker troops to towns over night and ransacking villages for artifacts and eco. Near the end of the game Kira mentions that they are becoming more and more aggressive now that they are close to their goal. However you will never see any of this as most of your adventure is in abandoned ruins and nearby areas outside of town, and in Rock Village you get there [[AfterTheEnd after it happens]]

* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: A good few of these appear at some point in the game.
** Namely the [[RacingMinigame Fire Canyon and Lava Tube]]. You need to power up the [[CoolBike Zoomer's]] heatshield to be able to pass through each area.
** When you get to the Rock Village, you can't proceed to the [[RacingMinigame Mountain Pass]] because a lurker called [[BackgroundBoss Klaww]] has thrown a flaming boulder in the way.
** The ocean itself can count for this. Jak can swim safely in shallow water, but he if tries to go out into the ocean, a Lurker Shark will jump out and eat him.

* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Mad Eco Sage's Hot Daughter]]: Keira.

** SuperSpeed: Jak gets a boost of speed whenever he uses Blue Eco
*** He can also power up ancient precursor artifacts once he gets close enough.

** Averted with Dark Eco, if Jak touches it, he'll be injured; if he's submerged, he'll die instantly.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: In a sense, Jak when he uses the Light Eco to blow up Gol and Maia's robot - his entire body is wreathed in shimmering white light except the red lens on his goggles and his blue irises, which makes the ThreePointLanding and resultant KubrickStare he pulls just before blowing the robot apart in one shot more striking.

* SequelHook: The device our heroes find at the end of the game.
** At the end of the game the Red Sage mentions that Keira could very well become the replacement for Gol, however this is never mentioned again until The Lost Frontier.
* SeriesContinuityError: A small one, but one of the characters is Jak's uncle. In the third game we learn [[spoiler: Jak was sent back in time as an infant.]]
** Could be an adoptive uncle...

* TacticalSuicideBoss: Klaww. If he didn't do the move where he prepares the huge boulder, he'd be nigh-invincible. [[note]] You need to shoot him while he's preparing it so he'll drop it on his head.[[/note]]

In this first game, the HeroicMime Jak and his buddy Daxter travel to the mysterious Misty Island, against the advice of the wise Green Eco Sage Samos. Not long after arriving, Daxter winds up getting knocked into a well of [[PsychoSerum Dark Eco]] - but instead of being instantly vaporized, he is instead transformed into a creature called an ottsel - much to his chagrin. Thus Jak and he set off to find a way to reverse the transformation. Unbeknownst to them that their quest will lead them to much bigger problems.

This game could be seen as the PS2's [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent answer to]] VideoGame/SuperMario64 (as well as taking a few cues from Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda)--what with the strong emphasis on Collect-a-Thon, run and jump platforming, bright, and lively art, endearing characters, and fun levels and puzzles. [[DarkerAndEdgier Then everything changed]] [[JakIIRenegade in the sequel...]]

* ShoutOut: A plant enemy that was present in Naughty Dog's previous series, ''CrashBandicoot'', appears as a harmless houseplant in Samos' hut.

* SeriesContinuityError: A small one, but one of the character's is Jak's uncle. In the third game we learn [[spoiler: Jak was sent back in time as an infant.]]

** SequelHook: At the end of the game the Red Sage mentions that Keira could very well become the replacement for Gol, however this is never mentioned again until The Lost Frontier.

* CueTheSun: The final boss fight takes place [[ShowdownAtSunrise just before dawn.]] The sun rises during the ending sequence.

* GreatOffscreenWar: It's Implied over the course of the game that Gol and Maya are sending lurker troops to towns over night and ransacking villages for artifacts and eco. Near the end of the game Kira mentions that they are becoming more and more aggresive now that they are close to their goal. However you will never see any of this as most of your adventure is in abandoned ruins and nearby areas outside of town, and in Rock Village you get there [[AfterTheEnd after it happens]]

* TacticalSuicideBoss: Klaww. If he didn't do the move where he prepares the huge boulder, he'd be nigh-invincible. [[hottip:*: You need to shoot him while he's preparing it so he'll drop it on his head.]]