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TLOU team originally working on a new Jak and Daxter
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Dr. Randy Marsh
Member
Didn't they also say Daxter may have been mute? Would've been terrible if so, but a new IP in the vein of the style they were going for would be cool.
Prince Vultan
Banned
Remember reading about this a while back. It's for the best they didn't go ahead with it. They have bigger fish to fry these days and a new J&D wouldn't have sold as much in it's lifetime sales as TLOU did on it's first day on shelves.
If a new J&D happens, Sony should bring in a new(ish) studio like they did with Sanzaru and Sly Racoon. That worked out pretty damn well.
If a new J&D happens, Sony should bring in a new(ish) studio like they did with Sanzaru and Sly Racoon. That worked out pretty damn well.
Byronic Hero
Member
Glad they didn't take Jak in that direction. I still expect a Jak and Daxter game in te future though. Somebody should be able to handle the IP.
Hot Coldman
Banned
How dare you. J&D is a fantastic series.
No. No no no. Jak & Daxter is a fantastic game.
Jak is a fucking godawful miserybomb of a series.
Callibretto
Member
Daxter A didn't really work, but the more animal like Daxter B, E and H is great. and Daxter G is hilarious, remind me of that pug from Men in Black
Anticitizen One
Banned
So should uncharted and the last of us
TheKastorian
Member
Turned out to be a good decision. Man....TLoU was phenomenal. Even after all these months I still think about it.
You just lowered NeoGAF's standards.
Yep, hopefully there is someone developing it right now.
AFAIK Bluepoint are "bringing back a Playstation classic" or something along those lines so maybe?
SolidSnakex
Member
Yep, and Sanzaru are working on another game for Sony.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Daxter's art is.... mmm... I don't know what to say.
They can't/do not want to do cartoony games anymore?
They can't/do not want to do cartoony games anymore?
Daxter A didn't really work, but the more animal like Daxter B, E and H is great. and Daxter G is hilarious, remind me of that pug from Men in Black
E is the best one, but D is also good, i agree.
Good lord i'd play a game with that style so hard my thumbs would fall off.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Fiiine. Jak & Daxter is okay, but not high up on my list series I really care about seeing again.
I'm glad they chose to go with The Last of Us, because it's the best game Naughty Dog has made for this generation, and has a lot of good things going for it in bolder areas of design than Uncharted.
I'm glad they chose to go with The Last of Us, because it's the best game Naughty Dog has made for this generation, and has a lot of good things going for it in bolder areas of design than Uncharted.
Good.
After playing Jak 1 I thought it was okay, I hadn't played a collectathon in a while and I certainly liked its implementation in a platformer more than I like it in shooters but I wasn't a huge fan of the platforming aspect of Jak.
Edit:
And the Last of Us blew my pantaloons off, one of the must plays of this generation for me.
After playing Jak 1 I thought it was okay, I hadn't played a collectathon in a while and I certainly liked its implementation in a platformer more than I like it in shooters but I wasn't a huge fan of the platforming aspect of Jak.
Edit:
And the Last of Us blew my pantaloons off, one of the must plays of this generation for me.
AgentChris
Member
Some of those Daxter designs are amazing!
Byronic Hero
Member
No to both of you.
Jak 2 & 3 were great. Jak 1 was good, but had to change a bit otherwise it would have just been Crash Bandicoot - Collect-a-thon edition.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Hot Coldman
Banned
no offense but every instance I've seen of someone enjoying Jak 2 involved them last playing it when they were 12
I don't really think the Jak series holds up all that well as the games were all pretty aimless and focused heavily on collecting things. The first game in particular was from an era where developers were still trying to duplicate the Mario 64 style star collection without realizing that those stars were simply end points to a unique stage rather than an arbitrary object to collect.
Also, every Jak game featured terribly uninspired music which is pretty damning for a platformer.
Also, every Jak game featured terribly uninspired music which is pretty damning for a platformer.
eddfromtheriver
Banned
And the question here is... what was wrong with doing a new game in the original's (TPL) vein?, why did they feel the need to "dark it up"?, hell with all the "serious" games coming out it would've been a breath of sweet fresh air.
Reason why they went with The Last of Us. It was too far from the original design, look and style.
The_Hitcher89
Member
There's no evidence either way. Unless the people from Jak are still there, in which case, the answer is yes, the talent is there
BeastLeeAdams
Banned
Hmmm not how I feel about that art for Daxter. I think it would have been really interesting to see a realistic style Jak and Daxter game, and for everybody complaining about how 2nd and 3rd are worse and for "edginess," no. You are entitled for your opinion, but they are still very good games and both are better than the original uncharted.
Metalmurphy
Member
The first few Jak and Daxter games were by no means bad, but TLOU was definitely a great decision
By no means bad? They were great. The first one still holds up to this date. Just platinumed the HD edition and enjoyed every minute.
Sorcerer Supreme
Member
I would much rather see a Jak X Ratchet game.
Miles Quaritch
Member
I know not of the games you speak. I only know of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy and Jax and Daxter: The Lost Frontier. The rest is nothing more than spin off garbage that doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the presence of the two glorious J&D games.
I agree with LoU being their best game, however Jak 1 was a really fantastic exploration-platformer.
Jak 2 was kind of shitty and Jak 3 was pretty great, yet very different from the first.
I would love for them to make a Jak 4 closer to the first, without those guns and shit.
SolidSnakex
Member
It was obviously an indication of what they really wanted to do. TLoU ended up being far and away the darkest game they've made.
Callibretto
Member
they should take what they've done and make it a new IP. although I love TLoU, it'd be nice to get another 3d platformer again, especially after people whining about Uncharted auto platforming, I love the seamless world from Jak and Daxter, a new IP in that vein would be amazing.
Magicpaint
Member
I love Jak II and 3. Not as much as TLOU, but damnit, I still want a new Jak and Daxter game in the future. Maybe not with the proposed artstyle though...
ReturnOfTheRAT
Member
That looks like it would work in a animated series that would air on a cable network.
Ploid 3.0
Member
About the Daxter art, they were most likely brainstorming how he would look with better graphics, drawing what he would look like as a normal ottsel that he was cursed to turn into (pure animal form) and then put his gear on it, and then give him facial expressions. All this just to see how it would look.
Look at the backgrounds picture with Daxter in it. He looks like the old animated smiling Daxter. Maybe he would have had higher def fur, some believable joints and look more like a animal due to better graphics.
Look at the backgrounds picture with Daxter in it. He looks like the old animated smiling Daxter. Maybe he would have had higher def fur, some believable joints and look more like a animal due to better graphics.
Hot Coldman
Banned
pants
Member
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
what the fuck is that?
Yup, I imagine sanzaru are on Sly and Insomniac might be making something aimed at 2015 along side a certain Sony film called ratchet and clank, Unless Sanzaru are doing the R+C for 2015.