The success of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has highlighted how nostalgia really sells well. Although it is a game with annoying controls, which despite the renewal feels the weight of the years and many other defects that a game of that era inevitably carries with it, the Activison title caused a huge sensation, but why? It's nice to feel like a child again because, at least for those few moments, our brain blocks all thoughts and anxieties of the present. making us come back to relive the feelings of light-heartedness that so characterized the sweet years of childhood. Here we are, then, after the various rumors of a possible return of Spyro, to tell you about a saga that has made, without a shadow of a doubt, the history of PlayStation and Naughty Dog: we are talking about the Jak and Daxter series. As we have seen with the adventure of the mangiamele the platform is an unfortunately dated genre, but works like Ratchet and Clank have managed to resist the change, managing to satisfy numerous fans equally. In this editorial we will address why Jak and Daxter it could resist, at least in part, the inexorably advancing age.
The first Jak and Daxter it would be the one who, inevitably, would suffer the most. We are not just talking about a graphic factor, we are referring precisely to the game times with little dynamism and excessive slowness in the succession of events. The strength of the title, however, is linked to the possibility of unlocking different types of echoes, thus increasing your skills. Fortunately, the saga is not the classic platformer where it will be necessary to complete environmental puzzles or the like, but rather, the series is equipped with an action component that over the years has always been highlighted. Perhaps it is precisely this mechanics that would make the work usable in a satisfactory way even now as happens precisely with Ratchet and Clank. The story of the opening chapter centers on the need to return Daxter to normal who, due to an unfortunate accident with the dark echo, has taken the form of a sort of orange squirrel. It is precisely this first part that lays the foundations of a far more complex and stratified universe than it appears to be. The plot is probably one of the most complete of that period (we are talking about 2001) and starts that narrative vein that leads today's multimedia works to be so detailed also in terms of the background. Jack and Daxter didn't just tell an adventure, it told a story that grew out of past events.
In 2012 it came out Jack and Daxter Trilogy su PlayStation 3: the title was well received by critics and the public, also because at that time there was a little lack of the work created by Naughty Dog and we hoped, at least in part, in a possible return of this fantastic duo. Now history is repeating itself on PlayStation 4 and, even if it were a reboot like Crash did, I am convinced that the overall experience would not change.. As fascinating as it is the idea that our childhood can in a certain sense accompany us with the passing of generations of consoles, probably certain titles should be left where they are, except to put them back on the market in a whole new guise adapted above all to modern standards. More than a new collection, fans deserve an unreleased chapter that maybe remedies the bad closing that occurred with Jak X, product of the series considered, at least by enthusiasts, the poorest. Another much more feasible idea would be to follow the same strategy as Insomiac Games, proposing in fact a new first chapter that partially rewrites the general narrative., thus allowing gamers to approach something different, with the full support of modern peripherals.
Thanks to the innovations introduced by Naughty Dog in the second chapter of the series, which expanded the previous title by introducing larger locations and the ability to move by means of transport, and those introduced in the third, which instead completely revolutionized the gameplay with the introduction of weapons, we can say with certainty that these two games have aged very well, departing from the classic platformers seen up to then on consoles. Probably the saga would also have happened on Playstation 4 as, thanks to the structure of the game itself, we can say that the multimedia work is a platform game that can easily make up for the years that advance, especially by relying on an action mechanic that should not be underestimated. However, I am quite convinced that some pearls should stay where they are and that the right choice would not be to re-propose yet another remake or reboot, but a real sequel that makes you forget the final bitterness of the saga. So let's imagine the return of Jak and Daxter, but at the same time we would like something brave that can really stir the spirits of fans who have been waiting for too long for the well-deserved return to the limelight of a two who made the history of video games.
