Daxter
A port of Daxter, enhanced with up-rendering, rewind, quick save, and custom video filters. The game was originally released in 2006 as a spin-off of the Jak and Daxter series.
Daxter is an adventure developed by Ready At Dawn, released 18 June 2024 on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.
What Daxter is
Daxter is an adventure game developed by Ready At Dawn and released in 2024. It was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game takes place in the final months of the 2-year gap presented in the opening of Jak II (and the aftermath of The Precursor Legacy), between the moment when Jak is taken prisoner by the Krimzon Guard and the time in which Daxter finally rescues him from the Krimzon Guard Fortress. The introduction shows Jak being captured while Daxter manages to escape. Almost two years later (having no luck rescuing Jak), Daxter has forgotten all about finding his friend. An old man named Osmo, whom Daxter meets, hires Daxter as an exterminator working in various parts of Haven City and occasionally its environs to exterminate bug-like Metal Heads referred to in-game as 'Metal Bugs'. During his…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Jak and Daxter series
Daxter is the 17th of 18 entries we hold in the Jak and Daxter series. The next entry was Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy in 2024.
What it launched against
Daxter launched on 18 June 2024, within three weeks of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Nine Sols, Still Wakes the Deep and Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Nine Sols, Still Wakes the Deep, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance.
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