Jak II

Jak II is an open-world platform, third-person shooter, and an action-adventure video game. It is the second game of the Jak and Daxter series and a sequel to Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

90 14 October 2003

Adventure Platform Shooter Action Comedy Open world Science fiction

Jak II is an adventure developed by Naughty Dog, released 14 October 2003 on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 2.

Verified 10 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Jak II is

Jak II is an adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and released in 2003. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 2. It runs on GOAL.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Like Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, the game's begins with a speech by Samos Hagai. Jak, Daxter, Samos and Keira are in the process of activating the rift rider, the precursor device hidden behind the large door at the end of Precursor Legacy, and its accompanying rift gate. When the gate is activated a large figure steps out, accompanied by a swarm of creatures. Jak panics and activates the rift rider, propelling the group through the gate. As they are travelling through the rift, the rider is destroyed. The group fall out of the rift and are separated, though all find themselves in Haven City. Jak and Daxter land and are immediately identified by a patrol of the Krimzon Guard, led…

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Jak and Daxter series

Jak II is the third of 18 entries we hold in the Jak and Daxter series. It arrived 2 years after Jak & Daxter: The Lost Levels. The next entry was Jak 3 in 2004. Its critic score of 90 is 13 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy at 90.

See all 18 Jak and Daxter games in release order →

How it was received

Jak II holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 229 votes.

What it launched against

Jak II launched on 14 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and SSX 3. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, SSX 3.

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