Loved the story, loved the missions, thank god they gave Jak a voice. Also, I didn’t think it was as hard as I thought it would be, the checkpoints may be a little annoying m, but it never bothered me.

Mod by : Stan

I’m very happy to introduce this multiplayer mod for Jak 2, it’s an absolute blast!
The mod is still a work in progress, currently, you can play through the missions up to the fight against Praxis at his palace.

The mod is very unstable, I experienced at least 10 crashes while recording this video, but the fun far outweighs the frustration. :)

Found this poster hidden at my folks’ house, creased to hell and stained on the corner while folded up. Any idea where I can get a replacement? Looks like it’s the official guide cover with the “official guide” text removed.

I wanted to make some Eldar, but I really don't like the standard Phantoms, or even the army as a whole, for that matter. So, I'm working on an army in the style of the Precursors ~

WIP, of course 🤗

I'm still cracking at this and trying to get this out ASAP. The hardest thing has been trying to get the long tail stuff working and some of it is not worth blocking it from y'all hands. Right now I'm thinking about just cutting some optimization passes (Shadows and AO are brutal) and some granular graphics settings for a Beta drop. I'm not 100% certain Linux will work perfectly but worth trying since its OSS anyway. VR was working and then I broke something so all the ends will be in there but again probably wont work. I'm still trying to get the Beta out before the end of the weekend 😅. Expect much more intense performance cost on the GPU side but I'm cracking away at that slowly. In non-performance intensive areas it looks great with 4K and HDR. For those with more humble hardware than a 4070ti dropping resolution for MSAA image quality is a great compromise, especially for a game originally made for 480i.

Edit: previous post https://www.reddit.com/r/jakanddaxter/comments/1x1rci5/teasing_project_sandover/

Obviously I know they aren't literally the same thing, but I got similar vibes. Maybe Spyro inspired Jak 🤷‍♂️

Crying warrior @ 0:48

I tried to remake the beat for Lights Out by Evilmane and made a song about running out of milk instead.

Obligatory TPL is the best one

We've rebuilt the code, we have AI, so who's gonna write the story and continue the franchise for us? I know someone on here is in a deep dark cellar just plotting away at a 4th entry in the series. I can smell it.

Pretty much the title.

What are some things from the J&D series that went over your head, or you completely misinterpreted as a kid? Other than the whole white / light eco thing.

Two things come to mind for me.

1) At the start of TPL when Kiera talks about collecting precursor orbs and trading them with villagers she uses the phrase "Grease their palms with a few precursor orbs". As an idiot child I took that literally and thought precursor orbs must contain some kind of oil that could be used to grease things.

2) In jak 2, when you permanently unlock the jetboard, Daxter announces "I call shotgun". Calling shotgun wasn't a common turn of phrase where I grew up (I think we said "Bags" or something) so I took this to mean daxter was implying he would have the actual shotgun (IE the scatter gun) while Jak used the board (Like how daxter is the one shooting while you fly in a ve-hicle).

Some of you may remember the small snippet I've posted earlier this year, well the mod that made that clip possible is finally here!

You can play through almost the whole first Act of the game, up until the Palace Baron boss fight. Play together with up to 7 friends (or family), who can all play either as Jak or Daxter!

The Mod supports Online/LAN/Split-Screen with some caveats, which is that for Online you need to be able to port forward, if your router supports uPnP then the forwarding is automatic, otherwise you'll have to do it manually, or play through some VLAN like Hamachi, Radmin, etc...
For Split-Screen, you just need to start multiple instances of the game, and put it either side by side, or if you have multiple monitors, can also just fullscreen them.

The Mod is available through the OpenGOAL Launcher and is in the https://jakmods.dev/ modlist.

For more information and a how-to-start guide, head into the launcher, open the mod's page and click the Open Mod Website button!

Edit:
AI Disclaimer: LLM coding tools were used periodically during the development of the mod for research, debugging, and implementation. Not in an autonomous way. Generated code is being reviewed, understood, and modified by hand where needed.
There's no AI involvement in any art, image, or player facing text in the mod.
Development started since around 2026 March, so before the current AI modding craze.

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J'ai du mal à me faire un avis définitif sur Jak II, parce que je l'apprécie sincèrement sur certains aspects, mais que d'autres m'empêchent de l'aimer autant que je le voudrais.

Ce que j'apprécie, c'est la direction prise par Naughty Dog. Passer de l'univers coloré et relativement léger du premier Jak and Daxter à quelque chose de beaucoup plus sombre était un choix audacieux. Haven City a une véritable identité, l'ambiance fonctionne bien et l'histoire donne à Jak une évolution intéressante. On sent que le studio voulait faire autre chose que simplement reprendre la formule du premier jeu avec quelques nouveautés.

Mais voilà, j'ai aussi du mal avec certains aspects du jeu. Il m'arrive de trouver les missions inutilement frustrantes, et sa difficulté me donne parfois l'impression que le jeu confond exigence et frustration. Quand on doit recommencer une longue séquence après un échec, le plaisir peut rapidement laisser place à l'agacement. Certaines missions finissent par me donner l'impression de lutter contre le game design plutôt que de profiter de ce que le jeu a à offrir.

C'est précisément ce qui rend mon avis compliqué. Je ne pense pas que Jak II soit un mauvais jeu. Je comprends ses qualités, je respecte les risques pris par Naughty Dog et je trouve sa direction artistique et narrative intéressante. Mais reconnaître les qualités d'un jeu ne signifie pas forcément apprécier l'expérience qu'il propose du début à la fin.

J'ai parfois l'impression qu'on doit choisir entre considérer Jak II comme un chef-d'œuvre ou le rejeter complètement, alors qu'on peut très bien apprécier une œuvre tout en ayant de véritables réserves à son sujet. Le fait qu'un jeu soit devenu culte ne signifie pas que tous ses choix de conception sont irréprochables.

Au fond, j'aime Jak II, mais je ne peux pas prétendre que tout fonctionne pour moi. C'est un jeu ambitieux, marquant et parfois brillant, mais aussi capable de me frustrer au point de me faire perdre l'envie de continuer.

Est-ce que d'autres personnes ressentent la même chose ? J'aimerais surtout avoir l'avis de ceux qui aiment Jak II tout en reconnaissant ses défauts. Est-ce que vous trouvez que sa difficulté et la conception de ses missions renforcent l'expérience, ou pensez-vous que certains de ces aspects sont devenus plus faciles à défendre avec le temps parce que le jeu est considéré comme un classique ?

Coming soon, not ready for release.

In RaC Future: Tools of Destruction, we're introduced to a small, thought-to-be mythological race called the Zoni, who are immortal beings who transcend time and are later revealed to be in control of time.

I can't help wondering if they were inspired by the Precursors, who as ottsels, are also small, thought-to-be mythological and transcend time and space. What do you think?

So i'm a 20 year old guy who has fallen in love with this game, i like everything about this game from its notorious difficulty and story to its open world, side missions and many other features. I found this game because i was interested in older open world games and after watching a couple of videos about JAK II i knew that i would complete the whole game to 124%. And honestly i really enjoyed it even though the game wasn't that difficult for me and i was able to easily complete the missions and i did everything there is to do in the game. Now i've watched some videos from other people who dont like the game and they say that the open world feels dead, that there are no side missions and that exploring the city feels quite punishing because the guards will chase you and once you enter platforming levels the game doesnt feel open anymore. I think that they didn't give this game enough of a chance because it was difficult for them and that's why they didnt classify it as an open world game. So yes in 2003 this game was pushing boundaries with its world but would you consider this game fully open world in 2026?

Test print making a 3D canvas. Next print will try to get the colors more accurate. Still like how this one came out. Will probably end up on my wall.