50%PlayStation Portable

Checkpoint e movimentação pesada poderá atrapalhar sua jogatina.

80%PlayStation 5

Daxter is better than it has any right to be. It’s not essential or as good as the trilogy but I love that it heavily leans back into platforming. The levels are a bit linear but they’re all solid. The gun combat is still there but much more limited. There are vehicle sections but they're also downplayed. Overall, it's just way more focused on platforming than Jak 2 & 3, which has made it age quite well.

The story mostly felt disposable unfortunately. The collectibles are also very annoying. Precursor orbs are more like they were in Jak 1 but the linear levels and points of no return make them a nightmare so I quickly stopped caring. Play this if you've beaten the trilogy and want more but it's not essential.

40%Emulated

combat is bad

80%PlayStation 5

I originally played Daxter a few years ago on the PPSSPP emulator since I thought Sony would never put this game on modern Playstation systems and it ran very well, of course I had to tinker with the controls to have right analog stick movement and the FMVs were really blurry but other than that I had a very good time. Now, a modern Playstation consoles version of Daxter does exist and I'm replaying the game years later, and how does it hold up? I still think the game is geniunely fantastic, I do notice some issues with the game on a replay but for the most part, they hardly get in the way of playing Daxter. The moment to moment platforming and level design is still just as top notch as ever.

Out of all the games in the Jak and Daxter series, this is the safest reccomendation to me. Don't like the collecting of Precursor Legacy? Don't like the bloated open world of 2? Don't like the mini games of Jak 3? Don't care for the racing gameplay of Jak X? Don't really like the aerial combat of Lost Frontier? Then Daxter is by far the most pure platformer of the whole series, sure there are some pace breaking moments like riding and vehicle chases, movie parody mini games, a turret section, and the occasional simon says mini game, but outside of those 85-90% of Daxter is spent platforming and combat. This was especially welcome since Jak 3 is just so adamant of having so many different mini game genres at once.

One very notable comparison you can make with is with Super Mario Sunshine, the titular character Daxter has a spray gun that can help him glide in the air by firing the gadget downwards by holding a button, much like Mario can with FLUDD. The main difference between this game and Sunshine is that the Spray Gun can also be used during combat and there isn't levels where it's randomly taken away from you and you have to do unpolished platforming levels. In Daxter, you keep the spray gun at all times which is good.

Another comparison that Daxter can made to is it's own franchise and how much Daxter improves on everything Jak 2 tried to do. With Jak 2, the idea of a platformer where you didn't have to collect items to unlock more items and how you can run to the start of every platforming guanlet without needing "x amount of stuff" was an interesting and sound approach especially at the time since you can argue a lot of 3D platformers outside of say the Crash Bandicot series focused on exploration than pure platforming, the problem was is that in Jak 2, you spent more time driving an empty and boring open world where there was too much happening except accidentally bumping into a Crimson Guard solider and possibly dying and halting your progress then you got to do short missions that checkpointed inconistently to make up for much time was spent driving to the next mission.

Daxter? It pretty much solves everything by making Haven City, much, much, much smaller, all the mission start locations are only 1-2 minutes away. Due to this, I finally get an appreciation for everything Jak 2 tried to do and I appreciate that game a bit more in retrospect. On top of this, Daxter's levels are much longer than many of Jak 2's missions. So in a lot of ways, Daxter is what Jak 2 and 3 should've been.

The level design is also quite good, standouts include, the Transit Station, Fish Cannery, Baron's Palace, and Prison. What I love is that all these levels are pretty lengthy and all all self contained levels that tests your platforming skills, with minimal interruptions as you go through them, they might've been overly hard especially the Transit Station level with the PSP analog nub but with analog sticks on a controller, it's much more enjoyable. The Transit Station level be a heavy standout with how fast the trains are moving and the players has to quickly think on his feet like dodging signs and laser as the train is moving very quickly. Baron's Palace is also great in that it turns into a puzzle game of trying to get past various laser grids and also making and timing the jumps and spray gun glide enough to make it through.

After all this praise, what do I dislike about the game? Not much but they can be big flaws to some. One, if you are a big Jak fan for the story, Daxter's story is basically a fighting shonen anime filler arc, where the important scenes like Vieger and the Metal Head leader can be counted on one hand. Combat also gets too easy, at first it's challenging with using the fly swatter and using gas to stun, but later upgrades makes enemies too easy to kill and it never introduces new enemies to compensate for Daxter's growing weapon arsenal. Sometimes, the pick ups to use the spray gun's glide doesn't magnetize to Daxter quick enough which leads to some cheap deaths, it might need some rewind use on PS5.

Overall, Daxter is a great game and one of the greatest gaming franchise spin offs ever made. I can't reccomend this high enough especially for someone who isn't big on the Jak Sequels.

75%PlayStation 5

Such a fun game to play! I was honestly impressed of this game in many ways! Definetly a must play for a PlayStation and Jak & Daxter fan.

70%PlayStation 5

Never played Daxter before so excited to see it on the ps store. A solid game, fun platforming and some decent combat. Camera is awful and made me kind of sick, also sometimes it feels like a cannot control where Daxter is going while using is fun as a jetpack. I think fans of jak and Daxter will enjoy it. I kind of got sick of the game (almost literally) near the end so it’s good that it’s a short game too.

90%PlayStation Portable

I spent the summer playing this on my PSP. Hopping out of the pool, drying off, and running to unplug my PSP that was charging in my room, turning it on and only playing Daxter. I loved this game.

60%PlayStation Portable

A wonderful side game to the Jak and Daxter series, and I have to say, it is one of the best looking PSP games I have ever played!

75%PlayStation Portable

Deceptively good platformer. The bug exterminator premise works very well in conjunction with the small player character, as unassuming locales like the cellar of a bar or a subway station become deadly labyrinths and the simple combat is not overemphasized to the point of overshadowing every other component of the game. Your movement abilities aren't the greatest but the jetpack hover makes for a lot of fun sequences.

70%PlayStation Portable

[review in progress.. | playtime : 11h36]

Jeu en français avec doublage en français pas trop mal.
On peut activer les sous titres durant les cinématiques, mais ils sont en vert, un drôle de choix.
Le jeu est assez beau avec un style cartoon mais il y a pas mal d'objets et de détails.
On suit l'histoire de Daxter à Abriville, aloqu'il s séparé de Jak.. et il devient exterminateur d'insectes se qui nouprmet d'explorer un semi openwold assez sympa avec des méchaniques e platformer qui changent un peu de d'habitude.
Le jeu est très second degré.
C'est mon premier jeu de cette licence, donc je ne connais ni les lieux ni les personnages.
On controle Daxter avec le joystick et la caméra est assignée à L et R, c'est fonctionnel.
Daxter peut double sauter, attaquer au corps à corps, grimper sur certains mur, ramper au sol..
Le pulvérisateur à insecticide sert aussi à planer temporairement dans les air, ou de lance flamme.
Il y a du tearing et des ralentissement mais globalement le jeu est fluide et jouable.
Les chargements sont rapides et généralement ils sont dissimulé.
Le jeu utilise un vaste gamme de couleurs, la ville est très terne mais les autres décors sont très colorés.
Daxter est un loutre mais il meurt au contact de l'eau.. ok.
La caméra est physique, donc elle peut parfois bloquer sur des éléments du décor.
On peut casser certains petits éléments du décor.
Il y a des objets cachés comme les cartes d'insectes pour jouer à un mini jeu de carte.
Le level design est très sympa et on s'y retrouve bien, mais un mini map aurait été pratique quand même.
Le gameplay est efficace et l'exploration est sympa avec des phases de grinpette, glissade et de tyrolienne.
Les cinématiques sont sympa.
On à aussi des phases d'élimination d'insectes en véhicule.. par contre c'est chronométré.. je comprends pas pourquoi, et c'est très con.
Après un certain nombre de mission on fini la journée et Daxter va dormir, ce qui nous conduit à des phases loufoques et parfois de la parodie de film (a la Conker Bad Fur Day), c'est optionnel, mais si on fini le mini jeu on obtient une amélioration de vie ou un nouveau mouvement de combat pour Daxter.
Le combat est fluide et fonction bien, mais un système de verrouillage des ennemis pour que la caméra les suive automatiquement aurait été bien..
Par contre il y a beaucoup de moments où le jeu veut ta mort, heureusement il y a pas mal de checkpoint dans les niveaux, et les objets déjà collecté ne sont pas à récupérer à nouveau.
Par contre il y a parfois des longues phases de gameplay où il n'y a pas de checkpoint.. comme dans le passage au métro, donc c'est très relou de mourir car on doit tout recommencer et c'est pas difficile, c'est juste long et frustrant..
Pareil pour les combats de boss, c'est sympa, il y a plusieurs phase avec changement de pattern etc mais c'est trop exigeant et on a pas de checkpoint..
Le niveau dans la mine est non-linéaire, c'est super sympa.
Le mini jeu de hacking avec tic est juste super long pour rien et il faut tout recommencer si on se trompe de touche une seule fois.. c'est mou et ennuyant.. les niveaux sont vraiment originaux. j'aime beaucoup le jeu une fois passé les 2 première heures. c'est vraiment dommage d'avoir des ralentissement dans l'Open World.. les musiques vont bien avec l'ambiance visuelle des niveaux, mais c'est rien de fou, ça fait vraiment petit avanture sans thème principal marquant. l'histoire est très en retrait au final, on enchaine juste les niveaux avec très peu de contexte.. pour chaque niveaux et le monde ouvert on nous indique clairement le nombre d'objets trouvé et le nombre restant, c'est très pratique pour ceux qui veulent faire un 100% ou refaire les niveaux. J'aime bien le niveau de la scierie aussi. Le jeu contient des phases de die&retry vraiment chiantes qui viennent casser le très bon rythme du jeu.

80%PlayStation Portable

Daxter was awesome, cool to go back to the jak and daxter universe. Cool minigames, daxter would get cancelled today for sure

85%PlayStation Portable

Enjoy the simple gameplay, reminiscent of Jak and Daxter's with the familiar location of 2 and 3's Haven City. The only downside i could give would be that locations with loose or no connection to the overall plot could have done with extra story in them. Never the less an excellent game.

10%PlayStation Portable

the game simply glitched out and i can't continue

60%PlayStation Portable

Beautiful, consistent with the jak & daxter universe even though it's been developed by Ready at Dawn, but it's a collect them all platformer game in the end cute but a bit boring. They recycled a lot of levels and gameplay phases and that leaves a bitter taste.
It could have been worse but it could have been better.
Musics are not unforgettable and traps are often designed in such a way that you'll have to die several times and remember by heart how they work to get over them.

50%PlayStation Portable

Felt like the game was put together on a shoestring budget. Didn’t like the controls or Daxter’s moveset. Levels like clearing the bugs or chasing the prison transport feel lazy and cut and paste. Where’s the precision controls, imagination and inspiration? Bye Daxter, I’m off to play Mario.

80%PlayStation Portable

The few hours I spent on this game were 10x more enjoytable than the ones spent on Jak II and III
Never unfair, funny and with great Sunshine like mechanics

80%PlayStation Portable

História - 8/10
Gráficos - 8/10
Jogabilidade - 9/10
Som - 7/10
Nota Final - 8/10

80%PlayStation Portable

8.5

80%PlayStation Portable

Fun little platformer!

50%PlayStation Portable

Taking into consideration that Daxter was a PSP launch title, its specs are impressive and the controls are surprisingly tight. Besides that, there's very little to recommend. A bugsprayer that doubles as a hoverpogo adds some new dimension to Jak II's lackluster platforming, but the combat shows no demonstrable improvement over that title's bastardized platform/gunplay hybrid. The plot and characters are, at their best, unobtrusive and, at their worst, hateful. The dream sequences that ape popular hollywood flicks (likely without permission, now that I think about it) also stand out as a bizarre bit of fluff.

I don't hold Ready at Dawn accountable for Jak II and Jak III's many sins and, if you enjoyed those titles, you may get something out of this. Otherwise, it's really not worth anyone's time.

90%PlayStation Portable

The reason I bought a PSP lol! Unlike Secret Agent Clank, Daxter the side-kick's story, was hugely entertaining. The mini-games added to the story, it felt like a perfect supplement to the series... Yeah it was a ton of fun! If you have a PSP and haven't played this yet, dust that puppy off and pop this in.

90%No Platform Specified

Daxter is simply an outstanding PSP game that brings back the old-school platform gaming the industry has been shying more and more away from. Sure, its story is kind of ridiculous and even a little boring, but the events that said story lead into are fantastic. From the great level design to the ultra-refined controls to the excellent production values, Daxter is a game every PSP gamer should check out.