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In the beginning of the game the mission started with seeking a certain sage but I notice it isn’t fulfilled. This string goes undone and lost in the adventure. It was something I never noticed as a kid playing but now as an adult I see the holes in a classic I adore. Any other strings you found undone or wanting more flushed out?

Tonytheswordsman

If you'll indulge a little trip down memory lane back to Sentinel Beach, there's a little secret that I don't think anyone on the panel knows. Instead of racing to get the power cell from the pelican, you can actually shoot the pelican with the cannon after it steals the power cell and rests on the island. A well placed cannon shot will blow up the pelican and allow you to grab the power cell without any hassle! A fun little detail I didn't discover until about my 20th playthrough of the game :D

Ian Miller

It's great how many small animations make you smile in this game. This time around, my favorite occurred when I fell from great heights to take some fall damage. Both characters pancaked flat on the ground, then sprung back up to keep moving. Good physical comedy right there I also wanted to note that being able to adjust your movement on snowy mountain with a punch made that section SO much more enjoyable. Although, I still petition ice platforming levels be banned from all of gaming.

ImABiggyBoi

I managed to get the blue rings power cell on the first try thanks to having the route pretty much memorized from years of practice. So I was feeling pretty confident in my abilities when I went to try to get the other tough power cell: climbing up the steps at the entrance to spider cave to shoot the metal crate in the volcanic crater. I humbled myself with 7 or 8 garbage runs before I finally got it. A little humility goes a long way, it seems :) What were your toughest power cells? Bonus comment: Thank you, Janet!!!

Hey MinnMaxers. I loved playing through the game to the end, and I'm pretty good with following story...but this one just seemed to go over my head. Bad guys affected by dark ico and we got to stop them using a precursor machine to take over the world? Oh and the sages have magical ico powers, I don't know. What I did enjoy most was gameplay despite at best frustrating camera controls. It is a solid platformer from start to finish. -Groffles

Geoff Enright

Hi, The end of this game has some really challenging platforming! The spider caves and the citadel were really frustrating difficulty wise, combined with the strange checkpoint behaviour. I found it to be a bit of a low point rather than a grand finale. Harrison

Harrison Holt-McHale

What’s your theory on Gol’s balls? (Forgive me.) Are they weights holding him down, weapons, canisters of dark eco, or something else?

DarkFishDays

I am new to gaming and I thoroughly enjoyed this game, but I couldn't help but notice that Keira's design was over-sexualized, and Maia's was even more exaggerated. You could literally see half of Maia's ass crack in one scene. I'm no prude, but no men in this game are dressed remotely provocatively so the game's sexualized depiction of its only significant female characters paints a questionable picture of women in its universe. I dislike the idea of objectifying women as a hack to sell your game to horny, impressionable young men. I know that this issue is in no way unique to Jak and Daxter, but I found it hard to ignore the skimpy outfits, concerningly tiny waists, and incessant hip shaking. Women in real life can dress however they'd like, of course, but artists should think about whether their designs really come across as empowering or degrading.

Thanks for hosting part 2, Janet! Boggy Billy asks you to hold off the rat infestation so his pet will come home. Once completed, the pet is revealed to be this eyeless hog/dog creature. Any design notes on this abomination?

It wouldn't be right if MinnMax didn't call out the Prince reference in the game, the Purple Pain trophy! Less important shout out to the Lead Zeppelin trophy. I'm sure I missed some others too.

Palo

Surprised how accessible most of the power cells were. I really wasn't trying to collect everything, and I still managed to collect all but 6 power cells. One power cell was left behind after collecting the 7th Scout Fly and not noticing when it dropped.

Kraid Belmont

Funny thing happened to me right when I freed the Lead Zeppelin. The Green Sage congratulated Jax and said his uncle would be proud right as a swamp rat attacked my character. I had no health left and Jax pasted out dead. RIP

IanTClark