The Jak And Daxter series embodies one of the most popular PlayStation 2 IP, telling in an imaginative way through action and platforming, the story of two alien characters. Jak, mute at his beginnings, is a humanoid with pointy ears, while his motormouth friend and sidekick Daxter has become an Ottsel – a fusion of an otter and a weasel – and isn’t too happy about it.
Following the videogame industry trend and the success of , Naughty Dog’s sequel added open-world features to its level design and featured a much darker, dystopian plot. Daxter was chosen as the main character of the eponymous videogame that takes place in between these first two games. Jak has been made prisoner in Haven City and Daxter promises to set him free. Two years later, Jak is still a prisoner when the Ottsel is given a job in a disinfestation company. The latter’s boss could not find anyone up to the task of getting rid of the metal bugs that are running around Haven City.
