Jak and Daxter : The Lost Frontier

Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Review

It's been awhile since Jak and Daxter teamed up for a proper adventure. The last true team-up was Jak III in 2004, then there was the "WTF" kart racer known as Jak X, and then the Ottsel struck out on his own in 2006's portable Daxter. After those titles, Naughty Dog ditched the PS2 and moved on to Uncharted on the PS3 while Ready at Dawn took its PSP skills to God of War: Chains Olympus. For awhile, Jak and Daxter drifted in the darkness. Now, High Impact Games is bringing the duo back in Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier, a platforming/dogfighting tale landing on the PSP and PS2 this week. For the most part, the title's a return to the simpler days of double-jumping through Jak and Daxter: The Precursor's Legacy (i.e. No Dark Jak), but some technical hitches hold it back from being a completely awesome experience. The Lost Frontier picks up with Jak, Daxter, and Eco Sage-in-training Keira on the outskirts of existence. Seems the Eco of their world is in an alarmingly short supply, and our trio is trying to get to the bottom of what's going on. Soon, their trusted Hellcat plane is shot down by sky pirates, they meet an old dude with no memory, and Jak starts learning nifty new abilities.