At last, we have reached the final stretch of our journey. Though asking Gol and Maia for help is no longer on the table, we nonetheless press on. Our goals have changed from turning Daxter back into saving the world.
Y’know, that and collecting everything not nailed down to the floor.
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One of the things I appreciate about Jak and Daxter is how they actually do a good job foreshadowing what the final boss is going to be well before we get to it. The idea of a powerful Precursor Robot is brought up multiple times in incidental dialogue, especially from Samos if we take the time to talk to him before setting off.
We even see it come up a few times in levels. One of the primary goals in Boggy Swamp is to prevent the excavation of a robot arm, which is why Gol and Maia have to make do with some personal modifications in their own machine. This same mech was seen earlier, as the lurkers were trying to pry it out of the Spider Caves.
In much the same way seeing other levels in the background helps sell the idea of a contiguous world, this too helps connect everything we’re doing. It’s by far one of the greatest strengths of the game, and something they don’t fully bring into the sequels.
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