As it turns out, my fears that Jak X wouldn’t be a fun stream game were unfounded. And since we’re enjoying ourselves so much, let’s keep going.
Perhaps the biggest improvement of this game’s Adventure Mode over something like Crash Team Racing is the way that we’re rarely playing the same types of events repeatedly.
In CTR, most players finish all the normal races first, then the boss race of a given hub, before they can even think about the CTR challenges and Relic Races. All of the events of a specific type are discreetly handed out at roughly the same time, so we tend to do them in batches.
But here, the structure is different. As we accumulate medals, new events open up in a given Cup, and those events can be anything. We may do a Circuit Race only to be greeted by a Deathmatch or a Freeze Rally immediately afterward. This means there’s a constant variety and diversity that keeps gameplay fresh and exciting as we progress through it.
Additionally, while we still have to win the bulk of events, there’s some built-in leeway since we only need 50/60 medals per cup. If a particular race is causing us problems, we can be content to come in second or third and move on to something different.
It’s a smart way to make sure players don’t get bored or frustrated for long, while still allowing for challenging and exciting events.
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