Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

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Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a 2001 platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 (PS2). The player controls Jak, who sets out to reverse the transformation of his friend Daxter into an "ottsel", a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel. This quest eventually turns into an effort to stop a rogue sage from corrupting the world. The game takes place in a cohesive and non-linear world, allowing the player to freely explore interconnected areas. The game was conceived during development of Crash Team Racing (1999), Naughty Dog's final Crash Bandicoot game. Pursuing a new intellectual property, the company envisioned a seamless 3D action-adventure that leveraged the PS2's capabilities. The development team built a new engine using Game Oriented Assembly Lisp (GOAL), a custom language for real-time code changes, and recruited animators from Disney and Nickelodeon. Naughty Dog was acquired by Sony during production...

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