Jak 3
Developer(s): Naughty Dog
Publisher(s): SCEA (US), SCEE (EU), SCE Australia (AU), SCEI (KO)
Genre: Action, Platformer
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Gamespot: 8.6/10, Metacritic: 84/100
Game description: Jak 3 combines elements from a variety of genres, including driving, adventure, action, puzzle, strategy, and exploration. The story begins with Jak's banishment to the Wasteland, a desert environment five times the size of Haven City, with multiple areas, including mines and a volcano. Given the expansiveness and variance in terrain, vehicles play a large role in each mission. The game unveils more vehicles, guns, and dark powers and introduces light powers. As Jak and Daxter fight for their lives, both new and familiar characters will slowly be revealed.
Play as Jak in his 3rd game, Jak 3 takes place a short year after the events of Jak II, continuing the series in this exciting sequel!
Test configurations on Windows:
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
NTSC-U | ? |
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0.9.7.3113 | GSdx 3068 (MSVC 15.00, SSe2) 0.1.16 |
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BIOS: USA v01.60 (07/02/2002), FPS: Average. 35 fps when playing level, about 40-45 for cutscenes. Mainly Graphical corruption. Character eyes are missing except Daxter's left eye (to me this made it look like a M-rated game...). | 174.126.227.45 |
NTSC-U(?) | ? |
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0.9.9 r5078 | GSdx 5078 (MSVC 16.00, SSE41) 0.1.16 |
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HACKS: EE Cyclerate: 3, VU Cycle Stealing: 3, All Speed Hacks, Put VU0 to Super VU recompiler mode and let VU1 be microVU | Recoder |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.1.0 r5480 | GSdx 5442 SSE41 |
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Runs above full speed., For some odd reason, the language and text are Japanese, even though this is a US copy of the game. Various graphic glitches, but still playable. | |
PAL | Windows |
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1.3 5886 | GSDX |
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USA v02.00(14/06/2004), a)use Full boot from bios in order to choose game language and get sound, Status: Playable |
Trivia
- Original names: 잭 3 (SCKA-20040)
- The game sets to widescreen when it is prompted by the 16:9 ratio setting in the PS2 internal menu.
- Widescreen crops the top and bottom of the 4:3 image, meaning less visible viewing area than when played in 4:3.
Known Issues
Glitchy eyes
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: Jak & Daxter have glitchy eyes.
- Workaround: This can be fixed by running the game in software mode.
Crash if paused during first race
- Status: Active
- Type: Major
- Description: Pausing during the first race causes the game to crash
- Workaround: Do not pause the game
Language bug
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: The game starts always in Japanese even after the language was already set.
- Workaround: Full boot the game(System -> Boot CDVD (full)), or choose the bottom(third) option in the main menu, then the top option and change the options with the Japanese flag pictures to your preferred language.
Stretched shadows
- Status: Fixed
- Type: Minor
- Description: Objects have stretched shadows.
- Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.
Messed up textures.
- Status: Fixed
- Type: Minor
- Description: Due to lack of mipmapping, many textures are wrong or messed up with Hardware renderers.
- Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.