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Have I ever heard of Jax and Dexter? No. Have I ever owned a Playstation console? No. Am I going to watch this entire 2 hour video on the subject? Absolutely.

This man really just wrote an entire movie script for a KZfaq video. The amount of dedication you have is inspiring

Was practically dying of cancer when this first dropped, never got a chance to help your algorithm by making a comment saying thanks for making a vid on a franchise near and dear to my heart growing up. This was something that in its own little way helped make a particularly painful treatment tolerable. So, thanks for having enough love for something close to your heart that you were able to remind me of my own love for it during a tough time. Happily cancer free and rewatching this again with a clearer head and it's still just as great! Thanks again for another walk down memory lane!

As a kid I didnt have wireless internet until well into the PS3’s lifecycle. This franchise was the first one I got invested in and loved, and I spent so much time playing around in it. I wasnt online at all, so I had nobody to talk to about with regard to my love of the series. In 6th Grade Social Studies I met this kid who also picked “Samos” as the Greek island he wanted to present on because he had also played Jak. This guy loved the franchise even more than I did, going so far as to eventually build his own custom skateboard with Jak and Daxter on it with some precursor flair. I think he even had a Jak statue on his desk in college, something to keep him going while he tried to get a degree in game design. The last time I saw him was while playing Pokemon Go with some friends during that summer it released. We were doing runs in the historic district of town, which this guy lived in, and we actually ran into him while he was out skating on his Jak board. That fall semester he was hospitalized and later passed away after being struck by a car on campus while boarding. When the ports came out for PS4, I made damn sure to platinum TPL for him. I always love when videos like this get made. It reminds me of him, but it also reminds me that there is so much love both in how this franchise was constructed and in how its remembered.

This was absolute Video Games, dude. Actually transcendent.

I thought, "Cool, Jak and Daxter, this will be fun!" Two hours later I'm ugly crying.

This is what Jak and Daxter deserves, a 2 hour video about how amazing it is. It's far too underrated

Been trying to watch this video when I go to bed, but i keep falling asleep to your soothing voice. You probably have 10 full views from me by now

*sees 2 hour length *Puts on seatbelt here we go again

Ratchet and Clank 1,2 and 3. Jak and Daxter 1,2 and 3. Sly cooper 1,2 and 3. The playstation 2 really had the best trilogies.

_Everyone is happy that _*_Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart_*_ exists, but hardcore gamers will remember _*_Jak and Daxter_*_ in a heartbeat._

Man that ending had me in tears. Kudos. This felt less like a Jak and Daxter love letter and more like a freaking Video Game heart pouring.

I find it funny that Keira never realised that it was Jak she was talking to from behind the curtain because she had never heard jak speak before and doesn’t know what he sounds like. And it was only until daxter spoke that she recognised them

is no one else gonna acknowledge that absolute bomb drop of a theory about marriage story at 13:17

I'd kill for a Reignited Trilogy-esque remaster of the Jak series. Also the Light Eco Wings were SO COOL.

The contrast of what was Jak and Daxter's final boss and Jak 3's first boss just in different hands is a nice touch.

Treasure planet, gurren laggan, jak and daxter.. Dude I cannot believe how many of your videos speak directly to me. It’s wild. Thank you.

HAVEN'T WATCHED YET BUT YOU'RE SO RIGHT

“I’ve risked my tail, literally, to save YOU! I’ve been looking for you for 2 years, say something, just this once!” “I’m gonna kill Praxis!” My heart stopped, not only did he talk for the first time, but he sounds badass

That absolutely warmed my heart, Never really realized how much these games influenced my tastes and perceptions. The last 10 min literally had me tearing up, it's nice to be reminded why we love video games.

I think the greatest part about Jak 2 and 3 is that I genuinely forgot where Jak 2 ended and where 3 started. Not because I forgot the ending but because they blended so perfectly together that I thought that I was playing one large game. It felt so real and natural that I just played them like they were the same story all in one.

Dude disappears for 6 months, then drops a 2 hour long video. Fucking love it!!!

Jaks character design in all the games is top tier

The end of this video got me. I still play these to this day because my dad and I played them together, and he passed when I was 6, so I still feel close to him when I play. I play Jak 3 in his honor since he didn't live to see it, and the Damas and Jak end always hits particularly hard. But these games are a masterpiece, and will hold a place in my heart until my dying day. Even The Lost Frontier, for all it's issues. These games are a part of me.

I suffer from pretty intense depression. I sometimes feel entirely cut off from joy in my life. This video reminded me that I was happy once, and I can be happy again. Thanks.

Fun stuff. I worked as a sound designer on Jak3. I remember spending a lot of time balancing out the quality of sounds that I could create with the amount of memory space allotted to be able to use them. All of the PS2's disc streaming resources were 100% allocated to graphics so we had to maintain pretty much every single sound asset in resident memory (around a paltry 500K) and a single load point for tiny level-specific swap-outs at the beginning of levels. Very challenging... even Daxter on the first PSP was more flexible in that regard. Then came the XBox360 and I never had to worry about that stuff anymore. It definitely made me a more clever sound designer tho!

The vision that naughty dog wanted to achieve of an open world platformer with high quality cutscenes and characters to drive the story was just....an ingenious idea....a revolutionary take on game. With every new Jack and Daxter game I personally feel they got closer and closer to their original vision. My personal favorite is Jack and Daxter 2 but I do think 3 was "the best" this was a time where every new development improved the quality of the series not milking the original story. Always they developed always they added more to bring that open world platformer to life. I grew to love and pity some of the characters. I cried when the journey was over. I replayed the trilogy as a whole at least 10 times over. This series....The progression of the series...it's beautiful. This was a different time and I am thankful to you for reminding me of my younger days.

That’s crazy, I never noticed the clothing similarities around his hand/arm between Damos and Jak. I just figured most people did that but upon reflection it seems you’re right. And then the delivery of Jak realizing he’s his son, heart sinks. I’ll always love this Trilogy. This video just adds more to a story I loved watching, playing, being curious about as to the whole time travel thing, his name being Mar. I never even thought about how the symbol of Mar is a ying yang.

Literally a perfect video

“Plays like a sasuke amv looks” hits such a deep neural pathway in my brain I feel like I physically traveled to the past. Great video btw, you really made me remember how much I loved Jak and Daxter

You already had me going with this whole retrospective, but the ending montage really topped it off for me. As hard as we often find it to believe, we really do live in a blessed time where video games not only have the capacity to exist as art, but where we're able to appreciate them as such. Thank you for this affirmation for my love of games, let alone one of my favorite video games of all time.

I don't know how many hours I spent just flying around the dunes of Jak 3 on my hover board or in a buggy... The sense of speed and joy of movement was just sublime.

"This shit plays like a Sasuke AMV looks" might be the best thing I've ever heard. And your analysis on Dark Jak has begged me to add some nuggets, as well. Jak didn't just harness dark eco, he sort of inadvertently became the new sage of it, at least in some semblance. In a world clear of those who remember eco's spiritual application, Jak, someone from the distant past, brings it back in its purest form as violence. Oppressive eco for an oppressive world.

Jak 2 felt like my first "big kid" game growing up, and I'll always love the exaggerated edgy vibe that I thought was so hardcore in 7th grade 🙌🙌

That montage towards the end really brought tears to my eyes and broke me down. It's beautiful seeing all the different games shown off like that. Thank you.

I just realized the line "Every bone in my body tells me that the answers rest on the shoulders of a young boy", answers the question "Who were the precursors?" It can be interpreted as Daxter, literally on Jak's shoulder. The precursors were Ottsels, just like Daxter was turned into in the intro cutscene... 🤯

I wish I had as much enthusiasm for anything in life as BREADSWORD has for his comment section

This is quite possibly both the best video ever, and the most accurate representation of what Jak and Daxter, and video games as a whole mean to me and so many other people. Thank you for this.

wow! i thought i wouldn't want to sit here and watch 2 hours worth of someone's opinion but i not only did, i shared the video to my son (and probably his brothers when they get home from work) i also got Jak and Daxter as a Christmas present in 2002. my boys spent their time watching mommy play this game, enjoying Daxter's antics and the whole story line. (still have a hilarious story about learning about the lurker fish the hard way and my son's reaction to said lurker fish to share). which lead to getting Jak II and the huge surprise that it turned out to be! followed quickly by getting Jak III. to say this trilogy made a mark on our lives is an understatement. even to the point that in 2008 my son got a shih tzu dog and named him Jak and in 2011 a rat terrier and named him Daxter, who both lived up to their naughty dog status (Jak passed in Sept of 2020 :'( but Dater is still with us) my boys are grown but still love Jak and Daxter Thank you for making this video

I miss this trilogy… AND I NEED THESE GAMES ON THE SWITCH BECAUSE IT’S THE ONLY CONSOLE I HAVEEEE

The fisherman's challenge is when my parents first learned i had anger issues

And from the sky he bequeathed us a sword made of bread, and we were grateful. The mighty BREADSWORD is back, and somehow he managed to make another instant classic...truly amazing.

What I thought I was gonna get: yeah this games story is pretty cool What I got: A bit of Me is in everything I enjoy, and that means that in a way, a part of me will exist forever

Dude you hit it all on the head. this was absolutely incredible The Jak games are my fondest memories of my childhood and I still play them today on a ps2 at 25 years old. My mom never liked video games so my dad and I would go into the cold garage with a propane heater to play Jak and Daxter on a small sony tv. Thank you for this video this series deserves it.

I grew up with the Jak trilogy and: - This video is perfect - I want to play those games again!

Thank you for the video. I listened to it on a long walk. :> (by the way, I'm not sure if this was addressed somewhere I missed, but Daxter *is* very, very technically playable throughout the majority of Jak II and 3. He fires guns while Jak is busy driving)

It’s 2021 and I’m so glad videos on this game are still coming out and with as much views as this too. I’m 25 now and I’m replaying the trilogy again for the 20th time and I haven’t had this much fun with a video game in so long, not to say I don’t game anymore because I do play all the modern games but something about these older games hits different. The Jak trilogy is comfortable and had soul, I miss games like this. I feel like most of the games on the ps2 were passion projects and maybe that’s why it is the highest selling console. I hope we have games that we can play that make us feel like a kid again (excited to get home and play for the gameplay and story alone I mean). We really had the best childhood. Thanks for the great video on one of my favorite games ever.

I didn't expect this video to make me feel emotional and to walk away more hopeful. Nice work. I really wish Naughty Dog gave us one more canonical adventure showing us how Mar/Jak left behind such a legacy.

I often felt like Jak and Daxter was criminally underrated. It's my favorite video game series, followed by Borderlands. Jak and Daxter is also the first game series I was able to beat and complete 100%, so that's partially why it's forever a piece of my gaming heart.

Love the Jak and Daxter games one of the first games I ever played. They were super influential. This video was also amazing which I’m sure a lot of work went into it so I say thank you for making it. Always glad to see other people love the games as much as I do

I've missed your content and I hope you've been doing okay in life. Your art has brought me comfort on many nights, allowed me to think of things differently, and just chill out with a really cool person for hours on end. Keep grooving my guy.

bro your intros to videos always make me so confused but it all comes full circle which i love so much

I never knew a video about Jak and Daxter could make me openly cry. Thank you this masterpiece

Precursor has left one of the biggest impacts on my life of any 00s era game. Making a Jak cosplay is also one of my best experiences as a cosplayer too. Seeing others get excited about this often forgotten game is wonderful, so as a fellow fan, thank you for making such a great video on this series.

Every time I watch one of your vids I find myself falling in love with the art you talk about, and feeling like I have a renewed understanding of the story it tells. It's a beautiful feeling, and it reminds me of how I felt venturing through some of the works I grew up on and rooted my love of these mediums in. Thanks for showing me so much more to love in Treasure Planet, The Road to El Dorado, and now Jak and Daxter. I'll be sure to revisit this work too, in hopes of experiencing it again, but with a better understanding and more love in my heart for the beauty built into it.

This almost brought me to tears many times. Jak and Daxter was my first childhood game I played and I have so many fond memories of it. Thank you for this masterpiece of a video.

One of the games series that defined my childhood

I'm just now realising Samos knew they were gonna go into the future and that's why he told Jak to find himself (the kid). I thought he was just saying some hippy sage shit 🤣 damn.

this is me telling you to never delete this video because it is my favorite video on the internet ever, the intro makes me cry without fail and i watch the whole thing every single time

I've watched a few of your videos - but this one made me cry. Thank you.

And here I thought Eyepatch Wolf was the king of melodramatic openings.

Anyone else try watching for 30 minutes, then 30 minutes later you look at the timer and your an hour and half in? Honestly this Single creator has changed the way I look at anything in pop culture. Can't sing enough praises about this content.

I'm curious that with the revamp we seen of Spyro and Crash Bandicoot if Jak and Daxter will ever receive a revamp/remake as well one day or not.

What a brilliant video my man! The video hits especially close to home for me because I too was one of the people who fell in love with video games through Jak and Daxter. Well done.

Rewatching your backlog these past few months has totally shifted what I want from YT essays now. The taste? Immaculate. Thanks for more content king

You know when you suddenly smell some scent you haven't encountered since your childhood and you feel that strangely comforting sting of nostalgia swirl throughout your body and tickle the back of your neck? And you spend the next few moments reminiscing? That's what this video makes me feel but it's 2 hours long. Great video

Dude epic video I love this because when I was a wee lad my first real love for video games was from playing Jak and Daxter on my birthday on a sunny morning and I still love the Jak series and play through them every now and then for nostalgia, but all these recent videos essays on these games makes me a happy boy watching them all. thank you!

Thanks for making another beautiful reflective piece of art. You make me think and help me feel. Cheers and thank you!

Daxter is my personal favorite video game companion/sidekick. If it weren't for his commentary/jokes in the 1st game I probably wouldn't have enjoyed playing it since Jak didn't talk. His spin off game actually shows that he is capable of being a hero in his own right and a comic relief character can have dramatic moments. In the 2nd game we actually got to see his and Jak's relationship develop and we actually see why they are such good friends/heroic duo. And the 3rd game brought their friendship to the test when Daxter stood by Jak when no one else would and he got his happy ending getting his glory, girl, and pants. Oh, and let's just all agree that the last 2 games aren't relevant to their story!

Another breadsword sword, another bout of tears. Seriously, your observations and the set up with which you present them, mixed with your perfect editing, sound and music choices and a narration that feels intimate - like I'm talking with a friend - always leave me with genuine tears at how beautiful story telling can be in all kinds of media. I had a very similar experience growing up with these games and they molded my own skills and preferences for storytelling so I was so excited and happy to see you talk about them. I urge you to never stop doing what you do, because it really does make people happy and your efforts are recognized. Thanks from a little kid who would always look out at the stormy sea from the docks of Rock Village and wonder about the world. 🖤

Just wanna say for the past year every month or two after a long day of work I just load up this video and enjoy it every time. this is one of the greatest videos on this platform or any I’ve seen in the past two decades. I appreciate all the hours you poured into this and will continue to. Thank you.

Sheesh. This has to be the best video I’ve watched on KZfaq. Perhaps due to my childhood attachment to these games, but you perfectly distilled the feelings of wonder, joy, frustration and sheer enjoyment that this trilogy gave me. Thank you so much. Now to watch the rest of your videos!!

The 'Collateral' in Jax 2 was even obvious to me as a kid. It was so hard to NOT hit people, it dawned on it that it had to be intentional. Thereafter, I swore I would NEVER use another vehicle. And save for missions, I didn't. And in missions I always reset if I ran over a pedestrian.

Crazy how both fell in love with games on the same exact day, on the same exact year, on the same exact island, without knowing how shared the experience it was.

I don't know how you keep managing me to feel not only nostalgia, but deep, powerful, tear inducing raw emotion over games and media I've never even interacted with, but... keep doing that. These videos feel like pure catharsis sung directly into my ears, and I never fail to shed more than a few tears by the end. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this video. I first stumbled upon this video a few months ago and was happy to see some appreciation for one of my favourite game series of all time. Although I didnt expect the shere quality of this throwback to my childhood, I'm happy to have found something as passionate as this. I first played these games like ten years ago, starting with Jak 3, which I played a lot with my older brother. It always was a blast and seeing this video finallly gave me the last push to play these games again, thanks to my roomates old Ps2 and a rebuy via Amazon. Playing these games again brought back a feeling of joy you can only can experience as a child, sometimes I felt like I was nine years old again. Now I'm 21 and have just finished Jak 3. Times are much more rough, but thanks to you I had that feeling of security and joy from my childhood again. I'm watching this video for the second time, as I'm going to sleep, having a lullaby from my childhood, something special. I think I would put these games on my personal record too. Thank you.

I absolutely adore Jak and Daxter. I played them so much when I was a kid. To this day in my early 20s and I can still put on the Sandover Village soundtrack from the first game and feel like crying. I miss those games and my childhood so much.

It is actually insane how similar our childhoods were and our interests then and now. It's like I'm watching myself in a different universe make video essays about my favorite things.

This is a well made video that encapsulates this amazing series nearly perfectly. Good job on everything, it truly gives the feels and nostalgia of childhood for me.

from the first time I watched your video on treasure planet, explaining everything that made that movie hit me so hard when i was just a child to this. You keep reminding me that there are reasons that art can be in many forms. your story telling and expanses on your own memory and feelings throughout the time we've all travelled without realizing we all move through it together. thank you for bringing back that joy and wonder of my youth, thank you for helping me remember what it feels like to think of all the reasons, feelings and events through my time here that helped shape me.

Don’t be discouraged by the current view count! It looks like the algorithm was unkind to you on this one; it didn’t pop up in my usual suggestions :/ this is evergreen content though, so I’m sure it’ll eventually gain the audience it deserves :) good stuff

OH MY GOD THE FISHING MINI GAME MONTAGE WAS SO REAL. THAT SHIT WAS SO HARD.

I know it has been a minute, bit this is one on my favorite on videos on KZfaq, I value this video because my childhood will always remember this series. You've open my ears to listening the who, what, where and why I've never thought to considering. Your explanation of these games replicate the enjoyment I've had playing these games. Breadsword, you have stretched my appreciation towards something you don't fully know is gone until it's completed. I'm a forever fan in the shadows. I thank you for the time you dedicate to your channel. I looke forward to your next video. Sic parvis magna!

What a beautiful gamer tribute at the end. Also, DAMN MAN! How you get me to tear up at the end. Haven't done that sense the Sinbad vid.

Honey wake up, Breadsword uploaded!

First game felt kind of like legend of zelda, second game felt like cyberpunk 2077, and the third one like madmax. Love how they experimented differently with different themes

The segment about the fish minigame was so cathartic for me. I never knew i needed to hear this until I did. Thank you!

FATHER, YOU'RE BACK! wait..you forgot the milk?😔

What’s funny is that I was hanging out yesterday and I was like “I wonder what breadsword is up to?” My question has been properly answered. Thank you.

Beautiful work man. It's a privilege to get to learn about you and the stories and games that helped shape you through these videos. What you do is art. Always looking forward to the next video.

This is my first of your videos. Beautifully done. Really got me thinking about my formative games.

3 minutes in and I already know this whole vid is gonna slap

God why does your voice carry the nostalgia so well. It hurts to have my childhood dragged so far into the present.

This video made me tear up. You have quite the way with words. Very beautiful. Thank you.

this was shakespearian; perfectly articulated why this trilogy was such a gem in my childhood and how it resonates with so many others, thank you good sir 👏👏👏

2 hour video from the best channel on youtube? this is gonna be legendary

I cannot truly describe how enamored I am with Jak and Daxter. I first played a demo of it in a Walmart and the vibrant colors and cartoony action drew me into its world. When I finally got a PlayStation 2, it was the very first PS2 game I got. And I played it over and over again. Of all the games I've ever played, this one was the purist magic for me. Commiserating with your story of such a profoundly impactful part of my childhood was a real blessing. Thank you.

I gotta say, your video really moved me. You hooked me with Nostalgia, and left me thinking about my gaming career as a whole and all the lives that have touched mine and that I've touched along the way. Keep making content, you are an eloquent and beautiful person.

I watched this video a year ago and so many memories of my childhood playing Jax and Daxter it was one of the first games my parents got me for the PlayStation 2 on my birthday. my best friend and I played Jax and Daxter all night trying to get all the Precursor orbs. The sheer rage-inducing level of trying to get past the fire canyon on the hoverbike. I grew up playing the trilogy and falling in love with the story. I come back to this video every now and again to watch it and remember the good times. It's almost poetic that I am watching this on New Year's Eve talk about a perfect circle. I hope you have a great year BreadSword Love the work keep it going