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jecca_mehlota) wrote2007-05-27 12:36 am
jecca_mehlota) wrote2007-05-27 12:36 am
What? It's the end.
I haven't updated this since Wednesday (technically it was Thursday, but it was Wednesday's notes). It has been hot since then, and I have been disinclined to turn my personal space heater laptop on. As such, all of my notes were hand written and I had to type them all up. I was bored.
I finished the game about an hour ago, so this goes straight through to the end!
So. Off to the catacombs, then?
...Nope, Seem needs me first.
I really do not like these things with the self-generated shields. ...That is all.
Light Jak can fly now?! AWESOMENESS. SO MUCH AWESOMENESS. I foresee a whole lot of falling deaths in the near future.
And, you know, I really feel like Daxter is perhaps mocking me whenever I am in Light mode. I mean, I feel like he's mocking me most of the time, but the pose? Hands in a typical prayer position and head tilting side to side and all? It's pretty funny looking, actually, Jak standing there all stern and hands-clasped-behind-his-back (and, er, now with giant glowing wings), with that on his shoulder.
The FERAL OTTSEL look he takes up for Dark Jak is just less funny, I guess.
This flying feels a lot more like Controlled Falling. Maybe it's just me, though.
And, here I demonstrate my stupidity, but I feel a bit disoriented now that I've finally figured out that each time I've received a new Light ability, I've been in the same room, just at a different side of it. Gwaaah.
Errol's gonna kill us all, yes, yes, Seem, we know. ...Wait, so, she was granted the gift of seeing her creators (which I am, of course, assuming to mean the Precursors), and thanks to Daxter? I'm not sure I like what that may be implying.
Oh, God, Damas, if I'm really the best gunner you've got, we are in a lot of trouble. But back to Spargus! Hooray!
Ha, I knew that was gonna happen eventually! In my characteristic CRASH parking job, I just accidentally blew up one of the other vehicles and got a MISSION FAILED. Hee!
Aw, no! Those stupid Dark Eco monsters are here in town? Augh! Though I like that the people here pull out their guns and have at, rather than just running around aimlessly and getting killed all over the place. Good job, guys. Good job.
I mean, they're still getting killed, but at least they're pretending to fight back.
I know there is a ladder that goes up to the turret and all, but it's so much more fun to climb up without it. Today I took a leaper with me!
OH MY GOD WHAT ARE THOSE? THEY ARE HUGE AND TERRIFYING AND LOOK KIND OF LIKE EMPTIES, ESPECIALLY CRAVERS AND I AM HAVING PROMYVION FLASHBACKS. AUGH AUGH NO!
Shut up! Promyvion is traumatizing! Be thankful they look like something from Mea and not Holla or, so help me, Dem. asfdgmfjkfdb
Oh, good. Now that I see them out of the water, they look a lot less like Empties and more like... just really weird.
Though, on the other hand, this realization had severely decreased my frantic need to kill them, kill them all, kill them now, oh God.
But, whoo! I did it!
Damas was the leader of Haven City? Er, that's surprising. Yeah, Jak, get some clarification, there.
Man, that stupid Praxis is ever more of a jerk than I thought. Why would you want to banish Damas? He is made of awesomeness. (Also, why is Damas telling me this? He keeps telling me things that... just, I do not know why. I DO NOT MIND, just it is kind of odd sometimes.)
Yay! I'm officially a Wastelander!
MORE MAR ARMOR. And more Lost Son angst. Sadness!
Also. I like the relationship they're building between these two. It amuses me and is slightly adorable in a very strange way. I, er... wait.
...Hrm.
Anyway, now I am back to the forest! Which has, apparently, been overrun by dark creatures. Drat. I wish they'd stop trying to ruin that forest! I like it there!
AUGH THE SHIP ATE MY BRAAAAAIN.
Oh. I'm controlling a Titan Suit. Just an evil one. Okay, that's workable.
Ahahaha, sabotage!
This ship looks like something out of the Dolphin's Nightmare section of Ecco: Defender of the Future. ...Self, stop being reminded of things that have no relation.
I'm not sure who just said "Our hero!" I very strongly suspect it was the Precursors, but they sounded very different. And Jak apparently had a moment of confusion because of it. mrg? They look like Daxter or something? Yeah, that's ... they keep trying to imply that, don't they?
... Hey, cool! I can grab onto or jump on top of all these little things whirling around up here! I am on top of the Astro-Viewer! Hooray!
I got onto one of the spinning rings, but it threw me off after a moment from the spinning.
I am really very, very glad that, in this game, the Zoomer is always outside the forest when I leave, rather than only when I arrive. I do not want to have to ever try to walk out of here through the Metal Head sanctuary. But I wish half the city weren't gone the way it is. I miss my shortcuts.
WOW HEY. Torn and Jinx are going on the mission instead of me?! I am in shock!
No, really.
This probably means I'll be escorting them, though, doesn't it?
AUGH EXPLOSIVE VEHICLE ESCORT AGAIN. I hate you, Ashelin. But Jak was making some great faces through there. Dax, you're a bit of a nut.
... w-wait. Why is Sig here? I am hearing Sig's voice and I do not know why!
Yeah, that is definitely Sig. SIG THERE ARE NO METAL HEADS HERE AND ALSO AREN'T YOU BACK INTHE LAND OF AWESOMENESS SPARGUS? No one mentioned you being here! (I mean, I do not mind, because Sig is very awesome, but, er. I am confused.) (Seriously, when did he arrive? Did I just space on half of the scene or something?)
Okay, so these are Metal Heads, but that's really no excuse, Sig.
TORN STOP PICKING UP MISSILES, I DO NOT CARE HOW SAD AND LONELY THEY LOOK YOU CANNOT LET THEM FOLLOW YOU HOME AND WE CANNOT KEEP THEM.
Ack! Ambush! Bail out!
Oh, good, there is a checkpoint...
And speaking of bailing out... Jump, Torn!
...Yes, Daxter, you just stay here and protect Sig. Because he absolutely needs it.
Now I invade! ...Oh, joy! There is a Light Eco vent near the entrance! That means I can run back and heal all the time. This means I can die less! Yay! (Believe me or no, this is actually the first time I've actively used the healing ability. I'm not sure why I've been ignoring it, to be honest.)
... Assuming I can avoid falling, anyway, which is most unlikely.
And now they have put a rift between us that I cannot cross! No!
Gah. I am so bad at aiming. Okay!
We have finally made it through, apparently! Hooray! And, of course, it is Er/rol and he is being an annoying jerk again.
ALSO BOOM. Yay, explosions!
Now we go to the Catacombs.
Tricky, aren't they? I took entirely took long to notice the rail to grind up using the hoverboard. I kept trying to climb the junk pile.
WE CALL THE WASTELANDERS. Nothing happens, but it's not like they can teleport.
Haa, the Metal Heads're befuddled by stairs! Oh, these guys are gonna be easy.
OH SHIT BOTTOMLESS PIT WHERE DID THAT COME FROM
I continue to be my own worst enemy.
Ah, but sometimes I am smart! I do not want to die and then have to fight my way back - in the dark! - through the swarms of Metal Heads now lacking the glowing plate! So I refrain from playing "Can I get over there?" for the time being.
Whoohoo! Light Eco vents!
Although, I do not think flying really drains your Light Eco store. I guess they are there for if you ever actually use Light abilities at times other than when you are standing directly over a vent. I am slightly odd.
Does it make me a bad person that I really enjoy seeing the stadium in such a state? Some sort of vengeful glee. Yes, that is what you get for making me blow up on your walls so much. RUINATION.
Oho! Look who wasn't murdered by collapsing platforms! Booyah!
Also, look who just got stuck in the wall. Sorry, game, I guess I will refrain from celebrating my failure to fall to my death.
Look who just outsmarted the wall by turning Light and flying out! Hah!
Oh, blast, I'd made it so far without dying! CURSE YOU, BOTTOMLESS PITS.
Fortunately, I did not go back far! Just outside the most recent door I broke down. Hooray!
And again. Man, I cannot grind to ... I hesitate to use "save my life," considering the circumstances, really.
This falling death would annoy me less if I didn't have to cross another problematic pit in the process of trying to get to it.
HEY PECKER, I'VE BEEN FALLING DOWN HOLES. It's great fun. Try it sometime. If you ask me what took me so long again I will give you the experience.
Oh, come on, guys. You're not gonna die against those. Oh, yay, Damas! Hooray! And here I was all thinking I'd have to fight the blasted things! Yay! hee~
Apparently Damas doesn't care in the least about his buggy, because he is letting me pilot it. Not much of one for personal safety, either, I guess.
Does this thing have limitless boosting power?
...Ow. Those missiles hurt.
I have no idea how to get across this pit.
... Oh. WELL. It's not a pit! That's, er, good to know, considering I just fell into it.
... I am suddenly very uneasy. What is about to happen? Augh! Nothing good, I am certain! Nervous!
Erg. OKAY, JUST DRIVE THROUGH THE STUPID GATE, YOU SPENT THAT MUCH TIME TRYING TO OPEN IT, HONESTLY, SELF.
... Okay, I have no idea why Jak is in Dark Mode? I wasn't Dark before getting in the vehicle was I? I at least wasn't Dark when Damas came crashing through the wall. Bizarre.
AUGH MISSSILE. At least that one wasn't my fault. Also, I am normal again. ...Random fluke?
Oh, damn it, he didn't get out in time! Or get thrown out. Or whatever it was that I did when the vehicle flipped. That's not g-
WHAT?! WHAT NO! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE YOU ARE AWESOME, DAMAS. STOP TRYING TO DIE. IT'S JUST A VEHICLE ON TOP OF YOU, THAT HAPPENS TO JAK ALL THE TIME AND HE'S (er, arguably) FINE.
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I am distraught now.
._.
... I didn't really see that "oh, by the way? Totally your father. Too bad I just died on you" thing coming. Augh. Augh.
It is less surprising that it should be, too, I think. I mean, arg. I mean, I had suspicions, but. They'd kind of been building an 'almost father/son' relationship between Jak and Damas, and there are not coincidences in these games, apparently. Those evil sneaks.
Did Sig and Little Jak really never cross paths? I could've sworn... oh, well.
Okay, Veger. You're a major jerk with an attitude problem, but I'd been willing to overlook it because you were obviously just completely insane. NOW I DISLIKE YOU A LOT. I HOPE YOU GET STABBED OR SOMETHING EQUALLY UNHAPPINESS-CAUSING. Maybe you'll be contaminated with Dark Eco. I do not think you would like that in the least.
Maybe then you would see fit to purge yourself from existence to help cleanse the world or whatever you were going on about before.
RAH! CHASE! *pursues!*
... oh, God, not more tunnel flying.
AUGH FOCUS.
THERE. Apparently all I need to navigate these blasted tunnels is a burning need to smite Veger and to be quite a bit upset.
... But I don't wanna be a Precursor.
Not sure Jak really wants to, either, but that was a really strange expression and it's entirely possible and even likely that I misinterpreted it.
Blah. Veger, I hope that comes back and bites you. ...And don't even think about shooting me, I will eat you.
... They're arguing with themselves? Hee!
.... *Wizard of Oz flashbacks*
Oh, they ARE! *dies laughing* ("Oh, my God" about sums it up, Jak. Ha!)
Oh, God, Veger, you decided to become one of them, too! Ha! Hurry up and make that realization!
His eye is twitching. I am enjoying this far too much! But Daxter's going to let this go straight to his head. ... Well, small price.
AND WE'RE BACK TO PANTS AGAIN. DAXTER, YOUR OBSESSION IS SLIGHTLY WORRISOME.
Ha! Veger's an Ottsel now! No, no, I am not going to stop calling them Ottsels just because they are also Precursors. I hope he gets fleas and is itchy.
At this stage, I scurry off to work. In the Not Even Five Hours I spent out of the house (in my defense, I was stuck inside a hot bakery and dealing with grumpy people) I managed to come up with my Grand Self-Delusion for this game! Go, me. Anyway, I have managed to convince myself that Damas knew about Jak. Mar. Whoever. THAT GUY. THAT I AM CONTROLLING IN THE SCREEN. YES, HIM.
Unfortunately, I am too fried to make it come out coherent right now.
NOW I AM BACK FROM WORK AND PLAY MORE.
Aaargh, more timed missions! After this I fight Er/rol, right? Gah!
I am a firm believer in RUNNING AWAY! Oh, yes. The area where you need to fly - right after the checkpoint? - I am very nearly out of ammunition, so I have started just running through. I don't kill the Dark Makers on the ground, I don't kill the Dark Makers in the air. Instead, I practice High Maneuvering Flight Methods. Surprisingly, I didn't get hit once, in all the times I had to do this! (I cross the huge pit no problem and then I cannot cross the small gap in the next area. How typical.)
Ack! Bad idea, Jak! He can fly - like, actually fly! - and you can't! Falling! Nooo!
Oh. Apparently Light Jak can actually fly, just not when I'm controlling him. That's both good and ...kind of annoying.
NOW WE RUN AWAY VERY FAST.
Wah, that thing is huge!
I notice those blasted Marauders aren't out and about all of a sudden. Don't need them trying to gun me down on top of Er/rol, anyway, of course.
.... hrm.
I took out four of the things-on-its-feet, got hit by a missile, and the PS2 froze up (well, it is very warm out and it has been on for the last two or more days). Er/rol really doesn't want me fighting him, apparently.
That or the Marauders have sabotaged me. I bet that's it! NO WONDER THEY AREN'T OUT HERE IN THE DESERT.
And the controller won't stop twitching. It's scaring the dog. (He is kind of pathetic.)
So, reset, then!
Let's try that again.
You know what? I hate this vehicle about as much as they love putting me in it. Were I given a choice, I would choose any other vehicle, up to and including LOADED BOMB CARRIER.
I dislike the Sand Shark that much. It is useless and has terrible handling and a pitiful attack.
Every time I finally spot one of those things on its feet, I get stepped on! I find this far more amusing than I perhaps should.
Though, really, Jak said it was headed for the city, but we've walked past it at least twice in this round alone, so I'm guessing Er/rol's just a really awful pilot or completely lost or something.
BUT OKAY. We finally got the feet down. That took entirely too long.
NOW WE FIGHT ER/ROL, HOORAH.
Okay!
Okay, tentacles.
Gifhfgkjn what is a good weapon the yellow one is failing me! This is a tragedy! That's my favorite one! WHY IS IT FAILING ME? *sob!*
Blue's not going to be any good, either, so either red or dark... uh! Uh. I toggle madly through my weapons now! (I finally figured out where to find them all! Up is red, down is yellow, left is blue - I think, I never use blue - and right is dark. I am so smart!)
WAVE CONCUSSOR.
... is not effective. Okay, red's not gonna cut it, either. I don't even know what the dark guns are.
Ooooh. Right, the Peace Maker's one of these things. Ohoho, Er/rol, you are so dead. Homing attacks + massive damage = win.
NOW I DIE. Brilliance. At least I picked out what weapon to actually use.
Okay, Er/rol, that was actually kind of pathetic. But it was a big explosion! Whoo!
... hey, we parked the Sand Shark right by the Dark Maker thing, and now we're walking back. Does that mean it was destroyed for good? Finally? Probably not, but hey.
WAIT WHAT WAS THAT? Ashelin? I thought Jak was supposed to have a thing with Keira. You know, the girl who had like three lines of dialogue this game. Greenish hair? ... hello? ....... okay, then.
(Er, honestly, I can't see it for either of them - Keira or Ashelin - but whatever.)
Huh. Sig's the new ruler of Spargus, it looks like? That's cool. NOT AS COOL AS DAMAS, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU, GAME.
Why is Seem nodding as Ashelin's, "THE Mar?" Did she know? ... I guess it's not really that surprising.
What? What? We can't go on an adventure without Daxter! That's just... weird! It's not done! I flail.
... He can have anything at all and he asks for pants. That is so not surprising it almost hurts.
Silly Tess. Now you're an Ottsel (with spiffy pants), too! I cannot imagine this bothers either of you too much.
... Hee! Kleiver's taken Veger-Ottsel as his unwilling sidekick! That's hilarious! Veger is such a sorry looking Ottsel, but I can't really feel bad for him. It's what he wanted, anyway!
"We have something to show you."
"What?"
"The universe!"
That exchange is far more amusing than it really has any right to be.
SURPISE! I DIDN'T REALLY LEAVE! That or I left and went on a crazy adventure and then came right back to when I left. I like the second one better. Hee!
Yay! NOW WHAT? Actually, I will probably try to collect more Precursor Orbs, unless I have enough as it is to unlock all of the Art Gallery stuff.
Of course, I died a lot attempting this stuff.
Non-cumulative death list!
Buggy in water: 3
Falling forever: 43
-- in a buggy: 1
Dark Maker: 15
Monster in Turret: 5
Turret Explode!: 2
KG Bot: 1
MISSION FAILED:
Vehicle Destroyed!: 1
Escort Jinx and Torn: 3
Crash Through Palace Ruins: 1
System Froze: 1
Vehicle Destroyed by Feet: 5
Er/rol: 1
The total!
The Cumulative Jak 3 Death List
Falling... forever: 97
-- in a Buggy: 17
Lava: 4
-- on a Leaper: 9
Arena Fighters: 1
Buggy in Water: 9
Buggy go BOOM: 8
Hoverboard Accident: 4
EXPLODE IN TUNNEL: 70
SHIP EXPLODE: 1
Turret Explode!: 2
Killed By Gun Course: 3
Sewer Fan: 1
Zappy-defense-thing in Temple: 5
Spin-poles while invisible:
-- invisibility wore off: 1
Run over by train-thing: 2
Rolly-things: 2
Red-Orange thing: 1
Red Roller-bots in town: 1
Blast Bots: 1
Sewer-drone: 2
Sewer Guards: 1
Marauder Missile: 1
KG Bot: 1
Flying KG Bots: 2
Er/rol's KG Bots: 2
Metal Heads: 4
Metal Head mud: 1
Dark Maker: 15
Dark Maker in Turret: 5
Sand-Boss: 1
Sand-dudes at Oasis: 1
Precursor Robot: 2
Precursor Robot's minions: 2
Vehicle Destroyed by Feet: 5
Er/rol: 1
MISSION FAILED: 112
Buggy Race: 6
Collect Artifacts: 1
Leaper Racing: 4
Fly to the volcano!: 11
Rescue Wastelanders: 1
Escort train-thing: 2
Escort Jinx: 7
Steal Eco Shipment: 31
Defend Port: 7
-- because of Civilian Death: 2
Steer Blast-Bot: 1
Defend HQ: 1
Artifacts: 6
Kill Metal Heads in Nest: 1
Kill Metal Heads while Sig drives: 2
Catch Marauders!: 9
Statues in Forest: 14
Vehicle Destroyed!: 1
Escort Jinx and Torn: 3
Crash Through Palace Ruins: 1
As Daxter: 40
Crashed Leaper: 5
Falling from sliding pipe: 6
Missile explode!: 16
Pac-Ottsel: 13
System Froze: 1 (not counted)
Total: 437
I think of the three, Jak II gets my vote for hardest. No, not just because it had the highest death toll! Because of the racing! Argh, Zoomer racing.
I promised my brother I would finish Star Ocean before working on anything else. So! That is all for now.
I finished the game about an hour ago, so this goes straight through to the end!
So. Off to the catacombs, then?
...Nope, Seem needs me first.
I really do not like these things with the self-generated shields. ...That is all.
Light Jak can fly now?! AWESOMENESS. SO MUCH AWESOMENESS. I foresee a whole lot of falling deaths in the near future.
And, you know, I really feel like Daxter is perhaps mocking me whenever I am in Light mode. I mean, I feel like he's mocking me most of the time, but the pose? Hands in a typical prayer position and head tilting side to side and all? It's pretty funny looking, actually, Jak standing there all stern and hands-clasped-behind-his-back (and, er, now with giant glowing wings), with that on his shoulder.
The FERAL OTTSEL look he takes up for Dark Jak is just less funny, I guess.
This flying feels a lot more like Controlled Falling. Maybe it's just me, though.
And, here I demonstrate my stupidity, but I feel a bit disoriented now that I've finally figured out that each time I've received a new Light ability, I've been in the same room, just at a different side of it. Gwaaah.
Errol's gonna kill us all, yes, yes, Seem, we know. ...Wait, so, she was granted the gift of seeing her creators (which I am, of course, assuming to mean the Precursors), and thanks to Daxter? I'm not sure I like what that may be implying.
Oh, God, Damas, if I'm really the best gunner you've got, we are in a lot of trouble. But back to Spargus! Hooray!
Ha, I knew that was gonna happen eventually! In my characteristic CRASH parking job, I just accidentally blew up one of the other vehicles and got a MISSION FAILED. Hee!
Aw, no! Those stupid Dark Eco monsters are here in town? Augh! Though I like that the people here pull out their guns and have at, rather than just running around aimlessly and getting killed all over the place. Good job, guys. Good job.
I mean, they're still getting killed, but at least they're pretending to fight back.
I know there is a ladder that goes up to the turret and all, but it's so much more fun to climb up without it. Today I took a leaper with me!
OH MY GOD WHAT ARE THOSE? THEY ARE HUGE AND TERRIFYING AND LOOK KIND OF LIKE EMPTIES, ESPECIALLY CRAVERS AND I AM HAVING PROMYVION FLASHBACKS. AUGH AUGH NO!
Shut up! Promyvion is traumatizing! Be thankful they look like something from Mea and not Holla or, so help me, Dem. asfdgmfjkfdb
Oh, good. Now that I see them out of the water, they look a lot less like Empties and more like... just really weird.
Though, on the other hand, this realization had severely decreased my frantic need to kill them, kill them all, kill them now, oh God.
But, whoo! I did it!
Damas was the leader of Haven City? Er, that's surprising. Yeah, Jak, get some clarification, there.
Man, that stupid Praxis is ever more of a jerk than I thought. Why would you want to banish Damas? He is made of awesomeness. (Also, why is Damas telling me this? He keeps telling me things that... just, I do not know why. I DO NOT MIND, just it is kind of odd sometimes.)
Yay! I'm officially a Wastelander!
MORE MAR ARMOR. And more Lost Son angst. Sadness!
Also. I like the relationship they're building between these two. It amuses me and is slightly adorable in a very strange way. I, er... wait.
...Hrm.
Anyway, now I am back to the forest! Which has, apparently, been overrun by dark creatures. Drat. I wish they'd stop trying to ruin that forest! I like it there!
AUGH THE SHIP ATE MY BRAAAAAIN.
Oh. I'm controlling a Titan Suit. Just an evil one. Okay, that's workable.
Ahahaha, sabotage!
This ship looks like something out of the Dolphin's Nightmare section of Ecco: Defender of the Future. ...Self, stop being reminded of things that have no relation.
I'm not sure who just said "Our hero!" I very strongly suspect it was the Precursors, but they sounded very different. And Jak apparently had a moment of confusion because of it. mrg? They look like Daxter or something? Yeah, that's ... they keep trying to imply that, don't they?
... Hey, cool! I can grab onto or jump on top of all these little things whirling around up here! I am on top of the Astro-Viewer! Hooray!
I got onto one of the spinning rings, but it threw me off after a moment from the spinning.
I am really very, very glad that, in this game, the Zoomer is always outside the forest when I leave, rather than only when I arrive. I do not want to have to ever try to walk out of here through the Metal Head sanctuary. But I wish half the city weren't gone the way it is. I miss my shortcuts.
WOW HEY. Torn and Jinx are going on the mission instead of me?! I am in shock!
No, really.
This probably means I'll be escorting them, though, doesn't it?
AUGH EXPLOSIVE VEHICLE ESCORT AGAIN. I hate you, Ashelin. But Jak was making some great faces through there. Dax, you're a bit of a nut.
... w-wait. Why is Sig here? I am hearing Sig's voice and I do not know why!
Yeah, that is definitely Sig. SIG THERE ARE NO METAL HEADS HERE AND ALSO AREN'T YOU BACK IN
Okay, so these are Metal Heads, but that's really no excuse, Sig.
TORN STOP PICKING UP MISSILES, I DO NOT CARE HOW SAD AND LONELY THEY LOOK YOU CANNOT LET THEM FOLLOW YOU HOME AND WE CANNOT KEEP THEM.
Ack! Ambush! Bail out!
Oh, good, there is a checkpoint...
And speaking of bailing out... Jump, Torn!
...Yes, Daxter, you just stay here and protect Sig. Because he absolutely needs it.
Now I invade! ...Oh, joy! There is a Light Eco vent near the entrance! That means I can run back and heal all the time. This means I can die less! Yay! (Believe me or no, this is actually the first time I've actively used the healing ability. I'm not sure why I've been ignoring it, to be honest.)
... Assuming I can avoid falling, anyway, which is most unlikely.
And now they have put a rift between us that I cannot cross! No!
Gah. I am so bad at aiming. Okay!
We have finally made it through, apparently! Hooray! And, of course, it is Er/rol and he is being an annoying jerk again.
ALSO BOOM. Yay, explosions!
Now we go to the Catacombs.
Tricky, aren't they? I took entirely took long to notice the rail to grind up using the hoverboard. I kept trying to climb the junk pile.
WE CALL THE WASTELANDERS. Nothing happens, but it's not like they can teleport.
Haa, the Metal Heads're befuddled by stairs! Oh, these guys are gonna be easy.
OH SHIT BOTTOMLESS PIT WHERE DID THAT COME FROM
I continue to be my own worst enemy.
Ah, but sometimes I am smart! I do not want to die and then have to fight my way back - in the dark! - through the swarms of Metal Heads now lacking the glowing plate! So I refrain from playing "Can I get over there?" for the time being.
Whoohoo! Light Eco vents!
Although, I do not think flying really drains your Light Eco store. I guess they are there for if you ever actually use Light abilities at times other than when you are standing directly over a vent. I am slightly odd.
Does it make me a bad person that I really enjoy seeing the stadium in such a state? Some sort of vengeful glee. Yes, that is what you get for making me blow up on your walls so much. RUINATION.
Oho! Look who wasn't murdered by collapsing platforms! Booyah!
Also, look who just got stuck in the wall. Sorry, game, I guess I will refrain from celebrating my failure to fall to my death.
Look who just outsmarted the wall by turning Light and flying out! Hah!
Oh, blast, I'd made it so far without dying! CURSE YOU, BOTTOMLESS PITS.
Fortunately, I did not go back far! Just outside the most recent door I broke down. Hooray!
And again. Man, I cannot grind to ... I hesitate to use "save my life," considering the circumstances, really.
This falling death would annoy me less if I didn't have to cross another problematic pit in the process of trying to get to it.
HEY PECKER, I'VE BEEN FALLING DOWN HOLES. It's great fun. Try it sometime. If you ask me what took me so long again I will give you the experience.
Oh, come on, guys. You're not gonna die against those. Oh, yay, Damas! Hooray! And here I was all thinking I'd have to fight the blasted things! Yay! hee~
Apparently Damas doesn't care in the least about his buggy, because he is letting me pilot it. Not much of one for personal safety, either, I guess.
Does this thing have limitless boosting power?
...Ow. Those missiles hurt.
I have no idea how to get across this pit.
... Oh. WELL. It's not a pit! That's, er, good to know, considering I just fell into it.
... I am suddenly very uneasy. What is about to happen? Augh! Nothing good, I am certain! Nervous!
Erg. OKAY, JUST DRIVE THROUGH THE STUPID GATE, YOU SPENT THAT MUCH TIME TRYING TO OPEN IT, HONESTLY, SELF.
... Okay, I have no idea why Jak is in Dark Mode? I wasn't Dark before getting in the vehicle was I? I at least wasn't Dark when Damas came crashing through the wall. Bizarre.
AUGH MISSSILE. At least that one wasn't my fault. Also, I am normal again. ...Random fluke?
Oh, damn it, he didn't get out in time! Or get thrown out. Or whatever it was that I did when the vehicle flipped. That's not g-
WHAT?! WHAT NO! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE YOU ARE AWESOME, DAMAS. STOP TRYING TO DIE. IT'S JUST A VEHICLE ON TOP OF YOU, THAT HAPPENS TO JAK ALL THE TIME AND HE'S (er, arguably) FINE.
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I am distraught now.
._.
... I didn't really see that "oh, by the way? Totally your father. Too bad I just died on you" thing coming. Augh. Augh.
It is less surprising that it should be, too, I think. I mean, arg. I mean, I had suspicions, but. They'd kind of been building an 'almost father/son' relationship between Jak and Damas, and there are not coincidences in these games, apparently. Those evil sneaks.
Did Sig and Little Jak really never cross paths? I could've sworn... oh, well.
Okay, Veger. You're a major jerk with an attitude problem, but I'd been willing to overlook it because you were obviously just completely insane. NOW I DISLIKE YOU A LOT. I HOPE YOU GET STABBED OR SOMETHING EQUALLY UNHAPPINESS-CAUSING. Maybe you'll be contaminated with Dark Eco. I do not think you would like that in the least.
Maybe then you would see fit to purge yourself from existence to help cleanse the world or whatever you were going on about before.
RAH! CHASE! *pursues!*
... oh, God, not more tunnel flying.
AUGH FOCUS.
THERE. Apparently all I need to navigate these blasted tunnels is a burning need to smite Veger and to be quite a bit upset.
... But I don't wanna be a Precursor.
Not sure Jak really wants to, either, but that was a really strange expression and it's entirely possible and even likely that I misinterpreted it.
Blah. Veger, I hope that comes back and bites you. ...And don't even think about shooting me, I will eat you.
... They're arguing with themselves? Hee!
.... *Wizard of Oz flashbacks*
Oh, they ARE! *dies laughing* ("Oh, my God" about sums it up, Jak. Ha!)
Oh, God, Veger, you decided to become one of them, too! Ha! Hurry up and make that realization!
His eye is twitching. I am enjoying this far too much! But Daxter's going to let this go straight to his head. ... Well, small price.
AND WE'RE BACK TO PANTS AGAIN. DAXTER, YOUR OBSESSION IS SLIGHTLY WORRISOME.
Ha! Veger's an Ottsel now! No, no, I am not going to stop calling them Ottsels just because they are also Precursors. I hope he gets fleas and is itchy.
At this stage, I scurry off to work. In the Not Even Five Hours I spent out of the house (in my defense, I was stuck inside a hot bakery and dealing with grumpy people) I managed to come up with my Grand Self-Delusion for this game! Go, me. Anyway, I have managed to convince myself that Damas knew about Jak. Mar. Whoever. THAT GUY. THAT I AM CONTROLLING IN THE SCREEN. YES, HIM.
Unfortunately, I am too fried to make it come out coherent right now.
NOW I AM BACK FROM WORK AND PLAY MORE.
Aaargh, more timed missions! After this I fight Er/rol, right? Gah!
I am a firm believer in RUNNING AWAY! Oh, yes. The area where you need to fly - right after the checkpoint? - I am very nearly out of ammunition, so I have started just running through. I don't kill the Dark Makers on the ground, I don't kill the Dark Makers in the air. Instead, I practice High Maneuvering Flight Methods. Surprisingly, I didn't get hit once, in all the times I had to do this! (I cross the huge pit no problem and then I cannot cross the small gap in the next area. How typical.)
Ack! Bad idea, Jak! He can fly - like, actually fly! - and you can't! Falling! Nooo!
Oh. Apparently Light Jak can actually fly, just not when I'm controlling him. That's both good and ...kind of annoying.
NOW WE RUN AWAY VERY FAST.
Wah, that thing is huge!
I notice those blasted Marauders aren't out and about all of a sudden. Don't need them trying to gun me down on top of Er/rol, anyway, of course.
.... hrm.
I took out four of the things-on-its-feet, got hit by a missile, and the PS2 froze up (well, it is very warm out and it has been on for the last two or more days). Er/rol really doesn't want me fighting him, apparently.
That or the Marauders have sabotaged me. I bet that's it! NO WONDER THEY AREN'T OUT HERE IN THE DESERT.
And the controller won't stop twitching. It's scaring the dog. (He is kind of pathetic.)
So, reset, then!
Let's try that again.
You know what? I hate this vehicle about as much as they love putting me in it. Were I given a choice, I would choose any other vehicle, up to and including LOADED BOMB CARRIER.
I dislike the Sand Shark that much. It is useless and has terrible handling and a pitiful attack.
Every time I finally spot one of those things on its feet, I get stepped on! I find this far more amusing than I perhaps should.
Though, really, Jak said it was headed for the city, but we've walked past it at least twice in this round alone, so I'm guessing Er/rol's just a really awful pilot or completely lost or something.
BUT OKAY. We finally got the feet down. That took entirely too long.
NOW WE FIGHT ER/ROL, HOORAH.
Okay!
Okay, tentacles.
Gifhfgkjn what is a good weapon the yellow one is failing me! This is a tragedy! That's my favorite one! WHY IS IT FAILING ME? *sob!*
Blue's not going to be any good, either, so either red or dark... uh! Uh. I toggle madly through my weapons now! (I finally figured out where to find them all! Up is red, down is yellow, left is blue - I think, I never use blue - and right is dark. I am so smart!)
WAVE CONCUSSOR.
... is not effective. Okay, red's not gonna cut it, either. I don't even know what the dark guns are.
Ooooh. Right, the Peace Maker's one of these things. Ohoho, Er/rol, you are so dead. Homing attacks + massive damage = win.
NOW I DIE. Brilliance. At least I picked out what weapon to actually use.
Okay, Er/rol, that was actually kind of pathetic. But it was a big explosion! Whoo!
... hey, we parked the Sand Shark right by the Dark Maker thing, and now we're walking back. Does that mean it was destroyed for good? Finally? Probably not, but hey.
WAIT WHAT WAS THAT? Ashelin? I thought Jak was supposed to have a thing with Keira. You know, the girl who had like three lines of dialogue this game. Greenish hair? ... hello? ....... okay, then.
(Er, honestly, I can't see it for either of them - Keira or Ashelin - but whatever.)
Huh. Sig's the new ruler of Spargus, it looks like? That's cool. NOT AS COOL AS DAMAS, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU, GAME.
Why is Seem nodding as Ashelin's, "THE Mar?" Did she know? ... I guess it's not really that surprising.
What? What? We can't go on an adventure without Daxter! That's just... weird! It's not done! I flail.
... He can have anything at all and he asks for pants. That is so not surprising it almost hurts.
Silly Tess. Now you're an Ottsel (with spiffy pants), too! I cannot imagine this bothers either of you too much.
... Hee! Kleiver's taken Veger-Ottsel as his unwilling sidekick! That's hilarious! Veger is such a sorry looking Ottsel, but I can't really feel bad for him. It's what he wanted, anyway!
"We have something to show you."
"What?"
"The universe!"
That exchange is far more amusing than it really has any right to be.
SURPISE! I DIDN'T REALLY LEAVE! That or I left and went on a crazy adventure and then came right back to when I left. I like the second one better. Hee!
Yay! NOW WHAT? Actually, I will probably try to collect more Precursor Orbs, unless I have enough as it is to unlock all of the Art Gallery stuff.
Of course, I died a lot attempting this stuff.
Non-cumulative death list!
Buggy in water: 3
Falling forever: 43
-- in a buggy: 1
Dark Maker: 15
Monster in Turret: 5
Turret Explode!: 2
KG Bot: 1
MISSION FAILED:
Vehicle Destroyed!: 1
Escort Jinx and Torn: 3
Crash Through Palace Ruins: 1
System Froze: 1
Vehicle Destroyed by Feet: 5
Er/rol: 1
The total!
The Cumulative Jak 3 Death List
Falling... forever: 97
-- in a Buggy: 17
Lava: 4
-- on a Leaper: 9
Arena Fighters: 1
Buggy in Water: 9
Buggy go BOOM: 8
Hoverboard Accident: 4
EXPLODE IN TUNNEL: 70
SHIP EXPLODE: 1
Turret Explode!: 2
Killed By Gun Course: 3
Sewer Fan: 1
Zappy-defense-thing in Temple: 5
Spin-poles while invisible:
-- invisibility wore off: 1
Run over by train-thing: 2
Rolly-things: 2
Red-Orange thing: 1
Red Roller-bots in town: 1
Blast Bots: 1
Sewer-drone: 2
Sewer Guards: 1
Marauder Missile: 1
KG Bot: 1
Flying KG Bots: 2
Er/rol's KG Bots: 2
Metal Heads: 4
Metal Head mud: 1
Dark Maker: 15
Dark Maker in Turret: 5
Sand-Boss: 1
Sand-dudes at Oasis: 1
Precursor Robot: 2
Precursor Robot's minions: 2
Vehicle Destroyed by Feet: 5
Er/rol: 1
MISSION FAILED: 112
Buggy Race: 6
Collect Artifacts: 1
Leaper Racing: 4
Fly to the volcano!: 11
Rescue Wastelanders: 1
Escort train-thing: 2
Escort Jinx: 7
Steal Eco Shipment: 31
Defend Port: 7
-- because of Civilian Death: 2
Steer Blast-Bot: 1
Defend HQ: 1
Artifacts: 6
Kill Metal Heads in Nest: 1
Kill Metal Heads while Sig drives: 2
Catch Marauders!: 9
Statues in Forest: 14
Vehicle Destroyed!: 1
Escort Jinx and Torn: 3
Crash Through Palace Ruins: 1
As Daxter: 40
Crashed Leaper: 5
Falling from sliding pipe: 6
Missile explode!: 16
Pac-Ottsel: 13
System Froze: 1 (not counted)
Total: 437
I think of the three, Jak II gets my vote for hardest. No, not just because it had the highest death toll! Because of the racing! Argh, Zoomer racing.
I promised my brother I would finish Star Ocean before working on anything else. So! That is all for now.