Hard to believe but my brother used to finish the number one on hero mode without any help, he was good as shit with shooting games and it was a piece of cake for him. My brother passed away 3 years ago and this kind of videos make me remind him, thank you! :')

That race through the rings mission had me rage quit countless times as a kid lol

To overcome the Water Slums Seal Piece mission, use Dark Jak's Dark Bomb (if you have it) into the water and you can roam on it safely

That turret mission is BIG pain in the neck.

"All your Jak 2 pain in one video" and it's just the entire playthrough

Most of the times I died in Jak 2, it was because I got impatient or was too aggressive. For example, the water slums has triggers that spawn more enemies. Just take it slow and you won’t get overwhelmed as fast. To me the frustrating missions are the ones where civilians can get in the way. It really sucks when the fat ones make you miss a ring in a race.

This is why I prefer Jak 3. It may have more gimmicky missions, but at least none of them are frustrating and pace breakers like Jak 2’s god awful races.

Honestly my biggest gripe with racong erol through the city is that he can miss rings and its fine but when you do it its game over.

At number 8 you can also escape with the jet board. Just don't fall into the water xD

I feel like the difficulty made the game extra special and rewarding playing it. Also gave you this feeling as if you were in the game as a kid lol 🥹 such a special game mannn I tell you!

The name of the game in jak 2 is the same as it was in jak 1..... Precision..... Except it's presented in a more mature format. They give you a challenge to master rather than just complete. Jak 2  really did something special with platforming and mechanics that Naughty Dog had already built in their legacy of 3d platforming...... And they somehow turned it in to an early form of open world and threw jak in to an Orwellian dystopia infused with a scifi war story..... Way to make a more mature game than GTA and get it rated T

For the Water Slums mission, if you wanna be a real guy with style, use the hoverboard to escape.
The guards won’t get out of the dropships fast enough and you can escape with style.

I’m not gonna lie Jak 2 was always my favoritegame ever (now it’s red dead 2) I love all of jak 3s upgrades and light jak(and admittedly some checkpoints😭)  but I actually miss the difficulty from jak 2 cuz it was very satisfying to beat a lot of those missions especially as a 6 year old kid it took me quite a while to beat this game 😂😂like for example I think giving a shorter limit
To the dark jak ability annoying but it always made you use it at the right and to make every hit count

Tip for the freedom challenge Lurkers: they want to get on the back of your vehicle specifically, so when you are at the low hover zone, swing the car around so that you can have them hop on the back quickly!

I recently ordered an PS5 specifically to play the Jack and Daxter games, and boom… this appeared on my recommended, thanks for the list man, this is going to help my inner 12 year old get through some levels (never finished Jack II).

"Given that the subject matter is so heavy, even for a fantasy, it is appropriate that one should have to suffer through it. If it were not punishing, it could not be rewarding. If it were too "fair", it would not be mature. There is a reason why the very people whom you save in this Game end up turning on you by the Third Game: that's how Life is. Heroism is a thankless task.
 
As such, I think we ought to make a critical distinction in between a "fun" Game, targeted at children, and a [G]ood Game marketed for Adults. Jak II taught me that distinction many years ago, and it has aged well to this day because of it. It is a sobering reminder for developers to shut out the complaints and just to give us what we need, not what we want: a Challenge." 🤯👍

Thanks for reminding me why this Game's PERFECT.

Sick transitions dude like the Jak theme also great video.

I can see a ton of the points made in this video, but I have gotten used to play Hero mode more than normal over the years. So it was a lot harder for me to entirely agree with you with certain missions but all and all the choices are very fair. Great video.

7:55 secondary/unofficial theme song for the game LOL