The 10 Best PSP Games (Page 2 of 12)
- March 15, 2007 16:43 PM PST
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10. Daxter
Where many established franchises are moving away from their platforming roots, Daxter embraces them and that's a good thing on the PSP. Jak and Daxter have been an inseparable pair on the PS2, but on the PSP Daxter plays the starring role in a very well-crafted adventure that actually feels like it would only work on the Sony handheld. And that means, unlike a still-growing number of frustrating PSP games, the controls are spot on, which is essential for making Daxter do exactly what you want him to.
You won't even miss Jak in Daxter's first solo adventure.
Daxter is an old-school game at heart but on the PSP it feels original. The guns from Jak II and 3 have been cut out--san the Ottsel's bug sprayer that lets him stun enemies-- which makes the game play much more like the original Jak and Daxter. The game is set in the world of Jak II, which is pretty darn big, and the game's streaming technology means hardly any loading at all. And the game is just beautiful...pretty close to PS2-quality in terms of animation and overall graphical performance.
But more than anything, Daxter is just plain fun and one of the few large-scale adventures worth your time and money on the PSP.
