Daxter (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Ready at Dawn |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Producer(s) | Naughty Dog |
| Designer(s) | Michael John (Lead Designer) Daniel Choe (Designer) Gerald Vera (Designer) William Anderson (Additional Designer) |
| Composer(s) | Jamey Scott (also Sound Effects) |
| Series | Jak and Daxter |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Suite |
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 86% |
| Metacritic | 85% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| AllGame | 4/5 |
| Eurogamer | 9/10 |
| Game Informer | 8.75/10 |
| GamePro | 4/5 |
| GameSpot | 9.1/10 |
| GameSpy | 4.5/5 |
| GamesRadar | 9.0/10 |
| IGN | 9.0/10 |
| OPM (UK) | 9/10 |
| OPM (AU) | 10/10 |
| PSM | 8.5/10 |
| X-Play | 4/5 |
Daxter is a platform video game developed by Ready at Dawn. Part of the Jak and Daxter series of games, Daxter takes place within the two-year time-span between Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy and Jak II. It is a platform game starring its protagonist Daxter, a creature known as an "ottsel" (a fictional hybrid of otter and weasel).
As of June 11, 2008, the game has sold 2.3 million copies, and received universal critical acclaim from critics.
The game takes place in the final months of the two-year gap presented in the opening of Jak II, between the moment when Jak is taken prisoner by the Krimzon Guard and the time in which Daxter finally rescues him from the Krimzon Guard Fortress. The introduction shows Jak being captured, while Daxter manages to escape. Almost two years later (having no luck with rescuing Jak), Daxter has forgotten all about finding his friend. An old man named Osmo, whom Daxter meets, hires Daxter as an exterminator working in various parts of Haven City, and occasionally its environs, to exterminate bug-like Metal Heads referred to in-game as 'Metal Bugs'. During his adventures, Daxter meets a mysterious woman named Taryn who, despite being less than impressed by Daxter's interest in her, occasionally helps him.
After completing a number of missions for Osmo, Daxter sees Jak in a Prison Zoomer and attempts to chase after it. After being cornered by some Krimzon Guards (who had noticed Daxter's pursuit), Daxter is rescued by Osmo's son Ximon, who assists him with several more missions including one to Baron Praxis' palace where Daxter steals a map of the Fortress, the prison where Jak is being held. After returning to the extermination shop, an arthropod sidekick that Daxter acquired earlier is killed by Kaeden, a bitter man who seemingly wants to steal Osmo's shop, but, in actuality, is working for Kor, the Metal Head leader.
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