Jak X: Combat Racing
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| Developer(s) | Naughty Dog |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Amy Hennig |
| Producer(s) | Elodie Hummel |
| Designer(s) |
Hirokazu Yasuhara Richard Lemarchand |
| Programmer(s) | Christopher Christensen Neil Druckmann |
| Artist(s) | Bob Rafei |
| Composer(s) |
Billy Howerdel Dean Menta Larry Hopkins |
| Series | Jak and Daxter |
| Engine | Kinetica |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Vehicular combat |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| GameRankings | 77.01% |
Jak X: Combat Racing (Jak X in Europe and Africa) is a vehicular combat game video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The game was developed for 11 months with a budget of $10 million, and was first released in North America on October 18, 2005, then in Australia on October 26, 2005 and then in Europe on November 4, 2005. This is the fourth installment into the Jak and Daxter series, and the last Jak and Daxter game developed by Naughty Dog. The company would go on to later work on Uncharted.
The development on Jak X began in 2004.Jak X is modeled after the driving mechanics of Jak 3. Two songs by rock band Queens of the Stone Age, "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar But I Feel Like a Millionaire" and "A Song for the Dead", from the album Songs for the Deaf, are featured in the game's intro. Most of the in-game musical tracks were written by Dean Menta of Faith No More and Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle, which can be recognized as the darker, more ambient tracks. This was the first Jak & Daxter game to feature multiplayer mode, the second being Daxter for the PlayStation Portable.
In Jak X: Combat Racing, the player controls characters from the Jak and Daxter series, all of which race in customizable dune buggy-like vehicles. The two main modes of play in the game are Adventure and Exhibition. Jak, the main character of the series, is the only playable character in the Adventure mode, and must participate in a series of Eco Cup Championships in the game's story to obtain an antidote to a poison he and his comrades have consumed. Jak can also take part in a variety of Events in the Championships as to earn Medal Points and advance through the ranks. The main Event of the game is the Circuit Race, in which Jak must finish a set of laps in a course while avoiding the wrath of the other racers. The player can destroy these racers as well by picking up Yellow and Red Eco weapons, with Yellow Eco acting as an offensive weapon made to attack and destroy opponents, and Red Eco acting as a defensive weapon made to protect the player from incoming attacks.
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