bit-tech Shopping: Sony Daxter (PSP)

Rating: 10

Time with product: 4

Strengths: Gameplay, graphics, control

Weaknesses: A bit short

Summary: Daxter is one of the best platformers on the PSP platform. It is based on the Jak series from the PS2 platform. You play the sidekick Daxter working as a bug exterminator in the Haven City with the final goal to free Jak. Although there are many missions in the game, they tend to be short. There is a 'dream' level in which Daxter takes on a Matrix like battle in his dream. This one is both fun to play and look at, and a delighted side quest away from the similar, repetitive platformer oriented levels.Daxter is simply awesome and a worthly addition to your PSP game library.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 3 Months

Strengths: Great graphics and gameplay

Weaknesses: Rather short

Summary: Daxter is a great portable platformer available on the PSP platform. It is based on the Jak and Daxter series and shares the same great gameplay with its PS2 console counterparts.Graphics is smooth and background music is excellent. Gameplay is very addictive and enjoyable. One drawback is the occasional, awkward camera angle/zoom, and the lack of subtitles during movie mode.At any rate, Daxter is an excellent game. A sure entertainer for the entire family.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 3 Months

Strengths: Good Level Design, Graphics & Presentation

Weaknesses: Story

Summary: Daxter gets a chance to step into the limelight after being a sidekick to Jak on the Playstation 2 series in the selftitled game named after him. The one thing that should be said first about Daxter is that it is a platformer first and foremost which is good as the level design is done extremely well. The game itself is kind of on the easy side overall but is still topnotch. I would highly recommend Daxter to anybody that owns a PSP as it's easily one of the better looking games on the system doing everything well the only complain one could have is that the story is lacking but overall that is a small thing to complain about in a 3D platformer.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 3 Weeks

Strengths: Graphics/Gameplay/Level Design/Humor

Weaknesses: There are no subtitles when the charcters are speaking.

Summary: Daxter is an easy game to pick up and play. It it fun and sometimes challenging, but it is never difficult enough to be frustrating. The graphics are very good and are comparable to games on the PS2 and Gamecube. One of the great things about Daxter is the humor spread throughout, from Daxter's wisecracks when he zaps a bug, to his interaction with the other characters. One of the most fun things about Daxter are his dream sequences. I don't spoil too much, but in his first, he takes the place of Neo from the Matrix movies. My only complaint about this game, and it is not a big complaint at all, is that there are no subtitles when the characters are talking. It's not a big complaint, but it makes it difficult to play when I'm somewhere where I can't have the volume turned all the way up. I would highly recommend Daxter to any PSP owners, it is one of the most enjoyable games I have for my PSP.

Rating: 10

Time with product: 3 Weeks

Strengths: *Great graphics *No lagging *Fun Plot & Gameplay *Suitable for Children & Adults

Weaknesses: *Camera mode (wish I could change from the first player view or have more viewing scope of my area)

Summary: I needed to buy a game for my PSP and I wanted it to be a game that was fun and classic, something that I would go back to playing again and again and won't regret buying. I ended up buying this title after much research and review. This was one of the top games and was rated in the top 2 by GameSpot. I read alot of positive reviews about this game and decided on this title. I bought mine from FamVid for an absolute great deal. They sold it brand new to me after a coupon for $15 -- that's $2 less than what I would have to pay at a local game store for a USED copy. The game starts off with a story about what's going on. Then you play in a first-player role as Daxter. You are guided to a ray of light where you meet your employer who wants to hire you as an exterminator because being an exterminator can be a dangerous job, and the previous employees were either eaten alive by the pests or quitted. So, you get a mission to destroy pests. You first start off with simple weapons and eventually upgrade to a gun. You also eventually learn new moves. There are always different missions and if you die during one, you can start it all over again. You have unlimited lives. In my opinion, the game seems fun. I wasn't able to finish playing it because I keep getting motion sickness from running around killing in first player view. It really absorbed me into the game. It's really fun when you're doing crazy jumps and moves just to try to kill the pests. I find it challenging as well and good for mental exercise because sometimes you have to figure out how to finish a mission. I get stuck sometimes trying to figure out where the exit is and these things can challenge your mind to think and solve. It's really fun. This is very suitable for kids because you're only killing bugs and there's no gory or explicit blood details or anything.