In its way the Ratchet: Deadlocked of its series - a steady, effectively uninterrupted stream of tight combat encounters with a de-emphasis on story compared to its predecessors over gadget-fueled gameplay. MAJOR bonus points for altogether ditching the forced grimdark bullshit that plagued the previous Jak games in favor of a more wholesome silliness like the original, without forgetting to set its place in the overarching narrative. Movement is still a little heavy for my liking (as all these games are) but - considering the hardware - Daxter himself controls like a dream, its locations are attractive and memorable, and the top-billed combat is quite appetizing (even the little minigames are a nice diversion!). They somehow made a game about bug-catching super fun. And unlike Deadlocked there's still actual platforming here, too! Considerably less soul-crushingly bad than The Lost Frontier. The Bug Combat bonus mode sucks absolute ass, though.