Jak II is a really interesting oddity of a title, there's a lot of stuff here I thought was really cool! The story was decent and the atmosphere really strong, and I love how the game kinda just lets you surf anywhere, it's super fun!

But at the same time, MAN is the game design here just really rough. This has some of the worst backtracking in anything I've ever played, full stop. Having to drive around this maze of a city between every mission it just really boring and repetitive, and the missions themselves are really hit or miss, there's some fun stuff like platforming sections and some cool races, but then there's shit like escort missions and slow boring mech suits, the whole thing is just this really dumb confusing mixed bag that feels like it was rushed out without a clear vision.

I don't really "dislike" Jak II as much as I thought I may have, as during some of its highs, it is genuinely REALLY good, but man the lows are just too plentiful for me to really like this one all too much sadly.