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• Games: Video Games: Platform: Jak and Daxter Series: Reviews and Previews  (0)

• Cincinnati Enquirer - "Outstanding polish." Review by Marc Saltzman.
• The Electric Playground - "Offers up the kind of gaming experience that you will never forget."
• Game Revolution - "[It] has as set a new benchmark for the platformer genre with its huge environments and gaming freedom. Play this one through, and you'll never look at platformers the same way again." Preview by Brian Gee.
• GamePro - "Its premise is straightforward, yet there's so much to do and see, along with some sizeable challenges that will test even the brightest adventure veterans." Review by Four Eyed Dragon.
• Gamers Hell - Review, by The Mad Nutter: "Jak and Daxter is a bright and extremely well done platformer, which I can recommend to everyone." [Score: 9 out of 10]
• GamesFirst - "From one end of the world you might be able to see a mountain top, and after five hours of play you might be on that mountain top looking back to your original position. Never before has a world been so complete, so connected, and so full. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is sure to be a game that makes you glad to own a PS2 or makes you go get one, because this game finally makes the PS2 worth owning." Preview by Sarah Wichlacz with screen shots.
• Gaming Age - "The difficulty ramps up perfectly, and the game does not rely on a typical lives/continues system." Review by Jim Cordeira.

• TechTV - "The camera is sometimes unwieldy, and for some bizarre reason can only be rotated around Jak, not moved vertically, though there is a first-person view that lets you look around. Beyond that, however, Jak and Daxter is an excellent example of a 3D platformer." Review by Jason D'Aprile with screen shots. (January 9, 2002)
• GameZone - "The gameplay is what makes Jak and Daxter what it is: a masterpiece." Reviewed by Louis Bedigian with screen shots. (December 12, 2001)
• PlanetPS2 - "The nonexistent load times, unlimited draw distance, and non-linear level design go far to establish Jak and Daxter as a classic, but there could have been more innovation to cement its position." Review by Barak Tutterrow with screen shots. (December 10, 2001)
• GameSpot - "While it generally lacks originality, its tight execution and heavy action elements ensure that things never become dull." Review by Shane Satterfield. Includes screen shots and score. (December 4, 2001)
• IGN - Reviews by Dave Zdyrko. "It has that magical feeling that not all games can possess and it's just flat out a joy to play." (November 21, 2001)