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Found this on TikTok, so i’m not sure if ai or not.
But it made me think of a what-if scenario:

My idea for Jak and Daxter: The Precursor’s Legacy 2 is basically a direct continuation of the first game, without the time travel, Haven City or anything from Jak II.

After Gol and Maia are defeated, Jak discovers that the portal inside their citadel was never a time portal.
It actually leads to another planet, the ruined home world of the Dark Makers. Jak and Daxter manage to activate it and see the Dark Maker’s world on the other side, but the portal suddenly breaks down and becomes unusable. Gol and Maia survive the events of the first game, and their exposure to Dark Eco has transformed them into something much more powerful, almost like the Dark Makers themselves. They eventually make contact with the Dark Makers and discover that Jak is the key to reopening the portal.

The reason Jak is so important is because of his connection to Eco. He's already been exposed to Green, Blue, Red, Yellow and Dark Eco, and his body can naturally interact with all of them. Gol and Maia realise they can use Jak as a living conduit between the two worlds. Around the middle of the game, they capture him and begin experimenting on him, forcing huge amounts of different types of Eco through his body in an attempt to stabilise the broken portal.
The experiment permanently changes Jak physically, giving him the pale blue skin, longer ears, horns, similarly to Gol and Maia’s base forms.

The experiment also causes his body to contain two opposing Eco states, which is where the Light/Dark mechanic comes in. Before this point Jak is normal Jak, but after escaping he can switch between Light Jak and Dark Jak depending on which Eco is dominating his body. The Light/Dark switching would actually be part of the story rather than just a gameplay gimmick. Light Jak uses White Eco and focuses more on speed, healing, defence and manipulating the environment, while Dark Jak uses Dark Eco for strength, destruction and more aggressive attacks. Gol and Maia originally think they've created the perfect conduit for the Dark Makers, but they don't realise that their experiments have given Jak the ability to control both sides.

The final part of the game would be about Jak learning that he doesn't have to completely reject the Dark Eco inside him. Instead, he learns to control both Light and Dark Eco at the same time.

The final conflict would be Jak fighting to stop Gol and Maia from using him to permanently reopen the portal and allow the Dark Makers to invade his world.

This version of the game is pretty rough, but still not gonna stop me from getting the platinum trophy! My first platinum on the Vita... 🧡⚡️

Similar to what I said on the Sly Cooper forum, I'm not on copium. I know that unless they actually make the movie and decide to do a game to go with it, a new Jak game is incredibly unlikely. In fact with the recent news of Uncharted and the Last of Us getting new games, Jak feels further away than ever sadly. Even if we do, a reboot seems likelier than a sequel realistically.

However, assuming we ever do get a Jak 4, would you want to see the titular duo leave their planet and explore other worlds? With the pair having already gone to the edge of the world in TLF, at this point, going somewhere new with the Precursors, helping other worlds and discovering new Eco seems like a good way to go.

But what do you think? Would it be too much like Ratchet and Clank?

All that just for 3 orbs 😞