Comment by Jare
4 days ago
Jak and Daxter is as legendary for its charm and tech as it was for its crazy tricks. The one I cherish the most is how if Jak was running to the next zone before streaming had completed loading it, Jak would just trip and fall for no apparent reason to the player.
Oh my God is THAT why he would randomly trip over sometimes?? I spent a small but non-trivial amount of time trying to figure out how to do it again when I was younger.
Thank you, you answered a 20-year-old question I didn't even remember I had until now.
I remember laughing so hard at this, during their GDC lecture about Jak's tech. I haven't verified it but I suspect it's this one https://gdcvault.com/play/1022734/The-Technology-of-Jak-Daxt...
This trick was used by later games as well. It was pretty funny in Batman: Arkham Asylum to see Batman faceplant while walking down a hallway.