The game is unclear as to whether they are different people, but the symbolism of Jak's real name is just another way to drive home this theme. I didn't cover it because it was a major spoiler (and you have been warned), but Jak's real name is Mar, which is also the name of the legendary warrior who founded Haven City, whose family crest is a Yin-Yang symbol. The meter displaying your eco levels is a Yin-Yang, as are the light and dark eco crystals you get after some missions. Jak 3 relies heavily on this theme, and you can see it represented everywhere in the game, most notably with the constant use of the Yin-Yang symbol. There's a lot I didn't mention about this theme, for fear of restating the same point over and over again in the video. This led to me looking deeper into Jak's character and his actions, which led me to the game's underlying theme regarding the balance that must be struck between selflessness and self-interest, between saving others and seeking revenge, between light and dark. Going into this review I had forgotten that this arc was completely wiped out for the third game, and I had to find out why.
In Jak 2 he goes through this arc where he decides not to return to his own time because of his attachment to the city and its people, who in effect he had been fighting for all this time, though he had his own reasons for fighting. I rewatched all of the game's cutscenes, and soon realized that I had misremembered Jak's character entirely. Most of the gameplay would have been covered by the last video, so all I would have to do to review Jak 3 would be to cover the new stuff, give a short story description and then call it a day, right? After seeing that my original take on the story was incorrect, I soon realized that a short review wouldn't cut it.
I expected this review to be a lot shorter, and thus expected to be finished with it sooner. It's here! Time to dive into Jak 3! Thanks to the evolution of this review I now know how I'm going to be handling Perfect Sequels videos in the future.
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