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Jak and Daxter: a quest for orbs and insults

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The silent protagonist trope is much more tolerable when you have a loudmouthed sidekick compensating for it. Jak and Daxter featured an epic quest to reverse a dark curse, but mostly it involved running around beaches picking up glowing egg-shaped objects while a transformed rodent standing on your shoulder heavily criticized your driving ability.

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