Here's What a Jak & Daxter PS5 Remake Could've Looked Like 1
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There's so much secrecy surrounding the video game realm, and that's just about the games that we know about, and that get announced.

Today, a rare bit of insight has been shared about a project that sadly never came to pass.

Animator and writer Travis Howe has revealed that he was part of a team that wanted to pitch to Sony a remaster of the beloved Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy — the first game in the Naughty Dog series.

In a post on LinkedIn, Howe says this was a "long while back", and that his job was to redo a cutscene from the game "shot-for-shot" in order to show the vision for the game.

Unfortunately, it never went anywhere, but he has been able to share his work, offering a glimpse at what would've been a big part of the pitch to get the project greenlit:

"Although the remaster wasn't to be, I'm really proud of how it came together," Howe says, encouraging people to like and share the video to try and drum up awareness.

Obviously the final game may well have looked a bit different to what's shown here — this is simply a proof of concept. Still, it's really cool to see a famous scene from the game in a new light.

It maybe goes to show that, if you have a game in your head you'd like to see someday, or even just something you'd like to be remade on modern hardware, there's a good chance people in the industry have already talked about it. Or, maybe it's already been pitched.

Would you like to see a PS5 remake of Jak & Daxter? Tell us in the comments section below.

[source linkedin.com, via x.com]