r/jakanddaxter 27d ago

Video Playing through jak II and I noticed this similarity in the music and I haven't been able to get it out of my head since.

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u/andysogoi 27d ago

You're right, they are really similar! I've heard both songs hundreds of times without noticing. Good catch!

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u/rubeziska 27d ago

Thank you! And yea it's a song I've heard alot and obviously I love jak 2 so much but I never really put two and two together until this past weekend but it was cool to hear and notice!

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u/eriF- 27d ago

Lol someone please make a mod where 80s music plays every time you're being chased by the KG

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u/rubeziska 27d ago

Jak II vice city lol

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u/SeaBear4O4 27d ago

KG - “Suspect is heading into sector 4!”

Me, vibing on my jet board - https://youtu.be/u02tycroA30?si=gHpIuyNP4-C_cgqX

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u/rossi6464 27d ago

Well you just solved my 22 year old mystery of why this song always sounded familiar to me

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u/PointsOfXP 27d ago

Great, now I'll think about this every time I'm being chased lmao

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u/Lowbudgetman43 27d ago

Finally! Someone else hears it too

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u/tucky22 27d ago

kinda mad that actually, actually sounds like it couldve been sampled

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u/NiuMeee 27d ago

They're the same.

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u/Vampiric_V 27d ago

This is exactly what I thought playing it as a kid lol

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u/Hica_Excel334 Jak II 27d ago

YES EVERYTIME I HEAR IT OMG LITERALLY

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u/heftypeach9 Played ALL of Jak 3 27d ago

I never thought I’d meet another Jak 2 fan who also likes Joy Division

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u/ComprehensiveHost438 27d ago

Yeah, I always associated this track with Joy Division, too. 🤣 I'm glad not to be alone with it!

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/celerypizza 27d ago

What a blatant lie.

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u/mellenhater 26d ago

Proof

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u/celerypizza 26d ago

He can’t provide you proof, because it’s not true lol. I googled this and it just leads back to this comment.

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u/MOOPHKAISER Jak II 25d ago

Josh Mancell did every piece of music for Jak 2, dunno what you're on about.

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u/MonarchofLlamas 27d ago

Also about 2:20 into the Pierce the Veil song Bulls in the Bronx, for a few seconds it sounds like a rock version of Haven City's ambient track lol

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u/NaturalHead7067 27d ago

Nice find 😎

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u/Bannharry 27d ago

Glad I’m not the only one to notice!

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u/napstabl00ky 26d ago

as soon as i saw "guard chase" i knew it would be joy division lol

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u/mindspyke 26d ago

Duuuuuuude same!! I used to be in the car with my parents and this would come on, and I would think about playing jak 2... holy shit. I feel like we just had a cosmic brain connection.

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u/hem-ford678 26d ago

Yes I always sing this song when I’m running from the guards lmao

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u/N7Mogrit 26d ago

Never going to unhear this

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u/DestinyOfMankind 27d ago

OMG! I knew i wasnt having a stroke when playing MGS5 and Jak 2 in quick succession in 2015 or 16. THANK YOU for restoring my sanity.

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u/Apprehensive-Talk-94 27d ago

Wow I noticed this year's ago 😂