Jak II: Renegade First Impressions

A month or so back I found Jak II and Jak 3 (dunno why they changed their mind about the numbering there) in the bargain bin at Game, so I picked them up.  Having just finished the first game, I decided to give the second a go. It seems pretty good so far, the platforming is nice and the controls don't make me want to tear my hair out. One thing I would say is that it's a lot darker and grittier than the first game, it has a RPG/dystopia thing going on, with Jak as an escaped test subject working for the resistance. Oh, and I think Jak and the guy in the resistance he is running errands for are trying to have a grizzly voice contest! None of this necessarily makes the game bad, I enjoy dystopia stories, it's just that I generally expect platormers about fictional creatures to take themselves a little less seriously. Jak II also seems a little linear compared to the first game; right now I'm just running errands for this guy in the resistance and it's basically go to X location, do some platforming , blow stuff up, repeat. I haven't played it for long, so I'm hoping I get a little more freedom later on, and once I get into the story I'm sure I'll love it. I think this game is going to be pretty good, it just depends on how everything plays out.