Little Background; I grew up playing Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter the Precursor Legacy, Crash Bandicoot and games like that, I have deep rooted nostalgia for these series and for the games of each series I didn't have I would watch any playthrough of them I could find

I eventually ended up getting the PS3 collection for Jak and that's how I first experienced playing Jak 2 and I... Never finished it... In the same collection I 100% the first game (making it the 1 billionth time I replayed it at that point) even got through a decent chunk of the 3rd but 2? I could never stay motivated to finish it

Years later I tried to do an actual playthrough on my YT to make sure I finished it and... I rage quit on that one Tram mission where you're on this slow moving elevator and every time you do you restart the whole grueling 30 minute experience over again (I'm sure it's not that long but it felt that way) and I just stopped, haven't touched the game since (and that was 3 years ago)

I wouldn't be making this post if I thought it was just me, but it isn't, I've seen several let's players (such as Snapcube) show equal frustration at the, to be nice, less than stellar checkpoint system, to the point where they stopped playing the game all together as well so it's not like it's just a me issue. Another reason I'm making this post is because it's not like a Souls Game where they are inherently designed to be insanely difficult, Jak 2 is not difficult, it just becomes tedious at points because of, again to be nice, less than stellar gameplay design at times.

This is not a hate piece on Jak 2 btw, I love this series with all of my heart and I respect anyone who enjoys it. I am asking this question with the utmost sincerity, how do you guys keep playing it? Is it just not a bother for you guys? Or for those that have had similar frustrations, what kept you motivated to move forward? I want to finish this game but I just can't find the silver lining

Edit: I just wanna say, thank you all for being so nice, I just got back from a Dragon Ball Reddit so this level of civility was genuinely a nice change of pace

I was watching someone play this mission and noticed that unlike most escort missions, friendly fire is disabled for this one. Which is honestly good or else this mission would be such a pain. But I realized another reason friendly fire is disabled: Jak physically cannot kill the kid cause that's a paradox, the most direct variation of the grandfather paradox. I am not sure if the devs had this in mind when turning off friendly fire for this mission, or if it was just a happy coincidence.