Should I play this or just skip to JC4?

[P0MK0NTHA1]

How is the story in JC3? Does it link with JC4? Or are there any references? Thank you!

[Upsidedownsign]

JC3 makes rico more of a person than a force of nature, the story is fun, much to do and see, its smaller than JC2 because no desert but it is like .5 percent less better than that game in my opinoin so ye play JC3 plus ive heard mixed about JC4 so give it a try, take it from a guy that has 200 hours on it

[laitz]

This game is much better than jc4

[Ceejay]

I really did not enjoy jc4 in the slightest.

As to your question, they are basically 2 seperate games. Why would you want to skip 3. Play both.

[Sidewinder]

Don't play this game. This is trash. You'll get frustrated and want to break your keyboard by how awful it is. I wish I had been warned before I bought this POS.

[Sazzouu]

Originally posted by Sidewinder:

Don't play this game. This is trash. You'll get frustrated and want to break your keyboard by how awful it is.

Lol, imagine playing a game obviously designed for consoles / controllers and wondering how bad experiences are on KBM

Originally posted by Poogie:

How is the story in JC3? Does it link with JC4? Or are there any references?

It had been a while when I played JC1 so I can't really tell whats the situation between JC1 and JC3. JC2 however I was inhaling back in the day so I can give you an idea about the situation between 3 and 2: while the story is more or less separated there are however some references leading back to JC2. Those are mainly focused on Sheldon and Rico as well as the work of "The Agency" and "Uncle Sam" back then so I would not exactly declare those as relevant references - at least for the main story.

JC4 however is just a complete sh*tshow of a game. Even the "reloaded version" is about next to a garbagecan because the effort of throwing it actually into that dumpsterfire was not worth it anyways. The story as far as I can tell is pretty much a lose end if you did not play the DLCs of JC3 and / or ignored those Di Ravello tapes through out the game. "Enjoyable" but seems quite off the JC settings so far.

So TL;DR
You can feel free to skip directly to JC4 but besides the story this game has nothing to offer and the story seems garbage without some content on JC3 I would not recommend skipping

[Mosquitobrain]

In my playthroughs JC3 was longer than JC4

[katefreeze]

This game is honestly one of my top games of all time, esp when it goes on sale for insanely cheap, vs my time in JC4 where ive barely done anything cause i ended up getting bored

Pick up this game and all the expansions while your at it, its great

[wankel]

No, you don't need to play JC3 first to enjoy JC4. However, JC3 is a much better game, so I would recommend playing this instead.

[Deckulus1988]

Honestly, JC3 is a better game. Definitely give it a shot. If you are looking for achievement help, send a call out to me and I will do the same for you. That way we take them out easily. let me know how you do.

[PuppyFiddler]

Originally posted by Voidy:

JC3 makes rico more of a person than a force of nature, the story is fun, much to do and see, its smaller than JC2 because no desert but it is like .5 percent less better than that game in my opinoin so ye play JC3 plus ive heard mixed about JC4 so give it a try, take it from a guy that has 200 hours on it

Take it from a guy that's never played JC4. ffs.

[Milkyway22]

i am seeing in here how alot of people fail to mention the blackhand is a major part of JC4 which as far as im aware are first introduced in the mech island DLC in JC3. and not only that but the agency comes back in JC4 in DLC mind you i include all DLCs as story cause thats exactly what they are. well besides JC4s alien DLC take that one however you want but anyways it does tie in if you got the DLCs other than that idk i mean the last DLC for JC3 is what teased a new game was coming out anyways same for how theres probs going to be a JC5 for the ending not going to say what happens cause yk spoilers but anyways teases atleast another game is on the way. well and JC3 gives rico more character than JC2 and JC1

[katefreeze]

Originally posted by MilkyWay11:

i am seeing in here how alot of people fail to mention the blackhand is a major part of JC4 which as far as im aware are first introduced in the mech island DLC in JC3. and not only that but the agency comes back in JC4 in DLC mind you i include all DLCs as story cause thats exactly what they are. well besides JC4s alien DLC take that one however you want but anyways it does tie in if you got the DLCs other than that idk i mean the last DLC for JC3 is what teased a new game was coming out anyways same for how theres probs going to be a JC5 for the ending not going to say what happens cause yk spoilers but anyways teases atleast another game is on the way. well and JC3 gives rico more character than JC2 and JC1

Well i mean, it's a decent part but its in no way required to understand JC4's story. Yeah sure you might miss out on a reference but it's in no way essential

[Milkyway22]

either way both are amazing games in their own regards i wouldnt see why you would
skip character and faction development and just skip to the next game thats just like skipping to the latest MK game and not knowing anything about the other titles character development is a very important thing in games

[Glebemsmech]

jc3 is more fun

[Knee]

jc3 very much worth the $3 it is on sale, even worth full price (but $3 was nicer deal)