True Just Cause 2 -> Just Cause 3 map comparison size!!

[Stake From JateFarm]

A friend with JC2, mooni, helped me with these in-game waypoint-assisted calculations.
-Just Cause 2: 32.95 x 32.95 = 1085.70km^2
-Just Cause 3: 32.77 x 32.77 = 1073.87km^2

The truth has been spoken!

[Stake From JateFarm]

Yeah I'm not sure why all of a sudden people are praising JC2 when it was basically all jungle. JC3 is different. It feels more polished in some areas while not as much in others. Although JC2 looks larger to me, I saw the islands are "hey theres that giant stretch of desert/jungle/forest/snow, I'll go hand out there." In JC3 I feel more connected and all the areas feel as though they have their own identity. I'm not quite sure but does real life Mediterranean Islands even incorporate major road systems/overpasses like you'd see in large cities?

Edited: 1/3/2016

[J.A.B.]

seems to be less landmass in JC3 than there was in JC2, you only have 3 basic areas to explore, while JC2 had about 5-6 different areas, and almost every single type of environment, sans lava/volcanos.

[MRLOcelot]

引用自 J.A.B.：

seems to be less landmass in JC3 than there was in JC2, you only have 3 basic areas to explore, while JC2 had about 5-6 different areas, and almost every single type of environment, sans lava/volcanos.

Yup thats so ture! There were also caves in JC2! remember those?! And the volcano oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best part of the map! Meanwhille JC3s map is just farm land! Nothing eles! NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Stake From JateFarm]

...JC3 has an active volcano.

[MRLOcelot]

引用自 Griffin：

...JC3 has an active volcano.

NOPE NO IT DOSNT!!!!!!!!!!! I KNOW I HAVE PLAYED AND ITS ALL FARM LAND! ALL OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JC2 WAS FAR MORE VARIYED!!!!!!!!!!!! IT HAD SESRET MOUNTINS CITYS AND TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Stake From JateFarm]

It's the only one of the two games that even has lava? Do you know what you're talking about?
JC3 Biomes:
-Farmland
-Deciduous Forest
-Conniferous Forest
-Snowy Mountains
-Bavarium Fields
-(Tons of vacation spot shoreline, if that counts)
-Volcanic Ash

And yes there are caves. Ever been to that rebelion airbase at the bottom-left of map?

[MRLOcelot]

引用自 Griffin：

It's the only one of the two games that even has lava? Do you know what you're talking about?
JC3 Biomes:
-Farmland
-Deciduous Forest
-Conniferous Forest
-Snowy Mountains
-Bavarium Fields
-(Tons of vacation spot shoreline, if that counts)
-Volcanic Ash

And yes there are caves. Ever been to that rebelion airbase at the bottom-left of map?

NO!
LIER! I SMART U DUM I NOW MAO BETR DAN U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JC2 HAD MORE U ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ LIER ♥♥♥♥!!!!!!!!!!!

[.Adriansun]

引用自 Overlord Jr.：

Map size doesn't mean much when 70% of JC3 is water and large portion of northern part is big forests of nothing but copy paste like the chiliad mountains in GTAV. JC2 had larger size and more diversity (wood temple, mile high club, cargoship in desert just to name a few, only thing missing is an oasis) which sets it apart from all other open wolrd games, now JC3 plays like a Mercenaries 2 clone without the airstrikes or memorable landmarks

While we are at it, vehicle diversity is worse, faction mission completely absent, bike handling is still bad, anti aliasing is worse, load time is on par with 2000 era hardware/games, Denuvo out of ass, forced connection/disconnection to SE servers, I could go on and on...

I think you got it right.

[Stake From JateFarm]

If I remember correctly, that's how JC2 was designed; copy and paste.

Though I can agree the landmass is smaller and biomes are limited because, for whatever reason, they wanted to take a more realistic approach to how the map was laid out, much of the combat and movement has been polished to a higher degree. The graphics and physics are great. There are still a handful of amazing places to visit. (The No-mans-land-esque border thrills me every time. Trains are great fun too.) Who really notices the lack of vehicles other than boats and planes? There's a ton and whats missing is just a number anyway; there's a vehicle for every situation. I have a midrange computer and load times are nothing I have to worry about. I have the game on steam and don't even know what Denuvo is because I've yet to lay eyes on it.

However, downsides can't be ignored. Handling for some vehicles (looking at you bikes) is horrendous. Anti-aliasing isn't great but can be fixed via 3rd party program. Disconnection is something I don't have a problem with but I understand how that could be a nuisance.

All in all, JC3 seems to have taken a less-intuitive approach but for whatever reason, I am having much more fun within this video game realm the devs have created.

[Stake From JateFarm]

引用自 Streven：

If you flattened out both maps jc3 is much bigger due to being much more vertical.

Not sure if that's true or not but great point none the less.

[ZeOliphant96]

Just Cause 2 also had a huge urban area spanned across 4 or 5 districts. I remember climbing the tallest mountain just to see all the city lights from a distance and how it glowed at night.