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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 6.0 hrs on record
Posted: Jan 16, 2016 @ 4:32pm
Updated: Feb 13, 2016 @ 5:05am

What once was a very impressive little title has now turned into one of the biggest franchises for Square Enix and a Cult Favorite among the fans, so let's see how it all began shall we ?

In Just Cause we play as Rico Rodriguez. He is an agent sent in to the island San Esperito. Our mission is to kill a dictator Mendoza and free the island from his reign.

Back when this game came out I found it quite impressive. The Island is massive, but it doesn't matter cause there is nothing to see there. All of it is just a big jungle which all of it looks the same. There are small villages which act as outposts and you can clear them out. The city is uninspiring and there's nothing to do there.

The gameplay is by far the weakest third person shooter I have ever seen. The shooting feels clunky and sometimes my shots don't even connect with the enemies, not to mention most guns are weak as hell, and the better weapons have low ammo counts.

The graphics (apart from the CGI cut scenes) are still great. The lush island is awesome and getting a boat and going through the rivers is really fun, but as stated before there's nothing to see, but it's still fun.

The driving controls are some of the worst driving controls I have ever seen, they even top the driving controls in Watch Dogs. Since unlike in Just Cause 2 you can't travel with the grappling hook, so most of the time you will need to use vehicles.

The game also has side quests, but most of them are boring as hell and you can grind them since they never end. So if you want something more with the game after you're done you can do the mundane side quests.

The game took me 6 hours to finish, once the game is finished you can explore the island, but as stated before there's nothing to do there.

The game also has a major spike in difficulty in the final missions, so be prepared to be pissed off.

Overall even though the game didn't age well, it's still fun to play for a bit, but it's the weakest in the series. In the end I will give this a positive review, but I still suggest playing Just Cause 2 instead.

Final Rating:
6/10 - Okay

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5 Comments
Snort Cannon Mar 20, 2016 @ 4:48am 
@BadCarma I think what they mean that it's the biggest game world that's not randomly generated, which has been surpassed by today. TES 2 was randomly generated from what I remember.
InfernalDeadra Mar 18, 2016 @ 2:35pm 
In the title description it says that this is the largest in game-world... that is laughable because in The Elder Scrolls 2 it could take over a week to travel from one side of the map to the other.
Billy_Brightside Mar 3, 2016 @ 1:30pm 
Great review. Well worth my thumbs up. Thanks for posting!
GuNNeR Feb 10, 2016 @ 8:50am 
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robilar5500 Jan 16, 2016 @ 5:25pm 
I'm quite surprised that this only took 6 hours to play through. I might need to take another look at this. Knock another game from the backlog in a reasonable amount of time.