![]() ![]() ![]() Most of this geopolitical wrapping is torn aside by the time Rodriguez surfs into the country on top of a cargo plane. That makes him best friends with the West-specifically the CIA, which employs Rico and would love to get easier access to the explosive/limitless energy source/magic space rock. The man is a psychopath and a dictator, but he happens to be sitting on the world's only supply of Bavarium-the game’s Unobtainium stand-in. The fictional, Mediterranean-feeling island republic of Medici is under the thumb of one General Sebastiano Di Ravello. ![]() His mission: to indiscriminately lay waste to its state-run infrastructure by means that, while maybe not strictly necessary, are certainly many and varied. In the third entry in the series, pseudo-protagonist Rico Rodriguez has returned to the land where he was raised. Just Cause 3 on the PC is a fireball, digitally and metaphorically. I groan because this has happened before, and it will happen over and over before I’m done with the game. Just as I un-sling the ironically indiscriminate grenade launcher at my side, the game stalls. Before I realize it, I've reached my target: a red and silver depot filled with papier-mâché gas tanks and fascists. Properly alternating between grappling hook, parachute, and wingsuit keeps my momentum going. An average in-game journey might begin by catapulting via grappling hook into a perfect backflip before soaring into the atmosphere on an indestructible parachute. ![]() Platform: Windows (reviewed), Xbox One, PS4Įvery time I boot up Just Cause 3, there are a few minutes of absolute brilliance. Just Cause 2 releases on Maon the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.Game Details Developer: Avalanche Studios The grappling hook and parachute combo leads to a lot of fun and interesting possibilities for destruction. I think it would have been cooler if they collided. It can also connect objects (read: enemies) to other objects (read: fast-moving vehicles).Īdvanced maneuvers take some dexterity, but flying through the air on a parachute, using the grappling hook to reel yourself in behind an enemy sniper, connecting him to a jeep, driving that jeep dragging said sniper into buildings, and then sending the jeep careening into a fuel tank just after jumping out to safety.well, that's worth a little dexterity.Īs an added bonus, here's the newest trailer showing off some the game's larger vehicles in a game of chicken: It can be used to grapple to surfaces (no surprises here), but the tool can also be used to slingshot through the air while Rico's parachute is deployed. As I make my way to the first of four vents, I decide it's more fun to play around in the game's sandbox. Some explosives here, rockets there, and I'm well on my way to earning unlocks. These are awarded for causing destruction and the mechanic with which the game doles out weapons and new missions. Once I arrive at the enemy base it's time to rack up some "Chaos" points. It's a long flight showing off some of the game's visuals. After a quick tutorial on the controls, I hop in a helicopter and set out toward the base. Tasked with saving an ally from a military base, my objective is to destroy four venting stations to "choke out" the base and force them to move the hostage a more convenient location. I was thrown right into the action in the fourth story mission. The main character, Rico Rodriguez, gets around by stealing enemy vehicles, using his grappling hook, and paragliding.or any combination of the three. The game takes place on a large, persistent island that remembers the destruction wrought by the player from beginning to end. Yesterday, I got to play the Xbox 360 version of Just Cause 2, an open-world sandbox sequel from Avalanche Studios and Eidos (or do we just call it Square Enix now? I don't know). ![]()
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