Just Cause

by Square Enix

Product Features

• Freeform gameplay - Approach missions in any way you like, or break off from the fight and enjoy exploring the islands
• Huge environments with over 250 thousand acres of land to explore - The largest environment ever seen in a game
• Over-the-top stunts - Jump from vehicle to vehicle, parasail, skydive, and base-jump
• More than 100 of the most varied, exciting array of land, sea and air vehicles ever seen in a video game
• Cutting-edge technology delivers a huge, beautiful, detailed world while eliminating loading times

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FU2TA4
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: September 26, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,841 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

You are Rico Rodriguez a top secret agentabout to start a revolution!Product InformationIn Just Cause a tropical South American paradise is about to implode asnumerous factions vie for power. Playing as Rico Rodriguez an undercoveroperative working for a top secret US government agency players are tasked withoverthrowing the corrupt government of San Esperito.Just Cause offers the freedom to tackle your assignments however the gamerwants: playing the island's factions against one another inciting a rebellionamong the masses and building alliances with rebel forces and drug cartels. Gamers will be able to perform amazing over-the-top stunts; jump from vehicle tovehicle base jump skydive parasail and more.  The island can be explored byland sea and air as gamers have at their disposal one of the most varied andexciting array of vehicles.Product Features Freeform game-play - approach missions in any way you like or break off from the fight and enjoy exploring the islands. Over 250000 acres of land to explore the largest environment ever seen in a game! Over-the-top Stunts - skydive parasail machine-gun car jack base jump ad bazooka your way through missions as you lead a nation to freedom. Massive selection of vehicles - with 89 vehicles at your disposal choose from choppers boats cars bikes mini-subs and jets Avalanche Engine - procedurally generated landscape delivers a huge beautiful detailed world while eliminating loading times. Wealth of missions - story missions side-missions bonus missions and many more; ensuring plenty of action spread throughout the islands. Support team - Sheldon and Kane two CIA field operatives will provide you with reconnaissance info extraction and vehicle drops. Fly

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why get this game? Just Cuz., November 2, 2006

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S. Easton - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Just Cause (DVD-ROM)

I just recently beat this game. Yeah it had glitches, but it was still fun and entertaining.

Graphics:
On the scenery, awesome. The game looks beautiful. Instead of going on vacation, I just play this game. The water and the clouds were one of the main reasons I bought it! The sun actually looks like the real thing (for those of you who have always wanted to stare at it). However, I feel like they didn't put in enough time on the main character, Rico. You would think that Eidos would make him look very detailed since you are looking at him the entire time. But I noticed that at night, he looks like he was painted with a coat of flat black.

Game play:
The entire map is open from the beginning, and it's huge. 250,000 acres of land, which comes out to... a lot of land that I probably still have not touched. This might seem like a problem to some, but the guys at Eidos thought of that. There are a couple things you can do when stuck in a stranded area:
1) Call for "Extraction." When you do this, a helicopter flies overhead and picks you up. It then drops you off at a Safe house of your choice (but only if you have unlocked it). and by "drops you off" I mean "throws you out". Luckily, Rico comes equipped with a parachute. He doesn't ware it visibly, but trust me, it's always there. That's another cool thing about this game. You have an infinite supply of parachutes. I personally loved BASE jumping in GTA SA, and Just Cause took it to another level. You can reach very high altitudes in this game, which means very long and scenic falling. Anyways, I digress.
2) You can also call for a "Heavy Drop". This is where the helicopter drops off 1 of 4 vehicles of your choice. You start out with only the Dirt Bike. But soon unlock the Jeep/Truck thingy (that's loaded with guns and missiles). A Boat (that looks like a Hydro Plane) complete with the works, and last a personal helicopter that can get you around places fast.

However, if you like, you can steal vehicles that pass you with your grappling hook gun. Just point and shoot at passer-bys (this could go for helicopters and planes too) and your parachute opens letting you paraglide behind them. You can reel it in and jump in, or you can reel out and get some air.

I'm still trying to get used to the fact that there is no crouch button. I don't know, I guess I'm just used to being able to do that. You can choose to do Story missions or Side Missions. The Side missions help unlock vehicles, weapons, and Safe houses. They can vary from fairly easy, to fairly annoying, but guaranteed they will become boring (THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM AND THEY ARE VERY REPEATATIVE). The Story Missions can become frustrating, but of course what game doesn't?

Unlike Saint's Row, there is a huge selection of vehicles in this game. Everything from Tanks to ATVs, Planes to Jet skis. Although you can't customize your vehicle(s) like in Saint's Row, there really isn't a reason too. The nice thing is that there are more than one of certain vehicles. There are several types of Tanks, Fighter Jets, Fighter Helicopters, etc. You don't really feel the need to customize when you have such a wide variety.

There is a glitch I have that apparently others have too. The game stutters every now and again, pausing game play for a second. It's not as bad as some people make it out to be, but can take away from intense firefights. Also, it's pretty annoying how the game brings the war to you. You could be standing completely still at one of your safe houses, and total anarchy breaks out right in front of you. You could get killed if you leave the game unattended. It's also really hard to get away from the sound of helicopters. One of the only places I have found is up in the mountains, and it's still hard.

Story:
I think they should have just named your character "Antonio Banderas." From the looks to the voice, everything was very similar. I smell a movie. But you play as Rico Rodriguez, a ladies man who was hired by the American "Agency" to start a revolt in San Esperito (Peru or Panama replica) and basically raise hell. You will work with the Guerrilla to help take out the corrupt government, and the Rioja to wipe out a local gang. All three groups (Agency, Guerrilla, and Rioja) give you safe houses which can get confusing. On the map, safe houses are all symbolized by one icon, and there are a lot of them. This may get frustrating when you want to get to a certain safe house but don't remember which one it is.

Anyhow, this game is definitely worth checking out. I had a lot of fun with it. Especially for those of you who often find themselves running around for hours causing mayhem then actually playing for the story.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WAIT until Eidos releases patches for this BUG SOUP!!!, October 15, 2006

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SBJ400 "SBJ400" (Mt. Laurel, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Just Cause (DVD-ROM)

This game has the potential to be great. However, at this time, I cannot possibly give this game anything but 1 star. This game feels, plays and acts like BETA software. The physics are way too wacky, most of the cars are barely controllable, weird bugs like governement helicopters flying around blowing up your enemies before you can complete the missions, and a STUTTERIJNG problem that will drive you mad after about 30 minutes of game play. The stuttering problem is a problem many others are having...check some gaming forums and oyu will see what I mean. It halts the game and the sound stutters for about 3 seconds. Try dealing with that when you are in the middle of a chase.

I and many others are not having hardware issues. I am running an AMD FX cpu, 2GB Corsair Ram, twin 512MB NVIDIA 7900 GT cards running in SLI mode and twin 15000rpm hard drives, one for games and one for the OS. I eat every game for breakfast and beg for more at high resolutions on a 26 inch LCD HD screen and never have a hiccup.

This game is BAD CODE...period. If you think you will buy this game as of this date and have a great "out of box exeperience", you are mistaken!!!

Wait until Eidos clears up the mess they made...then buy this game an play it. I have uninstalled it, even though I have 8 hours of game play already. I don't want to waste a great experience while this game is so buggy. When patches come out, I will try again.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Although some silly bugs, its a great game, October 3, 2006

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PAC "islandhousebooklover" (new york city) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Just Cause (DVD-ROM)

After the first time I played the demo, I was hooked. I played it over about 20 times because it was just so much fun. I played the xbox version of the game at my friends house and the pc version for me is coming soon. Some of the concepts of the game are a bit unrealistic but just makes it more fun. In what game can you jump from helicopter to helicopter then kick out the pilot so you can drive it yourself? Not many i presume. The grapple also adds a kick to the game. If your running along a highway and you need a boost, just grapple on to a car and you'll instantly be shot up in the air and your parachute will open. You'll stay hooked on to the car until you let go. You can jump on top and enter it too.

Pros:
Ragdoll Physics :-P
Literally, 100's of hours of fun
The Game is a whopping 250,000 acres
many vehicles, enemies, and enviroments
Day/Night Cycle
GTA style missions
You have a rediculous amount of health
You can be extracted and put to almost any place around the islands if you get stuck

Cons:
May get a little boring
Some of the later missions are a bit tedious
Needs a pretty nifty PC to run

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