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I've always been somewhat bothered by the "staged" aspect of most FPS games -- you know, the feeling that you're on a stage in the maps - finite space with finite means of interaction in it, with scripted characters, elements meant to script the gameplayer's actions (such as scripted battles with the same soldiers each time in the same places, etc.), and finite actions the player can actually take. Just Cause 2 actually feels like being in a little infinite world. It's certain hard to find the limits geographically. You can hijack any vehicle you find and do whatever you want - as long as you can fend off "the heat." The AI is a little choppy but rather humorous - for instance, last night I was walking around near this country vegetable stand and watching the bots walking around in their little game loops, then I wondered what would happen if I just bumped one of them. There ensued a little series of epithets from him starting with "What's wrong with you" to "You Son of a Bitch Get outta here!" Similarly, whenever I hooked my grapple to a car and jumped on for a ride, the driver inevitably started shouting, weaving on the road to shake me off, and honking their horns, going "What the matter with you? Get offa my car!" and they seem to get more agitated the more you stay on. Simple things amuse me, I guess, but it's those little details that make this game a lot more multi leveled experience.
Some have called movement through the world a little cumbersome but once I started "getting it" I realized it's really not that bad - you can grab any vehicle you see, even the police and government vehicles, you can skydive from any height, or you can get around pretty fast on the ground by using the grapple hook.. Had a lot of fun with that military helicopter with rocket launchers! I also have a blast just driving a motorcycle into the jungle and getting some mad motocross action going with all the rocks and random trees you can find (as well as items you get points for picking up). The vehicles feel very natural to drive, for the most part, even using just a keyboard and mouse. The length of time it takes to fly/drive/boat across this massive world is only testimonial to the vastness of the territory which only contributes to the realism.
As far as graphics and environment go, this game beats everything I've ever seen. A real beach with real waves that LOOK real. Endless jungles with very authentic foliage, amazing atmospheric effects, and a sky that cycles between night and day in regular intervals, plus random weather effects (rain in the lowlands, snowstorms on the mountains) all contribute to this feeling of being in a real little world. And what a beautiful world, which I'd want to really go to, if not for that darn "Baby Panay."
I didn't find the rather blase storyline a problem like some reviewers have. In fact I think it's better because you kind of make your own story in a free-roaming way, taking on challenges and accepting deals, buying and selling, and a lot more. The one problem I had with the story is that I felt there should be a variety of characters to play with, which would make it more open for online play. For instance, why not give the hot helicopter chick, the hot asian chick, or the goofy Swede some part to play in their subversive activities? Not that I didn't appreciate the sheer machoness of Rico Rodriguez! However, for the record, I hope they do something along the lines of a MMORPG in the next installment of this game.
For a new release, I hope they include better AI. The "heat" are pretty easy to outwit. I'd like to see a much smarter enemy who's harder to outsmart. Also I'd like to see better more interactive dialog in realtime for the missions. The cut scenes really don't "wow" me as much as the realtime virtual world and they don't really add much to the story at all. I like the idea of the PDA/intelligence file but I wish they'd give you the opportunity to customize it and have a bit more specific data. Also some details I miss: need more animals. A country like panau would undoubtedly have a lot of denizens with poultry, goats, etc., and there should be more fish varieties. Also monkeys and snakes in the jungle. Still it's such a huge intriguing place those are minor things.
Then there's that "Easter Egg" that I won't specify although any internet search would find it. It's probably the most awesome easter egg ever - and I just said that the other day about one that was about 1/100th the awesome factor of this one, so now I have to take that all back. Let's just say fans of the show "Lost" MUST get this game JUST for that Easter Egg.
So should everyone else.
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Clearing things up.
Just Cause 2 Requires you to play through a program called Steam. Steam is nothing but a connection to the PC gaming community. Steam doesn't effect the game play at all, including Graphics and Frames per second. If you aren't sure about purchasing, you can download the Just Cause 2 demo from Steam itself, which is an accurate representation of how the full game will run. If your having trouble downloading, these are the steps I took.1)Download Steam from Steam's Website.2)Purchase the Game from Amazon3)Instead of using Amazon's Down-loader,go to "Your Amazon Account" and then "Your Games and Software Library". View your Games "Activation Key"4)Open Steam's Game Library. At the Bottler left corner you will a Option to "ADD a Game". Click on that.5)Chose To "Activate a product or game" and Insert the Game's Activation key you viewed from Amazon.6)At this point your download will begin on Steam. The download took me about an hour and a half.It is a slight drawback using Steam to run Just Cause 2, but believe me the game is worth it. I would recommend this game to anyone in a heart beat. **I cant Stress this enough. First try out the demo on Steam**
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Würde ich noch mal kaufen !
Reviewed in Germany on April 24, 2019Platform: PC DownloadVerified Purchase
