Just Cause

Ahh, yet another 'sandbox' game! Basically, the story (if you want to call it that) is: you must single-handedly liberate an entire country and kill the current dictator. Given that you can roam around approximately 400 square miles, this should have made a halfway decent game. HOWEVER, once you factor in abysmal player and NPC animations, unbelievably buggy scripting, baffling level design, bizarre and laughable physics, endlessly repetitive missions, almost no enemy AI, long outdated graphics, etc. etc., you are left with a boring, antiquated-before-it-was-even-released game that is sure to disappoint. To call this game a pile of...you know what...is slandering that very substance. I give this a 1/10, simply because IMDb doesn't have a lower rating. Avoid at all costs.

Just Cause is the type of game that is very popular with kids these days, and that is the so-called 'sandbox'-games. The goal of these type of games is usually to focus on the player's freedom to explore the world and do whatever he/she wants to. What shocked me is how well this game was received. If you've played the demo, you will notice the quotes of the many praise the game has gotten which the demo proudly shows you at the beginning. Personally, I always thought it looked like just another sandbox-game, but I never knew it was going to be even worse then that. In the time that I played this game I never noticed any significant storyline or at least something that is interesting enough to be mentioned.

The very first thing that bugged me when I started playing Just Cause was the horrible camera-control. Whenever you want to turn the camera to look around you, the screen does this stupid motion-blur that flatout completely ruins your vision. On top of that, the camera-control is highly sensitive, so you are going to get annoyed with this problem a lót. So after some time I hardly even used the camera.

Its not just the camera-control that is broken, your character Rico is the stiffest character I've played with in a long while. His animations are really poor (like most of the characters in this game), and he seems to lack the ability to run for some stupid reason which is very strange considering this is supposed to be a sandbox-game where moving from place to place is usually a crucial thing.

For what its worth, the graphics are at least okay. They set a nice atmosphere, although its nothing you've never seen before. The creators of Just Cause must have been aware of the broken controls, and thats why the game includes a auto-aim function. Basically this means that whenever a enemy is close to you and you aim anywhere near it you will get this big circle around him and from there you can just pull the trigger until he's dead. The funny thing is though that the targets you have to assassinate on some missions take longer to kill. Its obvious that the developers wanted to give the player more challenge, but the game gives no kind of explanation to whý those particular people can take so much more bullets then regular enemy's. This almost makes the game feel like an arcade-shooter, but the enemy AI is very laughable so its still pretty easy to take them out.

I never understood why gamemagazines and websites were stumbling all over each other to get a scoop of this game. Its just a very lackluster attempt at a sandbox-game that was probably rushed out the door which would explain the game's bad AI, crappy controls and overall technical flaws. My advice: stick to Mercenary's (2). Just Cause isn't worth your money and frustration.

Just Cause will find gamers immersed into a world of GTA but a little bit different. The GTA games are more fun and the world is larger while Just Cause will appeal to some gamers. The scenery is more breathtaking than GTA but it's repetitiveness make Just Cause a messed up and boring game. The game itself doesn't make this bad but the glitches which you will find on the PC version make it shi**ier than it already it is.

You play a agent called Rico Rodriguez and you goal in the game is to destroy President Mendoza and his army of corrupt politicians and thugs. You are helped by your two sidekicks and while you are trying to throw President Mendoza (Out the window), you also have to help two sides reclaim San Esperito, a fictional island which the whole game is set in.

The gun play in this game is very similar to James bond and sometimes you will find yourself quitting but one thing this game is perfect in, is the Scenery and the parachuting. Often you will find Rico parachuting from a helicopter with wind rushing in his face. Also during the game you have to complete side missions to increase your ranks within the two factions but they get repetitive and boring after a couple of missions.

Final thoughts: Just Cause is a very fun PC that will have you enjoying it more and more. The breathtaking scenery along with many other things will have you playing for hours without end. One thing that really bugged me was reaching the mission objectives. Sometimes they take for two hours or more. Nevertheless you will enjoy this game!

OK this is a easy simple review nothing to big and nothing to small but just right.

OK this is probley the biggest game ever i mean there is something like 10,000 miles of this i mean its Hugh the lush islands and sea and the little villages are just so much fun to explore take grand theft auto and then times that by 5 the free roaming is amazing but the only annoying thing is the glitches and the graphics it look like your playing a really good PS1 game and the glitches are just terrible i mean it's really bad but also the good thing about it is the drop in you can get cars boats motorbikes by a helicopter thats fun.

i spent 13 pounds on this and its worth it for the free roaming side but its nothing nobody has ever seen it will take you about a year to explore but if you found this game quite cheap then pick it up and play it also i have only played it for the ps2 and i don't know what its like on the XBOX 360 but i have heard its like playing the same game just with a few added extras so thats my review also the missions aren't anything special

Well, I really enjoyed his game, mainly because the scenery is just beautiful and breathtaking at times...parachuting off a cliff and having a stunning view of the ocean and the smaller islands, and the white sands...beautiful :).

You're basically a guy working for two different "gangs" as such. But they are not rival gangs. You eventually work your way up in their ranks to become 'top dog'. There is so much to do in this game, and it's a real change from GTA or Saints Row, which are around streets of America completing missions...I would say Just Cause is much different to those games.

There are countless number of side missions to complete for both gangs, and also secret packages that can be found, some of which can be pretty tricky, and then about 8 races you can complete and get a best time.

The only downfall to this game, is that things are too far apart. What I mean is...if you go to start a side mission, the guy tells you where you need to be, and even if you're travelling by car, it takes you AGES to get to the place you need to be. I'm telling you, this place is huge...there are some things that can take you about 20 minutes to get to your destination! However, I found this to be a nice game to play. Kept me quiet anyway! I managed to 100% this game, and it took me (in total) 38 hours to complete (i haven't calculated that myself, it tells you in your statistics).

This is a good game, to keep you busy. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a change :)