• Summary: Developed by Avalanche Studios, Just Cause 2 finds Rico Rodriguez returning in an epic open-world adventure set in the diverse tropical playground of Panau in South East Asia, where the aim is to cause chaos and destruction in a way that only Rico knows how! His mission is to destabilize the island and free it from the tyranny of the evil dictator, Baby Panay. Players tackle missions and objectives in any way they want while exploring the highly-detailed and beautiful island by land, sea or air, performing an insane range of new daredevil stunts and mastering the use of the all new grappling hook and Rico's trademark parachute. [Eidos Interactive] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 33
  2. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Just Cause 2 sets a new standard in the sandbox genre, and will be difficult to top due to its incredible graphics, expansive world, and extremely fun gameplay.
  2. Just Cause 2 isn't a perfect game, many of the story missions are blah and the player isn't really let into the joke of the game until late into it, but even with its very minor faults it still manages to be one of the best games I have played this year.
  3. Just Cause 2 can hardly be called an average game. It's a good one undermined by a selection of mediocre elements, and it's all the more frustrating this time around because Avalanche shows us glimpses of just how much fun two weeks on holiday with Rico should be. [Apr 2010, p.96]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 57
  2. Negative: 2 out of 57
  1. This game is a really beautiful game that's extremely entertaining. Thankfully there aren't any story progression map restrictions like Grand Theft Auto, otherwise I don't know if I would have played it. The missions can be extremely repetitive and tedious. The redeeming factor is the surreal action, which is what keeps me hooked if I just wanna be a bad ass for a few hours. Expand
    • 5 of 5 users said yes
  2. I'm at about 6hrs and its one of those games that could have been great but lacking some refinement and having a few very bad mistakes. the good - graphics engine, flying about with the grapple and chute, free form environment the average - level design, combat the bad - why can't i look straight up? too complicated to change from inside a car to the mounted gun on the back. cars have the best wheels of all time - virtually no friction, u must stop the car before u jump on the back to shoot someone otherwise u'll be rolling down the street for seriously as far as it is straight. grappling up a building has you looking straight at the wall when u haul urself in which is pointless because u then have to move the mouse again to look back in the direction u wanted to go. why are there low lying snow covered mountains within sight of seemingly warm tropical islands? lack of background story or foundation when u start the game. i was confused about the agency thing, they seemed like a government agency, but the guy is an absolute terrorist. to summarize - its a game u play if u just want some pointless blasting, any seriousness about a story or any real envolvement is long gone. its playable and sometimes quite fun but its like a badly made corny movie. Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. Amazingly repetitive and boring after the first few hours. Over zealous use of the copy paste and clone tool on the environment and the map itself is so huge as to be oppressive with miles and miles between each mission. Sling shotting around is only fun for a little bit until you notice the half assed way they implemented, the **** which happen at random points like trying to hop up onto something reliably, trying to just walk around with percision takes work. And to knock the score down even more, they're expecting 50 bucks for this repetitive, badly produced tripe. Expand
    • 4 of 20 users said yes

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