Just Cause

 PC
User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 294 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 142 out of 294
  2. Mixed: 97 out of 294
  3. Negative: 55 out of 294
Buy Now
Buy on

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. [Anonymous]
    Jan 2, 2007
    5
    A mediocre game at best. Buggy AI,. Graphics become insanely choppy on a multi-processor or hyper-threaded processor box. The fix involves alt-tabbing out, and changing the processor affinity via Windows Task Manager, a problem still unacknowledged by the publisher. Poorly tested mission goals force you to dump your nice vehicle and solve the problem in the way that the developer A mediocre game at best. Buggy AI,. Graphics become insanely choppy on a multi-processor or hyper-threaded processor box. The fix involves alt-tabbing out, and changing the processor affinity via Windows Task Manager, a problem still unacknowledged by the publisher. Poorly tested mission goals force you to dump your nice vehicle and solve the problem in the way that the developer imagined. Plays like a console port, no PC save function, must hike back to a save point before exiting the game.… Expand
  2. PhyL.
    Oct 4, 2006
    10
    OK so the controls could have done with a bit more work and I really miss gamepad support but this game is FUN. The map is huge with no loading screens and the draw distence is stunning. First impressions make for a comparison to San Andreas and it fails but after a couple of hours you see it in it's own right and there are many ways it puts GTA to shame. It's hard to understand OK so the controls could have done with a bit more work and I really miss gamepad support but this game is FUN. The map is huge with no loading screens and the draw distence is stunning. First impressions make for a comparison to San Andreas and it fails but after a couple of hours you see it in it's own right and there are many ways it puts GTA to shame. It's hard to understand the negative reviews unless people are basing their judgments on the demo, I can only say that the retail is way better with most of the irritations ironed out. Excellent game.… Expand
  3. TheMitherer
    Nov 12, 2011
    7
    Approximately 180 miles south of here a certain Mr I. Newton will be spinning in his grave. Luckily for him he can't get out and play this thing. Actually I'm doing the game a disservice. It is tremendous fun for a few hours. After that it's all downhill like the opening parachute jump. It's best not to take this game too seriously (if that's even possible) and then you will have a prettyApproximately 180 miles south of here a certain Mr I. Newton will be spinning in his grave. Luckily for him he can't get out and play this thing. Actually I'm doing the game a disservice. It is tremendous fun for a few hours. After that it's all downhill like the opening parachute jump. It's best not to take this game too seriously (if that's even possible) and then you will have a pretty good time until you get bored with an extreme bout of deja vu. I toyed with 6/10 but decided on a 7 because I laughed a lot, and arsing around, seeing what stupid thing you can do next appeals to the kid in all of us.… Expand
  4. TomM.
    Mar 16, 2007
    0
    Worst game I have ever seen, lots of bugs, the A.I is predictable and there is no such ting as ragdoll. People die and fall down like they do on CS 1.6. Its just too bad they didn't finish the game, it could have been so much better if the bugs were fixed and if they made a better job with the missions. The idea is not bad.
  5. Elpresidenti
    Sep 25, 2006
    6
    Just Cause is beautiful to look at and the island you play on is huge, from the start you havo total freedom of the island and if you want an idea on how big it is ,I would probly say that you could fit San andreas, Liberty city, and the island of farcry onto it. missions are ok and the physics are out of the window, My grip with this game is the pathetic control system, you can give all Just Cause is beautiful to look at and the island you play on is huge, from the start you havo total freedom of the island and if you want an idea on how big it is ,I would probly say that you could fit San andreas, Liberty city, and the island of farcry onto it. missions are ok and the physics are out of the window, My grip with this game is the pathetic control system, you can give all the controls new keys but for some odd reason if you have a 5 button mouse you are unable to use buttons 4 & 5 as well as the middle mouse button for anything. also lets say you set deploy parashute to the pagedown key and from time to time you can press that button to deploy the parashute BUT let say you press the stunt key to jump out of the car and onto its roof, well the parashute key now changes to something else, im sure once you get your head around how to redefine the controls and things start to make sence you will find just cause enjoyable. oh one last thing the game does not have joystick support so its mouse and keyboard all the way.… Expand
  6. Daveydje
    Sep 25, 2006
    7
    It's basically a GTA clone, but not a bad one. The stunt mode is pretty good, even it does defy the laws of physics... jumping out of the cockpit of a plane and onto the wing, and parachuting to your target is great fun. The missions seem decent enough. It's one of those games which has some faults, but is still a good laugh.
  7. MagnusLund
    May 6, 2009
    1
    89 vehicles that all look and handles like poop.
    250.000 acres of tropical island that all look the same.
    303 unimaginative and bland missions. this game is truly about quantity over quality....sadly. the rest of the stuff- AI, Combat, controls, sounds, graphics, story, gameplay etc etc. can all be summed up in one word: TERRIBLE. the game gets 1 point for the parachuting/para    89 vehicles that all look and handles like poop.
    250.000 acres of tropical island that all look the same.
    303 unimaginative and bland missions.

    this game is truly about quantity over quality....sadly.

    the rest of the stuff- AI, Combat, controls, sounds, graphics, story, gameplay etc etc. can all be summed up in one word: TERRIBLE.

    the game gets 1 point for the parachuting/para sailing which is the only thing that they have done right in this game.

    in other words, stay the hell away from this game, even if you find it as a bargain deal, like I did, it's still not worth the money. AVOID AT ALL "CAUSE"(ok lame pun but whatever :-P )    … Expand
  8. BlorgB.
    Jan 21, 2007
    1
    I bought this game, wich was my first mistake....couldn't belive how a tilte like this can be shipped. Its way to buggy on a 360 ...and I've heard its even worse on the PC. Gameplay is mindless, I've played freeware better than this.
  9. Chris
    Jul 19, 2007
    3
    Bad controls. no storyline. a cheap,shallow GTA spin-off.
  10. JhonBogerty
    Oct 15, 2006
    0
    Bought it, sold it, regretted ever looking at it.
  11. Sam
    Aug 31, 2007
    4
    Demo was fun but the game got boring after just a few hours. GTA ripoff, no storyline. Every mission was "kill this guy" or "retrieve this item."
  12. DavidP.
    Aug 26, 2006
    4
    What a disapointment! Months of hype, excellent pictures and some fanstastic video and we end up with a turkey! If this demo is indicative of the finished games then I wont be wasting my money. The AI is basic, the "freeform" exploration actually punctuated with new missions and constant barrages "complete the mission" the vehicles are impossible to drive and despite playing this over and What a disapointment! Months of hype, excellent pictures and some fanstastic video and we end up with a turkey! If this demo is indicative of the finished games then I wont be wasting my money. The AI is basic, the "freeform" exploration actually punctuated with new missions and constant barrages "complete the mission" the vehicles are impossible to drive and despite playing this over and over again I have yet to discover the grappling hook ! It is also seems to lurch from extreme difficulty ie land self on moving car and kill god like boss, to arcade simplicity when taking on 100's of tooled up police who will barely damage your own god like health! All in all a game best avoided if the demo is anything to go on.… Expand
  13. SourceCS
    Dec 19, 2008
    3
    The good things:
    You can be a passanger, when hp is low slomo activates, lots of stunts, mounted guns on vehicles, multiple weapons that you can switch between (in a vehicle ofcourse), nice graphics, good features in PDA. Weapons, vehicles, guns ar availabel in safe house and they are diffrent in every safehouse, parachute feature is great, lock'on target feature.
    The Bad things:    The good things:
    You can be a passanger, when hp is low slomo activates, lots of stunts, mounted guns on vehicles, multiple weapons that you can switch between (in a vehicle ofcourse), nice graphics, good features in PDA. Weapons, vehicles, guns ar availabel in safe house and they are diffrent in every safehouse, parachute feature is great, lock'on target feature.
    The Bad things:
    Every time you change graphics you have to restart, laggy on low graphics (high graphics gave me best performence), nothing to do in free roam besides kill, get bounty, hijack. Tereble controls when sweeming under water, borring missions, borring gameplay, bad hadlings on a ground vehicles, Lame AIs, retardet pursuits.
    I rated 3 cause it's borring. The game is woth attention, but not worth buying it    … Expand
  14. besttuanlong
    Nov 24, 2013
    3
    If you like GTA, Don't EVER buy this game, it will bug the Hells out of you (Story, graphic, characters motion, music, everythings). Buy San andreas instead.
  15. Keydub
    Oct 15, 2006
    1
    Almost as bad a Driv3r! DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ITS TERRIBLE, stick with GTA San Andreas its still the best!
  16. Keydub
    Sep 24, 2006
    2
    Almost as bad a Driv3r! DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ITS TERRIBLE, stick with GTA San Andreas its still the best!
  17. BaddogM.
    May 20, 2007
    10
    Grapple a helicopter and then crash it into a volcano, parachuting out at the last second, to land on a moving vehicle and car surf to freedom. If you don't have fun playing this, then you may well have part of your brain missing.
  18. Stallin
    Nov 8, 2006
    7
    Even though the amazing world you have to deal with and some very interesting acrobatics that u can do , you always have the feeling that something misses. I think that if a creator could combinate the world of the just cause and the feeling that creates you an episode of the grand thief auto series , then we could speak for the bast action game ever. But just cause by itself wont be this game!!!
  19. PeterA.
    Oct 20, 2006
    10
    Great fun and exciting stunts. I've done all the liberations on the entire island.
  20. Dane
    May 13, 2007
    7
    Anonymous reviewer said it all... blatant PC port with horrible save function and several bugs that affect play (like the stuttering). Still, beneath al that lies a very fun game with some amazing visuals.
  21. JustinT.
    Jun 7, 2007
    10
    I thought the whole game was cool the helicopters and being able to go arouns the island and adventure its just cool idk who wouldnt like it. its all action packed i love it. but of course my computer stoped playing it for some reason it wont even load into the game any more i think its cas my computer has windows xp 64 bit.
  22. SvenS.
    Oct 10, 2006
    10
    To me this was a great experience, the action is mindblowing, the graphics is amazing. Buy this game!
  23. Michael
    Mar 20, 2007
    10
    Really awesome. Somewhat far-fetched stunts and physics, but that is what makes part of the game fun. The graphics are good, the landscape is really beautiful and -huge-. You can fly helicopters, airplanes, drive speedboats, tanks, motorcycles, Vespas, control battleships and hummers and more. 10/10
  24. JohanH.
    Oct 11, 2006
    10
    Great game! Love the action and graphics!
  25. Exors1stFeerontak
    Oct 13, 2006
    8
    The Game is so awsome. The stunts are just so mind blowing. The game kinda lets you down. All the space is 70% Junglw and sea wich kinda sucks. The space could have been used a little more creativley...the A.I is terrible ! The game engine is really great if it was used wisley the game would have had a 10/10. For some reason Rico is pratically invincible. The graphics are great and you The Game is so awsome. The stunts are just so mind blowing. The game kinda lets you down. All the space is 70% Junglw and sea wich kinda sucks. The space could have been used a little more creativley...the A.I is terrible ! The game engine is really great if it was used wisley the game would have had a 10/10. For some reason Rico is pratically invincible. The graphics are great and you really don't nead a powerfull machine to play it. If a level editer came with it, lots of bonus content would be on the net. Another problem is the enemy character models are poorley detailed and body's, particles and other static objects wich are destroyed disappear so quickley...nevertheless the game still rocks so buy it...… Expand
  26. MikeL.
    Oct 8, 2006
    7
    Just Cause isn't bad at all. It's just over-the-top action with realism as an afterthought. When you play it, though, you realize it could have been so much more.
  27. JamieS.
    Sep 24, 2006
    7
    Close .... but not quite. They made a beautiful, interesting, large world that you want to explore only to find it filled with poor animation and AI. When you first parachute down, you feel like it's black&white ..an enormouse world that opens before you. But in your first gunfight, when a car pulls up on a beach and baddies inside "fade" into view rather than actually getting out, Close .... but not quite. They made a beautiful, interesting, large world that you want to explore only to find it filled with poor animation and AI. When you first parachute down, you feel like it's black&white ..an enormouse world that opens before you. But in your first gunfight, when a car pulls up on a beach and baddies inside "fade" into view rather than actually getting out, you are disappointed.. and when you're hit with a hundred shots in the gunfight and still not dead, you're incredulous. And it gets worse. In other gunfights, people pop up and down like jack-in-theboxes... How can they make a world that feels and looks so real, then screw it up so badly? Seven points for trying. It's a damn good engine, and you COULD make a good game with it. But you didn't. Better luck next time guys… Expand
  28. StevenS.
    Apr 13, 2007
    10
    cool tricks in game and graphics are goood!! .. lightning is good to .. 10+
  29. GunnarK.
    Aug 5, 2007
    10
    Fun game and good graphics.
  30. KasperM.
    Nov 19, 2006
    9
    The game is awesome. The stuns are amazing, the land is enormous. The graphics are not amazing, but absolutely not bad.
  31. KonstantinosL.
    Aug 27, 2006
    8
    The game has pretty good action, although with the battle scenes max payne freeze bullets style would be enjoued too. And also a coop of mayhem would have been even more thrilling, doing missions with a friend. Thanks, Cool Game, Im buying it.
  32. Deadly_Traveler
    Nov 9, 2015
    9
    Really good game. Story is great, graphics are pretty good too (liked it despite it was ~2013 (when bought/completed it)). Really loved having fun with hook, had to travel long distances to use heli on missions, conquered posts... Totally recommend it, really great.
  33. Larry223
    Jun 21, 2015
    3
    Decido darle una segunda oportunidad al titulo. Inicio el juego, no me dicen nada de lo que pasa, salto de un helicóptero y toca matar gente. Por qué? No tengo idea, creo que todo el juego son excusas para matar. Pensaba hacer al menos 5 misiones a ver si lo soportaba, pero ni eso me dura sin errores. Inicio el juego y no tiene su traducción, ni al menos subtítulos al español, de echo todoDecido darle una segunda oportunidad al titulo. Inicio el juego, no me dicen nada de lo que pasa, salto de un helicóptero y toca matar gente. Por qué? No tengo idea, creo que todo el juego son excusas para matar. Pensaba hacer al menos 5 misiones a ver si lo soportaba, pero ni eso me dura sin errores. Inicio el juego y no tiene su traducción, ni al menos subtítulos al español, de echo todo esta en ingles sin posibilidad de cambiarlo. De hay intento abrir el paracaídas y no se puede, no se si fue mi teclado pero la segunda ves que intente al reiniciar me funciono. Pero cuando caí al agua la cámara no subía a la superficie. Imagínate que es GTASA y saltas al agua, pero la maldita cámara solo te deja ver a tu personaje desde los pies y no puedes subirla. Eso me paso. De hay intento de nuevo y paso una mision, de hay pienso que tal ves la cosa mejore, pero un carro me atropella y quedo atrapado en un bug en el que estoy encerrado en mi moto mientras atravieso un carro sin la posibilidad ni de mover la propia moto.

    Supongo que es un juego de matar y una mala historia para ocultar que eso es todo. No lo complete y no lo completare, es perder el tiempo para ser honesto.

    03/10

    Le daría un 4, pero sin ninguna traducción y 3 bugs en solo 5 minutos de juego. No vale la pena ni para matar el tiempo.    … Expand
  34. mouli
    Sep 30, 2014
    0
    It is not a good game for shooting type ,i don't like it.....the soldiers keep on coming here and there ,after even we shoot them .....the still come again and again ....
  35. muzmuz
    Dec 1, 2015
    7
    Just Cause is a fun open-world action shooter game. It isn't a particularly flawless and perfect video game, but it certainly is addictive and may take a little too much of your time. It has successfully paved the way for the latter two installments of the same title.
  36. AyricD.
    Apr 9, 2007
    5
    Bad port... probably fun on console
  37. k-oz
    Nov 6, 2007
    6
    A pretty good try at doing something creative, but just not good enough. the stunts, even though creative, get repetitive after a few hours of gameplay. mission designs should be able to give the player a bit more freedom. the physics suck to the core! and rico is downright invincible and dies only when mowed down by a vehicle. also the game starts to stutter after an hour of gameplay orA pretty good try at doing something creative, but just not good enough. the stunts, even though creative, get repetitive after a few hours of gameplay. mission designs should be able to give the player a bit more freedom. the physics suck to the core! and rico is downright invincible and dies only when mowed down by a vehicle. also the game starts to stutter after an hour of gameplay or so. one of the few good points to the game is the island itself which is really pretty, but too eventless to actually bother exploring. some of the vehicles are fun to ride too.… Expand
  38. Adam
    Mar 25, 2007
    5
    Poor controls, no support for widescreen, and graphics are disappointing. Can't believe I spent $35 dollars to run around what feels like a deserted Island.
  39. Avalord
    Jun 20, 2019
    6
    The start is nice, but then it just drags on and on. Very repetitious and no end in sight.
  40. VidyaBum
    Dec 30, 2015
    3
    Note's a bit harsh since I played this in 2015, but even when it came out I remember playing it for the first time and not going very far due to the game's gross limitations in its design.

    Pros: -World is big -Hero is basically superman and allows for a lot of mindless shooting/fighting -Some interesting bases for the series were thrown here like the grappling hook(only works on    Note's a bit harsh since I played this in 2015, but even when it came out I remember playing it for the first time and not going very far due to the game's gross limitations in its design.

    Pros:
    -World is big
    -Hero is basically superman and allows for a lot of mindless shooting/fighting
    -Some interesting bases for the series were thrown here like the grappling hook(only works on cars) and the parachute

    That's it really.

    Cons:
    -Looks bad. I know it's old, but even for old, I just find the character models to be an early 2000 thing rather than a late one. Jungle looks alright, but towns all look alike, and some feel very much like chunks of town copypasted all over the map.
    -No memorable music
    -Very mediocre story, not the terrible kind, not the so bad it's good kind, just an uninteresting and boring basic story with no value. Same applies to the characters, although I found Rico to be somewhat cool.

    None of this is that bad though, because Just Cause as a series is all about the fun that the gameplay provides.

    And uuuuuugh.

    Controls in general aren't very satisfying. Shooting your guns is imprecise so you have to get a close-ish range for most fights. Moving around isn't exactly very fluid. Control in cars and vehicles is however ludicrous. It works, sure, but the entire physics engine is just the most basic thing in the game: if you hit a rock at 140km/h, you'll go to 0 in 0 seconds. You spin out of control very easily, controls are rough and unpleasant in general, with a lot of simplistic driving mechanics that force you to go through the same motions at every curve.
    Enemy AI certainly won't help, on cars it's ridiculously predictable and it brings zero fun to the game. On foot it shoots you decently enough.
    Parachute also sucks to control, so there's no fun in anything that's not you on foot.

    The game is usually about 3 things:
    -Driving around
    -Shooting people
    -Shooting people in a battle

    The diversity in the gameplay thanks to the grappling hook and stuff to destroy in later games simply doesn't exist here. All you have is a huge map with lots of copypasted villages and cities and some missions that are usually about shooting more stuff, and you go from settlement to settlement, mission to mission, driving with poor mechanics, then shooting some enemies, shooting them in a town, shooting them in a field, shooting them near a mansion...

    The problem really is with the going around IMHO, the shooting lacks diversity and hasn't got great control, but it certainly has some fun in it. The entirety of the game very quickly tires however, between the general ugliness, lack of diversity, very poor driving, and the crappy AIs that either don't provide much challenge or outright get in your way when they're supposed to help (kudos on these guerillero ass*oles when I'm trying to gun down a chopper with the machine gun on their trucks and they get on the wheel and drive us AWAY from my target without me being able to stop them!), and some other bugs and glitches, and the auto-aim with all armed vehicles, and the list goes on and on, all I can say is that the repetition and general poor design completely crush the novelties of this game, which were far more intelligently designed in its sequel.    … Expand
  41. Tomle1202
    Jan 30, 2016
    6
    Guns, explosions, and a plot that nobody cares about, Just Cause can be described as some B-movies that ultimately makes no sense at all. Not that I'm complaining.
  42. OOa007
    Dec 18, 2018
    8
    Not bad game for its age. Large map, lots to do. They have released a free multiplayer mod
  43. Just_Some_Gamer
    Jul 18, 2017
    7
    Fun game.
    Very ambitious for the time, but the baseline hardware it was designed for (XBOX, PS2) inferred some trade offs. The open world is massive but relatively non-interactive, so the game is designed around fleeting gunplay and vehicular stunts; as such side content revolves around menial tasks 'drive here, kill x' or liberating settlements, which involves basic skirmishes across    Fun game.
    Very ambitious for the time, but the baseline hardware it was designed for (XBOX, PS2) inferred some trade offs. The open world is massive but relatively non-interactive, so the game is designed around fleeting gunplay and vehicular stunts; as such side content revolves around menial tasks 'drive here, kill x' or liberating settlements, which involves basic skirmishes across varying locations. Fortunately the islands do feel active, with it's residents warring actively as you traverse the geography.

    The main story consists of approx. 20 missions, which can be dusted in 4 hours at a leisurely pace (ignoring distractions or detours). The bright side is that each mission is pretty fun and segmented with some quirky cutscenes.

    You can probably finish the campaign before your attention wears out, so no biggie. I recommend it if you can get it cheap.    … Expand
  44. Diegochocho
    Jul 5, 2018
    4
    ASQUEROSO JUEGO, jugandolo me dormía, y la jugabilidad te pone nervioso y la traducción para el CULO, todavía sigo pensando en la esquina de mi cama como es que me termine este juego.
  45. Hayter
    Nov 10, 2019
    7
    Кто-то ещё помнит первую часть Just Cause?
    Да, ту самую, где не было привычного крюка-кошки. Вернее он был, но в непривычной ньюфагам форме.
    Моё знакомство с серией началось именно с этой части, потому что, я считаю, что нельзя оценивать серию игр, если даже не играл в первую часть. По поводу графики, хотелось бы отметить, что это далеко не Crysis и даже не Half-Life 2. Честно скажу,    Кто-то ещё помнит первую часть Just Cause?
    Да, ту самую, где не было привычного крюка-кошки. Вернее он был, но в непривычной ньюфагам форме.
    Моё знакомство с серией началось именно с этой части, потому что, я считаю, что нельзя оценивать серию игр, если даже не играл в первую часть.
    По поводу графики, хотелось бы отметить, что это далеко не Crysis и даже не Half-Life 2. Честно скажу, для 2006 это не очень, но всё компенсируется довольно большим открытым миром. Но и здесь придирчивые и внимательные игроки отметят, что большинство игрового мира это - лес, горы и море (или океан, не знаю). В любом случае, мир довольно обширный и чтобы его полностью обойти понадобится много времени, к счастью, мне это не особо интересно и я просто перемещаюсь из точки в точку.
    Касательно побочных заданий, их можно описать словами: убей, привези, укради, взорви.
    Захват баз для наших соратников это, конечно, интересно, но 3700 очков, ребят, извините, но нет.
    Если рассматривать сюжет, то это обычный фильм с Сильвестром Сталлоне, только в главной роли Рико Родригес.
    Стоит упомянуть, что главный герой, конкретно в этой части не блещет харизмой, хотя предпосылки имеются.
    Транспорта много, почти на любой вкус, не хватает только ракет, дирижаблей, велосипедов и т.д. В основном, для перемещений я использовал вертолёт, т.к. он быстрый и везде пролезет.
    Оружия мало, как по мне, но это мелочи.
    Хочется написать про геймплей, ведь, это важная составляющая каждой игры и эта не исключение. Тот же самый захват баз происходит так: Приезжаешь на точку, подходишь к мужику, берёшь задание, вы с солдатами начинаете бежать сломя голову, пытаетесь убить всех, кто вам мешает, взрываете баррикаду (всего 3 баррикады на каждой базе) и либо захватываете флаг, либо убиваете главаря, это в зависимости от команды, у которой брали задание.
    На счёт сюжетных заданий писать не буду, т.к. у всех они проходятся по разному.
    ИИ в этой игре наглухо отбитый, боты либо ничего тебе не могут сделать и не попадают по тебе 100+ раз подряд, либо за тобой гонятся все преступные группировки острова и полиция, вертолёты которой шотают с одного раза.
    Музыка навевает Мексиканскую жизнь, даже не знаю хорошо это или плохо. Особенно хороша музыка в последней миссии.
    Из минусов, хотелось бы отметить отсутствие русского языка (это так сложно? даже обычные юзеры смогли сделать русификатор)
    Множество багов, в основном визуальные, не влияющие на геймплей.
    Маленький вертолётик из доставки очень легко взрывается и я много раз из-за него перепроходил задания.
    Сложные задания, пару раз знатно горело.    … Expand
  46. DJKrimson
    Mar 17, 2021
    5
    The only impressive thing about this game is that the map is very big for a game being released 2006. Apart from that this game is a mess and I could chose to complain about loads of things, but just to mention some things:
    - you can jump from 20 meter heights or take 20 bullets without dying, but as soon as a vehicle runs into you in 5 km/h, you die almost instantly.
    - controls are a    The only impressive thing about this game is that the map is very big for a game being released 2006. Apart from that this game is a mess and I could chose to complain about loads of things, but just to mention some things:
    - you can jump from 20 meter heights or take 20 bullets without dying, but as soon as a vehicle runs into you in 5 km/h, you die almost instantly.
    - controls are a mess
    - you can't vault over ledges
    - checkpoints are only reliable on main missions, I once lost progress on like 3 side missions because I died in an explosion and got sent back to the last time I completed a main mission. So to secure the side mission progress you would need to travel to a safe house and manually save between every mission, and fast travelling is kinda slow in this game.
    - trying to drive away from enemies is almost impossible, just a few bullet hits will demolish your car, and not getting hit is very hard since it's always spawning gun mounted cars that you can't outdrive. What you'll need to do is drive until the car starts burning, jump out and steal one of the enemies cars. You usually have to do this multiple times per chase.    … Expand
  47. 13sins
    Mar 29, 2019
    9
    fun, good map, good graphics considering when it got released, mediocre story .
  48. clem666
    Jan 8, 2021
    5
    An amazing start for a franchise that will quickly become an unavoidable classic. The map is huge, weapons are varied, gunfights are both epic and funny, scenario is decent.
    However your character, Rico, can take an incredible amount of bullets without dying while being rolled on the corner of the foot by a car launched at 2km/h sends him instantly into the other world. Acting is...    An amazing start for a franchise that will quickly become an unavoidable classic. The map is huge, weapons are varied, gunfights are both epic and funny, scenario is decent.
    However your character, Rico, can take an incredible amount of bullets without dying while being rolled on the corner of the foot by a car launched at 2km/h sends him instantly into the other world. Acting is... huh... intense? Well all the characters of this game are overacting. Women only appear for their huge breasts, just as if the players were needy heterosexual males. Vehicules are way too slow for the size of the map. The major thing you will do while playing this game is driving from point A to point B, avoiding multiple cars on the way. Plus some missions only requires to drive even more. Sometimes you wanna cut through jungle to get to destination faster but you will surely end up getting blocked by trees, rocks or impassable climbs. So the game makes sure you take the correct and extremely long route.
    Physics are broken. The save option is awful since you must reach some dumb computer in order to save your game Still playable and sometimes and funny in spite of itself.    … Expand
  49. ilya_zotov24
    Jun 20, 2021
    8
    _Good game _
  50. SurujSingha
    May 25, 2020
    8
    Game has excess bloom but its understandable because without it, the foliage wont look good at all. The map feels empty, but Avalance did a daring job to make a significantly large map without any loading screens and deserves praise. The story was weak but realistic and believable unlike Jc3 & 4 where you are basically a superhero. The thought of actually travelling the whole map withoutGame has excess bloom but its understandable because without it, the foliage wont look good at all. The map feels empty, but Avalance did a daring job to make a significantly large map without any loading screens and deserves praise. The story was weak but realistic and believable unlike Jc3 & 4 where you are basically a superhero. The thought of actually travelling the whole map without any in-game restrictions was immensely satisfying for me back in those times when there werent much true open world games set in the tropics. The map was so huge that i often used to play it like a driving simulator by setting up markers on different positions on the map and travelling with vehicles to the predefined location while enjoying the beauty of the landscape that i encountered along the way.… Expand
  51. Goorman1996
    Jun 28, 2022
    10
    Remembering came home from school, launched this game, find myself a vehicle and just was riding from one island to another. Due to the huge world map, I used to spend hours to get from one side of the map to another. A truly classic JC title.
  52. vova22379
    Aug 1, 2022
    0
    DROP/10⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
  53. Sniperman440
    Nov 9, 2021
    9
    This game is very very crazy, but it is the most realistic one in the series. This also has the best driving controls in the series, at least in my opinion.
  54. Le0nidas
    Sep 28, 2021
    4
    This game is fun only for first few hours, than its repetitive and not really technically great too. Not worth playing.
  55. zyllus
    Feb 27, 2022
    8
    If Micheal Bay ever made a video game, it would be this. You don't buy this game for the story, you buy it to just blow **** up. The grappling hook and the infinite parachuting gives you tons of opportunities to try out new way to interact with vehicles and environment which make this game so much fun. The explosions are quite good if you compare it to the standards of those times but theIf Micheal Bay ever made a video game, it would be this. You don't buy this game for the story, you buy it to just blow **** up. The grappling hook and the infinite parachuting gives you tons of opportunities to try out new way to interact with vehicles and environment which make this game so much fun. The explosions are quite good if you compare it to the standards of those times but the voice acting and story are very poor. You are a one-man army removing a dictator from a country by blowing everything that you can lay your eyes on. Disclaimer - Do not play this game before your Physics exam.… Expand
  56. Dellou
    Jan 30, 2022
    6
    Хороший Джаст каус, обучение не такое долгое как в будущих частях. Графика интересная. Но игра лучше становится когда доезжаешь до города, просто катался по джунглям скучновато
  57. Nick7000
    May 13, 2023
    5
    Скучно, глупо, кринжово, и для 2006го выглядить крайне плохо.
  58. petrkozak13
    Dec 14, 2021
    7
    I remember being blown away by the scope of this game. It was so huge back in the day. Overall it's a fun experience but in no way perfect one.
  59. aecsuter
    Aug 22, 2022
    3
    Just Cause is a game that has not aged well, my analysis is for who will play today and not taking into account the time.

    Pros: - Good variety of Vehicles and Weapons - It's nice to have special vehicles in each Base Cons: - Very bad physics. Motorcycles overturn cars, The jump is very ugly and strange, - Game mechanics are weird at times - Boring sidequests - Sidequests /    Just Cause is a game that has not aged well, my analysis is for who will play today and not taking into account the time.

    Pros:
    - Good variety of Vehicles and Weapons
    - It's nice to have special vehicles in each Base

    Cons:
    - Very bad physics. Motorcycles overturn cars, The jump is very ugly and strange,
    - Game mechanics are weird at times
    - Boring sidequests
    - Sidequests / taking islands is of no use to the game progress.
    - Ugly and disproportionate interior scenarios. (Large spaces with two or three soldiers)

    I had already played 2 a few years ago before revisiting the whole saga, but playing 1 these days was pretty bearable.
    I didn't have any motivation to collect all the items and conquer all the islands, and I tend to always try to close the games 100%.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

76
#76 Best PC Game of 2006
29
#29 Most Discussed PC Game of 2006
13
#13 Most Shared PC Game of 2006

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Game Chronicles
    70
    You’ll have a fun time breaking the law to overthrow a government and not even know who you’re working for.
    Read full review
  2. eToychest
    70
    It may not be the deepest kid in the class, but it sure does know how to have fun at recess.
    Read full review
  3. Computer Games Magazine
    50
    Just Cause adds some crazy skydiving, car surfing, and a grappling hook that lets you parasail, but its storyline missions are kind of dull and predictable. [Jan. 2007, p.72]
See all critic reviews »