Just Cause 2
Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.
Just Cause 2 is a open world, action and sandbox game
developed by Avalanche Studios
and published by Square Enix.
Released on March 23rd 2010 is available only on Windows
in 7 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish and Russian.
It has received 50,449 reviews of which 45,789 were positive and 4,660 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 1.49€ on Steam and has a 90% discount.
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Windows
- OS *: Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows XP is unsupported)
- Processor: Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz)
- Memory: 2GB System Memory
- Hard Drive: 10GB of free drive space
- Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory
(Nvidia GeForce 8800 series/ ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro)
- Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible sound card
- DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 10
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There are 4 of these games. This is the one you should pay attention to. Coming back to this game after having played the 3rd and 4th installments is truly a breath of fresh air. While Just Cause 3 modernized the series and brought lots of welcome little QoL improvements to the table, Just Cause 4 effectively took the least appealing aspects of JC3 and, rather than dispense with them and mingle the best of 2 and 3, leaned further into them, driving a death nail into the series in the process. Avalanche went the wrong direction with the series, and it started with the changes to the physics and animation. JC2 is so wonderful for largely the same reason that the violence in Tom and Jerry is wonderful. It's the physics, sound effects, and the sense of real weight and momentum behind everything that makes it so viscerally satisfying and fun. JC3 and, more so, 4 felt very loose and floaty, which immediately breaks immersion. That was my main gripe with the sequels to this game, but there is a laundry list of other unfortunate design choices that were made that I'm certain others have pointed out. All that to say, this is the best one. Absolutely one of the highest value-for-money games you can buy. Most of the time you can buy it for less than a bag of pork rinds. Heck, you can buy this whole series for peanuts. Go ahead. It's not like you can't extract at least SOME joy out of JC4. Play it with your friends. Pass the controller around. Get it on your Steam Deck. This series is perfect for mobile fun.
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"How u gonna push buttons when your fingers are broken?" - Rico Rodriguez Sum-Up In-depth analysis further down. 🟩 Pros 🟥 Cons • Expansive, well-detailed world. • A large variety of vehicles. • Destructible environment, for the most part. • Great for blowing off steam after a busy day. • Gorgeous visuals for it's time. Great attention to detail in many areas.. • Side-quests are fairly interesting, but not perfect. • Poor story. • Boring completion requirements. Otherwise, great. • Repetitive tasks and destroying stuff. • Sudden crashes, require fix by turning off some settings. 🟨 Bugs & Issues 🔧 Specs ⚙️ Settings & FPS The game runs well on many systems. It does have a crash problem and you're required to turn off decals. That will permanently fix the sudden crashes and allow you to play smoothly. Some have claimed there's an issue to 100% complete the game and require a mod. I've not tested. The Steam achievements for 100% was good enough for me. • CPU: i7-12700K • RAM: 32GB DDR4 • GPU: 3080 10GB • SD: SSD • RES: 1440p Settings: Ultra FPS: 75+ 🌌 Content & Replay Value To complete this game you're required a good 100+ hours to explore, destroy and 100% 75% of the map. It's a tedious task, but can be done. There's no replay value and you're only required to play this game on higher difficulty, but you'd best try this game on lower difficulty first as it can be rather difficult. 💵 Is it worth buying? Yes. It's a good game to dive in and explore the series. I have played the first one, but in the 2nd one you can really tell there's a lot more to be explored. 🎮 Steam Deck Compatibility Works well. It's a bit difficult to get used to the controls, but if you're used to controller, then you'll have no issues whatsoever. 🧾 Verdict: Good [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2761784706] Rating Chart Here I liked the game for what it was. I hated the completion part, therefore, this is my final verdict for what the game offers. It's repetitive, mundane and tedious to complete, so I don't recommend it unless you're willing to go through the struggle. Aside from that, it's a pretty good game. Offers what some open-world games have failed. [quote=TalePlay] Check our [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38352719/] Curator Page for short reviews. If you wish to get more gaming listings, news, and reviews check our [url=https://www.youtube.com/@tale_play] Youtube channel as we release videos there often. In-depth ⚔️ Gameplay & Exploration: Just Cause 2 is an open-world action-adventure game where you play as Rico Rodriguez, a special American agent tasked to hold control over the Panau islands by liberating them islands. You do this in the good old American fashion, blowing up everything that stands in your way, creating chaos, and controlling each point on the map. The gameplay is divided into a few things. taking control over villages, bases, airports, and other areas of interest, doing side-missions for your 3 allies that each try to take control of the map, killing important enemy leaders and playing with different vehicles, collecting items, and exploring the vast and complex islands. The islands are gorgeous, despite the fact that this game came a decade ago. It still holds up very well the visuals and the physics are fairly good too, making it feel like a rather good game to play. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3168185487 😄 Fun: It really depends on what side of the barrel are you looking at from. If you're here to beat the story, it's a better and fun experience to have. If you're here to complete, then you better look elsewhere, because this game doesn't value your time, enjoyment, or patience. 🏞 Visuals & Presentation: Great looking game for its age. I normally look for mods for games that are fairly old to feel a bit better while playing, but to be honest, I didn't feel I needed this game. I think you'll find a lot of stunning views, impressive achievements made by the developers, and a lot of love put in the world. The cinematics are trying to portray a James Bond feel to it, and it nails it in some parts. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2855777188 🔊 Sound & Voice-Acting: The music is the weakest part of this game. It's non-existent in vehicles and very repetitive in the world. Something I wish the game did better. Dialogues and voice-acting is not that impressive either, even for the main characters. It felt a bit forced and lifeless. 📖 Story & Writing: The story revolves around Rico discovering the secrets behind Panau Islands, as he and his team try to take a special role in liberating, infiltrating and taking down the leaders of Panau one by one. New and old characters are introduced in the story, with some interesting events. I did like the James Bond feel of the story, but it was rather dull from transitioning from Cinematics to the game and such. It was hard to find the characters believable in some parts. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3171155376 🧵 Length & Difficulty: It's a humongous game to explore. One of the largest maps I've ever played. I didn't think anything could beat Ubisoft, but it seems to me it did. It's a large and lengthy game. Although you can beat it a lot sooner, you're required to gather chaos, by destroying as much as possible in order to progress. It's not a difficult game to complete, but it's very mundane and tedious, making it more of a drag than anything else. ⭕️Verdict: Just Cause 2 is a great improvement overall over the first game, with stunning visuals, impressive physics, fun mechanics, and a gorgeous world to explore. Although it's not perfect, it's a fun game to blow steam, play at your own pace, and dive into the world that has much to show and tell you.
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Closing almost 14 years after its release, in my opinion JC2 remains the pinnacle of the series to this day. Later games in the series failed to capture the fun and charisma of the characters in the same way. I have more than 250 hours of play, and the desire to keep playing for the simple pleasure of playing never ends (I would love to see a remastered version). Maybe it's the environment created for this small dictatorship, but there's nothing cooler than traveling through this open world creating chaos and being hunted in a crazy way by the army, while there were clichéd speeches from soldiers or fictional government announcements on radio broadcasts.
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!!!STEAM DECK FIX!!! 1. Turn on steam deck 2. Download JUST CAUSE 2 3. switch over to desktop mode after JC2 install 4. open the discover store 5. download an app called protontricks 6. run protontricks 7. find JC2 and click on it(if you get a msg about updating winetricks just click ok) 8. a window will pop up with the option "select the default wine prefix" hit ok 9. next window select "install a windows DLL or component" hit okay 10. find "d3dcompiler_47" check the box to the left and hit okay enjoy ps: if you have a copy of "Renegade ops" its the same process select but you select d3dcompiler_42 " and "d3dcompiler_47". <3
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--{Gameplay}--- ✅Try not to get addicted ✅Very good 🔳Good 🔳Nothing special 🔳Ehh 🔳Bad 🔳Just dont ---{Graphics}--- 🔳Masterpiece 🔳Beautiful ✅Good 🔳Decent 🔳Will do 🔳Bad 🔳Awful 🔳Paint.exe ---{Audio}--- 🔳Fascinating 🔳Very good ✅Good 🔳Decent 🔳Not too bad 🔳Bad 🔳Earrape ---{Audience}--- 🔳Kids ✅Teens 🔳Adults ✅Everyone ---{PC Requirements}--- 🔳Check if you can run paint 🔳Potato ✅Decent 🔳Fast 🔳Rich boi 🔳Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{Story}--- 🔳Doesn't have 🔳Something isnt nothing I guess 🔳Not greatly told 🔳Average ✅Good 🔳Lovely 🔳Will make you cry or smile alot ---{Playstyle}--- ✅Varies a little bit from person to person 🔳Weapon AND character classes 🔳Weapon OR character classes 🔳Creative AND Survival ✅Creative OR Survival ✅Melee AND Ranged 🔳Melee OR Ranged ---{Difficulity}--- 🔳Just press a bunch of buttons 🔳Easy 🔳Significant brain usage 🔳Easy to learn / Hard to master ✅Not so easy 🔳Difficult 🔳Dark Souls ---{Grind}--- 🔳Nothing 🔳Only if you care about leaderboards/ranks 🔳Isnt necessary to progress ✅A bit grindy sometimes 🔳Average grind level 🔳A bit grindy 🔳Insanity ---{Game Time}--- 🔳Long enough for a cup of tea 🔳Short ✅Average 🔳Long ✅Depends on you ✅Endless ---{Price}--- 🔳Just buy it 🔳F2P ✅Worth the price ✅Wait for sale 🔳Maybe if you have some spare money left 🔳Not recommended 🔳Dont throw money into a rubbish bin ---{Micro-Transactions}--- ✅EA 🔳Mobile Game(Necessary if you don’t want to wait 15 weeks to construct a toaster) 🔳”Premium” Currency AND Normal Currency 🔳”Premium” Currency OR Normal Currency 🔳Quick way to advance 🔳Fortnite(Skins/Emotes/Etc) 🔳Only to show off big time 🔳Level DLC 🔳None ---{Bugs/Glitches}--- 🔳Never had any 🔳Minor bugs/glitches ✅Few bugs/glitches 🔳Can get annoying 🔳Ruining the game 🔳The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs/glitches ---{1/10}--- 🔳1 🔳2 🔳3 🔳4 🔳5 🔳6 🔳7 ✅8 🔳9 🔳10
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Online players
107
Developer
Avalanche Studios
Publisher
Square Enix
Release
23 Mar 2010
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