Just Cause 2 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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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 50,645 reviews of which 45,936 were positive and 4,709 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.84€ on Instant Gaming.
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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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This is a Steam Deck review! This is a perfect game for Steam Deck. It's the kind of game you play when you don't really want to play anything, but you want to pass some time. The story is short and not very good, missions are repetitive and not very diverse, All boil down to "kill everyone and then press a button", or "kill the target". The game map is very large, with hundreds of things to find, villages, cities, collectables, that will either improve your equipment, your health, or give you money. There is a lot of time challenges with use of any and all vehicles available in the game. You can fight the military, you can destroy their bases, you can drive tanks, attack helicopters, military jet fighters. You can even pilot an airliner if you want to. And then there is sky diving, parachute and grappling hook! You can grapple to any vehicle, throw out its driver/pilot and take control over it. And I mean ANY vehicle. You wanna hijack a jet plane that is already in the air? As long as you can grapple it with your hook, you can do that! Absolute casual, arcade-style gameplay, way better than any GTA, modern or otherwise. I can't recommend Just Cause 2 enough for Steam Deck. Hell, even for PC. The game runs great on Deck at 60fps with some occasional dips depending on environment. Keep your settings at high and very high with AA at 2x, otherwise the game will significantly lose its image quality. You won't gain all that much performance, while making your game look significantly less appealing. And it is a good looking game, it just doesn't scale down very well.
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One of my favorite games of all time. The main story and the side missions are great, but the ability to just leave and do whatever you want cannot be understated. There's nothing like the sheer amount of joy and the feeling of freedom I get when I do something crazy like sneak onto a military base to steal a plane, fly across the entire map shooting at everything I see, and then crash the plane into an oil rig (parachuting out at the last second, of course).
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At almost 1000 sq km, the map for this game is MASSIVE If you're a fan of open-world exploration, explosions, or both, chances are you already have this game. It's kind of like a B-movie, but the story is very short and is gated by a Chaos mechanic. Story isn't the reason you play a game like this. Rather, I play it for the satisfying explosions, funny physics, and the freedom to explore via parachute and grappling hook, or car, bike, boat, plane or even helicopter. I've played it 3 times now. Hard mode on PSN and PC, and more recently on casual on PC, and I love coming back to blow things the hell up. __________________ A note on performance. I started out my casual run at 2560 resolution and most settings maxxed, but after a few hot weather days I found the game was crashing pretty regularly so I had to dumb things down. In hindsight, I think the game had similar problems the last time I played on PC, and it had crashing problems on PSN too. After a few tries at dumbing down various settings, I ended up with a semi-stable game that would run for a long time - but everything was on low, and most checks were off. I also ended up running 1920 in a window. All this after a re-installation as I had a problem with most buildings and enemies only loading as transparencies, and the grapple would not connect to them. So when you start playing don't be fooled by how well it all seems to be going - it's worth dumbing everything down from the get go. _______________ As fun as the game can be when things are going well and you find your rhythm, it isn't perfect. If you're in a helicopter and shoot and destroy one tiny object, you INSTANTLY get an attack chopper teleport in and start hammering your own aircraft with enemy fire. Regardless of difficulty, enemy numbers never seem to end in any sort of firefight either. As you progress, enemy alarm levels gradually upgrade to a maximum of 5, and you'll be surprised how fast it can fill up just by running around a military base picking up collectables. Races are a personal favourite of mine, and there are plane, boat, car, and even falling races scattered all over the map. Some of them are awesome fun, but sliding around on ice was a bit wimpy. Also, plane controls for banking (better turning by tilting the whole plane's rotation) seemed sluggish - but I didn't fuss over the controls and just went with my PS4 controller, even though the game thought I had an Xbox controller. Physics are fun to mess with - especially with the grapple. One of the earliest missions has you trying to escape pursuers - you almost don't even have to fire any guns, thanks to the ability to tether two objects together. Enemy cars would suddenly flip out when they found they were attached to the road. ___________ 100% completion is almost impossible, seeing as how not every item is tracked on the map, but some completionists may jump on the task - with so many different collectables and things to destroy, the time you'll invest into the game makes every dollar worth it.
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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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To kill anyone, to steal absolutely any transport in this game, the number of cars is simply off the scale, probably exceeds a hundred pieces. And there is plenty of variety in it, take a motorcycle or jump on a helicopter and throw the pilot on the ground. Excellent graphics and surprisingly very low requirements, namely 256 meters of video card and it is already possible to play at low settings. Even without any transport, you can overcome obstacles with the help of a cat. There are a lot of different types of tasks in the game and here they will not let you get bored. It is also impossible not to mention the weapons, which can also be bought and improved, which is another plus of this game. On the downsides, I will say that too many unnecessary tasks are especially annoying strip called "CHAOS". Which you have to fill day after day to advance to the next mission. She's just not needed in this game. ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄███░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄███▀░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄█████░░▄▄███░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄█████████████▀░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄██████████████▀░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░▄████████████████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░░░░░░░░░░░░████████████████████████▀░ ░░░░░░░░░░░███████████████████████▀░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░█████████████████▀░██▀░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░███████████████▀░▄█▀░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░▄█████████████▀▀░▄█▀░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░▄███████▀▀▀▀▀▀░░▄▄█▀░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░▄▄██████▀░▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░▄███████▀░▄█▀░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░▄███████▀░▄█▀░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ▀█▄░▀▀██░▄█▀░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░▀█▄░░▀██▀░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░░▀██▄█▀░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
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Online players
157
Developer
Avalanche Studios
Publisher
Square Enix
Release
23 Mar 2010
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