Just Cause 4

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 437 Ratings

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  1. JimmyDamage
    Dec 4, 2018
    2
    Crashing after a few minutes of gameplay, have yet to finish the intro mission.
    Drivers updated and requirements met.
    Running as admin, tried disabling cloud saves, -8 clock on msi ab, etc etc, even did a rain dance.
    Game not working.
  2. Mange99
    Dec 5, 2018
    2
    Played on PC. Port is bad. Graphics issues and crashes. Video and key bind options are bad. Game play is less enjoyable than 2 or even 3. It is great if you want to just blow stuff up and cause chaos but the only real neat addition are the balloons. The base takeovers are not as enjoyable since you have to do missions to complete instead of destruction. Don't waste your money untilPlayed on PC. Port is bad. Graphics issues and crashes. Video and key bind options are bad. Game play is less enjoyable than 2 or even 3. It is great if you want to just blow stuff up and cause chaos but the only real neat addition are the balloons. The base takeovers are not as enjoyable since you have to do missions to complete instead of destruction. Don't waste your money until it is patched and discounted. Don't just look at the scores here, also look at Steam ratings. Tells a different story.… Expand
  3. ArgusLVI
    Dec 4, 2018
    2
    Horrid mess: No c4, no grenades, no pistols, no duel-wield, no function vehicle handling, no settlement liberation and no working graphics.

    All in all, I terrible game that was shipped out before it was ready.
  4. axeurol
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    The positive ratings on this website are fake, check the Steam reviews before purchase.
  5. Joe_Friday
    Dec 4, 2018
    0
    I've already refunded this game. It is a shoddy console port that has barely functional controls for PC players. The developers expected all PC gamers to use a controller to play, the keyboard setup is a mess. Even the graphics look worse than you see on modern consoles. The gameplay is more generic and repetitive than Just Cause 3, if you can believe it. I almost wasted $90 on the GoldI've already refunded this game. It is a shoddy console port that has barely functional controls for PC players. The developers expected all PC gamers to use a controller to play, the keyboard setup is a mess. Even the graphics look worse than you see on modern consoles. The gameplay is more generic and repetitive than Just Cause 3, if you can believe it. I almost wasted $90 on the Gold Edition of this lazy port, thank God Steam gives refunds.… Expand
  6. mroowol
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    Seriously? After so many good trailers, even lately gameplay shown by DF, I was so hyped and excited about JC4. But after couple of hours, I'm so disappointed. Game looks horrible, AA does not work as it should or these isn't any, LOD is a joke compared to JC3, shadows of some bushes appears like from 5 feet away, water is a one flat big streched pixel!!! Sunlights on Rico's face makes himSeriously? After so many good trailers, even lately gameplay shown by DF, I was so hyped and excited about JC4. But after couple of hours, I'm so disappointed. Game looks horrible, AA does not work as it should or these isn't any, LOD is a joke compared to JC3, shadows of some bushes appears like from 5 feet away, water is a one flat big streched pixel!!! Sunlights on Rico's face makes him look like a Santa Claus, because it's that broken. Whole game looks like downgrade to that what we saw on trailers. Game looks way worse than JC3 on day one. And the prerendered cutscenes, wth is this? They look like 640x480 streched to monitor size. Is this a new strategy of publishers to release an unfinished product and get money from our pockets? This is not the way how the games suppose to look on a day one. You pay 59.99-89.99€ for a game that cannot even match to a open world graphic that is shown in AC Odyssey. It's like to pay a full price for a car, but without engine. It is so annoiyng that publishers releases more and more games that are not finished or polished on day one, instead to be broken as hell. I love whole Just Cause series, but this one is a disaster. At this state, at this moment, I would not recommed anyone to buy this game, even if you are so hyped and excited, don't do it. Just wait till they patch it, or be disappointed as I am.
    FYI, for that period of gameplay and writing my opinion, I was using nvidia driver 417.22. Specs: I7 6700k, 1080ti ftw3, 16gb ram @3200mhz. Game runs smooth, average 90 fps @1440p.
    (with driver 411.70 I had issuse in JC4 with LOD, it was totally broken. There was like invisible line that cut off details from the half of the screen to the bottom. With 417.22 it's gone).    … Expand
  7. monzese
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    DON'T BELIEVE NOOBS who gave 10 to this game. They are paid for doing it or are the Developers. Read the REAL reviews on STEAM from people who really bought the game. At this time the score is 41%. Just Cause 4 is 100 times worse than JC3 in every way. Stay away from this buggy crap or wait for a 50%-60% discount.
  8. ChiaFetus
    Dec 4, 2018
    0
    Pros the grappling hook balloon thing. Better driving. Cons. Cutscenes that look a ps3 game. Entire landscapes popping in at the last second. Cars that disappear boats that fly into the sky. I vould go on but you get the idea.
  9. Tea_time
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    Terrible. In every aspect. Already refunded after 30mn of gameplay. I'm happy to see that Steam players reviews feel the same way (at the moment Mostly Negative with 1,916 reviews).
  10. ZaroYamato
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    One word: AWFUL. This is NOT Just Cause any more. What happened to the base objectives; the meaningless destruction. There might be objectives to accomplish, but I don't feel motivated to destroy as much as in previous releases. The graphics are just not of a AAA game in 2018. I just hated this game after playing an hour or so. What the hell happened to JC?
  11. zx670
    Dec 9, 2018
    0
    not being able to bind movement keys makes this game unplayable, shame on the developer's for releasing this garbage for pc. I don't need some pos developer telling me what keys I need to use when I have been gaming with certain specific key bindings for over 25 years that I am accustomed to i'm not willing to try and relearn 25 years of habit for one game, get real, I know the work aroundnot being able to bind movement keys makes this game unplayable, shame on the developer's for releasing this garbage for pc. I don't need some pos developer telling me what keys I need to use when I have been gaming with certain specific key bindings for over 25 years that I am accustomed to i'm not willing to try and relearn 25 years of habit for one game, get real, I know the work around to this but its a pain to do and should not be necessary in this day and age… Expand
  12. EricPhan
    Dec 9, 2018
    3
    By far the worst game in the series. Terrible port (clearly the game designed for consoles not PC) Empty story, empty (non-destructable) world, buggy 3d and excruciating repetitive gameplay. Not a lot of choice for weapons, weapons upgrade is removed, pistols are removed (for whatever **** head of a company reason).

    Overall, There is nothing to do in this games. in JC2 and 3 there is    By far the worst game in the series. Terrible port (clearly the game designed for consoles not PC) Empty story, empty (non-destructable) world, buggy 3d and excruciating repetitive gameplay. Not a lot of choice for weapons, weapons upgrade is removed, pistols are removed (for whatever **** head of a company reason).

    Overall, There is nothing to do in this games. in JC2 and 3 there is not a single moment when you open the map and don't know what to do. JC4 map feel barren, empty, just a bunch of stupid stunts (in design) challenges that is virtually impossible to do with atrocious vehicle control and camera. Not a recommended buy.    … Expand
  13. Efesys
    Dec 11, 2018
    3
    Hello!
    In short - the game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ diverge!
    A little more detailed. The problem is in the developers. Steam says - Avalanche Studios, but this is a lie. There are two studios main Swedish Avalanche Studios and American Avalanche Studios New York. First donated to Just Coast 1-2, Renegate Ops, Mad Max, Hunter. Now the guys are working together with Software ID, on Rage 2, of course.    Hello!
    In short - the game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ diverge!
    A little more detailed. The problem is in the developers. Steam says - Avalanche Studios, but this is a lie. There are two studios main Swedish Avalanche Studios and American Avalanche Studios New York. First donated to Just Coast 1-2, Renegate Ops, Mad Max, Hunter. Now the guys are working together with Software ID, on Rage 2, of course. Who are Avalanche Studios NY? And they did the same controversial with a bunch of shoals Just Coast 3. And they are the same subject ... and as practice has shown - comrades from the American studio NIHRENA do not learn from their mistakes. They managed to release the game - which will go down in history as the Worst part of the series ... they outdid their previous JC 3 ... These are talents ... Feedback is negative, because I hope that after seeing a squall of criticism and negative about the game, the head office Avalanche Studios in Sweden will disperse nafig these mediocrity and close the American studio.    … Expand
  14. Wilder26
    Dec 16, 2018
    0
    Мыло с каждым разом все больше и дороже. С каждым разом мы получаем все более вкусную дерьмовую похлебку, а мы ее едим и пока это будет продолжиться изменений не ждите.
  15. KottarBjorn
    Dec 10, 2018
    2
    it is the same games as 3 that came out last time. that is just lazy. if you have no clue to how to continue a game series, plz start a new one with other ideas.
  16. CCC78
    Nov 20, 2020
    3
    PS: This rating is by 2018 standards.

    Story: 2/10
    Gameplay: 5/10
    Graphics: 4/10
    Open World: 5/10
    Enjoyability: 4/10
    Conclusion: 3/10
  17. bound4earth
    Jan 1, 2019
    0
    They took Just Cause 3, removed all of the fun mechanics (i.e. base destruction and solo fun) and added convoluted army mechanics that seem ripped right out of a f2p game. You control this rebel army, yet have no real control over them except where they attack and train them by simply attacking the enemy near them? It offers nothing fun and leaves you rudderless, unless you enjoy goingThey took Just Cause 3, removed all of the fun mechanics (i.e. base destruction and solo fun) and added convoluted army mechanics that seem ripped right out of a f2p game. You control this rebel army, yet have no real control over them except where they attack and train them by simply attacking the enemy near them? It offers nothing fun and leaves you rudderless, unless you enjoy going into the mess of a map and clicking through missions because the map shows nothing and toying with overly complex keybindings that are so far from necessary and only add confusion. Why are the missions not listed on the map like in the past, why force this arbitrary list. The game is a downgrade on almost every level over Just Cause 3. It is also even buggier then 3 was at launch. Which was a big reason for it's low score on metacritic. It is a sad day, because all they had to do was make Just cause 3 with a new map, missions and the same gameplay. Instead they decided to build this overly complex system of systems that you have no real control over and do not add any fun. This game is just not fun to play. But If you enjoy physics simulators it is decent, still you are better off playing 3 again. This game just should not exist and hopefully Avalanche dies in a **** fire so JC5 can live on. If they deliver the sequel I think it will be the end. Avalanche is a bunch of clueless people left with no guidance from leadership. It has crashed and burned and hopefully no one tries to help them live on.… Expand
  18. bemused
    Jan 5, 2020
    3
    JC3 was relaxed, cartoony, single-player fun. After 2 hours of JC4 it feels like a tedious sh:t-show.

    The mechanics of the game might be okay with an xbox controller and played on a TV on the other side of the room, but using a keyboard and 1440p monitor the game looks and feels like crap. I keep switching out to the options to double-check whether the graphics have somehow slipped down    JC3 was relaxed, cartoony, single-player fun. After 2 hours of JC4 it feels like a tedious sh:t-show.

    The mechanics of the game might be okay with an xbox controller and played on a TV on the other side of the room, but using a keyboard and 1440p monitor the game looks and feels like crap. I keep switching out to the options to double-check whether the graphics have somehow slipped down to 720p and to triple-check whether I'm missing something obvious in the control mappings. (If I could widen the field of view things might be better, but given the state of the rest of the game I don't feel motivated to google for registry/config hacks.)

    The story (2 hours in) sucks. The series is meant to have some ambiguity - as reflected in the title "just 'cause". In JC4 there's no ambiguity: I'm firmly on the side of the dictator. Even with the crappy game mechanics, I think I'd enjoy the game if I could only side with the Black Hand to kill all the favela residents and their Mary Sue leader.

    I picked the game up for $10 in a Christmas sale so, even though I'm sad that I wasted $10, I'm happy that I feel free to quit after only dropping a couple of hours.    … Expand
  19. c6h12o6free
    Dec 24, 2018
    2
    Y'boring.

    Just cause 2 had a ton of things to do, and slightly buggy mechanics. Just cause 3 had less to do, but was insanely beautiful, with lots of stuff to blow up and fun to be had. Just Cause 4 is more boring than 2, with less content, polish, and detail than 3. Gone are the responsive environments, but hello crashes! It's boring, buggy crap. You don't take towns and bases    Y'boring.

    Just cause 2 had a ton of things to do, and slightly buggy mechanics. Just cause 3 had less to do, but was insanely beautiful, with lots of stuff to blow up and fun to be had.

    Just Cause 4 is more boring than 2, with less content, polish, and detail than 3. Gone are the responsive environments, but hello crashes!

    It's boring, buggy crap. You don't take towns and bases the same way you used to, the enemies pretty much ignore you when you're not in an actual base, and the whole thing commits the cardinal sin in gaming: Y'boring.    … Expand
  20. hugoboss69x
    Dec 15, 2018
    2
    Muy mala optimizacion para PC no pude jugarlo mas de una hora, el antialiasing me mareaba.
  21. BinarySplit
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Did they even playtest this on PC? The controls feel awful, the UI is frustrating to deal with, it's buggy, and whenever you start having fun you'll get ambushed by attack drones and have to retreat.

    This is a huge step backwards from Just Cause 3.
  22. pafciu
    Apr 24, 2020
    0
    Broken, boring, frustrating, crashing, ugly and uninspired. No pistols, no grenades, no eplosives, very limited ammo. Huge step back from amazing JC3. This game is NOT FUN to play at all. Avoid.
  23. se7enX90X
    Apr 20, 2020
    3
    Played for 4 hours since the game became free through the Epic Store and as I expected, it's another turd from Avalanche Studios.
  24. TotallyNotInUse
    Mar 29, 2019
    1
    Well... This game is a disaster, in terms of everything. Take it like this: JC4 has what JC3 didn´t have and JC3 has what JC4 doesnt have so its like half an orange, IMPROVED DESTRUCTION! pointless without bases or cities to liberate, the driving is fixed and has a radio which is good but the lack of soundtrack and heat system (IN MISSIONS: choppers, tank, guns. NORMAL: bike.) Graphics? aWell... This game is a disaster, in terms of everything. Take it like this: JC4 has what JC3 didn´t have and JC3 has what JC4 doesnt have so its like half an orange, IMPROVED DESTRUCTION! pointless without bases or cities to liberate, the driving is fixed and has a radio which is good but the lack of soundtrack and heat system (IN MISSIONS: choppers, tank, guns. NORMAL: bike.) Graphics? a PS3 game with major technical issues. MISSIONS? Oof. the most repetitive missions i've ever played (apart from F4 Preston´s missions) like, do this, protect this, destroy this, switch this; wtf avalanche? HAVEN'T even finished the main quest line because of that; it gives me laziness. Could be better. Provinces liberate with the touch of a button... wtf i liked having to liberate each base, it was an unique experience, having to use a different strategy to liberate each big base. I would buy JC3 instead (or maybe wait until 5) really.… Expand
  25. GoodMorningAss
    Jan 29, 2020
    0
    !Fully support this comment!
    Seriously? After so many good trailers, even lately gameplay shown by DF, I was so hyped and excited about JC4. But after couple of hours, I'm so disappointed. Game looks horrible, AA does not work as it should or these isn't any, LOD is a joke compared to JC3, shadows of some bushes appears like from 5 feet away, water is a one flat big streched pixel!!!    !Fully support this comment!
    Seriously? After so many good trailers, even lately gameplay shown by DF, I was so hyped and excited about JC4. But after couple of hours, I'm so disappointed. Game looks horrible, AA does not work as it should or these isn't any, LOD is a joke compared to JC3, shadows of some bushes appears like from 5 feet away, water is a one flat big streched pixel!!! Sunlights on Rico's face makes him look like a Santa Claus, because it's that broken. Whole game looks like downgrade to that what we saw on trailers. Game looks way worse than JC3 on day one. And the prerendered cutscenes, wth is this? They look like 640x480 streched to monitor size. Is this a new strategy of publishers to release an unfinished product and get money from our pockets? This is not the way how the games suppose to look on a day one. You pay 59.99-89.99€ for a game that cannot even match to a open world graphic that is shown in AC Odyssey. It's like to pay a full price for a car, but without engine. It is so annoiyng that publishers releases more and more games that are not finished or polished on day one, instead to be broken as hell. I love whole Just Cause series, but this one is a disaster. At this state, at this moment, I would not recommed anyone to buy this game, even if you are so hyped and excited, don't do it. Just wait till they patch it, or be disappointed as I am    … Expand
  26. addddd
    Jul 16, 2019
    0
    Bad pc port. also horrible graphIcs. with also a bad overall experience after just cause 3
  27. N3oON
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    Who the hell give this a positive feedback?
    HELLOOO This is a Triple A Game anf look like Sh*t, how is this happend?
    This game is an unballlanced unplayable and disgusting theft, please don't buyit!!
    But seriously this game come out at 2018 and what a nice graphic, well done square enix....
  28. BezimiennyBezi
    Apr 20, 2020
    1
    Experience tej gry przypomina to tak jakbyś grał w Gothica dla movementu.
  29. Sc4rg
    Aug 16, 2020
    0
    This game should receive a couple of rewards:

    Worst UI ever;
    The highest amount of bugs per second you can observe just by standing still, you don't ever need to move;
    Worst level and missions design ever;
    Worst controls ever;
    Least amount of actually working mechanics (can't go lower than zero I guess);
  30. Timibimi
    Jul 6, 2020
    2
    Bad story, Bad synchronized, boring, no inovarive gameplay and at the end they just spam opponents to increase the difficulty overall just a bad game.
    Still 2 points because i like the concept.
  31. Curokawa
    Jul 29, 2020
    1
    +game serie
    -crashs
    -textures
    -gameplay
    -sidequests
    -gamedeveloper - avalanche studios
    +gamedeveloper (but it didn't help) squaresoft
  32. Sjalka
    Jan 6, 2019
    4
    In one line:

    Soulless and repetitive but technically well done In more detail: The most important part .. it runs SIGNIFICANTLY better than Just Cause 3 - fairly smooth with acceptable load times on highest settings. However .. the graphics do not feel very nice - which might be more an art or design choice than the actual complexity. The world is large and expansive, the    In one line:

    Soulless and repetitive but technically well done

    In more detail:

    The most important part .. it runs SIGNIFICANTLY better than Just Cause 3 - fairly smooth with acceptable load times on highest settings.

    However .. the graphics do not feel very nice - which might be more an art or design choice than the actual complexity. The world is large and expansive, the vehicles fairly diverse. But in terms of looks .. it looks more like a modded "Skyrim" in terms of graphical era/fidelity than a 2018 game.

    What i disliked the most however was the gameplay. It felt like a mobile game ... everything is simplified, easier .. in Just Cause 3, when the gliding was introduced, it was a little learning curve .. one that i had never really mastered at all.

    Funny thing - when i tried the gliding in Just Cause 4 .. it was very easy. Same with hopping from vehicle to vehicle ... so easy that it is trivlal (as in boring). Now i do not want a Quicktime event like in "World on fire" whenever i capture a vehicle .. but it should be a bit harder...

    Gunplay is a joke, too .. with the AI pretty much being dumber than the AI in most 20 year old games.

    Sum it all up - and you get a sandbox game on super easy difficulty .. quite boring and not challenging.    … Expand
  33. Nolfy
    Jul 10, 2019
    1
    Low graphics are now the new ultra graphics, story is very simple, controls when playing with keyboard&mouse are really bad, ui is made very difficult. gameplay is mehhh.. Biggest dissapointment are annoying missions like loosing heat (getting away) that can go on forever due to bad AI and programming, vehicle physics and driving is awefull.
  34. robilika
    Mar 14, 2020
    0
    It is a downgrade compared to Just Cause 3! Graphics are worse (especially renders ) , bugs&glitches that should have been solved in Beta , overall gameplay is dull and repetitive. The core function of destructible objects in the world(fuel tanks , generators satellites etc.) now feel meaningless . If you want to play Just Cause 4 , just go and replay Just Cause 3!
  35. DkMarcusDk
    Nov 12, 2019
    2
    Just buy just cause 3 XL edition. Much cheaper and sure as hell looks better and plays better. Like seriously i refunded this game almost immediately after launch, the cutscenes look like ass and the missions were just running around with dudes in a enemy base at 3 nano meters per hour, would much rather glide around with a rocket launcher on my wingsuit FLYING THROUGH EXPLOSIONS in just cause 3.
  36. jessejojo
    Dec 21, 2018
    4
    I played on PC and i have to say, it looks terrible and it plays terrible. Controls are straight up copied out of the console version. I couldnt get myself to even finish the game. This game is a grindy, repetetive mess with no real content. Every single quests is .. go there.. turn a switch ... kill a few bad guys. Over and over again. I dont know how but they really made it worse thanI played on PC and i have to say, it looks terrible and it plays terrible. Controls are straight up copied out of the console version. I couldnt get myself to even finish the game. This game is a grindy, repetetive mess with no real content. Every single quests is .. go there.. turn a switch ... kill a few bad guys. Over and over again. I dont know how but they really made it worse than JC3. They added some nice features for the grappling hook .. but thats it. After goofing around for a bit, there is zero interesting stuff to discover.… Expand
  37. omletccblpom
    Dec 23, 2018
    4
    Sorry for my terrible english.
    Just Cause. It's great destruction simulator with a lot of weapons, not so good story and beautiful explosiones. Here is Just Cause 4, and this is awful.
    Graphics are not so good for 2018 game, even the water. Everything is kinda pixellated. Guns. Just Cause was a game with a truck and one car full of guns, but not in this! You can only order the best    Sorry for my terrible english.
    Just Cause. It's great destruction simulator with a lot of weapons, not so good story and beautiful explosiones. Here is Just Cause 4, and this is awful.
    Graphics are not so good for 2018 game, even the water. Everything is kinda pixellated.
    Guns. Just Cause was a game with a truck and one car full of guns, but not in this! You can only order the best guns, and, you will be needed to order and order a new gun, becuse you CAN'T find them in this big world.
    Crashes. Every f*****g time i launch the game and play for 30-40 minutes, it crashes.One time, when i launched the game, it crashed on loading screen! What the f**k?! I have not so bad computer, GTX 1050Ti and Intel Core 5 8k, graphic settings are on minimum, but it don't help!
    The only pluses of this game is physics and grappling hook.
    Again, sorry for my horrible english.    … Expand
  38. OldManGamerOMG
    Dec 7, 2020
    1
    The entire look of this game is sloppy, with many obvious flaws and poorly designed effects. The game play controls are everywhere, and come off as nonsensicle. Closing the map is the number 1, for instance. Why would you randomly choose the number 1 on your keyboard to close the map? You would have never known this game was made by a major gaming company, as it feels and looks more like aThe entire look of this game is sloppy, with many obvious flaws and poorly designed effects. The game play controls are everywhere, and come off as nonsensicle. Closing the map is the number 1, for instance. Why would you randomly choose the number 1 on your keyboard to close the map? You would have never known this game was made by a major gaming company, as it feels and looks more like a low budget indie game that was never completed.

    The character control is off-putting, with uneven movement. The aiming and viewing with your mouse moves in an uneven as well as sluggish presentation. When you use your grappling hook, you feel a lack of control compared to previous games. The aiming is not precise, and you will sometimes be hitting above, below, left or right of your cursor (center). The parachute and glider seems to be well executed, but everything else is completely unrefined and sloppy is the best way I can describe it. This game is a devastatingly sloppy mess.

    motion and animations show horrible collision issues, while the collision of surfaces in this game dwindle any possible realism out the window completely. Bump a barrel and it could tip over or fly several hundred feet. The same in bumping a large blown up vehicle. The cinematics look horrendous and unfinished, showing that there was no effort in presentation.

    After just recently finishing Just Cause 2 and Just Cause 3, I am sure it was a completely different group of people who made Just Cause 4, as this is so poorly made. This game does not even come close to the level of the previous games in even the quality of game play, smoothness of controls, collision and animation.

    The voice acting shows a lack of feeling, almost like just going through the motions. There is an obvious divide in some of the lines, where it is almost an awkward pause. The script seems to have been read disjointed, leaving little for the voice actors to work together in building the immersion to the situation by sound. The level of emotion in the characters voices is the same, regardless if they are in a life and death combat situation or just sitting and chatting in a calm environment.

    The game performance has stuttering, which makes no sense. The game will perform fine for a time, then it will randomly stutter, then work fine once again. The very first mission with Louis is a complete fiasco. The truck for some reason keeps exploding for no reason. I tried reattempting, and it seems to be unavoidable. Being this is a story mission in the very early game, this is a clear game breaking bug.

    In short, this game should be considered an embarrassment to a company at this level for published such a mess, and I am surprised that it has remained such a mess after this long, unless they just cut their losses and moved on. This game is not worth playing in its current state, and is among the worst games I have ever played from a major gaming company. I would expect a game this poorly made on the level of a failed indie game that was never finished.

    After playing the game for another twelve plus hours, I dislike the game even more. The controls on the flying wing suit are not as good as Just Cause 3. The random vegetation gets in the way with the challenges, which are lackluster. The story is abysmal and filled with politically correct references, instead of anything meaningful. The game characters essentially berates Rico, while then treating him like a boy toy for a loud mouth annoying character that cheapens any value of the Rico and his missions. The writers clearly had an agenda and gave it more importance than making a good game. I will not be investing in Just Cause 5, as I find this to be a sign of a company losing the plot and not trustworthy for quality products.    … Expand
  39. UnbiasedSalt
    Dec 13, 2020
    4
    This is the definition of a heavily downgraded and a dissapointing sequel. It's just boring, boring and boring. There's no point of having a massive map, if only 5% of it is interesting. Somehow, I even think the graphics are downgraded. The game has a "dull" feeling to it, different from the saturated and fun feeling of Just Cause 3. Story is poorly written, and characters areThis is the definition of a heavily downgraded and a dissapointing sequel. It's just boring, boring and boring. There's no point of having a massive map, if only 5% of it is interesting. Somehow, I even think the graphics are downgraded. The game has a "dull" feeling to it, different from the saturated and fun feeling of Just Cause 3. Story is poorly written, and characters are forgettable. Also, Rico looks like some homeless man.… Expand
  40. GreenPufferFish
    Jan 12, 2021
    7
    Its a fun game idk why its got hate on metacritic you can go around flying with your wing suit on it it crashes somethimes tho
  41. Faxmachine
    Mar 10, 2021
    4
    Extremely disappointing! I'm not sure what happened with this game, but it's just so empty and lifeless. Tornadoes were nice idea, but everything else is just weak.
  42. goodTime
    May 1, 2021
    1
    Just Cause 4 might be one of the biggest disappointments in gaming. Literally. I personally never cared about Cyberpunk 2077 anyway, so that one didn't mean much to me. But i was actually hoping that Just Cause 4 will be decent, because 3 was fun enough. sadly, other than tornadoes, there's basically nothing else.
  43. meneerbilnaad
    Jun 8, 2021
    5
    Just cause 4 is actually pretty fun for a couple of hours but you get bored of it pretty fast.. i got 27 hours of game time in the game and I actually think I've seen all it can offer for me. Just cause 2 was fun and nice just cause 3 brought some new stuff in and was also pretty fun but just cause 4 is just more of the same and the missions are actually not fun they are very frustratingJust cause 4 is actually pretty fun for a couple of hours but you get bored of it pretty fast.. i got 27 hours of game time in the game and I actually think I've seen all it can offer for me. Just cause 2 was fun and nice just cause 3 brought some new stuff in and was also pretty fun but just cause 4 is just more of the same and the missions are actually not fun they are very frustrating like.. Hack this transmitter, defend this hacker, hack this hacker hack and do the hacking for the hacking hack. It's always hacking some base and than blowing **** up getting chased down by the bad guys and that over and over again its just not fun. the only fun thing is playing around with the grappling hook and just exploring the world because the world is actually very nice to play in and very beautiful. But other than that there is not much new in just cause 4 and the port from console to PC feels very unstable. I crashed at least 2 times in my playthrough with also major fps drops randomly.

    Just cause 4. Great map/boring story/boring missions/still blowing stuff up.

    5/10    … Expand
  44. Talbis
    Dec 8, 2018
    1
    I finally got to give the game a shot and... this is unplayable.

    Graphics are a downgrade from the previous game. Just compare the textures or water effects, what you have in Just Cause 4 looks terrible! Even the explosions somehow look less impressive than what they used to. But okay, so the game looks bad, how does it play? That was promising when I saw that game uses about 8 GB of    I finally got to give the game a shot and... this is unplayable.

    Graphics are a downgrade from the previous game. Just compare the textures or water effects, what you have in Just Cause 4 looks terrible! Even the explosions somehow look less impressive than what they used to.

    But okay, so the game looks bad, how does it play? That was promising when I saw that game uses about 8 GB of RAM and VRAM is reasonable as well... but the framerate... I couldn't get a stable 30 fps in this game on a mid-range PC, and searching the internet shows that you need the top of the line GPU to play this game at 60 fps in a reasonable resolution! RTX 2080 TI is REQUIRED to play the game at around 60 fps in 1440p... Yeah, a game that looks about as good as Just Cause 2 and most players can't even play it at a reasonable resolution and framerate.

    I won't even mention the crashing, glitching, nonsensical AI, castrated gameplay, terrible UI, the return of vomit inducing motion blur... because chances are high that you won't be able to run the game anyway, so why even bother?    … Expand
  45. SneakySteak
    Dec 6, 2018
    0
    AVALANCHE STILL DID NOT FIX THE VEHICLE CAMERA.
    It is still snapped to the body of the car/plane and nauseating as hell, and I play a lot of vr and dont get motion sickness. But this is on another level.
    Whats disgusting is that they made Mad Max a couple years ago and it didnt have this issue. WTF is Avalanche/square thinking bringing back this mess of a camera? Otherwise the    AVALANCHE STILL DID NOT FIX THE VEHICLE CAMERA.
    It is still snapped to the body of the car/plane and nauseating as hell, and I play a lot of vr and dont get motion sickness. But this is on another level.

    Whats disgusting is that they made Mad Max a couple years ago and it didnt have this issue. WTF is Avalanche/square thinking bringing back this mess of a camera?

    Otherwise the gameplay is average, JC2 had a better parachute so it kinda sucks here, theres no sprint (unlike jc2), the railroad track are textures and not even 3d rails.. I mean c'mon, how much performance are you saving from those few polygons? The weapon handling is better, destruction is excellent (but it seems that where the team spent literally all of their money) and forgot to spend some on cuscenes, story writing, a PROPER **** vehicle camera, graphics etc.

    The Cutscenes are prerendered in 720p low settings and the animation is actually worse than Mass effect Andromeda. Im not expecting anything worthwhile (just cause never great animation or voice acting) but this is actually atrocious, it looks like a 5 year old animated it. The direction is beyond sloppy and the faces on the characters dont look remotely natural.

    Not every game has to have motion capture animation to look acceptable. Witcher 3 had some of the best animated conversations and cutscenes and EVERYTHING was done by hand. Sot his is just unacceptable from a 60$ AAA game.

    I will update my review if any of this is addressed, however like with JC3 im not holding my breath.

    Important Fact : JC2 and Mad Max were made by Avalanche Sweden and Avalanche New York made this pile of♥♥♥♥♥♥just like they made JC3. I expect this to not get fixed ever. However I am looking forward to Rage2 and Gen Zero form Avalanche Sweden because at least they seem to be competent.

    Yes I know square is teh publisher, if you read the review before commenting you wouldnt look like an idiot int he comments.

    Replying to the guy saying the camera can be unlocked. : Unlocking the camera in this game just stops the camera from bouncing back to center position behind the vehicle, the viewport however is still locked to the chassis of the vehicle and coupled with an EXTREMELY low FOV and close up camera makes the experience nauseating, disabling vehicle auto alignment is not the same as removing the rigid lock and the **** fov.    … Expand
  46. Rodrrico
    Dec 8, 2018
    1
    Developers referred to this as a technical marvel. Watch any cutscene and tell me it is a 'technical marvel' again.

    Controls are terrible and cannot be remapped at will - like what the actual f*(k! Graphics are mediocre and I run at 4k. Car camera is too close and the options to change camera are not much better. Weather effects are 100% overrated. While there are sound radio stations    Developers referred to this as a technical marvel. Watch any cutscene and tell me it is a 'technical marvel' again.

    Controls are terrible and cannot be remapped at will - like what the actual f*(k! Graphics are mediocre and I run at 4k. Car camera is too close and the options to change camera are not much better. Weather effects are 100% overrated. While there are sound radio stations to cycle through, they are all rubbish. Overall, I will never buy from avalanche studios again after being burnt with JC3 and now JC4.    … Expand
  47. Montti
    Dec 7, 2018
    1
    Не вздумайте покупать эту подделку сырую , пустая ,скучная ,недоделанная игра которой цена 300 рублей от силы.Фанат 3ий части.
  48. zaphod6502
    Dec 10, 2018
    6
    Yet another shoddy release (as if we didn't have enough this year thanks Fallout 76!) from a developer that seems to have forgotten what made their previous games fun and entertaining.

    Let's take out what made Just Cause 3 fun (liberating towns), add in canned tornado animations, a nonsenical map, an absolutely horrid UI on the Windows version, poorly made graphics using way too many 2D    Yet another shoddy release (as if we didn't have enough this year thanks Fallout 76!) from a developer that seems to have forgotten what made their previous games fun and entertaining.

    Let's take out what made Just Cause 3 fun (liberating towns), add in canned tornado animations, a nonsenical map, an absolutely horrid UI on the Windows version, poorly made graphics using way too many 2D bitmaps, and no reason to blow up things anymore and you get something called Just Cause 4.

    What possessed the developers to abandon a tested formula that made previous Just Cause games so much fun? Were they bored? Did they change developer teams? Was this new graphics engine beyond their skill level?

    The developers have stated a day after release they were aware of the issues and promise to release a patch that will solve everything. I can't help the feeling though that this release was rushed to market and the developers were hoping to just push this game out as is and no one would notice. IF THE GAME WASN'T FINISHED WHY DID YOU RELEASE IT AVALANCHE?! What idiotic manager made that decision? You realise all you have done is given the Steam reviews a chance to completely trash your game!

    Maybe 2018 is the year developers have all decided to completely destroy what little rep they have left with gamers? First we have Bethesda with the FO76 mess, then we have Dice and BFV released with half its content, and now Avalanche releasing this half completed game. What the heck is going on?!    … Expand
  49. CptFlowers
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    It's a buggy mess and i can't play it for more than 20 mins without crashing to desktop. Great job, Avalanche.
  50. fesco1990
    Dec 13, 2018
    0
    кусок мыльного дерьма! халтура хуже юбисофта с ихним осасоном кридом
  51. davoz28
    Dec 7, 2018
    3
    I don't know why but I remember Just Cause 2 looking almost as good as 4. Not close up with vegetation mind you, but just the game in general. Graphics aside, there is a big world to explore here. Plenty of CHAOS to cause for your new ARMY of CHAOS. So far looks like it checks all the boxes. A fantastic physics sandbox. Red targets to explode, soldiers to eliminate with fun weapons, airI don't know why but I remember Just Cause 2 looking almost as good as 4. Not close up with vegetation mind you, but just the game in general. Graphics aside, there is a big world to explore here. Plenty of CHAOS to cause for your new ARMY of CHAOS. So far looks like it checks all the boxes. A fantastic physics sandbox. Red targets to explode, soldiers to eliminate with fun weapons, air drops, grappling hook kills, grappling hook spinning cows, and now we get regions to conquer with our new found army. The region conquer with your army looks a bit shallow atm but I hope they do more with it later in game, as it could be a very good mechanic. Another gripe is getting hit with mortars and having no clue where from. The "Lens" you have doesn't display it. This game is fun. This game needs an hd texture pack. This game has a few stutters that should be patched soon.

    UPDATE: Seems the army/territory takeovers are pretty shallow. Blow things up, unlock an army, and automatically expand your borders. They could have done SO MUCH MORE with this... I feel there is a lot of untapped potential and they could have made several skirmishes with the border expansion. I liked the % of things to blow up in each town. In this game I'm actually searching for things to blow up structure wise. I liked blowing up all red things to 100% a town. Not "flying through 3 circles in wingsuit" or "Enter ring at xxx speed" to complete it. It seems like JC2 was a ton to explode and a lot of cities to 100%, and JC3 had a bunch but bit less. JC4 seems like that number has almost fell 50%. Also, the tornados look like a kid with photoshop, maybe I shouldn't have expected Twister movie type tornadoes to begin with. Oh, and POPINS... On ultra settings things appear out of thin air, the draw distance is terrible. Especially on the ocean. But makes flying a plane and trying to find things to bomb a chore. Grenades are gone, and timed and protect missions are absolutely maddening. Motorcycle controls are suicide lol. Another maddening feature is finding a specific type of car make and model to unlock a factory door. This wouldn't be so bad, but since they aren't real autos you just have to get in and out of a ton of them, and hope to get lucky. In one mission, "The Dawnflower", the mission fails as soon as I enter the stunt car.
    The more I think about it, this JC just doesn't have as much to offer as previous entries. There is just too much untapped potential.

    EDIT: Since the Nvidia drivers for JC4, the stuttering is gone.    … Expand
  52. RSFSR
    Dec 6, 2018
    0
    In the game you are waiting for blurry textures, missing effects, curve smoothing and terrible shadows. The image literally "dazzles" and presses on the eyes. To the above, physical bugs, graphical artifacts and an excessively artificial AI curve are added. The impression is that, instead of the release version, the developers mistakenly flooded the "beta" curve into the network. I reallyIn the game you are waiting for blurry textures, missing effects, curve smoothing and terrible shadows. The image literally "dazzles" and presses on the eyes. To the above, physical bugs, graphical artifacts and an excessively artificial AI curve are added. The impression is that, instead of the release version, the developers mistakenly flooded the "beta" curve into the network. I really hope that they will pay for the game with patches, but now I don’t recommend spending money on it at all.… Expand
  53. Amnesia923
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    It is so much wrong with this game, it's a shame. And for a left handed person like me its unplayable because you can't change the key bindings.
  54. MajorTerra
    Dec 5, 2018
    3
    Just Cause 4 is not really a Just Cause game anymore. Base liberation has been replaced by forced side-quests, more or less entertaining game expansions you could skip and ignore in it's predecessors. In Just Cause 4 to do them is crucial to progress. Noew there's even kinda strategy map, to move your team but the purpose is unclear, cause as explained you'll have to do those side-questsJust Cause 4 is not really a Just Cause game anymore. Base liberation has been replaced by forced side-quests, more or less entertaining game expansions you could skip and ignore in it's predecessors. In Just Cause 4 to do them is crucial to progress. Noew there's even kinda strategy map, to move your team but the purpose is unclear, cause as explained you'll have to do those side-quests to take over an area.
    On the other hand there are too many (sometimes even funny) glitches and bugs that shouldn't happen at a release,
    I suggest it will take at least 6-12 months to fix them all.
    Graphics quality is far from consistent, varies broadly. I didn't expect that and pre-ordered Just Cause 4 but sadly at the end of the day and after more than 12 hours gameplay this unfinished rag rug of a game reminds me too much of Mafia III. Not what I expected.    … Expand
  55. yeahboii
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    The game became free today on Epic Games and i was really excited to finally try it out myself. But when i first started it, it just crashed right away. I tried to fix it. I even tried to install a Skip Intro Mod but i didn't help either. I don't know if it's the fault of Epic Games but I'm basically really disappointed at this point.
  56. Slater
    Dec 4, 2018
    3
    Another completely unacceptable PC port.

    - No FOV settings.
    - Max mouse sensitivity is unbearably low.
    - No way to disable motion blur.
    - Mouse sensitivity when zoomed is not modified by the zoom, so aiming is terrible.
    - Very few graphics settings.

    There are only two possible reasons for this: indifference or incompetence. I don't know which is worse.
  57. Bublick
    Dec 5, 2018
    2
    Можно задать только один вопрос, что за параша с графикой? КАК можно было умудриться обосраться в таком важном оспекте игры? Картинка зернистая, объекты могут прогружаются в 5 метрах от Рико, освещение отвратное. В катсценах творится полное мракобесие. Вам просто пихают мыльные тестуры в лицо, прямо во второй миссии. А вы видели глаза персонажей? ВЫ ИХ ВИДЕЛИ? Они все, б ля ть, чтоМожно задать только один вопрос, что за параша с графикой? КАК можно было умудриться обосраться в таком важном оспекте игры? Картинка зернистая, объекты могут прогружаются в 5 метрах от Рико, освещение отвратное. В катсценах творится полное мракобесие. Вам просто пихают мыльные тестуры в лицо, прямо во второй миссии. А вы видели глаза персонажей? ВЫ ИХ ВИДЕЛИ? Они все, б ля ть, что экзофтальмом болеют? Разрабы, а вы не аху е ли? На фоне rdr2 ваше *творение* выглядит просто как фанатский инди-проект на стадии дремучей альфы. ПРИЧЕМ ОСНОВНАЯ ФИЧА ВАШЕЙ ИГРЫ - РАЗРУШАЕМСТЬ И СПЕЦЭФФЕКТЫ. И, с*ка, как же мне наслаждаться ими без графония? ДА ДАЖЕ JC3 ВЫГЛЯДИТ ЛУЧШЕ, а это ваша игра, выпущеная, мать его, 3 года назад!
    Мне жалко 3к, которые я потратил на это. У меня ещё остаются надежды на какой-то патч, но не думаю, что что-то сильно изменится.
    Единственный плюс, это 100+ фпс на ультрах.
    Какие 8.0 user score, вы что? 4-5 - максимальный балл.    … Expand
  58. whyteian
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    JC4 for the PC is badly designed. The UI is a mess. Avalanche Studios, I am very disappointed, especially given the media hype that PC performance is a priority.
  59. topkeks
    Dec 5, 2018
    0
    ***DONT BUY***
    This metascore of 8.1 is fake, and the studio/developers are spamming accounts, to try and save their sales.
    ***LOOK at STEAM REVIEWS FOR HONEST REVIEWS! *** Like another guy wrote: No c4, no grenades, no pistols, no duelwield, vehicle handling sucks, no settlement liberation and trash graphics..... This game is absolute garbage. The people who give it 10, are    ***DONT BUY***
    This metascore of 8.1 is fake, and the studio/developers are spamming accounts, to try and save their sales.
    ***LOOK at STEAM REVIEWS FOR HONEST REVIEWS! ***

    Like another guy wrote: No c4, no grenades, no pistols, no duelwield, vehicle handling sucks, no settlement liberation and trash graphics.....

    This game is absolute garbage. The people who give it 10, are developers or people working for the studio, that is 100%....
    This game is so horrible i can't even describe it. Makes Just Cause 3, seem like the best game ever made, in comparison..

    If you want to read reviews, go on steam, its on 38% now even further down than before.. I'm so glad i got my refund through steam, i just managed to stop at 1hour and 57minutes lol.    … Expand
  60. RareFroggy123
    Dec 15, 2019
    3
    The graphics are horrible, there's nothing to blow up, and the story is terrible. It's not even a fun sandbox
  61. sirgamer44
    Aug 2, 2022
    0
    Just Cause 4 is worst open world game of all time. All they had were tornadoes, everything else was awful.
  62. Wiljanneman
    Dec 9, 2018
    5
    The side-missions and filler content are much worse (and intrusive) than the previous JC games. It's like a Michael Bay Assassins Creed ripoff. Very disappointed.
  63. LegitMeme
    Dec 25, 2018
    0
    Bad game no buy 4 me, I do not like de graphics and gameplay they are a downgrade, I say no good.
  64. C3realkillah
    Dec 6, 2018
    3
    I'm updating this review. Originally I gave it a 9 and praised the weather and graphics. After playing for around 10 hours and realizing all the game's faults...it's a complete mess. Graphics and textures are horrible, pop in is atrocious, there are unfinished textures and environmental features. The motion blur is also horrendous and makes it hard to focus. The weather is not random it'sI'm updating this review. Originally I gave it a 9 and praised the weather and graphics. After playing for around 10 hours and realizing all the game's faults...it's a complete mess. Graphics and textures are horrible, pop in is atrocious, there are unfinished textures and environmental features. The motion blur is also horrendous and makes it hard to focus. The weather is not random it's on a predetermined path and always repeats the same cycle. It is not dynamic or random so the devs lied on that. The game can still be good fun but it has way too many issues and I can't recommend it unless it gets fixed. It's saddening to say that this was the most disappointing game I've played all year. I wanted to love this game but it's an ugly,unfinished, and buggy mess of a game in it's current state. If it gets patched I will update it but if not this is my final score. Tl;dr graphics are garbage, game can be fun but is a disappointing mess. 3/10… Expand
  65. Svinec
    Dec 10, 2018
    10
    Достойное продолжение. Фанатам серии зайдет.
  66. ahmedmosa
    Dec 8, 2018
    6
    hello i love just cause 4 this wow this action this game of the year WOW WOW
  67. Tapau
    Dec 5, 2018
    10
    Amazing game but can glitch sometimes uses your own creativity and makes it as fun as you make it
  68. MastaDyemon
    Dec 5, 2018
    6
    Ну игра так себе, не рыба не мясо. 3-я часть была не о чем, а 4-я скатилась еще больше.
  69. FleackMaun
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    Best game of series, but there are haven't got amount of action, as in the previous part...
  70. Ziney
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    This game is honestly a lot of fun everything a just cause game should be, explosions chaos and a lot of fun!
  71. MorgothWolf
    Dec 6, 2018
    9
    Over 10 hours in a game, not even one crash. Lots of fun activities, lots of mayhem to make.
    If You love the series - lots of new and loved stuff to do, if You're new to series - good one to start.
    Sure - it has some minor setbacks, few changes comparing to previous games, but none of them will stop You from having fun :)
  72. Vman384
    Dec 4, 2018
    9
    Just a fun game but could do with some multiplayer and the weather is a great touch but me loving just cause 3 I didn't like the control change for the grappling hook but it is something that will take a bit getting used to. It is just a fun game to play.
  73. killercheetah
    Dec 4, 2018
    9
    Really fun gameplay. Lots of side missions to unlock upgrades, plenty of vehicles/supply drops. The various grappling hook mods are so much fun to use. The cutscenes look bad, but apart from that, the game is quite stunning. The plot is nothing special.
  74. RemakerID
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Разработчики полностью выполнили свои обещания и выкатили нам очередной Just Cause, который просто хочется запустить и потеряться. Модификации крюка Рико - это просто нечто!… Expand
  75. CELAES
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    EL MEJOR JUST CAUSE DE LA HISTORIA Y EL "SANDBOX" MÁS GRANDE Y ESPECTACULAR.
  76. epicgamer32
    Dec 5, 2018
    10
    Honestly, this game is super fun. better than rdr2. (i'm joking). but still this game is dope
  77. jx819
    Dec 12, 2018
    5
    13h in. whilst not as fun as 3 it still has some moments. probably will finish it off tho.

    a big gripe is the change to have complete challenges to capture towns. really interrupts the flow to have to go and find car type X to go thru obstacle Y (especially when said obstacle is 100m above ground level).
  78. cogdotnet
    Dec 11, 2018
    6
    Unfortunately, Just Cause 4 is a real let down. From a poorly constructed world to a confusing & basic story. There is nothing new here. Steer clear of this one unless its on sale or gets many updates. DO NOT PLAY ON PC!
  79. vacantknight5
    Dec 11, 2018
    4
    YES i recommed but wait for a sale for like 30$ or less. If you like just cause you will like this game but there are cons and pros about this game. graphics suck most of the time, cool/ good easter eggs, people have been complaing that this game crashes a lot but i have 20 hours in this game and its never crashed once, no c4 but the balloons can be like c4 beause you can attached them toYES i recommed but wait for a sale for like 30$ or less. If you like just cause you will like this game but there are cons and pros about this game. graphics suck most of the time, cool/ good easter eggs, people have been complaing that this game crashes a lot but i have 20 hours in this game and its never crashed once, no c4 but the balloons can be like c4 beause you can attached them to anything and they can explode, story is medicore, not the best progression, the map is good, vechicles are good, its very hard to die because if you egt hit by a rocket or something you wont lose all health you will always usally have 1hp and beable to heal, shooting and gunplay are improved from 3. the game also runs almost perfect only it stutters sometimes when i find new cities, but its a easy fix. sound effects are great. also it has a terrible ui because it strait console port but still easy fix. 7/10… Expand
  80. FalcoZuero
    Dec 28, 2018
    7
    the game is decent, OK story, the graphics are OK but the 3 had better textures, the balloon was a decent addition to the game. The game has a lot of issues and is kind of confusing. Just Cause 3 is better, if you enjoy the franchise wait until they offer a decent discount and buy the game (you need to have a really good PC)
  81. kyzaghan
    May 19, 2019
    5
    The map is really huge. Sound quality is satisfactory. It's a pure action game. BUT Graphics are not acceptable. The driving physics are very bad. The scenario of the game is very simple. Optimization issues are frustrating. AS A RESULT, Just Cause 4 can satisfy players who love pure action, who want to demolish, use different cars, walk in huge maps. However if you expect a deep story,The map is really huge. Sound quality is satisfactory. It's a pure action game. BUT Graphics are not acceptable. The driving physics are very bad. The scenario of the game is very simple. Optimization issues are frustrating. AS A RESULT, Just Cause 4 can satisfy players who love pure action, who want to demolish, use different cars, walk in huge maps. However if you expect a deep story, amazing graphics, excellent mechanics, don't buy this game.… Expand
  82. MikeCamar
    Apr 22, 2020
    8
    In 2020, this game is OK. While the graphics are somewhat lacking, I find this game very fun and the story is nice. I've only had one crash in this game, and mild performance drops. The vehicle physics are pretty bad, and all in all I would not spend $60 on this game. However, I would recommend it for a lower price (I got it for free on epic games).
  83. qbs
    Jan 4, 2021
    1
    This is the most boring game I have ever played. It's so repetitive, graphics looks like it was made in 2010, and the most important thing - Crashing for no reason after playing for a while. Even for free this game is trash.
  84. Alexander12337
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    **** game, don't buy please. It's very very bad. Nikita Bykov like it. Go to him if you have problems
  85. Asdfsdf
    Jul 15, 2020
    0
    3 раза пытался пройти этот кусок кода с мыльными текстурами 480р и 50 фпс... Но он даже не сохраняется)
  86. Bodislav
    Sep 16, 2021
    0
    Everything is bad about this game .
  87. EmoGuyGamer
    Jun 6, 2021
    2
    Graphics - 6/10

    Sound / Music - 5/10

    Story - 2/10

    How likable is main character / characters - 6/10

    World design - 3/10

    Conclusion - 2
  88. akarnokd
    Nov 22, 2019
    5
    Bought the game on sale, already regretting it. It is practically unplayable on Windows 7 right now due to mysterious hangs; couldn't get past the intro mission. (Suggested downgrading to previous version worked a bit, then the game now constantly crashes to desktop.) I could put in a few hours on Windows 10 though.

    The game is mediocre and not much fun. JC2 and JC3 were way better. The    Bought the game on sale, already regretting it. It is practically unplayable on Windows 7 right now due to mysterious hangs; couldn't get past the intro mission. (Suggested downgrading to previous version worked a bit, then the game now constantly crashes to desktop.) I could put in a few hours on Windows 10 though.

    The game is mediocre and not much fun. JC2 and JC3 were way better. The main issue is with the map density and ammo supply. The map is huge but sparse and trying to get from point A to point B is tedious. There is no minimap nor a compass that would highlight nearby interesting places.

    Rico carries 2 weapons (so-so) and a really low amount of ammo (i.e., 160 rounds for the assault rifle). I don't see any way to upgrade the capacity. Yes, enemies drop ammo, except when you have to protect or stay in a zone and can't reach out for the ammo drop.

    Shooting feels odd, driving is not that responsive, helicopters are mostly fine. Fast travel is limited.

    The missions are average but now they are the gate to free a region. The game is riddled with stunt side missions which I always hated due to troublesome mouse+keyboard controls in any JC games.

    The controls are generally awkward. Mouse doesn't work in most menus, one has to press the main ENTER to accept things which requires either moving off the mouse or reaching over from WASD.

    In conclusion, it is not worth to buy or even play this game.    … Expand
  89. Bakayaro
    Nov 22, 2021
    8
    I started playing the Reloaded edition of this game because it was released as part of my Game Pass subscription. The fun factor is MASSIVE, the graphics are decent at maximum settings, the PC port is poor.

    PROS: + South American Tom Cruise simulator! + Endless fun with the Grappling Hook that ties any two objects together + You can tie an enemy to a fuel tank, retract the connection    I started playing the Reloaded edition of this game because it was released as part of my Game Pass subscription. The fun factor is MASSIVE, the graphics are decent at maximum settings, the PC port is poor.

    PROS:
    + South American Tom Cruise simulator!
    + Endless fun with the Grappling Hook that ties any two objects together
    + You can tie an enemy to a fuel tank, retract the connection with high force, and watch the enemy die in a blaze of fire
    + Constant ground and aerial skirmishes are happening between the friendly and enemy faction, which you can take part or simply observe
    + Traverse the beautiful landscape by hitching a ride on the roof of a car, or flying over the mountains in your wingsuit
    + You're almost always airborne in your wingsuit
    + Very hectic action combat; it's not unusual to be attacked by over a dozen enemies at the same time
    + The tools at your disposal and the huge number of explosions really do make you feel like a South American Tom Cruise
    + GTA-like talk radio station

    CONS:
    - PC control scheme seems like it was done by an intern who had never turned on a computer in his life. You WILL struggle to navigate the menus.
    - Some menus appear offscreen on an ultrawide monitor, and therefore cannot be clicked unless you change resolution
    - Cutscenes are rendered at low-resolution
    - Enemy soldiers have no sense of self-preservation and will pellet your armored tank with their machine gun while standing in the middle of the road
    - Easy if you play smart. The game clearly wants you to be deep in the center of action and explosions

    I have not experienced any crashes or glaring graphical issues such as pop-in, though I am playing the Reloaded version of this game on a newly built gaming PC in November 2021. I do wish the PC controls for the menus weren't completely nonsensical, and I wish the AI at least TRIED to stay alive. But the game does make up for these shortcomings with a huge amount of sheer fun factor.

    Not worth full price. But definitely worth getting it for cheap or on Game Pass.    … Expand
  90. Ronnie94
    Feb 28, 2022
    6
    The worst Just Cause game with near impossible and frustrating missions unless you're extremely fast ,bad graphics and many bugs.
    Bad story and no vehicle handling, can carry up to two weapons why? it's action-adventure its not FPS.
    Game gets repetitive from the first hours. The open world is okay i guess and the weather phenomenon is good but kind of pointless. At least there is some    The worst Just Cause game with near impossible and frustrating missions unless you're extremely fast ,bad graphics and many bugs.
    Bad story and no vehicle handling, can carry up to two weapons why? it's action-adventure its not FPS.
    Game gets repetitive from the first hours. The open world is okay i guess and the weather phenomenon
    is good but kind of pointless. At least there is some good gun play and action. And why the heck the ammo is so limited? you have to change for weapons all the time because you ran out of ammo you can order for weapons of course but sometimes you ran out of ammo and die not even the melee is effective in this game, grappling hook is your best tool in this game. For me play JC3 or JC2 instead stay away from this game.    … Expand
  91. TsukasaHiiragi
    Dec 9, 2021
    0
    Pro's

    Weather effects Con's Broken heat system Enemies far too accurate Enemies spawn right behind your area of vision Enemies keep infinitely respawning Terrible flight controls Lackluster story Frustrating missions Repetitive missions Summer 2019 patch broke the game entirely No minimap Disastrous UI interface Originally back in 2018 the game had a lot of issues,    Pro's

    Weather effects

    Con's

    Broken heat system
    Enemies far too accurate
    Enemies spawn right behind your area of vision
    Enemies keep infinitely respawning
    Terrible flight controls
    Lackluster story
    Frustrating missions
    Repetitive missions
    Summer 2019 patch broke the game entirely
    No minimap
    Disastrous UI interface

    Originally back in 2018 the game had a lot of issues, including severe performance issues but for me the game was at least playable until a patch literally broke the game entirely making it unplayable and I stopped playing even though I was about 30 hours into the game, I was having fun and it wasn't too bad, so I decided to go back and see if they fixed all the problems today 12/9/2021...

    That was a big mistake, the game now is an unplayable mess! Sure they fixed the performance issues but now, the gameplay is a dire mess. Now, you shoot one soldier and get the attention of the enemy who will respond with overwhelming force, imagine Just Cause "heat system" but now shooting one soldier immediately sents you into Heat 10 with constant attacks from tanks, attack helicopters, attack planes and it never ends, this was caused by a really really dumb patch in the Summer of 2019 apparently, this heavily breaks the game so much its not fun at all.

    Ragdoll effect kills you, because of the overwhelming amount of enemies after you...you get ragdolld and lose control over your character, everything can freely target you and 9 out of 10 times you'll die without having any chance, same goes for hijacking animations especially on helicopters which take too long and by the time you have taken over the vehicle its already been destroyed by planes and other helicopters that spawn right behind you, they removed the minimap so the player can't see the 50,000 enemies spawning behind you.

    The terrible spawning system is extremely archaic and employs the out of sight spawning trick, and sometimes if you move the camera fast enough you can literally see enemies pop out of thin air, its pathetic and the destroys any realism, plus the accuracy all the enemies have is way too high and rarely miss unless you do completely random movements flying on your wingsuit.

    Vehicle control, especially helicopters is still janky and so much worse then previous games, gunplay is okay but removing so many old favorites like c4, pistols and dual wielding was a bad idea.

    This game started out life as being quite playable and now, its a wreck and entirely unplayable unless you can somehow roll back to earlier patches...but then you'll have severe performance issues.    … Expand
  92. jelikey
    Aug 20, 2022
    8
    I started playing the Reloaded edition of this game because it was released as part of my Game Pass subscription. The fun factor is MASSIVE, the graphics are decent at maximum settings, the PC port is poor.

    PROS: + South American Tom Cruise simulator! + Endless fun with the Grappling Hook that ties any two objects together + You can tie an enemy to a fuel tank, retract the connection    I started playing the Reloaded edition of this game because it was released as part of my Game Pass subscription. The fun factor is MASSIVE, the graphics are decent at maximum settings, the PC port is poor.

    PROS:
    + South American Tom Cruise simulator!
    + Endless fun with the Grappling Hook that ties any two objects together
    + You can tie an enemy to a fuel tank, retract the connection with high force, and watch the enemy die in a blaze of fire
    + Constant ground and aerial skirmishes are happening between the friendly and enemy faction, which you can take part or simply observe
    + Traverse the beautiful landscape by hitching a ride on the roof of a car, or flying over the mountains in your wingsuit
    + You're almost always airborne in your wingsuit
    + Very hectic action combat; it's not unusual to be attacked by over a dozen enemies at the same time
    + The tools at your disposal and the huge number of explosions really do make you feel like a South American Tom Cruise
    + GTA-like talk radio station

    CONS:
    - PC control scheme seems like it was done by an intern who had never turned on a computer in his life. You WILL struggle to navigate the menus.
    - Some menus appear offscreen on an ultrawide monitor, and therefore cannot be clicked unless you change resolution
    - Cutscenes are rendered at low-resolution
    - Enemy soldiers have no sense of self-preservation and will pellet your armored tank with their machine gun while standing in the middle of the road
    - Easy if you play smart. The game clearly wants you to be deep in the center of action and explosions

    I have not experienced any crashes or glaring graphical issues such as pop-in, though I am playing the Reloaded version of this game on a newly built gaming PC in November 2021. I do wish the PC controls for the menus weren't completely nonsensical, and I wish the AI at least TRIED to stay alive. But the game does make up for these shortcomings with a huge amount of sheer fun factor.

    Not worth full price. But definitely worth getting it for cheap or on Game Pass.    … Expand
  93. froglegs
    Dec 24, 2018
    5
    Sub par graphics, laden with bugs, frequently failing quests for no apparent reason. This I'll go play some more Just Cause 3 instead.
  94. AlanGord
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    Devs should fix their game instead of joining political flashmob. Closing purchases of your products for people of Belarus and Russia is antidemocratic and should be punished.
  95. P0T4T0_AIM
    Dec 20, 2018
    5
    At this time, I currently don't recommend you buy Just Cause 4 because this game was not ready for launch yesterday and has issues that most PC gamers will find unacceptable for a game in late-2018.

    I started playing the Just Cause games when I got Just Cause 2 on my Xbox 360 with Games with Gold, I enjoyed the game as it was rather simple, fun, action-packed, fluid and played as I    At this time, I currently don't recommend you buy Just Cause 4 because this game was not ready for launch yesterday and has issues that most PC gamers will find unacceptable for a game in late-2018.

    I started playing the Just Cause games when I got Just Cause 2 on my Xbox 360 with Games with Gold, I enjoyed the game as it was rather simple, fun, action-packed, fluid and played as I wanted it to play. I then bought Just Cause 3 on my Xbox One (at launch) and then on PC earlier this year when it was on sale. Same as JC2, I enjoyed JC3, same fun action, the wingsuit was an excellent addition, I loved the new mechanics, and all the movement felt extremely smooth. The Xbox version did have frame-rate drop issues and extremely long loading times, but my time playing the game on PC (ultra graphics) was excellent. And this is my first problem with Just Cause 4, it simply resembles a Just Cause game but it doesn't feel like one. The removal of the base liberation was the biggest change I noticed in Just Cause 4, they marketed the new physics engine (which is excellent BTW) as a way to creatively destroy enemy bases and infrastructure, but I never get the chance to do so as I have no motivation to blow sh*t up as I get no reward for it. Instead, conquering bases is a process of going there and completing linear and boring side-quests (mostly vehicle and wingsuit stunts) to complete the base. The system in JC2 & JC3 where you will liberate a base/town, and unlock challenges from there, was a far better system as it was easier to see your progress and would slowly piss-off the dictator you were trying to take down. However, in Just Cause 4, I really struggle to see a main goal in the game, the map view is so over-crowded with challenges and information that I mostly just fly around and see what happens.

    It also annoys me that Avalanche Studios bragged for weeks about how they cared about the PC player base and were touting their excellent PC optimization, even for lower-end hardware. Yeah, bulls**t. Firstly, just like Just Cause 3, the settings menus and some aspects of the map are so poorly optimized for a mouse and keyboard and I don't understand why. For example, to apply a change to your graphics settings, you need to use the arrow keys to navigate down the list but then you can't press ENTER to click, you must then move your cursor over the button to click APPLY. Not to mention, who the hell presses RIGHT CLICK to go back when navigating menus?! Sometimes the game settings menus are unresponsive, don't select the right option, or don't work at all. It feels like a sh*tty console port of the menus. Sometimes the game will decide to launch in windowed mode @720p instead of fullscreen @1080p, even though I set it to that in the first place. In my case (I run a GTX 1060, i5 6600 & 8GB of RAM), I can achieve about 70fps on medium-ish settings and I'd like to commend the game on the consistency of this framerate, even during large explosions or when doing complex physics calculations. However, this game is still plagued with performance issues and crashing. When I decide to play Just Cause 4, the launch process is as follows: launch the game - crashes at launch > launch the game a second time - 1 in 2 chance of crashing again > launch the game a third time - launches in windowed mode at 720p.

    In regard to core gameplay, Just Cause 4 is pretty fun. The gun mechanics and controls are nice, the grappling hook, wingsuit, and parachute play well, and the gameplay feels much more realistic than Just Cause 2 or 3, in my opinion. I like the vehicles, they are cool, the controls for planes still sucks (why can't I tilt or roll the plane with my mouse instead?), and Rico's new gadgets are bloody awesome. I especially have fun with his balloons as I love to lift soldiers and vehicles up into the air, drop them, and see what happens to blow up next. His booster rockets are cool to give every vehicle a boost or can make enemies fly.

    Most of the issues I have with Just Cause 4 are more than fixable. What I think Avalanche Studios need to do is sit down, take in all the feedback and reviews, and list common points from all of them as areas to fix. Little fixes like improving the menus, brightening up colours and the environment, fixing bugs and crashes, allowing better plane controls, and cleaning up the complicated map and information around it would do wonders for this game. Something like an Operation Game Health would keep Just Cause fans confident in this game and would keep the player base alive.

    At the moment, however, Just Cause 4 just doesn't feel like Just Cause. It feels like a half-assed version of the game that was made to continue sales and revenue into the company. Just go back to JC2 or JC3 instead.    … Expand
  96. Koval1984CZ
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    Katastrofa
    + demolice
    + fyzika = grafika jakštakš - ovladaní vozidel horší jak v roce 1995 - nezáživnost - ovládání - pojinta - inteligence - stupidní ovládání s konzole např mapa se neda ovladat ani miší ani šipkama jen kolečkem atd - mise - udržitelnost a mnoho dalšího Tato hra je strašné zklamání, doufal jsem že hra nebude tak blízko Saints Row sérii a je to stejná    Katastrofa
    + demolice
    + fyzika

    = grafika jakštakš

    - ovladaní vozidel horší jak v roce 1995
    - nezáživnost
    - ovládání
    - pojinta
    - inteligence
    - stupidní ovládání s konzole např mapa se neda ovladat ani miší ani šipkama jen kolečkem atd
    - mise
    - udržitelnost
    a mnoho dalšího

    Tato hra je strašné zklamání, doufal jsem že hra nebude tak blízko Saints Row sérii a je to stejná katastrofa
    RIP 5/100 (za fiziku)    … Expand
  97. CarloCriscuolo
    May 8, 2020
    5
    Gameplay is horrible. Everything explodes randomly, even you; the player has infinite life but this is necessary to withstand tons of rockets in the face every second. Gapple-parachute mechanics are intricate and even you do aerial acrobatics, enemies have a 100% precision aimbot even with missile launchers and hit you when you're flying fast.
    Graphics is not so good just like    Gameplay is horrible. Everything explodes randomly, even you; the player has infinite life but this is necessary to withstand tons of rockets in the face every second. Gapple-parachute mechanics are intricate and even you do aerial acrobatics, enemies have a 100% precision aimbot even with missile launchers and hit you when you're flying fast.
    Graphics is not so good just like performance; I think it is bad optimized.
    Controls are terrible, not intuitive and very different to other shooters.
    Story is anything but interesting.
    I think it is not worth playing.    … Expand
  98. Abtron555
    Mar 29, 2021
    9
    I personally kinda like having the “super strength” and being a bullet sponge. I know it’s gets rid of realism, but I prefer not dying a lot and being able to survive things that should kill me. I mean I don’t play Just Cause for realism, I play it for the amazing mobility, epic explosions, vehicles, and beautiful world. So story and gunplay weren’t as important to me personally. But I doI personally kinda like having the “super strength” and being a bullet sponge. I know it’s gets rid of realism, but I prefer not dying a lot and being able to survive things that should kill me. I mean I don’t play Just Cause for realism, I play it for the amazing mobility, epic explosions, vehicles, and beautiful world. So story and gunplay weren’t as important to me personally. But I do understand that everyone is different, but if you aren’t as in to shooting and story than I’d definitely recommend this game. It’s a game I can just launch and mess around in for an hour or so and never really get bored.… Expand
  99. Shimmeywill
    May 23, 2020
    7
    A fine enough game for driving around the open world. Everything else is lacklustre.
  100. MartinEzy225
    Aug 22, 2020
    6
    This game is very stale and repetitive. The only redeeming factor about this game is the sandbox feature where you can blow things up and do crazy stunts. Graphics-wise is ok but really depends on how good your PC is. The story is bland as hell with an anticlimactic ending.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 43
  3. Negative: 6 out of 43
  1. Riot Pixels
    Feb 10, 2019
    48
    The ending serves as a bridge to a possible 5th installment, but it’s going to be just as bad unless the developers reinvent the series. The "entertain yourself" approach to the open world ran out of steam a long time ago, campaign missions are going downhill fast, and the amount of bugs has skyrocketed.
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  2. CD-Action
    Feb 6, 2019
    80
    When designing a new game in a long-running franchise, the developers face a fundamental question: go with the tried-and-true or risk trying something new? In this case the former approach was chosen and it was the right decision, because JC4 is as enjoyable as its predecessors. It has some obvious flaws (e.g. uneven visuals and some repetitive mission types) but they are easily outweighed by incredibly fun gameplay. It is simply a well-made, thrilling open world game. [01/2019, p.40]
  3. The Overpowered Noobs
    Jan 30, 2019
    40
    This entry in the Just Cause series has taken itself too seriously, sucking the fun out of what should be a blast.
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