Just Cause 4

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User Score
4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 437 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 127 out of 437
  2. Mixed: 93 out of 437
  3. Negative: 217 out of 437

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  1. CELAES
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    EL MEJOR JUST CAUSE DE LA HISTORIA Y EL "SANDBOX" MÁS GRANDE Y ESPECTACULAR.
  2. 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
  3. epicgamer32
    Dec 5, 2018
    10
    Honestly, this game is super fun. better than rdr2. (i'm joking). but still this game is dope
  4. 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!
  5. Tapau
    Dec 5, 2018
    10
    Amazing game but can glitch sometimes uses your own creativity and makes it as fun as you make it
  6. FleackMaun
    Dec 6, 2018
    10
    Best game of series, but there are haven't got amount of action, as in the previous part...
  7. Svinec
    Dec 10, 2018
    10
    Достойное продолжение. Фанатам серии зайдет.
  8. manigma
    Aug 21, 2021
    10
    I am playing JC4 from a month and its about to end. I played at 4K on my RTX 3080 Ti. The graphics are absolutely gorgeous (albeit some cutscenes are really bad thou). The wingsuit flying is brilliant (miss launching from standstill as in JC3). I am loving this game its so much fun. Its a must have if you get cheaper and have hardware to run it at 4K. Just play it and get done with it.
  9. James_Hartman2
    Jan 30, 2022
    10
    The best. There were disappointments, but I will not give a bad rating because of a couple of small problems.
  10. lustdienfier
    Jul 24, 2022
    10
    played 15 hours. it was fun. there are some bugs but not that big deal. graphics and map is good.
  11. BluePanther29
    Aug 13, 2022
    10
    The game is fun the graphics ar amazing.I enjoy the game but like every game Just Cause 4 has his problems.
  12. 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 :)
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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).
  19. apokalipto
    Aug 11, 2023
    8
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  20. Ginger-1221
    Jan 22, 2021
    8
    Прикольная игра но вот с графикой налажали
  21. RoboyITA
    Oct 29, 2022
    8
    Finito ora il gioco con tutte le missioni primarie e secondarie (non i miniobiettivi), penso: E' perfetto ? NO ... controlli e movimento non perfetti, un po' indietro con i tempi, ma comunque adatto all'ampiezza del mondo ... grafica non perfetta nel dettaglio ma essendo un mondo aperto piu' che buona, scorzi a volta fantastici. Storia certo non ben confenzionata ma comunque da un motivoFinito ora il gioco con tutte le missioni primarie e secondarie (non i miniobiettivi), penso: E' perfetto ? NO ... controlli e movimento non perfetti, un po' indietro con i tempi, ma comunque adatto all'ampiezza del mondo ... grafica non perfetta nel dettaglio ma essendo un mondo aperto piu' che buona, scorzi a volta fantastici. Storia certo non ben confenzionata ma comunque da un motivo per distruggere tutto ... e mentre lo si fa molto divertente (anche se si poteva essere piu ristretto il mondo, ma da un senso ad aerei , planata elicotteri etc...). Quindi sicuramente un bel 7 ... che diventa 8 per aumentare la media incompresibile solo il 7 ... . I giochi non tutti sono e devono essere perfetti e super in ogni componente, l'obiettivo rimane divertire e lo fa.… Expand
  22. 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)
  23. Shimmeywill
    May 23, 2020
    7
    A fine enough game for driving around the open world. Everything else is lacklustre.
  24. OHMGAMI
    Dec 10, 2019
    7
    This game is good but has disadvantages.
    It's good on action
    Good on cutscene and soundtrack
    But the worst is graphic and gun sound UI and Storyline.
  25. 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
  26. BleedingJester
    May 12, 2023
    7
    its basically just more Just Cause 3 if you liked that you will probably like this
  27. petrkozak13
    Dec 14, 2021
    7
    This feel like a weird, rushed DLC to Just Cause 3. Lot of the fun elements from previous game are missing and a tornado can't make it up. But I still had fun playing it.
  28. Harthik69
    Jul 9, 2023
    7
    Good Game. Can give it a second try in future, I might like the gameplay and visuals
  29. 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
  30. 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
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#29 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
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#1 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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Metascore
68

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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