- Publisher: Square Enix
- Release Date: Dec 1, 2015
- Also On: PC, Xbox One
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Dec 1, 2015Let’s try a metaphor and imagine games as drinks. Fallout 4 is a fine wine, aged, complex, and evolving, likely better with a bit of wait. Bloodborne is a single malt Scotch — dense, overwhelming and rarified. Destiny might be a well made cocktail — a bit trendy, probably too expensive, but eminently satisfying and possessed of a certain technical skill. Just Cause 3 is a Miller High Life. It might not tick those other boxes of quality that those other drinks manage, but damn if I’d have it any other way.
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Nov 30, 2015Just Cause 3 is a joy to play and is easily a candidate for game of the year.
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Dec 4, 2015Its main goal from the outset seems to focus on raising the player’s blood pressure and enthralling them with the action. While it achieves that feeling for a majority of the game, the console version suffers from some serious frame rate and loading issues that bog down their experiences.
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Dec 1, 2015Just Cause 3 is a great game plagued by two issues that constantly rear their ugly heads to break up the fun. The unbearable load times and incessant login attempts can often times sap the energy right out of the excitement. Luckily, just a few seconds with the game can bring the life right back for those willing to deal with the constant frustration.
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Nov 30, 2015Filled with action, Just Cause 3 offers a massive and realized world with engrossing scenes inspired by works like those from Michael Bay. Skill development aside, this sequel delivers on all fronts.
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Dec 13, 2015When you’re not waiting for it to load, Just Cause 3 is an incredibly fun game. Crisp visuals and a clever soundtrack bring all the explosions to life. Even with the violence and destruction, it manages to maintain a lighter tone than the Far Cry games, without sliding into the outright silliness of Saints Row. But, it’s still silly enough.
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Nov 30, 2015This game doesn’t innovate much over its predecessors but it has an interesting component of creative and open action. Just Cause 3 is one of those sandboxes that, in the long term and when you have played many hours, is not fun, it's simple entertainment. Avalanche Studio gets one of the most agile, rapid and interactive open worlds, it’s a pure explosion of gameplay.
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Dec 14, 2015Just Cause 3 is over-the-top, dumb fun, and incredibly beautiful to boot—when it all eventually loads, of course.
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Jan 16, 2016Just Cause 3 is one of the most satisfying experiences of 2015.
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Dec 21, 2015Like an action movie marathon, the busy energy of it can become wearying, but in most ways, Just Cause 3 is, quite literally, a blast.
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Dec 21, 2015Just Cause 3 gets away with more stunts and high-flying hijinks that, let’s be honest, even Hollywood can’t get away with much anymore. Come for the explosions, but stay for the, well, stay for even more explosions.
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Dec 18, 2015Just Cause 3 doesn’t hold too many surprises, particularly if you’re familiar with the previous titles in the series. But it offers an almost unlimited number of ways to create your own flavour of mayhem, and is a source of constant “did you just SEE that?” moments. If the next Michael Bay movie features a dude hanging upside from a helicopter while blowing up a bridge with a missile launcher, you’ll know where it came from.
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Dec 9, 2015The game isn’t meant to be deep or perplexing; it’s meant to be fun and tap into that inner madman who just wants to make things go boom, and Just Cause 3 succeeds in doing just that.
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Dec 7, 2015The scenery is quite stunning as the island life is beautifully rendered. There’s so very much to do in the game that you could spend entire sessions simply travelling the map and entire other ones just hunting down secrets and easter eggs.
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Dec 3, 2015The campaign may have some low points, but attacking bases and liberating towns is some of the best fun that you'll find on the PS4 this year.
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Dec 1, 2015The game does have its glaring flaws in the atrocious shooting mechanics, repetitive main missions, and turtle-like loading screens. However, the title definitely shines where it needs to, and Just Cause 3 might very well be the most underrated title of 2015 - this is one wild, testosterone-infused adventure you’ll want to check out for yourself.
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Nov 30, 2015Just Cause 3 is a thrilling sandbox full of varied content. It will definitely improve over the time thanks to the committed mod community. Sadly, console players have to suffer from continuous framerate problems, but if that doesn't concern you, it shouldn't be a problem at all.
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Nov 30, 2015Just Cause 3 is one of the best open world games of 2015. Avalanche Studios gives players endless possibilities in this sequel that one-ups its predecessor in nearly every way.
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Nov 30, 2015Horrendous loading times, a lack of synchronous multiplayer and optimization issues hold it back from pure bliss, but Just Cause 3 is an absolute blast, an experience equivalent to a shot of adrenaline straight into the heart.
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Nov 30, 2015If you’re aware of the game’s limitations and you’re still eager to blow an open world straight to hell, few games do it better than Just Cause 3.
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Nov 30, 2015Quotation forthcoming.
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Dec 8, 2015All in all, Just Cause 3 is one giant bombastic set piece that manages to be immensely enjoyable and disappointing at the same time.
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Dec 1, 2015Just Cause 3 just wants you to have fun, and it does achieve that. It's a shame the secondary missions feel quite empty, but if you know what it is about, it won't disappoint you.
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Jan 6, 2016One of the most entertaining open world games of the year, even though it's not bringing much to the table compared to the series' previous instalment.
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Nov 30, 2015This sense of freedom combined with the game’s unbridled love of destruction and mayhem is what will earn Just Cause 3 a spot on millions of gamers’ shelves. It’s not particularly polished, pretty, or innovative. And no one would make the mistake of calling it intelligent or vital. It’s just a bit of stupid fun. And sometimes stupid fun is all we really want.
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Dec 20, 2015Just Cause 3 offers a lot of options to go ballistic, but there are many technical errors like long loading times and a dramatic framerate. If you can handle that, the game is big enough to keep you going, and there is a lot of fun in there like using the wingsuit, crashing helicopters and blowing up tanks.
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Dec 2, 2015"I have an island and i will blow it up!" Just cause 3 is a symphony of explosions. Action scenes make you feel good but missions get repetitive after a while.
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Nov 30, 2015Just Cause 3 is quite a good game, but it would have been better with more attention to detail.
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Play UKJan 16, 2016Frustrating technical issues are never far away. [Issue#265, p.78]
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Jan 1, 2016At this point, around 20-30 hours in, I might have spent more time watching Just Cause 3‘s loading screens than playing some of the smaller indie games that have released on the PlayStation Network.
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Dec 16, 2015It’s a fun ride even if it does not make much sense. In other words, never underestimate how much a good explosion can make up for other shortcomings.
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Dec 5, 2015Like me, fans of the predecessor will still enjoy playing this game, and the true sandbox nature that promotes tinkering around with nearly endless possibilities will ensure that some people will continue to play it even after the story is completed.
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Dec 2, 2015Without compelling characters or inventive story missions, all that’s left to keep the audience entertained is destruction, repeated ad nauseum. There’s value in the small-scale satisfaction each explosion creates, but an empty feeling lingers after every plume of smoke has cleared.
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Dec 18, 2015On a base level his (and by extension Just Cause 3's) explosive areas of expertise remain impressive, but his application falls well short of expectations and ultimately becomes inert. What good are the world's greatest explosions when you stop caring to see them?
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Playstation Official Magazine UKJan 23, 2016For all its booms and bangs, Just Cause 3 is never quite the unrestrained fun-maker it threatens to be. Whenever Rodriguez dons his wingsuit, however, it positively soars. [Jan 2016, p.88]
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Dec 16, 2015Just Cause 3 may offer a metric ton of content, a ridiculously huge world to roam, and some unbelievable aerial acrobatics, but none of those things are enough to save the day because the writing is phoned in and the game's core is too rooted in the last generation. Apart from the traversal, everything here has been covered time and time and time again, and it absolutely wheezes without anything more interesting to sustain a player over the long haul.
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Dec 7, 2015It’s not fun to learn the mechanics in this restrictive setting, less fun to restart over and over because of Just Cause’s lengthy load times. For a game that offers so much freedom, it’s a shame that many missions rob you of that by forcing you to work under time constraints.
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Dec 2, 2015Just Cause 3 could have been so much more than it is. Even though the action scenes and the destruction are fun, the game is dragged down by its faulty AI, its bugs, and its framerate and loading issues. Just Cause 3 is enjoyable, but only for a little while.
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Dec 1, 2015The additions of the wingsuit, dual tethering grapple hook, unlimited C4 and regenerating health system are all fantastic additions that would've made Just Cause 3 a breakout game in the franchise, if not for the dull story, repetitive story missions and technical issues ranging from long load times, to poor framerate and to constant disconnections for a single player only game.
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Dec 4, 2015At its best, Just Cause 3's over-the-top action and physics-based mayhem has me laughing out loud on the regular. It’s a damn shame so many performance problems and punishing load times keep cropping up, because I love what Just Cause 3 does. But for game that’s so heavily dependent on action to run this poorly is no laughing matter.
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Dec 11, 2015Just Cause 3 is not a bad game. On the contrary, it is a lot of fun. It's a shame that our enjoyment with it is cut short by technical difficulties that really have no place in this day and age.
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Dec 4, 2015Imagine a roller coaster that stops for maintenance every 30 feet and doesn't allow you to exit, even after you've already been around the track a few dozen times.
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Dec 10, 2015The only thing you should have left to learn is that your life depends on always taking the craziest option available—that you should never bring a knife or even a gun to the game’s gunfights, but should instead bring a fighter jet. Fortunately, Rico Rodriguez is a fast learner.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 344 out of 814
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Mixed: 304 out of 814
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Negative: 166 out of 814
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