Just Cause 3

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  1. Riskyreview
    Dec 1, 2015
    9
    This game is very you can do just about anything you want!

    There are some problems with this game for example the missions can vary from amazing to terrible and the story isn't anything new or interesting. Aside from the bad stuff this is absolutely amazing you get to play around with so much stuff it's insane, the physics are really good, the grappling hook adds a lot to the game,    This game is very you can do just about anything you want!

    There are some problems with this game for example the missions can vary from amazing to terrible and the story isn't anything new or interesting.

    Aside from the bad stuff this is absolutely amazing you get to play around with so much stuff it's insane, the physics are really good, the grappling hook adds a lot to the game, the wingsuit makes traversal fun, the graphics style is colorful and beautiful!

    This is a great toy box of a game but it lacks in story and it's very repetitive.    … Expand
  2. JRG
    Dec 1, 2015
    10
    Repetetive after a while, and it has some questionable progression unlocks. A little bit shallow too.

    But hell if I'm not having more fun than ever. Every day I come home and look at my PS4 game collection and think "these are all great games, but I'm feeling lazy as hell. I don't want to think, I want to RELAX." Enter JC3. Turn on the game, blow stuff up, cry laughing at the    Repetetive after a while, and it has some questionable progression unlocks. A little bit shallow too.

    But hell if I'm not having more fun than ever.

    Every day I come home and look at my PS4 game collection and think "these are all great games, but I'm feeling lazy as hell. I don't want to think, I want to RELAX."

    Enter JC3. Turn on the game, blow stuff up, cry laughing at the awesome freedom afforded to you.

    Thanks Avalanche. You know what you are good at and don't pretend to make this game something it isn't. It's good, stupid fun. And I've been waiting for this since JC2.    … Expand
  3. cedric93
    Aug 31, 2019
    0
    Both story wise and technical issues the game is garbage for consoles. I remember i pre ordered it back in dec 2015 but even after all these years it hasn't been fixed...
  4. DrZomboid
    Nov 25, 2016
    6
    Buggy and often boring game with stupid repetitive missions.
    Big and cool map.
    Nice destruction moments.
    Poor graphic, poor aiming and shooting.......
  5. Manjisan13
    Aug 6, 2017
    6
    Was ok, I had a better gameplay exp in just cause 2 than 3. everything feels the same. few things added, the rest is copy/paste.

    Main story is just not good enough, but aside that enough things to do and to blow up. A good sand box game but maybe it's time to come with something else.
  6. JyroJyro
    Dec 22, 2017
    7
    Without a compelling story or main character, Just Cause 3 relies on it's destructive gameplay rather too heavily to prop up the rest of the game. This is quite disappointing, given the initial glee I experienced at being able to destroy anything & everything with the innovative grappling tethers and wing-suit/parachute combo. If you want to feel like a pyromaniac god, this is the game toWithout a compelling story or main character, Just Cause 3 relies on it's destructive gameplay rather too heavily to prop up the rest of the game. This is quite disappointing, given the initial glee I experienced at being able to destroy anything & everything with the innovative grappling tethers and wing-suit/parachute combo. If you want to feel like a pyromaniac god, this is the game to play. Graphics are also great, although be prepared to sit through tediously long loading screens to witness this… Expand
  7. bull3
    Aug 12, 2016
    8
    Summary- The story is sub-par, main missions repetitive, and frame rate can dip into single digits. Despite this, Just Cause 3 is the most fun I've had in a game in a while. It is just pure fun. Liberations always feel rewarding when you find new ways to blow things up. The tether was the best feature of this game.

    Pros- -tether - explosions -wingsuit -grappling hook -Di    Summary- The story is sub-par, main missions repetitive, and frame rate can dip into single digits. Despite this, Just Cause 3 is the most fun I've had in a game in a while. It is just pure fun. Liberations always feel rewarding when you find new ways to blow things up. The tether was the best feature of this game.

    Pros-
    -tether
    - explosions
    -wingsuit
    -grappling hook
    -Di Ravello
    -Di Ravello tapes
    -Mario

    CONS
    - main story
    - repetitive missions
    - aiming
    - unrewarding collectible rewards
    - final mission(minus final moment)    … Expand
  8. dewdar
    Feb 25, 2018
    3
    Garbage. Absolute mess.

    Unnecessarily large landscape with repetitive missions with no identity. Take away the statues and posters of the forgettable dictator and all you got is a lifeless environment. Clumsy controls are frustrating and don't get me started with the vehicle handling and physics. The shooting feels like a game from ps2 era... seriously... how is this even fun... no    Garbage. Absolute mess.

    Unnecessarily large landscape with repetitive missions with no identity. Take away the statues and posters of the forgettable dictator and all you got is a lifeless environment. Clumsy controls are frustrating and don't get me started with the vehicle handling and physics. The shooting feels like a game from ps2 era... seriously... how is this even fun... no recoil... no proper aiming ability.... the sound effects are mediocre. I would have taken time to talk about the campaign if there was any.

    The fps never was a problem for me... until this travesty. Even with no action you will notice how badly the game engine handles its framerate. You can imagine what happens when the heaviest stuff is coming. If you thought that's bad... wait till you see the bugs in the game itself... It's as if the game is trying to be on big glitch itself. But before that wait until the game loads, make something to eat, exercise,read some newspaper.... or even better, find a better game to play.

    All the game has to show is the grappling hook and explosions. It can be fun... for like a few hours until you see that technical problems take more time than the "fun" part.

    I can see how this game can be entertaining for some people, but not for a long time. The only way I can recommend this game is as a rental if it's even possible today. And if you're planning to buy the game anyway, at least buy on PC if it's possible... it can't be in bad state as it is on PS4.    … Expand
  9. Typical_cynic
    Oct 9, 2016
    7
    I had constant crashes while playing this on PS4 but it is still a fun game. It can become repetitive after a while but I think so are 99% of games that are out there.
  10. Fran0995
    Jan 29, 2017
    6
    Just Cause Series is the Bollywood of the GTA series.
    If you want to play this game is for the gameplay mechanics and the amount of destruction you create with a grapping hook and tons of weapons.
    Forget about the story, is pure **** so much **** will end skipping most of the cinematics and understand whats going on. If you are lucky to pick up the XL Edition for 30 bucks you will see    Just Cause Series is the Bollywood of the GTA series.
    If you want to play this game is for the gameplay mechanics and the amount of destruction you create with a grapping hook and tons of weapons.
    Forget about the story, is pure **** so much **** will end skipping most of the cinematics and understand whats going on.
    If you are lucky to pick up the XL Edition for 30 bucks you will see that is worth of your money for all the tons of fun you can have destroying things (usually with sessions of 2 hours you will end up exhausted and playing something else)

    Just Cause 3
    Score: 6
    Buying Price recommended: $15-20$ (standard version) 30$(XL version)

    Pros:
    +Tons of hours to play
    +Massive map (Usually i don't look this but MAAAN it's huge this map you can be like 5 minutes flying or driving in an f1 to get to a point of the map)
    +Destruction Everywhere

    Cons:
    -Boring, Predictable and Uninspiring story
    -Really nothing new with the mechanics
    -It's very repetitive    … Expand
  11. GenuineBruv2021
    Oct 29, 2018
    4
    Just Cause 3 is really bland and boring, the gun play is really awkward and unsatisfying. I played this game for about 4 hours and i haven't touched it since and i don't have any intentions to either.
  12. RotcodFox
    Nov 1, 2018
    9
    I've sat and played this game for hours and hours, it is so incredibly addicting to play. Granted, the story is pretty uninteresting, and voice acting is.. meh.. but I love flying around and blowing stuff up. I love the cars, I love the jets, and I love the explosions. My favorite thing to do in the game is fly in the wing-suit. Play this if you're looking for a good time.
  13. renao
    Dec 27, 2015
    0
    Jesus Christ, do not buy this game.

    Seriously. Some reviews will try to sell it to you saying "it is fun", but guess what? Fun ends after two or three hours of gameplay. After that it gets super repetitive and doesn't evolve that much from Just Cause 2. Like its predecessor, it has a huge, enormous map. However, every city and enemy base you need to conquer look alike. And there's not a    Jesus Christ, do not buy this game.

    Seriously. Some reviews will try to sell it to you saying "it is fun", but guess what? Fun ends after two or three hours of gameplay. After that it gets super repetitive and doesn't evolve that much from Just Cause 2. Like its predecessor, it has a huge, enormous map. However, every city and enemy base you need to conquer look alike. And there's not a lot to do in this giant map.

    Driving is terrible, really, really terrible and the game forces you to drive cars in most missions. Oh, and if you are expecting a minimap, forget it. I mean, what the WHAT??? How can't you have a minimap in a huge open world game??? It makes you open the map all the time to look for things. And with that comes the worst of the problems: Just Cause 3, a single player game, has an always online requirement.

    Yep, you read that right. Just Cause 3, a single player game for consoles has an always online requirement. So, if your connection as is lame mine, expect the game to stop and try to connect to the server every five minutes. It does offer you an option to play offline, but it will try to reconnect to the server everytime you pause the game. So have fun waiting.

    Graphics and animations are ok, but not mind blowing like MGS V:PP and they also have no attention to detail at all. For instance: when turning a car, Rico will move his arms, but the steering wheel won't move.

    Anyhow, don't fool yourself like I just did. Buy another game, get yourself some new clothes, take your boyfriend/girlfriend to dinner, but DO NOT buy Just Cause 3.    … Expand
  14. robinzvak
    Dec 26, 2015
    4
    Dear Avalanchce studios,
    i buy your game day one. Horrible mistake from my side. Technical size is bad yoke (FPS drops, lags, long loadings and more...) Story is bored. Ok we have huge world but gameplay is soo repetitive. Very BAD
  15. Matinski
    Dec 7, 2015
    2
    Broken game . Long (and I mean looooooong) load times. Horrible frame rate drops . Don't buy. This could have been as good as 2 but it isn't. Really expected more from Square Enix.
  16. Tubey
    Dec 4, 2015
    7
    It's good for what it is - a random playground where you blow stuff up. Better title for it would have been "Just Because 3", as the meat of the game is destruction and doing random things in a sandbox "just because".

    However, if you're looking for a game of substance, this isn't the one for you. The plot is almost pointless in how irrelevant it is - you're basically going to play this    It's good for what it is - a random playground where you blow stuff up. Better title for it would have been "Just Because 3", as the meat of the game is destruction and doing random things in a sandbox "just because".

    However, if you're looking for a game of substance, this isn't the one for you. The plot is almost pointless in how irrelevant it is - you're basically going to play this game to be a superhero madman, not to achieve any end goal.

    This title is as mindless as it gets - the AI is downright stupid, your character is a bullet sponge who can't die unless you really try and the open world itself never feels anything approaching real (more akin to Saints Row than GTA here) - but all that is a good thing if you're looking for a title you can pick up and play for an hour, wind down and have a blast with, because sending a deer flying off a cliff with a slingshot rope is bizarrely therapeutic!    … Expand
  17. Rundusol
    Dec 1, 2015
    6
    Right now as this game is on the PS4 - i cannot in good conscience give it more than a 6. And lets go into why ina moment.

    Good stuff first - the game is a blast, pun intended. If you're looking for a game with mindless destruction and unique innovative ways to cause mayhem then this is right up your alley. In this regard it ks endless fun and i have had a great time finding endless    Right now as this game is on the PS4 - i cannot in good conscience give it more than a 6. And lets go into why ina moment.

    Good stuff first - the game is a blast, pun intended. If you're looking for a game with mindless destruction and unique innovative ways to cause mayhem then this is right up your alley. In this regard it ks endless fun and i have had a great time finding endless ways to grapple enemies and things together in order to creste mayhem. Just brilliant.

    Tons of variety in vehicles, weapons etc... it feels just as good as the previous games in this regard. One annoyance is the lack of remapping keys or controls on the controller because it requires quite a steep learning curve. The story while largely throw away is funny at times as the characters almost know they're in a parody of sorts, some rather funny moments and dialog to be had.

    The game world is massive in scale, but as the old saying goes - size doesn't matter. It feels boring to be honest when all you have to do are random challenging, throw away missions and just blowing stuff up. Rpg this is not, so prepare yourself for that. I feel like it could have been smaller qnd mkre paded out.

    And onto why i cannot give it more than a 6 right now. Framerates and loading times. On ps4 thd frame rate constantly judders around and usually while doing not a whole lot, for examlle driving ALWAYS causes the framerate to drop, equally just swining the camera around does the same and intense exploding scenes causes it to falter further (hint:this is a lot because this is the game). This all causes massive lag in inputs which is very frustrating and jarring at times.

    Then theres the loading problems. I was doing an exploding vehicle challenge you find early on in the game, loaded it no issue and screwed it up so restarted it - i waited more than 4 minutes for this to reload, from a scene i was just in 30 seconds before. This is not isolated either, it has happened many tomes before and is simply poor.

    So. Taken without the issues this is an 8 for the sheer madness and fun factor. But right now, as it is i cannot give it anything more until /if the technical issues are resolved.    … Expand
  18. TotalBloodMan
    Dec 2, 2017
    0
    This game should be called Just Unplayable. Optimization? Nope, huge FPS drops and repetative gameplay. What a shame. I do not understand how this game has positive ratings. Absolutely unforgiving.
  19. MisterChau
    Dec 10, 2015
    4
    Nice big open world and some pretty good fun to be had, but that is where is really ends. The story is a meh cliche' at best and voice acting is cringe worthy. They had a lot of great ideas, but it seems like they didn't work out well at all. The grappling system is wonky and hard to control most of the time, it really only works well in cities where you have lots to grapple, but most ofNice big open world and some pretty good fun to be had, but that is where is really ends. The story is a meh cliche' at best and voice acting is cringe worthy. They had a lot of great ideas, but it seems like they didn't work out well at all. The grappling system is wonky and hard to control most of the time, it really only works well in cities where you have lots to grapple, but most of the game so far has been open fields with little to grab. The parachute is near impossible to control while grappling and 95% a grapple while in wingsuit throws you right into the ground. Grappling vehicles to hijack is cool at first until you find out it only works half the time, the other half the time ends up you smashing into the vehicle and saying wtf to yourself. The weapon usage and aiming doesn't feel smooth at all, and the fire button switches while inside a vehicle, making me blow myself up with grenades constantly after a long ride in an attack vehicle. Additionally, with the vehicles, to say for the most part they handle like dog **** would be a terrible insult to dog **** There is what feels like a 1-2 second delay when turning a vehicle, so you are constanly over/understeering trying to "adapt" to the ****ty handling. There are fun aspects to the game outside of all the glaring problems, but the one hugely unacceptable thing about this game that totally **** it over are the ungodly load times. Holy **** the load times are baffling long on a next gen console. All in all I will say a decently fun game, but can't hold a candle to similar games like GTAV.… Expand
  20. Agarwel
    Dec 2, 2015
    6
    This may be a great game. But after they actually finish it. Action, destruction, physics are really fun. I would compare this game to the Saints Row 4. You are ovepowered hero in fun sandbox world. But... the game needs polishing. There are crazy loading, that takes minutes. (and sometimes all this loading will do is set a wehicle next to you and show a waypoints). I estimate that I spentThis may be a great game. But after they actually finish it. Action, destruction, physics are really fun. I would compare this game to the Saints Row 4. You are ovepowered hero in fun sandbox world. But... the game needs polishing. There are crazy loading, that takes minutes. (and sometimes all this loading will do is set a wehicle next to you and show a waypoints). I estimate that I spent almost half of the "play time" looking at loading screen. This has to be fixed. Then there are enemies. I wont mind their bad AI (it is sufficent for this type of a game). The problem is with their respawn, that are really annoying and non logical. You shoot the nemies, turn around and suddenly someone is shooting you in your back again. This is runing the gameplay ,because shootingenemies feels meaningless. And then are are lots of randoms small bugs (levitating npscs, etc). I can say, that when I way playing I have tremendous fun. The problem is, that the game did not let me play as much as I wanted and kept interupting with looooong looooadings. Once this is fixed, I will recomend this game. Until then I stopped playing.… Expand
  21. Slevin310
    Dec 7, 2015
    7
    I'm disappointed, I don't expect much about this game. It's supposed to be a bat **** crazy fun game and it was but the developers straight up lied. There is no customization on cars or weapons. It does not "feature 80+ cars" in the game. The map is not 400 square miles making it "The biggest map ever to be made for a game" and there is no multiplayer. All things promised and now they'reI'm disappointed, I don't expect much about this game. It's supposed to be a bat **** crazy fun game and it was but the developers straight up lied. There is no customization on cars or weapons. It does not "feature 80+ cars" in the game. The map is not 400 square miles making it "The biggest map ever to be made for a game" and there is no multiplayer. All things promised and now they're saying "we didn't have the resources to do all that" so I knew none of that was true but that doesn't make it okay to lie. If that wasn't possible why not just take what you have and improve on it? Improve the shooting mechanics and customization.

    It's still a fun bat **** insane game with a fun open world sandbox destruction orgy. But Saints Row 4 made a game where you could do insane awesome stuff but they fleshed it out with a big story mode, customization, tons of unlockables and they also made a better open world experience. Allowing you to play custom music while going around destroying things, having tons of little and big things to do in open world. So yeah this just doesn't compare to that.    … Expand
  22. Linkn216
    Dec 1, 2015
    8
    Repetitive mission design and lacks an engaging story, but who cares!!

    This is the perfect game to disable your higher brain function and just have a blast playing. Reminiscent of the last-gen titles Prototype 2 and Saints Row 4, just roaming the landscape causing havoc everywhere you please is a blast. The wingsuit is by far one of the best new gear additions and makes movement    Repetitive mission design and lacks an engaging story, but who cares!!

    This is the perfect game to disable your higher brain function and just have a blast playing. Reminiscent of the last-gen titles Prototype 2 and Saints Row 4, just roaming the landscape causing havoc everywhere you please is a blast. The wingsuit is by far one of the best new gear additions and makes movement throughout the game not a chore, but something to look forward to. A great getaway at the end of a long day.    … Expand
  23. bongorock
    Dec 7, 2015
    6
    Haters gonna hate I guess. But I'll be real with ya, if you liked Just Cause 2 it wasn't because of the awesome voice acting or story telling. It was probably because it was so horrible it was funny. Nothing has changed here, and to me that is a good thing. I don't always need a hollywood story with no substance like the order or Ryse.

    The over the top moves and ridiculous characters    Haters gonna hate I guess. But I'll be real with ya, if you liked Just Cause 2 it wasn't because of the awesome voice acting or story telling. It was probably because it was so horrible it was funny. Nothing has changed here, and to me that is a good thing. I don't always need a hollywood story with no substance like the order or Ryse.

    The over the top moves and ridiculous characters feel right at home with a hero that can basically fly at will. Anyone who wasn't into the last game won't be into this one either. If you are new to the series, just check out a few online videos before dropping your dough on it.

    It isn't perfect, but I have yet to encounter a bug on the ps4 version that crashed or had any effect on the game progression and the load times are no worse than fallout or any other game to be fair. And the way they give you a area to play as it installs was welcomed 100 times over. I was able to get used to the controls before ever starting the actual game. The graphics are not the best, but again neither was fallout 4... Battlefront looked amazing but it lacked anything that resembled the games that gave it the name.

    Reading some of the PC reviews had me worried. But I can honestly say this is one of the better games this year, for me anyway.

    *update* I have started to notice the drop in fps when the chaos starts to go big. At some points it has become very unstable almost freezing up. It nearly ruins the whole experience right now and if you have not picked up the game yet, I would wait for word that this gets fixed.

    I have updated the score accordingly.    … Expand
  24. gamer6969
    Dec 1, 2015
    9
    This is a very cool game. A bit repetitive, but what game isn't. Not much of a story, but this is a game all about action. Big open world and lots of stuff to blow up.

    A big negative is the BS attempts to connect to the internet, which plays 0 part in this single player game!!!! I hope they patch that so I don't have to wait 2-5 minutes every time the game decides it wants to try to    This is a very cool game. A bit repetitive, but what game isn't. Not much of a story, but this is a game all about action. Big open world and lots of stuff to blow up.

    A big negative is the BS attempts to connect to the internet, which plays 0 part in this single player game!!!! I hope they patch that so I don't have to wait 2-5 minutes every time the game decides it wants to try to connect. The loading times can be a bit long too. Still a fun mindless game.    … Expand
  25. robkaper
    Dec 1, 2015
    9
    While the story arc remains unimportant, everything else is an improvement over predecessor Just Cause 2. The new wing suit makes exploring the islands easier. The environments are again massive and even more beautiful than before. The fire leech has instantly become one of my favourite weapons in gaming history. Just Cause 3 might not exceed expectations, but then again it doesn't reallyWhile the story arc remains unimportant, everything else is an improvement over predecessor Just Cause 2. The new wing suit makes exploring the islands easier. The environments are again massive and even more beautiful than before. The fire leech has instantly become one of my favourite weapons in gaming history. Just Cause 3 might not exceed expectations, but then again it doesn't really have to as long as it delivers what it promised. And it does: endlessly blowing up everything in sight in various way still is fun, a lot of fun.… Expand
  26. thermalflight
    Dec 29, 2015
    9
    This is exactly what JC it's meant to be. The biggest sandbox ever.

    Who tells that is repetitive and have no good story, is like who say that checkers is a game without action. You really can't get bored because you can do anything, and everything is fun and challenging: you can drive like rally, fly like ace combat, kills like shooter, use parachute, use wingsuite, sail,    This is exactly what JC it's meant to be. The biggest sandbox ever.

    Who tells that is repetitive and have no good story, is like who say that checkers is a game without action.

    You really can't get bored because you can do anything, and everything is fun and challenging:

    you can drive like rally,
    fly like ace combat,
    kills like shooter,
    use parachute,
    use wingsuite,
    sail,
    simply explore large amount of places....

    the only thing you must do is "explore the possibilities", you can destroy huge enemy bases with a rope....

    yesterday I got revenge against a bad driver making it jump upsidedown two houses with ropes....

    what you need in this game is fantasy, because is a SAND BOX, not an adventure game or something... remember it, is not for everyone, sure is not for who like to be driven by railroads.

    Drive veichles is CHALLENGING, it's very fun to became a master in car driving or wingsuite flying.    … Expand
  27. gd01skorpius
    Feb 17, 2016
    7
    Overall: 4.5/10
    Personal Bias: +2 points
    Total: 6.5. Summary: Despite some serious flaws and pointless features, this game has just enough going right for it to be really fun. I hope to play a more polished Just Cause 4 in the future! Breakdown: Gameplay: 8/10. The grapple, parachute, wingsuit combination is INSANELY FUN, especially with upgrades. Add to that airplanes, fighter    Overall: 4.5/10
    Personal Bias: +2 points
    Total: 6.5.

    Summary: Despite some serious flaws and pointless features, this game has just enough going right for it to be really fun. I hope to play a more polished Just Cause 4 in the future!

    Breakdown:
    Gameplay: 8/10. The grapple, parachute, wingsuit combination is INSANELY FUN, especially with upgrades. Add to that airplanes, fighter jets, helicopters, boats, cars, and motorbikes, you have many options and travelling around the world is very enjoyable. This game has some sandbox elements that lend themselves to some hilarious moments, and makes for a good pass-the-controller game with friends. That said, the motorbikes have terrible handling, like not even fun. Also, there aren't as many options as in JC2, notably jetboats with guns on them. It also seems strange that there is no underwater locomotion beyond basic swimming, since underwater is beautiful. A submersible vehicle or diver propulsion vehicle would have been fun. The camera gets a little janky here and it's mostly well executed.

    Missions/Activities: 3/10. While there are a few progression missions, they mostly just boil down to annoying escort/protection missions. The open world encounters are mostly pointless and are often broken, in fact they are such a mess they should have been cut from the game. There are also "Daredevil jumps" which are terribly half-assed in their execution, no clear indication of what you need to do and a complete lack of failure/success states (I'm guessing their inclusion was forced by world artists and game design ran out of time to polish the experience). That said, the challenges (races, wingsuit runs, etc.) are really really fun, well though out, rewarding, and polished.

    Presentation: 8/10. This world is gorgeous and colorful and compliments the locomotion mechanics really well. The explosions are very cool, not the best I've seen but still prove rewarding. The character models aren't the best, but they suit the overall style and tone well enough. The music is really good, though also very repetitive. The dialogue quality is mostly fine, but there are moments where important dialogue gets lost in the mix. The sound effects are good though not spectacular. The UI is simple, clean, and easy to navigate.

    Metagame: 4/10. I really liked unlocking upgraded by completing challenges, it gives them a reason to be completed, and it helps that the challenges are fun. Clearing settlements, provinces, and regions is fun but very repetitive (which wasn't really bad for me personally, but may bore other players). Unlocking priests/churches as cooldown areas feels like a really pointless mechanic. It was strange that there are less main missions than there are provinces and the method of unlocking missions felt inconsistent. I wish missions were more dependent on clearing provinces since at the end of the game I still had settlements left to liberate, which seemed out of context from the story. The reward progression is fine, but there are some really good vehicles and weapons which are unlocked before less good ones. The thing that really bothers me is that there is no "New Game +" option (pretty standard these days) when completing the game, allowing you to start at the beginning with all your previous unlocks and upgrades intact. To be fair, you can "re-oppress" settlements, but you can only do this one at a time and are forced to fast travel each time, which involves a 30 second load. It's weird that there is not method to re-oppress bases in bulk because the current method is very time consuming.

    Narrative: 5/10. Mostly harmless. The main character, Rico, is less interesting than in previous versions. He used to be a bad-ass anti-hero, but now he's a more suave and macho nice guy. I always assumed he was Mexican, but it this game he's more of a generic European gentleman. He used to be more like Batman, now he feels like Superman. The supporting characters are fine, but the most interesting character is Dimah, the scientist who crafts all of Rico's gadgets. She's really the only character with an arc. Aside from Dimah's part, the overall story felt rushed and shallow, with an ending that felt abrupt. To be fair, there is more to the story which you can discover by collecting audiotapes, but it's also where the real meat of the story is in terms of what motivates Rico and the sole antagonist DiRavello.

    Online: 0/10. A complete broken mess. The game will often stall trying to connect to a server, even after you select offline mode. The online leaderboards do not work at all beyond people on your friends list, which is a shame because the challenges are so fun. It would have been better to cut online completely since it does more harm than good in the game. Also, this game screams for coop, but to be fair it isn't really something other open world games have figured out how to do well either.    … Expand
  28. Critical_Fun
    Jan 10, 2016
    6
    One of my favorite sandbox games of all time. That is the one big PRO I can list for this game. Destruction. Endless fire and destruction. Also, the grapple and parachute gives the player a great feel.

    Cons - Aiming weapons is terrible except with sniper rifle. WAY too many overpowered SAM sites make the awesome helicopters basically worthless. By the time you can hack them, you    One of my favorite sandbox games of all time. That is the one big PRO I can list for this game. Destruction. Endless fire and destruction. Also, the grapple and parachute gives the player a great feel.

    Cons - Aiming weapons is terrible except with sniper rifle. WAY too many overpowered SAM sites make the awesome helicopters basically worthless. By the time you can hack them, you don't need to have fun with the helicopter anymore. Don't bother destroying them. They will just respawn. Loading times for side events are ludicrous. You spend a few seconds in the event and wait 5 minutes to try again. Makes me not even want to play the game. The map seems much smaller than JC2. I haven't even played that much, maybe 3 missions in and I've cleared half the map. HATE HATE HATE the flare and beacon situation. It's unclear and irritating as hell. Finally, the gears you earn for upgrades aren't worth much. Almost no motivation to earn more of them because the upgrades suck. I really don't know what they were thinking with that. Solid 6 overall, but as a sandbox I'd give it a 9.    … Expand
  29. GuywiththeGames
    Jun 8, 2016
    6
    I know this game came out a while ago, but I do not care. I will tell people what I thing of this game.

    Pros: -The objectives to liberate town are more clear, and less difficult to find. -Movement is great, the wing suit helps a lot. -Lots of weapons unlocked from the beginning -More destructibility -Voice acting improved -Mods are cool, and give a lot of variety -graphics are    I know this game came out a while ago, but I do not care. I will tell people what I thing of this game.

    Pros:
    -The objectives to liberate town are more clear, and less difficult to find.
    -Movement is great, the wing suit helps a lot.
    -Lots of weapons unlocked from the beginning
    -More destructibility
    -Voice acting improved
    -Mods are cool, and give a lot of variety
    -graphics are nice
    -Weapons/Vehicle deliveries happen fast.

    Cons:
    -Frame rate is awful, and its been six months since the games release
    -Explosions bring the game down to about 18 frames per second, which happens 80% of the time
    -They release DLC before fixing the actual game
    -So many glitches
    -The way you get mods is either boring, or unfair.
    -When firing with your grappling hook, you get stuck behind the smallest of things, like a rail, and then fall to the ground, while getting shot.
    -When connecting to helicopters, your grappling hook either does not want to connect, or does connect then cancels out randomly.
    -Story has not evolved. Its not a focus, i get that. But, I wish they tried something different.
    -Only 25 missions, and too many of those are dedicated to a simple mechanic. THERE IS AN ENTIRE MISSION WHERE ALL YOU DO, IS WATCH A CUTSCENE, GET THE ABILITY TO FAST TRAVEL, AND THEN MISSION OVER.
    -Also some lame mission here and there.
    -No upgrade system
    -There is a timer on getting weapon and vehicle deliveries, even though in the old games there was an unlimited amount of times.

    Overall, don't buy the game at full price, don't try to complete it, or buy Just Cause 2 instead. It lacks some of the features, but is much better than this game. Just Cause 3 feels like a step back. There are a lot of restrictions, even though the game is all about freedom.    … Expand
  30. TalentlessHack
    Jan 7, 2016
    7
    Let's keep it simple here, Just Cause 3 is just a Just Cause 2...but on current gen systems.

    This is not necessarily a bad thing. Just Cause 2 was a game many people loved for the hours upon hours of chaotic fun it offered us. Heck, I wasted the enitre fall of 2012 trying to get the platinum trophy on that thing. So, Just Cause 3 is a game all about explosion, blowing things up,    Let's keep it simple here, Just Cause 3 is just a Just Cause 2...but on current gen systems.

    This is not necessarily a bad thing. Just Cause 2 was a game many people loved for the hours upon hours of chaotic fun it offered us. Heck, I wasted the enitre fall of 2012 trying to get the platinum trophy on that thing.

    So, Just Cause 3 is a game all about explosion, blowing things up, destroying a random dictatorship, while getting chaos points and money to unlock more items and missions. The "plot" is pretty much non-existent, but the game does offer us better dialogue and voice acting for the characters. While I still miss Antonio Banderas Rico from JC2, this Rico still delivers.

    The gameplay; Blow s**t up.... The game doesn't care how you do it, just blow s**t up. The gameplay does see some minor improvements over JC2. Vehicles across the board handle better. More tools are given to the players. E.g. Boost Rockets that blow up. More freedom in how to use the grappling hook. The freaking wingsuit.

    JC3's biggest problem is definitely the performance. The graphics look sublime. The world is huge and is full of color. But the framerate can get quite a few hits, sometimes with extended periods of 25 FPS. The loading times are also a pain. Before the patch the game would sometimes take a full minute to load. Even longer when playing the game for an extended period of time.

    The patch did fix some loading issues, but they are still too long.

    The mission structures and design also need some work. It's a mixed bag of fun missions and run-of-the-mill missions. I wished that Avalanche mostly improved on this aspect, given that it was one JC2's weaker aspects.

    Just like it's predecessor Just Cause 3 is a fun game, albeit with more technical issues that hamper the overall enjoyment.    … Expand
  31. LOLZIES
    Jan 2, 2016
    10
    for the xbox one, at times the game can lag like SUPER hard. it also has a bit of a shallow progression system, but overall a very fun game. (would like to see the lag issue fixed up though)
  32. Wiz1414
    Jan 5, 2016
    3
    I created an account just for this game. My god. Its fun, it gets repetitive fairly quickly but its fun to make things explode. Fun to put someone to something explosive with the grappling hook, fun to pull helicopters out of the sky. The dialogue is funny when you take over bases, and the the game looks beautiful. These are the good things about it, not much, its a game you can play whileI created an account just for this game. My god. Its fun, it gets repetitive fairly quickly but its fun to make things explode. Fun to put someone to something explosive with the grappling hook, fun to pull helicopters out of the sky. The dialogue is funny when you take over bases, and the the game looks beautiful. These are the good things about it, not much, its a game you can play while waiting for something better.

    The painful part is anything dealing with driving, and I mean anything. All the driving controls are unresponsive, to turn you have to stop, motorcycles do their own thing, you can do 90 degree turns with them and stop immediately because that's how turning works, right? This is the only game I have ever played where ATVs can't drive on dirt or sand, they slide everywhere. Flying has the same problem as driving, turning is near impossible to do without completely slowing down or having your plane sideways then its impossible to straighten without losing control. The only responsive thing about the driving is the gas, speeding up and driving straight is all you can do. Gliding also has a similar problem as driving, the turning, if you aren't trying to get some where in a hurry, its easier to just land and turn around. There are like 150 challenges in the game, none of which you will complete your first try due to the 'awesome' controls. So they are just a massive time sink if you want to 100% the game. If you want to spend 2 hours restarting the same challenge because you missed a target by an inch, or it requires you to turn, because if you were to miss the target ever so slightly, you should just restart. You won't finish on time or you won't have a high enough score. The easiest challenges are the shooting ones, its hard to mess up shooting, thankfully. Driving, flying and gliding challenges will take up most of your time trying to complete this game and its love of making you turn then losing control of whatever you are doing.

    Avalanche Studios should be force to 100% Just Cause 3 before ever releasing a fourth. Every single employee should be forced to complete the game if they worked on it. Primarily the challenges. The best thing I can think of is they hand you a bowl of water and tell you to eat it with a fork, that's what playing this game is like. My recommendation is just stick with taking over bases and doing the story and say screw the challenges, you can probably complete it in around 25 hours, 350 hours if you want to do all the challenges.    … Expand
  33. extremeprey
    Feb 3, 2016
    7
    To be fair to Square Enix Just Cause 2 is hard one to follow up. Did they manage it? No not really. The game isn't bad though it just sort of hammered my expectations down. When I heard there was going to be a JC3 I was mildly excited and continued to be mildly excited until the game was released when my look on the game changed to moderately impressed that they didn't just flunk it. TheyTo be fair to Square Enix Just Cause 2 is hard one to follow up. Did they manage it? No not really. The game isn't bad though it just sort of hammered my expectations down. When I heard there was going to be a JC3 I was mildly excited and continued to be mildly excited until the game was released when my look on the game changed to moderately impressed that they didn't just flunk it. They gave this game a solid try so I'm happy with that. A lot of the faults in the game comes simply down to Square Enix playing trail and error. The wingsuit is a good example: You see the map was designed for distance for the wingsuit to glide from one side to the other whereas JC2's map was designed for the parachute which hasn't been toned down in this game but rather ignored. Because of how much the parachute was used in JC2 they assumed that adding another traveling mechanic in the same fashion would add brownie points but it sort feels weird. The parachute was designed so we can travel vast distances and climb with ease whilst soaking in the environment however the wingsuit fires you past the environment that you don't really get a chance to stop and look at it.
    The other mechanics have the whole "if it ain't broke don't fix it" attitude which is fine but the game suffers from it. Without some attempt at improvement a sequel will fall not matter how good its new mechanics are. Fallout is a good example of this as the reason why I gave that game more praise then what it deserves is because there was at least some attempt to improve mechanics. Keeping the old ones and not touching them up makes any sequel feel more like a late expansion rather than a feature length game.
    Good try guys! Your heart was in the right place but without some form of improvement on the next entry to this franchise then I'm afraid it may die.    … Expand
  34. Maxreviews420
    Jun 19, 2016
    9
    Okay I loved this game but It has some issues. 1st OH MY GOD THE LAG!!!!! Whenever I cause a lot of explosions the games frame rate goes to hell and sometimes it crashes. On a ps4 that's nearly unheard of.
    This doesn't really have enough content but still it's fun. The story is alright but it could have been longer
  35. mwil236
    Jul 30, 2016
    6
    I believe it is unfair to give sequels negative reviews for being repetitive, but the manner in which Just Cause 3 shamelessly replicates even major plot missions from Just Cause 2 is not ideal. Initially, the game shines - missions are interesting, there are a variety of new challenges and a few new features, but these quickly give way to outrageously difficult story missions and aI believe it is unfair to give sequels negative reviews for being repetitive, but the manner in which Just Cause 3 shamelessly replicates even major plot missions from Just Cause 2 is not ideal. Initially, the game shines - missions are interesting, there are a variety of new challenges and a few new features, but these quickly give way to outrageously difficult story missions and a painful fast travel and resupply system. I understand that the developers may have wanted to make the game a little more challenging than JC2, which simply allowed you to drop a helicopter or jet right in front of you at any time, but their new "beacon" system means you only get one resupply before having to traipse perhaps tens of kilometers back to the nearest city you liberated to get more. The real issue here is once the story progresses past the initial island grouping in which you find yourself, you end up on a large island that has about half the content but is more than three times the size - villages and military bases are anywhere from 5 to 30 kilometers away, and many mountain ranges block your way. Travel slows to a crawl and essentially requires you to use the very weak aforementioned beacon system to get a helicopter. And even then, you're in for several boring minutes of holding down the analog stick and simply flying to your next objective.

    Load times are much longer than they should be, and occasionally a loading gap will cause the game to inexplicably delete weapons from your loadout.

    Ultimately, the game is a lot of fun, and the old thrills of flying a jet into a satellite dish are satisfying. They are just fewer and farther between, literally.    … Expand
  36. InternetPerson1
    Nov 1, 2018
    7
    This game is honestly just pure fun. Its deeply flawed and far from perfect but man is it fun. The game looks great but where the true magic lies is its creative game play and how you approach it. The game gives you many tools and gadgets to take out your oppressive enemy's and its great fun to get creative and see everything you can do. Every day i played i felt like i learned somethingThis game is honestly just pure fun. Its deeply flawed and far from perfect but man is it fun. The game looks great but where the true magic lies is its creative game play and how you approach it. The game gives you many tools and gadgets to take out your oppressive enemy's and its great fun to get creative and see everything you can do. Every day i played i felt like i learned something new. The flying and grappling is great and allows for fun movement and traversal. The open world is pretty shallow however but there are a lot of fun things to do. The challenges are fun, liberating towns and bases is awesome causing great destruction and awesome moments. The vehicles are really diverse and feel easy to drive, or fly. The shooting is pretty solid and the weapons are mostly diverse. The story is pretty simple but interesting but the tone is lighthearted and fun with great characters. However where this game fails is its repetitiveness. The map really does not have much variety after a while and you experience everything. The story falls apart and the missions start repeating itself. Its a deeply flawed game but a lot of fun. Recommended.… Expand
  37. Chamberspank
    Dec 1, 2015
    7
    The games gives you a lot of freedom. It's nothing were you need your brain. It's just action without a meaningful story. It reminds me of expendables. It's pure action and nothing else. Nothing to think about too much. Beside the massive amount of really ugly video fade-outs and the unnecessary loading times the controls could have been a little bit more intuitive. Actually it still needsThe games gives you a lot of freedom. It's nothing were you need your brain. It's just action without a meaningful story. It reminds me of expendables. It's pure action and nothing else. Nothing to think about too much. Beside the massive amount of really ugly video fade-outs and the unnecessary loading times the controls could have been a little bit more intuitive. Actually it still needs some tweaks to make it more "special".… Expand
  38. yloquen
    Dec 4, 2015
    6
    HORRID LOADING TIMES !!!
    I just CANNOT stress this enough. It's mind-blowing that a challenge which is meant to be played repeatedly to improve your score and which only contains a TINY fraction of AN OPEN WORLD game and which you would think smart programmers would KEEP IN MEMORY takes a freaking minute to load. On many other occasions the loading times are very bad. I'm sorry , it looks    HORRID LOADING TIMES !!!
    I just CANNOT stress this enough. It's mind-blowing that a challenge which is meant to be played repeatedly to improve your score and which only contains a TINY fraction of AN OPEN WORLD game and which you would think smart programmers would KEEP IN MEMORY takes a freaking minute to load. On many other occasions the loading times are very bad. I'm sorry , it looks like a game that had a lot of effort put into it , but I can't believe they decided to ship it with such loading times - that really kills it for me , I want to enjoy it , it seems like a good game , but until the loading time is fixed the most I can give it is 6/10.    … Expand
  39. SeanGamerDays
    Dec 1, 2015
    9
    Who cares about the goddamn plot! Let's start blowin s--t up! Now we can start a Michael Bay simulator, and we don't have to watch his whole goddamn films!

    The grapling hook, is still the best s--t since, Arkham Knight. Now, you get the chance to blow everything else!
  40. TheNik520
    Dec 1, 2015
    10
    I absolutely love the game. I feel as though it lives up to all of the hype. The story is great, the gameplay is great, I just overall love the game. It is a true sequel to Just Cause 2.
  41. funkamonkey
    Dec 2, 2015
    8
    Mindless fun. 2 words that sum up Just Cause 3.

    Yes it has it's faults. The frame rate is very dodgy & the control system is a pain in the arse but who cares when you can tie 2 goats to a gas tank and launch them into the stratosphere. Just Cause is exactly what a video game should be, creative and fun. The graphics are good for an open world game and the range of vehicles, weapons    Mindless fun. 2 words that sum up Just Cause 3.

    Yes it has it's faults. The frame rate is very dodgy & the control system is a pain in the arse but who cares when you can tie 2 goats to a gas tank and launch them into the stratosphere. Just Cause is exactly what a video game should be, creative and fun.

    The graphics are good for an open world game and the range of vehicles, weapons and destructible items are vast.

    The main point of the game is not the story or the side quests, it's just to have fun and be as creative as you can. As an example I latched a car onto a helicopter, flew it over a few gas tanks and dropped it. BOOM! Although the explosion did blow up my helo but what the hell, it was fun.

    It's these sort of moments that make JC3 stand out from other similar games.

    If you want to have fun and can see past the dodgy frame rate and the decade long load times, then JC3 is one of the best games of this gen.    … Expand
  42. alexmann
    Dec 6, 2015
    6
    I am not one of those reviews who gives game a 1 or a 10. This is a fair score.

    When you first grapple up a mountain and shoot up into the air like a rocket and glide around the ground at 200 miles an hour you will be like "WOW this is awesome". You get the same feeling destroying the first couple bases. But then when you do the same mission structure almost every main mission and    I am not one of those reviews who gives game a 1 or a 10. This is a fair score.

    When you first grapple up a mountain and shoot up into the air like a rocket and glide around the ground at 200 miles an hour you will be like "WOW this is awesome". You get the same feeling destroying the first couple bases. But then when you do the same mission structure almost every main mission and repeat the same tasks over and over again- it gets old, like REALLY old.

    The gun play mimics a mix between COD style combat and GTA combat. It kinda auto-locks and kinda doesn't. It is one of the worst shooting systems ever.

    There are plenty of glitches that will get you killed

    Vehicle controls are a 4/10. Not undoable just unresponsive and with terrible physics. Making it tough to learn.

    All in all there are some cool parts. The world is beautiful and HUGE. The stunt aspect and the destruction based gameplay is fun. But it can also be a glithy, repetitive mess of bad mechanics and strange design choices. Oh!- and the story/characters are terrible too.    … Expand
  43. Kimomarudotcom
    Dec 4, 2015
    8
    An interesting game that feels like it's taking two steps forward, one step back whenever I play. The destruction and physics in this game is just a lot of fun, vehicle and aircraft handling is great, has a pretty wide assortment of weapons and tools, and the characters are likeable. In a season where Black Ops 3 and Battlefield 4 are my go-to games, Just Cause 3 fills a space well.An interesting game that feels like it's taking two steps forward, one step back whenever I play. The destruction and physics in this game is just a lot of fun, vehicle and aircraft handling is great, has a pretty wide assortment of weapons and tools, and the characters are likeable. In a season where Black Ops 3 and Battlefield 4 are my go-to games, Just Cause 3 fills a space well. There are a couple of weird things. The actions slows down in some of the more hectic gameplay. Also, the load times are pretty long. I've been playing JC3 in the mornings and can scarf down breakfast in the time it takes to load the game from the start screen. It becomes a bigger hassle when retrying a challenge - it's enough to make me give up on the challenge altogether rather than wait. I hope they have a way of patching this because the game is outrageously fun. It's a great game in a season of solid releases and it deserves attention - a class act.… Expand
  44. DoctorMonocular
    Dec 8, 2015
    9
    I think people are confused about what this game is supposed to be, which is why the score is below 90. This game is an epic "Dude, check this out!" sort of romp. If you like tethering cows to jet panes and ramming them into military fuel tanks as you parachute overhead raining rockets onto tanks, then this game is for you.
  45. L1R1
    Dec 10, 2015
    0
    Millions spent making a game, yet they're too incompetent to swap the shoulder buttons with an option, allowing players to use L1 & R1 for shooting. (Something they did in Just Cause 2!)

    PS4's Accessibility option is worthless as this is an open world game, so driving would be L1/R1 as well. It's not a matter of adapting either, as shooting with the rear buttons is painful and    Millions spent making a game, yet they're too incompetent to swap the shoulder buttons with an option, allowing players to use L1 & R1 for shooting. (Something they did in Just Cause 2!)

    PS4's Accessibility option is worthless as this is an open world game, so driving would be L1/R1 as well. It's not a matter of adapting either, as shooting with the rear buttons is painful and uncomfortable for some players. We all don't have the same hands!

    So, it's unplayable unless one was to toggle Accessibility on and off every time they entered and exited a vehicle. Maybe they'll patch an option in, but I'm sure they're clueless about this issue, like so many gamers seem to be.    … Expand
  46. HENCHMAN
    Dec 5, 2015
    7
    I really wanted to give this game an 8 or 9 but could not for the following reasons:

    *Load times are ridiculous, up to two minutes most times which is unacceptable. I've probably s spent as much time waiting for games to load than actually playing (slight exaggeration but you get the point) *Had they put a little more effort into the story, this could've been a great game where you    I really wanted to give this game an 8 or 9 but could not for the following reasons:

    *Load times are ridiculous, up to two minutes most times which is unacceptable. I've probably s spent as much time waiting for games to load than actually playing (slight exaggeration but you get the point)

    *Had they put a little more effort into the story, this could've been a great game where you had purpose and all of the destruction on the side when you want some mindless action. I did 1 mission in the first 2 days, i was sidetracked by flying jets and choppers around, and tethering everyone and thing to all else. Surprised i haven't grown tired of it on day 4.

    *Errors in the middle of playing where game has to shut down

    *Corrupt save files (thankfully it had saved a backup a few minutes before)

    *Glitchy AI, they will just stand behind you and not shoot when in full alert mode, some do this weird a$$ avoidance dance (some of you know exactly what I'm talking about)

    On the plus side the landscape is beautiful and there is lots of tomfoolery and shenanigans to get into. If you're creative, it's limitless. The wing suit, grappling system and parachute are amazing. I've spent more time just flying around than anything else so far. The explosions are simply amazing. Rico is slightly overpowered to where it keeps the game interesting and still challenging at times.

    Despite the negatives, I definitely recommend it for your library.    … Expand
  47. ciambella
    Dec 2, 2015
    9
    Amazing physics, great graphics and an amazing grapple hook/parachute/wing-suit dynamic.
    Sometimes I noticed some dips in frame-rate which does not make the gaming experience less enjoyable.
    Destroy the military bases is really satisfying and the fact that virtually nothing is scripted, you can use just about anything.
    A true sandbox game. Lot of fun! Love it!
  48. jacko928
    Dec 5, 2015
    10
    Gr8 M8 I r8 8/8

    Amazing game, just think its a bit laggy at times. It really is a good experience, and i especially love the infinite c4. I just blow everything up!
  49. Overgreedsuck
    Dec 2, 2015
    0
    It would be beautiful if the game didn't have always online DRM, 10 hour long loading screens and a horrendus framerate.........................expectations crushed
  50. Concretenomad
    Dec 3, 2015
    8
    After having a blast with JC2, I could not wait for JC3 to drop. It does not disappoint. I have a SSD in my PS4 so load times while more noticeable than other big titles are not really bad. The introduction of the wingsuit is awesome. While I am sure there will be a grind to get some of the trophies the real fun of the game is just running around destroying things and using the grapple. ItAfter having a blast with JC2, I could not wait for JC3 to drop. It does not disappoint. I have a SSD in my PS4 so load times while more noticeable than other big titles are not really bad. The introduction of the wingsuit is awesome. While I am sure there will be a grind to get some of the trophies the real fun of the game is just running around destroying things and using the grapple. It does this very well :)

    My only real complaint is that the game did not ship with a 3D mode. JC2 had support and while it may require some extra time and extra processing 3D would have put this game at a 9 or a 10. I hope over the coming months they optimize the codebase to run faster and add 3D support.    … Expand
  51. NMFreed
    Feb 7, 2016
    5
    If last year was the “Year of the Bow” in gaming, this year is the “Year of the Grappling Hook.”

    Evie and Jacob from Assassin’s Creed Syndicate used one, Batman used one and now Rico Rodriguez has a wholly unrealistic grappling hook in Just Cause 3. But it’s not much of a saving grace in a game full of missteps — and these errors take more than enough away from the beautiful open world    If last year was the “Year of the Bow” in gaming, this year is the “Year of the Grappling Hook.”

    Evie and Jacob from Assassin’s Creed Syndicate used one, Batman used one and now Rico Rodriguez has a wholly unrealistic grappling hook in Just Cause 3. But it’s not much of a saving grace in a game full of missteps — and these errors take more than enough away from the beautiful open world of this game.

    Just Cause 3 is a homecoming story, with main character Rodriguez returning to his homeland of Medici, a fictional island country stuck under the foot of dictator Sebastiano Di Ravello. The story is a bit weak, but it’s straightforward enough. Rodriguez is trying to take down the dictator. That’s that.

    If you’ve stuck with the series this long, it’s expected, but if you’re looking for a plot-heavy open world adventure game, look somewhere else. For everything this game does well, it has something to offset that success. To start, the game’s Mediterranean setting looks absolutely stunning on current-generation consoles.

    The water is crystal clear, the planes and helicopters hum in the air and the hook has a satisfying snap to it. But for a game with plenty to see and hear, the missions are left empty and typical.

    The main story quests are a series of escort missions and liberations, with Rodriguez tasked with protecting his buddy Mario, picking up weapons and transportation for the rebels and lots of blowing stuff up.

    The latter is where Just Cause 3 really finds its strength, and players will find themselves distracted by side-quests, where they’ll just be liberating outposts by blowing specific things up. It’s great. But for all of the fun packed into the game, its load times and framerate drops are killers, and more than a few gamers will turn off the game in frustration as they wait three to five minutes between missions.

    Sure, long load times used to not be a valid excuse when it came to gaming, we were just happy to be immersed in a new world. But in 2015, when titles like Batman: Arkham Knight and Bloodborne can run without as much as a slight dip in performance, players are left wanting just a bit more from Just Cause 3.
    With so much else out there right now, it’s hard to recommend this title to those who haven’t already played the year’s usual suspects.

    This same studio even released a pretty solid Mad Max game earlier this year.

    If you want lots of explosions and you’ve got plenty of patience, then Just Cause 3 might just be worth your time.

    - Nicholas Friedman, Denton Record-Chronicle    … Expand
  52. VidjaGames
    Dec 20, 2015
    9
    Just Cause 3 creates a realistic nation with an oppressive government and then let's you right that wrong. There are however drawbacks to a world that's perhaps too realistic/ immersive. There are big open spaces that can be annoying to traverse. The cities are very similar looking which is also accurate to how must of earth is but it can also make them boring.

    Despite those    Just Cause 3 creates a realistic nation with an oppressive government and then let's you right that wrong. There are however drawbacks to a world that's perhaps too realistic/ immersive. There are big open spaces that can be annoying to traverse. The cities are very similar looking which is also accurate to how must of earth is but it can also make them boring.

    Despite those limitations, it's an immensely satisfying experience. Every time I liberate a city or destroy a military base I feel a little bit closer to overthrowing the government. It's that kind of compelling game play that can make an afternoon vanish into thin air.

    My only real complaint is the online login. So far it doesn't seem to have any use other than showing me comparisons between some achievement I made and those of other players. But it has caused the game to pause several times while it attempts to reconnect. Minuscule benefit, significant inconvenience.    … Expand
  53. Hollowfied
    Dec 25, 2015
    10
    I simply love this game its open world quest based level with taking down enemy gun are cool driving mechanic top notch
    No glitch so far I've played

    Cons

    Loading issue take 2 long to load
  54. MattHodge
    Jan 4, 2016
    7
    Oh how I wanted to give a 9 or 10. It was always a great amount of fun to tether a tank to a wall, and then watch at what people at Bethesda call 'a simple fact of games' as it pings into space. But I can't. Because while it is fun to do that, the game (an open world game, mind you), has paradoxically has both a lot of side quests, yet has no fun content that is repeatable.

    To do    Oh how I wanted to give a 9 or 10. It was always a great amount of fun to tether a tank to a wall, and then watch at what people at Bethesda call 'a simple fact of games' as it pings into space. But I can't. Because while it is fun to do that, the game (an open world game, mind you), has paradoxically has both a lot of side quests, yet has no fun content that is repeatable.

    To do story missions, you claim territory to weaken the enemy, because no writer has put the time in to actually coming up with another way of why you should be doing this. To claim territory, you blow stuff up, which is a step up from every other game's 'Kill all enemies', but in doing this, you gain side missions you can go on to upgrade vehicles (Sea race to upgrade sea vehicles, air race to upgrade planes, etc.), and sometimes get a military vehicle, like a tank, for doing something special. And then the area's done. No use now except for collectibles for 100% completion. (Note, one side mission is fun, and that is Bomb Blast, which forces you to drive fast and is the one I will mention because utterly contrived crap that took someone five minutes to come up with. It should be the one instead of Car Races.)

    Now here's the problem. These bases don't respawn, rebuild, whatever. So once you destroyed it, it's done. No more destructible terrain, minus respawning gas stations that no one really cares about, because it doesn't break into a whole GTA style wanted chase if you do. Maybe four guys chase you. Maybe they don't. So late in the game, when you're destroying practically identical Bavarium mines, you look at your inventory and see all these tanks and stuff you could drop in. But it's much easier to just wing suit over the place, raining bullets, especially when they can easily blow up your planes with SAMs.

    Too many times I found myself looking for that last item in a base, trying to find a fuel tank behind one of the buildings in an area the size of a suburban town, enemies firing at all angles. There's no penalty from death, minus a quick wing suit into combat with weapons fully loaded and no wanted level.

    And there's the problem. There is no catharsis. The wing suit that was so hyped loses it's appeal, any mode of transport loses it's appeal because either you get shot out of the sky by SAM's or it's incredibly hard to navigate, or it's too slow. Of the 5 or so boats, the Pescapada is the fastest. And the second most common. Yeah, you get tanks and stuff, but all that's useless besides side missions summing up to 'go through hoops in time', and at least those gave you something interesting, because all the stuff you might use it on is now blown up because you had to blow it up to get the tanks. It's a Catch-22. The story is lack luster (24 missions, about 15 are escort (shrivels)), the characters are shallow, and while the villain is straight from the depths of evil, I know better ones that would suit this game's crazy antics. Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2 and Pagan Min from Far Cry would make for a great antagonists, because you knew them other than 'military dictator who's evil and runs a nation'.

    If I'm going to harp on this game some more, which I will, I guess I'll turn to the side missions. Random events are crummy, they're Copy-Pasted from Far Cry 4, and give you flares, which give you the ability to fast travel. That's right, now you don't even have to explore anymore, we'll give you a way to avoid all the tedium that makes up the bulk of our game's enjoyment! Not only does the game give you flares like their cursed after liberating every town, they respawn in those towns. To move past that, right before the game's final boss, after you blown up every enemy unit this side of Sweden, and face this massive battle where you fight for control of the main island (which is one of the parts I liked), only then does the game give you the best weapon it has to offer, a Bavarium nuke launcher. I'm not kidding. This is Resident Evil.

    But unlike the rocket launcher in Resident Evil, this does about a sixth of the bosses health during the one second gap when his shield is down, and if you hit him when his shield is up, then you might as well be using a slingshot. At least that can carry more ammo. I defeated him with a single tether, before the game gave me a helicopter that meant absolutely FA to me.

    To end, you die too fast to create the stuff the game trademarks itself on, and you just use the boring stuff that works. Fun at the start, when you are basically a god, but tedium starts to dull the experience.    … Expand
  55. coolguyhasachil
    Dec 14, 2015
    8
    When people talk about say the word "game", I usually think of qualities like fun, excitement, and basically the opposite of being bored out of your mind. A lot of games today try too hard to be a "survival hardcore crafting" game, and forget about what makes video games, well, *games*. Just Cause 3, however, doesn't. The game is fun. Like, really fun. Yeah, it's plot is no better thanWhen people talk about say the word "game", I usually think of qualities like fun, excitement, and basically the opposite of being bored out of your mind. A lot of games today try too hard to be a "survival hardcore crafting" game, and forget about what makes video games, well, *games*. Just Cause 3, however, doesn't. The game is fun. Like, really fun. Yeah, it's plot is no better than your standard Bollywood movie, but its obvious that that was not the focus for Square Enix. They decided to concentrate on making a really fun and exciting game instead, and you know what? It worked. I'm about 13 hours into the game and I'm proud to say it hasn't left me a dull moment, even the traveling from point a to point b is exhilarating with the sheer magnitude of transportation methods. The characters are simple, yet somehow memorable, with characteristics that make happy to know them, even if they aren't exactly groundbreaking in depth. Overall, Just Cause 3 is not for everyone, some people prefer a dialogue-driven story or RPGs with tons of depth and character customization, but for those looking for a good game to just sit, grab a snack and blow s*** up cause why not? Just Cause 3 is totally the game for you.… Expand
  56. Sheldor13
    Jan 7, 2016
    2
    some of the worst vehicle controls i have ever seen in a game and very average game play, would not recommend paying full price for this game, only buy if it was on sale for very cheap
  57. Asdeni
    Jul 17, 2018
    0
    I registrated there just to press 0 for this mess.
    No story. Gameplay = piupiu boom BOOM.
    Unplayable
  58. Retro_Roland
    Dec 1, 2015
    8
    This game is too much fun to not be positive about. I've only played around 7 hours so far but there have been several times while playing that the thought has occurred to me as I look at all the destruction around me, "Did I do all that?"

    Time flies while soaring above the mountains, valleys and towns, trying to perfect the tricky-to-master wingsuit. But it is extremely satisfying to    This game is too much fun to not be positive about. I've only played around 7 hours so far but there have been several times while playing that the thought has occurred to me as I look at all the destruction around me, "Did I do all that?"

    Time flies while soaring above the mountains, valleys and towns, trying to perfect the tricky-to-master wingsuit. But it is extremely satisfying to stay in the air for several minutes at a time when you finally get the hang of winching in the grappling hook to keep yourself airborne.

    The game is far from perfect (occasional frame-rate issues, ridiculous loading times, sometimes getting the "this is all a little repetitive" feeling), but I can't in good conscious give this anything lower than an 8 when it gives me this much enjoyment!    … Expand
  59. jakephish
    Dec 2, 2015
    10
    This game is great. It is true to Just Cause 2's fun style, and any repetition is because people aren't seeing that this game has such an open physics model that allows you to beat stages in unlimited ways. If you choose to use the same strategy for every mission, it will be repetitive. It was never supposed to be a GTA level of detail in story, gameplay, or even complexity of missions.This game is great. It is true to Just Cause 2's fun style, and any repetition is because people aren't seeing that this game has such an open physics model that allows you to beat stages in unlimited ways. If you choose to use the same strategy for every mission, it will be repetitive. It was never supposed to be a GTA level of detail in story, gameplay, or even complexity of missions. People seem to want to hold it to that standard, which isn't realistic. GTA needs to raise the bar of open world with every new release, this was never supposed to be that.
    The bugs aren't horrific, and people don't seem to understand that games/operating systems/software are released as a 'beta' these days and then patched.
    Load times aren't unbearably slow, but will seem so due to slow physical media disc drives and HDs, not to mention the complex game data & graphics. The PS4 is a 5400 rpm hard drive, upgrade it to a 7200 and this loads faster than GTA does now, better yet get a SSHD.
    This game is fun now, and will get lots of patches. Its beautiful to look at, and I haven't been let down.    … Expand
  60. SILVERBACK6153
    Dec 2, 2015
    9
    This game finally cured my Fallout 4 addiction! The game is beautiful to look at especially when you start blowing it up. The story is the only downside but I didn't buy this game for the story, I bought it to relax and have fun at the same time. Nearly as good as Just Cause 2 but this game still gets a 9/10 from me! Recommended :)
  61. dannyboyswe
    Dec 5, 2015
    8
    I have not played any of the erlier Just Cause-games prior to this one, but I was too curious to pass it up after the announcement at this year's E3.
    I bought and played Avalanche Studios Mad Max all the way through, but that game left a bitter taste in my mouth, and overall I was disappointed. But knowing this, I was still cautiously excited for their next game, Just Cause 3.
    Just Cause    I have not played any of the erlier Just Cause-games prior to this one, but I was too curious to pass it up after the announcement at this year's E3.
    I bought and played Avalanche Studios Mad Max all the way through, but that game left a bitter taste in my mouth, and overall I was disappointed. But knowing this, I was still cautiously excited for their next game, Just Cause 3.
    Just Cause 3 is your typical open world-game, and feels like a cross between GTA and Far Cry.
    At first I was a bit confused as what to do in the game, as it gives you almost too much freedom to the point where it's too overwhelming to decide what to tackle next.
    But after some time I started to enjoy it still.
    The open world-map is HUGE! Not only is most of it environment destructable, it's also beautiful to look at. And if you don't feel like blowing stuff up, there's plenty other stuff to do, like collecting different vehicles or flying around in your wing suit, taking in the beautiful scenery.
    The frame rate has a tendency to drop quite low from time to time, and it can get a bit annoying, but not enough to affect the game play, at least for me.
    The only down side's to this game is that the story is very generic and quite boring, and most of the missions and tasks get repetetive, but not nearly as repetitive as they get in Mad Max.
    All in all, Just Cause 3 is a fun game, and well worth a go if you are into open world-games and blowing stuff up, or enjoy a nice-looking game.    … Expand
  62. MetalGearBunny
    Dec 3, 2015
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. just cause 1 i never played. just cause 2 was stinky penis and this well dont even ask about this one as i played the trailers for a few minutes i knew i was having a bad time in this world it felt like aids but without the D. i couldnt get any enjoyment out of this as it felt ike i was watching a movie and all i really had to do was press play 2/10 will not watch again might on xbox when the price goes down doe.… Expand
  63. damman
    Dec 1, 2015
    10
    Love the game. I didn't think of this game being repetitive at all. It's fun on the PS4 muck more than star-wars battlefront which i received a full refund and purchased this game. Very smart on my part. At least you don't get a half game and boring game play like most games. Keep up the good work Square Enix! This is a sleeper hit.
  64. Quink666
    Dec 4, 2015
    4
    I have never been so bored with a game 2 hours into it. Graphics are extremely grainy, controlls feels a bit wonky, Cant even aim down sights without the right MOD......

    Extremely repetitive. Even 10 hours into the game i find myself doing the exact same things over and over again. Im glad i got this game at 50% otherwise i would have felt really ripped off.
  65. fallouts
    Feb 15, 2016
    7
    Eh, not bad at all, but something definitely seems to be missing with this game. The game play and explosions are better than before, but the map has far less locations than the last game making the map feel rather empty and lifeless. The character feels like a generic military buff this time around with the voice to match. The devs kept hyping the story yet it's very generic and barelyEh, not bad at all, but something definitely seems to be missing with this game. The game play and explosions are better than before, but the map has far less locations than the last game making the map feel rather empty and lifeless. The character feels like a generic military buff this time around with the voice to match. The devs kept hyping the story yet it's very generic and barely gets the job done. The biggest sin this game commits is forcing the players to do these challenges to unlock skills essential to game play. The challenges themselves are phoned in and uninspired. If you can't be bothered to do these side activities (I don't blame you if you don't) then you will be using the same few moves throughout the game. Also, why did they take out he whip meele move and replaced it with this lame shoulder push. Visually, this game shines and is probably one of the best looking games of this generation so far with a detailed map and a very well done view distance. Overall, get it on sale.… Expand
  66. Zlatan
    Jun 15, 2016
    0
    As of today's date with current latest patch the game is unplayable. The frame rate is appalling. You are warned!! Blowing up stuff is why I bought the game but frame rate drops so low that it takes the fun out even there. Compare it with bad characters and story and you got a **** game.
  67. DF007gamer
    Dec 12, 2015
    9
    This game is awesome. Load times aren't a issue (PS4) for me or the frame rate and Ive been playing it for over 40 hours. People complaining about repetitive missions have obliviously not played Square Enix games before. Liberating settlements and taking over Military bases never gets boring. Its worth the money spent because there is alot to do besides the main story missions. Its aThis game is awesome. Load times aren't a issue (PS4) for me or the frame rate and Ive been playing it for over 40 hours. People complaining about repetitive missions have obliviously not played Square Enix games before. Liberating settlements and taking over Military bases never gets boring. Its worth the money spent because there is alot to do besides the main story missions. Its a enjoyable Platinum to go for.… Expand
  68. Jack_Cranberry
    Dec 3, 2015
    9
    Look. This is a hoot.

    The writing isn't great. The voice acting seems like it was recorded without anyone in the same room. Sometimes when you set off a huge chain of explosions, the frame-rate dips a bit. Just think of it as slow-motion. But having said all that, the whole of the game is just plain goofy fun. It's not a game to obsess over, but rather the kind of thing to put on    Look. This is a hoot.

    The writing isn't great. The voice acting seems like it was recorded without anyone in the same room. Sometimes when you set off a huge chain of explosions, the frame-rate dips a bit. Just think of it as slow-motion.

    But having said all that, the whole of the game is just plain goofy fun. It's not a game to obsess over, but rather the kind of thing to put on when you don't want to worry about resource management or slow, plodding traversal. This game wants you to grapple onto an attack helicopter, kick out the pilot, blow up a bunch of conveniently red-colored explosive barrels and towers, jump out of the helicopter, free-fall to within a few feet of the ground, grapple to the ground without splattering into a bunch of giblets, and watch as flaming mayhem falls from the sky as you slow-walk away.

    It's a playground, and a damn good one at that. Great for a relaxing game session.    … Expand
  69. BetterThanSonic
    Dec 1, 2015
    8
    A really fun game because it has very little in common with the Sonic the Hedgehog games. Seeing something this well done just makes games like Sonic Adventure and Sonic Boom seem that much more terrible.
  70. BlueSilver
    Dec 2, 2015
    10
    Just Cause 3 is one of the best open world games and best action game for PS4! Explosions look sensational with particles flying everywhere. Big world to play! This game is better than GTA V. 10 points!
  71. oldmanfire
    Aug 8, 2016
    0
    4702MQ CPU GTX760 GPU 16Gb RAM and up to 70 pictures in Game. But many many cold shut downs in Game. Bad support and trubleshotings. i have no experinece about Gameplay because....... b.
  72. paddystudmuffin
    Dec 13, 2015
    6
    Have to agree with people saying on here that the loading times destroy the game. It's true. Loading after each challenge means your waiting a lot in this game. JC2 was amazing this unfortunately isn't. Looks great when sun is shinning but when it dull it's ugly. Seems smaller too. 6 I'm afraid until fixed.
  73. Ozzy0071
    Jan 10, 2016
    6
    This is a good game, don't get me wrong. But it could have been so much better. It could have been a lot, lot better.

    The graphics are great. The explosions are beautiful. The gameplay is great. The story is completely and utterly lacking, but somehow I don't mind that. But what I do mind is the progression system. The inclusion of Gear Mods in the game is a brilliant idea. The    This is a good game, don't get me wrong. But it could have been so much better. It could have been a lot, lot better.

    The graphics are great. The explosions are beautiful. The gameplay is great. The story is completely and utterly lacking, but somehow I don't mind that.

    But what I do mind is the progression system.

    The inclusion of Gear Mods in the game is a brilliant idea. The ability to get extra grappling hooks, have your C4 turn into rocket boosters and have things like nitrous and turbo jump are great. But what isn't great - in fact, what is awful about this system is how you unlock them.
    In Just Cause 2, challenges were optional. They were just a bit of fun to pass the time and earn money. But if you want to get the most out of Just Cause 3, and have the very most fun you can out of the game, you need to complete the challenges.
    Fair enough, you might say. Many games have similar systems. Challenges are rated by "gears" which act like a star rating depending on your performance. Again, fair enough.
    But it is impossible to get five gears without the mods on things like races.
    So to unlock the mods, you need to complete the challenges - and you can't get five gears in a challenge without using the mods. It has gone down the same road as Grand Theft Auto V did with the GTA Online racing - to unlock things to make your car go faster, you had to win races. But you could not win races without things to make your car go faster. The entire system is flawed.
    "So what?" you might ask, "You can just keep earning three gears in a race every time you do it."
    No. You can't. Once you have gained five gears from a race - replaying it will gain you nothing.
    Even to gain the ability to zoom on a weapon, you need to complete some of these challenges.
    They completely ruin the game. They restrict you in a game which prides itself on allowing you to be free. It is possible to complete all of the challenges... eventually. You unlock challenges by liberating towns and the like. So to unlock these mods, you need to do everything necessary to liberate a particular location, attempt the challenge - get perhaps three stars due to a lack of the gear mods - then go liberate another location, and find another challenge of the same type, and gain three stars again, liberate another location, etc.

    Speaking of unnecessary restrictions, there is the "Rebel Drop" system. While it is a welcome improvement over what Just Cause 2 had to offer - again, it is seriously flawed.
    Rebel Drops allow you to have a package dropped in by a plane. In said package, you can choose a one-handed weapon, a two-handed weapon, a "special" weapon (a rocket launcher, for example), and a vehicle of your choice (after you have unlocked them by taking cars to a garage in liberated towns - or by liberating military bases (which unlocks the better vehicles like fighter jets)). Sounds pretty cool, right?
    And most of the time, it is. But they have restricted it in two ways.
    The first is common sense. You need to collect beacons, which act as flares - so you can show the plane where to drop your package. You can carry up to one of these at a time, for a start, at least.
    The second way makes no sense at all. For example - in a very real situation - you find yourself stuck on the top of a mountain in the game, and realise you have no "Fast Travel Flares" left, and if you head in the direction you want to go - a military base will fire nukes at you, even after it has been liberated.
    So you use one of your beacons and call in a helicopter. But your Rebel Drop beacon lands in a slightly uneven location, and when the helicopter lands it slides away and crashes.
    If you were just limited in the first way, it would be no problem. After being able to carry more beacons (which is unlocked by completing challenges), you could just call in another one, right?
    No.
    Because you have to wait for above twenty minutes before your favourite helicopter to unlock again. Even with DLC vehicles, still above twenty minutes.
    And to half the time between the unlock time, you need to do challenges - and spend time unlocking gear mods - one to half the time for cars, one to half the time for air vehicles, and one to half the time for boats.
    You can eradicate the time completely - but that requires even more challenge grinding.

    I wanted to love this game so very much. Just Cause 2 remains one of my favourite games ever. While technically superior in every way, Just Cause 3 just doesn't work for me. I feel more restricted than I was in previous games, even though I am supposed to be less restricted with the abolishment of money (which was the system they used in Just Cause 2 to purchase vehicles from the black market in a similar way that Rebel Drops work).
    This game could have been so much better. It has good ideas, and it is very fun to play, but the flaws in the game are very prominent and very, very hard to ignore. And don't get me started on the online leaderboards.    … Expand
  74. Dog4life
    Jan 15, 2016
    6
    As fun the sand box can by at times, the whole game is afflicted by terrible tech, with heavy frequent frame drop when the real action starts.... and not minor drops, consistent heavy drops that affect badly the gameplay.

    And some vehicles have the worst handling i ever saw in any videogame. For the rest : great destruction, many vehicle and weapons, beautiful islands. this game    As fun the sand box can by at times, the whole game is afflicted by terrible tech, with heavy frequent frame drop when the real action starts.... and not minor drops, consistent heavy drops that affect badly the gameplay.

    And some vehicles have the worst handling i ever saw in any videogame.

    For the rest : great destruction, many vehicle and weapons, beautiful islands.

    this game needs a major patch to be playable, in this state it is totally ruined by the bad tech.    … Expand
  75. OwtDaft
    May 10, 2018
    6
    + Playing with your rope thing to lift things and pull things together is fun.
    - Repetitive, buggy, Crashes, bad story, long load times and bad controls.
    - Has it's good moments but for the most part the game is mediocre. - Game crashed on me twice after finishing missions. and were unfinished after restarting. - Many of the missions just involve you defending something. - Cars have    + Playing with your rope thing to lift things and pull things together is fun.
    - Repetitive, buggy, Crashes, bad story, long load times and bad controls.
    - Has it's good moments but for the most part the game is mediocre.
    - Game crashed on me twice after finishing missions. and were unfinished after restarting.
    - Many of the missions just involve you defending something.
    - Cars have horrible handling.    … Expand
  76. BogdanXdd
    Aug 25, 2016
    4
    It's awful! The driving mechanics are the worst i've ever seen,the plot is unexistent,the characters are very boring,it's a repetitive and poorly made game. I've spent between 40 and 50 hours playing this game; i tryed to see the good things and lie myself that i didn't spend my money on a bad game. If you want to buy this,don't do it!
  77. AllThingTrivial
    Dec 20, 2015
    7
    Its a fun game with a lot to do but will leave no lasting impression. Nice whilst you're playing it but nothing inspires or exceeds expectations, its above average but cannot - in good conscience - be considered as a great.

    Positives; Its Just Cause. If you want a ridiculous game with very few rules and even fewer ways to enforce them then look no further. As is series tradition the    Its a fun game with a lot to do but will leave no lasting impression. Nice whilst you're playing it but nothing inspires or exceeds expectations, its above average but cannot - in good conscience - be considered as a great.

    Positives;
    Its Just Cause. If you want a ridiculous game with very few rules and even fewer ways to enforce them then look no further. As is series tradition the game allows truly crazy and awesome stunts from placing mines on a moving plane, jumping from it and swinging it into a petrol station for an enormous explosion to turning a vehicle into a battering ram bringing down enormous structured whilst dragging a cow from the tow bar. If you can think of something to do with the mechanics, chances are it's possible and in that respect the game has a great deal of freedom not arbitrarily imposing restrictions. The gunplay, aiming, movement and fluidity of controls is excellent as perhaps should be expected though for stupid people like myself, some of the controls can get confusing by their similarity. As open world sandboxes go, its well designed and has plenty to do which isn't restrained by a fantastic movement system which allows traversal of the map in minutes despite its considerable size.
    The artistic choices are next, plain red for bad, blue for good however there are a lot of nice visual touches that really add to the game and it is highly appealing in its style. Having allies tag along is worthwhile for the extra chaos they add to the situation (unlike many other games where they become a frustration). Having them detonate a fuel tanker unexpectedly sending you spiralling across the base watching the war unfold below is just cause to a tee. The high health makes these mistakes add to the situation rather than become annoyances. Plus points for having tag alongs be enjoyable.
    The amount of content itself is good and despite being the typical pointless disconnected nonsense, the levity of dialogue is enjoyable. This comedic element extends to the story and characters who are so over the top and genuinely amusing at times that they have infinitely more personality than perhaps could be expected and unusually this blends perfectly with the actual gameplay.
    Finally the upgrades system is well implemented with points systems allowing progression through skill trees thus rewarding perks by skill which is an intriguing system.

    Negatives
    Too limited in weapon choice. There are few choices available and you'll quickly have experienced every weapon in the game.
    Story is weak both in telling and missions. If its not protect someone or something with a health bar its basically an open world activity again. There is no significant plot, no wow moments of spectacle or events that exceed the main game for the most part. In such a ridiculous game, a logical step would be to have a hundreds NPC strong battle with many rocket launchers, tanks and helicopters between them, the whole campaign is spent waiting for a payoff or crescendo of chaos which never comes. There is no proper development and no craziness substituted to make up for it, merely moments that remind you of the lost potential particularly as many missions are hoping and praying an NPC driver wont crash into a tree and freeze there until they inevitably get killed forcing a mission restart. Its a classic dictator v rebel story but doesn't seem to have the energy or effort to live up to the expectations it sets implicitly.
    The open world is very similar to everything ever. grab bag of pointless and random quests with outposts to liberate, all in samey - albeit with a far lesser decline in fun value - fashion that does limit what time can be put into a single session.

    TL:DR/Conclusion
    A solid base of good gameplay mechanics and fun let down in part by over similarity of concept as well as a lack of effort or wasted potential in the story missions both in terms of story and content.    … Expand
  78. SimpleReviewz
    Jan 5, 2016
    7
    At first glance, Just Cause 3 is MY type of game: an outrageously crazy game with outrageous fun. After all, I play games to have FUN. It's good to play truly amazing games like The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid 5, and so on, but a game like this is the reason gaming exists. Sadly, though, I have discovered outrageous crazyiness and fun is not what makes a game great when that is the onlyAt first glance, Just Cause 3 is MY type of game: an outrageously crazy game with outrageous fun. After all, I play games to have FUN. It's good to play truly amazing games like The Witcher 3, Metal Gear Solid 5, and so on, but a game like this is the reason gaming exists. Sadly, though, I have discovered outrageous crazyiness and fun is not what makes a game great when that is the only thing it offers that is awesome. I have uncovered that with Just Cause 3. JC3 is undoubtedly a fun experience pretty much all the time, but it's deeply flawed. From technical problems to repetitive, shallow, and lazy mechanics, I would not dare call JC3 a great game. When the fun madness of the destruction is there, though, JC3 is a very good time indeed.

    Campaign + Story
    JC3 has a simple story of trying to overthrow a cruel dictator. It doesn't evolve into anything more than that, and it pretty much goes along just as you'd expect. Personally, I didn't have a problem with this 'cause I wasn't expecting or wanting anything more with a game like this. What I did have a problem with, though, was the storytelling for the missions and the storytelling itself. I never felt like the missions I went out to do had any real good reasoning. The way the story is told is also pretty lazy and slightly confusing. In terms of how the missions are with quality (with what you do and how they play and go), they're on par. Thankfully, I found the story missions to be quite different than all the other side stuff there is, but that doesn't mean the story missions weren't fairly generic at times.

    Open World + Other Mechanics
    Most of your open world activities in Just Cause 3 will be spent liberating towns and obliterating army bases. In those 2 activities, the awesome destruction is there to let you have a lot of fun (I'll touch on that in the next segment). Does this get repetitive? Yes. Yes they do, but it's where the most fun of the game is found. The other portion of the open world activities come in your typical and average challenges that grant you gears that unlock mods. They can pretty damn fun. The mods in the game of course modify your current weapons and other many tools. However, I found most of these mods to be pretty useless for the most part. In the open world, you can get around with planes, jets, helicopters, boats, cars, motorcycles, and one other special mobility system that I will talk about very shortly (hint: it's absolutely AMAZING). The driving feels good, except for the driving for the planes, jets, and motorcycles. The special mobility system is a combination of the grappling hook, parachute, and wingsuit. Sounds awesome, doesn't it? Well, IT IS! It's a barrel o' fun all the time and almost never gets old. I will say that it did take a little getting used to, but once I gained a skill for it, I loved every second of it. It's my favorite and the best part of the game.

    Crazy Destruction + Combat
    This is the part that makes Just Cause Just Cause. How is it in number 3? Very fun indeed and there's even more room here to get creative and just see complete awesomeness. The addition of tethers here let's you get creative by chaining up all these objects and then pulling and then seeing them all come piling down. I can't deny the physics here are great to experiment and have fun with. You can also blow stuff up with launchers, grenades, and C4. That too is big fun. There's also human enemies to kill, but there weren't many options for taking them down except for just shooting them up. Undoubtedly, the destruction is one of the best parts of this game.

    Graphics and...TECHNICAL PROBLEMS >:(
    JC3 is a very pretty game. The locations aren't very varied by any means, but you will almost always be looking at a great looking game. There isn't much to say about the graphics, as you can see, but I must talk in detail about the major technical problems this game has. It's incredibly disheartening. No, there isn't a major amount of glitches--in fact, that's FAR from the problem. JC3 has a gigantic amount of long loading screens (it's obvious Avalanche Studios released the game in a sorry-ass condition). The other problem is how much the game annoys you by trying to be always online (the game has a pretty in-depth leaderboard system). Even when I went to offline mode, it tried to go online all the time because--well I don't know! I guess it just wanted to! These technical problems bugged me to no end.

    Conclusion
    JC3 doesn't deserve to be in the cheap bargain bin after about 6 months or so. It's not nearly THAT bad. However, this game is proof to everybody and to me especially that outrageous craziness and outrageous fun is not what makes a game great. Many other valuable things go into making a game great (again, an example for 2015 is TW3 and MGS 5).

    End/side note: A game that combined true gaming greatness and outrageous craziness and fun flawlessly was Sunset Overdrive. I loved it so much and it was my favorite game of 2014! :D    … Expand
  79. szszsz
    Dec 9, 2015
    8
    plot is bullsht, characters are lame, ultra villain is cliche, also loadings loadings loadings even tho the game looks worse than gta5

    but its still funny as hell, and cruising around destroying stuff is damn fun.
  80. Britmatt81
    Sep 15, 2017
    5
    Extremely repetitive but fun. The graphics is gorgeous and realistic and even the water. I have had many hours just enjoying blowing stuff up like ammo crates, petrol staions and barrels and fun to grapple things and cause chaos and the wing suit is really good fun and is quite relaxing to go for a fly. The world is huge but it all looks the same and even the towns are based the same. IExtremely repetitive but fun. The graphics is gorgeous and realistic and even the water. I have had many hours just enjoying blowing stuff up like ammo crates, petrol staions and barrels and fun to grapple things and cause chaos and the wing suit is really good fun and is quite relaxing to go for a fly. The world is huge but it all looks the same and even the towns are based the same. I think its ok but just too much of a grind and a very uninteresting story. The driving handles horribly but with a bit of practice its a tad easier but still dreadful handling lol Id say POANTA (Play once and never touch again) .… Expand
  81. SuperkenGaming
    Mar 23, 2016
    8
    Just cause 3,
    massive map, massive fun, and massive let down.
    Just cause 3 is a 3rd person action adventure gamewhere you play as rico rodriguez, set out to liberate the massive island you’re on... You do this equipped with some guns, a parachute, and a grappling gun… Just cause 3 is hilarious, and never takes itself seriously... it knows it’s a ridiculous videogame and it makes fun of    Just cause 3,
    massive map, massive fun, and massive let down.
    Just cause 3 is a 3rd person action adventure gamewhere you play as rico rodriguez, set out to liberate the massive island you’re on...
    You do this equipped with some guns, a parachute, and a grappling gun…
    Just cause 3 is hilarious, and never takes itself seriously... it knows it’s a ridiculous videogame and it makes fun of itself the entire way…
    You’re going to have a blast for the first few hours of this game...
    There’s seemingly so much to do...
    There are cars to collect... missions to do... towns and bases to liberate, and challenges to conquer
    plus basically the entire world is destructive
    unfortunately, this becomes stale very quickly…
    Apart from the hilarious cut scenes, there’s nothing special about the campaign, it’s your typical fight your way to the bad guy story, get the things he’s after before he does…
    what I found pretty clever though is that a couple missions require you to liberate sections of the map before they will unlock..
    This forces you to do the best parts of the game in my opinion...
    Liberating can be fun... at least the military bases...
    You basically go in and destroy all of their goods while they try and stop you…
    and this is the meat of the game…
    it’s a clean the map game which again is fun for a while, but is massively repetitive…
    I feel like the staleness comes from the restrictions the game puts on you…
    For starters as you complete missions and get stars from missions you’ll unlock vehicles and guns…
    the great thing is you can request these items from a drop box anytime at all
    the problem is you need a beacon to do this…
    This is bad because you’ll find yourself in the middle of nowhere many times after a mission with no beacons or a helicopter in sight... causing you to have to grapple way 8,000 km to your next way point
    Sure infinite beacons would’ve made just cause 3 much easier.. But more importantly I feel like it would make the game much more fun...
    more about causing destruction and mayhem and less about forcing you to traverse a massive but empty world….it isn’t a game you play for challenge anyway or really a game you play to explore…
    the same issue can be found with fast travel..
    You can only carry 1 flare at a time and you need this flare to fast travel to a location…
    I would’ve much rather had fast travels be endless but limited to liberated bases...
    This would’ve given me incentive to liberate beyond the minimum to complete the story…
    but while you are creating havoc, almost everything you do is tied to a score so you can try to outdo your friends in craziness…
    you can of course opt out and play offline. .but annoyingly every time you go to check the map or pause the game it tries to log you in stopping all flow and immersion of the game...
    This is by far the greatest sin the game commits…
    I had games downloading in the background so it would attempt to log in for minutes, causing me to get distracted numerous times by something else… only to remember oh yeah, I was playing just cause 3…
    When I enter offline mode, please keep me there until I opt in to online...
    don’t try to force it
    while there are hours of fun to be had in just cause 3
    I didn’t really find the journey to be worth it all in the end…
    There’s a good time here, just no real substance
    I give just cause 3 an 8/10    … Expand
  82. homer4president
    Dec 26, 2015
    7
    Story is just meh and I didn't really care for it. Great graphics and very fun gameplay. HOWEVER, I have run into a lot of frame rate issues with the PS4 version and loading times which have been trimmed down from the update but still, to restart a challenge takes a while.
  83. Marshb63
    Dec 14, 2015
    8
    Liked this game a lot. Great action, a (for a Just Cause game) good story/campaign. But it does have some problems. The biggest is that the game was pushed out the door too soon. For example, the game doesn't load "behind" cutscenes, it loads after the cutscene ends. Little touches like this and others slow down the pacing to a crawl at times, not to mention the un-optimized state theLiked this game a lot. Great action, a (for a Just Cause game) good story/campaign. But it does have some problems. The biggest is that the game was pushed out the door too soon. For example, the game doesn't load "behind" cutscenes, it loads after the cutscene ends. Little touches like this and others slow down the pacing to a crawl at times, not to mention the un-optimized state the game engine is in largely due to a last minute on line component.

    Gameplay wise, the game is top notch with frenetic action and very impressive explosions including visible shockwaves (if you look close) that can send your enemies and yourself flying! Also, to me anyways, a much improved driving physics. One down note however, there is one glaring omission, a very truncated version of vehicle mantleling where by you could overpower the occupants via a shoot out like you could in JC2.

    Also, you get texas steers instead of Scorpions. How lame is that?!    … Expand
  84. Elitist1945
    Feb 20, 2016
    8
    Just Cause 3 is a game that knows what it wants to be. It has an extremely large, beautiful world with plenty of missions/optional missions to complete, great graphics, solid humor and most important of all: exciting action. It falls short from being an amazing game, however, by having extremely long load times, poor frame rate, and not enough incentive to return to the game uponJust Cause 3 is a game that knows what it wants to be. It has an extremely large, beautiful world with plenty of missions/optional missions to complete, great graphics, solid humor and most important of all: exciting action. It falls short from being an amazing game, however, by having extremely long load times, poor frame rate, and not enough incentive to return to the game upon completion, although subjectively, completing the game may itself be enough.… Expand
  85. SuperDuck23
    Sep 16, 2017
    7
    While the missions and story of this game leave a lot to be desired, the open world and toolkit that they player is given right from the start just about makes up for it. The only problem here is that the gameplay, despite being fun, is so shallow that it won't hold your interest for very long and you will soon look elsewhere for a game with more bite.
  86. RealLeather
    Dec 22, 2015
    8
    This is very much a one trick pony kind of game but luckily the trick is an entertaining one. The constant destruction and violence is campy in that old Commando-era Schwarzenegger kind of way. The story is just awful and completely devoid of any of the bizarre elements of JC2. Admittedly, JC2 also had a terrible story but the weird voice acting made it quite entertaining, unfortunately inThis is very much a one trick pony kind of game but luckily the trick is an entertaining one. The constant destruction and violence is campy in that old Commando-era Schwarzenegger kind of way. The story is just awful and completely devoid of any of the bizarre elements of JC2. Admittedly, JC2 also had a terrible story but the weird voice acting made it quite entertaining, unfortunately in JC3 the voice acting is average which gives the story no novelty value. The new voice actor for Rico is not very fitting either, he imbues the character with a lot of pomposity and in general the 'writing' for Rico is not great although there are a couple of nice one-liners. Load times have been patched now but the framerate is still questionable at times.… Expand
  87. Adix
    Jan 8, 2016
    9
    Although the game does get repetitive it can be excused with all the creative ways you create chaos. This game has many explosive surprises in its sleeve and its something to appreciate. The world is absolutely beautiful with plenty of things to see and all of its hidden secrets and easter eggs to find. From driving a boat to wingsuiting through the world this game is what players want toAlthough the game does get repetitive it can be excused with all the creative ways you create chaos. This game has many explosive surprises in its sleeve and its something to appreciate. The world is absolutely beautiful with plenty of things to see and all of its hidden secrets and easter eggs to find. From driving a boat to wingsuiting through the world this game is what players want to immerse themselves in. The beauty of this game i undescribable, I had a great time flying around through caves, hills and cities. The story is great fun too with lovable characters and funny moments for everyone to enjoy and not to forget all the action it packs. The addition of mods is fantastic and great to mess around and making gameplay incredibly fun. This game almost lives up to its previous game but it is still an amazing game with lots to do.… Expand
  88. PureIronStag
    Dec 12, 2015
    6
    While this game did satisfy and overcome my expectations in many regards, it is far from perfect and has actually managed to get worse than its predecessor in some regards.

    The open world is stunning and simply beautiful, but it lacks content when compared to Just Cause 2. Content is a huge problem for this whole game when compared to 2. There is a lot to do, enough to keep you    While this game did satisfy and overcome my expectations in many regards, it is far from perfect and has actually managed to get worse than its predecessor in some regards.

    The open world is stunning and simply beautiful, but it lacks content when compared to Just Cause 2. Content is a huge problem for this whole game when compared to 2. There is a lot to do, enough to keep you entertained for 50 or more hours and the game has a good replay value. Still, as I'm approaching the end of the story and beginning to take over the third (and the biggest) island, I can clearly see that by the time the credits roll in, I'll have finished most of what the game has to offer, which was definitely not the case with JC2, where I still had about 72% of the game's content to complete by the time I'd finished the story.

    It is no surprise that the story mode of Just Cause 3 is no Witcher, however it is very lacklustre and quite frankly, disappointing, considering how much of an improvement it was supposed to be according to the developers. It is not completely bad, but I feel like much more could have been done with it and that the missions themselves could have offered much more gameplay than they did.

    There is also the question of performance in this game, and while I understand that it's hard to keep a stable framerate while everything around the player is exploding, but I got stutters and heavy framerate drops even when nothing at all was happening. It wasn't a game-breaking problem for me, but I think that the random stutters need to be fixed ASAP.

    Despite its shortcomings, though, Just Cause 3 is still a great game if all you really want is to blow stuff up and hardly ever die, which I did. I had a great time playing so far, and I hope I will continue to.
    The only problem with the gameplay are the challenges and gears, which I think are far too restrictive. It would be much better if the gears won from challenges were usable for all gear mods, not specific ones based on the nature of the challenge. This is probably the most annoying part of Just Cause 3 for me.

    All in all, it's a good game, but rather a disappointment considering to what it could have been. If you're planning on buying it, definitely do, but not now. The game has issues such as the framerate that need to be fixed and isn't quite worth the full price.    … Expand
  89. ImperialCast
    Dec 19, 2015
    7
    Just Cause 3 is basically explosion simulator. I'm not saying the explosions and booster explosives aren't super fun to watch, but that's the extent of what's offered here. The side missions are boring, the main character is like a blank sheet. Occasionally they throw a gob of ink on there, only to rub it off with white-out. Some other characters like Dimas are pretty good, but Just CauseJust Cause 3 is basically explosion simulator. I'm not saying the explosions and booster explosives aren't super fun to watch, but that's the extent of what's offered here. The side missions are boring, the main character is like a blank sheet. Occasionally they throw a gob of ink on there, only to rub it off with white-out. Some other characters like Dimas are pretty good, but Just Cause 3 lacks good characters. This game encourages me to be creative. In my face, it tells me it will reward me for being creative. And while ten automatic weapons, a missile launcher, and three snipers are shooting at me I'll plant a super intricate chain reaction and be 'creative.' Basically the game consists of main quests, side quests, and taking bases. You'll need to take bases to advance the story. The first couple of bases are awesome as you goggle at the explosions and watch your explosives go to work, but then it becomes repetitive as being creative is impossible as the super aggressive AI works all too well on you. There will be red screens. There will be grinding. All I ever used was a RPG, and occasionally the plantable explosives on big objects. But over all of this, the idea of how you take bases is absolutely ridiculous. Blow the crap out of everything and then the dictator loses the place. What? How does that help the resource starved rebels? Now onto the best parts of the game. The graphics are phenomenal. I've never felt more in paradise in a video game. The explosion effects are awesome too, with pieces of metal flying through the air, and crushing Di Ravello's puny militia troops. I've never had more fun strapping explosives that push things(booster explosives) onto cows and watching them fly through the air in awe. It almost brought tears to my ash caked eyes. The game is extra fun when you're just jacking around, blowing up cars and cows, and testing how far you can free fall. Also, travelling with the combination of wingsuit, grapple, and parachute makes long distances a 'distant' memory.
    Overall, Just Cause 3 is great for what it is, but it lacks anything else. If you love explosions, strap right in to your car coated in plastic explosive, and enjoy blowing everything to pieces.    … Expand
  90. GameWarp
    Dec 23, 2015
    8
    At launch, console editions of Just Cause 3 were mocked and belittled for their poor frame rate, long loading times and even crashes. With a new patch, these issues aren't gone, but are severely minimised, mainly the load times. On PS4, Just Cause handles, from what I've seen, fairly well, with slightly clunky driving, which is ignorable here because most traversing will be done with theAt launch, console editions of Just Cause 3 were mocked and belittled for their poor frame rate, long loading times and even crashes. With a new patch, these issues aren't gone, but are severely minimised, mainly the load times. On PS4, Just Cause handles, from what I've seen, fairly well, with slightly clunky driving, which is ignorable here because most traversing will be done with the amazing wing suit, grapple hook and the parachute. The story is very bland, nothing special, but most of the focus is on the free roaming. The mini games and challenges are boring, admittedly, but when you make your own fun, the energy in the game is seemingly endless. Recommended, yes. Completely bug-free and without its frame rate issues, absolutely not.… Expand
  91. radioraheem20
    Jan 4, 2016
    8
    i really don't get why a significant chunk (maybe half?) of reviews -- from both pro critics and users -- say this game's story sucks as if it's a deal breaker. don't get me wrong, the story does suck. BUT WHY DO WE ACT LIKE VIDEO GAMES HAVE STRONG STORIES? these same people act the stories of GTA V is Godfather Part 2 or Rise of Tomb Raider is the video game equivalent of a deep novel.i really don't get why a significant chunk (maybe half?) of reviews -- from both pro critics and users -- say this game's story sucks as if it's a deal breaker. don't get me wrong, the story does suck. BUT WHY DO WE ACT LIKE VIDEO GAMES HAVE STRONG STORIES? these same people act the stories of GTA V is Godfather Part 2 or Rise of Tomb Raider is the video game equivalent of a deep novel. Nah, those stories were pretty damn generic too. most video game stories are inherently dumb.

    with that out of the way, this is the most raw fun i've had playing a game in years. it's basically the fast and furious of games -- ridiculously over the top stunts, only you, the player, get to take part in creating them. yes the missions are repetitive and annoying, but there's enough fun to be had just gliding around town liberating outposts and coming up with wacky ways to blow things up. the physics of tethering two things together works very well, and the wingsuit feels great once you've mastered the controls.    … Expand
  92. FryTech228
    Jan 13, 2016
    10
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  93. ArduxcoolGM
    Jan 25, 2016
    9
    El juego le doy un 9 por las horas que me ha dado de diversión volando y explotando cosas por donde sea si cierto que no tiene unas mecánicas muy buenas y la historia no es nada del otro mundo hay veces que las personas se olvidan de que los videojuegos se hicieron para divertirse :D
  94. blueshark33
    Jan 26, 2016
    7
    Played JC2 for 4 years, bored with JC3 after a month.

    I think it has to do with the map. Every town seems to be copy/pasted. If you’ve seen one town, you’ve seen them all. The map is big but there’s nothing there other than an odd military base. The environment is the same pretty much everywhere. JC2 had so much to explore and different areas. The towns feel dead compared to JC2.    Played JC2 for 4 years, bored with JC3 after a month.

    I think it has to do with the map. Every town seems to be copy/pasted. If you’ve seen one town, you’ve seen them all. The map is big but there’s nothing there other than an odd military base. The environment is the same pretty much everywhere. JC2 had so much to explore and different areas. The towns feel dead compared to JC2. Off the top of my head JC2 had:
    A cool blimp club.
    Ski lifts/resort
    Temples
    Race track
    Large interesting cities plus airport
    Varied environments (desert, snow, jungle, mangrove forests, grasslands, forest)
    Beach resorts
    Different architecture. Buildings from Nepal/Himalayan, Borneo, Middle Eastern, Malaysian/Indonesian, plus modern cities.

    I was expecting JC3 to be similar but in a Mediterranean environment. There’s so much potential and variation in that region I’m surprised that everything looks EXACTLY the same everywhere. You could have Spain, Greece, Croatia, Egyptian/N. Africa/Morocco, Israel, Turkey type areas.

    There’s nothing to do once you’ve liberated the bases and towns. Nothing to explore.

    JC2 was my favorite game of all time. This game is fun as a sandbox game but didn’t live up to its predecessor.    … Expand
  95. DiscoMoose
    Feb 4, 2016
    8
    If you want a fun romp that doesn't take itself too seriously, then this is pretty fun. If you're looking for a realistic tactical shooter... go buy RainbowSix: Siege.
  96. Floodaren
    Feb 29, 2016
    9
    I think Just Cause 3 is a great game!

    It's the same idea as Just Cause 2 but way better graphics and more customization. I've heard people complaining about the FPS drop that can occur and i can agree with those people that it is annoying. But this have happened a few times for me, but the games is still playable and you will have lots of fun playing it! When you buy this game, you    I think Just Cause 3 is a great game!

    It's the same idea as Just Cause 2 but way better graphics and more customization.
    I've heard people complaining about the FPS drop that can occur and i can agree with those people that it is annoying. But this have happened a few times for me, but the games is still playable and you will have lots of fun playing it!

    When you buy this game, you don't buy it for the "amazing" story or an "epic adventure". No, this game is an open world where you do whatever you want to do! Blow **** up, fly, parachute, ride a car or something else. I've played Just Cause 2 as well and I can say that i've had much more fun playing the third!    … Expand
  97. Brandon_Harris
    May 21, 2016
    1
    Just Cause 3 is a very glitchy game. But really, that was bound to happen due to the amount of things you can do in the game. You can really have fun destroying objects and watching the physics. As in its moniker, you can do it all “just cause”.

    There are many shortcomings. I was playing this game on the PS4, and it performs awfully. I’ve never seen an AAA title released that had so    Just Cause 3 is a very glitchy game. But really, that was bound to happen due to the amount of things you can do in the game. You can really have fun destroying objects and watching the physics. As in its moniker, you can do it all “just cause”.

    There are many shortcomings. I was playing this game on the PS4, and it performs awfully. I’ve never seen an AAA title released that had so many framerate drops. You want to have fun in this game, but as soon as you blow something up it turns into a PowerPoint presentation.

    The gameplay has very poor balancing and gets frustrating, rather than difficult. Many of its own main storyline missions are recycled. There are several missions where you’ll have to follow pipes in the ocean that leads to an underground base where you’ll have to destroy three generators.

    Most of the game’s main story missions comprise of “escort missions”, where you need to defend people. One of your friends is Mario, and if you search his name you’ll see one of the top results is “Mario keeps running into tanks and dying” due to how badly the AI was programmed. In that particular mission, when I respawned at a checkpoint, Mario did not regenerate his health. So, I had the choice of either using that checkpoint or restarting that mission completely by reverting to a backup save. Why not simply refill his full health at the checkpoint?

    This game has a strange health system. You regenerate health automatically after not taking bullets for a few seconds. When you take too many shots, the screen turns black and white (with only the enemies being coloured) to show you’re about to die and need to find cover. Why not have something where if you enter that state, the more enemies you kill the more health you recover? Your character will become a ragdoll whenever you’re near an explosion. It takes several seconds afterwards to resume control of your character. The problem is that you can get caught into chains where enemies will hit you with another explosion just after recovering, leading to not being able to do anything while your character is killed. You really can’t play this game too much at once, or it’ll get state quickly.

    The game has a gun/vehicle order feature. Basically, you have a menu where your character can get a gun shipment from anywhere, but it’s implemented very poorly. You need to use “beacons” you obtain from taking over government-controlled areas, but they’re tough to find and they’re not marked on the map. The game map consists of many islands, so you will need a aircraft or boat to explore them. This is very good news, you could simply have an aircraft delivered to you! Unfortunately, that’s not always the case, as beacons are tricky to find and sometimes you’ll have to spend half an hour taking down a government-controlled city or base just to get another beacon (that, or spend hours travel on boat to the nearest location you previously taken over).

    Speaking of transportation, the game has a fast travel feature for cities and bases you’ve taken over. This is very common practice for open-world games nowadays. Unfortunately, the fast travel system uses “flares”, which are strange to obtain like the beacons mentioned above! If you want to fast travel instead of spending hours flying over the sea to get to another island, you’re going to need to take over a base or city to compensate for the flare you just spent. It makes for a very frustrating system. I love the scenery and the graphics, but spending hours just flying over the ocean just to get from one island to another is unacceptable. I found myself reading the news on a laptop while doing so!

    There’s also no minimap! Yes, you read that correctly, no minimap present in an open-world game on the PS4, even though open-world games have been using minimaps since the days of the PS1. So instead of just checking a nice little map on your screen for objectives, you’re going to keep having to hit the menu button to view your map, back and forth, back and forth, again and again. I actually printed a big world map! Why would you make your customer do that? Apparently someone powerful on the development team stated that he didn’t want a minimap because it felt like too much of a game. If you use Google, you’ll actually see that many people who bought Just Cause 3 are asking how to activate the minimap. They assumed that there was a minimap and that it was automatically set off by default. They’re in for a disappointment.

    Many little improvements could’ve been made to make this game more fun. This is like Dead Rising 3, where poor decisions and silly technical issues led to a big series pretty much being ignored. The good news is that if you’re playing the PC version, you can probably find tweaks and people online who are making modifications to the game to address these issues. Unfortunately, I’m playing the PS4 version, so I’m stuck with all of these technical issues and bugs for life.    … Expand
  98. keepers_hammer
    Oct 16, 2016
    4
    To anyone considering buying this game DONT. It runs ok sometimes but usually like crap crashes a lot which over time corrupts your save game. Im at 99 pc complete and cant finish the last few challenges coz it wont save progress anymore and tech support is non existant they just dont care. Trust me and save yourself a big headache. Such a shame too coz i do like the game if it worked properly
  99. 2theTardis
    Nov 7, 2016
    9
    Although it gets slightly repetitive after a while, and there are a few bugs, you can easily ignore that given how god dam fun this game is. There have been complaints that the story missions suck. I have no clue what that is about. the story missions are great, and not very restrictive in how you go about them. But then the open world is fun too. The action is over the top and brilliantAlthough it gets slightly repetitive after a while, and there are a few bugs, you can easily ignore that given how god dam fun this game is. There have been complaints that the story missions suck. I have no clue what that is about. the story missions are great, and not very restrictive in how you go about them. But then the open world is fun too. The action is over the top and brilliant because of it. The story is predictable, but, hey, you can ride a missile!
    All in all, the fast and furious of video games.    … Expand
  100. Lonejumper23
    Apr 12, 2020
    9
    AMAZING!!! Who cares about the story and just have fun in this open world. You can do anything you want and the amount of destruction you need to make happen is AWESOME!!! The entire game is just full of great moments and funny ones as well. Weapons are over the top and make the best damage I have seen in any video game. Pick this up for cheap and have a blast!
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 42
  3. Negative: 1 out of 42
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 23, 2016
    60
    For 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]
  2. Play UK
    Jan 16, 2016
    70
    Frustrating technical issues are never far away. [Issue#265, p.78]
  3. Brash Games
    Jan 16, 2016
    80
    Just Cause 3 is one of the most satisfying experiences of 2015.
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