Just Cause 3

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  1. 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.
  2. EricDean
    Sep 15, 2017
    6
    I really wanted to love Just Cause 3. After all, Just Cause 2 is my favorite game of all time (second only to Red Dead Redemption) and Just Cause 1 was a fun game in its own right. But Just Cause 3 is just... missing something. I can't really narrow it down to one simple thing but what Just Cause 2 did right, Just Cause 3 does wrong. Voice acting is poor and cringey, the story tries to beI really wanted to love Just Cause 3. After all, Just Cause 2 is my favorite game of all time (second only to Red Dead Redemption) and Just Cause 1 was a fun game in its own right. But Just Cause 3 is just... missing something. I can't really narrow it down to one simple thing but what Just Cause 2 did right, Just Cause 3 does wrong. Voice acting is poor and cringey, the story tries to be more deep and interesting but just ends up being more boring than the other ones, the game looks nice but has too many technical issues. It's a combination of all these things and more. I got this game for free with PS Plus last month and I have to say that I'm glad I did because if i had paid full price I would have been thoroughly disappointed. Pick it up on sale or when its price is reduced if you want a game to run around and blow stuff up, but don't buy expecting a fully polished and expansive game like 1 or 2.… Expand
  3. 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
  4. Debaucep
    Sep 1, 2017
    3
    This game is thirid part of great Just Cause franchise.
    Emmm ye, it used to be great before the release.
    1 Plot is very basic 2 Graphics is good enough 3 Performance - here is the big problem. I do not know how the game was even released...There are huge drops up to 10-12 FPS. Sometimes it is really hard to play. Please do not buy the game - it is totally waste you time &    This game is thirid part of great Just Cause franchise.
    Emmm ye, it used to be great before the release.

    1 Plot is very basic

    2 Graphics is good enough

    3 Performance - here is the big problem. I do not know how the game was even released...There are huge drops up to 10-12 FPS. Sometimes it is really hard to play.

    Please do not buy the game - it is totally waste you time & experience.

    Cheers,
    D    … Expand
  5. RaFfr0
    Aug 28, 2017
    7
    Despite having one of the worst driving controls ever, and an uninteresting story, i can say this game is a lot of fun, especially if you likt to blow and destroy things, but not expect much more.
  6. Panzidane
    Aug 21, 2017
    8
    The game is cool, its gameplay is ok, its destruction is VERY COOL, however ... The game is just another generic game. A **** character returns to its origins, fight and is invincible, play without difficulty. His characters are generic, his story is generic. Just play the game and be happy.
  7. really_mordax
    Aug 16, 2017
    8
    It's a silly, Hollywood style action game, plenty of explosions and action. Pretty generic storyline though no complaints on the execution. Not a fantastic game by any metric but a heck of a lot of fun for blowing off steam. Lot to see and do, though the story itself is short if you don't do the redundant side missions. I wouldn't spend a lot of money on it, but it's a good grab on saleIt's a silly, Hollywood style action game, plenty of explosions and action. Pretty generic storyline though no complaints on the execution. Not a fantastic game by any metric but a heck of a lot of fun for blowing off steam. Lot to see and do, though the story itself is short if you don't do the redundant side missions. I wouldn't spend a lot of money on it, but it's a good grab on sale (or free now on PSN)… Expand
  8. Lee_Godspeed
    Aug 13, 2017
    6
    Just cause 3 is broken mess which is a damn shame as when you get on a roll with the game it's incredibly fun to play. Blow things up in many different ways. Drive, fly and sail wherever in a huge and beautiful map. All this and then some with the potential of been close to a 10/10 game but and a Huge but is that, it's so badly buggy and glitchy. I've had many unfair deaths in whichJust cause 3 is broken mess which is a damn shame as when you get on a roll with the game it's incredibly fun to play. Blow things up in many different ways. Drive, fly and sail wherever in a huge and beautiful map. All this and then some with the potential of been close to a 10/10 game but and a Huge but is that, it's so badly buggy and glitchy. I've had many unfair deaths in which there's nothing around or powerful enough to kill me but from not a scratch to a 1 hit kill from nothing in the area. Upon restart Ive started multiple times in mid air falling to my death. The game crashes far too much which has also corrupted a save file. The game needed more Q n A and Polish as it's feels like it didn't have any which is a shame as it's great fun. From its multiple settlements, collectibles and challenges to plough through its got the content for hours of enjoyment, if not hindered by the many bugs and glitches. Many I've not even listed… Expand
  9. Epik_Ninnja
    Aug 12, 2017
    7
    This game has just as much mayhem as the second one as well as another huge open world. It also has some cool new tricks up its sleeve like the wing suit and pulling two things into each other with tethers. However, the gameplay is too much of the same and never gripped me the way the second entry did when I played it a few years back. Another sub-par story and more stuff to explode hardlyThis game has just as much mayhem as the second one as well as another huge open world. It also has some cool new tricks up its sleeve like the wing suit and pulling two things into each other with tethers. However, the gameplay is too much of the same and never gripped me the way the second entry did when I played it a few years back. Another sub-par story and more stuff to explode hardly counts as a full-on sequel (and its progression system is not ideal). Ultimately, if you liked the second game (or if you're an action fan in general) you'll probably like this game but don't expect to be blown away (no pun intended) this time around.… Expand
  10. 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.
  11. Janker
    Jul 23, 2017
    8
    Although it can sometimes be a little repetitive, Just Cause 3 is a really unique and fantastic game. The world of Medici is beautiful and massive, the vehicles are plentiful and the destruction is awesome! What other game can you wingsuit of a heli and then blow up a bridge which then hurtles down debris onto the freeway below crushing all of the traffic? THIS GAME!

    The story wasn't    Although it can sometimes be a little repetitive, Just Cause 3 is a really unique and fantastic game. The world of Medici is beautiful and massive, the vehicles are plentiful and the destruction is awesome! What other game can you wingsuit of a heli and then blow up a bridge which then hurtles down debris onto the freeway below crushing all of the traffic? THIS GAME!

    The story wasn't outstanding but I thought it was more then acceptable to help make you podder your way through the world. The wingsuit allows for some thrilling tactics when attempting to take over bases and allows for some really fun experimentation. This game is just screaming for multiplayer!! Please release it somehow. Please.    … Expand
  12. badgerryan19
    Jun 19, 2017
    6
    Same as the last unfortunately. Just blow up stuff. Forgettable story mode and everything else. The wing suit was pretty cool though. This is Michael Bay the game.
  13. SonicClancy
    Jun 19, 2017
    7
    + Brilliant Destruction
    + Playful Open World
    + Great and Funny Mobility

    - Unstable Controls
    - Many load times
    - More Exciting and Lower frame rate
    - Challenges can found be a kind of annoying

    The action game is very fuuny and more exploding but thie could be more performance.
  14. Nel
    Apr 27, 2017
    5
    Game had great potential, and it looks gorgeous at time, but the sluggish mission which has to do with the main story is just right down awful. In a game where destruction is a virtue, the game literally forces you to be very careful, and with the AI being pretty dumb it will make for hours of repetitive gameplay (which kinda ruins the experience).
  15. TheHumbleGamer
    Apr 25, 2017
    8
    I would like to pretence this review by stating that I have not yet finished the game (though I have it over 50% completed at the point of writing this) and I also have the gold edition which means i have been able to play the DLC as well as the vanilla game.

    Now, on with the review. Just cause 3 is a wonderful edition to the series as it fixes various problems that made just cause 2    I would like to pretence this review by stating that I have not yet finished the game (though I have it over 50% completed at the point of writing this) and I also have the gold edition which means i have been able to play the DLC as well as the vanilla game.

    Now, on with the review.

    Just cause 3 is a wonderful edition to the series as it fixes various problems that made just cause 2 almost unbearable. One of my biggest gripes with just cause 2 was always how repetitive the process of [Enter village] > [Kill enemies and destroy chaos objects] > [Find collectibles] was. All villages were practically the same and there were far too many. The balance between doing missions and discovering new locations was completely tipped to one side constantly and it made playing the game a chore after a while. Let it be said that i did beat the main story of Just Cause 2 and i beat most of the other missions in the game as well, but i still hadn't completed the game 50% at that point and there was literally nothing else to do but find collectibles and discover villages.

    Now where just cause 2 fails in that regard, Just Cause 3 shines like a newly born sun.
    This game perfectly balances the discovery/collectible hunting with the in game missions and the challenges are such a welcome addition I'm actually willing to forgive this games framerate issues.
    In just Cause 2, you get weapons and vehicles by purchasing them with money made through destruction and completing missions. In Just Cause 3 there is no money, instead you get access to something called a 'rebel drop' and a limited number of flares (which are used to summon the rebel drops) which you can restock from military bases once you've conquered them. These rebel drops will allow you to summon any of the vehicles or weapons in the game as long as you've completed the necessary requirement for unlocking them (such as conquering certain military bases or doing certain missions or in some cases, finding all collectibles in a region). This is (in my opinion) a far better method of obtaining gear and vehicles than the currency system in the 2nd game.

    To make up for a lack of discoverable locations this game introduces challenges into the mix from which you receive 1 to 5 'gears' for 'gear mods' (explained below) based on your score/time in the particular challenge. Challenges range from air, sea and vehicle racing to destruction and shooting gallery. All are unique and offer actual challenge.
    The result of your hard work in these challenges earns you gears, which will unlock 'gear mods' once a specific amount of gears are gotten in there relative challenge. Gear mods are another fantastic edition to this series, as they give you a real sense of achievement and progression as you complete each challenge and unlock more upgrades for your characters abilities.
    Almost every single tool at your disposal has gear mods, be it vehicles or your own tether and bombs.
    This is by far one of my favourite editions to the franchise.

    The story and characters in this game are absolutely wonderful and memorable and the dialogue is just as cheesy as it has always been in these games. Di Ravello is a great villain and his tapes (which are collectibles scattered all over the map) are some of the creepiest things I've listened to. Rico is a great protagonist as he always is, and Sheldon is just as crazy as always. There are plenty of other great characters in this game that i wont spend the next 1000 words talking about.

    The amount of features this game adds as well as the many it has fixed from its predecessors is beyond incredible and speaks to the level of dedication that Avalanche went to for it's community to make this the best game it could be for them.

    I have had a lot of fun with this game so far and From what I have seen and played, I would honestly be doing the creators a disservice if I gave this game less than a 7. A feel an 8 perfectly represents my personal opinion of this game as I see it, so there it is.    … Expand
  16. Dolosais
    Apr 2, 2017
    7
    This one is ok i guess the fact that when it comes to gameplay its actually pretty fun the way you can blow some stuff up, but the framerates drops sometimes,story Decent,graphic ok
  17. SwarleyStinson
    Mar 15, 2017
    4
    This game has so many dumb problems right from the start. To liberate outposts you have to destroy objects. Not just any objects or lots of objects, SPECIFIC objects. So you have to FIND them. How? oh yeh the devs didn't think of that - THERE IS NO MINIMAP!!! Why??? You have to press the touchpad to open the full map all the time. That's bafflingly idiotic design choice #1.

    Bafflingly    This game has so many dumb problems right from the start. To liberate outposts you have to destroy objects. Not just any objects or lots of objects, SPECIFIC objects. So you have to FIND them. How? oh yeh the devs didn't think of that - THERE IS NO MINIMAP!!! Why??? You have to press the touchpad to open the full map all the time. That's bafflingly idiotic design choice #1.

    Bafflingly moronic design choice #2: To get upgrades you have to challenges throughout the world. Everything you destroy gives you chaos points which are constantly popping up on the screen. What does that do? Nothing! Why don't they just have an exp system to get upgrades using these chaos points? That would make too much dam sense apparently! Do the stupid challenges instead.

    Also the loading times are really long and the controls are quite annoying with too many actions mapped to the same buttons. There is no zoom/lock/sights button because every button is already used.

    The random open world tethering and blowing things up and the rocket packs ets are fun but trying to do anything else in the game is a waste of time. (It goes without saying that the story is pointless)    … Expand
  18. DocWeird
    Mar 13, 2017
    7
    It is Just Cause - just that something is lacking. It can't quite catch the original's, or the sequel's, magic.

    There 's lots to do, but sometimes it's hard to see what you're supposed to do. Case in point: you're disrupting a power facility, but it took me 5 minutes to figure out what to destroy, even though the items were on the (abysmal) map/"go here" interface. And after that, it    It is Just Cause - just that something is lacking. It can't quite catch the original's, or the sequel's, magic.

    There 's lots to do, but sometimes it's hard to see what you're supposed to do. Case in point: you're disrupting a power facility, but it took me 5 minutes to figure out what to destroy, even though the items were on the (abysmal) map/"go here" interface. And after that, it just repeated.

    There should be clear indicators of mission goals, not archaic icons and pointers that don't work in multi tiered world where goals might be on the ground, up two flight of stairs, etc.    … Expand
  19. theaman
    Mar 10, 2017
    9
    i love this game is fun bad ass explosion city and i love explosions the graphics are amazing but the story sucks but the missions that are in the story are fun as hell
  20. Ishi123
    Feb 23, 2017
    5
    Wow. This game sure is innovative. I always thought that the idea of a sequel was to add MORE things to the original, but that just shows how narrow minded I am, it seems.

    Just Cause 3 is a disappointment in every single way. It's nowhere near what was achieved last generation with Just Cause 2 in every regard save for story, which isn't even what we're here for. The story is longer,    Wow. This game sure is innovative. I always thought that the idea of a sequel was to add MORE things to the original, but that just shows how narrow minded I am, it seems.

    Just Cause 3 is a disappointment in every single way. It's nowhere near what was achieved last generation with Just Cause 2 in every regard save for story, which isn't even what we're here for.

    The story is longer, sure, but it's nothing really substantial. They tried to make it more in-depth than 1 or 2, which is a misstep since we aren't here for the story. We're here to blow things up. The story isn't even that good, anyway.

    Speaking of blowing things up, the graphics and physics have been upgraded significantly at the cost of everything else. Sure, there are new ways to blow things up and cause havoc, but there are less things to blow up now. The shooting controls are wonky and garbage, too.

    The grappling hook got an upgrade, allowing you to pull two object together which is good for either slamming helicopters into the dirt or making a man realize his passionate and irresistible love for a brick wall, and you get a wingsuit now, which is probably the best addition to the game ever. Soaring around through the skies and low to the ground, using my grappling hook to pull myself along and propel myself at break-neck speeds straight into a wall is always lots of fun, and beats the hell out of the parachute grapple system in Just Cause 2. It just sucks that there's literally nothing to do with it.

    The in-game map is about half the size of Just Cause 2's, and with no variation. In Just Cause 2 you'd have suburbs, cities, swamps, marshes, grasslands, forests and jungles, tundras, mountains, deserts. Basically every biome you can think of. In Just Cause 3 you have farmland and... more farmland. That's actually the only thing you got. No different settings and no unique locations. Just Italian farmland and I guess one metropolitan area that's about a 6th the size of the one in Just Cause 2.

    Vehicles aren't that special, either. Helicopters, planes, cars, boats, whatever. Would it kill you to give me a submarine? This is literally the one thing sandbox games are missing now. I can't think of a single sandbox game with a submarine except for Mercenaries 2 where you'd drive a tank backwards and it'd let you drive it underwater. Also, I have no idea how they managed it, but they made motorcycles control even worse in this game. I didn't even think that was possible. There's a good half second delay between you turning and the thing actually turning, and it makes the things completely unusable.

    Getting rid of the annoying redneck black market guy was a good idea, since finally you don't need to listen to him blabber on about his opinions on foreign policy and how he really, REALLY likes Mexicans but thinks they're ruining the country, added with a cutscene of him arriving then leaving. That was appreciated, and the whole process is expedited by allowing you to select multiple items to drop at once, and there isn't a huge cutscene for it either. You just hit the menu, order what you want, throw a beacon and in seconds, BOOM, package delivered. It's even faster than Amazon Prime, which is great.

    Back to bashing it. DRM is a new innovative addition to Just Cause 3. The game requires you to connect to some stupid servers so you can constantly be harassed with in-game notifications telling you that XxStuPiDHackINGA**wiPE420blaZEitSniPERPwnEr69xX beat your score in who the god damn motherf*** even cares. You can't even turn them off, either. There's no option for it. You can try to start the game in offline mode, but get ready to stay signed off for your entire play session, because if you think you can sneak past it by logging back on after you start the game, think again. The game will actually stop you mid-game in order to connect to the servers, something that oftentimes doesn't even work, and even when it does it takes about 5 whole minutes to actually connect. Nobody asked for this. Not one person on this planet asked for this DRM bulls***, but they just crammed it in for no reason just to piss everyone off.

    Overall, however, the game is disappointing and lackluster, with none of the fun and glee of its predecessor, choosing instead to boldly innovate in the daring field of being more boring and homogeneous. It's tiring, monotonous, and will not keep you invested after the game's end. I can't even guarantee it'll keep you invested up to that point, either.

    I played this game, maybe even had fun with it while I did, but when I sat back down after the whole thing was over, I saw no reason to ever go back to it, and all its glaring faults cover up almost everything this game does right.    … Expand
  21. mikepango
    Feb 19, 2017
    6
    Destruction galore! that is the best part of this game. running around F'in stuff up is a lot of fun and a sight to behold. But to tell you the truth thats it. not much else to talk about. The open world is large and beautiful but sadly repetitive. Every base is the same, every town is the same and every mission almost feel the same. You may find nothing wrong with that at first but 5-10Destruction galore! that is the best part of this game. running around F'in stuff up is a lot of fun and a sight to behold. But to tell you the truth thats it. not much else to talk about. The open world is large and beautiful but sadly repetitive. Every base is the same, every town is the same and every mission almost feel the same. You may find nothing wrong with that at first but 5-10 hours will make you want to move on. The story is cringe worthy at every turn. The main character is cool, nothing wrong but when he and other characters start to talk and play out the story. Well lets just put it this way, you'll be wishing you were deaf. It's not the voice acting it just leaves you with the thought of "Who the hell says this ****

    You will also find some bugs, but nothing game breaking, but a good bit and very easy to run in to. Also the frame rate will drop a good bit when things get crazy.    … Expand
  22. 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
  23. KayVen17
    Dec 29, 2016
    4
    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln verstanden?
    Dann sind hier meine Punkte.

    Mein persönlicher Score = 40/100
    Mein User Score = 4/100

    Lohnenswert? = Naja.
    Fortsetzung erwünscht? = Schon. Aber mit ein bisschen mehr Abwechslung etc.    … Expand
  24. TsukasaHiiragi
    Dec 19, 2016
    5
    TL:DR

    Even on a huge sale, this game is a letdown. Whilst it can be seriously funny at times, it can also be a rage inducing and frustrating hulk of a game that is barely good enough to be considered a Just Cause game. Sadly, this game is a mere shell of its forming self. Don't get me wrong, I loved the JC series since the original and I had high hopes for JC3 and I would have    TL:DR

    Even on a huge sale, this game is a letdown. Whilst it can be seriously funny at times, it can also be a rage inducing and frustrating hulk of a game that is barely good enough to be considered a Just Cause game.

    Sadly, this game is a mere shell of its forming self. Don't get me wrong, I loved the JC series since the original and I had high hopes for JC3 and I would have pre-ordered it myself if it wasn't for all the negative reviews, and to be honest - it really does warrent a negative and a not recommended review simply because of all the major bugs and issues which plague this otherwise *fun* game - My tip to Avalanche Studios is to go back and play JC2 and look what made that fun, then repeat the process because what you've done to JC3 clearly doesn't work. All you need to know is basically Just Cause 3....is just like Just Cause 2, just better graphics but all the fun sucked out of it and replaced with a dull, boring and vastly unfair gameplay that seemingly resembles a just cause game.

    The major problems is the fact the game does not play like the previous JC games, its more or less just an unfair and buggy shooter, the enemy AI is so badly programmed that its just sheer lazy - its got all the trademarks of just horrible programming, they'll shoot you with near 100% accuracy even flying at high speed with the wingsuit - they'll spawn behind you constantly and don't get me started about the helicopters and warships.

    Hijacking was one of the fun, and major elements to the previous games - thats been thrown completely out of the window and made USELESS here, try to hijack and enemy helicopter and 9 out of 10 times, it'll end in death as either the pilot will seamingly commit suicuide by flying into the ground or some other stupid method to kill you, or the "2nd" Helicopter will fire on the one your trying to hijack and again, often destroying it (and you) in the process - lets not forget, the enemies have a strange 90* degree firing arc for some stupid reason as well, because I've seen them facing one direction and rockets flying from them at an angle...go figure? Then, throw in enemy ships that are just insanely deadly into the mix..basically have to accept the fact they are going to kill you.

    The driving mechanics are sluggish, especially on motorcycles. The boats have issues too, especially with Rico walking at a snails pace onboard them. Even the trademark tethering system isn't without some issues, often causing either bugs or comical incidents.

    Avalanche removed many features that made Just Cause 2 a better game, such as the minimap - this was an important feature and you could actually see the enemies being rallied against you, so you had at least some time to mount a defence, or plan your attack better - this is just an unfair run and gun affair without any cover system, because frankly - the way the enemies have a near 100% accuracy against you...you need it. Having enemies literally spawn just out of view...nearly constantly ruins the immersion and really makes the gameplay needless more difficult and frustrating especially once your chain stunned by shotgun guys, or being bombarded by helicopter or tanks.

    Sadly put; If your interested in the Just Cause series, and never played any- Do yourself a favor and pick up Just Cause 2 sure, the graphics are obviously inferior, but the game is vastly better in all departments over this. This is basically almost a carbon copy just half as good as the previous game.

    Finally, this is just a disappointing game that needed alot of balancing and bug fixes which it never got, looking at the metacritic reviews and steam forum complaints really only re-inforced this negative review, I'm glad I only paid $20 for the XL edition because, honestly - to me thats about how much its worth. This game needs balancing to be good, enemy accuracy needs to be lowered, the heat needs to be slower to build - the spawn rate needs to be lowered, especially on helicopters and tanks, and they need to have a spawn rate thats alot further from the player inside of being 'behind' the player, so they can get essentially free hits on you.

    Pro's

    Fun with plenty of mayhem
    Plenty of Vehicles to drive
    Large open world
    Great graphics

    Con's

    Unfair game mechanics
    Enemy accuracy is too high
    Spawn rate is too high
    Enemies spawn behind you
    Can be hugely frustrating    … Expand
  25. HaloFever
    Nov 28, 2016
    6
    Waiting an entire year to buy Just Cause 3 for $15 during PSN's black friday sale was a great decision because this game is not worth $60. Somehow the developers made this game less fun than Just Cause 2. The game has such a simple formula, how could they mess it up?

    First we should consider how Just Cause 3 is not much of an upgrade from Just Cause 2. The graphics are better yes, but    Waiting an entire year to buy Just Cause 3 for $15 during PSN's black friday sale was a great decision because this game is not worth $60. Somehow the developers made this game less fun than Just Cause 2. The game has such a simple formula, how could they mess it up?

    First we should consider how Just Cause 3 is not much of an upgrade from Just Cause 2. The graphics are better yes, but all current gen games look better than last gen games. The game does itself no favors by re-cycling not only buildings but also entire towns. Despite the power of the PS4, the destructible models remain limited to radar dishes, fuel tanks, and water towers. Some destroyed vehicles will split in two, like helicopters, and some destroyed vehicles are blacked out versions of the original, like all the other vehicles. Enemies have the same 360° binocular vision that they had in Just Cause 2. This time, however, if you manage to stay out of sight on a rooftop for 30 seconds they can't find you. A.I. in general is dumb. Enemies will bomb their own sites and shoot rockets at their own vehicles if you are in close proximity. It used to be that you could hijack a helicopter and wreak havoc. Now when you grapple onto a helicopter, all enemy units will destroy it within seconds. Enemy fire and explosions can be so intense that I often had no idea why I was dying.

    The story missions in Just Cause 3 are ok. You pal around with a guy who says "It's a me, Mario", a joke that was presented better in Assassin's Creed 2. Mario is not much of a revolutionary fighter, and everything is up to the player character to save the day. Most missions make use of hijacking vehicles and otherwise using your cable to stop vehicles, open doors, or reach high places like Spider-Man. Side note: there are tons of weapons in the game but I cannot see why I would use them when the cable, rocket launcher, and machine gun are so effective from the start. Further side note: why would I ever order a vehicle for delivery when the game is also littered with all kinds of vehicles. The mission structure at times seems broken. One missions tells you to grab a vehicle. I start heading to the nearest military base to grab a tank and the game tells me I am going to far away form the objective. Too far away? In an open world game? Heresy.

    The side missions in the game are little more than challenge modes. Sometimes challenges are fun like in Saints Row III. Sometimes they are a boring waste of time, as they are in Just Cause 3. One side mission has the player character drive a boat to explode-able objects, switch to the gunner seat, and then blow up the object from a stationary position. So fun. Last side note, finding all the objects you need to destroy can be a real fun killer. Speaking of fun killers, the game gives you three remotely triggered explosives. You cannot zip around town like Spider-Man, attach explosives to everything, and then destroy it all from safety. No, you can only destroy three things from safety and then you have to go back and attach explosives to three more things. The developers had no idea what makes this game fun.

    So all in all, Just Cause 3 is a pretty meh and repetitive experience. It's too bad because Just Cause 2 was one of my favorite games last gen. Just another uninspired sequel that is making the current generation one of the worst generations in gaming history.    … Expand
  26. 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.......
  27. Multitude
    Nov 17, 2016
    4
    A Chance wasted! - But you should still buy it!!!!
    I would love to give this game a better Review, but i can't. This game simply has too many problems:
    - framerate drops and overall bad framerate - sound problems: it's often hard to understand what the actors are saying - Story is too simple and makes no sense - Characters are very shallow and not introduced well enough - Repetitve    A Chance wasted! - But you should still buy it!!!!
    I would love to give this game a better Review, but i can't. This game simply has too many problems:
    - framerate drops and overall bad framerate
    - sound problems: it's often hard to understand what the actors are saying
    - Story is too simple and makes no sense
    - Characters are very shallow and not introduced well enough
    - Repetitve gameplay: you free one base after another, after another, after another
    - Cars, planes and helicopters are useless, because you are totally overpowered an can fly
    - controls are lagging, specially when driving
    - car physics are bad
    - vehicle control is very simplistic and arcade (even for an arcade game).
    - game wants to connect and reconnect to the servers over and over again (even though this is a singleplayer game)
    - long load times - even when you are playing one of the challanges. which makes improving your scores a chore
    - the game feels disconnected and like a theme park. they tried to make the world feel alive, but it didn't work. Mainly because you are always flying around and spend very little time on the ground
    - This is a poor mans Far Cry 4

    But like is said: YOU SHOULD STILL BUY IT. you will have fun. It's like fast food: the food is crap but you stuff your face with it anyways.    … Expand
  28. 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
  29. imnotyourguy
    Oct 28, 2016
    7
    It's a game for blowing off steam.The world is huge and gorgeous-looking and there's certainly a lot of stuff to blow up.The story is barely there,but barely necessary.It's the typical Just Cause shtick of ''Kill the big mean dictator''.The best thing about the game is how you traverse the world:the hookshot,the wingsuit and the parachute all offer a lot of mobility,making this feel likeIt's a game for blowing off steam.The world is huge and gorgeous-looking and there's certainly a lot of stuff to blow up.The story is barely there,but barely necessary.It's the typical Just Cause shtick of ''Kill the big mean dictator''.The best thing about the game is how you traverse the world:the hookshot,the wingsuit and the parachute all offer a lot of mobility,making this feel like InFamous as much as GTA.Blowing up the enemies and the scenery is fun and there's a **** of ways to do it(bombs,vehicles,red barrels,etc.).The shooting mechanics are inprecise,but you can use the hookshot in combat,which is a fair substitute.… Expand
  30. 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
  31. 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.
  32. mildewman
    Sep 21, 2016
    5
    Its incredibly repeditive, and the 60fps basic framerate drops severely whenever theres lots of explosions. The system 4.00 upgrade did improve the framerate heaps, but by then i had almost finished the game.

    Missions are completely blah, gameplay is identical to just cause 2, the freedom of movement you get with grapple / chute / wingsuit is still the best part of the game.
  33. 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!
  34. 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
  35. GamingDrake
    Aug 11, 2016
    10
    The just cause series have gotten better with each game. Yes there's not much to it but its so much fun doing cool stunts, explosives and destruction. This game is like a cross between James bond, Red and the A team more leaning on the latter. if you like them then you'll probably like this. Its a game you switch off to and have pure gameplay fun. p.s love the intro song
  36. AJC3317
    Aug 9, 2016
    7
    Just Cause 3 is the ultimate sandbox game for sandbox game fans. An incredibly huge map filled with tons of things just waiting for your explosive touch. The draw distance is fantastic, as you can see glimpses of settlements and military bases from way off in the distance. Anything you can see you can go to. Once you're at one of these settlements, the choice is yours as to how you goJust Cause 3 is the ultimate sandbox game for sandbox game fans. An incredibly huge map filled with tons of things just waiting for your explosive touch. The draw distance is fantastic, as you can see glimpses of settlements and military bases from way off in the distance. Anything you can see you can go to. Once you're at one of these settlements, the choice is yours as to how you go about bringing down the enemy encampments. You can sneak around, using your mystical grappling tether to pull objects down. You can quickly dart from object to object, planting explosives as you go. You can hijack a helicopter or tank and laugh at the puny reinforcements who try and stop you afterwards as you mow down everything in your path. I personally found the planted explosives route the best, as you have unlimited amounts of them from the start of the game and almost every object can be destroyed with 1 or 2 bombs planted on them.

    Unfortunately the game's biggest strength is also it's biggest weakness. The framerate begins to chug as soon as the explosions start, and the more simultaneous explosions you set off the lower the framerate will dip. The game is a wonder to look at, make no mistake, but the beauty is only skin deep. The flaws become apparent when you look closer.

    Just Cause 3 gives you a multitude of options to traverse it's gigantic map. You have your trusty grappling hook, unlimited parachutes, and a wingsuit all at your disposal. The game also gives you cars, motorcycles, boats, jets, and helicopters for you to travel with if you so choose. Unfortunately most of the vehicles handle terribly, with the motorcycles being the biggest offender. There's always a delay when attempting a turn, so it's all too common to run off road or into other objects. Fortunately however, the grapple/parachute/wingsuit combo is so efficient at quickly moving across the map, you literally never need to hop in a car or bike unless the game forces you to for a mission. The quickest, most efficient, and downright funniest way to stop Rico when he's wingsuiting is to simply crash headfirst into the nearest wall and watch Rico ragdoll, holding his head while he contemplates how many brain cells he just lost. The ragdolling becomes far less humorous however when you are in a firefight and get hit with an explosion. Rico will then lie on his fat ass for about 5 seconds thinking about pudding, while 1000 enemies take potshots at him.

    The game does have a story, but it's paper thin and basically an excuse to blow more stuff up, often stuff that you can't otherwise access. There are also random encounters throughout the game that have you do all sorts of activities ranging from freeing a rebel who's been taken hostage and fighting off his kidnappers to... opening a locked gate. Yes, seriously. The most interesting part of the story comes at the end of the game as you realize just who Rico Rodriguez really is. You've been told all along that he's fighting for the freedom of Medici, to pry the country from the clutches of the evil dictator Di Ravello and to push out all his military encampments. Yet as you supposedly free more and more areas you realize that nothing has really changed. All the armored vehicles, the armed guards, the watch towers, they're all still there just with a different logo on them. Rico will kill fellow rebels and civilians without any remorse if they're in the way of his goal. You slowly begin to realize that Rico is actually just another dictator with the same lust for power as Di Ravello.

    Just Cause 3 takes sandbox games to a whole nother level. The map is gigantic, is fun to traverse, and is filled to the brim with things to blow up and enemies to take down. Just don't go in expecting much more than that, and pretend that the framerate dips are really just the game going into slow motion to highlight the cool explosions, and you'll come out of the experience with all smiles.    … Expand
  37. 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.
  38. Killercaden
    Aug 6, 2016
    8
    This game is a great free roaming game with a grappling hook and a parachute, can it get any better? Of course not! But they can make the story line a lot better though, but it is still a very fun game!
  39. 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
  40. indigobeast
    Jul 26, 2016
    7
    Just cause 3 is actually not that bad for a game like it is. The open world is humongous with days of gameplay to be had so it is great for spending time on. However the game can get repetetive very fast such as liberating every base and town. The story wasn't that great in my opinion and doesn't bring anything special, but the characters are quite interesting and quite funny at times andJust cause 3 is actually not that bad for a game like it is. The open world is humongous with days of gameplay to be had so it is great for spending time on. However the game can get repetetive very fast such as liberating every base and town. The story wasn't that great in my opinion and doesn't bring anything special, but the characters are quite interesting and quite funny at times and the voice acting isn't too bad either. But there is one thing the game has failed terribly at doing, THE DRIVING MECHANICS! The cars control very dodgy and don't always work they way you want them to which can end up being extremely frustrating, which can make the land races a mundane task as you'll be failing a lot at them. And don't get me **** started on those **** MOTORBIKES! They are completely uncontrollable and feels like you are driving on a **** ice rink, it is by far the worst vehicle I have ever had to control in any video game I have played period! avoid motorbikes like the **** plague in this game as they are completely broken! But the game overall is extremely fun and if you like blowing stuff up and enjoy open world games. Then this is a must buy for you.… Expand
  41. slickserpent99
    Jun 28, 2016
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the first game I've played in a while that feels like a game. It is oodles of fun to pick up and relax with, for there are virtually no limits. Surprisingly enough, I like this game more than JC2. Just Cause 2 was great, but had problems with some repetitive missions, a terrible problem with de-spawning vehicles that you order, and a pretty much useless grapple tether that broke whenever you tried to pull something (at least in the PS3 version) but other than that, JC2 was a blast to play with a huge, beautiful world and loads of stuff to blow up. Just Cause 3 does that and more. JC3 is innovative over JC2 in it's own right, for JC3 has introduced us to the Wingsuit, which is a blast to play with, and the multiple grapple tethers with retract function allows for limitless possibilities for causing chaos. The story isn't anything special, in fact, its a little worse than Just Cause 2, but by no means does the story bog down the experience. People new to the JC series need to understand that you should go in expecting a game, not a cinematic, immersive story. Gamers and critics alike who write the game off as mediocre because of a bad story have little imagination when it comes to games, and need to get through any game with a strong story. I also see some people saying that the world isn't detailed, which is completely false. JC3's map has so much more depth to it than JC2. There are numerous cliffs and caves, and huge mountains to explore. Here in JC3, you don't need a story, all you need is your parachute and wingsuit, unlimited C4, varied and creative weapons, and explosions to have a great time as you're dropped into this massive, beautiful map.

    Most people's complaints about this game other than the story stem from the games performance and repetitive nature, which I disagree with. My PS4 hasn't had much trouble with this game, and even though it lags when a huge explosion is set off, that lag clears soon enough as to not hinder your fun. I have never had massive frame rate drops when I'm simply flying around the world, and even though the frame rate stumbles sometimes, it doesn't detract from my experience.
    Secondly, people say the game is repetitive, which I disagree with. The amount of tools at your disposal is akin to Metal Gear Solid 5, you can approach any situation any way you want to, except for stealth, and blow everything up in unique and creative ways. The grapple's retract function really lets you play with the physics, and it's time like this when the game is at it's best. I mean, come on! You can attach two soldiers to each other and make them hug! You can get a gun that shoots nukes! The over-the-top absurdity present in JC3 is matched by it's total freedom and limitless ways to cause chaos and explore. Buy this game, you will have a good time. I have played for about 40 hours as of now, and I'm still having a blast.

    Or maybe I like this game because blowing **** up never gets old to me. Whatever.    … Expand
  42. 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
  43. waddi007
    Jun 15, 2016
    10
    never had so much fun with a game addiction is not the word !!!! it will keep you going for a long time forget gta this is the beast dont bother with the xbox version ps4 all the way
  44. 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.
  45. MercenaryofHate
    Jun 8, 2016
    8
    This is a very fun game. In this game you are fighting the oppressive government and have allies in blue to help you in the struggle for control of Medici. Medici itself is a very beautiful map, it consist of nice textures of nature but also has densely populated life-like mechanized areas. Action packed and wonderful music can make your already exciting gameplay even more awesome. ThereThis is a very fun game. In this game you are fighting the oppressive government and have allies in blue to help you in the struggle for control of Medici. Medici itself is a very beautiful map, it consist of nice textures of nature but also has densely populated life-like mechanized areas. Action packed and wonderful music can make your already exciting gameplay even more awesome. There is alot of things to do and many diverse vehicles to be driven. The game give power to the player not the devs, dlc or enviroment as your rarely in any real danger.… Expand
  46. 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
  47. thatonetarget20
    Jun 5, 2016
    10
    This is the best game ever!!! I bought with high expectations from the last game but this game not only got to my expectaion it exceeded it. There is just so much to do not including the epic DLC.
  48. Termin8ter
    May 31, 2016
    7
    Just Cause 3 is an absolute blast to play, and some of the scenery is impressive, and the gunplay is solid,too. But everything else fails miserably. The main story is as interesting as a brick wall, and the side quests get very repetitive after a while. Overall, JC3 is a decent game, but nothing special.
  49. 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
  50. BoatyMcBoatFace
    May 17, 2016
    9
    Pros: Interesting and Funny characters, Very Fun and addicting game

    Cons: Ending wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be.

    All in all it is a great game, a must-buy!
  51. dugsyu
    May 13, 2016
    8
    Just bought it a week ago as i saw a friend spending a good time on it but clearly telling me it gets repeating itself after a while : well that is true but after 20h i'm still enjoying, simply this is a fun game where you destroy as much as you can and the controls are really nice, display is clean and nice as well so in the end i simply enjoy this one to get quick fun. Lots of hoursJust bought it a week ago as i saw a friend spending a good time on it but clearly telling me it gets repeating itself after a while : well that is true but after 20h i'm still enjoying, simply this is a fun game where you destroy as much as you can and the controls are really nice, display is clean and nice as well so in the end i simply enjoy this one to get quick fun. Lots of hours still to play so i give a good 8 on this game, a good surprise in the end… Expand
  52. Jack97
    May 6, 2016
    7
    The open world is enormous, the biggest and probably most detailed one I've ever played in. The game is undeniably fun to play, it's very entertaining flying around enemy bases and blowing up everything you see. But the story for the game is one we've seen many times before and the characters are boring. So you don't care about either of them. But it is still a lot of fun to play andThe open world is enormous, the biggest and probably most detailed one I've ever played in. The game is undeniably fun to play, it's very entertaining flying around enemy bases and blowing up everything you see. But the story for the game is one we've seen many times before and the characters are boring. So you don't care about either of them. But it is still a lot of fun to play and that's important.… Expand
  53. ToFewViews
    Apr 24, 2016
    7
    Do you ever feel like parachuting into a military base and using a RPG to blow up anything in sight? Well that's Just Cause 3, You will spend most the game going from Cites,Towns and Military Bases and destroying them. The game takes place in a tropical island in the middle of a Military Dictatorship, You are part of the rebel group and I'm sure you see where this is going. The highlightsDo you ever feel like parachuting into a military base and using a RPG to blow up anything in sight? Well that's Just Cause 3, You will spend most the game going from Cites,Towns and Military Bases and destroying them. The game takes place in a tropical island in the middle of a Military Dictatorship, You are part of the rebel group and I'm sure you see where this is going. The highlights from Just Cause for me have to be using your Grappling hook and wing suit to fly across the map like a superhero or just thinking of new ways to destroy everything. The game is fairly simple with not much depth, If you don't enjoy the simplicity of just killing everything with not much of a story then you won't really enjoy Just Cause 3. It seems like a game you play for a bit then move on, not much with the game keeps you playing or draws you in.… Expand
  54. chimiche1992
    Apr 12, 2016
    10
    Quitando de lado su campaña que como siempre nunca tiene sentido por mas que lo intentan lo que este juego le salva, es su jugabilidad, su manera de poder hacer el cabra a tu antojo, es un jueog que recomiendo para entretenerse
  55. 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
  56. leopoldo
    Mar 21, 2016
    7
    Just Cause 3 is an interesting game, but repetitive. Just Cause 3 is an action game with a very simple story, but the game never tried to change that, with this, this simple story was deliberate. The gameplay is very fun, explode, fly, and blast again is very good, but even with many varieties of weapons, vehicles, and explosions, Just Cause can become repetitive (the missions are oftenJust Cause 3 is an interesting game, but repetitive. Just Cause 3 is an action game with a very simple story, but the game never tried to change that, with this, this simple story was deliberate. The gameplay is very fun, explode, fly, and blast again is very good, but even with many varieties of weapons, vehicles, and explosions, Just Cause can become repetitive (the missions are often simple and similar). Visually the game is beautiful, but what is most striking are the explosions, they are extremely well made, and can even say that they are innovative; the soundtrack does not have anything special. The maor problem of this game are the bugs, are many and are annoying (but some are funny). Overall, Just Cause 3 is a very fun and beautiful game visually, however, has a simple story, it is repetitive and possesses many bugs. 7.5 / 10… Expand
  57. WackoDaSniper
    Mar 11, 2016
    7
    Same sandbox-style as JC2, some characters have different voice actors which is a little disappointing and the performance issues are there. The world itself is massive but the landscape is repetitive unlike JC2 which was many different landscapes. Other than that, the mechanics and handling are improved which is nice but the story just doesn't come together like JC2 and I was a bit letSame sandbox-style as JC2, some characters have different voice actors which is a little disappointing and the performance issues are there. The world itself is massive but the landscape is repetitive unlike JC2 which was many different landscapes. Other than that, the mechanics and handling are improved which is nice but the story just doesn't come together like JC2 and I was a bit let down by the game.… Expand
  58. Nightlistic
    Mar 6, 2016
    3
    Just Cause 3 is a okay game if you are interested in repetitive game play. The control are incredible difficult to master if you aren't familiar with the franchise, and much like the Dark Knight series you are going to replay the timed events over and over and over because of the game controls. The new grapple is confusing as the games controls say to hit L1 but doesn't tell you that youJust Cause 3 is a okay game if you are interested in repetitive game play. The control are incredible difficult to master if you aren't familiar with the franchise, and much like the Dark Knight series you are going to replay the timed events over and over and over because of the game controls. The new grapple is confusing as the games controls say to hit L1 but doesn't tell you that you need to actually tap L1 quickly or you are going to just launch tethers out over and over. The Wing gliding is insanely difficult to even master the basic mechanics of it without face planting to your death a hundred times over, and the vehicles you use during races have such sensitive suspension hitting a small rock can send you air born. Don't expect a deep, and fulling story either as the game's main focus is just destroying things. Ultimately this could've been a much more user friendly game if there were a dozen different controller schemes you need to remember for every type of vehicle used in the game in addition to your new grapple, wing glider and using the parachute. So its a decent game with overly complicated controls.… Expand
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. 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
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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.
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. FryTech228
    Jan 13, 2016
    10
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  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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
  73. 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
  74. 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
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. 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
  79. 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)
  80. 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
  81. 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
  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. 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
  84. 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
  85. 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
  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. 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
  88. 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
  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. 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
  91. 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
  92. 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.
  93. 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
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. 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
  97. 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.
  98. 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.
  99. 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.
  100. 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
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  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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