Just Cause 2: Juster Causer

[aubergine]

If I weren't posting from iPhone I'd track down a link to the developer-commentaried gameplay video of Just Cause 2, which was freakin' astonishing.

If the game delivers on it's promise then surely there's GOTY material there. I wish I had any idea when it's meant to be released!

[Shorty]

If I weren't posting from iPhone I'd track down a link to the developer-commentaried gameplay video of Just Cause 2, which was freakin' astonishing.

Shorty's got you covered, man. (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/09/just-cause-2-developer-walkthrough-video/) :cool:

In fact, here's another one (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/08/impressions-just-cause-2/)!

[Jobasa]

Wow this game looks intense! Looks like there is a huge diversity of environments too, which would be great fun.

[aubergine]

Better have a volcano with a spaceport in it.

[Xanafalgue]

That looks really impressive. ANOTHER 2010 release? I hope they add a few more months to the calendar :/

[Bronze]

I really enjoyed Just Cause. I reckon I had more fun with it than GTA. I'm really looking forward to the sequel after watching that developer diary.

Hopefully the series will now get the recognition it deserves.

[AnTrAxX]

I played Just Cause on the original Xbox and enjoyed it immensely. The sequel was always gonna be an instabuy. Those vids only made me want it more.

[aubergine]

I wanted to buy Just Cause for 360 today from EB's "3 for 2" sale but I couldn't find 2 other games I wanted...

Interestingly, US IGN panned the original game and EU IGN lauded it.

[Shorty]

This thread needs moar stuff blowing up (http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/08/just-cause-2s-tourist-dollar-pitch/#more-351453).

[Jickle]

Looks....almost too good to be true. Like Saints Row 2 on overdrive.

[Shorty]

Which was GTA on overdrive. That's a lot of overdrive.

[Bronze]

Well there's strippers by the looks of things. And guns.

All the ingredients we need for a game to be refused classification.

[aubergine]

Duke Nukem Forever in disguise?

[Bronze]

Just Cause 2. Coming out "when it's done".

[aubergine]

I've borrowed a copy of Just Cause. On playing just a few minutes of it (the first mission to a prison) I can see that a well developed version of this concept could utterly kick ass. This is a fun game too but it's in a weird zone... maybe 7.5 / 10 but with some really great elements which make it worth a go.

[Bronze]

One of my favourite parts of Just Cause was jacking a copter, flying upward for a few minutes, then jumping out and enjoying the view.

[Shorty]

All the ingredients we need for a game to be refused classification.

I thought you first had to roll for Banning Based on Arbitrary Enforcement of Vague Criteria. Then if you failed that, you could make a saving roll of Reclassification Through Totally Minor Change to Game Content or the also popular saving roll of Reclassification Through Resubmitting Exactly the Same Game.

Of course, nothing can protect you from the roll for Post Release Banning via Government Member Interference.

[St@ckboy]

Yeah I heard the first one was a bit of a mess, but the second one looks really worthwhile.

[enrique]

Just watched the vid from GamesCom. Lookin good, hope they have fixed the landing gear on the planes from the first one though, that looked quite odd.

[aubergine]

I'm having a lot of trouble getting a handle on the grappling hook in Just Cause 1, makes me worry that the awesomeness from the developer video may not be possible for human players.

I'm also a bit confused about the safehouses, in that it doesn't seem you can actually go into them. I guess all it is is a point you can teleport to via the PDA when you unlock it.

Haven't grabbed a copter yet.

[Xanafalgue]

http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/54870/PC/Just-Cause-2/Gameplay/GamesCom-09-Ten-Minute-Gameplay-Movie

I'm impressed.

[Australian Ninja]

The reason I never bought Just Cause was because it seemed half-baked. Plenty of cool ideas, not enough substance. And I figured why waste my time with it, when there will be an inevitable sequel that will make for (hopefully) a WHOLE game, rather than bits and pieces.
Fingers are crossed for No.2

[Shorty]

The pre-order bonuses have just been announced (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/25/just-cause-2-pre-order-bonuses-revealed-in-latest-trailer/). Also, achievements (http://inside.mygamercard.net/2010/01/25/go-freefallin-with-these-just-cause-2-achievements/).

[Mr.Mew]

I'm also a bit confused about the safehouses, in that it doesn't seem you can actually go into them. I guess all it is is a point you can teleport to via the PDA when you unlock it.

You don't go into safehouses. Most of them has ammo refill and health refill points, all of them have a satellite phone which allows you to save, each safehouse you unlock has a different vehicle for the area. Safehouse at the top of a mountain? Chopper up dere.

The first Just Cause was ludicrous amounts of fun. It's the pinnacle towards the answer of "Why'd you do that?". then you pull your shades off all cool like and answer "Just 'Cause,"

Sequel looks to make the pinnacle even more pinnaclearear.

[Ninjalada]

I loved Just Cause, I used to sit up all night playing it.

"This is the policia!"

[Australian Ninja]

I loved Just Cause, I used to sit up all night playing it.

"This is the policia!"

That's what I wanted to do, buy I'm still hanging in there for a well rounded sequel. There are just too many other (better) open world games that I could/have played that I could not justify bothering with the first one.

[NiB]

Saints row 2 made gta fun again and I'm expecting even bigger things from just cause 2...playing around with the grapple hook will be a blast.

[Mr.Mew]

Fyi, if we're going by Die Hard 2's tagline then it's 'Just Causer'.

Had to put that out there.

[enrique]

New vid. Using a grappling hook to launch yourself into the air with a pressurised tank? Awesome :D

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-freedom-just-cause-2/61574

[enrique]

Another couple of stunt videos. Looks like a lot fun to be had :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc38RBNz0xI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G9yTSjzghY&feature=player_embedded

[Tonez]

Yeah I'm pretty sure I'll be getting this.

[Sweating Bullets]

My biggest fear with this is that it will be like Far Cry 2.
Lots of options around but you will never really experience it.

[T Strife]

Opinions of this one have really been on the up and up.

However, have any other Asian Ps3 owners found the demo to have trouble making peace with the reversed role of the X and O buttons?

[ElPresidente]

Demos out on PSN and XBL.

I've been playing the 360 demo over lunch and wow.

This is a true sandbox playground. So much to do and even spending ten minutes shooting people from the roof of a mansion was highly enjoyable because of all the ways I could go about my business. Lobbing grenades from the roof, stealing a chopper and sending it crashing into my enemies, grappling from tree to tree to get behind enemies, tying enemies to tree tops, tying enemies to each other, trying enemies to gas cannisters, shooting the cannisters and watching the solider fly into the afternoon sky until he is just a blip... and this was all before I started playing properly with vehicles.

Leaping off an exploding water tower to grapple to the roof of a passing car then grappling my pursuers to the petrol pumps of a nearby service station. KABOOM!

This is a really generous demo too. It is time locked to 30 minutes but you are given a massive expanse to mess about in and plenty to blow up as well as missions to unlock and black market items to buy.

My only complains is that Rico now looks like generic Hispanic thug #3 rather than the Banderas-esque gun toting Latin Lothario of the first game. :(

[Natrak]

My first play of the demo didn't really click with me, for some reason. However, I thought it was pretty cool seeing a pretty massive mountain, thinking 'I might climb that' and being able to do exactly that.

[ElPresidente]

Definitely a game where you need to create some mayhem so people are after you to truly appreciate the tools at your disposal.

[AyatollaofRocknRolla]

I really hope I can have my xbox back online sometime in the next few days. This game sounds like a riot.

[Lex]

Gotta say, I'm a little underwhelmed. I was getting so hyped for this, and I suppose it delivers, but it just doesn't feel as fun to play as the trailers made it look. I think it's the physics, they feel really outdated, something about it just feels clunky.

[edit] to be fair, the PC controls are arse, so I'll wait until I try it with a controller to really dismiss it.

[aubergine]

When you say time-locked to thirty minutes, do you mean in a single session or thirty minutes ever?

[Shorty]

More than likely it'd be thirty minutes per session.

[Bokracroc]

When you say time-locked to thirty minutes, do you mean in a single session or thirty minutes ever?
Dude, this ain't the 90's any more.

[Natrak]

More than likely it'd be thirty minutes per session.

Bingo. You can play the demo as many times as you like, each play is limited to 30 minutes.

[aubergine]

It seems obvious and it would be consumer-irritant to download a gig for a thirty minute session, but with all the anti-consumer tactics in the news in recent weeks, when there's ambiguity I have to ask.

[Shaftoe]

loving the demo so far, movement feels good and it looks pretty. This is my most anticipated game this year, hope it's good, love a good sandbox. Played the first one a few months ago after seeing a vid for this, couldn'tr maintain any interest though, not with this coming out.

Also I totally ganked your thread title for another board Aubergine. I tried being original but Juster Causer couldn't possibly be topped, it's the perfect thread title. Just, y'know, FYI, you've been plagiarised.

[aubergine]

Just so long as you're not the guy who posted a dodgy rip of Bogan Bargains on Youtube.

[Bokracroc]

Waiting until 1am so I can download the PS3 demo in Off-peak (Cause I can't use my 360 and PC at the same time, both use VGA).

[igotnewsuper8systemWRONG!]

I think it's crazy that this month we will finally be getting FFXIII and GoW3 but the game I'm most excited about is the sequel to some crappy sandbox game that I didn't even know existed 2 weeks ago.

[Mr.Mew]

Time locked demo's have been a common thing for a long time, way back on the old demo discs from Official Playstation Mag.

That shit pissed me off, some demo's you couldn't even play because the intro was terribly long

(Cause I can't use my 360 and PC at the same time, both use VGA).

That wouldn't be... Just Cause you can't use your 360 and PC at the same time... would it? =D

[aubergine]

(Cause I can't use my 360 and PC at the same time, both use VGA).

I cannot recommend highly enough getting an HDMI to DVI cable (I think $15 from Umart online) if you are gifted with an HDMI enabled 360, although the difficult part is then getting audio out, which may require you to buy Microsoft's overpriced HDMI cable kit for it's adapator. Not sure if there is a third party adaptor available, although rumour has it you can cut up your existing AV cable plug to fit alongside the HDMI plug.

I simply switch between PC and 360 with the press of a button (and flick of an audio switcher I guess.)

[aubergine]

Had a sesh with the demo, in the half hour managed to go up the highest mountain on one edge of the map then travel via parachute and automobile to the bit of river on the other side.

Two main impressions: the environment/graphics engine is spectacular, a new Elder Scrolls game built in this would astonish.
The downsides are that, like the first game, I don't really know or care why I'm there, what I'm doing or who I am. And for baffling reasons they've changed Justin Cause's character model from attractive to some ugly guy.

Unless there are story bits in the full release, this looks like it might be the biggest Assasin's Creed Flag-Hunt ever made, except you shoot the flags instead of jumping on them. The engine looks to be astonishing and I could enjoy this style of play, but the demo doesn't make me want the game, or even the
demo.

[Lex]

Ok so I'm a moron for even trying this with m+kb. Played a few rounds of the demo last night with the controller, had a blast. I still think the physics seem really inconsistent, but for the most part it gets the job done.

[McChimp]

And for baffling reasons they've changed Justin Cause's character model from attractive to some ugly guy.

Rico Suavez, dammit Aub!!!

[Creedy]

This game requires Vista+, I hate you XP.
:(

[TrinityJayOne]

Ok so I'm a moron for even trying this with m+kb. Played a few rounds of the demo last night with the controller, had a blast. I still think the physics seem really inconsistent, but for the most part it gets the job done.
See I would have thought otherwise, because I tried it with a controller and just can't get shit to work. It needs a more solid zoom/iron sights view and it needs be ****ing mapped to left trigger, not R3. But hey, I'm a self-confessed retard when it comes to shooter controls that require any semblence of speed.

I also think that the explosively-launching parachute that magically reappears in his backpack after you detach mid-flight and watch it blow off into the wind is ridiculous.

[Bokracroc]

I cannot recommend highly enough getting an HDMI to DVI cable (I think $15 from Umart online) if you are gifted with an HDMI enabled 360,
That is the issue, I am not blessed with a HDMI 360. I have an old model that simply refuses to die. The cheaper option is just to buy another widescreen HD monitor unless I get a VGA to HDMI converter thing >.> I can dual monitor my PC too then at least.

The downsides are that, like the first game, I don't really know or care why I'm there, what I'm doing or who I am.
...
Unless there are story bits in the full release, this looks like it might be the biggest Assasin's Creed Flag-Hunt ever made, except you shoot the flags instead of jumping on them.
I'm getting the same feeling. All very cool and all but... yeah... take THAT country! Yeah... I'm destroying the only thing that makes your country valuable (Unless Oil gets involved somehow). Story in JC1 was super duper shallow, half the time I didn't know I was doing a plotline mission.

[aubergine]

Has anyone ever made an affordable VGA switching box?

I used a cheap stereo/Av switcher as a component cable switcher (it's just 3 RCA plugs either way) and at worst you could ( this is convoluted but possible) have three VGA to Component cables and a switching box to use both devices via VGA.

[McChimp]

Been playing the demo, and it's fun. BUT, it feels like it could be a LOT tighter in the controls and at least have a cover mechanic, rather than just having to be out in the open getting the crap shot out of me. Fun, but I can't see it being an essential purchase as I'm questioning it's potential longevity.

[T Strife]

This game requires Vista+, I hate you XP.
:(

It also requires a very meaty PC is you want to have it looking noticeably better than the console versions, which feel much nicer to play anyway.

And I'm saying this even when my console experience was gimped because the game couldn't rectify an Asian button setup.

[AyatollaofRocknRolla]

Two main impressions: the environment/graphics engine is spectacular, a new Elder Scrolls game built in this would astonish.
The downsides are that, like the first game, I don't really know or care why I'm there, what I'm doing or who I am. And for baffling reasons they've changed Justin Cause's character model from attractive to some ugly guy.

This.

The game world really stood out to me in the first game as looking quite specy, as it does in this one also. I found playing through the demo a little chaotic though. Just going to a location on the map, blowing something up then being swamped by enemies. The sandbox elements are definitely fun, but it needs something to tie it all together, which wasn't evident from the demo. I suspect playing through the full game would be a different experience.

[lex3191]

the demo seemd like ok fun. i felt the driving physics were really off tho. not sure if this game really has legs beyond. woohoo go nuts and destroy stuff. will wait and see

[Ninjalada]

After playing the demo, I gotta say that Panau is the ugliest country ever. It's mostly brown dirt/sand with a smattering of trees.

I really missed the lush jungles of the first game.

[Slippery]

That's only a small part of the whole game area, there will be jungles. Oh yes, there will be blood.

[Mr.Mew]

Found this excerpt from Destructiod and found it funny and interesting. Just Cause 2's demo has been downloaded 2 million times.

the 30-minute demo for the game has reached 2 million downloads. No kidding. It's easily one of the better demos in recent memory.

A nice accomplishment by Avalanche Studios, no question, but where's the crazy. Oh, here it is:

"Players have driven a distance equivalent to a trip from the earth to the moon and back four times; Panau Island has lost almost 30 million of its population (with approximately 2.5 million headshots, almost a million drivers hurled from hijacked vehicles and 27,000 Piñata kills); and players have base jumped the equivalent of a freefall through the Earth's core, pole-to-pole, twice."

Full thing's here:
http://www.destructoid.com/the-just-cause-2-demo-was-downloaded-2-million-times-167404.phtml#ext
Plus a new video in the same article on some "Anatomy of a Stunt".

Still imagining falling through the earth, then falling all the way back.

[Lazlow]

I should get that demo. I bought Just Cause really late in the game (ie last year) and couldn't get into.

[Australian Ninja]

Is this out this month? Or next month, I flicked through a mag in the newsagent.......

[McChimp]

Next month. Going from the list I've got by my PC, it's tentatively dated for the 1st of April, but that can always change, of course.

[Manny M]

I grabbed the demo not expecting much (and not having played the first title) and I'm loving it. I've played through it about 5 times now, each time providing a different and fantastic experience.

It really reminds me of the first mercenaries game but with a wackier element. Sure the story seems shallow... But who cares!! This game isn't about story progression, it's about giving you some half arsed reason to blow shit up, and it does that brilliantly.

A mix of crackdown and merceneries, which in my mind is a recipe for brilliant fun.

No question about picking it up on release.

[Australian Ninja]

I grabbed the demo not expecting much (and not having played the first title) and I'm loving it. I've played through it about 5 times now, each time providing a different and fantastic experience.

It really reminds me of the first mercenaries game but with a wackier element. Sure the story seems shallow... But who cares!! This game isn't about story progression, it's about giving you some half arsed reason to blow shit up, and it does that brilliantly.

A mix of crackdown and merceneries, which in my mind is a recipe for brilliant fun.

No question about picking it up on release.

*drool*

[enrique]

Nothing like making a macgyver spec jetpack out of a gas bottle with a well aimed round and your grapple hook......I'm picking that up just to do that again and again, never gets boring just seeing what chaos you can cause.

[ElPresidente]

Well through me contacts I have been told by a little birdy that the demo does not to the final game justice.

Which is very good news as said birdy also loved the demo.

[Australian Ninja]

Well through me contacts I have been told by a little birdy that the demo does not to the final game justice.

Which is very good news as said birdy also loved the demo.

Lay off the hard stuff man, birds are not supposed to talk.

[Australian Ninja]

Ordered this one from the UK, worked out total of $60 AU for the edition with some DLC content added in, was same price as standard version too, how stupid.

Don't know about you, but "I'M EXCITED" about JC2.

[St@ckboy]

Hope we get this game a little earlier than next Thursday.

[Unforgiven]

Download the demo as we speak. Watched the IGN review and some other video's and the gameplay looks really good!!

Im after a new game, after smashing Battlefield 2 for all it's worth recently. My only worry is that this game becomes reptitive or shallow, either way I think ill pick it up.

[Bokracroc]

Seems like EB only has the special stuff. >:{ I want Rico's damn pistol but I don't want to pay $110 for it.

[Cubby]

My brother thinks the benchmarks in it are cool, I've not seen them myself yet.

[Australian Ninja]

Download the demo as we speak. Watched the IGN review and some other video's and the gameplay looks really good!!

Im after a new game, after smashing Battlefield 2 for all it's worth recently. My only worry is that this game becomes reptitive or shallow, either way I think ill pick it up.

My intention is to play it between other games. So the novelty value does not wear off.

[REQUIEM]

Im Loving this game. Its physics engine is amazingly fun to experiment with as the reviews have already stated. The first JC was good this however is GREAT. Highly recommended purchase.

[St@ckboy]

Picked it up yesterday. Got about an hour in before I had to head to bed, but I can already tell this 4 day weekend will be spent majoratively with this game.

[Mr.Mew]

Yes, this game is brilliant. So many times I've had James Bond moments in this, the snowy mountains are a really cool location.

[McChimp]

Picked it up yesterday. Got about an hour in before I had to head to bed, but I can already tell this 4 day weekend will be spent majoratively with this game.

Same here (in amongst all the family-visiting and choccie-receiving), this is going to be my one focus. Pumped maybe 2 hours into it last night, spent maybe half of that doing missions, the other half just messing around and wreaking havoc. Fun is the word that exemplifies this game, although I can see it being like Mercs 2, in that I can see it's longevity being an issue due to a lot of repetition and maybe too much freedom (if that's possible). I'm also going with Bajo from GG's review of this in saying that it could've used some form of cover system for battles.

7/10 so far.

[Cobla]

The PS3 "video capture and upload to YouTube" function is pretty cool!

This attempt at takeoff however is not. I blew my last $30K on this little plane only to suffer an attack of inco-ordination and stuff it up completely. It is kinda funny at the end though. :cool:
pUMOsasHaDk

[cube_punk]

I'm loving this game so far. 8 hours in and only 8% complete, looks like it'll be keeping me going right up until Splinter Cell comes out :)

Slingshotting around with the parachute is awesome fun, and just exploring and seeing what interesting things I can find is fun too. It's one of those games when you try to go to a specific location, but continually get sidetracked by other stuff along the way. I've already checked out the Lost island and hatch, and found the beached whale too :P

I didn't think this game would be as fun as it is. One of the best things though, is the horrendously atrocious voice acting. Listening to the characters put all the emphasis on the wrong syllables is pretty funny :)

[Shorty]

Have you found the Mile High Club?

[cube_punk]

Read about it, but I haven't been there yet. I did see some floating zeppelin looking thing in the distance so I'm assuming it's that.

[Shorty]

Yeah, it's basically a nightclub on a zeppelin. It looks pretty impressive, but there isn't much to do there.

[Lazlow]

That stole that from Altered Carbon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_Carbon)!

[Jickle]

The PS3 "video capture and upload to YouTube" function is pretty cool!

Is that PS3 exclusive? That's an awesome feature.

[Mr.Mew]

Oh man, angency jet at 5 metres from ground level is ****ing epic. There's enough give when just flicking the analogue stick for a quick turn, so it's like running a gauntlet when going down a winding main road with trees either side. Ninja like reflexes required. Then when I crash I imagine the fat guy in the X-wing from Star Wars screaming as he's engulfed in fire.

[Lazlow]

I've had Just Cause for a few months now, but have barely played it; worth going through or simply better to skip to #2?

[Shorty]

I think it is.

[Mr.Mew]

I've had Just Cause for a few months now, but have barely played it; worth going through or simply better to skip to #2?

At least the main story missions, just get that out of the way and then you don't feel like you're missing anything important when you skip to deux. Granted, there isn't a massive link between the games assides from recurring characters (Which, in its own way, is moderately important); but if you choose to fire up JC2 now, you'll never touch JC1.

And you will hate yourself for it, drawing pentagrams on the ground with wax and spraying vanilla icecream on your arms.

[Natrak]

Because the story in Just Cause is just too tremendous to miss out on!

[AranchineD]

I bought the first game a few days ago, and I cannot for the life of me play it for more than 20 or 30 minutes without getting bored shitless. Just go straight to the second.

[Mr.Mew]

I bought the first game a few days ago, and I cannot for the life of me play it for more than 20 or 30 minutes without getting bored shitless. Just go straight to the second.

Y'know, your avatar just seems to totally contradict this statement.

[AranchineD]

No it doesn't


Keep going...right past the first game to the second!

[Mr.Mew]

HAR HAR HARRRRRRRRRRRRr

[AranchineD]

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7074/1268774338188.jpg

[Cobla]

Loving this game so far. HEAPS better than the original I reckon, though the voice acting and dialogue are REALLY starting to piss me off!! :mad: At first they were funny, sure, but now they are getting under my skin. I mean the one dude who showed up who could actually act and the protagonist tells him in an dismally performed drawl to "do me a favour and shut the hell up". But he was actually doing a good job!!

It's like watching the worst Saturday morning kids cartoon ever, with ludicrous caricatures for characters and dialogue consisting of a string of non-sensical cliches.

So it's a good thing the actual gameplay is so much fun! ;)Is that PS3 exclusive? That's an awesome feature.Yeah the video capture is PS3 exclusive. Other than uploading direct to YouTube you can also just save the vid (up to 10 mins at a time) to the PS3 hard drive in MP4 format (@360p). And then from there you can just copy it to an external drive etc.

One thing that's particularly awesome is that you can set it to 'auto start' when the action picks up and it will only pause the game to tell you about it when the 10 mins are full. And if that isn't enough, you can also pause the game at any time and save/upload the last 30 seconds of gameplay. :)

Also the PS3 version is v-synched throughout, so there's zero screen tearing.

[Rambo]

So PS3 is the way to go then?

Xbox got any redeeming features?

[Lex]

Best on PC imo, purely because of mods. unlimited tethers and tether strength makes it sooo much more fun.

[freeradical]

I'm finding it a bit of a repetative grind at the moment. Fun at first, not so much now. Kudos on the game world though.

[Antwandemarco]

Playing this on PC and man, the graphics are superb, some of the best i've seen. Not really far into the story though, just been messing around. Can you ally with different factions, or do you have to stick with your initial choice?

[Australian Ninja]

Enjoying this so far, but things cost too damn much (just like Mercenaries). Being stuck without a vehicle and walking is not fun.

[Gameboffin]

I don't think I've walked anywhere since I discovered how to zip-parachute.

[Cobla]

Playing this on PC and man, the graphics are superb, some of the best i've seen. Not really far into the story though, just been messing around. Can you ally with different factions, or do you have to stick with your initial choice?I'm not sure. I mean I'm working for both the Ulars and the Reapers, but can't seem to find where on the map you go to start the 3rd group's missions. It could be that it disappeared when I chose the other two, but it could also still be hiding in the map somewhere.

The mission start icons can be real hard to see if you don't know where to look.

[Shorty]

I don't think I've walked anywhere since I discovered how to zip-parachute.

The same thing happened to me in Crackdown when I could run fast and jump high enough.

[Bokracroc]

The same thing happened to me in Crackdown when I could run fast and jump high enough.
I never used cars bar (Well apart from throwing them at people) Agency ones once you basically get that 1st/2nd Agility upgrade.

Picking this up today hopefully. 360 or PS3 version?

[Shorty]

I'd say PS3 if you want to easily upload your exploits to YouTube. Otherwise, it's Coke vs Pepsi.

[Cerebral]

So Coke, then.

[Lazlow]

mrlk Dr. Pepper (ie. PC) :D

[AranchineD]

Dr. Pepper is the Wii you scum.

PC is Mountain Dew.

[Shorty]

I thought Mountain Dew was Wii.

[AranchineD]

No because Mountain Dew is AWESOME

[Lazlow]

Not as awesome as Dr Pepper

[REQUIEM]

Cherry coke FTW. $3 a can but Its worth it :p

[Jay]

OK, so maybe I'm a spaz (shut up Stevo), but does anyone have tips for getting past the 'Protect Blaine' mission at the start where you ride atop his car and other cars drive at you? I'm ready to give this game the arse, and I'm actually quite enjoying it. But I don't want to hear how great his 'effin ride' is one more effin time.

[Gameboffin]

I ran out of ammo and just had to ride it out. I ended up jumping over to other cars a fair bit and back again to dodge fire. Also, to conserve ammo, try and shoot the front tyres out of cars, it flips and kill all the goons in a vehicle (in spectacular fashion!).

[Shorty]

I like using the dual hook to attach cars to roadside trees. :cool:

[cube_punk]

That was my tactic too. Although not so much trees, mostly the edges of the bridge. Watching them fly over the railings was great :)

[Shorty]

Nice, I forgot about that one! :D

[Jay]

Cheers guys, I'll give it a go now. :)

[Bokracroc]

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[Mr.Mew]

Propane tank surfing is bloody epic. Surrounded by military, just light one up and hook on and rocket out of there. It's saved me one and a half times; first time I didn't let go soon enough and it just blew up in my face. Either that or it popped from being shot too much.

[St@ckboy]

There are times when I forget I can use my hook to travel large distances and I start walking, only to then realise the error of my ways and ziiiiip around again.

Started taking to 100% locations too.

[Manny M]

OK, so maybe I'm a spaz (shut up Stevo), but does anyone have tips for getting past the 'Protect Blaine' mission at the start where you ride atop his car and other cars drive at you? I'm ready to give this game the arse, and I'm actually quite enjoying it. But I don't want to hear how great his 'effin ride' is one more effin time.

There are a few tactics you can use. I took to just shooting out the front tyre of chasing cars and watched them roll like mad. Or you could just zip to the offending car and take out the gunner at close range.

I bought it yesterday (though not very happy I paid $110 for it at EB, since they wouldn't price match JB), and enjoying it... though I think this'll definitely be one of those rare games i'm going to try and hammer this week so I can be done with it and swap it for something else.

[Jay]

I used the cabling the cars to the bridge method and it worked a treat. It's a fun game, and finding ways to use the cable is very amusing (that's what she said!)

[Manny M]

Spent a bit more time with this... and I don't know what has happened but i'm not enjoying it anywhere near as much as the demo (which I played through 6 times). I think it's because i'm starting out around some cities, and the amount to do is just daunting. Where I used to find fun with the demo in just floating around, blowing up this and shooting that, I find with the full game I feel like i'm wasting time doing so.

Can't quite put my finger on it.

[Lazlow]

This grappling hook sounds like too much fun, maybe I won't bother with the first game... since I still haven't.

[Bokracroc]

Spent a bit more time with this... and I don't know what has happened but i'm not enjoying it anywhere near as much as the demo (which I played through 6 times). I think it's because i'm starting out around some cities, and the amount to do is just daunting. Where I used to find fun with the demo in just floating around, blowing up this and shooting that, I find with the full game I feel like i'm wasting time doing so.

Can't quite put my finger on it.

Just focus on following through a certain faction and freeing areas in their territory.

[Australian Ninja]

There are a few tactics you can use. I took to just shooting out the front tyre of chasing cars and watched them roll like mad. Or you could just zip to the offending car and take out the gunner at close range.

I bought it yesterday (though not very happy I paid $110 for it at EB, since they wouldn't price match JB), and enjoying it... though I think this'll definitely be one of those rare games i'm going to try and hammer this week so I can be done with it and swap it for something else.

I zipped to the vehicles, planted C4 on em, then zipped away and pressed the explosion button. Had to read the manual first though to figure out how to detonate them. Nothing like zipping half-way, parachuting and then hitting the detonator, then zipping back to your vehicle.

Awesome stuff.

[Natrak]

Pulled a Cobla with a newly purchased jet. At least it made for a mildly entertaining video thanks to the automatic capture function.

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Also recorded Fry Me to the Moon, which turned out to be a rather fun mission.

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Just missed out on destroying the flying rocket the first time around. Messed up on the second attempt, but got it on my third. In my defense it was one of the few times I'd flown a jet. :P

[Bokracroc]

"Fry me to the Moon"

Cruised in in a sports car, para out of it and flew up to the roof I blew up the SAM's and jacked one of the choppers. Knocked the rockets out in about 3-4 minutes, dove down to the jet and blitzed it with machine-gun fire..

[Natrak]

Sounds way less clumsy than my method. :P

[cube_punk]

The limited edition I ordered from zavvi looks really nice. I'm just a big fan of the cardboard cover really. Guess I can take back the copy I borrowed from work finally....

I love this game. 15 hours in, 14% complete. I guess it won't be finished before Splinter Cell like I'd hoped :P and I just started GOW3. Craaaap.

[Australian Ninja]

The limited edition I ordered from zavvi looks really nice. I'm just a big fan of the cardboard cover really. Guess I can take back the copy I borrowed from work finally....

I love this game. 15 hours in, 14% complete. I guess it won't be finished before Splinter Cell like I'd hoped :P and I just started GOW3. Craaaap.

I hate those cardboard covers. This and Ninja Gaiden 2 came with one, and it's just more garbage. Oh look, a picture exactly the same as the cover - how pointless.

[Mr.Mew]

Borderlands had the same dealy, but I always looked at it as if all the standard copies looked like special editions.

[cube_punk]

But the text is slightly raised and shiny :P

[Cubby]

I think I'm about 20 something hours in now, and so far it's always been 1 hour = 1% complete. Also, the game looks great, even on my lowly GT220.

[enrique]

Bolo Santosi needs more dialogue or even a spinoff, whenever she opens her mouth she's quite funny even if its not intended.

[Natrak]

Comraid

[Shorty]

For tha REE-parrs.

[enrique]

I heard you are very....skilled..

[Mr.Mew]

SCORPEEEEEOOOOOOOooo

[Shorty]

It's more like "ScorPEEooo". It's rather G-Man in its almost random emphasis on words.

[freeradical]

Bolo Santosi needs more dialogue or even a spinoff, whenever she opens her mouth she's quite funny even if its not intended.

I just came across ............"i am going to ride that one until he's raw!!" (or something like that). When you hear it in her accent it was strangely 'arousing'!

Anyway, about 20% in now, and 15hrs play time. Just finished The Three Kings agency mission (which was a bit too easy) There are heaps of faction missions and challenges opened up now. I probably could be further into it, but i spend a fair amount of time (actually too much) getting 100% for each faction mission/stronghold/settlement etc. Must get everyone of those shiny crates.

[Natrak]

I honestly think it's the kind of game that you're best off taking your time with anyway. I'd probably find the chaos mechanic would get on my nerves if I was just trying to tear through the story. Instead I just mess around, 100% settlements/bases and do the odd faction mission when the feeling takes me. I've played 10 hours and have 11% completion. :P

[cube_punk]

18 hours, 23%. It would be lower completion but I spent a lot of time doing some faction missions. Awesome fun. Although blowing up the oil rigs is hard when you're just doing repeat fly-bys in a jet.

[Jay]

I'm having a similar experience with it - 6 hours, 6%. Took me a long time to accept that the mission structure is totally fluid, and that it was just as much fun (if not more) to just blow stuff up. I'm still coming to grips with the factions but enjoying wandering around.

[freeradical]

I just took my 9th Stronghold. I wonder if its the last one as there was an achievement linked to completing this one. The 'next stronghold' progress status bar in the info panel no longer shows anything. I'm pretty close to the 2nd to last Agency mission, so i'm guessing that there is a lot of game completion percentage tied up in the 'challenges', of which i've completed 2.

[Second]

Picked it up today. Been having a blast, but mostly been dicking about.

I love how all of the game's dialogue is so bad that it's good. I was a bit worried to start off, but now I just find myself laughing every time there's a cut-scene.

[Thraxas]

I wish the 360 version had the youtube feature... There have been so many times when something hilarious has happened and I would have loved to upload it for all to see.

[freeradical]

Well, finished the main story in JC2 with a completion of 29.81% (26hrs). Have now unlocked Mercenary Mode. Some interesting weapons comming in some DLC in the next couple of weeks:

April 29: the F-33 Dragon jet fighter, a multi-lock missile launcher, and parachute dual thrusters, which effectively turn Rico's parachute into a mobile aerial battle platform.

May 25 the Black Market Boom Pack, which includes the quad rocket launcher, which combines a shotgun and a rocket launcher, a cluster bomb launcher, and the experimental air propulsion gun, powerful enough to launch enemy vehicles into the sky.

Pretty much just chasing down 'achievements' now.

[McChimp]

May 25 the Black Market Boom Pack, which includes the quad rocket launcher, which combines a shotgun and a rocket launcher, a cluster bomb launcher, and the experimental air propulsion gun, powerful enough to launch enemy vehicles into the sky.

I've officially decided I want one of these for Xmas. Like, a serious, real-life one.

[Second]

11 of 50 Achievements

First Taste of Chaos
Cause chaos for the first time.

Destruction Frenzy
Destroy 30 objects in 60 seconds.

Welcome to Panau
Complete Story Mission 1.

Casino Bust
Complete Story Mission 2.

Parachute Climber
Open the parachute and then land on foot 300 meters above the starting height.

Top of the World
Stand on foot on the highest point of Panau.

I Believe I Can Fly
Base jump 1000 meters.

Finders Keepers
Collect 100 resource items.

Saboteur
Complete 150 sabotages.

Freeroamer 1
Reach 100% complete in 15 locations.

Gaining a Foothold
Complete 3 stronghold takeovers
You can totally tell I've just been dicking around. So much fun to explore, find some settlement, take care of it and then continue exploring.

[freeradical]

I'm pretty much a full time 'chopper pilot'. There is a lot of satisfaction in 'infinite' rockets to take out as much as you can at a location, land, clean up for 100%, take off. Although if a location has those missile launchers, it pays to land outside the area, make way to missile launcher(s), granade the sucker, get back to chopper, then let loose from up high. If i'm attacked by another chopper and i take too much damage, jump out, grapple attacking chopper, take out occupants, and carry on my merry way.

Pretty much use a chopper for all the 'air race' challenges as well, particularly where you have to fly between buildings. Time gets a bit close sometimes, but the chopper is more manouverable.

My reliance on the chopper may change when the parachute thrusters arrive, along with the awsome sounding 'quadrocketlaunchershotgun'.

[Second]

I spent a bit of time last night in a fighter jet, flying past a few locations and launching a few missiles. It really does take a while to get used to flying the damned things.

[Mr.Mew]

I find the military alert level to be comeplete bullshit. There's no difference between level 1 or 5, they're still as much of a pain in the back as they were when you first get their attention; plus it doesn't matter what level you're on for them to call air support which, when it finally flies around, is an annoying piece of time wasting to take out rather than added fun or challenge. Moveover, I can't help but scream at the hint in the load screen for "Dodge, zipline, move about to reduce your enemy's accuracy". Move about my arse, I'm flying through the air on my zip line and the dick with a stockless, bipodless machine gun is getting every single hit into me. Before I know it, level 1 military, just entered base to blow crap up, and I've already lost half health. I'm seriously curious as to whether I accidently went with the Expert difficulty level. The military is now the grind between me and the real fun of blowing shit up.

Remaining undetected while moving through bases would appeal; sneak in, trigger explosive anything red, sneak out and pop it. Unfortunately you can be a kilometre away from what you have explosives on, and for some reason you're still the prime suspect once you blow up the thousandth fuel depot in a row. Then the level 1 alert, superman marksmen machinegunners, and the immediate AIR SUPPORT, RAWR call. etc. etc. I have no idea why I'm still playing it.*

*First stage of insanity -Dr. Bill

[Bokracroc]

I find the Military alert just seems to boost their health.
For me, I find the stages are:
Basic alert.
Alert with Gatling-gun chopper.
Alert with RAPE chopper (The one with missiles).

[freeradical]

Take out as many of the Generals as you can (chopper is good for this). This is supposed to reduce the Military's 'strength'. I've knocked off 24/50 of the bastards now. Max out your Armour, i find that the best place to find Armour upgrades are at the base of pylons under road bridges (generally there are 2 upgrades to be found).

[Bokracroc]

Max out your Armour, i find that the best place to find Armour upgrades are at the base of pylons under road bridges (generally there are 2 upgrades to be found).
I've noticed there's always heaps hiding under those...

[Mr.Mew]

Adding to my earlier post. I'm ****ing sick of enemies shooting me through walls of buildings you aren't actually supposed to get inside.

[Shorty]

Tuk tuk go boom boom! (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/22/just-cause-2-gets-free-rocket-launching-tuk-tuk-dlc/) For free! :cool:

[Australian Ninja]

When not 'playing' the game I've been driving vehicles from extreme hieghts to watch them fall (instead of base jumping).

Favourite spots have been - a big mountain (just zoom in on the map at the north or south to find the higest elevation, you can see the '3D' topography)

South east on the map, bottom right corner of the brown/desert major land mass - next to a point mentioned in the map co-ordinates. Been driving off the side of the cliff, vehicles tethered together and watching them swing wildly around each other. The tank survives the best, but the fast car is more fun.
-There is small village here so you can extract straight back to it, and a small base below one side of the cliff, ocean on the other side.

Even tried standing on the roof as the car flies through the air and firing a rocket launcher at the other car. You get some insane spinning rotations as the speed goes up when careening down a steep cliff.
>If you bail out at the right time (when the car is spinning around, doing about 5 rotations per second) you can get some crazy rag-dolling down the cliffs as well, and usually survive as its counted as "falling".

The flying blimp - driving off the top into a great freefall until your vehicle hits the soup. The only thing that can 'survive' is the jet boat.
>It also slides down cliff sides pretty well too.

The skyscraper casino (mentioned in the map) - driving off and falling into the waterfall side, good fun.

[St@ckboy]

I really need to go back and finish all the missions in this. I hope I remember it in my GOTY considerations.

[Australian Ninja]

Just finished the last story missions and have been watchign stunt videos and such on youtube for other things to try (now that I've experimented a fair bit).

Anyhow, some of you may have already seen the machinima trailers for JC2, but if not check out the "Anatomy of a Stunt" series of promos, most of them are very entertaining.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGwUZIvO6dg&fmt=22&annotation_id=annotation_648574&feature=iv - Stunt Tuk Guided Missile


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_mUC4Q2fes&feature=channel - Rocket Launcher Jump Trailer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEkiboT8WmE&feature=channel This ones a classic - Joyride Death.


Apologies if people have already posted these, I'm not wading through 17 pages just to check.

The BEST one by far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXgC-pw7XY8&feature=related

[adam_91vn]

Started playing this last night. I don't think I have ever had so much fun with a game.