Just Cause 2
Game » consists of 16 releases. Released Mar 23, 2010
Rico Rodriguez returns to explore another autocratic island nation in this explosion-laded followup to Just Cause.
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5 (21) 4 (24) 3 (5) 2 (0) 1 (0) 4.3 starsAverage score of 54 user reviews
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Ridiculous B-Movie: The Video Game 4
Just Cause 2 brings back that basic idea that seems to be gone missing from some video games today, fun. Throw some C4 onto a motorbike, tie it to a chopper and drop it on an enemy base. These dumb silly ideas that the player comes up with is the magic behind Just Cause 2 and even with the slight bump here and there, it all ties up to tight little package. The smooth opearator himself, Rico Rodriguez. Returing from the original, you are Rico Rodriguez., CIA Agent and slick Latin lover. He h...
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Excitement is everywhere in Just Cause 2 5
Just Cause 2 can be described very well in one word, fun. If you don't have a bit of fun with this game, you're doing wrong. I only played a bit of the first one and could tell that it was not what I wanted from an open-world game. Having played the demo for this one, I was excited. Very excited. Luckily, I was not disappointed whatsoever. In Just Cause 2, you play as Rico Rodriguez. A man that knows how to do all sorts of things that no man should even attempt. From riding the bottom of a he...
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Just Cause 2 Review 3
Just cause 2 is an open world game that delivers on what it promised: parachutes, grappling hooks and lots of flambuoyant, silly, and over-the-top action. The game plays to it's strengths, and seldom will you feel forced into something you don't want to do. In Just Cause 2 you play as CIA agent Rico Rodriguez, (aka the Scorpion) as he drives, flies, skydives, parachutes and grapples around a small, fictional South Asian island country called Panau. Throughout the game, Rico is working for three...
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You Are The Scorpio, No? 7
Just Cause 2 is one of those games that you can spend an hour playing doing nothing but retarded things like base jumping off a building and jacking a helicopter in mid air. If that's not crazy enough, try blowing up a satellite as it launches into space. Blow up some military bases in your spare time. If you're really bored, attach a civilian to a commercial jet and fly off. Just Cause 2 excels not because it tells a great story, but rather it's a stunning destructive playground where almost an...
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The Chaos of Conformity 0
Many open-world games on the market try to provide players with a more serious and meaningful experience, whether it be through story or more ‘realistic’ gameplay mechanics, while keeping some semblance of a sandbox style game and the freedoms they provide. And while retaining the open-world toybox that makes this genre unique, Just Cause 2 scraps the grit and realism of modern open-world titles to focus more on the player’s creativity. The game’s cast of characters are fairly memorab...
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Just cos', thats why! 0
I am going to use the following space to write about why Just Cause 2 is an arcade game for the next generation. In Just Cause 2 you do awesome stuff 100% of the time you are playing. You are never not diving through the air, jumping on a car or blowing some sh!t up. Its freakin' awesome. In say, Space Invaders, 100% of the time you are doing something awesome. You never get bored, even though the task is often repetative. In Space Invaders, if you die, then you boot up and go again. In...
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Crazy fun in an impressive game world 0
Just Cause 2 has one of the most impressive open worlds of any game I have ever played. It's big, really really big. While most games with open worlds skimp on the details and often graphical fidelity Just Cause 2 fully delivers on both respects. Avalanche Software has taken great care to fill the island of Panau with an incredible amount of varied sights to feast your eyes on. You will visit vibrant jungles, snow covered mountains, arid deserts and gigantic expanses of open water. All this come...
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Top of the World...almost 0
Just Cause 2 is a fun game. There's a ton of these to do, and a lot of space (and I mean a lot) to explore. Now that that is out of the way, lets get a bit more specific. Story The story is rather forgettable and if you are looking for a great story, look elsewhere. You work for a company called the Agency, and you are coming to Panau to restore US influence in the area. That's about it. While the story isn't incredible strong, the Agency missions are some of the best in the game. I don'...
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Just Cause 2, the pros and cons. 1
This review will be formulaic and generic: I am simply stating the pros and cons of the game, no more. BEAR IN MIND I have not completed the game although I am 25% complete with it (trust me that is big after 20 hours of gameplay). So here it is: Pros: - Unrealistic and fun Physics make the game amazingly enjoyable. - Parachuting and slingshotting are going to be your main transportation and the scenery is gorgeous enough that you don't mind. - Flying a plane low to the ground will be a gian...
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A great mix of excellent gameplay and stunning graphics 0
The original Just Cause was a exceptional game let down by a lack of things to do, repetition was the order of the day and while it was fun it also got a little tiresome after a while. The sequel is a huge improvement, now the game involves a lot of blowing things up and general destruction and we all know that never gets old. Love the View Graphically it's stunning, better than the first which is quite an achievement. The game is DirectX 10 only and as such does not run on...
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Why should you get this? Just 'Cause. 0
It's hard to imagine where action games like Just Cause 2 haven't taken place yet. Venezuela? Nah. North Korea? Nope. How about Panau?Now we're talking.I'm not talking about a segment of Panau, I'm talking about the whole shabang. Over 400 km of land to travel across, and over 200 locations to explore and flush out.Yeah, I think it'd be safe to say that you won't be finishing this game in 1 week.Just Cause 2's landscape has tons of different climates to make it truly feel like you're in differen...
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An Amazing Sandbox 1
Just Cause 2 is a fun game in all shape and form. Even when the game is being janky, broken, and a lot of times frustrating, it still finds a way to be enjoyable. This huge open world with tons of stuff to do, places to explore and things to blow up, has some of the most fun ways to get around this huge sandbox. Even though the voice acting is terrible, the combat is sometimes frustrating, the story is practically non-existent, and the game is so glitchy and janky and at points broken, i...
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A fan boy's review. 2
Let me cut to the chase. Yes, Just Cause 2 is worth a $60 price tag. Normally I'm wary of paying full price for a game with no multiplayer, but Just Cause 2's expansive world and damn near perfect mechanics leaves the player with the same satisfaction as a fast paced game like Halo or Call of Duty would provide online. To be honest, you're not going to be buying this game for the campaign. The short and hardly interesting story line only exists to provide the most exciting missions in the game....
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Free-Roam Classic 0
I played the first Just Cause and thought it was ok. Once I seen some gameplay of Just Cause 2 and played the demo. I said I was going to get it. Positive: Beautiful GraphicsActually Fun and enjoyableGameplay is FantasticSome excellent ideas executed perfectlyA lot of things to doAfter beating the main story missions, most people have finished 30% of the game completionFun and intense missions Negative: Horrible voice actingPointless StoryTerrible writing The stor...
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Epic Badassery 0
It is amazing what Avalanche Studio has been able to do with their sophomore entry to the open world genre. I have not been this impressed with an open world game since GTA: San Andreas! Loved: Grappling Hook / Parachute combo: The developers of this game seem to have solved an issue that many open world games have: world travel. Simply maneuvering your character around the world can be so much fun, I found myself enjoying the time in between missions just as much as the missions themselves. I...
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You keep me hanging on ... 1
I've now put 90 hours into this pile of crap and won't stop until I hit 100% completion. The story is rubbish, it's poorly acted, the character models are terrible, destroy the same three installations 369 times, collect too many items for weapon upgrades you'll never use, oh and it's full of game crashing bugs. My favourite game of 2010 so far. Why? Just 'cause ......
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Review: Just Cause 2 0
(Read the original review on my blog) There's a certain kind of satisfaction one gets from witnessing something that is clearly impossible, yet is pulled off with such casual bravado that you can't help but snicker at how incredible it all is. The developers of Just Cause 2 recognize this, and have proceeded to deliver those kinds of over-the-top hi-jinks ad nauseam.The problem here is that I can't decide whether or not this is a good thing. On one hand, it's relentlessly enjoyable to dive off...
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Grapple Love 0
https://twitter.com/systemaddicted JUST CAUSE 2 REVIEW PS3 & 360 Just Cause was an open world game that didn’t offer a lot in the way of variety but showed a glimpse, at times, of a truly exciting game that got lost among technical issues and a lack of depth. If you were a fan of the game you probably found yourself making excuses at one time or another, reasoning that it was better than the average sandbox game and had a real style of its own. In retrospect, we can see now that A...
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Just Cause 2 0
Just Cause 2 is the sequel to 2006’s Just Cause by Avalanche studios. The first one was plagued by bugs and controls issues, though it had a certain charm to it, with its b-movie acting ability to blow lots of shit up, and attitude to it. The game took place on the fictional Caribbean island of ‘San Esperito” run by pretty generic South American dictator. The game put you in the shoes of a black ops agent Rico who works for an organization simply know as “The Agency”, Rico is put in the pursui...
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Just Cause 2 is a long enjoyable thrill ride. 0
Just Cause 2 is a game that improves upon its predecessor in many ways. First off, this game is graphically pretty stunning. The games environment has many different locales, ranging from snowy mountain tops to warm sunny tropical beaches. In the game, you play as CIA agent Rico Rodriguez. The main character has been sent to the country of Panau to investigate the corrupt leader, and eventually take him down. Throughout the game, you will be base jumping, sky diving, parachuting and more. The ma...
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Just Cause 2 0
It finally came. I waited for a long while on Just Cause 2. I recall it being delayed, then pushed before making it into the box. The final product turned out to be far more than I expected for a sequel. You consider the first game was just on the outside of that weird gap between console generations, and Just Cause went across both. It was an okay looking game at the time. Very wonky controls, but also incredibly rewarding when you really got into the carnage. What I didn’t expect were the near...
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Big Badaboom 0
ust Cause is a game that was named incorrectly and its sequel is no different, a more appropriate title would have been "Just Because" the game offers you a sense of freedom that is on a par with that usually reserved for eagles and rocket powered elephants and in many parts of the game you will find yourself doing things just because you can like attempting to jump from a helicopter to another helicopter flying below you or tethering a guard to a turbine to see if he will spin. Just cau...
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A fantastic sandbox in which to blow stuff up. 0
Just a quickie because there isn't really that much to say about it really, it's been out long enough that you folk will know all about it already so just a run down of my thoughts.The game has a story, the first third of which I don't remember seeing as how I played this game off and on over the course of the several months since it's release. But that doesn't really matter.The story just gives you excuses to shoot guys and blow stuff up, but you really don't need one.The simple act of s...
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An over-the-top action game marred by myraid mechanical vexations 0
If there was any way to best summarize Just Cause 2 it would be thusly: Thrilling, but mostly aggravating. Just Cause 2 attempts to deliver a huge playground of destruction that offers limitless entertainment, and though it mostly delivers on that premise, numerous rough edges cause it to stumble through varying degrees of annoyance. There's plenty of fun to be had, of course, which Just Cause 2 is able to deliver in spades, but the majority is overshadowed by its inconsistent quality. It...
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Just Cause 2 Review 0
The original Just Case was weighed down from a variety of bugs, a complicated control scheme, and a heap of mundane missions that squeezed the life of out of the potential the game offered at the time, which was the thrill of exploring a tropical island.Just Cause 2 retains the same vibe, explore a large tropical island, but falls short of greatness, be-riddled with many of the same flaws and mishaps the original had. It was a hit and a miss for game developer Avalanch.The game’s premise is the...
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Blowing shit up 0
Just cause 2 is everything someone could want from a game that you unlock stuff by blowing shit up. Its a giant sprawling world with just that to do, blow shit up that is. Not to mention how many different collectables there are, from ones that you use to upgrade your weapons or vehicles with to just boxes full of money. That's really the meat of the game there's not much of a apparent story that's very interesting anyway, but that doesn't really matter; because your having to much fun in just t...
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A Pun-Free Just Cause 2 Review 0
Avalanche Studios has crafted an amazing chaos sandbox within the Southeast Asian island of Panau. As Rico Rodriguez you are tasked to perform missions for three different factions and to cause Chaos, which functions as your currency for unlocking new Agency missions (the main quest) and black market weapons and vehicles. You can use your radio to call down the black market supplier where you can purchase items like tiny jets, hoverboats, quad rocket launchers, and a parachute with a skull on it...
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So far: Just Cause 2 Multiplayer 0
Just Cause 2 Multiplayer For anybody unfamiliar with Just Cause 2 here is a brief summary. You are Agency operative Rico Rodriguez and have been dispatched to the wondrous (albeit mythical) isle of Panau in order to overthrow the reigning dictator Pandak “Baby” Panay using a wide variety of weapons and vehicles but mainly blowing shit up and using your grappling hook to break the laws of physics along with your instantly respawning parachute. Okay? Good.Suffice to the say when the game came out...
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Adios Amigo 0
Wait... Just Cause 2? Since when was there a Just Cause 1? I can tell you that back in the early days when i didn't have a 360 Just Cause was one of the first games out for the Box and it was a massive hit. So is Just Cause 2 (The sequel if you don't know what 2 means) good enough to beat Just Cause 1 (That's the 1st one). Hell yeah! Just Cause 2 is one of the most time consuming games you'll ever play and that is not a negative. This is a world with tons to do in it, eg. Story missions (althou...
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More fun than a barrel of 'splosions 0
In late 2006, Avalanche Studios gave gamers the opportunity to take control of CIA super-agent Rico Rodriguez as he liberated the tropical island nation of San Esperito, filled with b-movie action and vehicle stunts in Just Cause. He was armed with a grappling hook, parachute, a massive array of vehicles of all types, and the ever-trusted “Stunt Position”. However, Rico’s debut suffered from boring and repetitive side missions, as well as several noticeable and frequent bugs as a result of t...
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Just Chaos 4
When you think of Square Enix, you think of elaborate, time-consuming RPGs and fantastic worlds where magic and wizardry are more commonplace than traffic at the Holland Tunnel. So when it came down that Square Enix was pairing with Eidos and Avalanche Studios to bring us a sequel to a game that had a lukewarm reception, befuddled to optimistically curious was the range of thoughts for many gamers.Just Cause 2 sees the return of CIA special agent Rico Rodriguez, our protagonist from the first g...
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Best Sandbox Game Ever? 0
I've played a good deal of sandbox type games but none have been quite as fun as Just Cause 2. Firstly, I'd like to point out how great the game environment looks, and how amazing the Panau map really is. There's an overwhelming amount of exploring that can be done and the diverse regions flow together seamlessly and offer plenty of variation to players. The engine is very solid and there's barely a hitch when the action gets going. The one thing that stands out about this title is the amount o...
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Just Cause 2 0
Any person who plays games on a regular basis will quickly realize that Just Cause 2 is not their favorite game that they've ever played. In comparison to franchises like the Halo series, Uncharted or Metal Gear Solid (*cough* movies *cough*) games, their frankly won't be people who state that Just Cause 2 blew them all of out the water and became their own hobby for a month. The reality is, that despite never being a Game of the Year candidate the game Just Cause 2 is still a game worth owning ...
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Very useful for seasoned Just Cause 2 fans 0
I purchased this item on the Playstation Marketplace yesterday. Having played a great deal of Just Cause 2, I was really looking forward to seeing what this pack offers players. 1. The dragonfly fighter jet is a very useful addition to the family of planes found in Just Cause 2. Great weaponry and solid balance of strength and speed. 2. The Multi Lock Rocket Launcher is a fantastic weapon, the locking system unfortunately could work a little better. 3. Finally, the most important part of th...
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Explosives Test 0
When you first boot up Just Cause 2, you're ready for whatever the game throws at you. Let's face it, if you picked it up in the first place, you already know the story is trash. But you're really looking forward to blowing the snot out of everything you see. What you don't know is that is all you are going to do. Need to free your comrade? Blow stuff up. Need to capture a base? Blow stuff up. Need to do, well, everything else? You get the picture. Also, you need to collect boxes full of stuff...
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effin insane 0
Just Cause 2 has amazing graphics, a varied and interesting setting, crummy voiceacting and a paper thin story. But that's not what Just Cause 2 is about, Just Cause 2 is about doing crazy shit like using your magical grappling hook to attach a tractor to a helicopter and use it as a wrecking ball or flying a jet-liner into an enemy colonel. If you have ever felt constrained by the story and gameplay mechanics of the newer gta games, Just Cause is highly recommended. ...
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Good Game, Gorgeous Graphics 0
Once again, I jumped on this game during a Steam sale... and it sat on my hard drive for 4 months before I got around to playing it. As I work through a backlog of games I've bought, but haven't yet played, I can definitely say Just Cause 2 stands out as something pretty spectacular. This is one of the most - if not THE most - over the top games I have ever played. But before I get into my reasoning, I'd better start with the basics. When I said spectacular in the above paragraph, I wasn't...
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Just Cause 2 0
If the first Just Cause was a dry run for testing out ideas on what an open world game about causing a revolution in a small exotic country might be, its sequel is definitely the full realization of those concepts. It's also sort of the game Mercenaries 2: World in Flames should have been; it doesn't have some of that game's best assets, like its co-op, its arsenal of hugely explosive airstrikes, and its strong motivation for the lead character, but it does execute on its central premise a lot b...
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The Gift that Keeps on Giving 0
In my opinion, Just Cause 2 is really not a good game. It suffers from lackluster controls and has a narrative that should be reviewed by badmovies.org. I really have no idea what is going on in the game (I've skipped every single cut-scene so far) and its hard to take a lead character seriously that sounds like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. So why do I (and others) keep coming back to it? Is it the beautiful setting (Panau look gorgeous)? Is it the expansive open-world? Is it the gra...
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A True Must....Not Buy 0
For everybody out there hoping to get their crazy on with Just Cause 2's down loadable content, I give you this warning. Buyer beware.... Because Just Cause 2 can be a bevvy of insanity, consider the DLC limiting. The jet is unfortunately the most valuable. This plane is really quick, and for those of you out there trying to cover a lot of ground for the 75% achievement, it can be absolutely helpful in the endgame. But we aren't talking about that, because rules apply. The plane costs money. ...
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Is this cause really just? 0
Dropped off on the, for a game world, fictional giant island of Panua, you are tasked to overthrow the militarian dictator Baby Panay who has the island in an iron grip. You are Rico Rodriguez, the protagonist returning from the first Just Cause, sent by "the agency" to redeem the people of Panau from their oppressor. To accomplish this, you will side with various rebel factions already set on revolution, for more or less ideological purposes. You will help the rebel faction take over stronghol...
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Pretty awesome 2
Too many games nowadays are boring and derative in nature with boring mechanics. Well, Just Cause 2 stops that in eats tracks and spits on it. Just Cause 2 could have really sucked, but it surprised me with how good the visuals are, the game play and just how fun the game was to play. The Visuals were really top notch, except on some characters or cities too closely viewed. I found stopping many times just to see a beautiful vista, not worrying about anything at all. Sometimes i actually felt i ...
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Just Cause 2 (The Poem) 0
With the fall of nations comes the rippling expansions and the heralds within strike the tepid heart of babies While you, the fuse the fuel for their fires Reclaim the spotted spoils though too many weaken your roar Leap off the tallest of spikes and kill off the strongest of gunsfor though you show no creases nor folds you know it's just delectable, rico...
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It's magnificent 0
I can just say that, if you don't have enough imagination, you may not enjoy this game. But if you do, this is the game for you. Even if you don't do missions, there's tons of stuff to do and nobody shows you that, so you're gonna have to find out what to do to have fun....
0 out of 3 found this review helpful.
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