The Just Cause Series - Bad Games That Are Great Fun
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The Just Cause games aren’t very good. They don’t have good stories, they all launched with a lot of bugs, they have very myopic gameplay systems, and yet, they’re bizarrely memorable. To put it simply, they offer a grand escape into a realm of escapist entertainment; we take control of Rico Rodriguez, a rough and tumble mercenary military specialist who can rock bell bottoms as well as he can steal a commercial airliner from a major airport without anyone noticing. I’d call them junk food games: there’s no substance here, just fluff. And, just like cotton candy, it’s still enjoyable to consume even though there’s nothing really here. It’s just explosions and C4 and I thoroughly enjoy all of these games.
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Intro - 0:00
Sponsor Segment - 05:15
Just Cause - 08:56
Just Cause 2 - 14:27
Just Cause 3 - 22:11
Just Cause 4 - 27:43
Conclusion - 41:01
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The logic of this video just seems fundamentally flawed to me. A fans having issues, being flawed or having things ‘missing’ does not inherently make it a bad game. It makes it a relatively imperfect game, and means it is in no way flawless. This however does not automatically equal ‘bad’.
If they’re great fun to you, and as you claim, a lot of other people; then it is likely a good game. Just because you don’t seem to be able to articulate why it’s good, doesn’t mean its good qualities aren’t concrete and definable.
I would say a lot of people think these games are great because they are big sandbox games with some mechanics that are deep to use as well as having good game feel (eg the grappling). I’m sure there are other strengths of the game that people love too.
Talk mobile is over 10 GB
Square owns the IP, I honestly think avalanche is done with it.
Just Cause 2 is my fave in the series. JC3 negated exploration and vehicles with the jetpack, and the PC release had almost game breaking DRM. I still play the gog (DRM-free) release of JC2.
An uncharted style Just Cause would be awesome. big action set pieces would still allow it to feel like Just Cause.
I can't remember a single thing about JC2's story but my god, it was one of the funnest games I've ever played.
I only remember a part where there are ninjas with uzis
Totally agree. It's a fun ride from start to end.
All I remember was the chick Bolo Santozi! What a name Bolo! 🤣
You're lying if you say that you don't remember Bolo Santosi's scenes. Her scenes are just gold lol
I remember at one time all I had access to was the demo of the game. But boy did I put some miles on that demo lol. It was surprisingly open too.
The leap from 2 to 3 was legendary for me.
From 3 to 4 was not a leap at all, barely felt like something that could be a Just Cause 3 Mod
That is a pretty apt description of JC4. Outside of the weather gimmick (which was underwhelming), this could've be DLC for JC3.
I was so mad because the bright colors that they had in 3 look soooo good then they went to dull colors that’s looked no where near as good.
@@irocz11 ikr
JC4 has awful mission design. The objectives keep coming back to the horrible open world trope of "stand in an uncomfortably small circle shooting goons that slowly crawl out of the woodwork to harass you while a bar fills".
It's like Warframe at its absolute worst, with none of the parts that make that game fun.
I originally played Mercenaries 1 on PS2, then played JC1 on PS2. It was an awesome experience, even tho the PS2 copy was somewhat a mess. When JC2 came out, it was probably the biggest leap to me that I had ever seen in a game. I never played the 360 version of JC1.
Ain't no way people saying just cause 3 was bad.
Fr bruh
That's what I'm saying! 3 was the best IMO
On release, I remember the general consensus being JC3 was either the natural next step or JC2 with more bloat.
3 sucked for me compared to JC2 as I started with that one. I owned digital edition of the game and barely played it I still played JC2 after beating the game 3 times
hat wingsuit+hook was near orgasmic
"Why the hell is everyone so merry?"
"Because we're fighting for a just cause."
"Just cause?"
"Just cause there's nothing better to do."
- Puke & Snot vs. the Bard
so what are we some kind of just cause tho
Yahtzee had a lot of fun with that pun back in the day
I started with JC3 and had a blast from beginning to end! Hell, I beat Di Ravello with just summoning a mech and the crate it came in downed his aircraft in one shot! But with 4, not so much. I can do everything that I did in the last game, but it felt like a chore this time.
Exactly! I was bored with JC4 after about a week. JC3 was a HELL of a lot of fun and I still remember trying to getting that damn black boat on those tethers. JC4's gameplay loop wasn't satisfying at all.
@@Jonkin715 just finished jc 3 yesterday (100%)
Played this game in my childhood a lot, now just wanted to finish it from start to finish. That boat screwed me a couple of times... Jeez
@@vladdietheladdie7345 Lake boat?
@@vladdietheladdie7345 the squalo x7 is such a nightmare to get, there's only 2 spawns, both are inland and in the base game the best way to get it out is with the urga hrom-d helicopter and a almost Max level tethers.
Yeah. I managed to do so. It was no easy task
Just cause 4 used very misleading advertising. They tried to sell the game on the natural disasters, but they were only in the game for like 3 short scripted missions. I got the game for free, but I would have been pissed if I had paid for this so called "innovation".
they are in the game though
@@lustrous_feature Yeah. It's not "false" advertising, but it is certainly very misleading. The problem I have with the Just Cause 4 marketing is that they made it seems like the natural disasters would happen randomly and frequently and that they would be a big part of the game, but in reality It was just an overhyped and underused gimmick that was only in like 3 scripted missions.
Well, no really because you could go back to those mission location afterwards and switch them on.
I had a blast with them
@@haroeneissa790 would you stop lying xD i paid full money for it and dlc, you can legit just turn them back on, but you wouldn't really know that i even replayed the game with a different save data having fun
@@lookurdead8244 Did you... miss the reply where he said 'they made it seem like the disasters would be more important' or something? That's not even 'lying xD' that's a pretty accurate assessment when it comes to the advertising.
I love Just Cause 3.
How it opens to Rico jumping on the wing of the plane to him jumping onto a rocket to stop it hitting a city at the end of act 1.
Just straight campy cheese.
Stupid how nowadays games with poor gameplay and "good" stories are considered great yet the Just cause series is considered "bad" despite having fun gameplay. It's a game, GAMEplay should always come first.
Absolute agree. JC is always about explosions and creative ways to make them happen. This philosophy of gameplay wins all should be adopted by more games regardless of genre.
Sadly this is what pleases many critics and players, and Luke here is part of the problem. If you go through his channel, he almost ALWAYS "analyze" games by putting an undeserved amount of emphasis on this tiny thing called "story".
You know what's hilarious? Long before the wingsuit in Just Cause 3 was even a thing, I was flying around Just Cause 2 with a 'superman' mod. It was an incredible time lol.
So JC3 is JC2 with mods oh god.....
@@luichinplaystation610 inst that what a sandbox game sequel is supposed to be? the same game but better
I've been playing Just Cause 3 for the past couple weeks. Life has been stressful lately, so being able to spend an hour or two at the end of the day flying around and blowing stuff up is just what I needed.
Hope things get better for you man.
JC2: best map
JC 3: best gameplay
JC4: best driving
Hopefully they'll find a way to add the previous games best elements into one.
JC4 has good driving? I never knew, I spent the whole game in jets or the wingsuit with grapple boosts.
I equaly like and hate Just cause 4. The hate reason comes from enemies respawning too quickly and aiming way too accurately. Whenever I got rid of one 30 took his/her place. And they said that there would be brises which would make you Parachute and wingsuit glide wider/better. This happens ONCE, in the prolog.
idk but jc4's driving felt much floatier than jc3. maybe it was the camera
@@noklle2844 I played on ps4 and I liked the driving
Idk man jc3 had a slappin map
I think you missed some huge points in the failure of JC4. The explosion and destruction effects were hugely watered down in comparison to JC3, and the game no longer encourages blowing those red things up. But I do agree with your conclusion that making a new JC with a huge leap forward in gameplay is a hard task to accomplish.
There are numerous comparison videos on CZcams between JC3 and JC4, and one common observation is that explosion and water is no where near the what they were in JC3. Same sentiment exists on reddit. Yes JC3 was very challenging to the hardware on release and had a large amount of optimization problems, but most gamers can see that it has some really good explosion effects and pleasing graphics. These are almost all gone in JC4.
A huge reason why JC2/3 were so popular among fans is blowing things up are both exciting and absolutely required to progress. In JC2/3, base/town/city liberation by blowing up every red thing you can see was a huge part of the progression. Player was then provided with more amazing and explosive weapons/powers to blow stuff up in even more creative and spectacular fashion. JC4, however, decides to strip those all out and replace base liberation with the worst type of missions, escort missions, and the new "army of chaos" progression system means it is no longer necessary to explore the map and blow up any and all infrastructures. Indeed, blowing red things up is no longer a core part of JC4 progression. Even the game stops tracking what and how many red oil tanks there are left for you to blow up in a military base.
To me and many fans, Just Cause is always just explosions, crazy and creative ways to blow stuff up, unlock crazy equipment and blowing even more stuff up in crazier and more creative ways. I would argue that why making a new satisfying JC is a very hard task is because of the slow progression in physics simulation. Graphics has been hugely improved in the past decade. Real-time photorealistic rendering is beyond the wildest dream 10 years ago, but doable on new hardware with relative ease. Physics simulation, however, hardly see any progress. And since JC heavily relies on player getting creative with its physics system (i.e. applying forces on cars/structures/people with rocket motors/tethers/explosives), it would be very hard to make a giant leap from what JC3 has already achieved.
You forgot the stupid fucking "squat in a tiny circle and slowly pick off dudes" mechanic.
In a game series that's only so fun because of its extreme mobility and the ability to blow everything to bits, they made the progression dependent on not moving and not blowing things up.
Honestly the one thing going for jc4 was the weather and regions and the enemy design. Damnit I love black hand tactical equipment
@@FelisImpurrator I agree with you, the JC series is mainly about running and gunning, hell there are many vehicles at your disposal which you can have fun of, and i honestly loved how many intricate and funny ways you could create in JC3 to destroy stuff, in JC4 they just spat on, what arguably is the core of the entire franchise
Just cause 3 barely ran at 20 fps when it released and is still practically unplayable on those consoles it launched on.
No one has mentioned the gear challenges in jc3 which I personally loved since almost every challenge felt unique, especially the races and wingsuit courses, they rewarded you with upgrades to rebel drop vehicles, rebel drop cooldowns, grapnel upgrades, the list goes on for a little while.
Jc4 comes around and what is there? Over 200 boring stunts that are just go through ring in x vehicle, go through ring at y speed and fly through 3 rings in z amount of time.
As a completionist, this fucking sucks since none of these feel unique anymore, and the other two characters have basic missions or random events to earn points with them.
What do you even get for doing this? Grapple hook modifications that are either unnecessary or should've been on by default.
It's such a fucking downgrade in terms of side content.
Just cause 3 will always be probably one of the most fun games I played and put many hour in it just exploring a blowing stuff up.
Put in many hours into Just Cause 3, very fun game with great combat mechanics. Great mindless fun.
And most importantly, explosions, explosions and more explosions
@@jamesbartee6184 fucking massive explosions from bavarium nukes
woohoo!
just cause 3 will always have a special place in my heart, that game was incredible
I had surgery when Just Cause 2 came out. I was prescribed opiate pain killers. I took two, and was blowing up a base when the meds kicked in, and I realized, "This is why there's drug addicts". I recovered playing that game non-stop, and it's in my top 5 gaming memories.
I think that’s everyone’s first thought when they take the good shit for the first time. I broke my leg and was prescribed some and I thought the exact same as you
Fun traversal does so much to make an open world game fun. It transforms an obstacle into an experience. You could spend an entire session just moving and it doesn’t feel like you’re wasting time. Instead of being limited by the amount of content, the game is supplemented by it.
Similar to Spider-man for the PS4.
I have some great memories with jc3, my dad allowed me to buy a game for my new ps4 and I was really sick at that time . I wanted to get assassin's creed syndicate but my dad persuaded me to get jc3 instead, as he saw the trailer on amazon and he thought that hijacking planes midair would be much more fun than gang warfare in london.
Couple of days later I got the disc in my mail, booted it up and was blown away by the graphics. I got stuck on the 2nd mission so I liberated the WHOLE MAP before tackling the story. 6 months later I did the 2nd mission and soon enough beat the game.
I have over a 100 hours in this game, and fond memories of driving around the map with my dad sitting beside me, revelling in the beauty of medici and wondering how far games have come from Prince of Persia '89.
Its a shame I gave away my copy to a friend, 9 year old me would've loved the dlc
It goes for 3 bucks on ps4
@@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 I got it for $4 on steam WITH all the DLC
Just Cause 2, today even still when played on it's max settings, STILL looks absolutely phenomenal from the sky. It also has the, in my opinion, the most realistic biomes of the 4 current games. I love how snowy areas, it will take miles and miles of land before it becomes dry. In the other games, you can just cross a few roads and the biomes suddenly change, like it went below negative temperature to a sunny beach in seconds. Just Cause 2 was also the last game I enjoyed driving in and using the vehicles. Though the wingsuit was a massive benefit to traversal in 3 and 4, I felt like it really killed off the hundreds (even just cause 1 had over 80!) of vehicles. I still remember, or I think I do, the "Sakumura" sports car you could find in 2 that I would try and drive around the world from one side, to the other without crashing it. Speaking of, holy hell that game had amazing, albeit janky but still fun physics! Flipping a tuk tuk down a hill at 100mph really felt like intense, especially with the camera movement and the way most vehicles would flip. Thank for the review!
edit; I want to add in, I played the demo of Just Cause 2 for HOURS on PS3 because you could glitch yourself outside of the playable map, which broke the demo timer and let you go back into the playable area (which was huge! I think 32sq miles) and play for an unlimited amount of time. Does anyone else remember doing this?
So it is the best demo ever
The same thimg happened to Saint's Row 4. There are tons of vehicles to use and enjoy, but why would you do that when you can run and fly on your own?
@@MrElKabano Yup 👍👍👍
At the same time it gives more choices to the player.
Yo I remember LOVING the demo, this game was amazing!
i hate actually trying to drive the cars in jc2 but holy hell can it be funny. i really like jc3's implementation of the driving physics, though i havent played it in a while since my pc's acting up. i think i have jc4 for free on epic games but i know damn well my computers gonna shed a tear and shit itself if i even try to launch it lmao
Okay 1-3 I love, but 4 was not it for me 😂 especially graphically I thought it was a major step down from 3
The graphics are a massive downgrade from JC, I didn't even understand what another game was releasing just 3 years after the last one
The big problem was they went from a bright color palette in 3 to a dull dark color palette for 4 for some reason and it looked awful.
graphically in terms of lensflares and godrays explosions lighting no but graphically in terms of anti aliasing timecycle yes horribly bad just wasnt that big of a fan for the timcycle and the anti aliasing was god awful
There's an interesting bug in Just Cause 1: both of the tanks available in the game have their center of mass somewhat in the cannon, so if you try to turn the cannon while driving you can fly out into space, especially if the cannon hits the ground. Never found a video online about this
My favorite part of this so far is this guy talking about how innovative and fun "experiencing things you'd never experienced before" is while he mows down a bunch of innocent civilians and then glides away in a parachute.
Your saying you won't?
I really enjoyed the Mercenaries games when I was younger for similar reasons to JC, they had a lot of potential too that wasn't realized. Blowing stuff up and having fun with physics can be a good time, I think there's still a place for games like that, if done well.
my biggest gripe with JC4 is that the game made destruction (almost) irrelevant. You just need to do ONE mission and the location is liberated. After that i just need to do some stunt stuff to 'complete' the locations. Causing the destruction is not rewarded. ALSO, destroying stuff AFTER the mission feels stupid. Cause the rebel army took over the military factory. So now if you destroy the fuel tanks and satellites it would mean you are damaging YOUR own assets.
In JC3, the destruction was tied to liberation of an area which means I MUST destroy the military assets to liberate the location. But in JC4 I do not NEED to wreck havoc. I do it just because I wanna see a cool explosion.
To further add to this, in JC4 when you destroyed random chaos objects and came back later, they'd be back as well
Something about 2 I think got forgotten was that enemies will slowly stop using weapons that you use often to prevent you from getting ammo for you. It forces you to use different weapons and push you out of your comfort zone without feeling annoying.
Also, Rico's back story being: His parents were rich racing enthusiasts who died by an car accident has been around since 2. It's just a brief paragraph though.
I've always seen the things you can do in Just Cause as "mindless fun"
Wanna tether loads of explosive shit together & watch the world burn?
Why?
Just Cause!
I remember hating JC1 a lot, especially Rico's goofy running animation, but as soon as I saw the gameplay footage for JC2 I knew I'd be hooked. this series is legit countless hours of empty-headed fun.
I love Luke’s deep analyzation of every game pointing out all their flaws in detail while I’m over here like “I like game, game good”
When concerning the villians of Just Cause 1&2 I find them super forgetable to the point that I've already forgoten their names.
Just Cause 3 had Sebastiano Di Rivelo and all though he was extremely 1 dimesional, he was still featered in a bunch cutscenes and there audio logs hidden through out the map that explain his backstory. Rico also has a personal reason as to why he wants Di Rivelo dead is because when Di Rivelo took the country for himself, his soldiers were killing hondreds of civileans including Rico's parents.
Just Cause 4's had Gabrielela hyped up as the main antagonist, but that ends up being a lie. Instead we're dealing with Oscar Espinosa who - just like all the other villians - is 1 dimesional. Both he end her don't have a lot of screen time which almost makes them as forgetable as the villians from the 1st 2 Just Cause games. This results in Gabrielela being redeemed at the end of the game without it feeling earned. Also, I don't like the plot-twist involving Espinosa being the REAL reason why Rico's parents are dead as it retroactivly underminds Di Rivelo as a villian.
Just Cause 5 is a game that doesn't exist (yet), however the Just Cause 4 ended it's pretty safe to say The Agentcy is on the chopping block next. The question is: Will it take place on US soil or will there be another country that Rico has liberate from a dictator who is directly linked to The Agentcy in order to shut down the organisation?
I've always wanted the developers of these just cause games and the 2015 mad Max game to make either punisher games or Iron Man games based on the fun gameplay of those other games
11:55 he goes through helicopter blades like 3 times within 15 seconds. You could've shown just that clip and proved the entire thesis of this whole video.
I recently played through just cause 3 and i don't know how to feel about it...it was fun...i guess but at the same time it was better than 4 (game wich i dropped almost 2 years ago)
I didn't like 4 one bit, but 3 was so much fun. I don't know why it's so different when it's basically the same game.
@@youniques1316 I thought that I was the only one that felt like that after playing 4. I didn't even care enough to beat the game, unlike 3. I think that the gameplay loop in 4 was vastly underutilized and felt stale. If JC3 didn't exist, JC4 would've felt better from 2.
I think the issue is that 3 was a lot of fun but relatively barebones to begin with. So it didn’t have much replay value. And 4 did so little to improve it that I felt like i was just replaying 3 anyway. It seems like if there were 9 Just Cause games it would only be worth tuning in per every 3 installments.
@@slanderman92 no replay value? what?
No mention of Bolo Santosi? Not only is she the leader of the Reapers, but she's got more charisma in her right arm than Malenia, Blade of Miquela.
Bolo is love
Bolo is life
God, I remember in jc2 I'd always take a helicopter up to the top of the sky, jump out and try to hookshot back inside while falling and avoiding the rotors before it hit the ground. It took so long to ascend that I'd literally rubber band my controller and switch over to nickelodeon for five minutes, yet for some reason I just had the urge to do it over and over
it never ceases to impress me how you can produce videos as long as this with a decent amount of regularity, love the content as always!
Guys I uh, I have a confession to make... I have over 1000 hours on JC3 across Xbox 1 and PC.
I regard it as my favorite game of all time, haha.
I used to play with LEGO for houuurs after primary school for years and then after that JC3 was my go-to game while I was still in early highschool. I think JC is the same kind of animal as LEGO, you make the challenge, story, and fun all by yourself. The open world was just like a big plastic container of unsorted bricks, it was all so open and unorganized that my brain naturally gravitated towards organizing it and setting my own little silly challenges to 'master it' in a weird way. I can confidently say that I may be one of the most proficient JC3 players on the planet and I don't regret it for a seccond, I can always go back for a few hours of mindless fun whenever I feel like it.
Just Cause 5 should in fact ACTUALLY go to space. Let's go. Take a flying jetpack leap over that shark. I want full Saints Row IV insanity. Liberating a war-torn, tropical country? Screw that. I want Rico throwing plasma grenades to liberate a war-torn alien planet and gaining a goddamn spacesuit that can sling itself into orbit by grappling off space elevators. Make it the Iron Man open world game we've never really gotten outside of... Shit, Lego Marvel Super Heroes?
I never played JC1, but I loved 2&3. While the second game holds a nostalgic place in my heart, the third game was definitely the best the series offered, the only problem was the framerate issues on consoles. JC4 looked ugly, felt uninspired & was overall lackluster
Jc4 was the best for me and jc 2 too
"These games are fun, so that's gotta count for something..."
Yeah, that's what games are supposed to be made for.
Some people think the title 'Just Cause' refers to the plot. As in a hero with a 'Cause' that is 'Just'.
But in reality that is the universal answer to everything about the game. As in 'Just Because'.
Q: Why do you like the game?
A: Just Cause.
Q:PLAY TETHERBALL... WITH A MOPED?
A:Just Cause.
Q:SLINGSHOT AN EXPLODING COW?
A:Just Cause.
Playing Just Cause 2 with my mates is one of my childhood highlights. The best backseat gaming.
I never thought I would see the day in which you make a video on the Just Cause games.
I have very fond memories of JC2. I remember getting so addicted to it, that it affected my grades in school, as I chose to play the game instead of study and do my homework. It's one of the only games I truly couldn't put down. The amount of collectibles to find, and the size of the open world, is truly staggering.
It's one of the best games where when you get on you are overwhelmed by possibilities and things to try. Strap boosters to the back of a car to go mega fast, same but on the bottom to fly like a hover car, blast an airplane out of the sky, shoot a car with an air cannon, etc. The list is so endless. I could just sit on top of a car and shoot enemy tires for hours watching them flip at 90mph and explode.
Laughed out loud at the start of this. Realized I cant remember hardly anything about JC3's story but I do remember it was damn fun. It's a very well done power fantasy game.
I took over all the areas without doing any of the story and it was more fun
Be cool to see something on the latest Lara Croft trilogy and see your thoughts.
This guys production value and editing is so good I don’t know how he doesn’t have more subs
because hes constantly going off topic and repeating himself
This franchise is basically "popcorn movie: the game".
Haven’t finished the video but Just Cause 2 is genuinely great, not one of those “so bad it’s good” games but actually fun as hell
I would love to hear your take on the Gothic series sometime. It's a very niche series of (dark) fantasy RPGs that were mainly popular in Central and East Europe but the open world design is just amazing. It was the game series that really got me into gaming. It's a very flawed game series but for me it stands out mainly through its unique and rough charm (though being originally a German game I guess that alot of its original charm is lost in translation).
It is a very interesting and influential series and with THQ Nordic announcing a Remake of the first Game and actually having released a playable Teaser to see how people would react, getting alot of Feedback from die hard fans and actually listening to that Feedback and starting from scratch to live up to the expectations of the fans (how well this turns out in the end is another question).
I think there are alot of interesting things that you could talk about in regard to this game series. But I do understand if it's just not worth the effort since like I said it is a very niche series of games that wasn't very popular over in the States (or the west in general).
anyway I love your videos! keep up the amazing work and thanks for giving such great content to us
running around in gta san andreas and just cause 2 is some of the best memories from my childhood
there was demo for JC2 on 360 that gave you 30 mins in just one area of the map and played that demo EVERYDAY until i got enough to buy the full game
Hey Luke, I'd love to see your take on Kingdom Come: Deliverance as it stands now. It is my favorite all time game for the way it allows you to engage with the world and the story is compelling and robust. I'd love to hear what you think.
I been thinking on buying it a while, what makes the open world different from any other open world out there?
Currently I’m obsessed with JC3 and the Jetpack dlc. Also just got into trying the challenges to upgrade his gear!! Lol 😂
I just love the image of you mowing down people in a game and your cute ass baby is just chilling there watching the carnage. It reminds me of my own childhood lol
No one ever talks about the real original Just Cause game.
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
i agree that most of them are bad yes but Just Cause 2 was so good, i absolutely loved that game :)
Loved 2 and liked 3 but 4 was meh really
@@CHETLER yeah that sums it up about my feelings too
@@James-gj8rn I loved just cause 2 and really loved 3 but never tried 4 due to my pc
@@fleuttre4510 you aren't missing anything of note
@@takumijager2372 I know but between you and me the game looks beautiful
JC4 was my first Just Cause game and I enjoyed it. DLCs are fun and the grappling hook mods are cool. That’s all.
This is it. This is the video that made me subscribe. I've been watching your videos a little while now, and i appreciate everything you do, but something (idk what) stopped me from subscribing but finding this has truly made me relate to you on a whole new level!!
A couple of notes:
Great video overall, I just found your channel and as a big fan of the series it was cool to see it brought up. Second I'm pretty sure Just Cause 4 actually has a max of 10 tethers so yeah. Also they did actually try having that loss/revenge trope you mentioned, as Rico's father is mentioned multiple times throughout the story.
Anyway, I think for the fifth game they should probably give Rico the Red Dead Redemption treatment like you mentioned by having him get some kind of successor, have them interact throughout the story and then have Rico killed off somewhere near the end of the game and then have us play as the successor. Maybe even not kill Rico off but just have him permanently retire since he's canonically getting pretty old.
Edit: Also what they should probably do for the next entry regarding tornadoes and all of that is just give the players a gun that can spawn a tornado and lead it anywhere like the DLC lighting gun from JC3. I'd love to see a tornado just absolutely ripping through a military base. I think since we're probably also going to have enemies that have the ability to grapple like Rico (as teased by JC4's Danger Rising DLC) it would also be a great idea to expand vertical gameplay by giving the player the ability to freely walk on surfaces like the sides of buildings or even the underside of cargo jets. Something similar to Spider-Man Web of Shadows but less clunky lol. I also think they could sprinkle in a couple of boss battles here and there.
I remeber playing the demo of the second one over and over on 360 its one of those things where I loved the demo but didn't really like the whole game 😂 its the best thing in small doses for me i guess
yeah I remember!!! there was a time limit and I remember there was a workaround I found on ign to get it stuck lol so you could play endlessly
JC2 was one of the most formative games for my childhood holy shit, i got so lost in that world...
Stephens, i bought just cause 4 again recently, and there are a bunch of missions that can give you interesting results with your tether wrist thing, the first upgrade allows you to use balloons and inflate them to lift vehicles and stuff, and it increases the amount of tethers available to 10, then, the second one will allow you to get these thrusters, then the last one allows you to make your normal tether stronger.
I remember playing Just Cause 2 on one of the demo playstations they had at my local Game Crazy (rental store, obv doesn't exist now) and falling in love/buying it immediately. It was the first M rated game my mom let me buy (I was like 11). I easily spent over 100hrs just checking out easter eggs. I wonder if the MP mod is still active
I honestly could NOT get into these games. I was not having fun at all just aimlessly blowing shit up, but I totally understand the appeal.
I really like the new god of war... But I liked the previous games a lot more. when I remember that we're never going to have a real hack 'n slash in the series again, I just get sad... It inspired so many games and now it's following every other game (Going Open World/Seme-Open Action RPGs). If that happened to DMC, it would be the death of the genre.
Not only that... The shift in the story also changed a lot... Like the DMC thing is: Over the top action and show off, with a badass protagonist who jokes every second... Imagine if in the sequel, Dante became a serious person who just followed the mission does a little show off and goes home (Exactly what happens in DMC2), or even like the reboot, they keep the style of the old games but change the story and the feeling the game (I really like Devil may cry dmc too, but I prefer the original series much more).
God of war was violent and brutal with a protagonist who didn't care about anyone but himself, he just wants to complete his goal of killing the Gods, almost being a villain (which would actually be an anti-hero) and now he's a character who's trying to put the past behind him and continue his life with his son... It's an ok narrative, it makes sense... But it still changes a lot about what the game was and why I liked the old games.
The character style that Kratos was before and the kind of story that was told in the previous games, there will never be one like it again.
This video was amazing, you just got a new subscriber. Your vids are chill and easy to watch, I loved the Just Cause games up to 3, i’d love another mercenaries!
"Oh... hey... did you miss that tiny little one thing? No completion for you. No takeovers for you. Ya gotta just... 'know about it.' It's a secret!"
"Bad games that are great fun"
So...good games?
Poorly structured/designed games
Games that aren't incredibly profound or outperform sales are bad games to pretentious "Ultimate Game Critics"
@@TeleportRush I dunno. My question is if it's fun.
@@0uttaS1TE Which is fair. For a customer, what you can get out of something usually means more than if it's well crafted.
@@TheDanielk4 Apparently most games before the PS2 era are bad, according to them.
Can you please cover Red Faction: Guerilla?
Ricco Rodriguez is also the name of a popular former mma fighter which suits Just Cause perfectly
the grappling mechanism has even influenced my subconscious in such a way that i often dream of flying away with the grappling hook like in just cause 3…🤷♀️
Where can the next just cause go? Red faction guerrilla, end of story
I miss red faction franchise
Just Cause 4 is the only one that had no redeeming qualities, just shit all the way through.
If the games are great fun, then they're not bad games. That's simply how the medium functions.
I will say that for about half a year now, I've been struggling with a feeling of vertigo when I close my eyes to sleep at night. I promise this is going somewhere. I close my eyes and I feel like I am falling endlessly through a yawning sky full of dark black clouds. Then, as soon as I think of falling, I remember, that the first part of flying is to begin falling. I imagine the feeling of speed from deploying the wingsuit in JC3, that astounding feeling of soaring through the air. I know of no other game in existenc that conveys the same feeling of flight as Just Cause 3. That feeling literaly helps me sleep at night. And from a technical standpoint it's impressive too. So many games have fall damage and big high jumps and even skydiving, but no other game captures that feeling of hurtling through the sky at terminal velocity like Just Cause.
Why do you play Just Cause? Just 'cause.
for years i didn’t even have just cause 2, i just kept replaying the demo over and over again and i had the time of my life. finally my brother got a job and bought the full game and i still didn’t experience the story i just had the time of my life causing chaos around the full map
Just Cause 2 really blew my mind near instantly. You spawn at the top of the mountain in the demo, and theres a bunch of explosives just waiting for you to play with them. I remember accidentally grappling to a propane tank, accidentally shooting it, and staring in awe as Rico rode it through the air like a cowboy. *That* was when I knew I was playing something special. A really generous demo, too!
Something you missed about the plot: Rico hasn't worked for the Agency since game 2. Medici and Solis are personal to him, he's rogue at that point.
iPod shuffle chatter: had you had a few 🍺🍺🍺🍺?? 😂
Really minor yet incredibly important change from 2 to 3
In 2 if you grapple to the top of a wall have fun getting actually on top of it because that was literally my worst nightmare that they fixed in 3
I won't call them "bad games" just because they don't have a masterclass narrative. The narrative, while average, gets the job done in giving you a decent objective for which you're causing all the creative destruction and chaos. In fact, I'd argue that Just Cause 3 had a "good" (above mediocre) story with memorable characters (like Di Ravello and Mario Frigo). Gameplay, combat, and visuals are top notch in all the Just Cause games. In fact, Just Cause 2 graphically and physics-wise was far ahead of its time and still holds up.
Damn, he didn't talk about any of the new implementations of JC3 like the retractable cable, remote explosives, mechs or the jetpack wingsuit.
My first experience with the series was the demo for Just Cause 2 on PS3, they've had me coming back for mindless fun ever since
The jet pack in the dlc was a game changer. I put SO much time in that game just flying around
I still remember booting up the first game on my PC. The moment I saw the huge island while freefalling I was sold. Probably spent the most time on it, even though the later games are way more fun
My mother got one of the skinny iPod Shuffles as a promo at work and gave it to me. I loved how high-tech super-spy it made me feel :D
I had a green iPod nano! I would use it in school after my phone would die or use it when I was younger at acting functions. Great video as always!
Did anyone else think they tried to make Rico in JC3 look like a hispanic Nathan Drake? I mean they compleatly overhauled his look between 2 and 3.
Went back and started playing JC2 again. It's more than I had remembered. Starting from the beginning. Looking forward to it.
JC4 felt like a huge step back from JC3.
Not talking the technical issues, my PC somehow managed to run this thing well even at launch.
It felt like a watered down version. In JC3, you go around cause as much chaos as possible, you blow shit up, everything you do advance the plot. It's a popcorn game, mindless fun, but that's it, you're having fun. I played both JC2 and 3 when they were new, got such good memories from both, but I think the wing suit was enough to make JC3 stand out over 2. As you said, its so hard going back.
In JC4, you go around, you have to hit specific stunts, you have to drive through rings, etc. Sure, you can blow shit up, but it's not nearly as fun when it doesn't feel like its having an impact anymore. Those oiltanks you blew up 10 minutes ago just respawns when you drive back around the corner.
I'd actually be happy if JC4 was just a copy of JC3 with a new map and improved flight controls and graphics, but it wasn't. It was so much less.
i played the living hell of JC2 as a teenager on my 360. My favorite thing to do was grabbing a flatbed truck and trying to place a random car in the flatbed, then trying to transport said car from one edge to the other edge of the map. When i bought JC2 on Steam, even tho my pc was a literal potato back then, i was surprised how well it ran.
I was just under 2 months old when the first game released and the first game I played was just cause 3 and I played it lots, I have been a fan of the series ever since.
2010. Just Cause 2 and M&B:Warband came out and I spent the whole year playing them. Good memories, probably the only one left from that year.
Tbh the just cause games is like my literal dopamine factory, as a kid who love explosions in movies and badass hero's it hits that certain itch that most 80s and 90s kids grew up with and adored for so long, and that fun dopamine factor is one of the reason why we love it in my opinion.
This guy has become my new favorite game reviewer because there's just something about the way this guy talks and I don't know it's weird but whatever he does it makes me interested and want to watch.
JC3 I think is a model example of movement in an open world. That and BoTW are my go to examples for how movement should feel. I rarely ever used fast travel in those because moving across the map was so enjoyable and it increases immersion for me.
you ignored 3's contribution to the physics. It was the first entry in the franchise with physics that arguably felt cutting edge. Toppling towers with lateral pulls of the wires is very satistying
15:30 You know what makes it even more stupid? With such a large map, Just Cause 2 runs pretty well on PS3 and XBOX 360 consoles and even on PCs, even on PCs you don't need "gaming" specifications to play this game well.