Poll: Just Cause 2. Are you going to buy?

[thatstheguy]

Just finished playing the demo on 360. It's really fun, though I think the controls are better suited to the PC. I'm might get it when I upgrade or just play it on low settings.

 

[Eggsnham]

If it has a mission structure, maybe. So far it seems like prototype, as in massive destruction but nothing else to do.

Oh. Trust me, there's stuff to do. Like jacking a plane and smashing it into a group of enemies as you float to the ground. Yes, there's stuff to do. *Twich*

Seriously now: Judging from your comment, you don't seem to like sandbox games (though Prototype was only really good on paper, so I can understand how you'd like sandbox games, but not Prototype) very much. So you may not like this game, because there's a bunch of small and large missions and about a thousand+ hours of dicking around. But the game has perfected dicking around.. Nay, they have made it into an art form!

 

[saejox]

no. they dont have xp support and i still have XP. i dont have $120 to buy Windows 7 yet.

 

[Kinichie]

I am going to say no.

Not because the demo was bad, not because I don't REALLY REALLY want this game.

But because I have XP.

And that means paying £35-40 for the game and £70-100 for Windows 7 which isn't really money I just have lying around...

 

[Win Laik Pya]

Just Cause 2 is super-crack.

fixed your post so it's accurate and concise.

That's what us copy/editors do!

Any game that lets me matrix jump from car to car then to bike then to heli then to jet plane gets my vote.

If there is a six lane highway where you can have a massive high speed chase in this game, i will cream my pants.

 

[Win Laik Pya]

And that means paying £35-40 for the game and £70-100 for Windows 7 which isn't really money I just have lying around...

pay... for windows...

i.. don't understand the question....

 

[Eggsnham]

And that means paying £35-40 for the game and £70-100 for Windows 7 which isn't really money I just have lying around...

pay... for windows...

i.. don't understand the question....

He means paying for Windows seven, the operating syste- OH! I see what you did there.

 

[JoshGod]

i felt that its do wtf you want style on an island with a parachute and grapple hook.

so i can see the appeal but its not for me

 

[Artina89]

I'll probably get it when the price goes down. That, and I have enough games that I need to play through and I don't want to add to that growing pile. I don't really like starting a new game without finishing a couple first.

 

[XJ-0461]

Warning: Opinions found within this post may not be those that you agree with.

No, I'm not going to get it. I found the demo to be kind of crap to be honest. The climbing and jumping was awkward, the weapons system was confusing, and it seemed to just say "look, stuff goes boom!" which I felt was lacking.

And dear sweet lord, the voice acting. I have never heard anything so laughable the whole time I've been playing games.

 

[ultrachicken]

If it has a mission structure, maybe. So far it seems like prototype, as in massive destruction but nothing else to do.

There are actual missions, Cause enough Chaos and you unlock them. The mission on the demo was quite cool.
Get to a radar station halfway up the massive mountain, hack into...something, then grapple onto a Resistance helicopter so he can take you to the target convoy, hijack, grapple and shoot the shit out of the convoy then take the Target to a dock where you make a stand with some Resistance fighters.

It has missions, and they are awesome.

The question is how many missions.
As I said, prototype had missions, and those were cool while they lasted, but in the end there was nothing to do but dick around by exploding everything you see, the same way, over and over.

 

[Darquenaut]

Yeah, oddly enough, as much as I enjoyed the demo, I abhorred the 30 second clip of "plot" they gave us. Granted, the storyline might turn out to be enjoyable (kind of like saying a Michael Bay movie might not have explosions). Still though, this is one of those oddball kind of games where you just want to tell it, "Listen- I'm not here for your story. Just give me a gun, some explosives, a grappling hook, a list of stuff to break and point me to the door. I'll figure out the rest for myself."

Oh, and his name is Scorpio, which I dig because I'm a Scorpio too. Herp de durp.

 

[mrx19869]

Let my just say this now. Just Cause 2 (the demo) is like super-crack. And the game is like Mercenaries 2 on super-crack. It. Is. Awesome. If you don't have the demo, then I suggest you try it, it's thirty minutes of bliss. However, the game basically says "Fuck realism and story, I just want to blow shit up and have some fun!"

Let me give you a window into what I did in just five minutes of playing the demo:

I rode a gas tank fifty feet into the sky, jumped down, free fell for a few seconds, and parachuted to the ground. I then proceeded to grapple my way to the top of a mountain via the grappling hook. It was there that I spotted a helicopter. I stole said helicopter. After flying around a mile in the sky and being able to see every car on the ground (the draw distance is amazing and the graphics are beautiful) I decided to have some fun, I jumped out of my helicopter and as it spun out of control violently towards the ground, I managed to grapple onto the tail of the helicopter where I then made my way to the cockpit and struggled with the controls until I landed safely.

Get the demo. You will thank yourself later.

where is this demo. PC xbox or ps3?

 

[Julianking93]

I didn't play the first one, but if it gets good reviews and I can play this one without having to play the first, then I'll get it.

 

[Eggsnham]

Let my just say this now. Just Cause 2 (the demo) is like super-crack. And the game is like Mercenaries 2 on super-crack. It. Is. Awesome. If you don't have the demo, then I suggest you try it, it's thirty minutes of bliss. However, the game basically says "Fuck realism and story, I just want to blow shit up and have some fun!"

Let me give you a window into what I did in just five minutes of playing the demo:

I rode a gas tank fifty feet into the sky, jumped down, free fell for a few seconds, and parachuted to the ground. I then proceeded to grapple my way to the top of a mountain via the grappling hook. It was there that I spotted a helicopter. I stole said helicopter. After flying around a mile in the sky and being able to see every car on the ground (the draw distance is amazing and the graphics are beautiful) I decided to have some fun, I jumped out of my helicopter and as it spun out of control violently towards the ground, I managed to grapple onto the tail of the helicopter where I then made my way to the cockpit and struggled with the controls until I landed safely.

Get the demo. You will thank yourself later.

where is this demo. PC xbox or ps3?

Brace yourself for this; all three.

 

[Eggsnham]

If it has a mission structure, maybe. So far it seems like prototype, as in massive destruction but nothing else to do.

There are actual missions, Cause enough Chaos and you unlock them. The mission on the demo was quite cool.
Get to a radar station halfway up the massive mountain, hack into...something, then grapple onto a Resistance helicopter so he can take you to the target convoy, hijack, grapple and shoot the shit out of the convoy then take the Target to a dock where you make a stand with some Resistance fighters.

It has missions, and they are awesome.

The question is how many missions.
As I said, prototype had missions, and those were cool while they lasted, but in the end there was nothing to do but dick around by exploding everything you see, the same way, over and over.

Ah, but you can explode stuff using a wide variety of weapons, tactics, vehicles, equipment and people. Yes, people. And then you can just fly around the game's something like 1000 square mile landscape, marveling at the beauty.