---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☑ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☑ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☑ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☐ 10
---{ Comment }---
First things first: I bought the game during a Steam sale, with all the DLC included, for the ridiculously low price of €6. Having been a huge fan of Just Cause 2 when it came out, I figured I no longer had any excuse not to buy Just Cause 3.
Overall, I would recommend it. I spent more than 40 hours on the game, completed every collection, finished the main storyline and played through part of the DLC content. I am currently at 91% overall completion and 60% of the Steam achievements. That being said, I do not think I will push for 100%. Let me explain.
The basic formula is simple: boom, bang, create chaos. Strangely enough, the story feels much less substantial than in Just Cause 2. It mostly serves as a very cliché excuse for Rico’s actions, which was a little disappointing.
As for the gameplay mechanics, the habits and timing I had picked up from JC2 meant that, whenever I tried to enter an enemy vehicle quickly, I usually ended up crashing straight into a wall. Once you understand how the new system works, however, you eventually get used to it.
The driving is not particularly good. I barely used cars or motorcycles. Back in the days of JC2 multiplayer, I would sometimes launch the game just to ride around Panau on a motorcycle. Here, I spent nearly all my time in the air, using fighter jets, helicopters and the wingsuit. I only used land and sea vehicles for challenges, missions, or to bring them back to the garage.
Liberating bases was also fairly straightforward: grab a fighter jet, make a few bombing runs, and the base is yours. Even Falco Maxime was manageable, despite its unbearably annoying missile system. This allowed me to spend a good 35 hours flying around and collecting things while listening to podcasts. It is honestly quite pleasant. The game helps you switch your brain off, and you never really need to think too hard.
The enemies are basically bullet sponges, and the mechanics remain largely the same throughout the game. I also completed the DLC before liberating the whole of Medici, which gave me access to some completely overpowered weapons. As a result, I went through the main storyline, which is extremely short, like a knife through butter.
My overall verdict is therefore: it is decent, but I do not know—it simply did not leave the same impression on me as Just Cause 2. Medici is beautiful, but relatively small. The missions feel repetitive, and so do the enemies. By contrast, I still remember the enormous capital city in JC2, the desert, the ninja enemies and the different factions. It genuinely made me feel like a secret agent.
That said, I do want to praise the game’s attention to detail and sense of humour (not as cool as JC2). The transition between the main menu and the game is seamless whenever you start a session. The state radio broadcasts are often genuinely funny. There are monuments dedicated to colleagues and friends who worked on the game, and Di Ravello’s voice recordings help flesh out the story and provide a better understanding of the overall plot.
Honestly, for less than €10, go for it. Just do not expect a revolution.
