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Just Cause 2 |OT| of No Thread Name Can Do This Game Justice
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I keep trying to enjoy this game and then I keep getting pissed off at it because my imagination keeps wanting the game to be a really cool fantasy setting rather than this bullshit generic modern warfare tripe.
How cool would it be if it was the same exact open world but instead of some dumb modern warfare story you were flying around on dragons and shit? Or even a Lost game, IDK. Something else.
How cool would it be if it was the same exact open world but instead of some dumb modern warfare story you were flying around on dragons and shit? Or even a Lost game, IDK. Something else.
Neuromancer
Member
Dude whatKodiak said:
No
I'm SO addicted to this game! Almost 70 hours in now! :lol
I just collected all the trophies EXCEPT the hardest difficulty ones. So, what's the very quickest way to gather as much chaos as possible to be able to beat the story mode as quick as possible on the highest difficulty setting?
Thanks for the help, and if anybody needs any tip on any trophy, just ask.
I just collected all the trophies EXCEPT the hardest difficulty ones. So, what's the very quickest way to gather as much chaos as possible to be able to beat the story mode as quick as possible on the highest difficulty setting?
Thanks for the help, and if anybody needs any tip on any trophy, just ask.
Sanic
Member
Does anyone have any recommendations as to a plane and location to use for getting the low flyer achievement/trophy? I've tried the G9 and the silverbolt over both water and the desert but... I just can't do it! With the water I have trouble judging how close I am to it, and when on land, I can never get a long enough stretch of completely flat land.
Pandoracell said:I'll try, but as I said water has been a problem for meI've tried many many times now. Maybe I just need to practice that much more.
Good to know I'm not the only one having problems with this one. Sounds so easy but the insta-explosions from water and tree tops make it really aggravating... maybe more so since it seems like it would be easy.
Vid I found that seems easy enough and person gets way over the necessary 30 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8mXMucIU0
ZephyrFate
Banned
Your imagination is obviously so small that you can't even ground it in reality.Kodiak said:
Sanic
Member
What is up with Rico's clothing dynamically changing based on location. Never noticed before.
I also had some awesome glitching going on where if I aborted a mission, when the game started back up I was in a totally different location then where I was, while being launched across the map, fast, high in the air.
I also had some awesome glitching going on where if I aborted a mission, when the game started back up I was in a totally different location then where I was, while being launched across the map, fast, high in the air.
Neuromancer
Member
Yeah I wonder about that, whether his clothes change color, or if it's just snow and dust accumulating.Pandoracell said:
Pandoracell said:
In this location i did it in 2 tries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ow5Nq0KTwU
Just remember to keep throttle to the max all the way up
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Where is the airport? I just received the game yesterday and put about 7 hours into it. I can't seem to find the airport! Also, can someone tell me what you're suppose to do on the Lost island? I went there and perhaps I am too early in the game to do the missions but I have no idea. I went to the top of each 'building' but wasn't able to actually do anything.
Sanic
Member
LovingSteam said:
Wait, you never owned the game all this time? :lol
The airport is just to the right of the large 'city' area, which is located to the left of the middle of the map.
As for the Lost island,
you will eventually go there, towards the start of the game, via a mission from the Ular Boys. You can't do anything with those buildings/towers until you take on that mission.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Lol yea I was waiting on Goozex. Thanks for the info.Pandoracell said:
Pandoracell said:
Are you sure? I notice that the snow/dust also accumulates on his elbows and forearm which are exposed. It seems like they just went for a basic cosmetic dirt accumulation effect on his clothing, so it doesn't actually add any 3D clumps of snow, but just 2D discoloration.
Just my observation though, not 100% sure.
Just Cause 2 is Amazons DOTD:
PS3, 360 - $44.98
PC - $34.98
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.ht...pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1255629042&pf_rd_i=468642
PS3, 360 - $44.98
PC - $34.98
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.ht...pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1255629042&pf_rd_i=468642
rollingstart
Banned
is there a video showing off the DLC yet? it is out tomorrow, right?
Neuromancer
Member
Not that Ive seen. But yeah it's due out tomorrow.Linkzg said:
I <3 Memes
Member
Is there a glitch that will cause locations discovered and locations completed to not be the same? I have 369 locations discovered and 368 completed and I don't see anything on the map that hasn't been done.
This is easily the best open-world game I've ever played. It feels far more open-ended and less tied down than GTA4. Being able to do missions the way you want is incredibly refreshing, and the vastness of the world is amazing. It's also nice not having to deal with some overbearing, C-rate mafia story.
Neuromancer
Member
Yeah best of all if you really want to you can use pretty much any vehicle/equipment you want for any mission. Contrast that with GTA4 where your car you used to drive to the mission often disappears, and in chase scenes you can't kill your target until the developer decides you can.bridegur said:
Sanic
Member
I don't remember this being posted, but over at the official JC2 forums, someone figured out how to create a near-unbreakable tether for us consoler players. You can check it out here: http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=107783
rohlfinator
Member
I think I ended up with 369/368 locations discovered and completed. I was missing one for a long time, but it was hiding under the blue dot for one of the faction items.I <3 Memes said:
Onion_Relish
Member
i only got 368 locations completed
but i did get 41/40 cranes =)
but i did get 41/40 cranes =)
WickedLaharl
Member
is the dlc still coming out today?
Sanic
Member
WickedLaharl said:
Yes, it's up now on XBLM at least. Anybody have any impressions? I'm not sure if i'm gonna buy it or not. I can't find any videos, and after reading some impressions, the only think I would be interested in are the dual thrusters and I don't know how...useful they would be.
found this @ forum of justcause.com
Dual Parachute Thrusters ($50K)
These are situated just above Rico's head, either side of the square formed by the parachute chords in a halo position over his head.
There's a rising thermometer on screen right hand side to show how hot they're getting. You get about 4 seconds continuous usage before filling the gauge. It then takes about 6 secs of non-usage to reduce the temperature all the way to zero again. Only 2 seconds of non-usage to get out of the 'red zone' and be able to use it at all again, though, which feels reasonable. You get used to the rhythm of it.
The sound effect when you boost is the same as the hot air balloon burner noise.
The speed is pretty nice! It's kind of like the Rowlinson Level 1, and the motion feels like using that when fully tilted forward. You can go pleasingly fast; definitely not going to beat any planes, but I look forward to flying around hovering enemy choppers and watching them try to keep up! It's especially useful to not have to zig-zag grapple up really tall buildings (you know, when you've tried to parachute up but have lost momentum so end up spiderman-ing instead ). You can essentially use this to travel quickly from base to base, and it feels like a nice addition to use.
You can simulate parasailing; grapple-and-hold onto a boat, then use these to keep up. Nowhere near as cool as real parasailing (i.e. being pulled along by the vehicle) would have been, but you can pretend, at least
You can hold down the button to use these (R1 for my X360) before you open a parachute, and it gets you going very quickly immediately. Just hold the button down, then zip towards something with grapple, then open parachute, you'll see what I mean. Equally, while stunt jumped on a moving car, hold the thruster button then press your parachute button (so on X360 that's hold R1, then press A).
Rico's Standard Parachute ($0K)
The normal in-game parachute. Released in preparation for the other parachutes they're going to give us, I suppose, so you can switch back to default.
Multi-lock Missile Launcher ($50K)
This is *way* more fun than I thought it'd be! You just hold down fire, move the reticule over multiple targets to fire, then release once you've locked onto up to 4 targets. It'll shoot up to 4 rockets at them, one per target, all homing in perfectly. The weapon comes with 12 missiles.
When locked onto an enemy, you get a white square with a diamond inside over the locked target even when you're not focused on them. A slight disappointment is that it only seems to lock onto military targets, i.e. "enemies". Civilians and their vehicles won't lock on. Having said that, the benefit becomes clear when you're fighting in civilian-heavy areas, since given you only have 12 rockets and fire 4 at a time, you want to make sure they all hit the military guys around you!
Combine this with the parachute thrusters to rain down some serious mayhem from above This is where the "way more fun" bit comes in. Locking on is perfect for firing from the air, since you can just "smear" the reticule over some enemies without needing to stay on them. It's extremely satisfying and cool to watch! Just a shame you only get 12 rockets, and have to land to get more ammo.
You can refill with normal rocket launcher ammo. If you're ordering from BM, you may as well just order another multi-lock launcher though, since it's cheaper than the standard rocket launcher by $30K.
F-33 DragonFly Jet Fighter ($100K)
It's very fast, I'll give it that. But it's not VTOL, and tbh is a bit disappointing. Handling is sluggish, maybe slightly moreso than a Leopard, pretty close to that anyway. It has only dual rocket launchers, the usual machine guns. It needs a fairly long runway to take off, more like a Leopard than the Pell Silverbolt 6, despite the similar colour scheme.
Overall, the pack seems worth the points. I think the multi-lock launcher and parachute thrusters are the real attraction here, they steal the show when combined Here's hoping they give us a "rocketman" outfit one day; it's the first thing you think of when you start using the thrusters and seeing how manouevrable they can be.
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Dual Parachute Thrusters ($50K)
These are situated just above Rico's head, either side of the square formed by the parachute chords in a halo position over his head.
There's a rising thermometer on screen right hand side to show how hot they're getting. You get about 4 seconds continuous usage before filling the gauge. It then takes about 6 secs of non-usage to reduce the temperature all the way to zero again. Only 2 seconds of non-usage to get out of the 'red zone' and be able to use it at all again, though, which feels reasonable. You get used to the rhythm of it.
The sound effect when you boost is the same as the hot air balloon burner noise.
The speed is pretty nice! It's kind of like the Rowlinson Level 1, and the motion feels like using that when fully tilted forward. You can go pleasingly fast; definitely not going to beat any planes, but I look forward to flying around hovering enemy choppers and watching them try to keep up! It's especially useful to not have to zig-zag grapple up really tall buildings (you know, when you've tried to parachute up but have lost momentum so end up spiderman-ing instead ). You can essentially use this to travel quickly from base to base, and it feels like a nice addition to use.
You can simulate parasailing; grapple-and-hold onto a boat, then use these to keep up. Nowhere near as cool as real parasailing (i.e. being pulled along by the vehicle) would have been, but you can pretend, at least
You can hold down the button to use these (R1 for my X360) before you open a parachute, and it gets you going very quickly immediately. Just hold the button down, then zip towards something with grapple, then open parachute, you'll see what I mean. Equally, while stunt jumped on a moving car, hold the thruster button then press your parachute button (so on X360 that's hold R1, then press A).
Rico's Standard Parachute ($0K)
The normal in-game parachute. Released in preparation for the other parachutes they're going to give us, I suppose, so you can switch back to default.
Multi-lock Missile Launcher ($50K)
This is *way* more fun than I thought it'd be! You just hold down fire, move the reticule over multiple targets to fire, then release once you've locked onto up to 4 targets. It'll shoot up to 4 rockets at them, one per target, all homing in perfectly. The weapon comes with 12 missiles.
When locked onto an enemy, you get a white square with a diamond inside over the locked target even when you're not focused on them. A slight disappointment is that it only seems to lock onto military targets, i.e. "enemies". Civilians and their vehicles won't lock on. Having said that, the benefit becomes clear when you're fighting in civilian-heavy areas, since given you only have 12 rockets and fire 4 at a time, you want to make sure they all hit the military guys around you!
Combine this with the parachute thrusters to rain down some serious mayhem from above This is where the "way more fun" bit comes in. Locking on is perfect for firing from the air, since you can just "smear" the reticule over some enemies without needing to stay on them. It's extremely satisfying and cool to watch! Just a shame you only get 12 rockets, and have to land to get more ammo.
You can refill with normal rocket launcher ammo. If you're ordering from BM, you may as well just order another multi-lock launcher though, since it's cheaper than the standard rocket launcher by $30K.
F-33 DragonFly Jet Fighter ($100K)
It's very fast, I'll give it that. But it's not VTOL, and tbh is a bit disappointing. Handling is sluggish, maybe slightly moreso than a Leopard, pretty close to that anyway. It has only dual rocket launchers, the usual machine guns. It needs a fairly long runway to take off, more like a Leopard than the Pell Silverbolt 6, despite the similar colour scheme.
Overall, the pack seems worth the points. I think the multi-lock launcher and parachute thrusters are the real attraction here, they steal the show when combined Here's hoping they give us a "rocketman" outfit one day; it's the first thing you think of when you start using the thrusters and seeing how manouevrable they can be.
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Neuromancer
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Here's the link to the XBLM for the lazy:
Black Market Aerial Pack
Black Market Aerial Pack
Sanic
Member
Video of the DLC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s420Bg_gR3s
The thrusters do look useful. They shoot you along much faster than I was anticipating.
The thrusters do look useful. They shoot you along much faster than I was anticipating.
WickedLaharl
Member
where in the hell is the dlc for the pc version?!
I think my game might be broken, I can't look right or left, and my audio is severely muffled. It all happened when my game got interrupted to tell me that my video capture had reached its limit (which is weird, as I had it set to auto capture) - and when I went back - nada. I tried loading older games, and I tried fiddling with settings. Now I just deleted my game data and hopefully that fixes, i'll get back with the results.
Edit: Fuck me, I just realized that my controller settings WERENT fine, and my audio went nuts too - I should pay more attention. Still, how the hell did that happen?
Edit: Fuck me, I just realized that my controller settings WERENT fine, and my audio went nuts too - I should pay more attention. Still, how the hell did that happen?