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Just Cause 2 |OT| of No Thread Name Can Do This Game Justice
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opticalmace
Member
Bumping this, I would really like to know!Salaadin said:
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Finished the main story this morning at 25% completion. Now I can really start to have some fun without worrying about the story. 
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Sometimes I think that while playing Just Cause 2, we get so wrapped up in how much fun it is that we don't notice just how beautiful the landscape is, as well. As I was playing, I stumbled upon this particular viewpoint in the mountains, and decided to record the moon setting and the sun rising over Panau. It really is a stunning sight. Kudos to Avalanche Studios for putting together one of the most beautiful open world games ever.
Just Cause 2 - Sunrise Over Panau
Just Cause 2 - Sunrise Over Panau
Seraphis Cain said:
very nice! Loved this game so much, used to make me want to go on holiday when just floating down the coast from settlement to settlement. Think I got to 60% before I stopped playing, just can't put myself through trying to 100% the big settlements around the city area (on console so can't use the mods which help you find stuff
but goddamn i had fun playing this, can see myself doing another run through the story in a few months or so.
So my game time is around 15 hours or so and for the first time this morning I actually loaded a game when I blew it trying to fly my jet from my base (I usually end up dying and then the auto-save loads).
So I load my game and I am at a different base....I look at my map and there are icons I'm sure i completed. I look at my game time....
5 HOURS.
Apparently Auto-Save doesn't create an actual save file. So when I loaded my game it was from the only time I actually went to "Save Game".
Well, I had a lot more that I wanted to do in this game but not anymore man. F THAT.
So I load my game and I am at a different base....I look at my map and there are icons I'm sure i completed. I look at my game time....
5 HOURS.
Apparently Auto-Save doesn't create an actual save file. So when I loaded my game it was from the only time I actually went to "Save Game".
Well, I had a lot more that I wanted to do in this game but not anymore man. F THAT.
Manos: The Hans of Fate
Banned
Holy crap is this game fun! I was a huge Pandemic Studios fan, and I never thought someone would fill the void for quirky and humorous sandbox games (and I loved The Saboteur and both Merc games), but man Just Cause has proven me wrong. It's just so much more than both of those franchises. There is just so much to destroy and I love that grappling hook. I'm happy I took a risk on the game rental yesterday. Man, I can't believe I almost didn't rent this.
bee
Member
http://store.eidos.co.uk/pc-windows-download/Just-Cause-2.php
£6.49 on pc, emails you a code instantly that you can then add to steam, bargain for anyone who doesn't have it
£6.49 on pc, emails you a code instantly that you can then add to steam, bargain for anyone who doesn't have it
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Achievement whore question: How hard did you find the achievements?
Neuromancer
Member
Not hard. I think I have all of them except the difficulty based ones. Just time consuming.ICallItFutile said:
Bleh... I tried to get into this game but couldn't. The controls aside (they being a little wonky on PC), this thing also wouldn't run on my rig.
I can do HL2, Mass Effect 2, Arkham Asylum, Dead Space... I can run them all maxed out settings, and get close to 60fps on each.
This game hates my computer. Even running the lowest settings possible, I still get about 12 frames a second, and I have to turn the resolution down so far that it ends up looking like shit for it to run decent.
Ah well...
I can do HL2, Mass Effect 2, Arkham Asylum, Dead Space... I can run them all maxed out settings, and get close to 60fps on each.
This game hates my computer. Even running the lowest settings possible, I still get about 12 frames a second, and I have to turn the resolution down so far that it ends up looking like shit for it to run decent.
Ah well...
*BUMP*
Avalanche released a stats sheet:
http://www.playstationpure.be/ftp/Marc/Justcause2_stats.jpg
Too big to post the image itself I guess.
Pretty interesting stuff.
Also, I'll post my video again:
Tell me what you think and what can be done better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIwiGmeFF_A
Avalanche released a stats sheet:
http://www.playstationpure.be/ftp/Marc/Justcause2_stats.jpg
Too big to post the image itself I guess.
Pretty interesting stuff.
Also, I'll post my video again:
Tell me what you think and what can be done better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIwiGmeFF_A
Started playing recently and I'm having fun. It's not perfect, but it's entirely enjoyable if you don't nitpick too much.
Pros
- Looks pretty
- Good dumb fun, totally shameless. If you're going to do open world, this looks about right.
Cons
- Holy shitty voice acting. I'm HOPING that it's all an intentional gag.
- Shitty Controls. Mouse lag out the ying yang, forced mouse acceleration on mounted guns (while mounted). Can't aim properly in this game for the life of me and half of it is crappy autoaim.
Pros
- Looks pretty
- Good dumb fun, totally shameless. If you're going to do open world, this looks about right.
Cons
- Holy shitty voice acting. I'm HOPING that it's all an intentional gag.
- Shitty Controls. Mouse lag out the ying yang, forced mouse acceleration on mounted guns (while mounted). Can't aim properly in this game for the life of me and half of it is crappy autoaim.
Davidion said:
I dont have mouse lag. Was it SSAO that causes this in some games? Does this game have that options? If so, try turning it off and see if that helps.
I think the story in JC2 was an afterthought. Everything just seems tacked on and only there to lead you to various points where you get to blow more shit up.
Salaadin said:
I've tried killing vsync and SSAO and it still doesn't work. Standing still and moving your mouse gets me noticeable "swing" that's a trademark of mouse lag. This is outside of action scenes.
I agree with your second point, no complaints there. It's just that my central nervous system gets a really bad twitch every time that reaper leader says "Com-raid".
*shudders*
MassiveAttack
Banned
Movie rights have been optioned by the same team doing Kane & Lynch
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/30755/Just_Cause_Film_Rights_Optioned.php
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/30755/Just_Cause_Film_Rights_Optioned.php
Castor Krieg
Banned
Can someone tell me if the glitch from PS3 demo (couldn't register O-input on Asian PS3) was fixed in PAL retail?
I think the verdict was that the 360 version has a slight edge in sharpness but has screen tearing while the PS3 version has no screen tearing and the youtube upload feature.
http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/digitalfoundry-just-cause-2-xbox-360-vs-ps3-comparison
Video comparison
http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/digitalfoundry-just-cause-2-xbox-360-vs-ps3-comparison
Video comparison
You don't even have to use Youtube...you can save films directly to the XMB.
It made playing the game 10x more enjoyable...about a third of my 30 or so hours playing the game was just doing crazy stuff while the game recorded away, hoping to get some awesome footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faBONV-LEqo
It made playing the game 10x more enjoyable...about a third of my 30 or so hours playing the game was just doing crazy stuff while the game recorded away, hoping to get some awesome footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faBONV-LEqo
petethepanda
Member
PS3 has video capture and lacks motion blur, 360 has slightly more detail and has motion blur.
MassiveAttack
Banned
Cannot wait to see what Avalanche does with Mad Max... though it's a long way off.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
GeoramA said:
I know. Even on my SDTV (through S-Video), JC2 looks absolutely stunning.
RedRedSuit
Member
GeoramA said:
100% agreed. Best graphics (among console games, anyway -- I stopped PC-gaming a while ago) this year. Blows AC: Brotherhood out of the water, for example.
RDR is not even in the same ballpark in terms of visuals.
This game doesn't get enough love in general. It does have some gaping holes, though.
MassiveAttack
Banned
GeoramA said:
The other thing it doesn't enough credit for is PS3 and 360 code that is virtually identical and a PC version that is actually superior to both.
I'm glad other publishers have taken note. They have multiple projects in development.
RedRedSuit
Member
MassiveAttack said:
Oh yeah? What are some of more AAAish ones?
I was afraid Just Cause 2's middling sales would cause Avalanche to get out of the business of making big games.
Picked this game up in the Steam sale. I had really high hopes for it, figured it would be the game that got me back into sandbox games. It didn't. I just get so bored, and the worst part is traveling. Finished one mission, the next one is 12km away. Hop into a helicopter, and it still was taking forever to get there, so I just quit. I knew traveling always bores me in these games, but I figured in this one it would be more fun with the parachute/grappling hook combo, but it didn't work out the way I planned.
Oh well. Game is gorgeous and plays incredible on the PC, especially considering my aged hardware (4850/e8400), I was playing at 1200p with pretty high settings and 30+ fps the whole time.
Oh well. Game is gorgeous and plays incredible on the PC, especially considering my aged hardware (4850/e8400), I was playing at 1200p with pretty high settings and 30+ fps the whole time.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
coopolon said:
Try not going straight from one mission to the next. Do some other stuff. Explore, cause chaos, do some of the racing challenges, do some faction missions, etc. Eventually you'll end up much closer to where you need to be for the story mission.
Crazypanda_85
Member
As someone who has played JC2 and RDR, I do overall prefer the artsyle of RDR over JC2. JC2 has impressive draw distance and the overall world looks good (so does RDR) but that's all (IMO). The character models are meh and that where RDR shines over JC2 and also RDR is just a better overall game (but to me, they feel like two different types of games).
I still have JC2 on my list of games to buy for my PS3 or 360 but only if I can find it super cheap.
I still have JC2 on my list of games to buy for my PS3 or 360 but only if I can find it super cheap.
Neuromancer
Member
Eventually you can call in for some fast travel. May only work to places you've been though.coopolon said:
Personally I thought traveling with the parachute and hook was a lot of fun and kind of relaxing in a way, but to each their own.
Stitch
Gold Member
Oh hey, it's the official thread! I also picked this game up in the Steam sale, and I really liked what I played of it so far. Just getting into the missions, though. I like being able to grapple all over the place, though I still need to get better at using the parachute. I feel like there should be a more efficient way to kill guards than using the pistol/SMGs from far away. I feel like the auto-aim makes me not get headshots part of the time, and I haven't fully figured out the weapon-swapping/ammo pickup/double fire mechanics. You need to hold both mouse buttons for firing dual-wield weapons, right?
About mouse lag, I think the turret flak cannon thing is intentional, if that's what you mean-- it's supposed to be a really heavy CANNON. You can't just spin that around in an instant.
I do feel like the controls have delay and there is autoaim, but presumably it's intentional, and on normal difficulty I don't think I've died yet (chuted out of the mission zone once though) so it's not a big deal. I noticed that if you're crouching behing cover you can do something like click once to fire, and then after the delay the guy will stand up, take a shot or two, and then duck again. I guess I figured that was intentional.
Other than that, actually moving the mouse and jumping seems reasonable timing-wise, and the controls are generally forgiving enough that they have not been frustrating. I like that there is a lot of stuff to explore and do. And I definitely like that it seems like a good PC game, with multiple save files, good (and smooth) framerate, and, it feels like, very little level loading overall.
About mouse lag, I think the turret flak cannon thing is intentional, if that's what you mean-- it's supposed to be a really heavy CANNON. You can't just spin that around in an instant.
I do feel like the controls have delay and there is autoaim, but presumably it's intentional, and on normal difficulty I don't think I've died yet (chuted out of the mission zone once though) so it's not a big deal. I noticed that if you're crouching behing cover you can do something like click once to fire, and then after the delay the guy will stand up, take a shot or two, and then duck again. I guess I figured that was intentional.
Other than that, actually moving the mouse and jumping seems reasonable timing-wise, and the controls are generally forgiving enough that they have not been frustrating. I like that there is a lot of stuff to explore and do. And I definitely like that it seems like a good PC game, with multiple save files, good (and smooth) framerate, and, it feels like, very little level loading overall.
The Big Rig
Member
I've played this game for 25 hours, found 150 locations, and still have only achieved 33% completion. This game is fucking huge, and now one of my favorite games. The dynamism of combat and exploration are what make this game amazing, plus its really pretty.
I picked this up in the Steam sale. Can't believe how well it runs on my rig.
Is there a way to change difficulty settings after starting the game? It reminds me of Red Faction Guerilla in the way the combat and enemies just serve to get in the way of the actual fun of the game, in this case destroying things, flying around, messing with the grappling hook and stuff.
Is there a way to change difficulty settings after starting the game? It reminds me of Red Faction Guerilla in the way the combat and enemies just serve to get in the way of the actual fun of the game, in this case destroying things, flying around, messing with the grappling hook and stuff.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Man, sometimes I hate this game.
*97% at a military base*
*two hours later*
*still 97%*
WHAT THE FUCK AM I MISSING? :lol
Goddamn this game and it's appealing to my OCD side. :lol
*97% at a military base*
*two hours later*
*still 97%*
WHAT THE FUCK AM I MISSING? :lol
Goddamn this game and it's appealing to my OCD side. :lol
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
52club said:
Oh, I actually finished that base before I even made that post. :lol But yeah, that happens SO often with this game. Guess that's one of the downsides of it being so huge. You really run into the whole "needle in a haystack" situation quite a lot.