As someone who really enjoyed Just Cause 2 back when it released on the PS3, this game was a massive disappointment to me.
It's such a shame that Avalanche took the Saints Row method of franchise evolution where instead of trying to actually fix the core issues people have with the games, they instead double down on the stuff they already did well and try to one-up themselves.
The open world is still gigantic and mostly pointless because all you have to do within it is the same few tasks over and over again. The mission design seemingly goes against the entire design ethos of the game, focusing on making you protect people and places or make precision shots/movements with guns/vehicles that completely weren't optimised in any way for precise control, such as car races with 'action movie' physics. The writing is still bad, but now it's more self aware. I could complain endlessly about how much of a disappointment this game is to me, but there's one thing I do want to highlight:
An incredible amount of time has been spent ensuring every new item is fully integrated into the main game and can be used during existing missions
Putting 'An incredible amount of time' into something you expect people to pay for when your game still tanks the framerate and occasionally crashes on consoles is absolute bullshit and I wholeheartedly advise anyone saying that they're considering picking up this game to reconsider.
