Just Cause 2
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Started playin' at lunch, gonna have sooooo much fun with this game! :poly128:
Bit of extra info for people playing, a 'news blog' from a photographer based on the island.
Bit of extra info for people playing, a 'news blog' from a photographer based on the island.
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Gotta agree that it may get boring after a bit, but I had no interest in this until I heard people talking about the crazy shit you can do with the grappling hook.
Still I think this game is very solid and I love sandbox titles a great deal.
Hmm I have to agree with Scooby...the mechanics/gameplay were pretty awful. Iffy controls too, that didn't respond half the time. The character just felt like a spastic 3d mesh translating through the world rather than a real tangible character...also the shooting is bad...the only thing I liked about the demo was the gas canisters that start flying around like crazy when you shoot them. The demo turned me completely off this.
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Also, i didn't like getting shot at from a mile away when I'm just trying to cruise around with my parachute.
Congrats to the avalanche guys! (if there are any here)
Yeah... but imo these kind of shitty controls are what passes for standard these days, no worse than GTA or a dozen other games out there, where aiming feels like steering a tank for some inexplicable reason nobody cares to address. Atleast in Just Cause 2 the guy automatically shoots directly at enemies that are up close, that was helpful :P
I think GTA 4 had some pretty decent shooting mechanics for an open world game, much better than Just Cause 2 imo. The cover system in GTA 4 was also a nice addition, im sure Red Dead Redemption's shooting mechanics will put it to shame though. But anyway, I'm enjoying the demo, the parachuting and grappling hook are both pretty fun, IGN gave the game an 8.9 i believe. I may buy this to tide me over until Red Dead.
I hate to say it, but I wish the game wasn't so big.. I always have to hijack some fast vehicle to get to the next area of utter mayhem.
Amazingly, its a videogame.
It just makes it possible to do all the crazy things you wished you could do in GTA. Couldn't even stand on a driving vehicle in that game...
I have to agree the shooting in Just Cause demo didn't impress me too much. Maybe i should use the grappling hook more in fights.
Despite that, suspension of disbelief is still an issue when trying to make a cohesive product for mass consumption. I was wondering if this game made any attempt, or just makes you deal with it.
I think I will get it when it comes to UK for PC.
The problem is that you're thinking the game is trying to be immersive, but its not. Its all about doing ridiculous things and causing chaos. Nobody will care if its explained or not.
I sure don't.
That answers my question, thanks.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I think what he's doing is first attaching the hook to the car, then hooking the other end of the tether to something else, like the bridge, causing the car to crash. Not flipping it by his own strength/mass.
Like in this demo:
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Not saying it makes it completely realistic, but it might not have been that apparent in the first clip.
That makes it two videogames with Lost easter eggs now!
And I posted the video for it already in this thread on the first page :P
also, there's more than 2 games. I know hl2 ep2, WoW both have lost easter eggs and with just cause 2, that's at least 3 and I know there's more than those 3 games
really enjoyed it, however I was immensely
look fun
FUCKING ACE.
you can turn motion blur off on the pc version, dunno about the consoles.
really enjoying it- pretty blown away by how big the world is, and I've only travelled across 1/3 of it. I somehow get the feeling this is the game they wanted to make with the first one, but now the tech's in the right place and the grappling hook/parachute combo is perfect for zipping around quickly. I didn't quite 'get' it when playing the demo, but when you get accustomed to using those two together you can really batman about the place quick.
Definately get that sense of 'making your own adventure' that these sort of games try to create.. been a while since I've got into one (fallout 3 I guess, albiet rather less cerebral)
Loved discovering that mile high club place.. really fun. You see it in the distance and think wtf.. then you start hearing pumping dance music.. and think wtf??
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I will add one small thought: it doesn't bother me too much since I can appreciate the intent of the game, but it seems that you basically play a terrorist.. Destroying various targets for other parties political goals. Causing 'chaos'.. yeah, stick it to the man by destroying some poor villages water tower! Blow up the gas station! (whoops, did a few civilians get caught in the blast?)
And the game doesn't seem to acknowledge how much of a complete sociopath your guy is.. at least with gta you get a sense that yeah, you really are a bit of a criminal scumbag.
Just got the game myself, no voices in the first cutscene then buttons wouldn't work (like opening the parachute....).
Restarted steam and it's updating the game, so let's hope that fixes the problems.
I've been joking about liberating the Panuans from their vital infrastructure. You pretty much are rephrensible, but who the fuck cares? This is a wonderful sandbox for creating stunts and action movie moments. It doesn't need social commentary, it doesn't need realism, it doesn't need an immersive plot or anything else. It's a bunch of fun toys with a little bit of structure.
I've got 11 hours into it right now and I've done 2-3 story missions and 4-5 side missions, and spent most of the rest of the time just fucking around. I tied a stunt plane to a 747 and took off in the 747, dragging the stunt plane behind me. I cleared the tree line, it didn't, it burst into a fireball and swung into my plane, detonating it.
I've jumped from helicopter to helicopter in midair.
I've surfed a C130 cargo plane into a military colonel, jumping off at the last second and popping my chute, only to use my hook to yank a sniper out of a tower (slingshotting me forward in the process), dropped a bunch of remote charges on the dudes below me, detonated them, and then grappled onto a new plane in a hangar - never touching the ground.
I've jumped a motorcycle off a mountain, gone into freefall, and grappled onto a limo I had to hijack, shooting the guards and commandeering the vehicle.
Like very few games, they managed to make moving through the world incredibly interactive and fun (once you learn how to grapplechute along and fly up and over things, scale buildings, etc, with the parachute and hook, it becomes absolutely wonderful), and they've given you an absolutely massive playground with which to enjoy it. Everything else is secondary and that is totally fine.
I'm also finding the world very pretty to look at when flying about like an idiot. Nice atmosphere effects, fluffy clouds, lots of weather changes. So far I've got over 9 hours of game time in, and only done the required story missions (up to rescuing the drunk dude from the casino). The rest of the time has been just fucking around, blowing shit up, and exploring.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/beached-whale-just-cause-2/63970
so many jokes in this game. the mile high club is awesome
i just got the game from steam. Every time i run it, after 10 seconds, the game freezes. anybody have any similar issues? drivers are all up to date, this is the only game thats doing it. it says it should work with windows 7 (x64). google search is not helping at all since 90% of the results are for torrents and key generators. and the steam forums arent much of a help since 90% of those are fanboys gushing over how great it is, and that makes me even more pissed because i cant play it. so i basically wasted 50 dollars. i wonder if steam has a return policy