![]() Sadly, there are way too many issues and shortcomings that severely hamper the potential of the game. ![]() That chaotic gameplay experience is retained here in Just Cause 4. As per series tradition, you are once again dropped into the shoes of Rico Rodriguez into an exotic location and is handed free reins to cause absolute mayhem. The series is all about blowing stuff up, causing chaos and having a good time while you’re at it. Gameplay & Mechanicsĭespite their many shortcomings, the prior Just Cause games excelled (or came close) in the gameplay department. But that doesn’t make the poorly written and presented story and characters safe from criticism. At the end of the day, you don’t play Just Cause games for their story. Rico Rodriguez himself is nothing but a shell of his former ‘Antonio Banderas’ persona and seems to have lost all his charisma (an issue I cited in my Just Cause 3 editorial), appearing as just another generic action hero with bad one-liners. But here, the characters try to take themselves too seriously in a bloated, boring storyline. At least the story and characters in the prior games could be labelled “it’s so bad it’s good”. The shell of a story that remains is told through poorly rendered PS3 era cutscenes that don’t do it any favors.Īdding insult to injury are the main villains Oscar Espinosa and Gabriela Morales, who are all but absent in the game with the exception of the initial and final cutscenes. It feels as if many of the story elements shown in the pre-release trailer didn’t make past the cutting room floor. ![]() Even with that in mind, what is presented to us in Just Cause 4 is nothing but a joke. The narrative was just there to give Rico Rodriguez a reason to go wild. ![]() Telling a compelling story was never the strong suit of the series. It’s upto Rico and a small group of rebels to overthrow Espinosa, dismantle the weather-manipulation tech as well as find the truth about his father. As per series tradition, Solís is governed over by the cruel dictator Oscar Espinosa and the military group known as the Black Hand, using advanced weather-manipulation technology. After the events of Just Cause 3, Rico travels back to his homeland to find the truth behind the death of his family, particularly his father. Just Cause 4 takes place in the South American nation of Solís, the birthplace of series protagonist Rico Rodriguez. This review is based on the PC version which priced at INR ₹ 3,499 or US$ 59.99. It is the fourth game in the Just Cause series a and was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on December 4, 2018. Just Cause 4 is an open world action-adventure game developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Square Enix. Does Just Cause 4 live up to the hype, improve upon Just Cause 3 and most importantly, will it win over the Just Cause 2 fans? Let’s find out. With Just Cause 4, Avalanche seemed adamant on fixing the issues debuted in its predecessor (especially the quality of the pc port) and bring the franchise to its high point once again. To this day, Just Cause 2 stands the test of time as the best in the series and a fan and personal favourite. The underappreciated 2006 original was improved upon in every single way imaginable in the 2010 sequel, only to go down from there with the troubled release and reception of Just Cause 3 in 2015. The Just Cause franchise has experienced its ups and downs throughout the years.
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