DarkLordMalik
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Same! I am enjoying it a lot despite all of its flaws.
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Just Cause 3 - early impressions thread
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SoundofSilence
Member
Apparently you missed the massive city in region 3?
What are you doing on Boom Island? I went there and it seemed kinda empty.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Just killing time while the game installed.
Haven't encountered any issues yet.
But it's fun jumping of a car straight into a wing suit.
The games AA solution is akin to that of Halo Reach but not as bad.
I imagine that's gonna piss a few people off but I'm cool with it.
Game could use some post launch polish for sure though.
SJRB
Gold Member
What city? I thought I was pretty thorough, where is this city?
Oh, I didn't play during install. I can see it being a fun time waster for that, I went when exploring the overall map and was really confused about it.
SJRB
Gold Member
Is it the island in the top south-west corner shaped like a horse shoe?
I just went there, it was a 15-kilometer flight and took forever to get there. Totally expected something cool like the Lost island from Just Cause 2 but it was fucking nothing, haha. Literally.
Yeah that one haha, I did the exact same thing.
Loving the Giant Bomb Quick Look, but obviously my experience is gonna be pretty different given they're playing on PC.i've spent some time with it as well and my quick thoughts are pretty similar to OP's with some exepctions (fe. i dont dislike vehicle driving this much)
I would add also this
- Controls are total clusterfuck in closed spaces. When you are gliding, parachuting and ziping in open areas it works great, but in towns... Combined with bad camera work it leads to lot of frustration some times
- Liberating towns/bases is sometimes crazy hard (great!)
- Oh boi, all enemies are crazy marksmans - no matter what they are wielding, they will fkin hit you badly. Pretty weird to be honest and since there is no cover system it sometimes feels like "cheating" on AI part
- Wingsuit is so much fun!
- Online stats are annoying as hell. When you lose connection to the server for a second it stops the game, trying to reconnect etc. I had TURN OFF my internet connection completely to get rid of it.
- Voice acting and plot... it has to be said one more time - it's a trash man. I really wish they haven't implement cutscenes at all, my ears were bleeding every single time...
- We finally have decent checkpoint system during missions so you don't have to start from the beginning if you fail
I would add also this
- Controls are total clusterfuck in closed spaces. When you are gliding, parachuting and ziping in open areas it works great, but in towns... Combined with bad camera work it leads to lot of frustration some times
- Liberating towns/bases is sometimes crazy hard (great!)
- Oh boi, all enemies are crazy marksmans - no matter what they are wielding, they will fkin hit you badly. Pretty weird to be honest and since there is no cover system it sometimes feels like "cheating" on AI part
- Wingsuit is so much fun!
- Online stats are annoying as hell. When you lose connection to the server for a second it stops the game, trying to reconnect etc. I had TURN OFF my internet connection completely to get rid of it.
- Voice acting and plot... it has to be said one more time - it's a trash man. I really wish they haven't implement cutscenes at all, my ears were bleeding every single time...
- We finally have decent checkpoint system during missions so you don't have to start from the beginning if you fail
AgentOtaku
Member
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Yeah there's a lot of unnecessary loading between cutscenes and in between missions, especially when the camera as a cutscene ends pans in a way that suggests a seamless transition into gameplay.
SJRB
Gold Member
He's from Medici, the country Just Cause 3 takes place in. Similar to Panau it's a fictional country.
Geographically I guess it's a blend between Spain, Italy, Greece. The language sounds like a mesh between Spanish and Italian, hence why Rico sounds like Ezio.
AgentOtaku
Member
I never thought of it as GOTY material. It seems to really lack in narrative direction and is a literal sandbox for you to do as you please. For me that sounds good on paper, but in practice I can't help but feel like it would get old quick.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
And they completely lost a sale with this. No way I'm paying them money if this is the case. Fix it or I'm not buying it. So sick of this online garbage in single player games. I'm not going to go out of my way to shut off my internet connection just so I don't have to deal with this kind of thing that should never happen in the first place.
This bad news (along with asinine load times) really sucks. I was looking forward to this.
ffejeromdiks
Banned
Yeah, absolutely stupid request in a game like this.
Couple of more gameplay videos for ya'll from the PS4 version.
Lighthouse Blast Challenge (Drive an ATV of exlposives into a lighthouse)
Salrosa Sprint Challenge Gameplay (A car race that has an insane jump. This car handles poorly if you drive too fast, but I think handled it well.
Lighthouse Blast Challenge (Drive an ATV of exlposives into a lighthouse)
Salrosa Sprint Challenge Gameplay (A car race that has an insane jump. This car handles poorly if you drive too fast, but I think handled it well.
Cannon Goose
Member
One question, do the cars tumble when you roll them down a hill? One of JC2's best features was that the cars would actually flip end over end when you crashed them off of cliffs.
Thirded. I've never once felt like cover would improve this game.
QuantumSquid
Member
I don't have any impressions to offer but to my knowledge, the biggest breach of street date was for LittleBigPlanet PS Vita, which inexplicably was put up for sale at GameStop and other retailers 2 weeks before its scheduled release date.
Karak
Member
Bahaha. Holy crap really? Thats insane.
Maintenance
Member
Windmoo.
QuantumSquid
Member
It's not for everyone, but the last Just Cause game came out 5 years ago... it's not a cash grab. It's been in development for years now but Avalanche doesn't have unlimited resources and even they admit the story isn't the focus so they invested more in improving the parts people appreciated most in past Just Cause games.
I was a bit off now that I've looked it up - the release date was 20th September 2012 and GameStop started selling it around September 12th for seemingly no reason.
Are you going to be doing a review of this game, by the way? I really enjoyed your Rise of the Tomb Raider review.
Yes. My first time doing that Sprint challenge I didn't land the huge jump and fell down the cliff. The car flipped and flipped, rolled and rolled on its journey down the cliff until landing in water.
Nameless
Member
Progression being tied to the type of bland, repetitive gameplay challenges I always try to avoid really turned me off to buying this at full price. It also doesn't look like much thought was put into the mission design(again), which is a shame because the sandbox here seems primed for some crazy over the top scenarios. The physics and destruction systems look especially fun so I definitely still plan to give it a go at some point.
I dunno, the missions I've seen so far all seem like things I would've wanted to try out anyway.
Finished the game a few days ago and for what it's worth I really, really enjoyed it. Nothing mindblowing but if you liked JC2 and you want more of that, this is it.
I'd say this "B-Team" outdid the "A-Team" this year. This game is far more enjoyable than Mad Max (well to me at least).
diffusionx
Gold Member
I wish Bolo Santosi would make an appearance.
Codiox
Member
Despite this online shit I'm really loving it. There where far more disappointing games this year than this.
I think it delivers well for just cause fans, but I think jc2 was a little bit more polished than jc3 (right now)
Also did you know that the german let's player gronkh did some voice acting in it? Pretty hilarious hearing him trying to be serious.
I think it delivers well for just cause fans, but I think jc2 was a little bit more polished than jc3 (right now)
Also did you know that the german let's player gronkh did some voice acting in it? Pretty hilarious hearing him trying to be serious.
Maintenance
Member
This, I would be in day one if they had co-op, wrecking mayhem with somebody else would be amazing.
Kurt Russell
Member
Rico is Mexican (though he grew up in Medici) That's why his accent sounds spanish, while the natives from Medici sound italian-ish.
How long did it take you to beat? Debating trying to Redbox it!
Don't really know exactly, since there's no counter in the game, but probably 20 something hours (wasn't rushing).
QuantumSquid
Member
What version of the game did you play? Were the loading times as bad as that example from the other thread?
PS4, it does have some long loading times but not as bad. Here's my post from that thread:
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Yes, this is a game that needs to be enjoyed with friends, still can't believe they didn't include it. Wing-suiting around the world with 3 of your friends? Yes please.
SoundofSilence
Member
Thanks. Sounds good. What were your experiences with frame rate?
Kind of a different philosophy with the games though. Max can be pretty slow when you're just rummaging around for scrap and this looks balls to the wall. There's room for both in ones taste lol. I haven't played this obviously but I thought Max was great and this looks great too. That's great you liked it though.
The frame rate is generally fine but gets pretty bad during chaos.
Cannon Goose
Member
Excellent, thanks for letting me know. I spent hours in JC2 driving cars down steep hills.