The concentration of civilians and militia roaming the world also gives each province its own look and feel. Shanty towns, rural villages, bustling ports and Metropolitan areas makes Solis feel more alive than Rico’s hometown of Medici.
Set on the fictional island of Solis, the developers have created a world of diversity in its locations that was severely lacking in the previous game. Just Cause 4 presents you with the biggest, densest and overly ambitious world in the series. Progress in each story arc is locked behind these liberations, so completing them is mandatory and, unlike Just Cause 3, after it’s been liberated, you can’t return to each area and have more fun. After liberating each area, more missions become available. It certainly feels a drag and I have been glad when they have been over.Ĭausing unlimited destruction recruits followers to Rico’s “Army of Chaos.” With every territory cleared of a Black Hand base, your army squads can reclaim provinces. The most tenuous is escorting resistance novices across three or four checkpoints, locking you into long driving sections with the awful land vehicle physics and handling.
The worst offenders are the missions you run for the resistance Sargento Luis as most of these lock you into a specific playstyle – more defend and escort missions. It can become very repetitive, but the fun of creating chaos and seeing things go boom keep it from becoming blatantly boring. Objectives only range from – defend this console or person, blow up generators (endless bloody generators!) or flip electrical breakers. The mission design of Just Cause 4 feels very routine and, while clearing out each base, with specific objectives attached to them, it is just another reason to cause chaos. Car surfing across the world is a thrill and brings a different meaning to the phrase “flyby.” If you wish to bring some backup to your battles, try tethering two tanks together, outfit them with a couple of airlifters, a few low powered rocket boosters and set them to follow you and cue “Ride of the Valkyries.” These can also provide some of the most comedic moments in the game. Three tether loadouts allow you to infinitely try different strategies when it comes to combat. Or you can program them to follow you as you move around the world. The airlifter balloons can be customised to affect how high you wish to hoist an object.
Rocket boosters and balloons have been added to the loadout and combining each can lead to some hilarious shenanigans. The newest and best additions are the customisable tether loadouts. The use of near-futuristic weapons, the creativity of the grappling hook and aerial battle tech is just as pulsating and fun as it was before.
After all, the story is not the reason we play Just Cause.Īvalanche made great strides with Just Cause 3’s open-world gameplay and all the strengths, and weaknesses, remain here. Ultimately, Just Cause 4’s characters are playing second fiddle. Another familiar face returns from previous entries and leaves more of a mark than the fresh faces. While each have their own personality and traits, none stand out as people you want to help.
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Rico has three allies in his quest to free a town with a personal meaning to him – returning resistance leader Mira, enthusiastic local Luis and arrogant film maker Garland. Some revelations are very clichéd but, in an effort to inject some emotion into the narrative, well received, if not clumsily executed. The story doesn’t bring about many twists, but attempts to add more to Rico’s backstory adding some deviations in pacing. The island of Solis has fallen under the thumb of the Black Hand, run by Gabriela Morales and the ruler of Solis, Oscar Espinosa. As another tropical country falls to a fascist dictator, it’s down to Michael Bay’s favourite (probably) video game character, Rico Rodriguez, to once again liberate the innocent by blowing up as much stuff as possible.
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