Just Cause game review video

3 October 2006

Posted by:Ferry

In the Just Cause game, you take on the role of the flamboyant Rico Rodriguez – an undercover CIA operative specialising in regime change – as he tries to overthrow the corrupt government of San Esperito. This rogue South American island is suspected of stockpiling WMDs and it’s your job to negate the threat to world peace. It could be to your advantage that this tropical paradise is about to implode as various factions vie for power – it just needs a gentle nudge in the right direction.

Just Cause offers the freedom to tackle your assignment however you want: play the island’s factions off against one another; incite a rebellion among the masses; or build alliances with rebel forces and drug cartels. Explore the game’s world of 1,225 square miles of mountains, jungles, beaches, cities and villages with a variety of air, land and sea craft. There are over 300 missions across 250,000 acres.

The action can be pretty intense, too bad it soon becomes shallow and repetitive. Hear all about it in this Just Cause video review.

To quote the video review: “Just Cause is a tricky game to score. It’s often a glitchy and shallow experience, yet you’ll have an absolute blast playing it. Given the conventions that have developed in the free-roaming genre, and the expectations of a next-gen game, Just Cause has a lot of problems you’ll have to deal with. But with high-flying action like this to keep you searching for the boundaries of San Esperito and soaring over them, most players won’t even notice.”

Story — 7.5
Design — 7.0
Gameplay — 8.2
Overall — 7.6