There's also 104 different vehicles to find and drive in JC2 and an achievement rewarded for it.īeing unable to reverse the plane is another annoyance, but somehow, tethering the nose to a truck using Rico's grapple, and then towing it around is inexplicably fun, but then simply experimenting with the grapple and parachute is always a good laugh. Rico can 'stunt jump' effortlessly between vehicles. Ejecting and watching it crash into the ground below is heartbreaking. Hijacking a fighter jet is a rare treat, but good luck landing it. All you can really do when this happens is laugh. On more than one occasion, we splashed out on a shiny new jet only to clip the scenery, flip it over and then attempt to take off while inverted, kicking up sparks and fragments of steel fuselage before exploding in a ball of flame. Irritatingly, purchased objects are normally dropped in an incredibly inconvenient place, so prepare to lose tens of thousands of Panauan dollars on crumpled Silverbolt aeroplanes that you attempted to launch from a short stretch of road. Being stuck in a deserted forest, barren desert or on a far-flung snow-capped mountaintop without a vehicle can be incredibly frustrating until you unlock the ability to call in an extraction, which enables you to travel to any settlement on the island via a quick call to the friendly Black Market salesman, who for an exorbitant price will also furnish you with disposable jet planes, cars, motorcycles, speedboats and weaponry. There are of course some areas of Panau that fall under the category of the remote, positioned in-between the hundreds of regions where there actually is something to do.
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Luckily, there's an even spread of locations dotted throughout Panau that appeal to the completist in almost every obsessive gamer, demanding thorough exploration if you want to gain a 100% rating for tracking down the thousands of weapon, vehicle and armour upgrade parts as well as the countless destructible targets strewn all over Just Cause 2's varied archipelago. Just Cause 2 certainly brings the action, no question and the game's vast island paradise of Panau is a dauntingly immense playground in which to wreak havoc, but there's a danger that having to cover such an expanse with meaningful activities could result in the action being spread thin across the rolling hills and mountains. Using your parachute to quietly drift upon the breeze is one of the few moments in JC2 where you can relax and take in Panau's beautiful sunsets and rolling views. Returning hero Rico Rodriguez opens the game leaping from a helicopter flying thousands of feet above a mountain range, where in a valley a small military base pelts the sky with erupting mortar fire, peppering Rico's descent with explosions.īase jumping or simply ejecting from a plane or helicopter is a great way to skydive and get an aerial view of Panau.
Yes, it's a sequel to a game that failed to set the world alight upon release, and yes, it's severely lacking in depth or narrative intrigue of any kind, but then Just Cause 2 makes no secret of its unreserved, relentless action remit, thrusting you straight into the thick of it from the off.
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How? Why, by cramming it full of balls-out action of course! Striking out in a divergent direction is definitely an advisable move if you're going to differentiate your game from the rest of the pack in a crowded genre, and since Just Cause 2 is yet another entry into the ever-expanding open-world marketplace, we're glad to see that Avalanche has made an effort to make its game stand out.
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