Just cause 2

quarryman

Out on the 26th. Looking forward to it. I really enjoyed the first one. It was complete sandbox though with no real solid game wrapped around it. Hopefully they've sorted that out in the sequel.

Et3rnalMo0nlite

yeh im really looking forward to it, only problem is, moneys real tight, so its gotta be JC2 or God of War 3, ugh its too hard to decide!:(

Sephiroth_dude

That looks really cool,I dunno will I get it though,I have a tone of games to get through :-/.

L31mr0d

I really liked the first one. I thought the game world was beautiful and the level of freedom it gave me was what I'd hoped GTAIV would of given me.

This looks amazing though. I always loved the sense of height in the world, you could fly miles up and free fall for what seemed like an age.

Wossack

steam had the first one bundled with arkham this weekend for 20e

tis awful... and the shocking state of the support for it would put me off touching this next one with a proverbial bargepole

That vid looks pretty good

Never got into the first one, iirc it came out around the same time as Dead Rising and was a little overshadowed by that

dr gonzo

Demo was fantastic i thought, gave you exactly what you want from a demo which is just to be able to switch it on and go nuts for 20 mins rather then ramming too much down our throats.

landsleaving

It was pretty average I thought. Driving felt a bit weird, too loose or something, just not right. Shooting was a tiny bit dodgy, there's probably a lock on mechanic I ignored though.

I enjoyed the jumping from stuff and parachuting, and the huge area, but I can't see it being that interesting for an extended period.

quarryman

Downloaded the demo last night - its great fun!

Its basically like Crackdown with parachutes!

Reckon i'll be picking up the full game alright.

calex71

What annoyed me was I ended up in the middle of nowhere, and had to run for what seemed like forever to get to a vehicle. He just moves too slow for the size of the environment. Also I hated the "vasiline on the lense" look of the back ground environment.

On the plus side blowing stuff up is extremely satisfying indeed. Love it when you shoot the gas cylinders and they whooosh about the place and up in the air

cherryghost

calex71 wrote: »

On the plus side blowing stuff up is extremely satisfying indeed. Love it when you shoot the gas cylinders and they whooosh about the place and up in the air

Duuuuude grapple onto the top of those canisters then shoot it. Was in the pisses laughing :pac:

dr gonzo

cherryghost wrote: »

Duuuuude grapple onto the top of those canisters then shoot it. Was in the pisses laughing :pac:

I tried this but it did nothing for me which is a shame, however, grappling a guy on to one and shooting it. Now thats a spectacle!

cherryghost

dr gonzo wrote: »

I tried this but it did nothing for me which is a shame, however, grappling a guy on to one and shooting it. Now thats a spectacle!

its east, you gotta grapple onto the nozzle. takes a few tries, totally worth it though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA2WPRg33gs

dr gonzo

Cherry...Thank you my friend. I was trying to do this for ages and just thought it didnt work!

quarryman

Eurogamer review up.

8/10

Jazzy

that looks really good

Sephiroth_dude

Can you roam around freely?,looks realy good would'nt mind getting it,if I did'nt have so many games to get through already.

Kiith

Just Cause 2 is pretty much the definition of free roaming. Its a huge game, and its seriously good fun to play. You can do some seriously fun stuff. I'd definitely recommend it.

cherryghost

IGNs review is out

SPOILER:

88/100

Think I'm definately gonna get it xD runs like butter on my PC and looks sexy

L31mr0d

Hatch from LOST in Just Cause 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8r7rlJQ3pk

eddhorse

L31mr0d wrote: »

Hatch from LOST in Just Cause 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8r7rlJQ3pk

Wouldnt have found that if the black smoke or polar bears were lurking around !!

humanji

Damn it! I won't have a chance to go to town tomorrow and buy it, so I bought it on Steam, only to find that I can't preload it. Now I've to wait ages to be able to play it.

Kiith

Why can't you pre-load it? When i looked earlier it was saying pre-load now.

Yakult

Is it only supported by Vista and windows 7?

Gamer Bhoy 89

I can't seem to put this game down lol Went to bed at half 5 thismornin coz i woz up playin it and talkin to the lads.

Woke up at 7.45 thismornin, like 2 hours later, and turned the game back on.

(The sun beams in my face every mornin it just takes me forever to get back to sleep lol)

Some game tho

humanji

Kiith wrote: »

Why can't you pre-load it? When i looked earlier it was saying pre-load now.

there's just option showing in Steam like it normally does. I can't understand it.

R_H_C_P wrote: »

Is it only supported by Vista and windows 7?

yeah it is.


edit: finally got this loading. It's brilliant. I can see it getting repetitive, but I guess it's one of those games that you have to find your own way of having fun. I'm currently trying to free fall from a helicopter into one of those fuel shafts. It's driving me mad but I refuse to stop until I do it!

Sephiroth_dude

Is it possible to play this when steam is in offline mode?

cherryghost

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is it possible to play this when steam is in offline mode?

yes

Sephiroth_dude

Really annoyed at the moment because games for windows is telling me the code I got with the game for the additional content is invalid :mad:

dreamers75

Liking this game but finding mayhem is more fun than the missions

have done some really retardly things , like things a 6 year old would do just cause i can

quarryman

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Really annoyed at the moment because games for windows is telling me the code I got with the game for the additional content is invalid :mad:

This might help.

Sephiroth_dude

quarryman wrote: »

This might help.

thanks for that.

PirateShampoo

Played the demo last night, boy did i get the wrong impression about this game from the tv ads. I loved it.

kearneybobs

humanji wrote: »

Damn it! I won't have a chance to go to town tomorrow and buy it, so I bought it on Steam, only to find that I can't preload it. Now I've to wait ages to be able to play it.

Why would you willingly fork out €50 for the/any game on Steam? I bought this game online and it cost me €25, and that was for the Limited Edition. Looking forward to getting my teeth into it. Not got much of a chance.

overexcitedaj

Really tempted to get this. Loved the demo. Its seems like this is what i wanted GTA 4 to be

VinLieger

So far im enjoying it. To begin with the lack of direction and the complete freedom i was given was weird but im getting used to it.
One complaint is that its getting pretty repetitive, go to location, find upgrades, blow up fuel tanks repeat, although i havent done many missions yet so maybe they will throw in a bit of variety

neGev

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Really annoyed at the moment because games for windows is telling me the code I got with the game for the additional content is invalid :mad:

Enter it into Steam, not GFWL.

muppetkiller

VinLieger wrote: »

So far im enjoying it. To begin with the lack of direction and the complete freedom i was given was weird but im getting used to it.
One complaint is that its getting pretty repetitive, go to location, find upgrades, blow up fuel tanks repeat, although i havent done many missions yet so maybe they will throw in a bit of variety

Couldn't agree more. I picked it up on the PC and finished the first mission..Started playing the casino level got bored and turned it off. It's something that I'll go back to every so often..it's not a game that'll keep you up at night.

humanji

briankearon666 wrote: »

Why would you willingly fork out €50 for the/any game on Steam? I bought this game online and it cost me €25, and that was for the Limited Edition. Looking forward to getting my teeth into it. Not got much of a chance.

I didn't have much of a choice. I couldn't get to a shop and didn't have access to my credit card (Steam saved my details). Plus I don't actually care too much about spending money. Not that I'm rich or anything, I'm just too stupid to think of the consequences.

loldog

Do you need a really fast graphics card for this? I downloaded the Steam demo but it's too slow to play, I only get around 3 fps in the Benchmark. I have an Nvidia GeForce 8400M... I can't believe it's obsolete already, it plays FSX and everything grand in Windows 7.

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Wossack

laptops, unless very cutting edge, arent great for games generally imo...

HxGH

I'm just in from gamestop..

I think I'll get bioshock 2 for €5 like everyone else and stend my time playing that for a while...

Just cause 2 looks good...

But Bioshock 2 looks better!

calex71

Man I suck at this game, finding it tough going even on normal difficulty

Any tip's or tactics for staying alive longer?

Also the planes are a right pain to fly :mad:

VinLieger

The hints say to keep dodging using the right button which apparently reduces their accuracy but i dont think it does much although i playing it on experienced so dont know if that makes a difference.
My tactics now are chute into the base take out sams and then grab a heli, usually theres one on a pad in most bases but if not just cause enough chaos and they will very heplfully send one for you to use :P

humanji

calex71 wrote: »

Man I suck at this game, finding it tough going even on normal difficulty

Any tip's or tactics for staying alive longer?

Also the planes are a right pain to fly :mad:

Keep searching for all th upgrades you can get, especially the health ones. You usually find 2health crates under each bridge that crosses a motorway. This will obviously help you last longer. And don't even attempt to take on any town or region unless it's part of a mission. Only take them on randomly once you're built up a bit.

speedboatchase

Played the demo, lots of fun but could see myself getting pretty bored of it. Is there much change between locales/missions?

Ross_Mahon

I kept blowing my car up in the middle of nowhere and having to walk miles to find a road without any cars driving past

Mataguri

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

I kept blowing my car up in the middle of nowhere and having to walk miles to find a road without any cars driving past

If you call the black markey guy he can bring you a vehicle or extract you to a different location.

speedboatchase wrote:

Played the demo, lots of fun but could see myself getting pretty bored of it. Is there much change between locales/missions?

I'm not too far into the game but there only seems to be 4 different mission templates:

• Escort a technician through an enemy base, then fight the colonel of the base who will be either in a tank or helicopter.
• Blow up 4 objects in an enemy base.
• Interact with 4 objects in a location (defuse bombs, move radars etc, its all the same)
• Hijack a limo then bring the passenger to a drop off location.

It can get tiresome very quickly, but played in short bursts its a lot of fun. You cant beat stunt jumping on top of a flying 747 and sniping people from it.

calex71

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

I kept blowing my car up in the middle of nowhere and having to walk miles to find a road without any cars driving past

A- Call the black market for a ride or extraction

B- Grapple on the ground ahead , hit a for parachute then pull back to lift up in the air, and repeat, great for scaling mountains in a hurry too.

PirateShampoo

I love the demo, i likes to take out the SAM sites and rob the chopper.

quarryman

Funny, I was kinda put off by the demo and I'm glad I picked up the game despite that.

I think the whole attraction is the sheer size of the map and the open-ended-ness. You just don't get that from the demo...