What a pile of garbage
Game sounds so great on paper but I played it for a while and its frustrating and boring and it doesnt feel like much of an upgrade.
I wish my lawn was emo so it can cut itself.
Some of the voice acting is absolutely horrendous (namely, Bolo Santosi), and the driving mechanics could be better, but the map is huge and varied. If you're not a hardcore FPS player the shooting aspect is okay.
In an open-world, sandbox-style game the emphasis is more on stuff to do anyway. And there's lots. Missions (though many are repetitive, and some are even identical but for different factions), weapon/vehicle/armor upgrades to find (about a few thousand each), vehicles to drive/fly/sail (from motorbikes, ATVs, and cars to passenger planes, helicopters, and fighter jets, to speedboats, sailboats, cargo boats and so on), and a copious amount of *beep* to blow up or kill.
But this is all coming from a casual gamer who never played the first Just Cause, so take from it what you will. :/
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Well hell then, I guess I need my pants.
I am casual gamer too and I LOVED this game. It took a while to get use to but once I got the hang of it I didn't want it to end. Which is good... because the map is huge! I remember people talking about how big LA Noir (and before that, RDR)'s map is. The seems way bigger. This is up there with the Assassin's Creed and GTA franchises as being one of the best sandbox games IMO.
shareFunny story, a year later I downloaded the game (for free) after I gave it away last time out of lack of interest in it and now I definitely enjoy it now than I have a year ago. I guess when I got a hang of the controls and came up with different ideas on approaching a target rather than just charging and gunning it became super fun. So I take back what said :)
Please I beg you to look into my history and make fun of me. It will definitely show me...