Games

Just Cause 3

Avalanche Studios

2015•Adventure•PEGI 18•About 28 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventuremonster/alien/supernaturalvehiclesfasttried & testedlightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpansive and heightened: an accessible adventure game, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

76 / 100

449 ratings

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About This Game

Just Cause 3 is a third-person, open-world action-adventure game set on the fictional Mediterranean island nation of Medici. Players explore a large open environment spanning several biomes, using a grappling hook, parachute, and wingsuit to move quickly across land, sea, and air. Gameplay centers on physics-driven destruction and player freedom, with a wide range of weapons, vehicles, and explosives used to dismantle enemy installations and liberate towns and bases. It is the third entry in the Just Cause series and was followed by Just Cause 4.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Set six years after the events of Just Cause 2, the story follows mercenary Rico Rodriguez as he returns to Medici, his fictional Mediterranean homeland, which has fallen under the rule of the dictator General Sebastiano Di Ravello. Hoping to free his people, Rico joins an underground resistance movement led by his oldest friend, Mario Frigo, and reconnects with allies from his past. As the rebellion struggles to hold together, Rico learns that Di Ravello is mining a rare and powerful mineral found only on the island, intending to use it to build an unmatched arsenal. Rico sets out to weaken...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureMonster/alien/supernaturalVehiclesAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Modern warfareHelicopterMotorcycleBloodyMonster truckFlightBirdBuilding

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Details

Developer: Avalanche Studios
Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 30 November 2015
Series: Just Cause
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 6h rushed, 28h normally, 40h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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