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     North American release date is March 23rd. March 26th for Europe. Demo is out now for 360, PS3 and PC via Steam. PC version will require DirectX 10 (Windows Vista or 7 only, no XP) Official website Wikipedia Gametrailers page Youtube channel Metacritic reviews page What is Just Cause 2? Just Cause 2 is an open-world sandbox-type action game and a sequel to the original Just Cause, released in 2006. The original Just Cause was released for the Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2 and PC. It was appreciated by some but bashed by many for having technical issues and "open-world jank". Since then they've been hard at work making Just Cause 2 and it looks really awesome. Shamelessly stolen official features list: Unique vertical gameplay -- Take to the air like no other game. Experience total aerial freedom with the unique parachute and dual grapple. Unbelievable adrenaline-fuelled stunts -- Freefall, BASE jump, vehicle surf, parasail, skydive, grapple, slingshot, leap between vehicles, hang from helicopters, scale buildings. The impossible is within your grasp. Upgraded dual grapple -- Your best tool is now a weapon. Fire two shots with the grapple hook and attach unwilling enemies to high-speed vehicles, hang them upside down from buildings, or tether objects in mid-air. The possibilities are as vast as your imagination. The secrets of Panau -- Explore the island paradise from sprawling cities, secluded beaches, and towering mountain peaks. There's more than 400 square miles of your own personal playground. Experience true freedom -- Hundreds of objectives can be completed in any way or order that you choose. When it's time for a break from Agency business, kick back and enjoy all the attractions that Panau has to offer. Massive selection of vehicles -- Catch air on a high-speed dirt bike, race across the sea in a power boat, or fire a spread of rockets from an attack chopper. More than 100 land, sea, and air vehicles are yours for the taking. Specific Videos: Freedom trailer E3 2009 demonstration 11 more minutes of narrated gameplay Another 10 minutes of narrated gameplay (sorry, can't find it anywhere besides IGN) The PS3 version will also be able to capture and upload video to Youtube. You can either start a recording at any time, or pause the game and upload the last 30 seconds, if something really awesome just happened but you weren't recording. It looks cool, here's a video of that being explained Gibbed's Goon Challenge Times List gibbed posted:So I'm working on a site where you can upload your JC2 save and it'll pull out your challenge times for friendly ~competition~ with other goons. It's still very much a work in progress and I'd like to get more user data to test against. Mod the gently caress out of this game Just Cause 2 modding thread. BOLOPatch http://m0.to/BOLOPatch/ I guess goon GandH is attached to this, it's a trainer with versions for both the full game and the demo! Gibbed's awesome mods: Gibbed is modding the poo poo out of this game and is making it even more incredible. All of his mods are here: http://mod.gib.me/justcause2/retail/, see mods.txt for file descriptions (mods_spoiler.txt for mods that are spoilers). A few of my favorites: gibbed posted:
gibbed posted:Two quickly made mods to satiate blackmarket hunger. gibbed posted:"Mistikman posted: I really want a mod to drop the Black Market cost to 10% of what they currently are. My options currently are for it to be completely free with a cheat or to have it comically expensive in vanilla. I wish I knew how to mod games like gibbed or GandH so I could just make my own." Also he made some demo stuff: Download this and extract it so the folder inside is in your Just Cause 2 Demo install folder, probably C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\just cause 2 demo\  If your game has no grapple or explosion sounds after you start it, die and respawn and they should be fixed.Among other things, it does the following: gibbed posted:http://mod.gib.me/justcause2/gibbed...hackpack_v2.zip Preorder Bonuses Yep this game is dumb and has store specific preorder bonuses, but at least they're cool and made a trailer to go with them.  Click here for the full 903x724 image. And here's some screenshots, I guess, but you should really be watching those videos because jesus loving poo poo this game looks so much fun in motion  Click here for the full 960x540 image.  Click here for the full 960x540 image.  Click here for the full 960x540 image. Old thread PirateNipple fucked around with this message at Apr 2, 2010 around 13:32 |
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Goon videos! Songbearer is awesome and made this huuuuuuge list of goon videos from the demo, and I wouldn't mind adding more videos as people play the full game, but if this gets out of hand a better method may be necessary! Mo_Steel: Almost There... (Mid-air freefall plane chase) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVcIuhEtyEE Baby Steps (Landing on a tractor while freefalling and then riding it down from the sky) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iunhoFoypIg A Success Story (Succesful mid-air plane grab) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQQGWEo2U1Y Rodriguez. Rico, Rodriguez. (James Bond stunt re-creation) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzVER6-qFCI Poop: Lust Cause 2 (A heartwarming tale of unrequited love, mercifully returned to us) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3rSSd0opis Dual gas can 1080 flip pop shove it (Totally gnarly gas can stunt, dude) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdtxN89alNc Bolo Santosi (Cementing the game as goty with mods) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTmyLsSWksM A Tribute To The Tuk-Tuk Laa (May cause you to cry) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tl2pQ63Ac0 BARONS DEF CHARGER: Senseless Fun & Chaos (Technically he only linked it I think but it's worth watching) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ97ThtZr9I Hey, Rico! Do a flip! (NEEEOWM) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FwJKiS3yKU Dr Zaius: Goodbye Blue Sky (Freefall helicopter re-entry, pre-patch) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEiWnj2Y6Zw Turn Me Loose (General carnage & stunts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyV1uRuuV6Q Gibbed: Whoops (Physics ain't poo poo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2swO15HR-Q Overthrowing the oppressive government of Panau... one bubble at a time! (yes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQDnH7dGxwQ Plasmafrag: Wacky Antics (General messing around) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-yuAgR9fQ Brother Larry: Just Cause 2 blooper (You spin me right round baby...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F0kc5CCVOg Pvt Dancer: Tuk Tuk fun (Cruelty to tuk-tuks  )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaC4PG65f68 Ur Getting Fatter: Nico Bellic wishes he had a parachute (Car flips) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8NrfPR4Wp0 You're not even safe 10,000 feet in the air http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqD9ersfUTs Jon39: The Wheels On The Bus Are Upside Down (Bus carnage) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6VpJVsdBIs Wildchild spins round and round (More car abuse) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZg6yl8JK3g WizardShotFood: Car Volcano (See title) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s869DYYk6ik nightwisher: Just Cause 2 BOLOpatch multi-hook 20 buses (Take a guess) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9hCy19VUJI (I'm not even going to attempt naming all these but they show off multi-hook very nicely) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So1vvk9V8KE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx6a_Y9NQWc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxwY8VHyL5s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k74nXX47dh0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BtYvz5Jq58 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwJBkNionPU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx6a_Y9NQWc ProfessorLoomis: Be mindful of exploding tractors, Colonel. (How rude) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qej6kYvViow Tuk-Tuk Train (Choo choo  )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfQ29EtKgQg Doh004: Blood (  )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2uRGtnu6TA Flight of the Tuk Tuks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JwaTxtKdlk Miffroon: Propane Assisted Hijacking (Creative use of propane accessories) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-On7_yx1vM Bruteman: (Two videos showing off more Multihook, one heli and one with Razorback) Helicopter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNoQ07c4UD0 Razorback: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqEyjCFZwSc Zaii: Pipe Smashing (Again this is just a link but still cool) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQskL_WsCCg Nipponnifties: Just Cause 2 is rad as hell (General gameplay dickery) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvzyBFP0hU Aleksei Vasiliev: How Not To Take Off (how i fly plane  )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zdUz8RPVn4 Tribute to the Peek Airhawk 225 (yaaaay i fly plane now )http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yczpn-qohVk Bakalakadaka: The Leaning Rico (M.J got nothin') http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L72ZvLIEK2Y Black Griffon: Rapturous Jump (Rico: The fastest man alive) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7kqmJ_VvBk PirateNipple fucked around with this message at Mar 29, 2010 around 20:01 |
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This game is going to loving rule.
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Can't wait to play this, too bad I will probably have to work before I get it tomorrow.
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Woah, thats a lot of info. Nice work. Will be very keen to pick this up on release, gotta wait for a few assignments for uni though. e: Oh, thanks for putting my videos up there btw e2: ahaha, got posted on cad http://www.cad-comic.com/ (after I slammed his bolo santosi comic )
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GreatGreen posted:This game is going to loving rule. This game is going to rule or my name isn't BOLO SANTOSI!
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As far as fuckin' around goes, this game is it. Furthermore, HE GOT ME WITH HIS WIRE THING.
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Can't wait to play tomorrow night after work, because I know after working another 16hr+ day I'm going to need to blow off some steam by blowing the hell out of some poo poo.
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Hmmmm......tomorrow should I listen to Hope and Vanille continue to whine like little bitches, should I conquer more goddamn darkspawn, or should I TIE PEOPLE TO AIRPLANES???
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how long til its released on steam? I can't check since i'm typing this on my crappy nokia.
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I asked in the other thread but now it's dead soooo what is the steam download size for this baby and the retail copy, on install does it put itself in your steam list so I can redownload if I want? Thanks
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HELP! HE GOT ME WITH HIS WIRE TING!
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Steam store says 10GB hard drive space required. Since it uses Steamworks DRM I believe once you activate it you can redownload at will but someone who actually knows for sure will have to confirm that.
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Does anyone know if this game will have achievements on PC? I've been playing the demo and having a blast, and just wanted to know if I could inflate my meaningless gamerscore.
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Lamech posted:Hmmmm......tomorrow should I listen to Hope and Vanille continue to whine like little bitches, should I conquer more goddamn darkspawn, or should I TIE PEOPLE TO AIRPLANES??? OH MAN WHAT A DILEMMA!
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teacup posted:what is the steam download size for this baby teacup posted:the retail copy, on install does it put itself in your steam list so I can redownload if I want?
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It has Steam achievements, but not Games for Windows achievements. No gamerscore, but you can see how many other people poopsocked their way to 100% on this game.
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Derp. EFB ^^ (and I hit reply instead of edit  )SRM posted:Does anyone know if this game will have achievements on PC? I've been playing the demo and having a blast, and just wanted to know if I could inflate my meaningless gamerscore.
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I just wanted to mention on the first page (even though its mentioned in the OP) that gibbed is awesome and will most likely be producing some seriously sweet mods for the final release of the game. (thanks gibbed!) e: VVV totally went over my head at first poop fucked around with this message at Mar 23, 2010 around 03:42 |
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poop posted:I just wanted to mention on the first page (even though its mentioned in the OP) that gibbed is awesome and will most likely be producing some seriously sweet mods for the final release of the game. Also, apparently your socks help people get to 100% in the game.
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I would like to post a rebuttal to the last thread, and have us leave it at that. I never once said that this is a terrible game. It's not - it's a pretty fun game, but it's difficulty come endgame makes it a lot less fun than the demo. Imagine playing GTA IV where EVERY cop in the game is a SWAT officer by the end, and doing anything to incite chaos results in them piling onto you and killing you in seconds. It is possible, but difficult to get away. Missions in the game are fairly repetitive, with a few exceptions as gems. They're playable though, and since you can cherry pick missions, you don't have to do them right away. Yes, I put a lot of time in a short period into the game. 24 hours is a respectable game length, and a perfectly reasonable time in which to be satisfied with how much I've played. Considering "Mercenary Mode" gives you no reward apart from a glowing, taunting % meter, there's not all that much appeal to keep playing. Sure you can on and off, but you're on an island filled with the same town, all that need to be brought to 100% before you die, or all the enemies re-spawn. Some people cited using a trainer as a solution to bypass the difficulty. It's a shame that's not an option for console players. Is it worth buying? Yes. Is it worth playing through? More or less. The endgame is underwhelming.
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poop posted:I just wanted to mention on the first page (even though its mentioned in the OP) that gibbed is awesome and will most likely be producing some seriously sweet mods for the final release of the game. Gibbed is like some sort of game hacking super-hero-genius-guy.
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Will steam automatically start downloading a preordered game when it releases? I won't be home tomorrow when it does but it'd be great to have it downloaded and waiting for me when I got home.
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Fork of Unknown Origins posted:Will steam automatically start downloading a preordered game when it releases? I won't be home tomorrow when it does but it'd be great to have it downloaded and waiting for me when I got home. Right click the title to see if you have the option to pre-load it; at least that way you only have to sit through authentication when you get home.
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I know this thread is the for the full version, but gently caress it. Fuckers pissed me off with their heli, so I... Click here for the full 1280x1024 image. Grappled it to my bigger one:)
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Ixjuvin posted:HELP! HE GOT ME WITH HIS WIRE TING! This should have been the thread title.  I totally forgot that this comes out tomorrow. I had 60 bucks in store credit at gamestop, and was planning on using it for this, but instead I bought Mass Effect 2. Guess I'll have to wait a few weeks before I can play it.
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If us poor sods waiting for the 27th don't get a pre-load I'll be a slightly disappointed panda.
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Literally the first game I've bought on release since Crysis or Bioshock, I think. Seriously, if you have a PC that can run it, get the PC version. You're doing yourself a disservice by not playing this with Gibbed's mod and BoloPATCH. Also, in the OP, the "Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions" video isn't mine. My other video is You're not safe even 10,000ft in the air.
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 finished God of War 3 just in time for this tomorrow.
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Well! Blew through my cheaply-bought copy of Just Cause 1 just in the nick of time. Most of the cutscenes were "Your two support characters do nothing but sit around and tell you what to do while having a barbecue" but the last cutscene fighting El Presidente got a few chuckles out of me. Basically I can safely say that you're probably not missing too much if you didn't play it, though. The grapple/parachute gimmick was inventive, I'll definitely give it that. Parasailing on cars was oddly relaxing.
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Steam is saying right now at 11pm that the game will unlock in 15 hours. That means 2pm Central Time tomorrow?? gently caress Edit for some first page content I'll add screens when I figure out how, but after about 3 hours this is pretty much one of the best games I've ever played. I don't think everybody will like it, though. I'm a fiend for grand theft auto style games, and this one takes every cool element from that series, and adds a grappling hook and regenerating parachute for you to do some crazy poo poo. The graphics are also pretty great, with a high view distance and good effects. I think it takes a decent system (PC) to turn up the graphics though, as on mine I'm getting around 35 FPS if I can trust the benchmarks they put in. Edit 2: I was able to skid down one of the guy wires that hold up the radio masts by accident, it was weird texasmed fucked around with this message at Mar 24, 2010 around 06:50 |
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I'd check Steam's unlock time again tomorrow, maybe when you wake up. They might be using a placeholder time.
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I wouldn't expect a change. Noon PST is pretty much the standard unlock time.
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I don't know, this game feels a bit off to me, the controls aren't quite right, the POV is awkward. Maybe that's partially a result of being a console port, but the first game had the same issues on the 360 as I recall. Plus, it's kind of irritating trying to 100% a settlement and searching for the little destroyable/collectible object you're missing. I don't know if that matters that much, but I was irritated by that in the demo. Sort of reminds me of Saints Row, with the awesome over the topness combined with a lack of polish, but I think this might be even less polished.
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the only thing keeping me from getting this for PC is the controls. Can I use a Dualshock (if so, I am sold)?
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The keyboard and mouse controls seem fine to me. Just remember to press the aim button first to do your fine aiming and there shouldn't be a problem.
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Darth Ballz posted:the only thing keeping me from getting this for PC is the controls. Can I use a Dualshock (if so, I am sold)? It has native support for XBOX 360 controllers, however there are Xinput control wrappers that allow you to use other (DirectInput) ones. I use an original XBOX controller with it myself.
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The floaty controls are sometimes due to performance problems. You can also adjust the FOV if it bothers you. Put "/fovfactor=1.5" in the launch options. Tweak the number to your liking.
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No Multiplayer, is there? This would be hilariously fun in multiplayer.
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Darth Ballz posted:the only thing keeping me from getting this for PC is the controls. Can I use a Dualshock (if so, I am sold)? I am using a DS3 myself. Check out the Motioninjoy drivers at http://www.motioninjoy.com. Works wonderfully. Just make sure you have The "emulate 360 controls" Radio button thing picked.
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