Just Cause 2

[Steve]

With over 400 square miles of some of the most incredible gameplay locations ever seen, Just Cause 2 gives you the freedom to take on the world in more ways than you can possibly imagine. Freedom to decide where to go: snow-topped mountain ski resorts, sun-kissed tropical beaches, beached oil tankers in the middle of a desert, floating brothels or lost Japanese WWII soldiers on ‘skull’ island.

Freedom to accept any mission: work for any of the three island factions, choose from almost 200 missions, challenges, assassinations and more. Freedom to bend reality to your cause: surf jet fighters into oil rigs, ‘helicopter hop’ from the burning wreckage of your aircraft and hijack your pursuer, devastate heavily defended military installations with nothing but your grapple and a snappy one-liner. Just Cause 2 gives you the freedom to make the game your own. This is your Just Cause.

As Rico Rodriguez, the Agency's most powerful weapon, players must take on the island of Panau and its military regime in order to track down Rico's former boss and mentor, Tom Sheldon, who has gone rogue with millions in Agency cash and intel. Using a unique grapple and parachute combination, there is no vertical limit as the air becomes your playground: grapple a passing plane in flight, hijack helicopters, BASE jump from the tallest buildings or mountains and leave a trail of chaos and destruction in your wake. Just Cause 2 offers players the freedom to attack missions any way they choose and, with over 100 vehicles and countless upgrades and collectibles, the choices for relentless adrenaline-fuelled action are limitless.


some new stunt analysis vids have to say it seems like too much fun eh?

[Scott]

Already pre-ordered, cannot wait for this! The first one was awesome.

[Steve]

XP users out of luck it would seem:

Minimum:

- Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7 (Windows XP is unsupported)
- Processor: Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz)
- Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce 8800 Series / ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro with 256MB memory or equivalent DX10 card with 256MB memory
- Memory: 2GB RAM
- DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 10
- Hard Drive: 10GB of free drive space
- Optical Drive: DVD-ROM drive
- Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible sound card
- Internet Connection: Internet connection required for product activation
- Input: Keyboard and mouse (Microsoft Xbox 360 controller optional)

Recommended:

- Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7 (Windows XP is unsupported)
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6GHz or AMD Phenom X3 2.4GHz
- Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 Series with 512MB / ATI Radeon HD 5750 Series with 512MB or equivalent DX10 card with 512MB memory
- Memory: 3GB
- DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 10.1 with Vista SP1
- Hard Drive: 10GB of free drive space
- Optical Drive: DVD-ROM drive
- Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible Dolby Digital 5.1 sound card
- Internet Connection: Internet connection required for product activation
- Input: Keyboard and mouse (Xbox 360 controller optional)

This is bad news for many, as a Steam survey conducted last month showed that 42% of Steam users still use XP.

We can also see here that the game will run on Dx10, apparently with no option for Dx9.

Just Cause 2 releases on the 23rd March for the 360, PS3 and PC.

[Xx_jet_xX]

Must be time to upgrade my OS.... well atleast i will have skipped the Vista debacle.

The game looks fun is it singleplayer only or does it have an online mode?

[.Simon.]

Anyone played the demo yet? Had a quick go the other day and it was pretty fun A bit peeved about the time limit on the demo but oh well. Haven't bought a game in a while so I might invest in this when it comes out.

Ps- the parachute is pretty fun

[ShArP]

i played the demo as well, 30 minutes seems long enough to get a feel for the game, think i might have to pick this up sometime