A great alternative to taking environments apart with guns and grenades, the physics-based system is a blast to unleash, especially when you consider that the absence of set grapple points means that you can attach the gadget to pretty much any surface you please.īut Just Cause 3 offers more options for creative chaos, by allowing players to grapple three separate points (rather than two) and control the tension.

Like the previous game’s grappling system, Just Cause 3‘s lets us tether items together before watching them collide in glorious fashion. Unfolding in a small military-controlled town, our demo began with us destroying propaganda-spewing speakers and projectors, as well as statues of freedom-hating antagonist General Di Ravello.

For players, this means much more – and much prettier – stuff to blow up from behind Rico’s ample arsenal and stuntman-rivaling traversal skills. But the power of the Xbox One has allowed Avalanche to pack its sprawling map with much more detail and density. Taking place in Medeci, Rico’s Mediterranean-inspired island hometown, the game is similar in size to Just Cause 2. With that solid foundation in place, though, this three-quel complements the expected returning elements with enough new chaos-causing features to make its predecessor look tame by comparison. Just Cause 3 returns players to the role of revolution-igniting Rico Rodriguez, the grappling-hook-shooting, parachute-packing protagonist with a thing for overthrowing evildoing dictators. So how do you top what was essentially one explosive, extended action-movie set piece? Well, for starters: You give fans more of what they loved. Before diving into our hands-on demo of Just Cause 3, Game Director Roland Lesterlin said “We’re really not into subtlety.” As anyone who’s ever played Avalanche Studios’ sandbox series can attest to, that may be the understatement of the decade.Īn intentionally over the-top open-world romp, 2010’s Just Cause 2 was all about blowing stuff up real good, with style to spare.

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