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Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2is a 2010action-adventure video gamedeveloped byAvalanche Studiosand published bySquare Enix.The sequel to 2006'sJust Cause,it was powered by Avalanche Studios' Avalanche 2.0 Engine. It features Rico Rodriguez, a major operative of the fictional Agency who arrives at Panau (a fictional island nation in Maritime Southeast Asia) to overthrow dictator Pandak "Baby" Panay and confront former mentor Tom Sheldon. The gameplay involves Rico fighting hostile militants with guns and agrappling hook,enabling players to tether objects to each other and slingshot into the air with a parachute.Just Cause 2introduces the Chaos System, in which players must complete missions and destroy government property on Panau for Chaos points. These points are essential for story progression.

Just Cause 2
Cover art featuring protagonist Rico Rodriguez
Developer(s)Avalanche Studios[a]
Publisher(s)Square Enix
Director(s)Magnus Nedfors
Producer(s)Daniel Willför
Designer(s)Peter Johansson
Programmer(s)Fredrik Larsson
Artist(s)Stefan Ljungqvist
Writer(s)Odd Ahlgren
Matthew J. Costello
Neil Richards
Composer(s)Mats Lundgren
SeriesJust Cause
Platform(s)
Release
  • NA:23 March 2010
  • EU:26 March 2010
  • AU:1 April 2010
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

The game was developed as an improvement ofJust Cause;its team saw missed opportunities in the first game, analyzing and refining it. As a result, mission design,artificial intelligenceand most core gameplay mechanics were overhauled. Panau, inspired bySoutheast Asia,was considered by the team a good location for an action game.Square Enix London Studiosworked with Avalanche for the development. It was announced in 2007 with a demo attracting two million players.

The game was released in March 2010 forWindows,PlayStation 3andXbox 360.Just Cause 2received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its gameplay, open-ended nature, stunts, world design, and graphics while criticizing its story, gunplay, and mission design. Sales of six million copies worldwide exceeded original projections. The game was supported withdownloadable contentat release, and amultiplayerfan project was eventually approved as an add-on. A sequel,Just Cause 3,was released in late 2015.

Gameplay

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Screenshot of Rico Rodriguez grappling under a helicopter while receiving Chaos points by destroying government property

Just Cause 2is athird-personaction-adventure gamein which players control Rico Rodriguez, field operative of the Agency, in an effort to overthrow the island dictatorship of Panau: anopen worldfor players to explore. The game has three types of missions. Agency missions advance the story and are the game's main campaign; faction missions task players to assist the game's three factions, and stronghold missions task players to infiltrate government bases and liberate them for the factions.[1]To advance through the campaign missions a player must earn chaos points, a progression system introduced in the game. Players earn chaos points for completing missions and destroying designated government property.[2]As the number of chaos points increases, the factions gain influence and the government begins to collapse. In addition to typical missions,Just Cause 2has race challenges which give players cash.[3]

The game's open world is free for players to explore when they are not on missions. Panau is described as an area of about 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi). There are a variety of landscapes, including deserts, mountains and jungles, and over three hundred settlements.[2]The settlements contain government properties, which can be destroyed, and unlockables such as cash stashes and weapon, vehicle and armor parts.[3]Finding all the collectibles and destroying all the government properties will help players liberate a settlement and receive chaos points.[4]When players create chaos or enter restricted areas, they generate heat noticed by hostile government militants; the heat decreases when the player evades them.[3]The map is Rico'sPDA,with points of interest including mission locations, settlements, military outposts, race challenges and the player's progress.Waypointsmay be set on the PDA.[3]

Players can use a variety of weapons to fight enemies. The game features a large arsenal of weapons, from two-handed pistols to rocket launchers,[5]and a variety of sea, land and air vehicles. Players can drive them, jump on top of them or hide in front of them while they are moving[5]and hijack enemy vehicles, triggering a series ofquick-time events.[6]Initially, the player must acquire weapons and vehicles in the field. Early in the game, they encounter ablack marketsupplier from whom weapons and vehicles can be purchased (with optional delivery to the player's location by helicopter). As more chaos points are gained, additional weapons, vehicles and an extraction option become available on the black market. All black-market weapons and vehicles can be upgraded in steps with weapon and vehicle components in the game world; over 2,000 parts may be acquired.[7]Players use a beacon to access the market.[3]

Just Cause 2includes agrappling hookenabling players to tether objects together. In a high-speed vehicle chase a player can use the grappling hook to attach the pursuit vehicle to the ground, forcing it to stop and often damaging it by flipping. Players can also tether two enemies together.[8]The grappling hook allows a player to pull himself, hold onto objects such as walls or helicopters and pull enemies towards Rico. The player has aparachute,which can be instantly deployed and repacked. This can be combined with the grappling hook as quick transport, with players "slingshotting" themselves into the air.[3][9]

Plot

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Four years afterJust Cause,Rico Rodriguez is dropped into Panau to find his former handler Tom Sheldon, who is suspected of going rogue and aligning himself with the country's dictator Pandak "Baby" Panay. With the aid of intelligence asset Karl Blaine and a weapons dealer only known as the Sloth Demon, Rico allies with the island's three dominant criminal gangs and factions: the Roaches, anorganized crimesyndicate; the Reapers, aninsurgentsocialistmilitia; and the Ular Boys, anultranationalistrebel group which espousestraditionalismand opposes foreign influence.[10]

Rico gathers enough information to track down Sheldon, who reveals that he has been the Sloth Demon while he was investigating a greater conspiracy behind Panay's rise to power. Rico determines that Sheldon has not gone rogue, and Sheldon tells him to continue causing chaos on Panau while he explains the situation to the Agency.

Sheldon then tells Rico to hurry to his hideout, where Rico learns that intelligence asset Jade Tan has been captured in Panay's military base and will be tortured and possiblysummarily executed.Although Rico rescues her and destroys the base, Jade is bundled into a truck and a fleet of gunmen try to escape along a frozen lake. A nuclear submarine emerges from the ice, but Rico hijacks the truck and they are airlifted to safety by Kane (Sheldon and Rico's mission handler). Jade later explains that the Roaches, Reapers, and Ular Boys are secretly backed byRussia,China,andJapan,respectively, to bring down Baby Panay, but Rico and Sheldon wonder what the small island has which is so attractive to superpowers. They track down and assassinate the foreignintelligence officersliaising with the factions.

Soon afterwards, the island is engulfed in so much chaos that Panay leaves the capital for his fortified military base. Rico assaults the base with the aid of a faction of his choosing. Panay is apparently killed during the assault by Karl Blaine in a murder-suicide, but not before Panay explains that the three nations, along with theUnited States,have been interested in Panau for itsoil reserves,supposedly the largest in the world.

With Panay dead, the situation in Panau becomes a free-for-all as foreign nations scramble to claim the oil. Russia, China and Japan send a fleet ofsupertankersto Panau, and the U.S. beginsscramblingits military forces to defend the island. Rico is tasked with holding off the supertankers until reinforcements arrive, but anuclear submarinesuddenly surfaces. Rico investigates the submarine and finds Panay, alive but injured. Although Panay firesnuclear missilesat Russia, China, Japan and the U.S., his clothing snags on one of the missiles and he goes up with it. In pursuit, Rico grapples onto the missile; the men battle in midair as he disarms each missile.

Finally, Rico pins Panay to the exposed core of the U.S.-bound missile, and reprograms the targeting computer before jumping to safety. The missile changes course and explodes over Panau's oilfields, killing Panay and destroying the island's oil reserves. Rico rejoins Sheldon, Kane and Jade, who are dismayed at the loss of billions of dollars' worth of oil. Rico explains that oil is not worth dying for; with its oil gone, interest in Panau will be lost, thesuperpowerswill not go to war and the island's residents will be spared. Sheldon agrees, assuring Rico that a president friendly to the U.S. will be installed on Panau and the island will be closely monitored; the group raise their glasses,toastingfriendship and a job well done.

Development

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Just Cause 2was developed by the SwedishAvalanche Studios,withSquare Enix London Studiosproviding additional support.[11]The game's predecessor,Just Cause,was a moderate commercial success and received mixed reviews from critics. The team thought that although it had potential, it was an opportunity missed[12]and describedJust Cause 2as a "sequel waiting to be made". Shortly after the start of development, the team begin analyzing the first game's strengths and weaknesses with the intention of improving it.[12]They wanted to use the large open world to create rewarding quests and missions, dropping the first game's side missions in favor of faction missions, stronghold takeovers and race challenges to increase gameplay density (keeping players occupied, even when simply exploring the world). This density increased the connectivity between the faction and Agency missions.[12][13][14]Another goal was to improve the game's combat and artificial intelligence, so action stunts would be easier to perform and the game's tactical element would increase. The team overhauled the artificial intelligence, improving enemy characters' reaction to player action and their environment. The game features a Hybrid Locking System, which makes aiming easier, and a real-time destruction system. The team refined the game's driving mechanics to make them feel more realistic.[7][15]

They said that its "over-the-top" action and emphasis on player freedom would distinguishJust Cause 2from otheropen worldgames.[13]According to Peter Johansson, many gameplay mechanics were so "crazy" that they hesitated when testing the game; they were included in the final product because it was thought that they would make the game fun to play, meeting the franchise's main goal of performing many stunts in a massive open world. SinceJust Cause'sgrappling hook was praised,[14]the team made it more accessible and easier to use as an essential part of the sequel's combat system.[12]The team also refined the parachute, making it more realistic and giving players more control of its movement. They added the Chaos system, enhancing player freedom by allowing them to progress through the game in a number of ways instead of completing missions.[7]

The game is set in Panau, described as an island with a variety of landscapes and cultural influences (including Japan,Thailandand theMalay Archipelago). The team chose the setting because they considered that its exoticism suited an action game.[7]HawaiiandNew Zealandalso inspired the game world.[14]Although the game's plot was unconnected toJust Cause,it featured a more-experienced Rico as the protagonist.[16]According to game director Magnus Nedfors, the team retained the first game's "campy" tone.[14]The narrative remained light and the game was made into something intentionally "silly"; the team "don't take ourselves or our game too seriously".[17]Plot was not the primary focus ofJust Cause 2,and the team took three to five months to create the story.[18]The game runs on Avalanche Software's upgraded Avalanche Engine. UnlikeJust Cause,it was released only for seventh-generation consoles and its graphics were not limited by the restrictions of older consoles. Since it is set in an open world, Avalanche co-founder Linus Bloomberg thought a longdraw distancewas essential to motivate players to explore the game world and the engine was modified to accommodate that feature.[19]The PC version runs on DirectX 10 hardware, and is incompatible with Windows XP.[20]The PlayStation 3 version allows the user to capture gameplay video and export it to theXMBor upload it toYouTube.[21]However, most content is identical across all platforms.[12]

Marketing and release

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The game was announced in January 2007 by publisherEidos Interactive,[22]and a year later a Christmas 2008 release was planned.[23][24]Its release was later postponed to the third quarter of 2009.[25]A demo for the game, released on 4 March 2010, attracted more than two million players.[26]According to studio founder Christofer Sundberg, the demo was envisioned as a smaller version of the game so players could fully experience its open-ended gameplay.[15]After Japanese publisherSquare Enixacquired Eidos Interactive, it announced that the game would be released in North America on 23 March 2010 and in Europe on 26 March.[27]Pre-orders received a map of Panau and access to the Black Market Chaos Pack.[28]An Ultimate Edition, with the game and the Black Market Aerial and Boom Packs, was released on 20 December 2011 for thePlayStation Network.[29]

Downloadable content

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According to designer Peter Johansson, the game would support a variety ofdownloadable content[30]and DLC was released onPlayStation Store,SteamandXbox Live Marketplaceafter the game's release. The Black Market Aerial Pack included an F-33 Dragonfly jet fighter, dual parachute thrusters and a multi-lock missile launcher.[31]The Black Market Boom Pack included a quad rocket launcher, a cluster bomb launcher and an air-propulsion gun.[31]The Black Market Chaos Pack included Rico's signature gun, an Agency hovercraft, a Chevalier Classic, a bull's-eye assault rifle and Tuk Tuk Boom Boom. Although the pack is no longer available, its contents may be downloaded separately.[28][32]Avalanche also released several pieces of free DLC, including a Chevalier Icebreaker (anice-cream truckwithbullbars),[33]Tuk Tuk Boom Boom (introducing atuk tukwith a "roof-mounted weapon of mass destruction" )[34]and a Chaos Parachute pack.[35]

Multiplayer Mod

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Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Modoriginated as a fan project by twomodders,Jaxm and Trix, who were impressed with the game's scale after playing its demo. They stopped moddingGrand Theft Auto: Vice CityandGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas,and began developing a multiplayer mod forJust Cause 2;the team eventually expanded to six.[36]The mod was later recognized by the game's developers as anadd-on.[37][38]It supportsachievementsand adds multiplayer capability, allowing hundreds to thousands of players to interact in the game's map of Panau.[39]After several years in the making, the mod became available as freedownloadable contentonSteamon 17 December 2013.[40]

Reception

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Just Cause 2received generally positive reviews upon release, with critics praising its gameplay, graphics and open world; the game was widely regarded as a significant improvement to its predecessor.[46][49]It was nominated for Best Action Game at the 28thGolden Joystick Awards,losing toAssassin’s Creed II.[51]

Eric Neigher of1UPpraised the game's texture, draw distance,depth of fieldand variety, writing that such details made the game feel more alive.[44]The explosions were praised for their visual effects.[46]According to Neigher, the varied landscape and the grappling hook madeJust Cause 2'sgame world superior to those ofGrand Theft AutoandInfamous.[44]Eurogamer'sSimon Parkin commended Avalanche Studios for developing a "picture-postcard amalgam of Pacific landscapes" without significant technical difficulties, such asframeworkinstability.[45]However, Kevin VanOrd ofGameSpotand Ryan Clements ofIGNnoted a number of gameplay problems, such as loose shooting mechanic and technical glitches.[48][50]Jeff Marchiafava ofGame Informerconsidered its world one of the most enjoyable and entertaining sandboxes for players to explore, overshadowing other open-world games with urban settings.[46]

Just Cause 2'saction elements were widely praised. Ryan Davis ofGiant Bombpraised the game for its defiance of physics, increasing player enjoyment.[49]The combined grappling hook and parachute was praised for facilitating and enhancing traversal and exploration.[44][46]Eurogamer'sParkin agreed, adding that the tool was a mix ofSpider-ManandBionic Commando,butGame Informer'sMarchiafava thought that the mechanic and its precision exceeded both. He praised the action stunts, especially skydiving (which he called "thrilling" ).[46]VanOrd described the stunts as "satisfying", "silly", "fun" and "crazy", and stated that travelling between locations was so enjoyable that players would rarely use the black marketeer.[48]Clements praised Avalanche Studios for providing action only found in a "top-dollar Hollywood production" with the game's stunts.[50]Parkin and Neigher commended its potential, with Parkin writing that players use their imagination to experiment with the grappling hook (making the game addictive).[44][45]However, its gunplay (particularly the aiming system) was criticized.[46][48]The game's difficulty and artificial intelligence were criticized as frustrating, as they sometimesspawnedin front of the player.[46][48]According to Clements and Marchiafava, its controls had a steeplearning curve.[46][50]

The game's mission design and progression system received mixed reviews. According to Parkin, the chaos system did not make sense; Rico sometimes destroys properties which help local citizens. He called most missions repetitive and a "grind", losing their appeal as players progress (although he praised some side missions).[45][48]Parkin and VanOrd criticized the stronghold-takeover missions.[45]Parkin added that most players probably would not have the patience to complete the settlements, since the island's appeal wanes after hours of play.[45]Marchiafava praised the game's side activities, saying that the diversions increased its replayability.[46]Davis criticized the missions' repetition, but liked their quantity.[49]

Just Cause 2'sstory also received mixed reviews, with Neigher criticizing its mediocre voice acting and lack of logic.[44]Clements thought the presentation of itscutsceneswere not on par with the game world,[50]and Parkin described the plot as a "low-rent thriller".[45]Marchiafava called its story the game's weakest part, with its "unscripted" moments the high points.[46]Most critics agreed that the strong gameplay mechanics overshadowed design and narrative flaws,[44][45][46]and that narrative was not the game's focus.[44][49]

Sales

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It was the best-selling retail game in the UK when it was released, outsellingPokémon HeartGoldandSoulSilver(released the same week).[52]Although the initial sales projection was 2.2 million,[53]sales exceeded expectations. In February 2014, describing its sales as "slow", studio founder Christofer Sundberg said thatJust Cause 2had sold more than six million copies.[54]

Legacy

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Main article:Just Cause 3

Purchasers ofJust Cause 2and another Square Enix game,Sleeping Dogs,received an exclusive Rico Rodriguez outfit and the ability to perform "stunt-style takeovers" while hijacking vehicles as Officer Shen.[55]After the game's release, the Swedish team developedMad Max.A studio based inNew York Citywas established to develop a new game, set in theJust Causeuniverse.[56]Just Cause 3wasGame Informer's November 2014 cover game, and it was released on 1 December 2015 forWindows,PlayStation 4andXbox One.[57][58]Purchasers ofJust Cause 3for the Xbox One would also receiveJust Cause 2viabackward compatibility.[58]

Notes

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  1. ^Additional development bySquare Enix London Studios.

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