Just Cause 4 Review - IGN

Rico's new tricks are goofy physics fun, but it's missing a big new idea to call its own.

[Felix_Argyle_Catbro]

8. Say 8. Not 7.9, not 8.1.

8.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

Agreed. I hate when people push the idea that review scores should be irradicated considering they are so useful but of all review systems, having scores with intervals of 0.1 is the weirdest. Intervals of 0.5 I understand.

[CrimsonWing69]

Oh man I can’t tell you how much it irks me when I see stuff like 8.75 or this 7.9 nonsense in review scores... like if you’re trying to say it’s so close to an 8 but isn’t then just say 7.

[EazyC]

In defense of these scores, the median is compressed between 75 and 85, so in that regard I can kinda see why they do it. The difference between 75 and 80 is significant

[SamPao]

well, why not. 1-100 its 79 its a perfectly fine score. especially since Metacritic and every other site like that use 1-100 so I would rather have a precice system than a just rounded one.

[UnHoly_One]

metacritic does that because it's an average of a bunch of other different scores.

That is different that one person assigning a score like this.

[SamPao]

I know what you mean but its still the same

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

This score is about what I expected. JC4 is very iterative but focusing on adding more crazy stuff isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's looks like an improved Just Cause playground to mess around in. I'll probably pick this up when it's a bit cheaper. I still feel really burned by JC3.

At least it's actually playable on consoles this time around as well. JC3's framerate was so bad (consistently in the low 20s or less when you actually did anything) that I think many people are never going to touch this game. It was one of the worst AAA console ports that I've ever played.

I'm still bewildered by the odd person who claims, "I didn't even notice a thing. Seemed fine to me." How can you not notice unresponsive controls, frequent stuttering and when a game descends into a slideslow? You belong in a madhouse and I'll be joining you if I ever have to play JC3 on a base PS4 ever again.

[optimus]

@Lucas...well i bought the game of the year edition for just cause 3 about a year or so later and didn't experience ANY of the problems you mentioned. maybe it was patched during that time? i bought 4 and so far i'm loving it. the only thing i find a little creepy looking is the new character models but that's only during the cut scenes and doesn't take away from the overall enjoyment of the game....an 8 so far from me and could get higher as i continue to play the game.

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

They tried to fix it but they never could. If you can enjoy the game in spite of its technical issues, that's fine man. I'm not imagining the issue though. I genuinely don't understand how you can't notice it. Here's a Digital Foundry analysing the performance half a year after launch: https://youtu.be/lgtewCxSg6...

It's actually kind of disgraceful. Sometimes when Rico is flung backwards by an explosion it looks like it's in slow motion! I don't care about the odd drop here and there but this happens every time you just blow up a small, insignigicant gas station: https://youtu.be/lgtewCxSg6...

I can tell you that I and many other people noticed that simply disconecting from the internet gives Just Cause 3 a noticeable smoother framerate. This applies to all platforms. JC3 is very badly optimized.

[badz149]

@Optimus

JC3 was terribly optimized for months after its release and it is a fact! I still keep the video of the game loading for a challenge that took a whole 7 minutes! the framerate drops were terrible too even after the fix.

and it's not helping that the game itself was terrible shallow with empty maps which serves nothing but just for the sake of being big! the oceans are so vast and wide but NOTHING in them, not even a single collectible found underwater! WTF?

[chris235]

i like this franchise, will finally purchase today after they pulled their dickmove with „pay 20 bucks more to play it 2 days early, pay 10 bucks more to play it 1 day early“ the last couple days. i mean, wtf!? it‘s not that the game is any better bigger or faster when you play it 2 days early. i don‘t know what baffles me more. that they are getting away with this or that there are people out there who actually are falling for this.

[Profchaos]

Wait this is out there's been fairly minimal advertising or build up for this I thought it was next year new rtx build should be out to good use with it

[badz149]

just like Darksiders 3, and Hitman 2, this game is sent out to die

[TheSaint]

Then it'll be cheap as chips in a few months.

[Profchaos]

Yeah reviews have been ok but it's such a crowded period just ok doesn't really cut it

[Chumdiddy]

Played it and I'd give it a solid 7.5/10, much like the 7/10 I gave JC3. It's better but not much. Most of that extra .5 is because it runa better in console and has a few new ideas. Still, it's a physics sandbox with a thin disguise of taking back an island blah blah blah.
The series peaked at JC2 and has been little more than a physics sandbox since.

It goes next to Hitman and Tropico as the most criminally underdeveloped franchises in gaming. All great concepts with lazy iterations because people still buy and mostly enjoy the half-baked titles. Are they all usually fun? Sure, like 8/10 fun for a couple weeks. Really fleshing them out could make each a AAA 10/10 type title.

[Psychotica]

I am not impressed at all with the visuals on PC, looks worse than JC3 did.

[Profchaos]

I think that's the art style more than anything I think it's on par with 3

[Kraytossmeoff]

It’s 7.5 for me story is standard fair,graphics are a down grade from jc3 probably allow for the performance/engine run more consistently a few pop ins on the map I have encountered.Main thing is the game runs better than jc3 and you can still do some crazy set pieces :)

[seanpitt23]

These games are just average nothing new.

[DanielEndurance]

Introducing the next game that will be $30 two weeks after launch.

[optimus]

i hope so so i can sell mine and buy it again and use the other $30 to buy the season pass.

[jagermaster619]

Turd nugget?