Just Cause 4 is Mostly Negative on Steam in just a day, video comparison between Just Cause 3 and 4

DSOGaming writes: "Just Cause 4 has just been released on the PC and in just a day, the game has Mostly Negative reviews on Steam. PC gamers list numerous graphical issues, downgraded visuals, bugs (especially with the menu), inability to remap keys and more."

[Snookies12]

I learned my lesson after 3... I freaking loved Just Cause 2, but after that they've gone drastically downhill. Which sucks, because this series could have been something truly special given the right tech and development.

[neutralgamer1992]

JC as a series has under achieved in a major way both commercially and critically. Developers are trying to do as little work as possible to try to cash in on the name of this series

On foot gameplay is still broken and shallow. The shooting machanics feel broken

Driving still sucks

Performance is a issue and that makes no sense when other much bigger games like Witcher and RDR2 have shown you can get the graphics, gameplay and performance

Avalanch barely updated JC3 and some of their patches manse JC3
More buggy

They can't just say we are giving you an open world go have fun when there are so many things holding back the fun factor

And just for fun they added hunch of time limit missions which make you go across the whole map to destroy something before going all the way on the other side of the map with barely enough time

[Wolffenblitz]

You can't compare jc3 with rdr2 and Witcher.. you're not blowing shit up and using a lot of resources on physics in those games.

[Segata]

I liked messing around in JC3's world but the missions were horrible. They were every PS2 era mission design at it's worst.

[Profchaos]

They really pushed the PS2 but since that point it's been the same gameplay with very minor tweaks

[pinkcrocodile75]

My husband LOVES Just Cause 3 so buying Just Cause 4 on PS4 Pro is a no brainer.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

What is with some developers downgrading sequels? Sequels are supposed to take what the previous game did and evolve it for the better. Somethings were improved, but more were downgraded like the water and grass physics, among other things.

This game's reviews are all over the board just like Darksiders III, too (currently at a 74 from 20+ reviews on OpenCritic)

[bolimekurac]

the game is being fixed on the xbox one x, they just announced tons of additions to the graphics and much more

[starsi360]

Too little to late. Should have been ready to go at launch, or delayed if it wasn’t quite ready. Sick of developers pushing out unfinished products.

Pay £50 for an unfinished buggy game
Or...
wait and pay £15 for a patched and fixed game.
Tough choice.... /s

[mkis007]

Why fo you mention xbox one x and not the base xbox one console and ps4 like the press release?
https://square-enix-games.c...

[bluefox755]

ACG gave it a positive review, so I'll give it a try.

[Harkins1721]

Isnt JC4 using a different engine? Still looks really good.

[optimus]

wow, this is the absolute definition of nitpicking. sure, there are some differences but to stop and look if you're shadow in a game and deem it a bad game because of it
(among other little things) is simply idiotic....

I'm surprised he didn't talk about the graphical popups when flying through some trees. or the various animals that get stuck (sometimes upside down) on fences and things.... all minor glitches, (that can be funny moments)....regardless I'm still loving the game.

[bolimekurac]

well its good to hear today that they will be adding many graphical and game enhancements to the xbox one x version in the next few days
Fixes to some motion blur rendering issues.
Add a motion blur toggle to the options menu.
Improvements to the overall visual quality on Xbox One.
Fixes to some texture mapping issues.
Other graphical improvements such as smoother vegetation transitions.
Lighting updates to some cutscenes.

[SegaGamer]

The series is burned out. It get's repetitive very quickly and the 4th game looks to be more of exactly the same thing. Enjoyable to begin with, but something that becomes pretty dull fairly quickly.

[supes_24]

I wanted this game, so I did my research and saw a lot of negative reviews stating JC3 was better. So I saved money and bought JC3 for $20. Played it last night and so far so good!

[MIDNIITE_Z3RO]

They should've stopped at 2. I don't know about anyone else, but it just seems like they're taking the same game and rehashing the graphics. A game I'd like to use as a comparison is Far Cry, when it comes to changing up the atmosphere of the game. The maps are always very forest heavy and typically on an island of some sort outside of the most recent iteration, but they somehow seem to always have their own feel to it. Swamps, lakes, river beds, palm trees, pine trees. I just don't get that feeling with Just Cause. It somehow always feels like the same town, same kind of destruction and explosions. And c'mon, a tornado? Seriously? I get that it's over the top action stuff, but c'mon.

[optimus]

i don't know about you but when i 1st encountered a tornado in the game it was quite the spectacle as I've never seen that kind of weather effect in a game before. it's very well done...my only problem with the game is that there are no towns to be liberated anymore. instead you have squads that do it for you ala' metal gear 5 (it actually borrows other elements from metal gear v). the destruction of dictator owned objects is no longer mandatory to liberate anything, which in turn carries no incentive to blow stuff up. still like the game so far though

[starsi360]

That’s my issue with the game. For me just cause is all about going round causing chaos with huge explosions and levelling entire enemy bases. JC3 nailed it.
The missions have become the central part to JC4 instead of the destruction and it suffers because of it. The missions are uninteresting and linear just like JC3

[jordan22290ps]

Seems like just cause 4 is just just cause 3 but with "extreme weather!". Every time I see an ad for it or anything of that sort, the main draw they push is "extreme weather". I mean it's cool and everything but is it really enough to justify a brand new entry for 60$?