Just Cause 2
In a lawless open-world paradise, use whatever means necessary to achieve your objective. Use land, sea and air to your advantage and use a wide range of weaponry to cause as much chaos as possible.
Just Cause 2 is an adventure developed by Avalanche Studios, released 23 March 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.49 at Steam. The main story takes about 22 hrs to finish.
What Just Cause 2 is
Just Cause 2 is an adventure game developed by Avalanche Studios and released in 2010. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Havok Physics.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are skilled agent Rico Rodriguez. An Agency asset has gone silent on Panau; a huge paradise with a corrupt leader. Your orders are to find and "dispose" of this asset. The only problem is that this "asset" is actually Tom Sheldon. The man who taught you everything you know.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Just Cause 2 holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 489 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 22 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 53.4 hrs, roughly 2.4 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $1.49, that works out to about $0.07 per hour of the main story, or $0.03 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz), 2GB System Memory of RAM and DX10 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.49 at Steam, 90% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Just Cause 2 launched on 23 March 2010, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, God of War III, Metro 2033 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, God of War III, Metro 2033, Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Just Cause 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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