Just Cause 3
Just Cause 3 is a third-person, open-world action-adventure game set on the fictional Mediterranean island nation of Medici. Players explore a large open environment spanning several biomes, using a grappling…
Just Cause 3 is an adventure developed by Avalanche Studios, released 30 November 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $2.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 27.7 hrs to finish.
What Just Cause 3 is
Just Cause 3 is an adventure game developed by Avalanche Studios and released in 2015. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Avalanche engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set six years after the events of Just Cause 2, the story follows mercenary Rico Rodriguez as he returns to Medici, his fictional Mediterranean homeland, which has fallen under the rule of the dictator General Sebastiano Di Ravello. Hoping to free his people, Rico joins an underground resistance movement led by his oldest friend, Mario Frigo, and reconnects with allies from his past. As the rebellion struggles to hold together, Rico learns that Di Ravello is mining a rare and powerful mineral found only on the island, intending to use it to build an unmatched arsenal. Rico sets out to weaken the regime and support the fight to reclaim Medici.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 66 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Just Cause 3 holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 447 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 27.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 40 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $2.99, that works out to about $0.11 per hour of the main story, or $0.07 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2500k, 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3GHz, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB). An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 54GB. 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 $2.99 at Steam, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Just Cause 3 launched on 30 November 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Star Wars Battlefront and StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Star Wars Battlefront, StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Just Cause 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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