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Just Cause 2

4.7 out of 5
14 User Ratings
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91% | Very Positive
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With 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles, Just Cause 2 defies gravity and belief.
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About Just Cause 2

About this game

Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure. As agent Rico Rodriguez, your orders are to find and kill your friend and mentor who has disappeared on the island paradise of Panau. There, you must cause maximum chaos by land, sea and air to shift the balance of power. With the unique grapple and parachute combo, BASE jump, hijack and create your own high-speed stunts. With 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles, Just Cause 2 defies gravity and belief.

  • UNIQUE VERTICAL GAMEPLAY - Take to the air like no other game. Experience total aerial freedom with the unique parachute and dual grapple
  • UNBELIEVABLE ADRENALINE-FUELLED STUNTS - Free fall, base jump, vehicle surf, para sail, skydive, grapple, slingshot, leap between vehicles, hang from helicopters, scale buildings. The impossible is within your grasp.
  • UPGRADED DUAL GRAPPLE - Your best tool is now a weapon. Fire two shots with the grapple hook and attach unwilling enemies to high-speed vehicles, hang them upside down from buildings, tether objects in mid air. The possibilities are as vast as your imagination.
  • DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF PANAU - Explore the island paradise; from sprawling cities, secluded beaches and towering mountain peaks – more than 400 square miles of your own personal playground.
  • EXPERIENCE TRUE FREEDOM - Hundreds of objectives can be completed in any way or order that you choose. When it’s time for a break from Agency business, kick back and enjoy all the attractions that Panau has to offer.
  • MASSIVE SELECTION OF VEHICLES - Catch air on a high-speed dirt bike, race across the sea in a power boat, or fire a spread of rockets from an attack chopper – more than 100 land, sea and air vehicles are yours for the taking.

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
March 23, 2010
Developer:
Avalanche Studios
Publisher:
Square Enix
Rating:
ACB rating of 15
ESRB rating of 17
PEGI rating of 18
USK rating of 18
Supported Languages:
English
Steam Deck Support:
Unsupported
Franchise:
Just Cause
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Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows XP is unsupported)
  • Processor: Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz)
  • Memory: 2GB System Memory
  • Hard Drive: 10GB of free drive space
  • Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory
    (Nvidia GeForce 8800 series/ ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro)
  • Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible sound card
  • DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 10

Recommended:

  • OS: Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 2.4GHz or equivalen
  • Memory: 3GB system Memory
  • Hard Drive:
  • Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 512 MB of memory
    (Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 series/ ATI Radeon HD 5750 series)
  • Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible Dolby Digital 5.1 sound card
  • DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 10.1

Critic Reviews

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GameSpot

GameSpot
85 / 100
"Crazy stunts, a huge and gorgeous gameworld, and a playful attitude make Just Cause 2 a lot of fun."

IGN

IGN
88 / 100
"I haven't had this much fun with an open-world game in years. Just Cause 2 is over-the-top and insanely fun. There are some issues in the game's presentation and the checkpoint...

PC Gamer

PC Gamer
88 / 100
"A vast and incredible playground for destructive experiments and improbable stunts. [Jun 2010, p.64]"
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Just Cause 2 Statistics

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~20 Hours
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~40 Hours
41.43%
~60 Hours
12.77%
>= 80 Hours
12.15%
Achievement Hunter?
12.15% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

Difficulty Rating

Simple
1.45%
Easy
15.73%
Just Right
73.06%
Tough
9.58%
Unforgiving
0.18%
Relax & enjoy! 73.06%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
13.85%
Played It
26.63%
Halfway
15.86%
Beat It
31.72%
Conquered It
11.95%
Completionist! 11.95%  of players have Conquered It

Just Cause 2 User Reviews

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User Rating

Average score from 14 ratings
89% of users would recommend this.
4.7

User Ratings Breakdown

5 Stars
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Recommended

Fanatical User
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This game was probably released in 2010 but it is still enjoyable in 2022. If I had to tell you what the game is about in one sentence it would be this: '' You go somewhere, and then you go full terminator mode.'' Bonus point, it runs well on a low-end PC.
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Recommended

Fanatical User
Verified purchase
This game is amazing and fun beautiful map when l played in this game a felt far cry and gta 5
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The game still holds up today tho a bit out datted

Fanatical User
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Stella and the multiplayer still worked
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decent

Fanatical User
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Fun dumb game. Good if you like sandbox type games. Will get around to playing it some day.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Somewhere in the middle. 17% of GameFAQs users said Just Cause 2 is Simple or Easy. 73% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 10% of GameFAQs users said Just Cause 2 is Tough or Unforgiving.
According to PEGI, Just Cause 2 is suitable for players aged 18 and above.
No, Just Cause 2 is not currently playable on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that Just Cause 2 is Unsupported on Steam Deck. Some or all of this game currently doesn't function on Steam Deck.
Minimum:
  • OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows XP is unsupported)
  • Processor: Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz)
  • Memory: 2GB System Memory
  • Hard Drive: 10GB of free drive space
  • Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory
    (Nvidia GeForce 8800 series/ ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro)
  • Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible sound card
  • DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 10
Recommended:
  • OS: Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 2.4GHz or equivalen
  • Memory: 3GB system Memory
  • Hard Drive:
  • Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 512 MB of memory
    (Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 series/ ATI Radeon HD 5750 series)
  • Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible Dolby Digital 5.1 sound card
  • DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 10.1
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 41 hours. 66% of users played Just Cause 2 for over 40 hours.
Yes, Just Cause 2 has broad critical consensus. 94% of critics on Metacritic recommend Just Cause 2. The Metascore is 84 out of 100.
89% of Fanatical users recommend Just Cause 2. The average review score is 4.7/5
Yes, 89% of Fanatical users and 94% of critics on Metacritic recommend Just Cause 2.
Just Cause 2 was released on March 23, 2010
Just Cause 2 is published by Square Enix
Just Cause 2 was developed by Avalanche Studios
Fanatical users tagged Just Cause 2 as Action, Sandbox, Adventure, and Third-Person Shooter
Fanatical users tagged Just Cause 2 as Destruction, Funny, Beautiful, and Atmospheric
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Just Cause 2 as having Multiplayer
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Just Cause 2 as having Singleplayer
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Just Cause 2 as having Co-op
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Just Cause 2 as Action
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Just Cause 2 as Sandbox
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Just Cause 2 as Adventure

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Just Cause 2 © 2010 Square Enix Ltd. Published by Square Enix Ltd. Developed by Avalanche Studios. SQUARE ENIX and the SQUARE ENIX logo are trademarks of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. JUST CAUSE, the JUST CAUSE 2 logo, EIDOS and the EIDOS logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Square Enix Ltd. AVALANCHE STUDIOS is a trademark of Fatalist Entertainment AB. All rights reserved.

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