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Lead designer Peter Johansson has told Eurogamer Germany that Just Cause 2 will be out during the third quarter of 2009.
That's sometime between July and September; we had to count on our fingers.
Eidos had positioned the tropical action sequel for a late 2008 release but pushed the game back, presumably to make sure the lofty design promises were met this time around.
Many of these are abandoned features from the lacklustre but enjoyable openworld original, or ideas based on community feedback for Just Cause 1.
Boring side-missions have been replaced by chaos activities that reward destructive rampages by increasing influence with certain factions around the map. And the more influence you have, the more opportunities within that faction become accessible.
Gain enough favour and you may find yourself with enough power to knock out entire governments.
On top of all this will be reworked AI, lock-on targeting and a host of bigger and better weapons.
Head over to our Just Cause 1 review to find out what to expect.
Alternatively, pop into our Just Cause 2 gallery to see how the sequel is shaping up.
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kangarootoo
10/02/09 @ 09:30
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The first one was a mixed bag for me. The first 20 mins were great, and hopping about the place from truck to helicopter and back again was lots of fun. But the progression within the game just didn't seem planned out properly. I just kind of got bored and stopped playing. They could learn a thing or two from Saints Row 2 methinks.
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Penguinzoot
10/02/09 @ 10:30
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Agreed. The story missions in JC1 were ok-ish, although too few IMHO, but the side missions were boring and repetitive in the extreme. Having said that, I absolutely loved the game. There was just something about it which struck a chord with me - probably jumping from helicopters ;)
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To be fair, Just Cause was Avalanche Studios FIRST game, and although it had balls control on vehicles, and little in the way of mission variety or things to do, the graphics were and still are amazing. It had a whole damn country, easily the biggest game I've ever seen, bigger than Mercs 1+2 put together by far. So i think they should be given credit for that!
And as the man above says, a lot of fun can be had just getting around. If the second one has more to do, and more variety and better controls, then I'm in. (I got the full 1000 points for the first one).
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TuftyMcTavish
10/02/09 @ 12:22
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Grab a helicopter, fly high, high up into the sky and sky dive out as dawn breaks over the land. Awesome. Loved the first game to bits, despite its failings.
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LowEnergyCycle
10/02/09 @ 13:03
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I could not stand the first game. It was nothing but a frustration simulator in my experiance. Every time I wanted to do something fun and chaotic, a stupid game quirk, glitch or design flaw got in the way. Every time I wanted to further to story line, the game bored me stupid with repetative kill/fetch quests and absurdly easy shooting.
It'd be nice if they got the sequel right, but the only reason I'm here is down to my burning hatred of it's big brother. |
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I loved the first game. Admittedly the side missions were quite awful, but the main story was satisfactory enough.
The game took me months to complete, though, because I would spend most of my time finding areas to jump off rather than doing anything progressive. As TuftyMcTavish said, flying high in a helicopter then skydiving to the ground proved to be one of the game's strong points. Ever since MDK I've just loved inexhaustible parachutes in games.
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