Just Cause 2 Catch-All

So... Hovercrafts? Anyone find any?

LobsterMobster wrote:

So... Hovercrafts? Anyone find any?

Are hovercrafts supposed to exist outside of the DLC you get for preordering from Walmart? My understanding is that people who ordered through Steam don't get any of the preorder DLC.

EriktheRed wrote:
LobsterMobster wrote:

So... Hovercrafts? Anyone find any?

Are hovercrafts supposed to exist outside of the DLC you get for preordering from Walmart? My understanding is that people who ordered through Steam don't get any of the preorder DLC.

That would be my question. I've heard there are hovercrafts in the main game, they're just different from the pre-order stuff. I'm trying to confirm that.

This game is freaking gigantic. Air vehicles are artificially slow compared to real life, and I haven't actually measured, but I suspect it would take eight or nine minutes to cross the game world diagonally at full throttle in a jet. I bet the gameworld is at least twenty times the size of GTA3.

I'm not sure how it compares with GTA4. I didn't play that game enough to get a good sense of its scale.

There are 384 separate (small) areas to find goodies in.

Awesome moment: I was trying to liberate a military-owned airfield which had some of the really good jets (Leopard I think). As I was zooming from place to place, I saw in the corner of my eye a plane taking off, so I grappled my way over there and was able to stick to the plane before it took off. Standing on top of the plane while the enemy flew it above the island was exhilarating.

But, after about 10 seconds I decided to hijack his ass and use the plane to discover locations for 10 minutes before trying to blow up some fuel tanks which eventually led into me crashing into a crane. Good times.

Malor wrote:

This game is freaking gigantic.

Yeah this is one thing that really dawned on my during my second night of play. The game area is huge.

I started the missions for one of the island factions and noticed the other 2 faction start points no longer showed up on the map after that. Do you have to do one faction's missions at a time, or was I just missing something?

Malor wrote:

This game is freaking gigantic. Air vehicles are artificially slow compared to real life, and I haven't actually measured, but I suspect it would take eight or nine minutes to cross the game world diagonally at full throttle in a jet. I bet the gameworld is at least twenty times the size of GTA3.

I'm not sure how it compares with GTA4. I didn't play that game enough to get a good sense of its scale.

There are 384 separate (small) areas to find goodies in.

There is no comparison.

GTA 4 is (i think) ~11 or 12 square miles

JC2 is 400 square miles

After spending the last 3 months playing Fallout 3, Mass Effect 2, and Dragon Age, I think it may be time to buy this bad-boy. I need some ACTION in my gaming life, and returning to Fallout 3 just doesn't have the same allure it once did.

EriktheRed wrote:

There is no comparison.

GTA 4 is (i think) ~11 or 12 square miles

JC2 is 400 square miles

Yeah, but GTA4 is dense city.

Please don't make me defend GTA4. I didn't like that game as much as I was supposed to.

OK, filthy enabling FTW.

Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but Amazon is giving a free $15 credit towards the purchase of a future title if you buy JC2. Couple that with the free $25 credit they gave me for the "great graphic novel debacle of 2010," and I found it impossible to resist. I have a pretty poor track record with most sandbox-style games, but hopefully I'll enjoy this.

LobsterMobster wrote:
EriktheRed wrote:

There is no comparison.

GTA 4 is (i think) ~11 or 12 square miles

JC2 is 400 square miles

Yeah, but GTA4 is dense city.

Please don't make me defend GTA4. I didn't like that game as much as I was supposed to.

You're definitely right about that, but I would still say there is much more stuff to do and see in JC2

This is a gorgeous game for sure.
Here are some screen grabs I took at 5040x1060

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EriktheRed wrote:

You're definitely right about that, but I would still say there is much more stuff to do and see in JC2

Also a f***ing grappling hook.

LobsterMobster wrote:

Yeah, but GTA4 is dense city.

One thing about this game, is after GTA and Saint's Row and Infamous it is nice to have this type of game set in a different and varied environment, not just "generic urban city & suburbs."

PS3 or XBox? Does it matter?

Podunk wrote:
Sinatar wrote:

Rico sounds like Triumph the insult comic dog.

"That's a great revolution... for me to poop on".

:lol:

What he said.

Now it's going to be even more impossible to take the story seriously.

It amuses me to no end that the guys who made this are the same ones who made The Hunter, a game where you quietly stalk through the woods for hours so that you can line up a buck to take a single shot.

Can we have some bad impressions please, so I don't impulsively buy this?

Gdawg27 wrote:

Can we have some bad impressions please, so I don't impulsively buy this? :-)

Do you have OCD-like compulsions when playing games? If so, this one will give you a nervous breakdown with all the sh*t there is to destroy and collect in order to complete each of the hundreds of areas in the game.

Does that help?

lostlobster wrote:

PS3 or XBox? Does it matter?

I believe the PS3 version has a feature where it constantly records your actions so you can go back and watch replays of your destruction (and upload them to Youtube). It probably looks better too. I'm playing the PC version FWIW.

zeroKFE wrote:
Gdawg27 wrote:

Can we have some bad impressions please, so I don't impulsively buy this? :-)

Do you have OCD-like compulsions when playing games? If so, this one will give you a nervous breakdown with all the sh*t there is to destroy and collect in order to complete each of the hundreds of areas in the game.

Does that help? :D

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I've got a 4850, 8 gigs ram, q9300 quad core so i have a solid computer

I don't know what kind of black magic is going on, but it runs extremely solid and is jaw droopingly beautiful even at medium settings & 1920x1080 on my dated rig (8800gt/dual core). I know I mentioned this above, but I'm still in awe. I'm chugging along at a barely playable FPS in BFBC2, but this thing is smooth as butter.

b slippy wrote:
I've got a 4850, 8 gigs ram, q9300 quad core so i have a solid computer

I don't know what kind of black magic is going on, but it runs extremely solid and is jaw droopingly beautiful even at medium settings & 1920x1080 on my dated rig (8800gt/dual core). I know I mentioned this above, but I'm still in awe. I'm chugging along at a barely playable FPS in BFBC2, but this thing is smooth as butter.

Out of curiosity, are you playing in fullscreen, or windowed mode?

Certis wrote:

It amuses me to no end that the guys who made this are the same ones who made The Hunter, a game where you quietly stalk through the woods for hours so that you can line up a buck to take a single shot.

When I first started playing, running through the trees and seeing the rocks, and hills and gullies, it reminded me a lot of The Hunter. I guess that 'splains that then.

One weird habit I've developed playing this is constantly switching back and forth between the keyboard/mouse and my xbox controller. Helicopter strafing is easier with the keyboard, but planes require the controller. Aiming with weapons is better with the mouse, but grappling feels more natural with the controller. It's really nice that the game doesn't seem to care which controls I'm using and that switching between them is seamless.

Does that help?

My bank account? No.

Oh, that's really good to know Serengeti. I have yet to use my controller on a PC game, and I was thinking of trying it on this one when I pick it up.

Certis wrote:

It amuses me to no end that the guys who made this are the same ones who made The Hunter, a game where you quietly stalk through the woods for hours so that you can line up a buck to take a single shot.

Totally unrelated I'm sure, but The Hunter is adding a new "grappling hook" weapon. You can't kill a deer with it but you can tether them to a tree so they can't run.

lostlobster wrote:

PS3 or XBox? Does it matter?

Word around the net is that the 360 version has screen tearing, and PS3 does not.

Out of curiosity, are you playing in fullscreen, or windowed mode?

Full screen from the couch actually (my HTPC is my main desktop)

Oh, that's really good to know Serengeti. I have yet to use my controller on a PC game, and I was thinking of trying it on this one when I pick it up.

It's perfectly mapped and setup for the 360 controller on the PC - with full rumble support. As soon as you switch controllers, all of the screen prompts switch to whatever setup you are using (mouse/kb or 360 controller)

Got my copy in the mail. I looked in the box but couldn't find any pre-order bonus unlock codes or anything. Just this "Square Enix" community code, which I think it something else.

Where should I be looking? Am I boned?