Just Cause (computer game)
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 Avalanche Studios
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 Eidos Interactive
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| composer | Rob Lord | ||
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All platforms October 22, 2006 October 27, 2006 October 29, 2006 November 8, 2007    |
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| platform | Windows , Xbox , Xbox 360 , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 | ||
| Game engine | Avalanche engine | ||
| genre | Third person shooter | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Keyboard , mouse | ||
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| medium | DVD | ||
| language | English , German | ||
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Just Cause is a third-person shooter released on September 22, 2006 for Windows , Xbox , Xbox 360 , and PlayStation 2 platforms . On May 16, 2012 it was released as a download title with an emulator for the PlayStation 3 . The game was developed by the Swedish developer Avalanche Studios and published by the British publisher Eidos Interactive .
The player takes on the role of the American secret agent Rico Rodriguez , who is sent to a tropical island to bring about a change of government. The island called San Esperito is completely free to explore and about a thousand square kilometers in size. In this area the player is offered 21 main missions and over 300 side missions.
By the end of April 2009, over a million copies of the game had been sold. In March 2010, Just Cause 2, a successor for Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, was released. On December 1, 2015, another part called Just Cause 3 followed for Windows, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 . With Just Cause 4 , the latest part of the Just Cause series was launched on December 4, 2018.
Gameplay
The game is a third-person shooter in which the player steers his character on foot or by vehicle through a freely accessible island world and fights against the soldiers of the fictional dictator. He can use vehicles, airplanes and ships of all kinds to move freely on the approximately one thousand square kilometers of national territory and to carry out his main and optional side missions. The game includes 20 campaign missions and 300 side missions, as well as 90 controllable vehicles. With the help of his special equipment, such as a parachute integrated into his jacket or a grappling hook in pistol format, the player can perform various acrobatic performances. For example, it is possible to windsurf a moving car or hijack a helicopter.
The developers describe the hero as:
“The child of one thousand comic books and action movies. He is James Bond, Mad Max, El Mariachi, Wolverine, Punisher, Rambo, Tony Montana, Jack Bauer, Han Solo and Vincent Vega all rolled into one. With a touch of Enrique Iglesias to top it all off! "
“The child of thousands of comics and action films . He's James Bond , Mad Max , El Mariachi , Wolverine , Punisher , Rambo , Tony Montana , Jack Bauer , Han Solo and Vincent Vega rolled into one, with a shot of Enrique Iglesias on top. "
The name of the game is an allusion to the US invasion of Panama in 1989. This was carried out under the operation name Just Cause ("just cause") and was directed against the dictator Manuel Noriega , who was targeted for doing business with Colombian drug barons USA was advised. The client of the character ("The Agency") is a direct allusion to the CIA, which is also referred to in espionage circles as "The Agency" ("The Office").
action
Just Cause is set on the fictional South American tropical island of San Esperito. The hero is Rico Rodríguez, a secret agent of the Agency who fights in a guerrilla war against the dictator of the island who has come to power through a coup . He is suspected of possessing weapons of mass destruction and thus arouses the Agency's concern .
reviews
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Erik Brudvig from the British online magazine IGN Entertainment gave Just Cause a moderate rating. He praised the extraordinarily large game world and the great freedom of play. He also described the visual and acoustic presentation as well done. However, he complained that much of the game content was designed too similarly and with little variety. He also criticized some programming errors. Overall, he described Just Cause as a game with good ideas that was released too early and too quickly.
Eurogamer's Kristan Reed rated the game similarly. The game offers a multitude of possibilities and a large selection of vehicles, but he criticized the fact that some elements, such as tasks or ambient noise, are repeated too often. In the technical area, too, mainly in the Windows version, the author mentioned deficiencies, for example in the animations of the characters, which he describes as sometimes unsuitable.
Web links
- Just Cause at MobyGames (English)
- Just Cause in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Golem.de game test: "Just Cause - Far Cry meets GTA?"
- Just Cause 2 announcement and more information about the sequel
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Nick Dyer-Witheford, Greig De Peuter: Games of Empire: Global Capitalism and Video Games . University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota 2009, ISBN 978-0-8166-6611-9 , pp. 236 .
- ↑ a b c Kristan Reed: Test "Just Cause". In: Eurogamer . Gamer Network , September 25, 2006, accessed April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Ryan Davis: Test Just Cause . In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , September 21, 2006, accessed April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Erik Brudvig: Test "Just Cause". In: IGN Entertainment . Ziff Davis , September 18, 2006, accessed April 8, 2014 .
- ^ Christian Schmidt: Test Just Cause . In: GameStar . IDG Entertainment Media GmbH , October 6, 2006, accessed April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Ryan Davis: Test Just Cause . In: GameSpot . CBS Corporation , September 21, 2006, accessed April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d Erik Brudvig: Test "Just Cause". In: IGN Entertainment . Ziff Davis , September 26, 2006, accessed April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Meta-evaluation Just Cause . In: Metacritic . CBS Corporation , accessed April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Meta-evaluation Just Cause . In: Metacritic . CBS Corporation , accessed April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Meta-evaluation Just Cause . In: Metacritic . CBS Corporation , accessed April 8, 2014 .
- ↑ Meta-evaluation Just Cause . In: Metacritic . CBS Corporation , accessed April 8, 2014 .