Just Cause 2

March 23, 2010ShooterESRB M

Available on

Linux PC

Genres

Shooter Racing Adventure Action

Overview

About Just Cause 2

In a lawless open-world paradise, use whatever means necessary to achieve your objective. Use land, sea and air to your advantage and use a wide range of weaponry to cause as much chaos as possible.

Story setup

You are skilled agent Rico Rodriguez. An Agency asset has gone silent on Panau; a huge paradise with a corrupt leader. Your orders are to find and "dispose" of this asset. The only problem is that this "asset" is actually Tom Sheldon. The man who taught you everything you know.

Reference

At a glance

Released: March 23, 2010
Platforms: Linux, PC
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure, Action
Play modes: Single Player
Age rating: ESRB M
Time to beat: ~22 hours

Media

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Playtime

How long to beat

Player-reported completion times for Just Cause 2.

Rushed: 15hoursMain story only
Typical: 22hoursStory plus some extras
Completionist: 53hoursEvery side objective too

Estimated from 7 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.

Playing together

Multiplayer & game modes

Just Cause 2 offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.

Play Modes

Single Player

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified Just Cause 2. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBMA 15+

Strong violence

CEROD

CLASS_IND18

Drogas Ilícitas (Illegal Drugs)
Violência (Violence)
Conteúdo Sexual (Sexual Content)

ESRBM

Blood
Drug Reference
Language
Sexual Themes
Violence

GRAC19+

Violence

Games with realistic depictions of battles and excessive blood expressions are classified as "not suitable for juveniles" in accordance with Article 21 (2) of the Act on the Promotion of the Game Industry and Article 9 (4) of the Deliberative Regulations.

PEGI18

Violence

The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 18 years and over only. It contains: Multiple, motiveless killing.

USK18

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Coverage

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Best Open World Games for Low-End PCs and Laptops

Just Cause 2 is not a game with a great story or meaningful choices. It is a game where you attach a car to a helicopter with a grappling hook and watch what happens next. That is the entire pitch. The island of Panau is enormous and every corner of it supports the same glorious nonsense. I have launched off a mountain with a parachute more times than I can count and it still does not get boring. Content depth is the honest weak spot here. Mission design is repetitive. But as a low-stress sandbox for short evening sessions on older hardware, nothing on this list is more immediately fun.

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