

Just Cause 4 feels bigger and more ambitious than any past entries in the series and right from the start the game throws you into the deep end with a load of changes and mechanics that you need to master and fast. The handful of main and supporting characters help pad the rebellion Rico is controlling but the overall plot is overshadowed by the game’s fantastic action, and that is not a bad thing at all. While the story sounds interesting it is far from it. Rico is back and once again he is taking down a crazed dictator known as Salvador Mendoza that runs the world’s most powerful army called the Black Hand.

It is everything you could ever ask for in an open world. The lands combine a desert with a country farmland, wet Amazon-like jungles and frozen mountains. Just Cause 4 takes place on the gorgeous island of Solis. If anything, I will probably spend December playing this instead of Red Dead Redemption 2. Just Cause 4 follows all that and after the bumpy release of Just Cause 3’s major performance issues, Just Cause 4 is a breath of fresh air as it runs smoothly, looks fantastic and there is enough new gameplay tweaks and additions to give the game the life it needs to compete with 2018’s biggest games. The games have been known for their over-the-top action, fantastic exploration and just being really extra. The Just Cause series is one of my go-to favourites when I want to just let off some steam and blow things up.
