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Just Cause 2 Demo Impressions - 360/PS3/PC
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SlasherJPC
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Speaking of blowing stuff up. WTF am I missing when trying to blow the first little town up. I got the water tower, the little stand by the bell tower, and the complete gas station. Where the hell is the rest of the stuff to destroy that area completly?
pr0cs
Member
it's not just destroying but collecting all the upgrades in the town.slasher_thrasher21 said:
there are a few boxes on the roofs of the buildings (and the water tower) to collect before you can max the town out.
I almost cleared the military base but a few things eluded me and i ran out of time.
BobJustBob
Member
rohlfinator said:
Just hold the grapple button rather than tapping it.
rohlfinator
Member
Niiice, I'll have to try that next time. With that revelation, I think it's now superior to the original in every possible way.BobJustBob said:
BobJustBob said:
That doesn't work unless I'm doing it wrong. I grapple a car and A/whatever on things other than the 360 to parachute/jump and I only jump. :/ Opening the parachute with the grapple/tap and grappling a car doesn't seem to affect the parachute either.
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
Yeah you can't parasail, holding LB to try and get a car to pull you doesn't work, the grapple will just keep extending while the car drives rather then hold taut.
Square Triangle
Member
I'm not sure if it's been mentioned yet but I just got my new Game Informer and they gave JC2 a 9/10. Imma have to give this demo another go.
BobJustBob
Member
Wiggum2007 said:
Aww damn, you're right. I had tried it before for only a few seconds and it looked like it was working, but I guess I was already keeping pace with the car. Now I'm upset that I can't parasail anymore.
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
matrix-cat said:
Wow, really. Ok, looks like I'm investing in a wired 360 controller. Anyone know the cheapest way to get one?
pr0cs
Member
Not official, you have to run in "unsigned driver mode" but when you do that they work fine. They even have an "emulate xbox360 controller" mode which works flawlessly (at least for Just Cause 2 anyway)TheSeks said:
information on how to do it here.. the steps are relatively easy and it works great.
http://www.motioninjoy.com/help/sixaxis-dualshock-3-connecting-usb
I'm running it on Windows 7 64 bit.
Zombie James
Banned
pr0cs said:
These drivers have stupid issues. As soon as I unplug the controller from my PC it turns my PS3 on.
benjipwns
Banned
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000B6MLTQ/?tag=neogaf0e-20Big Ass Ramp said:
$27 at Amazon with free shipping looks like. I've seen the wired versions $25-30 at Wal-Mart/Target sometimes on clearance when they seemed to be trying get rid of overstock. (EDIT: Looks like they're $27 at Wal-Mart too, but walmart.com has shipping and tax iirc, http://www.walmart.com/ip/Microsoft-Wired-Controller-Chill-White-Xbox-360-Xbox-360/4196264)
And it's plug in play with stuff like this, Batman, etc. No configuring and it controls just like the 360 version. Plus games are actually using the buttons on-screen these days unlike the early ones.
Will have some issues with the triggers not being recognized in some older games, but there are custom drivers you can use if need be. (Or you can just use whatever you used to control them with!)
Yea, it's just something you have to live with if you want to use your DS3. It's easy enough for me to get around since my computer and PS3 are right next to each other. I'm pretty sure there is no way around it doing that, unfortunately.Zombie James said:
Anyways, having an awesome time with the demo. Using the hack that lets me explore the rest of the map/no time limit/everything is unlocked in the black market store is pretty awesome. I can't wait to get the game when I have a bit of extra cash. The only problem I'm running into is the game will freeze after like 45 minutes on me some times. I THINK it might be related to the hack, but I'm not positive. It's only happened a few times, so no big worry, and If I have to wait for the full release to play it some more, so be it.
This is just awesome, the guy from something awful that made the made the mod for the demo just found a new weapon somewhere hidden in the files. Trust me, you need to watch this! :lol :lol :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQDnH7dGxwQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQDnH7dGxwQ
Revolutionary
Member
:lolEL Beefo said:
That's hilarious.
Net_Wrecker
Member
Kentpaul said:Soon as i get this game , gonna get a slow ass car , a 6 pack of beer and drive from 1 side of the map to another
One of the reasons I love sandbox games, especially those like Just Cause 2, and GTA San Andreas. I can't even count how many times I just put GTA: SA in for long drives across the cities, and countryside switching between vehicles every time I flip/destroy one, and that game was small in comparison to JC2. Can't wait.
benjipwns
Banned
I almost wanted FUEL just for this reason. (Until I played it that is.)Kentpaul said:Soon as i get this game , gonna get a slow ass car , a 6 pack of beer and drive from 1 side of the map to another
I was driving all over the demo (free clock mod yay) and I can't believe how big that area is. I'll lose it with the full game. I'm pretty sure the demo alone is bigger than Saint's Row 2.
pr0cs said:
Huh, I should futz about with it on my laptop (that can't run Just Cause, but it would be nice for emulators... :lol ), Win 7 64 there as well.
I could use my 360 controller, but I only have a wireless.
Zombie James said:
Or not.
I think it's because of the Blutooth and the drivers using the USB mode?astroturfing
Member
someone has probably mentioned it already but...
i read somewhere that the game world is about 460 square kilometers, and the place is called Panau... so of course i remembered that there exists this island country called Palau, so i thought hmmm i wonder how big that country is... went to check on Wikipedia, and wow, mind blown: 459 square kilometers.
the game basically contains an entire country! pretty damn crazy.
i read somewhere that the game world is about 460 square kilometers, and the place is called Panau... so of course i remembered that there exists this island country called Palau, so i thought hmmm i wonder how big that country is... went to check on Wikipedia, and wow, mind blown: 459 square kilometers.
the game basically contains an entire country! pretty damn crazy.
pr0cs
Member
TheSeks said:Huh, I should futz about with it on my laptop (that can't run Just Cause, but it would be nice for emulators... :lol ), Win 7 64 there as well.
I could use my 360 controller, but I only have a wireless.
Or not.
To be honest I never had those issues but then I never unplugged the USB. It makes sense though, you unplug the USB and sure it'll use BT to communicate again.
I didn't want to buy an official 360 controller, mostly because I can't see myself playing a lot of controller games on the PC. I want to play Just Cause 2. This lets me play the superior version of Just Cause 2, with a controller, that cost me a LOT less.
Easy choice for me, I don't mind dicking around with my pc to get stuff to works, the drivers work well enough that I played the JC2 demo start-> 4 times with no issues (other than game bugs unrelated to the controller).
I would recommend trying the DS3 drivers if you have a rig capable of running JC2 or simply want a cheap controller for your PC to play arcade type/emulation games.
matrix-cat
Member
Usually when I start the demo I hug a rocketing propane tank into the air and Grapplechute my way over to the cargo helicopter underneath the radio tower, but last time I turned right around and dived straight off the mountain. Then I Grapplechuted myself all the way up the other mountain in the south, or at least as far as I could get before getting to the demo area boundary. It was a parachute climb of 712m, which I was pretty impressed with, although it would have been higher if I hadn't started halfway up another mountain. After admiring the view for a bit I jumped off again, but unfortunately the ground didn't fall away quite as steeply as I would have liked, and I opened my chute too late. I expected to hit the ground and try again, instead I tumbled and slid and ragdollized all the way down the mountain. It was beautiful
matrix-cat said:I expected to hit the ground and try again, instead I tumbled and slid and ragdollized all the way down the mountain. It was beautiful
The Ragdoll is kinda annoying, you tumble tumble, slow. But you aren't finished tumbling and can't get a chance to pick yourself up and stop sliding. :/
I don't know if this has been discussed or not earlier in this thread, but after playing the demo, does anyone feel that the next GTA installment should 'borrow' more from JC2? I mean, the lovely blue skies, the skydiving shit, the environments.
I loved GTA Vice City, because of the music and the atmosphere, and I loved GTA San Andreas for it's nice countrysides and mountains and hills and stuff. GTA4 was too much city like, and there was too little natural environments, like forests and mountains and stuff.
I loved GTA Vice City, because of the music and the atmosphere, and I loved GTA San Andreas for it's nice countrysides and mountains and hills and stuff. GTA4 was too much city like, and there was too little natural environments, like forests and mountains and stuff.
Rated-Rsuperstar
Member
I'd rather see Just Cause borrow the destruction of Red Faction Guerrilla. Huge environments, plus grappling hook, plus Geomod = greatest game ever.
Vipershark
Member
I'm not sure if it's common knowledge or not, but I was playing around with parachute opening distance and found out that you can hit the ground at max speed and take no damage as long as the parachute is fully open when you hit the ground.
Basically, you can dive from the top of the game facing downwards and moving at max speed, tap the parachute about five feet off the ground, and get up with no health lost.
Pretty fun to do.
And once I jumped incorrectly and ragdolled the entire way down the big mountain. It took about three minutes to hit the bottom.
Basically, you can dive from the top of the game facing downwards and moving at max speed, tap the parachute about five feet off the ground, and get up with no health lost.
Pretty fun to do.
And once I jumped incorrectly and ragdolled the entire way down the big mountain. It took about three minutes to hit the bottom.
Mechanical Snowman
Member
You don't need to open the parachute at all. As log as you grapple the ground before you hit it, you'll land like a pro.Vipershark said:
In fact, when you do grapple the ground you fly towards it quicker than you'd fall anyway and you still survive.
That's what makes this game awesome. You're pretty much a gravity defying GOD.
Edit: Annnd beaten
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Off-topic, but the post-patch PC port of Mercs 2 is surprisingly good. Mercs 2 is a cakewalk though. I'm hoping JC2 is more challenging.DeadGzuz said:
ClovingWestbrook
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KillerAJD said:
AMAZING!!!
MrTroubleMaker
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:lol that's cool, I wonder what other crazy things they have in thereEL Beefo said:
:lol :lolKillerAJD said: