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Just Cause 2, this time sees Agency Agent Rico Rodriguez having to eliminate an oppressive
dictator called Baby Panay on the fictional island of Republic of Panau, South East Asia.
Couldn't they just put Robert Mugabe in there and nickname him "Monkey-faced Hiter-tache"? Anyway, you've also got to work
with three criminal gangs on the island to track down rogue agent Tom Sheldon who went disappearing during the regime
change there. Find him and bump him off.
As the game begins, while on the plane flying in, you're attacked and some packages of memory cards fall to the ground,
not to mention your mate, Marshall, who's been shot. However, he's got your PDA with important info that you need about
the baddie you're after, so you have to begin by throwing yourself out of the plane and catching up with your dead friend
before he hits the ground, and also giving you enough time to pull your parachute!! This is all very easy, actually,
as the last segments are done for you, so this is just a quick way to intersperse you into the game.
Early on your also have to, ahem, get to grips with your grappling hook, which will help you leap tall buildings with...
several single bounces. In fact, that bit does get rather confusing as while jumping about doing this, even though it
looks very cool, your guy suddenly produces a huge parachute when you don't really want it to do so. It's odd that, to start
with, I don't have a gun so I have to eliminate the guards by throwing my hook at them and trying to chuck 'em over the
cliff edge - usually only resulting in ME going over the edge. It's even more odd that I can't punch their lights out.
That said, when you get used to it, it's gun to grapple-hook them towards you and then shoot them in the face.
The grappling hook also allows you to tether items together. It's a bit of a faff to get it to work first off, but it
can be worked on and does come in handy when required.
I got a good workout from the second hardest level in this game, which is for experienced gamers but not for the insane.
I also had to attempt most levels several times but that's all part of the fun as you never tire of blowing stuff up
spectacularly! On that note, you can create chaos by blowing stuff up big-time and earning points for it.
Also, as you'd expect there's loads of bonus items to collect, this time being resource items and weapon parts, and
as you progress, you'll unlock new missions, vehicles, weapons and control it all from your PDA after the intro missions.