Recent reviews by [GWJ]ShamrockSheik

Received as a gift during the Summer Sale 2018.

A quick and short puzzler that is still rewarding to play through. Really wish it was longer, or had more open-ended play, as it just ends abruptly. Would love to see some kind of procedurally generated post-game puzzles, or the ability for user generated puzzles to be shared.

Game: Just Cause 2
Platform: PC (Steam)
Sponsored by: infyrnos
Gifted on: July 21st, 2013

TL;DR Review:
Bionic Commando, as an FPS, meets Saints Row and Far Cry 3

Slightly longer, grappling hook fueled review:
I blame one of the latest GWJ podcasts, where Just Cause 2 came up a few times when talking about "games borrowing from other games". And after 2 hours of game play, I can 100% agree. This is basically the middle part of older 3D GTA games, Saints Row, or Far Cry - you know, when you've done some story parts, and now it's time to just look at the map and remove all the little dots from it. But that's where you start in Just Cause 2.

I'll admit, I never played the first one. But from what I can gather, there's this organization called "The Agency", which I work for. And I have to go to this Asian island and kill some dude. But I have to befriend the three rival gangs to help me find this guy.

Oh, and I'm basically invincible, have a grappling hook strapped to my arm, and an infinitely reusable parachute that never needs to be packed.

What can I say, this is really up my alley. I personally love open-world games when I'm given free reign to do what I want. But there are some downsides - most notably, everything related to the controls. Everything just feels "backwards", and I'm not really interested in spending a few minutes to map my controller.

Will I keep playing?
Maybe. I like the formula, but something is causing me to get crash-to-desktop errors during heavy action scenes. I can't really stand two or three more of these.