Just Cause 4 (2018 Video Game) User Reviews

Not enough missions

[hgwsavage · 7/10 · 28 December 2018]

Personally, this game isn't that bad. There are more vehicles than jc3, and I actually prefer the graphics now, but I understand how people don't like it. Why this doesn't get 9/10 is the liberation/missions-not enough. Once, I I drove 10 cars in water and liberated the entire region. If it worked more like jc3 with destroying red objects, then liberating bases then when you liberate all bases you liberate a region. Maybe then you unlock the missions to finally liberate the region. Also, the tornadoes always end up in the same place, However I haven't checked the new update

Also, they could add missions for the front line - for example, you have to go and defend otherwise you lose a small area of front line, so it feals real.

So basic and broken, at least it had a hoverboard

[Severinplates853 · 6/10 · 17 January 2022]

C tier, 6/10. Lots of good weapons and evriroments but ultimately is such a flawed and broken game. The missions are just so awful. Just cause is a game about destruction and you spend most of the time escorting prisoners. The story is abismaly basic and the villain is just so forgettable. A big business guy that I don't even remember anything else about. There is a great improvement in the tools you can use but there is not any great opportunities to use them in the story. You can use them in really fun ways in the open world feels so broken and basic. It can be really funny but just feels dated, even compared to just cause 3.

I spent hours exploring it to get this really cool graffiti style wingsuit and whilst it looked great I just noticed how baron and boring the world really is. The activities you can do feel so basic and just not worth doing. I love some of the weapons such as the tornado and gravity guns but they run out of ammo so quickly they are not worth using. The dlc is honestly great. You get a hoverboard, which is the most fun thing to use. You can just zoom across land and water and it is really fun. You also get a decent story with the agency attacking, turing on Rico and actually get to destroy things. The agency ships are really fun to explore and destroy. Just feels like what the game was meant to be, especially when compared to the main story.

The hoverboard races are really fun and I love customizing the board. The demonos dlc is so creative and so unique. Destroying all these weird plants and creatures. So satisfying to pop some of the pods and stuff. I really don't like timed races so the racing dlc wasn't fore but for what it wanted to do it was ok. I would honestly rated the dlc 7-8 out of 10 but the game just is so bad and is not worth it.

Felt like such a step back from just cause 3. It seems I've played every just cause game except 2 which people say is the best one. I will try and get it for PS3 or see if it's on ps now or something.

Not worse than JC3.

[JanArso · 7/10 · 10 May 2023]

As a fan of Just Cause 2 I actually enjoyed playing this. It was great to finally be able to explore a more diverse set of biomes again, especially since I was super bored of Medici by the end of JC3. The strongest aspect of the game has to be what they did with the grapple hook tho. All these modifications are just so much fun to f around with. I don't remember how often I built myself a flying tank to solve a mission objective instead of playing it "the normal way" (Which I guess was the point of the game to begin with).

As much fun as I had, it would be unfair not to aknowledge the games short comings though. The guns are alright at best, the missions are often unimaginative and a massive missed opportunity considering what gameplay options you have and the vehicles, especially cars and boats are actually super clunky, which, sure... they always were in Just Cause Games, but this has to be a new low. The story on the other hand is taking itself a bit too serious for what it is. Just Cause 2 was self-aware and a parody of its genre but this game tries to be a bit more dramatic in it's presentation and falls flat doing so. Luckily Just Cause is one of those games you really don't play for the story, so it didn't bother me much. The game is also not well optimized and prone to crash on weaker machines, so if you plan to play this on PC be aware.

Overall mixed feelings about the execution of what is essentially a really fun game. I'd give 6.5 stars if I could. If you don't care about all the problems I just named, I'm sure you'll have a great time with this. ...and for the price of 7,99 euros on MMOGA you really can't complain all that much.

Don't like the new Base Takeover missions

[gith-50148 · 4/10 · 12 January 2019]

To take over a base you download data from a terminal and fight off the enemies while it's downloading, compared to the others where you destroy all fuel tanks, satellites, etc. I'm 35 hours into it and it doesn't feel like I've done anything

A downgrade from Just Cause 3

[desrocchi · 4/10 · 15 December 2018]

In short: the game is too easy. Just run from one pointer to the next, push a button, rinse and repeat.

Sure, you gun down a few enemies on the way but they're just a little nuisance.

A big milestone of the JC series is the destruction of the "red" objectives, and it used to be you had to clear all of them to advance in you conquest, all the while enemies occupied that area. Now they're just there, you can destroy them but you don't really need to, after a certain point they can be completely ignored because they don have any purpose anymore: they give you troops for occupying areas, but you need 6 troops at most, after thet you just keep on accruing allies but never use them.

The weapons are quite uninspired, just use whatever the enemies drop. There are (a lot of) weapon crates around the world, but they always contain the usual useless weapons, so it's quicker just picking up whatever you find, at least you know you'll get ammo refills from the enemies.

The story could simply not be there. It's not a huge selling point for this game, but at least in JC3 you could care for the characters that talked to you and get a bit of a laugh here and there, now it would be better if they didn't exist at all.

The graphics are not that good, and I mean the overall effect they achieve is not pleasing to the eye. Especially water and hair are so bad you just can't help but being shot out of the immersion of the game.

The SSAO option simply makes the game black, there are no differences in the illumination, just a layer of black painted over the screen. In broad daylight, as soon as you enter a covered space, it becomes night. You literally cannot see 5 meter ahead of you. That would be OK if there was some kind of transition period during which your eyes get accustomed to the new lighting, but that's not the case, you are in the dark forever.

Stay in Medici

[ben-mulrennan · 4/10 · 8 April 2019]

What happened?

Big fan of the franchise because of the over the top destructible bases that you are required to destroy to capture new settlements for your allies, which has been a core mechanic since JC2 but Just Cause 4 does not implement this!!! To capture new bases you have to complete missions from Sargento, your militia coordinator which just feels boring. While there are still all the massive generators and propane tanks that you can still blow up, it just feels empty and pointless. Also the new grapple attachments are weird but that's a whole other can of worms. Stay in Medici, Just Cause 3 is better.

A True Sequel

[jvlstemmy · 8/10 · 20 August 2019]

What do you get when you mix a huge game world, more explosions than Michael Bay's filmography, and suave, unstoppable, government agent Rico Roduiguez? You get the Just Cause franchise. And while Just Cause 4 improves many things over its predecessor, there have also been some compromises. For instance, the water in just cause has always been one of the series highlights but in 4 it has been dialed back. Overall I would not say that the game has been downgraded because while the water doesn't look as good, there is much more going on in this game and a Just Cause game has never performed so well. Whether you're blowing up an enemy base, hightailing it through a river during the middle of a lightning storm, or chasing tornadoes the frame rate remains smooth on Xbox one x. Driving vehicles has also been dramatically improved over Just Cause 3. Not that you ever need to drive a car because Rico still has his trusty grapple gun, parachute, and wingsuit to help you fly across the map without ever touching the ground. Gunplay feels as satisfying as ever although they removed Rico's legendary dual pistols from the game that he has had since the original title. Frankly I was a bit disappointed at first but after trying out many of the other weapons and finding my favorites, I no longer missed them. As for additions to the game, they have added a Frontline mechanic, which means that there is now a constant battle going on between two factions and as you do missions and take over territory the Frontline of the war constantly shifts, which adds to the immersion and sense of progress in the game world. As for the story...it has its charm. It's not as in your face silly as previous titles but it is not mature and grim either. It is a popcorn flick type story with fun characters doing crazy missions. Rico is more of a superhero at this point than a top secret agent, and he doesn't disappoint in this sequel. The game has a sense of adventure like the uncharted games, a unique open world that Just Cause is known for, and some incredible gameplay and action sequences that rival anything from the previous entries. I have waited until last to talk about the music because it is my favorite part of this game. It has a large variety, and a unique sound compared to what many other action games aspire to achieve and it works incredible well with this game. In the end, the game has imperfect graphics, stable performance, smooth controls, and an insane combination of action, charm, and breathtaking vistas which makes it a must play if you enjoyed previous entries in this series, or are wondering if it is worth checking out.

GRAPHICS

[atareef · 4/10 · 30 August 2019]

What in the hell is this ? Are we in 2001 or 4 ??? Who rushed them?

Garbage

[James0987 · 1/10 · 23 December 2018]

It's horrible the cutscenes look like they're from 2004 and the dialog is some of the worst I've ever seen. Don't buy this garbage

Huge disappointment

[thekingcobramma · 4/10 · 22 August 2021]

I absolutely loved Just Cause 3 it's one of my favorite games of all time and I could not wait till I heard Just Cause 4 was coming out. Just Cause 4 to me was a massive disappointment, the graphics in the cutscenes were terrible no way near as good as Just Cause 3 graphics. The driving machanics in this game are very hard to control. The campaign was OK but not a satisfying one. Besides all the cons in this game the gameplay is fun and there is some cool easter eggs. The reason why I gave this a 4/10 is because it's fun to mess around in this game. I would recommend people to try out this game because this is just my opinion.

What a game!

[ndsd-35887 · 9/10 · 10 May 2021]

Wow. This is amazing! I have seen so many bad reviews of this game, but why? It's so sad to see people throwing all of their toys out of the basket just because of some water effects that look to be from the 00s. And what's the problem with a bad story when it's a series known for gameplay rather than story. Rico is just such a good character still, and I love the new graphics. I'm a bit late, but... this is a GOOD GAME. What is one thing I miss? Town liberations. That's why I gave the game a 9/10 rather than a 10/10.

dont even think of buying it

[carlo_inda_club · 1/10 · 22 December 2018]

The worst game ever played on ps4. so cheap in all. I feel desperate after playing it.

cutscene are awful graphics

[Neptune165 · 1/10 · 6 December 2018]

In my opinion, this washed out look from jc4 it look so cheap. The colorful jc3 look way better and more modern. Literally could have just copied the water from JC3 into JC4 and it would have looked amazing the water in JC4 looks so bad Jc4 water = blue carpet Crysis has better water than JC4 the graphics are good when its the gameplay but the cutscenes and the acting voice looks awful the cutscenes looks like xp screen save graphics looking like saints row 4 just cause 3 is better than this the cutscenes is very bad it look like a 70s game Forget about the graphics, the gameplay is substantially worse. It seems like bases have nothing to blow up, wingsuit challenges blow, no destruction challenges after you liberate, the liberate it is the worst its different from JC3 and where is my sticky bombs? so much for a late game disappointing So overall JC3 is better

Potential but no

[michaeltraficante · 3/10 · 12 December 2020]

The controls on this game arensontrash and on top of that enemy's will continuously spawn despite mission being completely or just walking around....almost impossible to play

Pure rubbish

[maximovlE · 1/10 · 13 January 2021]

Firstly the graphics are awful. Cutscenes were better in early GTA games. The gameplay is ridiculous. I'm new to the franchise but what is this guy? Superman? He boundlces off stuff and survives all sorts. It's basically fast paced linear nonsense for kids with ADHD. And that's not an insult to kids with ADHD.

Just cause 4

[evan-26068 · 10/10 · 18 October 2019]

Games unfairly critisized yet, i find it super, i really have a great time on this game !

Absolute waste of time

[robertassperauskas · 1/10 · 9 January 2021]

This game was the worst of the whole franchise. The missions are repetitive, the collectibles bare pointless. Even the main story progression adds almost nothing to the franchise. Yes the area as a sandbox is fun but it's too big to traverse and you don't really see a point.

Just Cause 3 V2.

[AloneOliver · 3/10 · 28 June 2021]

The only difference from the first game is the addition of weather. The tornado circulating on the map does not have many features. Artificial intelligence has never been developed. Models of some vehicles are the same as in the first game. It's obvious that it was done in haste. It takes a long time for the new game to work.

Terrible.

[verbpierce · 3/10 · 6 August 2021]

The last mission is literally a joke. All you do is shoot some stuff and the final part is a cut scene/animated scene you have no control over.

I love the mobility and world design

[abtron-57965 · 9/10 · 29 March 2021]

I personally kinda like having the "super strength" and being a bullet sponge. I know it's gets rid of realism, but I prefer not dying a lot and being able to survive things that should kill me. I mean I don't play Just Cause for realism, I play it for the amazing mobility, epic explosions, vehicles, and beautiful world. So story and gunplay weren't as important to me personally. But I do understand that everyone is different, but if you aren't as in to shooting and story than I'd definitely recommend this game. It's a game I can just launch and mess around in for an hour or so and never really get bored.

Gameplay is amazing, graphics are trash

[joaosantos20 · 8/10 · 25 April 2020]

How can so much fun gameplay be accompanied by such mediocre graphica?