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Just Cause 2
- Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows
- Price: $59.99 ($49.99 for PC)
- Genre: Action/Adventure
Common Sense Media says
GTA-like game about killing, sex, drugs, and profanity.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Just Cause 2 is like Grand Theft Auto on an island. This open "sandbox" game has you perform many missions, which includes killing people and hijacking cars, therefore it's not an appropriate game for players under 17 years of age. Much of the action revolves around combat and stunts. Players can use many kinds of weapons to dispose of enemies. Blood can be seen after shooting enemies, and their bodies might flail or fly around realistically if the physics dictate it (such as an explosion that deonates in the middle of a group). The game also deals with mature subject maters like sex and drugs. Profanity can be heard spoken by the game's protagonist and others.
What's it about?
It might not have the marketing muscle as other recent games, like God of War III or Battlefield: Bad Company 2, but the sequel to 2006's Just Cause is generating a lot of buzz among action fans. In JUST CAUSE 2, you return as Rico Rodriguez, an undercover U.S. operative on the fictitious South East Asian island of Panau to track down a former friend and mentor turned rogue agent, who has disappeared with top-secret intel and millions in Agency money. The story also involves the island's oppressive dictator, Baby Panay, and the three rival gangs who are waging war in Panau. As with its predecessor, the game delivers a huge, open-ended "sandbox" in which to accomplish all your missions, which range from search and rescue to demolition to assassination.
Is it any good?
Yes, Just Cause 2 is a well -developed mature game. It delivers an exhilarating action experience because of its thrilling and varied missions, enormous island (more than 400 square miles of jungles, cities, mountains, and beaches), many dozens of vehicles you jump in and control (covering land, sea, and air) and clever use of the parachute and grappling hook to pull off fun stunts while fighting (or evading) baddies. For example, players can dive out of a helicopter (or base jump off a building) into a heated gunfight, or fire the grappling hook to stop a vehicle and then reel in an enemy, or become vertical in seconds by pairing the grappling hook with the parachute ("slingshoting"). There are some aiming issues, and a couple of graphical bugs in the game, but overall this surprise sequel delivers an explosive adventure for older players.
Platform Note: All three versions of the game look and play virtually the same.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about whether it's ok for a "good guy" to use violence to accomplish missions. Are we more forgiving of other secret agents in media -- such as James Bond -- or should it be ok in video game form, too? Is there a double standard here? If Rico is taking out thugs, who are murderers and drug dealers, does that make killing them more accpetable than innocent civilians? Or is taking someone's life wrong regardless of the victim?
Families can also talk about the impact of violence on players. Do you think you are unaffected by playing a game about shooting others?
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Barley any sexual content no worse then a pg-13 movie
The games amazing and is the perfect open world game. For parent who's kids want to play GTA4 but your afraid of the sexual content on that game I whould say for you to get this game.
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Should Be Rated T
This game is does not take its self seriously. It is MEANT to be a crazy Die Hard like game. It is extremely fun and very appropriate for kids 10+. Remember this game is called Just CAUSE 2 not Just 'cuz 2, everything you do in the game is for a purpose. SPOILERS: at the end of the game you kill the dictator, who is trying to destroy the US, and replace him with a US friendly President. Yes, occasionally you will find things called Drug Drops, but once you touch it it disappears. When you shoot people it is very unrealistic, they fly back and get back up. It might be hard for some younger kids so to its fast-paced gameplay later on in the game. Overall, this game is supposed to be crazy, and should NOT be compared to Grand Theft Auto in any way, shape, or form.
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Awesome
This game is huge. It has a lot of missions, races, AI that is better than most sandbox games, jet fighters, upgrades, and much more.
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i love this game but im sure only half the people play the missions
i never play the missions but just mess around on all the islands.
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My 3 year old boy loves it.
My 3 year old boy loves it and i am amazed at how well he can play. He is really good at Red Dead also, better than his 9 year old sister !
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Very fun
This game is very fun but it is very bloody and it has some mild language. First I'll talk about the bood. When you run over people blood splaters everywhere and if you shoot a guy of course there is blood. The bad part is that you can grapple people to cars, planes, boats, buildings, explosives and each other. The blood is very unrealistic though. Next the language. Sometimes if you kill a government officer there companions will call you a B*sterd. Other people will cus you out also. They very rarely cus though. There is also a strip club in the air. But all of the women are wearing bikinis. My brother has it and he is ten. He got it taken away.
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Kid, 12 years old
March 26, 2011
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I watched my brother playing this and really wanted to play it. I have just been allowed to and there's hardly any bad stuff in it. Mild bad language like s*d, a*s, d*mn and h*ll. Bit of violence, hardly any blood, few minor sex references and stuff like that. The main character is not a good role model and sends players bad messages because he always uses violence to solve his problems. In cutscenes people drink alcohol. This game is hugely open and I would recommend it to anyone who likes dual wielding sub-machine guns and hanging from a helicopter while firing them at enemies. You can also free fall and parachute to get around.
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i love it
i love the game. sure its got some bad sides to it like corse language and bad role modeles i find its a realy good game
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After seeing this game reviewed on the internet, I had to buy it and try it out. My short review is this. While the game has a "B Movie" feel to it and plays like a summer guy flick, it's good wholesome fun all the way around. This is one of very few sandbox style games to come out and in my opinion, it's well worth the $60. You never run out of stuff to do, so you'll be playing it for months (and months) after you beat it.
The game deals with drugs and sex, but I can guarentee it's no worse then what's going down in schools today.
So instead of dropping $60 on a game that your kid will beat in a month and never play again, get this game and consider your money well spent.
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| Platforms: | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Developer: | Square Enix |
| Release date: | March 23, 2010 |
| Price: | $59.99 ($49.99 for PC) |
| ESRB rating: | M for Blood, Drug Reference, Language, Sexual Themes, Violence |
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