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Just Cause 2 review - 86% in GamesMaster

Friday 26-Feb-2010 5:27 PM Multiformat mag says 'it makes GTA IV look small'

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CVG sister magazine GamesMaster has given its splendid four-page verdict on Square Enix's Just Cause 2 - and it's good news for Rico Rodriguez.

The mag gives the game a very respectable 86 per cent in its review - heaping praise on its huge scale.

'We don't ever think we've encountered a free-roamer with quite so sprawling a map or quite so many possible, deliciously destructive distractions,' it reports. 'You'll want to invest 30 to 40 hours into this baby.'

The game's never-ending explosions also come in for applause ('you'll never tire of the eneormous conflagrations Rico creates), as does its looks. GM calls it an 'eyebath for the eyeballs'.

Criticisms include the lack of a 'decent cover system' and the 'randomness' of the ammo.

However, the mag says if you're into 'having a riot', then JC2 is 'comfortably the best "zany" sandboxer out there.

The April edition of GamesMaster is in shops tomorrow. Get it delivered to your door here.

Tim Ingham

// Interactive

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Not that it makes a big difference but is it 86% or 88%!!! Embarassed

dazcarney on 26 Feb '10

This is a 1st day purchase.

wombateer on 26 Feb '10

Mercenaries 2 was severely under-rated. I'm glad to see Just Cause 2 wasn't.

newsinthefield on 26 Feb '10

This looks so awesome glad ive pre-ordered it and i will get the hovercraft yay, and since i have a ps3 i will get the video capture thing aswell. YEAH!

Skill_Machine on 26 Feb '10

This is totally unrelated, but is the guy in the Sims advert below smoking a bong?

NugNugs79 on 27 Feb '10

It got 8/10 in X360 Magazine as well. This looks very much like a game I want to buy.

lordirongut on 27 Feb '10

Got it preoredered.

Along with Splinter Cell Convivtion, then.

Next 2 months are gonna be sweet.

Currently playing ME2 the fill in the wait.

It's nice to be a gamer these days.

Even my dear old Wii, is doing well, with SMG2 + M and Z this year.

anakin22 on 27 Feb '10

I thought something that looked like a game I very much wanted to buy. It turned out to be a collection of cigarette boxes bound together with duct tape.

sammyone on 27 Feb '10

good to see a high rating, lookin foward to this. And cvg for the love of god please remove that annoying add for the fat ds from the front page. its just making me hate nintendo.

collyboy187 on 27 Feb '10

its just making me hate nintendo.

You don't already? xD

Awesome score, I like to round up percentages because I deal in round figures, so this is a 9/10 which means...EXCELLENT DUUUUUUDE!

It looks like a stunning game and the sheer level of fun...well we'll get what its all about from the demo come thursday.

GoWIII followed by this...followed by Episodes from Liberty City...damn.

DevilsNeverCry on 27 Feb '10

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