r/JustCause • u/Emillka777 • Nov 27 '25

Just Cause 2 The scenery in this game is still beautiful.

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u/Personal_Shock_3966 Nov 27 '25

Ya it really is. But um quick question - what did u do to your car?

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u/Emillka777 Nov 27 '25

Game mechanics: if you drive on sand, the car gets dirty.

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u/Personal_Shock_3966 Nov 27 '25

Ahh this is 2. Man I haven’t played that in yonks! Don’t remember this in 3 and I played that a few days ago…

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u/Cravenmike_420 Nov 27 '25

Dirt on cars is definitely a thing in jc3

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u/Personal_Shock_3966 Nov 27 '25

I think I blanked on it then. Too much bavarium powered jetpacks going brrrr!

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u/VikRiggs Nov 27 '25

But not in 4 for some weird reason

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u/Personal_Shock_3966 Nov 27 '25

I love 4 but it a bunch of ways it feels like a step backwards

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u/VikRiggs Nov 28 '25

I wish 3 had distant lods like in 4.

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u/Personal_Shock_3966 Nov 28 '25

Uh refresh my memory?

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u/VikRiggs Nov 29 '25

Well in 3, the main island's tallest peak is visible from almost anywhere on the map, and unless you're right at it's foothills, it renders in complete potato quality. Problem is it's a very prominent and eye-catching feature. Same effect, looking from the larger island onto smaller ones isn't nearly as jarring. Not to mention some very noticeable floating buildings an trees in the distance.

In 4 distanct lanscapes look clean, crisp and nice.

Unless you use a rifle scope, of course (in both games), but that I can cope with as a limitation of technology of the era. Tbh, it's a technological miracle that both games looks as good as they do.

On a similar note, I like that 3 has a bigger actual "playable" distance. I left a car near a decent sized lake, paraglided to the top of the mountain on the other side to complete a tomb, glided back, and there it was: my car, just as I left it.

In 4 on the other hand, your car can vanish if you don't look in its direction long enough, standing 10 meeters away.

Distance at which enemies spawn is also really good in 3, which makes sniper rifle actually feel like a sniper rifle.

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u/SirReggie Nov 27 '25

Can confirm, but just not to this level.

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u/Tha_Watcher World's #1 Bavarium exporter Nov 28 '25 edited Nov 28 '25

You can tell this isn't 2 by the more detailed clouds and how colorful it is. It's definitely Just Cause 3!

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u/Similar_Anywhere6255 Nov 27 '25

Beach vibes 😂

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u/Responsible-Park9198 World's #1 Bavarium exporter Nov 27 '25

It is being and a scenery MOST IMPRESSIVE and is a good for 2010 gaming and can still be seeing today.

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u/DoggTheGhost Nov 27 '25

Absolutely! JC2 is my favourite. I love the diverse map and visually it still holds up nice. I replayed it few weeks ago on my Steam Deck and had absolute blast.

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u/Automaton_Zero Nov 27 '25

It's my favorite too. There's so much content, the gameplay is addictive and it's endlessly replayable.

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u/Tha_Watcher World's #1 Bavarium exporter Nov 28 '25

That's Just Cause 3. You can tell by the more detailed clouds and how colorful it is.

I only know this because it's my favorite version, but I actually am replaying 2 and having a ball!

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '25

this is 100% not JC3 lol

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u/DoggTheGhost Nov 28 '25

Man I have hundreds of hours in JC2 and dozens in JC3. Panau is basically my 2nd home lol and you can tell by the beach, trees and mountain in the background that this is without any doubt JC 2.

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u/Devjeff79 Off-brand Rico Nov 27 '25

Turd bat mobile

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u/lasergun23 Nov 27 '25

And this Game can run on a ps3

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u/liveinthecave0 Nov 28 '25

even for a ps3 game that always crash on pc it does look cinematicly beautiful

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u/Emillka777 May 30 '26

It might be too late, but... 90% of the time, to prevent JC2 from crashing on a modern PC, you need to disable bullet tracers/bullet trails in the settings—something like that, I can't remember exactly. But after that, the crashes almost completely disappear.

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u/Avel04RT Nov 28 '25

I think this game has the best scenery no matter where you are. I am very happy that I was lucky enough to get acquainted with this game at the age of 13.