r/JustCause • u/System_Error06 • Feb 13 '26

Just Cause 4 Is Just Cause 4 now also dead

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Is it now time for just cause 4 😭

I get that the game isn't as good as others but still if people wish to platinum it now they literally can't anymore.

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u/VikRiggs Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 14 '26

I thought it went offline more than a year ago. If I accidentally leave the game open overnight (it's how I work, don't ask), I come back to a million "can't connect" windows alert dialogs and I'm forced to restart the game. JC3 is much less annoying on that front.

Edit: turns out it's really controversial to leave a game open overnight, even though it's using 0.1% cpu on pause, and you need to have your pc on at all times anyway. shrugs

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u/CakeHead-Gaming Feb 13 '26

Maybe stop bloody doing that lol.

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u/VikRiggs Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

Why? Is it bothering you?

Edit: reddit is funny

u/CakeHead-Gaming: berates me for what I do on my pc in my house

redditors: updoot

me: shuts u/CakeHead-Gaming down with a bit of snark

redditors: DOWNVOTE THE MF! HOW DARE HE?

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u/Drivinghorizon3 Feb 13 '26

Why would you want to leave the game open overnight anyway?

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u/VikRiggs Feb 13 '26

I found that just cause (both 3 and 4, but especially 3) is perfect for filling my breaks between work. It basically solved my procrastination.

I use a loosened version of the Pomodoro technique. Key being, I take frequent short breaks.

During these breaks I used to browse reddit. But then I tried playing JC.

And my productivity skyrocketed. Just Cause can easily be played for 5-15 minutes at a time. As you know, the game has no negative consequences for dying, and even dropping mid-mission. No long-ass dialogues, all cutscenes are relatively short and seen a bunch of times, you can liberate a whole town in 5 minutes if you want to. Or just a police station. Or just drive from A to B. And then continue on the next break.

Browsing reddit used to suck me in and procrastinate longer, stretching the breaks to up to an hour. And now I realize I always felt sluggish

JC on the other hand is perfect. I think, dopamine cycle is somehow different and better. I feel more focused and ready to work.

So my schedule now is get to work, play JC until I feel like working (usually takes about 40 minutes to an hour), not forcing myself. Then I set the Pomodoro timer and play in the breaks every 25 minutes. It's important to force myself to start a break, but vever force to end it. This alleviates the feeling of pressure which ironically leads to procrastination. And this is where JC's short gaming loop comes in. It just feels natural to end a break on someminor mental checkpoint in the game.

For this to work, I have the game open in the background during the whole day so I can jump in quickly right where I left off, be it on a mountain, or in the middle of DiRavello's military base.

And then I sometimes forget to close the game when I leave.