Just Cause 3

TechRaptorShaun Joy

8.5/10

Just Cause 2 Updated in the right places. The gameplay is as fun as ever, just as long as you can keep up your creativity with the tools in front of you. Worth a purchase, just make sure that you can run it on PC.

Press StartEwan Roxburgh

8/10

Most of the gameplay revolves around destroying various things and there is a insanely wide variety of inventive ways to cause destruction, using weapons, vehicles, explosives and of course, your tethers. Simply put, it’s fun. Systematically tethering fuel tanks together and strategically placing rocket powered C4 translates to a substantially different experience from piloting a fighter jet over an enemy base and bombing the hell out of it.

Gaming NexusRandy Kalista

8/10

Just Cause 3 gets away with more stunts and high-flying hijinks that, let's be honest, even Hollywood can't get away with much anymore. Come for the explosions, but stay for the, well, stay for even more explosions.

GameWatcherAnthony Shelton

8/10

We love to create; we love to destroy. Just Cause 3 taps the pleasure mechanism that derives so much joy from watching complex structures crumble. Because the game gives you so many ways to interact with the world and to tether anything, blowing things up never becomes a chore. Unless you’re doing the missions but you can skip those, though I would encourage you to play them to witness the character interactions. Stay away from motorcycles, but very other vehicle is acceptable. The other th...

Den of GeekJoe Jasko

Just Cause 3 is explosively fun mayhem, but do performance issues douse the hectic flames?

PSExtremeBen-Dutka

7.7/10

Graphics: 8.1 Gameplay: 7.5 Sound: 8.0 Control: 7.9 Replay Value: 7.4 Overall Rating: 7.7 Online Gameplay: Not Rated Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Avala ...

MonsterVineMonsterVine Staff

Sadly, Just Cause 3 disappoints in some pretty significant ways. Across the board, Just Cause 3 has significant performance issues. On Xbox One it was extremely common for the frames per second to drop well below 20, and during explosions, that take up roughly half of the game, the framerate frequented around 15 per second. Similar issues were reported on the PS4 while lesser,and more hardware specific issues have seemed to crop up on the PC version. On the gameplay side, there really isn’t much to do outside of the story. Sure there are a few challenge mini-games, like races and target practi...

Worth PlayingBrian Dumlao

7/10

Just Cause 3 is the latest installment in the action/adventure series, and takes open world freedom to new heights.

WellPlayedZach Jackson

6.8/10

Just Cause 3 is an explosive, action-packed sandbox experience that rewards destruction and it’s a testament to the fact that AAA video games can be fun without taking themselves too seriously. It’s a shame that rinse and repeat mission design and technical issues dampen the overall experience.

VideogamerSteven Burns

6/10

Frustrating controls, a bland world, and various technical issues stop Just Cause 3 from being the mindless action classic it clearly wants to be.

Gamer EscapeJosh McGrath

5/10

Even if you were a major fan of past entries, I can not recommend picking up Just Cause 3 as a full-price new release. The actually “game” content is just too lacking for that. Maybe further down the road, or as part of a sale, it would be worth picking up just to mess around in the world and go crazy…and perhaps by then the technical issues will be fixed. Taken as a full new package, though, Just Cause 3 is moderately entertaining at best, and below mediocre at worst.

Sirus GamingJohn Fernandez

Unscored

Just Cause 3, if we were to go back several years, would have been a pretty darn good game. I mean just look at your predecessors. The problem lies in it being released in 2015, and the rules that made up open world sandbox games has changed pretty dramatically. Worlds are not just worlds for your chaos, but an interactive experience. It is too simple.