{"id":83807,"date":"2015-11-25T10:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T08:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=83807"},"modified":"2015-11-25T10:39:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T08:39:40","slug":"explosions-from-start-to-end-an-hour-of-just-cause-3-gameplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/83807-explosions-from-start-to-end-an-hour-of-just-cause-3-gameplay","title":{"rendered":"Explosions from start to end: an hour of Just Cause 3 gameplay"},"content":{"rendered":"

For all intents and purposes, without wanting to take away from the narrative and plot baked into the island of Panau (the island Just Cause 2<\/em> is set on), Just Cause 2 <\/em>was essentially a \u2018splosion sandbox.<\/p>\n

The thing is, while it\u2019s evident that Avalanche Studios knew what they were developing, we don\u2019t think they knew just quite how well it would be received, nor that it would evolve into something else entirely.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s overarching story and characters didn\u2019t actively discourage what we wanted to do, but for us at least, they were a little dull and far from the most interesting thing. More often than not, we only followed the story so that it might grant us new things to destroy, grappling hook in hand.<\/p>\n

Just Cause 3<\/em>, it seems, is an entirely different beast.<\/p>\n

Avalanche Studios knows exactly what Just Cause 3<\/em> is about, and it\u2019s clear from the hour of gameplay shown, as well as from hands-on time we\u2019ve had, that it\u2019s about granting the player as many tools as is possible to paint their own portrait of destruction upon the canvas that is Medici.<\/p>\n

Characters are more vibrant; the tools at hand are more destructive; and everything else begs you to have fun. Check it out for yourself and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n