Just Cause 4

This game gets a bad rap because it's a downscale from JC3, but that doesn't mean it's not a great game.
I went in to scratch the itch of driving around blowing stuff up, and JC4 delivers exactly that, so I was certainly not disappointed.
It's a bit more sandboxy than JC3 because capturing regions require you to get squads, which you get by causing Chaos (i.e. blowing stuff up). So you can capture a region without even setting foot in it, though some regions require a specific operation without them to be done before you can capture them - but they're always available, versus only available after you destroyed all enemy assets in the region.
I read some players dislike that approach compared to JC3, on my side I do like it better because that gives you freedom in how you want to approach capturing a region. I got way more than enough squads just playing the game naturally, and before capturing a region I usually went in with a chopper or tank to destroy all the assets I could find (usually in parallel to doing the region-specific operation) just for the fun of blowing stuff up.
You also get mods for the grappling hook which are a fun idea, though a bit cumbersome to set up and use.
You do however feel that the game was a bit rushed, with expedited story lines and features, and a few bugs to overcome (like having to properly set processor affinity every time the game is launched, or fast travel displaying actual keybinds but still using original keybinds). Still very fun to play though!
DLCs are a mixed bag:
* Dare Devils is a hit or miss, I feel. I personally liked it because it's driving around blowing stuff up and that's my thing in Just Cause. If you dislike vehicle handling and physics in JC you might not have a good time though.
* Los Demonios is a great idea but terrible execution. Everything about it was frustrating gameplay to me, starting with the fact you can't use vehicles at all in that DLC which is a huge turn off for me. Add to that a constant supply of flying pestering enemies that suicide-explode on you and tanks blasting you off the sky and you get a frustrating combat experience.
* Danger Rising was okay. It's driving around blowing stuff up so I can't complain. I disliked the DLC vehicle (hoverboard) so your mileage may vary depending on that, especially since it adds hoverboard races which were among my worst experiences in that game. Endless respawning enemies is more or less okay, not so when there are many AA turrets around that you can't destroy with respawning enemies constantly going back to man them.
Overall: I wanted to blow stuff up, JC4 gave me stuff to blow up, I was happy. Less good than JC3, still a great game.

This game is fun and disappointing at the same time.

Good:
* Beautiful Explosions
* Fun casual game play
* Very fun glider + jet dlc
* The game looks better in terms of graphics
* The story is not bad, no wow factors though.
* Compared to 3 the 4's combat shooting game play on enemies are not as "bullet spongey" as before.

Bad:
* Downgrade on the art style. The vibrant colors of just cause 3 was better.
* Downgrade on the progression system, Just cause 3 was better.
* A little rough on the new learning curve of the menus and A.I, they used 1 button as a menu. Its bad.
* The game direction for people who want to focus on main missions first is confusing sometimes.
* There are glitches sometimes, the friendlies A.I are bad.

I don't know what everyone is talking about this game is absolute peak. If you want to have a good time blowing stuff up and feeling like you're in a movie even after you've beaten the game, this is the game for you.

Just Cause 4 was a bit improved compared with the previous game.
But still it wasn't amazing, atleast not if you play it on mouse & keyboard. The control of bikes, planes is pretty horrible. But I can appreciate the fact that the wingsuit was way more enjoyable on keyboard compared with Just Cause 3.

In the beginning I hated that they removed liberations and the challenges seem pretty hard, but after a few hours I started to LOVE the new challenges. In this one you have a lot of towns / military bases and in each you have 2 - 7 challenges, depends how bit the location is.

+ Wingsuit was improved and much controllable.
+ Challenges revamped which made the game even more fun, no more leaderboards.
+ Pretty interesting weapons and enemies.
+ Garland, Sargento & Javi your new buddies asking you to do different jobs for them, and complete all their taks was interesting.
+ The Graphic was improved a bit, probably a new engine but this will go on CONS aswell and you'll see why.
+ New tools, grapling hook that can tether in 2 points and lift stuff, the baloon tool was interesting and we have some boost tools but i never used it.
+ The story was pretty good and theres a big chance that you'll get attached a lot of characters. They were well done.

- Graphics are improved but in same time made some characters to look dead inside. Bulgy eyes and no light behind them.
- I encountered some problems with the water. Most of times when I plunge into water game fully crash and get some weird error.
- The game needs to be set in Full Screen and 50 FPS otherwise on a mission where you have to go underwater for some generator the game will crash non stop if you are not locked on 50 FPS.
- During game I plunged into water from helicopters and with cars and the bug reappeared even with 50 FPS locked.
- With new engine the hair and the character details sometimes looked weird.
- When you fully finish the game, they dont show on map everything, so you'll have to waste a lot of hours to search for hidden towns if you wanna make all stunt challenges.

I played this game on my YouTube channel took me 30 episodes and a total of 43 hours, 7 minutes, 13 seconds, and I didn't made it 100%. Still missed a good portion of challenges and all those Rampage races + 11 statues for Javi.

The game is good and I recommend it, is worth playing and offer a lot of content if you want to waste lots of hours to complete everything.

P.S.: YouTube in Steam bio if you are interested.
Happy gaming!

I actually enjoyed this game. Why? Because it was the first just cause game i played. You liking the game matters in what order you play the games. For example, if you beat Just Cause 3 and then Just Cause 4, you probably won't like Just Cause 4. But if you play Just Cause 4 first, then you will probably like it. Now the game is very fun as there are so many things to do, like loading a bunch of vehicles in a cargo jet and jumping out of it with a vehicle, and many other things. One issue that i noticed is that some missions(not many), follow the same scheme, and they get boring over time. One aspect that i also like is that the game doesn't require a lot of skill so it's not rage inducing. Overall, i really enjoyed the game and am sad that it was not well received by the community. 10/10. THIS IS MY OPINION. PLEASE DON'T HATE ON ME.

Cautious recommendation. Didn't buy for years based on bad reviews, and I don't disagree. This game is a fun little romp, but everything that was janky about Just Cause 3 is still here, combined with mechanics that are a bit more tedious than that game. One of the fun elements of prior games was causing chaos and demolishing the enemy bases in creative ways. Here, the fun destruction elements are completely de-emphasized. You can still break stuff, but it usually serves very little purpose. Instead there are repetitive objectives that seem fresh in the first 3 hours but quickly become stale.

Worth the ~10 bucks I paid for it, would have felt like robbery at full price.

Still a very fun game. JC3 has better game design but JC4 may be more fun in terms of the open sandbox possibilities, and is much better looking.