Greatly improving on the original, Just Cause 2 is a top example of how a sandbox game should be. A third person action experience, your playground is the South East Asian island of Panau, an impressive 1,000km2 in size. Throwing yourself from your helicopter into a politically unstable land, you’re searching for your old boss and mentor who’s suspected of going rogue.

Using your gun-toting skills you befriend the local factions in order to gain intel that will help you hunt him down. Fighting against an oppressive dictator, they’re happy to take on your services as Scorpio the mercenary, and so the missions begin.

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