Just Cause™ 3

“Chaos isn’t the goal. It’s the language.” This game is dumb. Gloriously, explosively dumb. And that’s why it rules. 500 hours experience talking. Wingsuiting off a mountain into a helicopter, tethering enemies to gas tanks, blowing up entire military bases with a grin — Rico Rodriguez is basically a physics-defying hurricane in sunglasses. Is the story deep? God no! But does it matter? Not even remotely. You come here for the playground — and boy, Medici delivers. Beautiful coastlines. Explosions that make Michael Bay look subtle. Grapple, glide, detonate — rinse, repeat, and smile like a maniac. Just Cause 3 is freedom incarnate. It’s not about strategy. It’s about style.

This game is pure, dumb fun and I mean that in the best way. I played it on console back in the day, grabbed it again on PC and it’s still an absolute blast. The story’s whatever, but who cares? You’re here to wing-suit off cliffs, tether dudes to gas tanks and blow everything to hell. It runs way better on PC too, which makes the chaos even sweeter. It goes on sale all the time and for a few bucks, it’s 100% worth it even if you just play it for a week and uninstall after.

Grappled a cow to a helicopter. Flew it into a gas station. Game crashed. So did the cow. 11/10 Michael Bay would be proud.

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☑ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10

Just Cause 3 is an incredible game that delivers pure, chaotic fun in a stunning open world. The island of Medici is a playground of destruction, packed with breathtaking landscapes, towering mountains, and vibrant towns just waiting to be explored or blown up. The grappling hook and wingsuit combo makes traversal an absolute joy, turning every moment into an action movie stunt. While the story is forgettable, the gameplay more than makes up for it. The sheer freedom to cause mayhem, liberate settlements, and unleash ridiculous explosions never gets old. The physics-based chaos is hilarious and satisfying, whether you're tethering enemies to fuel tanks or base jumping off a speeding jet. If you love open-world games with endless possibilities and over-the-top action, Just Cause 3 is a must-play. It’s pure, unadulterated fun from start to finish. Overall Rating 9/10 A blast in every sense of the word!

This game is the best kind of stupid fun. Bit grindy, plot nonsensical at times. But i dont care because I have a jetpack, a rocket launcher and a lot of things to blow up. --{Steam Deck performance}-- -Settings adjustments needed- *None- x *Minor- *Moderate- *Extensive- *Total Overhaul- -SD Performance with optimised settings- *Perfect- *Runs really well - x *Runs well- *Rough but playable- *Rough, borderline unplayable- *This game is not suitable for Deck- --{ Graphics }--- *Visual Masterpiece- *Beautiful- *Good-x *Unremarkable but fine- *Noticeably bad- *Hideously ugly- ---{ Gameplay }--- -I forgot to sleep all week- -Very enjoyable- -Fun to play- x -Didn't hate it - -Dull at times- -A tedious experience- -This game sucks to play- ---{ Audio }--- *They should win a Grammy for this- *Very good to listen to- *Good- *Meh-x *Bad and annoying- *Play on mute- ---{ Game Size }--- *Floppy Disk- *Negligible- *Notable but fine - x *Problematic- *Delete everything then install- *Did i download the whole internet- ---{ Difficulty }--- *Just press "X"- *Easy- *Some challenge in places - X *Starting to get tricky- *Difficult- *You will rage quit at how hard this is- ---{ Grind }--- -Zero grinding- -A little grind outside of main story- -A little grind overall- -Average grind level - -A little tedious at times-x -Play with tv on to distract from grind- -This game is a chore- ---{ Story }--- *Worse than Game of Thrones finale- *No Story- *Some lore- *A beginning middle and end-X *A good/fun story- *Would make a good tv show- *Oscar winner- ---{ Game Time }--- *Hour or two tops- *Short- *Average- *Long-x *A epic saga- *It never ends...- ---{ Bugs }--- *I encountered zero bugs- x *Minor bugs, easily swatted- *Some irritating bugs - *Bugs becoming a problem- *Borderline unplayable- *This game is broken- ---{ ? / 10 }--- 1 [Worst game of all time?]- 2 [Dumpster fire]- 3 [A bad game]- 4 [Some good but mostly bad]- 5 [An average experience] - 6 [Fun at times]- 7 [A good game]- x 8 [A great game]- 9 [Game of the Year]- 10 [Genre defining]-

This is a beautiful marriage of a silly, intense plot, pretty scenery, and rage therapy. The destruction in this game is entirely unique and unmatched by any game I've played. I grew up on this, revisited it, and it's just as good as I remember. P.S. anyone want to help me get that Call Out achievement? It's the last one I need.

The story is whatever and the missions short. The bases and towns you take over are repetitive and samey. Upgrades are locked behind challenges of which there is too many of them and a lot of them were frustrating to do. However it is an action packed game where if you enjoy destroying things and are creative, it can be quite fun. The best part of the game were the dlcs.

[h1]Introduction[/h1] Just Cause 3 is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Square Enix. Set in the fictional Mediterranean island nation of Medici, you play as Rico Rodriguez as he returns to his homeland to free it from the control of its dictator, General Sebastiano Di Ravello. [h1]Pros[/h1] [list] [*]Gorgeous graphics. [*]Beautiful map design. The vivid colors and lush landscapes really bring the it to life. [*]Enjoyable story with fun characters. A significant improvement from the previous games. [*]Large number of vehicles. [*]Cool weapons. [*]Fun combat. [*]Good upgrade system. [*]Many fun challenges to complete and bases to take over. [*]Blowing stuff up has never been more fun. You can even blow up bridges. [*]You can now tether things together with the grappling hook. [*]The addition of the wingsuit helps with traversing the environment. [*]Audio tapes help provide insight into Di Ravello's rise to power. [*]Fun DLCs. [/list] [h1]Cons[/h1] [list] [*]No Borderless Windowed mode for a game from 2015. [*]Some minor fps drops here and there. At least in my experience. [*]Sometimes there are long loading times. [*]Riding bikes is particularly bad. Can't seem to control the damn things. [*]Can get repetitive after a while. [/list] [h1]Conclusion[/h1] Just Cause 3 is a very fun game. Its gorgeous graphics, the beautiful map, the enjoyable story and the wingsuit make it a more fun experience than Just Cause 2. If you liked Just Cause 2, you'll feel right at home.

Somehow this game has denuvo despite being single player, progress never saves for me even after getting pretty far into the game. Additionally if u EVER uninstall the game it will delete all your save data because for some reason the devs make you log in but doesnt have cloud saves?

I enjoyed playing it. Had fun. To gain height while being in air : Switch from wingsuit(E) to parachute(SPACE) and back to wingsuit(E). After that press key (S). This lets you gain some speed and height always. That's how i travelled being airborne for 9+ km straight to mission location.

I really like the Just Cause series, particularly 3 and 4. Most objects in the game are destructible which adds to the game, and make it my go to for when I want to just unwind and have some fun. The game play and story are great, and it chalk full of mini games, but what I really like about the game is that that you can also just go off on your own and do your own thing.

The game is overall very fun and immersive, ive definetely had some full evenings in a row playing this game. very fun.

Don't make the same mistake I made of initially dismissing this game as just another Fortnight clone. It's also a very good copy of Red Faction Guerrilla but instead of playing Space Communists you play as Mexican terrorists. The basic premise is that you need to defeat the so-called cruel tyrannical oppressor Generalissimo Ravioli, now apparently he is brutally suppressing the people of the republic of Medicki, but I actually did not see much evidence of this, I suspect his real crimes are probably just being a masculine white male. The Just Cause for this rebellion appears to be a "What did the Romans ever do for us ?" type situation as the people of the fictional Island republic of Medicki you are tasked with liberating appear to have a very high standard of living in a well developed and prosperous country. Thankfully the leader, strategic planner and scientific expert of this resistance are all female so what could possibly go wrong ? The amazing plan they have come up with is basically a defund the police and burn everything down solution to defeat this evil monster, apparently it will all be built back again but by whom, when and with what money and expertise is never actually mentioned I guess this is just a minor detail. Now you may be thinking how can I possibly take on the most sophisticated and powerful army in the world just by myself ? Well luckily you are a kind of Latino combination of Batman, Spider-Man and Super man with an incredible arsenal of weapons all thanks to the wonder material aptly named bullshitium My favourite part of the game is when you kill lots of innocent civilians the protagonist just quips sorry my bad but then all the people left still all cheer you on with fireworks for liberating them after you have made their homes, communities and places of work all smouldering ruins. My least favourite part of the game is whenever you are going to do something really cool like blast out of an exploding volcano, intercept an ICBM and ride it like a surfboard or paraglide onto a speeding freight train the game constantly cock blocks you by interrupting the game and switching to a cinematic. The ending is the most amazingly incredible epic legendary showdown battle when you finally defeat Generalissimo Ravioli and his entire bullshitium powered army posed to conquer the world by hiding behind a rock. But at the end I was confused and ridden with guilt, why instead of killing thousands or people and destroying a whole nation I didn't just go to Generalissimo Ravioli mansion and knock on the door and shoot him in the face instead, but I guess only a man would think of that. TLDR : Fidel Castro assassination simulator

great game, keep coming back for more. idk about JC 4 though thats weird

Too be honest, The best game ive ever played. best story of all games, Made me sad when i completed it. so i did it over and over again, i think this is my 9th time.

Just Cause 3 Review – Explosions, Mayhem, and Pure Freedom Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Just Cause 3 isn’t trying to be deep or serious—and that’s exactly why it works so well. It knows what it is: a wild, chaotic, open-world action playground that puts fun above all else. If you like your games packed with explosions, over-the-top stunts, and endless opportunities to wreak havoc, Just Cause 3 delivers that and then some. I had a blast with this game—literally. A Beautiful Warzone Set in the fictional Mediterranean island nation of Medici, the game world is absolutely gorgeous. Sun-soaked coastlines, rolling hills, ancient ruins, and vibrant towns give the game a distinct, colorful aesthetic that feels alive—especially when you’re blowing it all up. The map is massive and varied, with plenty of verticality to make use of Rico’s insane traversal tools. Whether you’re wingsuiting off a mountain or launching from a speeding car into a helicopter, the world encourages you to go big or go home. Rico Rodriguez: One-Man Wrecking Crew You play as Rico Rodriguez, a fearless, one-liner-dropping action hero who returns to Medici to overthrow the ruthless dictator, General Di Ravello. The story is simple and often forgettable, but that’s not really the point. Just Cause 3 isn’t about serious political drama—it’s about turning every encounter into an action movie set piece. And when it comes to gameplay, this is where the fun really begins. Explosive Sandbox Gameplay Just Cause 3 gives you a ridiculous amount of freedom to cause chaos in the most creative ways possible: Grappling Hook + Parachute + Wingsuit – This iconic combo defines the game’s traversal. Zip from mountaintop to military base without ever touching the ground. The controls are smooth, and once you master them, flying around becomes a game in itself. Destruction – Everything explodes—and it’s beautiful. Fuel tanks, satellite dishes, bridges, helicopters—nothing is safe. Taking over enemy bases by systematically blowing up their infrastructure is incredibly satisfying. Weapons & Vehicles – From rocket launchers to fighter jets, the arsenal is pure mayhem. Hijack tanks, ride helicopters, or slap rockets onto cars and send them flying. Creativity is rewarded at every turn. The chaos isn’t just encouraged—it’s practically required. Challenges, Mods & Upgrades The game is packed with side content, including races, destruction challenges, wingsuit courses, and collectibles. Completing these unlocks mods that improve your gear, weapons, and traversal abilities. While some challenges can get repetitive, the unlock system adds a nice layer of progression to an otherwise open-ended experience. The Rebel Drop system also lets you summon vehicles and weapons at will, keeping the action going without forcing you to grind or hunt for gear. Performance & Criticisms While the core gameplay is fantastic, Just Cause 3 did have its technical hiccups—especially at launch. Long loading times, occasional frame drops, and some AI weirdness were noticeable, particularly on consoles. However, many of these issues have been patched, and performance is much smoother now. Also, the story and characters aren't particularly memorable. They serve their purpose, but they’re really just there to give Rico a reason to blow things up (as if he needed one). Final Thoughts Just Cause 3 is pure action wish fulfillment. It’s the game equivalent of every over-the-top stunt scene in a blockbuster movie—all strung together in one giant, beautiful sandbox. If you're looking for tight narrative or serious tone, this won’t be for you. But if you want unfiltered fun, explosions, and freedom, it hits the mark perfectly. Pros: Incredible open-world design and visuals Addictive traversal system Endless creative destruction Tons of side activities and upgrades Pure, over-the-top fun Cons: Story is weak and characters are forgettable Some repetitive mission structures Occasional performance hiccups Verdict: Just Cause 3 is a spectacular explosion-fueled playground. It’s not about depth—it’s about doing backflips off helicopters while blowing up a fuel depot. And honestly, that’s more than enough.

Absolutely peak. The best game in the series. Beautiful environments, amazing combat physics, good destructibility, fun weapons, good weapon variety, great vehicles that are fun to drive, and a good story (although that's not what you're playing for). I truly can't think of anything the game lacks except a good sequel.

legitimately got in the mood to play this game after watching cars 2

This game is great. It's like Grand Theft Auto but on steroids. You get to fly around in a wing-suit. You also blow stuff up. The story is not deep, but the game is still very fun. Overall it's a great game. I recommend it.

Excellent stress relief. You get to blow shit up and kill people without even feeling bad- It's for a just cause, after all. Some the the physics are downright hilarious, too. Love it when a light tap sends a vehicle straight into the stratosphere.

Explosion - is what i call this game if i have to describe it in one word. After finishing Just cause 1 and 2, i can confidently say this is the best among the series. You can directly skip to this game, you wouldn't really miss anything. Story is much better this time with some memorable characters. However, rather than story this game is much know for its action combat. Its a action packed game where you can cause chaos through out the map. You can imagine this game was directed by Michael Bay with Bollywood physics. Each combat will either be Epic or Hilarious, theres no in between and that's the best part imo. Best recommended for those who loves action game play and don't invest much in stories. 4/5.

Its the best game in the series, ive probably spend closer to 1000 hours when you count my Xbox play time, its perfect, I genuinely wouldn't change a thing, down to being able to cheese the final boss by using the insta kill vehicle gun. its perfection. I think one of my favorite memories in gaming was having only the main cities chop shop unlocked on the big island and wanting the fastest car so I just drove normally from the warehouse in the mountains across the entire map almost, Ive never been able to recapture that feeling this game gave me, so thank you avalanche and all the people that made this work of art. no other game have I ever just booted up to move around, I dont think Ive ever actually fast traveled for anything, just that wing-suit movement, absolute peak

This game is the literal definition of peak. I have played this game multiple times for hundreds of hours I have beaten it twice on PC, Xbox and once on PlayStation. The music just fits the game so much and the graphics tho not the best are very vibrant and much lighter than Just cause 4 Anyway play it.

While I beat it and the DLC's I quickly got bored post victory

WARNING: Long, I only have 3 hours in this game but it's already a hit with me. Traversal takes a while but Avalanche somehow makes it enjoyable. Chaining together the grapple, wingsuit, parachute, and others to get long lasting momentum feels better than any drug. Then losing that momentum feels like a failure on your part. This game is one of those which has hints of seriousness but doesn't actually take itself serious. It takes the approach of a movie like game and will excite anyone who plays it. I highly recommend this to most but most importantly those who enjoy the spider man games.

this is just cause man... wingsuit, jetpack, cool gadgets, throwing people off a bridge, pessimistic radio announcer after every bases destroyed, there's even metal gear in the DLC.

very good game quite a few bugs though but otherwise very good sandbox destruction type game!!

Im just causing it, Im just causing it so good, you gotta goon Mario, goon for bavarium

One of my favorite games of all time. Ever since it's original release I've been coming back to replay Just Cause 3 in it's entirety. The environment, story, abilities, flexibility and means of causing chaos are some of the best I've played. I'm especially in awe of the scale of the maps, one of the biggest contained open world maps without procedural generation. Another pro of this are the means of causing chaos and "liberating" locations, unlike the successor game JC4 which personally speaking seems to focus more on vehicles, JC3 focuses more on balancing the love between explosions, weaponry, and vehicles, and does it damn well. From seaplanes and nukes, to rocket boats and LOTS of explosive containers, this game seems to have it all, especially with the DLCs which add in even more outlandish, but still surprisingly fun items. The only con I could really say about this game especially on the PC standpoint would be a couple tech issues and one gameplay element. The first tech issue is some crashing that happen from time to time that never seem to have been patched and might be related to some issues regarding the tech I'm using. The second tech issue is a sadly major bug that makes it so missiles don't lock on, which during story missions makes it impossible to complete without changing a particular gear mod and re-opening the game. The final issue I have with the game on PC would be some of the challenges, some can be outright impossible to do with a mouse and keyboard due to how strict and timely you have to complete it. Outside of those 3 particular issues and the absolute hellscape that are the challenges I'm still greatly in love with this game and will always love coming back to it. UNO Rating: Accumulated years of chaos points over all available platforms/10

I kill everyone, allies, enemies, civilians, nobody is spared. 10/10 game would recomend.

---{ Graphics }--- ☑ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☑ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☑ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☑ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10

Some of the smoothest gameplay I've ever experienced. Very seamless grapple/parachute/wingsuit mechanics, engaging (although unrealistic) combat, and insanely epic, real feeling explosions. Massive and beautiful open world, and of course liberation. (Great options for creative goofiness as well). Probably the first game I would ever recommend to anyone who had a beefy enough laptop/pc.

extremely fun game with mindless destruction and fun, its well done in all the fronts. guaranteed fun

Cool game, I'd recommend 7/10 (I haven't played it for long so that's why only 7/10, would most likely be higher if I play it more)

Entropy cannot be reversed, the inevitable death of the universe is unavoidable. just cause 3 is pretty fun tho.

better then just cause 4 just play this 1 most of my hours are on xbox so that is why i do not have a lot of hours on this incredible game

Theres a surprising lack of shooters ive seen with a focus of just going in, blowing stuff up, shooting everyone and everything, and not being punished for that. You can just jump onto the road, shoot everyone, cause chaos, and have fun doing that. I GUESS theres a good story too

Story is as generic and bland as it gets, but the combat, movement, and destruction are phenomenal. Thus, I can confidently recommend this to many others.

Great game akin to Mercenaries. If you can look past the constant start-up freezes and CTD's, it's worth it.

Yes good game lots of boom booms and boom booms = fun. Also, get a dinosaur tattoo :)

Dont know the plot and didnt care gameplay i good. Wingsuiting everywhere awesome

It is the best game in the series. Let Rico whisper in your ear Mami..Yesh, just like that.

one of the best open world games oat, so much replay value. Cool story too not too central though. Holds up 10 years later.

I love the game really fun but I cant play it now cas it will not start.like it will not lanch for some reason.

Destroy...Boom..Destroy..Really fun

It is a great game if you like blowing things up. The story is simple, destroy the enemy.

I love almost every element of this game with a passion. Story: PEAK. Open world: PEAK. Destruction: PEAK. Torture methods: PEAK. This game is a masterpiece. Nothing else to say. Other than 2 missions, Abandon Ship and Watcher On The Wall, every mission is amazing. The open world and its liberation system are beautiful, and every location is unique.

An absolute blast to play. Get a mech (takes a few story missions), then do the 2 mech challenges (they're super easy) to you'll get all the upgrades. It's awesome. Like being at an arcade as a kid, playing one of those games with insanely good graphics where you hold the gun. Just fire and blow stuff up.

best run and gun open world game, Things go boom, Fun gameplay, Great graphics and colors, Very enjoyable