Just Cause 2 preview for PS3

We've gone hands-on this month with Just Cause 2, the exciting looking sequel to the massive PS2 game Just Cause. The original pushed the PS2 to its limits, with a free-ranging world and an action-packed plot, but it had its limitations, not least in the combat system. Just Cause 2 looks set to correct the shortcomings of its predecessor, and with improved combat, enhanced driving and lots more side-missions and activity in the sumptuous island location, it could just take the PS3 by storm this autumn.

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Just Cause 2 preview for the PS3

In 2006, there weren't that many games around that were quite like Just Cause. Giving you an open world to run round in, consisting of some 1,024 sq km of tropical island paradise, Just Cause was a real tour-de-force for the PS2, pushing the hardware to its very limits. But while the game was huge, it certainly wasn't without its shortcomings. With a hit-and-miss combat system, and some poor vehicle handling, our main problem was that the island just felt... well... empty. Thankfully, having listened to consumer feedback, and made the necessary adjustments, Avalanche have been striving away on a sequel to Just Cause for some time now, taking into account all the criticism they received, and coming up with a solution to their problems. The result? Chaos.

Just Cause 2 puts you back in the shoes of Rico Rodriguez, everyone's favourite cheesy secret agent, who's called back into action to hunt down and kill his mentor and former friend, Tom Sheldon. As luck would have it, Tom just happens to be hiding out on the beautiful island paradise of Panau, which makes a perfect setting for the new game.