Okay, after reading my last post, you can be assured that my hopes for Just Cause 2 being a good game had risen to new heights. By the time my Windows 7 (and subsequent drivers, programs, etc.) install was complete, it was pretty late. So, I started loading the demo for Just Cause 2 and hit the hay. When I got some free time the next day, I sat down and fired up the game, this time with no unsavory error messages.

I’ll just cut to the chase; this game is straight up bonkers. You get a grappling hook attached to your arm that you can use to do such things as hoist yourself onto a helicopter (and then kill the pilot and take it for yourself), attach an enemy to a gas cylinder (and then shoot it and watch him fly away), or even launch yourself off of a tall structure (and then deploy your ever present parachute so you can glide around the environment). You can hijack every vehicle in the game’s world and use them in some amazing looking stunts, or use them as battering rams.

Not a whole lot you do in the game makes technical sense. Almost everything in the game is so damn far beyond reality. It’s like someone saw Grand Theft Auto and said, “Yeah, let’s remove all the stuff between the parts where you blow shit up, and make it look better, play faster, and make it even more dynamic”, and if you then think for a second that by taking out such things as “plot” or “dialogue” would make it a bad game, then you sir or madam, do not understand what games are all about. Just Cause 2 is a game that makes you remember why you play games in the first place. It is just pure fun for fun’s sake.

The demo is timed, so once you start playing, the clock is ticking for how long you get to play. I was so hooked in the time I was given though that I will, without a doubt, be buying it. You can try it on the PS3, Xbox 360, or the PC. But remember, if you want to try it on the PC, you better have Windows Vista or 7. Learn from my mistakes.

Check out this video for a bit more insight into what I’m talking about.