Just Cause 2 on XBOX 360 was a buggy mess, but a lot of fun. I played hundreds of hours of it.
Just Cause 2 on PC is an even buggier mess, but just as much fun. If a little bit more frustrating.

Grapple-hooking around the map with your parachute out is a blast, at times even meditative. In between these bits of zen as you float across all 40 square kilometers of Panau, are frustrating clunky gunfights, moments where the physics engine decides not to obey its own rules, and more repetitive copy-paste missions than you can count.

But yet- somehow it works. Yes, you may be thrown at mach 3 toward the pavement simply by jumping from your helicopter at the wrong angle. Yes, the game may crash every 20 minutes if you enable decals and bokeh FX. Yes, the helicopter camera MIGHT screw up and bob up and down violently if you don't enable VSYNC.

BUT you can grapple hook people off of skyscrapers, dangle a tank from an airplane, dual wield SMGs and shoot people into the air with the bullets, and live out your Fast & Furious movie fantasies as you surf civilian cars with dozens of enemies in pursuit.

In summary, it's a great time even in 2023, just be prepared that the game might randomly decide to flip you off... just cause.

Just Cause 2 on XBOX 360 was a buggy mess, but a lot of fun. I played hundreds of hours of it. Just Cause 2 on PC is an even buggier mess, but just as much fun. If a little bit more frustrating. Grapple-hooking around the map with your parachute out is a blast, at times even meditative. In between these bits of zen as you float across all 40 square kilometers of Panau, are frustrating clunky gunfights, moments where the physics engine decides not to obey its own rules, and more repetitive copy-paste missions than you can count. But yet- somehow it works. Yes, you may be thrown at mach 3 toward the pavement simply by jumping from your helicopter at the wrong angle. Yes, the game may crash every 20 minutes if you enable decals and bokeh FX. Yes, the helicopter camera MIGHT screw up and bob up and down violently if you don't enable VSYNC. BUT you can grapple hook people off of skyscrapers, dangle a tank from an airplane, dual wield SMGs and shoot people into the air with the bullets, and live out your Fast & Furious movie fantasies as you surf civilian cars with dozens of enemies in pursuit. In summary, it's a great time even in 2023, just be prepared that the game might randomly decide to flip you off... just cause.