6.5/10

Just Cause 3 was as much of a massive improvement over Just Cause 2 that the latter was over Just Cause. But wow, did Just Cause 4 feel like the first step back. Things feel tedious. The map took way too long to adjust to. The menus are a chore. Apparently, there are challenges that give you upgrades (at least for the wingsuit)? I cared so little, I didn't even notice. So many missed opportunities to fine tune what made Just Cause 3 great.

• Watching from overhead as an allied train duked it out with an enemy train and the former derailing the latter was pretty awesome.
  
• It looks pretty.
  
• It's finally over.

• There was a bug in Just Cause 3 where object geometry wouldn't load and you couldn't destroy things or grapple to them. It still exists in this game and it's incredibly annoying.
  
• Controls don't feel like they were improved over Just Cause 3 and some even feel worse. Helicopter sensitivity is absolutely horrendous and makes it difficult to aim. Being attacked by drones? Good luck ever hitting them. The developers used the same flight controls from Just Cause 3 and it's criminal that it sucks the fun out of flying jets (why wouldn't you just steal the simple flight control mapping from War Thunder!?). You also can't remap the 1 through 4 keys for weapon swapping because they forced 1 to be your map key. Just... why?
  
• Major tonal shift compared to Just Cause 3. You went from a fun, well-paced game with likable characters and a terrifying bad guy to a bit of a slog with characters you mostly didn't care about despite the game throwing you into the story like you should. I had a few chuckles, but 90% of them were after the halfway point. The story wasn't even close to being on par with Just Cause 3. As a Stargate fan, it was mostly just nice to hear Tony Amendola's voice again.
  
• Weapons weren't the best. The secondary fire on most of them was just goofy. The DLC weapons felt even worse, at least for the Agency mission. Naturally, the weapons I did enjoy from the "Army Of Chaos"/rebels? You can't obtain unless a friendly NPC dies or is killed by you. Terrible design decision not to include them in weapon drops (that don't even give you full ammunition when you request a weapon).

6.5/10 [i]Just Cause 3[/i] was as much of a massive improvement over [i]Just Cause 2[/i] that the latter was over [i]Just Cause[/i]. But wow, did [i]Just Cause 4[/i] feel like the first step back. Things feel tedious. The map took way too long to adjust to. The menus are a chore. Apparently, there are challenges that give you upgrades (at least for the wingsuit)? I cared so little, I didn't even notice. So many missed opportunities to fine tune what made [i]Just Cause 3[/i] great. [h1]Pros:[/h1] [list] [*]Watching from overhead as an allied train duked it out with an enemy train and the former derailing the latter was pretty awesome. [*]It looks pretty. [*]It's finally over. [/list] [h1]Cons:[/h1] [list] [*]There was a bug in [i]Just Cause 3[/i] where object geometry wouldn't load and you couldn't destroy things or grapple to them. It still exists in this game and it's incredibly annoying. [*]Controls don't feel like they were improved over [i]Just Cause 3[/i] and some even feel worse. Helicopter sensitivity is absolutely horrendous and makes it difficult to aim. Being attacked by drones? Good luck ever hitting them. The developers used the same flight controls from [i]Just Cause 3[/i] and it's criminal that it sucks the fun out of flying jets (why wouldn't you just steal the simple flight control mapping from [i]War Thunder[/i]!?). You also can't remap the 1 through 4 keys for weapon swapping because they forced 1 to be your map key. Just... why? [*]Major tonal shift compared to [i]Just Cause 3[/i]. You went from a fun, well-paced game with likable characters and a terrifying bad guy to a bit of a slog with characters you mostly didn't care about despite the game throwing you into the story like you should. I had a few chuckles, but 90% of them were after the halfway point. The story wasn't even close to being on par with [i]Just Cause 3[/i]. As a Stargate fan, it was mostly just nice to hear Tony Amendola's voice again. [*]Weapons weren't the best. The secondary fire on most of them was just goofy. The DLC weapons felt even worse, at least for the Agency mission. Naturally, the weapons I did enjoy from the "Army Of Chaos"/rebels? You can't obtain unless a friendly NPC dies or is killed by you. Terrible design decision not to include them in weapon drops (that don't even give you full ammunition when you request a weapon). [/list]