Just Cause
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
The player uses firearms and explosives against human soldiers and mercenaries; hits produce some blood but no dismemberment or gore.
The player hijacks vehicles, attacks soldiers and police, and triggers a wanted-style 'heat' system as ordinary sandbox play.
Characters use moderate profanity in the game's scripted dialogue.
Drug cartels are a faction in the world and some side missions involve seizing a cartel's operations, but no drug use is shown and the player does not consume or trade drugs.
The story is built around overthrowing a violent dictatorship, with political oppression sitting in the backdrop rather than shown in detail.
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What it is
Just Cause is an open-world action game set on a fictional tropical island nation, where the player controls secret agent Rico Rodriguez working to topple a corrupt dictatorship. Play centres on large-scale chaos and stunts: grappling between vehicles, parachuting, hijacking cars, boats, planes and helicopters, and fighting government soldiers with firearms and explosives across a vast landscape. Combat against human enemies draws blood but shows no dismemberment or gore. Drug cartels feature as a faction in the world, aggressive acts raise a wanted-style heat level, and the spoken dialogue carries moderate profanity. There are no purchases, no gambling, and no online interaction.
How it's framed
The game frames its destruction as over-the-top, Hollywood-style spectacle rather than grounded consequence — the player is positioned as a heroic agent liberating an island from a corrupt regime, and the violence and vehicle theft are presented as playful sandbox chaos against enemy soldiers and government targets.
Details
- Developer
- Avalanche Studios
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- Mar 15, 2007
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