Just Cause 2 - $7.49 - Steam

[CurseTheSky]

75% off today, and it's part of their treasure hunt objectives for the next 48 hours.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/8190/

 

[BlueWeasel]

Great game at a great price. I paid $20 for it back in the summer and it was easily worth that.

 

[CurseTheSky]

It looked intriguing, but I had a hard time justifying paying $20+ for a game I'd probably play a handful of times. For $7.50, it's cheaper than a movie ticket, and I'll surely get more than 3 hours of entertainment out of it.

 

[CPA]

Cool, will be picking up tonight.

OP, what's the other Steam treasure hunt objectives today?

 

[bamacre]

Marked. Thanks, OP.

 

[thegimp03]

K, I'll be picking this up tonight. This game looked interesting when it first came out.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Cool, will be picking up tonight.

OP, what's the other Steam treasure hunt objectives today?

do something in metro 2033...watch a bunch of game trailers...and something from beat hazard

 

[you2]

Does it work under windows xp ?

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Does it work under windows xp ?

vista and 7 only. dx10 only. doesnt require gfwl account

 

[CPA]

vista and 7 only. dx10 only. doesnt require gfwl account

dammit, I thought it was metro that ran only under 7. I thought JC2 ran under XP. I am now sad.

 

[loganex]

At this price, everyone with a decent graphics card is required to buy a copy. Got a shout at bit-tech yesterday: http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2010/12/13/best-pc-games/1 .

One of my favorite games, and beautiful to boot. I beat the story mode months ago and still haven't uninstalled it.

 

[Bl0cks]

thanks I'll pick it up tonight

 

[loganex]

That's right! and buy copies for all your friends for Christmas. They'll love you forever.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

dammit, I thought it was metro that ran only under 7. I thought JC2 ran under XP. I am now sad.

i just looked at it one steam when i replied....kind of sucks it doesnt run off xp =\

 

[videopho]

great s3d game and that's all I can say about the game.

 

[Dankk]

To those who are complaining about Just Cause 2 incompatibility with Windows XP: You're using a 9-year-old operating system. Developers are gradually moving away from XP and developing specifically for Vista/7 now. That's just what happens.

Just Cause 2 is undoubtedly a kick-ass game, one of my favorite this year. It feels like you're playing inside of a blockbuster action flick. The game can also be described as Grand Theft Auto on steroids. You can blow up a fuel tower, grapple onto an airplane flying above you, attack the pilot, hijack the plane, crash it into a radio tower, and skydive out. It's all kinds of awesome. I never get tired of the explosions.

The DX10 graphics are seriously fleshed-out and optimized too. It's a beautiful looking open environment that runs well.

 

[Nohr]

Great price! It's still $25 on Amazon for the PC version.

 

[lavaheadache]

in for 1

 

[batmanuel]

i just looked at it one steam when i replied....kind of sucks it doesnt run off xp =\

Does it even make sense to run XP on a gaming rig? Since the 64-bit version of XP is basically useless, going with XP 32-bit not only puts a 4 GB ceiling on your RAM, but you'll also end up with most current graphics cards stealing at least a quarter of your memory address space. Combine that with more primitive multi-core processor optimization and hardly any optimization for SSDs, and XP really isn't up to the task of running even a budget gaming rig these days. It's really time to put it to pasture.

 

[Airs]

in 4 1, ty

 

[Trianon]

gotz it ty!

 

[CPA]

To those who are complaining about Just Cause 2 incompatibility with Windows XP: You're using a 9-year-old operating system. Developers are gradually moving away from XP and developing specifically for Vista/7 now. That's just what happens.

Just Cause 2 is undoubtedly a kick-ass game, one of my favorite this year. It feels like you're playing inside of a blockbuster action flick. The game can also be described as Grand Theft Auto on steroids. You can blow up a fuel tower, grapple onto an airplane flying above you, attack the pilot, hijack the plane, crash it into a radio tower, and skydive out. It's all kinds of awesome. I never get tired of the explosions.

The DX10 graphics are seriously fleshed-out and optimized too. It's a beautiful looking open environment that runs well.

I'm not complaining, I just can't afford to upgrade right now.

 

[CPA]

Does it even make sense to run XP on a gaming rig? Since the 64-bit version of XP is basically useless, going with XP 32-bit not only puts a 4 GB ceiling on your RAM, but you'll also end up with most current graphics cards stealing at least a quarter of your memory address space. Combine that with more primitive multi-core processor optimization and hardly any optimization for SSDs, and XP really isn't up to the task of running even a budget gaming rig these days. It's really time to put it to pasture.

While you obviously know your hardware, I have not had any issue running games, including Crysis, GTAIV, Red Faction or, more recently, Darksiders.

 

[elcamino74ss]

just snagged a copy as well. thanks op!

 

[marmasatt]

I was on the fence on this. I downloaded the demo a few months ago. Played it for like an hour (longer demo). And I thought it was so so. I'm afraid that that will be my "couple hours" of playing. Even $7.49 is too much if you play it once and don't pick it up again. This was on my radar, but I've got a backlog now so who knows how cheap it may be in the future.