The frame rate seems more consistent, and the island itself, with its diverse environments and ample stretches of water, looks a bit nicer. What's Different: It has been a few months since the last time we saw Just Cause 2, and it’s looking noticeably prettier. In this high-speed chase sequence, Rico jumped from jeep to jeep, using his grapple hook to fling baddies onto the road and finishing off their jeeps with explosives and gunfire. The pair then had to outrun a legion of armed soldiers chasing them down in jeeps. In there, he took to shooting a few bad guys before rescuing his buddy and landing safely on the ground below. With his buddy near the top of this casino that also happened to double as a skyscraper, Rico took a helicopter, hopped out in midair, and used his trusty grapple hook to shoot himself indoors. Once Rico gathered enough chaos, he began a new mission that tasked him with rescuing an associate from a casino under siege. There, Rico used all manner of guns, grenades, and grapple hooks to kill these guards and render their base useless. The demo started with protagonist Rico Rodriguez on top of a tower before base-jumping down onto a speedboat, which he promptly piloted to a military harbor base. What's New: We had the opportunity to see a new story mission, prefaced by a little bit of mayhem in order to gather up enough chaos to trigger it. (For more on Just Cause 2 and the sense of movement that your parachute and grapple hook combination provide, check out our most recent preview.) We just saw a few new methods of doing so in an E3 2009 demo. Yes, Just Cause 2 knows what it does well: It lets you fly effortlessly all over the place and leave a smoldering trail of destruction.

Pile up enough wanton destruction, and your notoriety increases to the point where you’ll be able to unlock new story missions that help propel the narrative forward.

This sandbox action game set in the fictional island nation of Panau uses a currency measured in chaos-that is to say, the amount of damage you do to the world around you. Just Cause 2 rewards you for being a complete jerk.

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