Rather than the slightly po-faced walkthrough video that Avalanche released for Just Cause 3 at E3 2015, the studio’s Gamescom effort, first demoed during yesterday’s Microsoft conference, is exactly what I want to see from a trailer for this game.
Namely; cheesy rock music, over-the-top accents, and plenty of inventive uses for hero Rico’s grappling hook, parachute, and arsenal of explosive weapons.
There’s a couple of neat new tricks on display here. Firstly, Rico does a cool thing where he hangs upside down underneath a helicopter, blasting away with his SMG. Later on, he takes the inadvisable step of grappling himself to a gas canister, shooting it and blasting off into the sky like the world’s cheapest space programme.
All of which is very good indeed. Just Cause 3 drops on PC and consoles this December 1.