Just Cause 2 announced. PS3 and X360

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1 CommentsThis is only part of PSW's exclusive Just Cause 2 preview. For the full article more screenshots grab issue 103 of PSW, in shops from January 3.

While Grand Theft Auto appears to be driving down a street marked 'realistic' and with it ditching much of the playfulness of the series, other games are stretching the 'sandbox' template. GTA has gangs, the urban thing is safe.

But while hoodies and hooligans are welcomed with open arms to Liberty City, other developers and trying new things with the open world formula. Prototype is going all Heroes on
the formula, Brutal Legend is just plain weird and now Just Cause 2 adds spies and acrobatics to the army of games knocking on GTA's door.

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The original Just Cause offered an original take on the open world idea, here was a tropical island free to explore. It packed in 200 side missions and a solid enough central plot, but most importantly added the freedom to take to the skies.

A unique grapple-hook-parachute gizmo enabled your hero Rico Rodriguez to cling onto passing jeeps and even planes before being whipped off into the sky. It was exhilarating. It was tremendous fun. It certainly wasn't 'real'.

Thankfully the sequel is going to be bigger, broader and crazier. There's no sign of Eidos tethering Rico to anything as boring as realism. If anything, the added zap of PS3 power behind the game has enabled developer Avalanche to push its ideas further still.

"We identified the key areas we wanted to improve for Just Cause 2. We wanted to make better use of our huge game world, enhance the stunts, improve the combat and reward exploration more." Commented Lead Designer Peter Johansson. "We feel we have been successful at that and created a true sequel."

Using the developer's new Avalanche Engine 2.0 means that many more things are possible in Just Cause 2. Firstly the old island is out, as you'd expect. In its place is the island of Panau, a tropical paradise in South East Asia ruled over by the ruthless dictator Baby Panay.

Rico's job is to infiltrate and destabilise the island and return with his former CO, Tom Sheldon, who has gone AWOL on the island and fallen in with Panay.

The story is pretty loose, though it's likely littered with a few twists to keep the writers in tequila until Just Cause 3 comes round. But it's the island and the game's structure that holds the real surprises. Sitting above the familiar jungle canopy is a range of mountains covered in snow and ripe for playing around on.


Just Cause 2 is being designed with more scope for exploration and experimentation than the past game. It's a bustling, burgeoning place that ideally will make even more use of the grapple-parachute mechanic.

No side missions
"We've ditched the concept of side-missions," says Johansson confidently. That's right, the classic structure of any sandbox game - and we're looking at you GTA - is to offer a straight story arc that's surrounded by side-missions to complete at your leisure.

Freedom is something of a myth - again GTA we're looking at you. In Just Cause 2 freedom should be more of a reality. The side-missions are out. You'll begin the game with nothing but your Cuban heels and a winning smile.

Everything you get in the game will need to be earned. It's a rags-to-riches journey.

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孤島驚魂2 Far Cry 2 confirmed for Xbox 360 and PS3

Ubisoft confirms what's been expected for some time.

UBISOFT® ANNONCE L’ARRIVEE DE FAR CRY® 2
SUR XBOX 360® ET PLAYSTATION®3


Paris, FRANCE — le 3 Janvier 2008 — Ubisoft annonce aujourd’hui que Far Cry® 2 est actuellement en développement sur Xbox 360® de Microsoft et PLAYSTATION®3 de Sony. Far Cry 2 est un jeu de tir à la première personne développé par le studio d’Ubisoft Montréal.

Plus qu’une performance visuelle et technologique, Far Cry 2 constitue pour le joueur une expérience de jeu inédite, basée sur un moteur de jeu conçu spécifiquement pour l’occasion. Les joueurs seront plongés dans un univers de jeu totalement ouvert, au sein de somptueux paysages africains, grâce à la haute définition et à la technologie next-gen.

La sortie de Far Cry 2 est prévue pour l’année fiscale 2008-2009.

以下為PC版畫面~~~~~！！















雇傭兵2 Mercenaries 2 new screens


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from:a9
三枪出现~~

过个火爆的2008~~

ps:
     原正当防卫1为360独占
     原雇佣兵2公布为ps3独占

可看出欧美厂商全平台的决心和原则~~

好像正当防卫2的画面比1代好了些~~

再加上传说中的显卡危机来次世代.....

今年真是个枪年~~~

记得正当防卫1的场景那是相当大阿~~

这次强化了细节~~

估计又是一个秀图像的典范~

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原帖由 dogsoldier 于 2008-1-4 11:40 发表
正当防卫1不好玩
雇佣兵1我去年买了张盘，读不出，就没玩了
Far cry1看看风景的东西，我到了一半就不怎么想玩了，关卡设计太平庸

今年的FPS，还是要看monolith的FEAR新作

雇佣兵还是不错的一个游戏~自由的很呢~战场很火爆.什么兵器都能搞~

farcry就不评价了~

正当防卫2....看这个架势是想挑船长~

fear是个好游戏~

可以买来看看~

08还是期待战争机器2阿~~~~

08还

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原帖由 村上春樹 于 2008-1-4 13:15 发表



有些是artworks吧?

Just Curse 2006在XBOX 360登場時也就是趕時間上市，將xbox的成果移植上去做個高清而已。

很多XBOX360首發軟體都有這種現象.

目测防卫2好像都是实际图像~~

防卫一是有些仓促~

希望2能还它一个真面目~