its mostly easy on hardcore but still tons of fun.think-red faction guerrilla+arkham asylum+gta+burnout+crysis= :D
i thought this game was gonna suck. judging from the first just cause. i wasnt even gonna look at this game. then i think i stumbled on a gameplay video or a review with a guy blowing the crap out of stuff, jumping out of planes, and basically getting jiggy wit destruction in a HUGE beautiful open world. i was like that is my kind of game. and looks like a few devs finally did some work and actually cared about this one. bought it with no hesitation. very glad i did.
found it at amazon for $50 us. they have a deal where you get $15 credit to ur next game atm. so $35. cant beat that for a dvd packed this full of entertainment.
it does have a few glitches and oversights. could be polished up a little. maybe a patch will be coming. i would have given it a 10 if they ironed out the sloppy gun play and the fact that ur guy gets hung up on ledges quite a bit when throwing out his grappling hook. its a shame you cant turn off the auto aim. the gun fights may actually be a little bit of a challenge if that was possible. the guys you have to protect are dumb as a box of rocks. pretty frustrating. seems every mission you have to protect an idiot that gets killed purposely. aside from these shortcomings i will play the hell out of this game. i could see this game/world taking hundreds of hours to fully explore. i have barely scratched the surface in the 20+ hours ive played.
also, if ur a fan of red faction guerrilla, arkham asylum, gta, burnout, far cry 1, and/or spiderman, this game is like all of them in one. get ur hands on it soon.
[edit after 40+ hrs]
im gonna raise it to a 10. there are hard parts. try taking over 100% of the U shaped island in the center of the map with an smg, rocket launcher, a few grenades, and a little help from a hijacked chopper. very hard when you do it in the "beginning" of the game. actually seems like the game gets harder the more you progress...or maybe im just getting drunker...
10 because the more you play and do certain things, the better the guns work and the better the choppers fly. better grapple too. better lots of crap. you are rewarded and can barely tell. very clever of the devs. this may be the best game i ever played. and if they are as clever as i think they might be, we will see a multiplayer add on out soon. this game would rule multi aside from the fact its a 3rd person :(
[edit again]
the 7 didget codes you have to type in missions in 2 seconds are retarded. what a stupid idea. i can play a shooter but hell man im not a typist.