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How one man made an 1,800 player action game where an entire industry couldn't

Red Bull "Forget Grand Theft Auto: Just Cause 2 is the ultimate virtual playground for gamers. The lush island of Panau stretches across 400 square miles of territory - roughly the same size as Hong Kong, except somebody drew it."

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vortis4234d ago

When the heck did Red Bull get into gaming?

Everyone's a critic these days.

zeal0us4233d ago

More like anyone can be a critic these days.

ab5olut10n4233d ago

more like "critics these days"

CaptainMarvelQ84232d ago

more like "crickets these days"

cleft54232d ago

That's exactly why I don't trust reviews anymore.

pixelsword4232d ago

That's exactly why I don't just employ any whore.

ab5olut10n4232d ago (Edited 4232d ago )

That's exactly why I don't rush the smorgasbord.

BitbyDeath4232d ago

That's exactly why anyone can be a cricket these days

blumatt4232d ago

I've enjoyed Just Cause 2 way more than I ever did GTA 4. It's so much bigger and there's more to do. It's also much more fun. Such freedom exists in the gameplay. The grapple hook and parachute. The jets and helicopters. You can get on top of the jets and skydive from them. So sick!!

I do hope GTA 5 is better than 4 was. I'd it's anything like San Andreas was, it should be an improvement over GTA 4.

AsheXII4232d ago

He's right though, JC2 is much better than GTAIV.

sikbeta4232d ago

@vortis

http://www.cardesign.tv/wp-...
http://blog.seattletimes.nw...

O-T

Liked JC2 alot, great game with so much replayability...

Razmossis4232d ago

All joking about Red Bull aside; I think that that was a great article to read, quite enjoyable. Well above the quality I have come to expect on N4G.
I, for one hope to see more articles from the Red Bull site like this in the future.

Definitey beats the "10 reasons why" articles that clog this site.

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iamnsuperman4233d ago

It makes sense since they are a really unhealthy drink and gaming tends to go hand in hand with that (they have advertised in games like Worms, I think as a weapon, and Wipeout) If I remember rightly Red Bull is making a video game as well but I could be wrong.

fei-hung4232d ago

I remember Playstation Home had a Redbull game when they 1st released Home.

TotalHitman4232d ago

I think the Red Bull game is still there.

Campy da Camper4232d ago (Edited 4232d ago )

I slept outside BestBuy the day the 360 came out and at about 430AM the redbull truck pulled up and handed out free redbull to the people in line. That might not mean much but there were there....

mochachino4232d ago

Just curious if that console still works?

xAlmostPro4232d ago

Well what does it matter when it's a valid criticism?..

P.S Redbull have sponsored a few gaming tournaments i'm sure.

neogeo4232d ago (Edited 4232d ago )

Wrong. Red Bull even had there own programmers make that cool Playstation Home place. They love games and I always see them supporting and puting money in game ads.
On Topic: JC2 is still a fantastic game and holds up well even today. I really love the polished finished feel to the game and the best part is PC gamers did not get a sloppy port like Skyrim. Even without mods the PC verison can be really cranked up, not just talking about AA and 1080p You can make the water settings amazing. It looks 10 times better then ps3 or 360. A boss game done right!

Now please excuse me while I down a red bull and go play some JC2:)

Superted20074232d ago

Red Bull might not be associated much with the gaming industry but I think the article raises an interesting point...It's weird that this is the first game/mod of its kind

vortis4232d ago

Nah, this isn't the first of its kind. There were Sven co-op mods for Half-Life before it, Doom mods, the Halo mods, Quake, mods, etc., etc.

This is the first time a multiplayer mod has gained mainstream attention, though.

360ICE4232d ago (Edited 4232d ago )

It's a good day when the four first posts are bubble+ worthy.

Edit:
And it doesn't stop there. This topic is my new favorite now. What was the news story again?

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Muffins12234233d ago

Hey cosplay guy... replied to your last comment on that sex game.

SteamFrostedEgg4232d ago

Ok... Somebody wants attention.

Sono4214232d ago

Hey Muffins, I'm replying to your comment right now.... look at me!

MySwordIsHeavenly4233d ago

Download Just Cause 2 on PC.

Download BOLO Patch 4.0.

Enjoy the rest of your life.

M1chl4232d ago

Its called BOLO patch? : D Nice one : D

Hufandpuf4233d ago

the video game industry lacks creativity and risk.

bumnut4232d ago

Only this gen, previous gens were full of creativity.

These days everyone wants to make the next COD.

nirwanda4232d ago

Theres creativity in all gens you just have to know where to look, Portal is as creative as anything previous gens had offer, and there is loads more indie stuff thanks to downloadable games.

SnotyTheRocket4232d ago

Creativity? Has no one played Little Big Planet?

Dee_914232d ago (Edited 4232d ago )

@bumnut that would be true if the only games that exist were the heavily marketed ones.Theres just as much if not more creative games out and coming out as there was last gen.

OT
I need to give this game another try.

Flavor4232d ago

The costs of making AAA titles has ballooned so much that it is killing risk. games get shorter, shallower, and easier when it costs $80-100 million to make and gamestop eats half your sales.

r214233d ago

This is amazing! 5 people made this and Avalanche studios wants them to 'stop by'. Hehehehe, these guys are so gonna get hired :D

SteamFrostedEgg4232d ago

They better get hired! I want Just Cause 3 to have multiplayer on release!

Hozi4232d ago

Thank God these guys came along and answered my dreams for Just Cause!!! I really wanna try this out!!! I hope they get to work on JC3 MP too!!!

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Knushwood Butt474d ago

The Yakuza Games

Haha, yeah, currently over 100 hours into Yakuza 0. Considering going for 100% and well on the way but may not get there. Cat Fights are a real chore.

blackblades474d ago

I use to be a trophy hunter, was getting around 20 to 30 platinums a year. Had a saying of Play-Beat-Platinum, play and enjoy the game like there wasn't no trophies, beat it and at least get 50% then look at them and see if I'll platinum and platinum it. I think death star was a pain, the servers was ending so i had to rush and play that for awhile none stop. NGs2 was hard because of that online trophy but easy if you had the partner that can do it for you while you grab the enemy attention. Grinding idk, death was grinding last one I had to grind for platinum literally 1 trophy needed was dungeon travler or something vita gave up on it. After that I stop trophy hunting get like a 1 platinum a year or 0.

Knushwood Butt473d ago

Yeah, if I enjoy a game I usually go for the platinum unless there are some unreasonable trophies in there.

For Yakuza 0 I've invested too much time in it to give up just yet and most of the content is good fun, apart from Cat Fighting which is broken and dull after a couple of fights.

DarXyde473d ago

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was literally the last platinum I got on PS3. After that, I went into PS4 kinda deflated and getting them where it felt appropriate.

I genuinely HATED that platinum, but it was a personal challenge I took upon myself. It was a lot of "get 1,000 kills with [insert weapon]" and it got to be a bit tedious. Master Ninja really pissed me off, but the WORST which you alluded to was that bloody Gold trophy for missions that you needed to do online because the AI was useless and got wrecked in moments. I jumped on the game a bit late so I struggled with finding a partner for at least 1.5 months. After that, I burned out hard with trophy hunting. I still came back for games I really enjoyed (Bloodborne, Dark Souls III, Nier: Automata, and a few others that escape me) and low hanging fruit that was just a bit time consuming and I didn't want to buy new games at the time (Final Fantasy XV). Total, it becomes clear where I taper off since I've only plat'ed 33 games since there inception of trophies which really isn't much.

Screw Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 lol. That game was pure nightmare fuel.

blackblades473d ago

I say never force getting a platinum, its not worth the trouble definitely if it costing you to waste time on chore like grind. Those brainless design trophies.

hotnickles473d ago

Dead rising was the worst one I’ve ever tried. I haven’t tried it with the modern console “rest mode” but the 360 didn’t have that.

Duke19473d ago (Edited 473d ago )

Was GTa4 the on where you had to collect a shit ton of pigeons around the map and there was no help in finding them?

roadkillers473d ago

Yep. I’d say GTASA was more difficult since there were so many collectibles

Profchaos472d ago

The saving grace was that there was only on average 50 collectables with the two exceptions being graffiti and oysters from memory horseshoes and photos were capped at 50 each.

But for me it was all the other grind that was way more painful in SA like the car export lists which even with guides took way longer than collecting stuff

iivGHOST472d ago

There was a guide book that came out with the game that had all the pigeons in it. I actually still have it

Chocoburger473d ago

One of the more recent games I got a Platinum in was Killzone: Mercenary for Vita. What a crap game, that requires so much terrible grinding.

Awful game, awful experience.

outsider1624472d ago

Oh man..wish i could get a vita. I've been trying to get a preowned too(in my country) but no luck.

CantThinkOfAUsername473d ago

I can vouch for Just Cause 2. It was the reason I quit achievement hunting. 86 hours in, the game bugged on me during one of the last side quests (it failed no matter what I did) and my save file got corrupted. Wiped it off my drive and never looked back.

SonyStyled473d ago

I downloaded the ‘complete edition’ or whatever it was called for $2 about 7yrs ago in hopes of trophy hunting it for a platinum. It always sounded fun and I would like to commit time to it but not enough for a platinum trophy

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