Just Cause

September 22, 2006 Avalanche Studios Eidos Interactive
Shooter Racing Adventure
XBOX PC X360 PS2
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The Agency needs you to topple the dictator of San Esperito. Incite a revolution, ally with drug cartels, or go it alone - Just Cause gives you the freedom to tackle your assignment however you want.
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Rico Rodriguez, a covert operative for a shadowy organization known only as the Agency, is dropped into the fictional Caribbean island nation of San Esperito. His mission is to help topple the country's corrupt dictator, President Salvador Mendoza, who is suspected of stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. Teaming up with fellow agents, a guerrilla movement, and a rival drug cartel, Rico works to destabilize the regime, liberate the island's territories, and dismantle the mercenaries and criminal syndicates propping up Mendoza's rule.
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Release Date September 22, 2006
Developer Avalanche Studios
Publisher Eidos Interactive
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Third person
Themes Action, Sandbox, Open world
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