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nless you live on a tropical

island year-round, you’ll be

used to putting up with a spot

of bad weather. And if you live

in the UK, said ‘spot’ is nine

months of torrential downpours

briefly punctuated by a couple

of semi-sunny days in July when

you might be able to brave some shorts. Still,

as sucky as Blighty’s climate can be, it’s got

nothing on the ultra-aggressive atmospheric

conditions Rico Rodriguez has to endure.

Just Cause 4 has finally discovered weather is

a thing. Well, cataclysmic weather, at least. If

GTA V is defined by its trio of swappable crims

and ambitious heists, and Assassin’s Creed by

its obsession with hoodies and leaping off huge

cathedrals, then this madcap sandbox separates

itself from the open-world pack with its mega-

destructive meteorological events.

WINGSUIT YOU, SIR

Not that landscape-wrecking tornados are its

only party piece. Rico’s brand of open-world

chaos is as OTT as ever. Give gravity the bird

in daft stunt races. Dart through the air like a

12-stone flying squirrel as you complete wingsuit

challenges. Liberate outposts by introducing

every building, antenna, and satellite dish to the

business end of a grenade launcher. With joyful

movement and dizzying destruction, the series’

penchant for rat-a-tat thrills hasn’t faded a jot.

Back to that showstopping weather. In Just

Cause 4, these destructive elements can radically

JUST

CAUSE 4

Tornadosandgrapplefunmake

Ricoafair-tetherfriend

STORM WELCOME @McMeiks

“LANDSCAPE-WRECKING TORNADOS

ARE FAR FROM THIS MADCAP

SANDBOX’S ONLY PARTY PIECE.”