Open environments and over-the-top action are again part of the fare in the follow-up to Eidos action game Just Cause. Based on the video trailer for Just Cause 2, two key features the ability to parachute and grapple are what Eidos is pushing to set the sequel apart from other sandbox action games.
The video is a cinematic trailer, setting the stage with character and story positioning. Yet Eidos clearly wants to highlight updates to the game play. The trailer moves quickly into in-game footage showing the sequel’s move from jungle to city setting. It then showcases how the ability to grapple and parachute around the environment adds verticality to that urban sandbox. One nifty ability, grappling onto and commandeering helicopters, seems to channel a key feature from another recent open-environment bestseller, Activision’s Prototype.
Watch it at Kotaku.
