No, "Just 'Cause" isn't a good-enough reason.
This wasn't the first time The Internet tricked me into trying to make Just Cause 2 fun, but hopefully it'll be the last. I need to remember this time. I need to remember...
I know that people love this game, and I've come to accept that. I know that the game is capable of some really, actually awesome shit, and I'm OK with that. And I know that the story is supposed to be completely stupid, or, it isn't supposed to but it doesn't matter, and I think I understand that. But Just Cause 2 just isn't good enough! Its controls are a mess. Its world map is borderline unnavigable. Just the simplest acts, of shooting, of driving, of walking, all feel wrong.
Really, I'm jealous of the extreme physics stunts that JC2 is capable of; I wish that Grand Theft Auto had fuller and more-modern aerobatics (which GTA5 should), or that Saints Row had a more terrestrially-interesting landscape (which SR4 ... probably won't). Maybe Mad Max's themes will play better to Avalanche's style, but I'm not getting my hopes up yet.
Progress: Did a rebel mission.