However, doing so will attract a "heat" level, which increases based on the amount of resistance to the authorities, who try to stop the player using fatal methods. When not playing story or side missions, the player can free-roam in the open world and create chaos.
To progress through each game, the player is tasked with story and side missions, where the player has to gain points with certain factions. Players can also utilize Rico's grappling hook, parachute, and wingsuit (from the third game onwards) to travel around the map. Players can also take control of vehicles found in the world, as well as performing stunts on them. On foot, Rico is capable of walking, swimming and jumping, as well as utilizing weapons.
The series directly draws its name from the real-life United States invasion of Panama, code-named "Operation Just Cause".Įach installment in the series takes place on a fictional island nation situated throughout the real world, where the player plays as Rico Rodriguez, a secret agent who originally hails from the fictional nation of Medici (featured in the third game). By June 2018, the series had shipped over 15 million copies worldwide. Each game in the series tasks the player by giving them tools (such as the parachute, grappling hook and wingsuit) to overthrow a governing body in the game's setting.
The games are open world and primarily take place in islands and archipelagos. The series consists of Just Cause, Just Cause 2, Just Cause 3, and Just Cause 4. Just Cause is an action-adventure video game series created by Avalanche Studios, which was formerly owned by Eidos Interactive and after 2009 by Square Enix Europe.