History Fridge / JustCause3

* [[spoiler: In the final mission cutscene of the Sky Fortress DLC, Eden says "You hear that, Rico? That is the sound of inevitability. That is the sound of your defeat. Goodbye, Mister Rodriguez." This blatant [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]] reference is actually foreshadowing of Eden's nature as an AI, as is her comment about Rico being a "virus."]]

* Going off from the FridgeHorror page from ''JustCause2'', Rico blowing up installations like power plants and the like was seen as destroying the infrastructure, and thus depriving civilians of it. This game mitigates that FridgeHorror as, A) [[{{Egopolis}} virtually every major instalation is only supplying Di Ravello instead of the population anyways]], and B) [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified the Rebels state that they'll rebuild whatever was destroyed once Di Ravello and his militias are kicked out of the region]].

* Going off from the FridgeHorror page from JustCause 2, Rico blowing up installations like power plants and the like was seen as destroying the infrastructure, and thus depriving civilians of it. This game mitigates that FridgeHorror as, A) [[{{Egopolis}} virtually every major instalation is only supplying Di Ravello instead of the population anyways]], and B) [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified the Rebels state that they'll rebuild whatever was destroyed once Di Ravello and his militias are kicked out of the region]].

* Rico's primary opponents are the DRM. In the real world, DRM stands for "Digital Rights Management." DRM has been the downfall of many a video game in recent years, much to gamers' chagrin. It's impossible to be fighting someone with that acronym and not think it's a subtle TakeThat at certain corporations' actions.

* As mentioned in the YMMV section, there were a percentage of players whom were disappointed that the final battle at the end of the game is Rico taking on a high tech helicopter with a timed force field, because Rico has already taken on many high tech tanks and helicopters with timed force fields beforehand during the final segments of the game. However, the BigBad not having some secret, shocking, military weapon at the end of the game makes perfect sense, when Rico and the Resistance spent the whole game destroying his ability to make more weapons and his military hold on the whole region. To expect him to have some super powerful weapon at that point, instead of using the best thing he can find while trying to escape and save himself is [[RealityIsUnrealistic unrealistic.]]

* Having a fictional sunny Mediterranean nation might be a weird setting for a third game about toppling dictators... until you realize that said nation is meant to be an amalgamation of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_Novo_(Portugal) Portugal]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain Spain]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Fascism Italy]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%9374 Greece]], all countries that have been under fascist dictatorships at some point during the 20th century.

* Rico's primary opponents are the DRM. In the real world, DRM stands for "Digital Rights Management." DRM has been the downfall of many a video game in recent years, much to gamers' chagrin. It's impossible to be fighting someone with that anagram and not think it's a subtle TakeThat at certain corporations' actions.

* Rico's primary opponents are the DRM. In the real world, DRM stands for "Digital Rights Management." DRM has been the downfall of many a video game in recent years, much to gamer's chagrin. It's impossible to be fighting someone with that anagram and not think it's a subtle TakeThat at certain corporations' actions.

* As mentioned in the YMMV section, there were a percentage of players whom were disappointed that the final battle at the end of the game is Rico taking on a high tech helicopter with a timed force field, because Rico has already taken on many high tech tanks and helicopters with timed force fields beforehand during the final segments of the game. However, the BigBad not having some secret, shocking, military weapon at the end of the game makes perfect sense, when Rico and the Resistance spent the whole game destroying his ability to make more weapons and his military hold on the whole region. To expect him to have some super powerful weapon at that point, instead of using the best thing he can find while trying to escape and save himself is [[RealityIsUnrealistic unrealistic.]]

* So let's see here... A man comes back to his home country to join a rebel unit wearing blue fighting against an army in red by taking it over one base at a time? You sure this isn't just a LighterAndSofter version of VideoGame/FarCry4?
** An American spy is helping the protagonist [[spoiler: as long as it's to aid his own personal mission to benefit the United States, and has been making arms deals with the BigBad.]] This happens in both games.

* As mentioned in the YMMV section, there were a percentage of players whom were disappointed that the final battle at the end of the game is Rico taking on a high tech helicopter with a timed force field, because Rice has already taken on many high tech tanks and helicopters with timed force fields beforehand during the final segments of the game. However, the BigBad not having some secret, shocking, military weapon at the end of the game makes perfect sense, when Rico and the Resistance spent the whole game destroying his ability to make more weapons and his military hold on the whole region. To expect him to have some super powerful weapon at that point, instead of using the best thing he can find while trying to escape and save himself is [[RealityIsUnrealistic unrealistic.]]

* The Mech Land Assault DLC introduces ''Insula Lacrima'', a new region of Medici run by the Black Hand and used as a prison. Lacrima is Medician/Interlingua for "Tear", giving it the name of "Tear Island", or "Island of Tears". Considering the Black Hand's methods and the amount of prisoners there, it's not that hard to deduce why the place would be given that particular name.

* [[spoiler: In the final mission cutscene of the Sky Fortress DLC, Eden says "You hear that, Rico? That is the sound of inevitability. That is the sound of your defeat. Goodbye, Mister Rodriguez." This blatant [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]] reference is actually foreshadowing of Eden's nature as an AI, as is her comment about Rico being a "virus."]]

* It might seem odd that the rebels would bother occupying military bases after Rico has demolished the fuel tanks, generators, and pretty much any other useful infrastructure... until you realise that without that infrastructure, the military has no reason to risk trying to recapture the base. It's entirely possible that the rebels only need the bases and outposts so they'll have a safe place to house their troops and store weapons and vehicles.

* Going off from the FridgeHorror page from JustCause 2, Rico blowing up instalations like power plants and the like was seen as destroying the infrastructure, and thus depriving civilians of it. This game mitigates that FridgeHorror as, A) [[{{Egopolis}} virtually every major instalation is only supplying Di Ravello instead of the population anyways]], and B) [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified the Rebels state that they'll rebuild whatever was destroyed once Di Ravello and his militias are kicked out of the region]].

** An American spy is helping the protagonist [[spoiler: as long as it's to aid his own personal mission to benefit the United States, and has been making arms deals with the BigBad.]] This happens in both games.

* So let's see here... A man comes back to his home country to join a rebel unit wearing blue fighting against an army in red by taking it over one base at a time? You sure this isn't just a LighterAndSofter version of VideoGame/FarCry4?

* Going off from the FridgeHorror page from JustCause 2, Rico blowing up instalations like power plants and the like was seen as destroying the infrastructure, and thus depriving civilians of it. This game mitigates that FridgeHorror as, A) [[{{Egopolis}} virtually every major instalation is only supplying Di Ravello instead of the population anyways]], and B) [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVillified the Rebels state that they'll rebuild whatever was destroyed once Di Ravello and his militias are kicked out of the region]].

* Having a fictional sunny Mediterranean nation might be a weird setting for a third game about toppling dictators... until you realize that said nation is meant to be an amalgamation of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_Novo_(Portugal) Portugal]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain Spain]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Fascism Italy]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%9374 Greece]], all countries that have been under fascist dictatorships at some point during the 20th century.