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* The method of conquering territory changes in each game. Looks like there's no one-size-fits-all procedure for regime change.

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* The method of conquering territory changes in each game. Looks like there's no one-size-fits-all procedure for regime change.change.
* ''VideoGame/JustCause4'' reuses a large number of vehicle models from ''VideoGame/JustCause3''. While many of these have the same manufacturer, cars made by Stria in ''3'' are made by Prisa in ''4''. This is more understandable if you notice that both companies' cars are based on those of the real world company Fiat, who are known for licensing their designs out to car companies in less developed countries. (For example, the Zastava Koral, a.k.a. the Yugo GV, is based on the Fiat 128.)
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* The method of conquering territory changes in each game. Looks like there's no one-size-fits-all procedure for regime change.

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* Blowing up all of the various bits of infrastructure around the island in ''Just Cause 2'' doesn't cause the citizens as a whole to start rioting or rebelling. However, it does help the groups that are fighting it. Duh, people are joining one of the three factions against the dictator rather than fighting on their own!
* The secret resource of Panau is [[spoiler: oil]] which isn't so much a spoiler because the island is littered with pipelines, fuel depots, and gas stations.
* Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[note]]'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]][[/note]]
* Rico's very own name has a nice meaning for the context of the story. Rico as a word in Spanish means "rich", which makes sense for him as his profession of being an Agent for the CIA means that he is paid handsomely for his work. Rico as a name means, "strong" or "hardy", Rico is a very strong soldier and is quite hardy or durable in the face of the all the danger he faces on a regular basis. Rico can some times be a derivative of the name Ricardo which means, "Powerful leader". Rico works for the United States which is in fact a powerful country, a "powerful leader", with a great deal of influence in global politics, and also acts as a (very effective) leader for various groups of gang members in the takeover missions.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' you have to destroy government infrastructure in order to destabilize the country. In addition, you receive no real negative feedback for killing civilians (unlike, say, {{Mercenaries}}). Why are you doing this? Because the new leader (admittedly a pretty nasty fellow) didn't want to dance to the United States' tune. Yes, you are basically committing state terrorism.
** To be fair, he makes Saddam look like a cute cuddly kitten of peace and happiness.

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* Gang leaders in [=JC2=] seem to be unusually confident when flying in one helicopter with Rico, [[ViolationOfCommonSense despite knowing fully]] just [[OneManArmy who]] [[SociopathicHero he is]].
** Or maybe they're confident ''because'' they know who he is, and he's on their side.
* At one point, Rico goes "I hate Ninjas" when a trio of them appear. How often does this guy fight Ninjas to know he hates them?
** It's Rico. He probably runs into them every other week.

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* Blowing up all of the various bits of infrastructure around the island in ''Just Cause 2'' doesn't cause the citizens as a whole to start rioting or rebelling. However, it does help the groups that are fighting it. Duh, people are joining one of the three factions against the dictator rather than fighting on their own!
* The secret resource of Panau is [[spoiler: oil]] which isn't so much a spoiler because the island is littered with pipelines, fuel depots, and gas stations.
* Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[note]]'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]][[/note]]
* Rico's very own name has a nice meaning for the context of the story. Rico as a word in Spanish means "rich", which makes sense for him as his profession of being an Agent for the CIA means that he is paid handsomely for his work. Rico as a name means, "strong" or "hardy", Rico is a very strong soldier and is quite hardy or durable in the face of the all the danger he faces on a regular basis. Rico can some times be a derivative of the name Ricardo which means, "Powerful leader". Rico works for the United States which is in fact a powerful country, a "powerful leader", with a great deal of influence in global politics, and also acts as a (very effective) leader for various groups of gang members in the takeover missions.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' you have to destroy government infrastructure in order to destabilize the country. In addition, you receive no real negative feedback for killing civilians (unlike, say, {{Mercenaries}}). Why are you doing this? Because the new leader (admittedly a pretty nasty fellow) didn't want to dance to the United States' tune. Yes, you are basically committing state terrorism.
** To be fair, he makes Saddam look like a cute cuddly kitten of peace and happiness.

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* Gang leaders in [=JC2=] seem to be unusually confident when flying in one helicopter with Rico, [[ViolationOfCommonSense despite knowing fully]] just [[OneManArmy who]] [[SociopathicHero he is]].
** Or maybe they're confident ''because'' they know who he is, and he's on their side.
* At one point, Rico goes "I hate Ninjas" when a trio of them appear. How often does this guy fight Ninjas to know he hates them?
** It's Rico. He probably runs into them every other week.
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** Might double as a reference to BadCompany 2 that also had a ship in the middle of a desert.
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* 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.

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* 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.
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* Having a fictional sunny Mediterranean nation might be a weird setting for a third game about toppling dictators... until you realize that said island 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.

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* Having a fictional sunny Mediterranean nation might be a weird setting for a third game about toppling dictators... until you realize that said island 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.
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* Having a fictional Mediterranean island might be a weird setting for a third game about toppling dictators... until you realize that said island is meant to be an amalgamation of Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. All those countries have been been ruled by fascist dictatorships in the not so distant past.

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* Having a fictional sunny Mediterranean island nation might be a weird setting for a third game about toppling dictators... until you realize that said island is meant to be an amalgamation of Portugal, Spain, Italy [[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 Greece. All those [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_military_junta_of_1967%E2%80%9374 Greece]], all countries that have been been ruled by under fascist dictatorships in at some point during the not so distant past.
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* Having a fictional Mediterranean island might be a weird setting for a third game about toppling dictators... until you realize that said island is meant to be an amalgamation of Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. All those countries have been been ruled by fascist dictatorships in the not so distant past.
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* At one point, Rico goes "I hate Ninjas" when a trio of them appear. How often does this guy fight Ninjas to know he hates them?

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* At one point, Rico goes "I hate Ninjas" when a trio of them appear. How often does this guy fight Ninjas to know he hates them?them?
** It's Rico. He probably runs into them every other week.

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* Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[note]]'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]][[/note]]
** Might double as a reference to BadCompany 2 that also had a ship in the middle of a desert.
* Rico's very own name has a nice meaning for the context of the story. Rico as a word in Spanish means "rich", which makes sense for him as his profession of being an Agent for the CIA means that he is paid handsomely for his work. Rico as a name means, "strong" or "hardy", Rico is a very strong soldier and is quite hardy or durable in the face of the all the danger he faces on a regular basis. Rico can some times be a derivative of the name Ricardo which means, "Powerful leader". Rico works for the United States which is in fact a powerful country, a "powerful leader", with a great deal of influence in global politics, and also acts as a (very effective) leader for various groups of gang members in the takeover missions.



* FridgeLogic: Gang leaders in [=JC2=] seem to be unusually confident when flying in one helicopter with Rico, [[ViolationOfCommonSense despite knowing fully]] just [[OneManArmy who]] [[SociopathicHero he is]].

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* FridgeLogic: Gang leaders in [=JC2=] seem to be unusually confident when flying in one helicopter with Rico, [[ViolationOfCommonSense despite knowing fully]] just [[OneManArmy who]] [[SociopathicHero he is]].



* More FridgeLogic: At one point, Rico goes "I hate Ninjas" when a trio of them appear. How often does this guy fight Ninjas to know he hates them?
* FridgeBrilliance: Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[note]]'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]][[/note]]
** Might double as a reference to BadCompany 2 that also had a ship in the middle of a desert.
* Rico's very own name has a nice meaning for the context of the story. Rico as a word in Spanish means "rich", which makes sense for him as his profession of being an Agent for the CIA means that he is paid handsomely for his work. Rico as a name means, "strong" or "hardy", Rico is a very strong soldier and is quite hardy or durable in the face of the all the danger he faces on a regular basis. Rico can some times be a derivative of the name Ricardo which means, "Powerful leader". Rico works for the United States which is in fact a powerful country, a "powerful leader", with a great deal of influence in global politics, and also acts as a (very effective) leader for various groups of gang members in the takeover missions.

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* More FridgeLogic: At one point, Rico goes "I hate Ninjas" when a trio of them appear. How often does this guy fight Ninjas to know he hates them?
* FridgeBrilliance: Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[note]]'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]][[/note]]
** Might double as a reference to BadCompany 2 that also had a ship in the middle of a desert.
* Rico's very own name has a nice meaning for the context of the story. Rico as a word in Spanish means "rich", which makes sense for him as his profession of being an Agent for the CIA means that he is paid handsomely for his work. Rico as a name means, "strong" or "hardy", Rico is a very strong soldier and is quite hardy or durable in the face of the all the danger he faces on a regular basis. Rico can some times be a derivative of the name Ricardo which means, "Powerful leader". Rico works for the United States which is in fact a powerful country, a "powerful leader", with a great deal of influence in global politics, and also acts as a (very effective) leader for various groups of gang members in the takeover missions.
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* More FridgeLogic: At one point, Rico goes "I hate Ninjas" when a trio of them appear. How often does this guy fight Ninjas to know he hates them?
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* FridgeBrilliance: Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[hottip:*:'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]]

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* FridgeBrilliance: Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[hottip:*:'''Lautan [[note]]'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]]]][[/note]]
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* FridgeLogic: Gang leaders in [=JC2=] seem to be unusually confident when flying in one helicopter with Rico, [[ViolationOfCommonSense despite knowing fully]] just [[OneManArmy who]] [[HeroicSociopath he is]].

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* FridgeLogic: Gang leaders in [=JC2=] seem to be unusually confident when flying in one helicopter with Rico, [[ViolationOfCommonSense despite knowing fully]] just [[OneManArmy who]] [[HeroicSociopath [[SociopathicHero he is]].
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* Blowing up all of the various bits of infrastructure around the island in ''Just Cause 2'' doesn't cause the citizens as a whole to start rioting or rebelling. However, it does help the groups that are fighting it. Duh, people are joining one of the three factions against the dictator rather tha fighting on their own!

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* Blowing up all of the various bits of infrastructure around the island in ''Just Cause 2'' doesn't cause the citizens as a whole to start rioting or rebelling. However, it does help the groups that are fighting it. Duh, people are joining one of the three factions against the dictator rather tha than fighting on their own!
* The secret resource of Panau is [[spoiler: oil]] which isn't so much a spoiler because the island is littered with pipelines, fuel depots, and gas stations.
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[[AC: Fridge Brilliance]]

* Blowing up all of the various bits of infrastructure around the island in ''Just Cause 2'' doesn't cause the citizens as a whole to start rioting or rebelling. However, it does help the groups that are fighting it. Duh, people are joining one of the three factions against the dictator rather tha fighting on their own!
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* FridgeBrilliance: Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[hottip:*:'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]]]]

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* FridgeBrilliance: Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[hottip:*:'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]]]]]]
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* In ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' you have to destroy government infrastructure in order to destabilize the country. In addition, you receive no real negative feedback for killing civilians (unlike, say, {{Mercenaries}}). Why are you doing this? Because the new leader (admittedly a pretty nasty fellow) didn't want to dance to the United States tune. Yes, you are basically committing state terrorism.

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* In ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' you have to destroy government infrastructure in order to destabilize the country. In addition, you receive no real negative feedback for killing civilians (unlike, say, {{Mercenaries}}). Why are you doing this? Because the new leader (admittedly a pretty nasty fellow) didn't want to dance to the United States States' tune. Yes, you are basically committing state terrorism.
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* Rico's very own name has a nice meaning for the context of the story. Rico as a word in Spanish means "rich", which makes sense for him as his profession of being an Agent for the CIA means that he is paid handsomely for his work. Rico as a name means, "strong" or "hardy", Rico is a very strong soldier and is quite hardy or durable in the face of the all the danger he faces on a regular basis. Rico can some times be a derivative of the name Ricardo which means, "Powerful leader". Rico works for the United States which is in fact a powerful country, a "powerful leader", with a great deal of influence in global politics.

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* Rico's very own name has a nice meaning for the context of the story. Rico as a word in Spanish means "rich", which makes sense for him as his profession of being an Agent for the CIA means that he is paid handsomely for his work. Rico as a name means, "strong" or "hardy", Rico is a very strong soldier and is quite hardy or durable in the face of the all the danger he faces on a regular basis. Rico can some times be a derivative of the name Ricardo which means, "Powerful leader". Rico works for the United States which is in fact a powerful country, a "powerful leader", with a great deal of influence in global politics.politics, and also acts as a (very effective) leader for various groups of gang members in the takeover missions.
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* Rico's very own name has a nice meaning for the context of the story. Rico as a word in Spanish means "rich", which makes sense for him as his profession of being an Agent for the CIA means that he is paid handsomely for his work. Rico as a name means, "strong" or "hardy", Rico is a very strong soldier and is quite hardy or durable in the face of the all the danger he faces on a regular basis. Rico can some times be a derivative of the name Ricardo which means, "Powerful leader". Rico works for the United States which is in fact a powerful country, a "powerful leader", with a great of influence in global politics.

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* Rico's very own name has a nice meaning for the context of the story. Rico as a word in Spanish means "rich", which makes sense for him as his profession of being an Agent for the CIA means that he is paid handsomely for his work. Rico as a name means, "strong" or "hardy", Rico is a very strong soldier and is quite hardy or durable in the face of the all the danger he faces on a regular basis. Rico can some times be a derivative of the name Ricardo which means, "Powerful leader". Rico works for the United States which is in fact a powerful country, a "powerful leader", with a great deal of influence in global politics.
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** Might double as a reference to BadCompany 2 that also had a ship in the middle of a desert.

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** Might double as a reference to BadCompany 2 that also had a ship in the middle of a desert.desert.
* Rico's very own name has a nice meaning for the context of the story. Rico as a word in Spanish means "rich", which makes sense for him as his profession of being an Agent for the CIA means that he is paid handsomely for his work. Rico as a name means, "strong" or "hardy", Rico is a very strong soldier and is quite hardy or durable in the face of the all the danger he faces on a regular basis. Rico can some times be a derivative of the name Ricardo which means, "Powerful leader". Rico works for the United States which is in fact a powerful country, a "powerful leader", with a great of influence in global politics.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[hottip:*:'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]]]]

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* FridgeBrilliance: Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[hottip:*:'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]]]]]]]]
** Might double as a reference to BadCompany 2 that also had a ship in the middle of a desert.
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* FridgeLogic: Gang leaders in [=JC2=] seem to be unusually confident when flying in one helicopter with Rico, [[ViolationOfCommonSense despite knowing fully]] just [[OneManArmy who]] [[HeroicSociopath he is]].
** Or maybe they're confident ''because'' they know who he is, and he's on their side.
* FridgeBrilliance: Why is there a ship in the middle of a desert? Because the desert is actually a recently dried up ocean bed, like the Aral sea. [[hottip:*:'''Lautan Lama''' means '''Formerly a sea''' [[BilingualBonus in Indonesian ]]]]

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