10 Open-World Video Games You Must Play Before You Die
6. Just Cause 2
Not many people remember the story or characters of Just Cause 2, and there's a pretty good reason for that- they were all too busy blowing stuff up in the game's huge map.
Perhaps the biggest open-world out of all of the games on this list, Just Cause 2 had a staggering amount of land to cover, and plenty of ways to do that.
Even if the rest of the game itself was pretty subpar, just exploring the world and causing absolute mayhem was a joy in itself, and made all the better by how much there was to see.
Part of the reason Just Cause 2 was so popular is because it allowed players to engineer their own destructive plots and watch them unfold, leading to some pretty awesome scenarios. Add a multiplayer mod to that, and you've got one of the most fun open world experiences of all time.
Just Cause 3 may have added the awesome wingsuit, but it still can't really compare to the sheer chaos that Just Cause 2 introduced.