Give it a few months and this year's Just Cause 3 will be replacing this entry thanks to some absolutely stunning footage available so far, but until then Avalanche's second signature explode-a-thon remains totally jaw-dropping every time you boot it up. Basically existing to scratch that blockbuster super-spy itch you built up watching any film where explosions and death-defying stunts save the day, JC 2 puts you in the shoes of Rico Rodriguez - a fairly blank slate of a character who you'll use to enact your wildest action movie fantasies. Want to use a minigun to blow apart an oil refinery? How about getting out an F16 fighter jet and surfing it into an enemy compound, spraying the place with twin-uzis on the way there? You can even use the game's unique grappling hook to attach any item to another - something that as soon as you realise enemy goons can be threaded to missiles; is unbelievably satisfying. The term 'sandbox' was invented for titles like Just Cause, and sometimes all you need is an excuse to ride off the end of a cliff into a moon-kissed vista as a few Transformers films' worth of explosions going off behind you. Pure bliss.
