History VideoGame / JustCause3

* DestructiveSavior: Tweaked a bit from the previous games to reduce some MoralDissonance. Rico's still blowing stuff up for freedom, but because the people need infrastructure, chaos objects vital for an area's operation (like water towers and transformers) are only found in military bases. In civilian towns, chaos objects are propaganda items like billboards and Di Ravello statues.

* TheOner: Many of the cutscenes are single take.

* EverythingsBetterWithCows: The "Moorio" quest (really just a quest line ender) features Mario claiming to have been turned into a cow which is standing next to the starting point. Moorio won't tell Rico what to do next until he kisses the cow.

** The Squalo X7. It's the fastest boat, which only spawns in two bodies of water, both of which are landlocked. In addition, the boat itself is so heavy that even while using all 6 tethers with the maximum strength and the most powerful helicopter, the boat can easily snap all of them if you aren't very careful with your piloting.

** The Nashorn 6100. A giant mining truck that while not exactly hard to find, spawns really far from any garage, moves extremely slowly, and is so large it takes up the entire road. This makes it almost impossible to not run over some soldier along the way and cause them to start attacking you. And while the truck [[FoeTossingCharge can easily plow through anything they can throw at it vehicle wise]], there is a limit to how much damage it can take and bringing it to a garage in one piece requires a lot of luck.

** Despite the fact you can find all of the Di Ravello's tapes before you play any of the main missions, none of the things contained in them, such as [[spoiler:The Agency helping Di Ravello gain power, Zino's loyalty to Di Ravello and his involvement in framing Rose for Di Ravello's rise to power, and Di Ravello's involvement in killing Rico's family]] are never addressed in game.

* {{Gaslighting}}: In a case of EvilIsPetty, The Di Ravello Audio Diary entry, “Mischief,” shows he had an Agency agent (most likely Sheldon) pull pranks on disgraced former General De Luca with things like burning toast in his house, moving his favorite fishingdock by a few feet, and prank calling him by saying nothing.

** You can also now plant C4 on any surface, including your enemies. Naturally, this enables [[GrenadeTag all sorts]] [[MolotovTruck of terror tactics]].

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Aiming down sights is an upgrade that you have to unlock rather than simply being default.

* BadassBeard: Rico sports one.

* AmazonBeauty: Annika. She is taller than Rico, and has some very well developed arms.

* AmazionBeauty: Annika. She is taller than Rico, and has some very well developed arms.

* CoolCar: The previous games had their fair share of cool cars, but thanks to new-generation graphics and pseudo-Italian setting, about 70% of the cars seen in the game are undoubtedly cool, from vintage sedans and compacts to military jeeps to top-of-the-line supercars, all beautifully rendered. The only cars that aren't really straight-up cool are 1970s hatchbacks, modern family cars, and utility trucks, and even those have their fans.

* TanksButNoTanks: The vehicles listed as "tanks" in the Rebel Drop menu and referred to as "tanks" by the characters are actually an armoured reconnaissance vehicle (Urga Bkolos) and really cool infantry fighting vehicles (CS Odjur, Imperator Bavarium Tank).

*** ''VideoGame/LegendOfZelda'': One starts with "It's dangerous to go alone!"

* RunningGag: "Frigo and Etcetera", Mario's name for the main characters in the group of rebels.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'': The first line anyone says to Mario Frigo is "It's me, Mario", in reference to [[OneMarioLimit the more famous Mario]]'s catchphrase.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dimah stays behind in the final base to make sure that all knowledge of Bavarium technology is destroyed, which includes herself.]]

** The low-rent {{mooks}} that come after you at low heat levels are from the Di Ravello Militia, and bear the acronym of [[UsefulNotes/{{DRM}} D.R.M.]] on their cars.

* TakeThat: Your enemies include the Di Ravello Militia, [[FunWithAcronyms commonly abbreviated]] as UsefulNotes/{{DRM}}.

* OliveGarden: The setting of the game, Medici, is stated to be based on various Mediterranean countries - mostly the HollywoodAtlas version of UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}, with a decent amount of TorosYFlamenco and other regional stereotypes thrown into the mix.

* {{Ruritania}}: Played with. The Republic of Medici is your generic small, poor, autocratic European country - but it lies in the Mediterranean, not in Eastern Europe or Balkans.

Volumetric terrain has increased to allow more verticality, as well as landmarks like caves and tunnels. The world of the game is composed of five major biomes, with each having unique landmarks and landscapes. In addition to the grappling hook and parachute, a wingsuit has been added to the game which adds gliding. Creativity and destruction are also emphasized in the game, with almost everything in the game able to be destroyed in a variety of ways. The previous game's Black Market has been replaced by Rebel Drop, which allows the player to have the rebels airdrop multiple weapons and/or a vehicle all at once for free, as long as they have a beacon to call for the resupply with.

* TurbulentPriest: The unlockable churches you can take refuge in to clear heat and fast forward to night. The priest even sweeps you inside to hide you.

* ManInWhite: Di Ravello wears a gleaming white uniform with elaborate BlingOfWar on it.

The game is set several years after the events of ''Just Cause 2''. Protagonist Rico Rodriguez leaves the clandestine group known as the 'Agency' and returns to his homeland of Medici, a fictional Mediterranean island, for peace and quiet. Unfortunately, he finds out that the island is under the control of [[AxCrazy cruel lunatic]] General Di Ravello, and the madman has [[TakeOverTheWorld set his eyes on world domination]]. Wanting to stop him, Rico goes on yet another chaotic journey to destroy the tyrant's evil plans.

Volumetric terrain has increased to allow more verticality, as well as landmarks like caves and tunnels. The world of the game is composed of five major biomes, with each having unique landmarks and landscapes. In addition to the grappling hook and parachute, a wingsuit has been added to the game which adds gliding. Creativity and destruction will also be emphasized in the game. Almost everything in the game can be destroyed in a variety of ways. A new mechanic called Rebel Drop will be introduced. It allows the player to pause the game to select equipment, weapons, and vehicles, as long as they have beacons to call them. The selected objects will be dropped into the game's world and can be used by players.

Despite the multiplayer mod of ''Just Cause 2'' being well-received by players, the game only featured asynchronous multiplayer at launch, in which challenges and leaderboard will be included instead of any co-operative or competitive multiplayer mode, as the studio wanted to focus their manpower, time and resources in creating the world of the game. However, after [[ApprovalOfGod getting approval from both Square Enix and Avalanche Studios]], the same team that made ''[=JC2=]'' multiplayer mod [[https://www.pcgamer.com/the-just-cause-3-multiplayer-mod-is-now-live/ has also released a multiplayer mod for this game.]] ''Hell yeah.''

* AmbiguousDisorder: Supporting character Dimah appears to suffer from some form of [[{{UsefulNotes.Autism}} autism]], or a very mild [[{{UsefulNotes.AspergersSyndrome}} Asperger's syndrome]]. She is brilliant, but has extreme tunnel vision for her Bavarium research and preventing it being used to hurt people, does not come off as very sociable, speaks in short terse sentences, and shows a lack of tact for sensitive subjects like people getting hurt by her experiments or in missions, yet no one gives her grief for that and everyone is very protective of her like they know she can't help it. At one point, Rico even stops her from accidentally walking off of a cliff while she’s ranting and neither of them comment on it.
** General Di Ravello's actions aren't just evil but ambiguously 'off' as well. He appears to have the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad 'dark triad']] of disordered traits by being a [[TheChessmaster Machiavellian schemer]], [[{{Narcissist}} an obsessive narcissist]], and [[TheSociopath an amoral sociopath]] all at the same time.
* AxCrazy: Di Ravello has a disturbing penchant for wanton death and destruction when he is tested in any way.

** [[spoiler:It is actually mentioned that the Black Hand have been hired by Eden, presumably because they are just amoral enough to follow a power-hungry and possibly insane AI.]]

** Ulitmately, [[spoiler: General Di Ravello himself]].
** [[spoiler: Zeno Antithikara, a scientist who pretends to defect to the Rebellion only to [[TheMole give their secrets to Di Ravello the whole time]].]]
** One of the side missions Rico can do is to assassinate an enemy informant who is being picked up by limo. As if collaborating with the evil Di Ravello wasn't bad enough, the informants make rude, condescending remarks to Rico when he picks them up with the comandeered limo.

* BigBad: The General.

* BrickJoke: On your way to the final battle, Mario asks what Rico's gonna do once it's all over. Rico says he's gonna just sit back on the beach with a cold drink. After the credits are finished, he's sitting in the same beach chair as when you start the game.

* CallBack: One of the [[http://www.playstationtrophies.org/game/just-cause-3/trophy/127315-Take-That--You-Pipeline-Jerks.html trophies]]/[[http://www.xboxachievements.com/game/just-cause-3/achievement/110385-Take-That--You-Pipeline-Jerks.html acheivements]] is called "Take That, You Pipeline Jerks", in reference to the previous game's memetic "Try to transport fuel NOW, you pipeline jerks!". In addition, a lot of the things Rico says when he destroys things follow a pattern of "Try to X now, Y!"

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The developers have stated that within the game, the "colors of oppression" -- red, yellow, and grey -- symbolize Di Ravello's hold over the country, and as such are present on most of the Chaos objects.

* CoolGuns: A scad of them. Available in the game are AKA47 versions of [[CoolGuns/{{Handguns}} USP Match, 9mm Makarov]], [[CoolGuns/{{Revolvers}} Colt Single Action Army]], [[CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns MP7]], and [[CoolGuns/{{Shotguns}} Winchester Model 1887]] (all five dual-wieldable), [[RareGuns/{{Shotguns}} Pancor Jackhammer]], [[CoolGuns/BattleRifles G3]], [[CoolGuns/AssaultRifles AKS-74U, FAMAS, TAR-21]], [[CoolGuns/RocketsMissilesAndGrenadeLaunchers RPG-7, M202 FLASH]], as well as [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal fully fictional firearms]] like the futuristic [=SMGs=], the Urga Vdova machine gun, the Final Argument sniper rifle, the Negotiator grenade launcher, and the Fire Leech rocket launcher.
** Sky Fortress adds the powerful Bavarium Splitter to the mix. If regular ballistics weren't enough, it fires Bavarium-infused rounds!

* ConvectionSchmonvection: [[spoiler:The Final Story Mission and the occurring battle against Di Ravello takes place inside a active volcano. With little to no consequences for Rico.]]
* CoolBoat: Bavarium Sea Heist's Loochador. Ridiculous Nitro that lasts much longer than that of any other vehicle in the game? Check. Four miniguns and two gigantic missile launchers on the sides? Check. PunnyName? Check.

** Arguably the worst case of this is that hitting spacebar while in a vehicle ''causes you to bail out with no warning''. Since spacebar is more commonly used for handbrake, you'll find yourself quite often accidentally bailing when you meant to slow down to turn. If that's not bad enough, the mech added in DLC has a jump function, which since spacebar was taken got mapped to Shift. ''Unfortunately'', since on foot jumping is done with spacebar, you get more instances of accidental bailing when you meant to jump over an obstacle. ''Doubly'' unfortunately, this will constantly happen as you will switch between being in a mech and on foot, unlike the handbrake which at least you can unlearn by avoiding playing other games.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: If you die during a mission, you will simply restart from the last checkpoint. Dying outside of a mission is this as well because you will always respawn somewhere nearby with your ammo replenished. This comes in handy if: A, are killed while trying to liberate a base, and B, have a certain Bavarium-based FOW currently in your arsenal.
* DeflectorShields: One of the properties of Bavarium is that some high-end vehicles made of it have what is called a "bavarium shield". This [[https://twitter.com/justcause/status/658554377070903297 Twitter link]] says as much. The story trailer shows it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39EJs80wrqk&feature=youtu.be&t=35 right around here]].

* EasyLevelTrick: Destruction Frenzy challenges are built around you causing as much damage as possible to a base with a specific weapon. But since the game makes no difference between damage caused by it or say, that powerful attack helicopter that also happens to spawn at the same base. Most of them tend to become a case of SelfImposedChallenge.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Upon finishing the second-to-last story mission, you unlock the ability to have the M488 summoned via Rebel Drop. Said weapon lets you fire a missile that has the effect of Falco Maxime's Bavarium Nuke defense system. As the description says:
-->''Basically, fire it at something that you don't like and that thing will be gone forever.''
* EliteMooks: The Black Hand mooks come in three flavors: the Aegis is an elite infantry unit armed with a big rifle and armor that lets them take far more of a beating than Medici's finest; the Ghost is a nimble bastard, capable of evading Rico's gunfire while returning in kind with twin [=SMGs=]; and the Titan wears heavy armor and requires several headshots to take down, if you can get through the withering barrage of lead from their minigun. The Black Hand as a whole speak in heavily filtered Australian/South African accents, have glowing red visors and have been loaned Medici Military equipment.

* {{EMP}}: The focus of the second act are EMP devices that can counteract Bavarium shields, and the Rebellion's attempts to acquire one. Notably, the game inverts the [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality Acceptable Break from Reality]] of making the EMP temporary in effect: vehicles hit with the EMP blasts actually catch fire and ''[[EveryCarIsAPinto explode]]''
* EmptyRoomPsych: Boom island for PC players. (On consoles it's where you can spend time while the game is installing) A crescent shaped island at the bottom left corner of the map that you can fast travel to, but with seemingly nothing to do and no apparent reason why it's there. There is also in general a lot of small islands in the game outside of the main ones that has nothing on them.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Want to get an idea how bad [[BigBad Di Ravello]] is? In his first scene, he punishes an officer for the loss of Vis Electra by forcing him to commit suicide, all while making a speech without flinching at his death and then ordering a village to be burned to the ground as retaliation.

* FakeDefector: One mission early in the game requires Rico to rescue [[spoiler:Zeno Antithikara]], a researcher wokring for Di Ravello, who is planning to defect to the resistance. It turns out [[spoiler:Zeno]] pretended to defect in order to spy on the resitance for Di Ravello.
* FamedInStory[=/=]LivingLegend: By the time of ''Just Cause 3'', Rico Rodriguez is world-renowned as a man who can go toe-to-toe with evil regimes run by brutal dictators, and both the rebels and the civilians frequently cheer him on in the streets, count on him for help, and express gratitude for coming in to depose Di Ravello.

** Despite the fact you can find all of the Di Ravello's tapes before you play any of the main missions which reveals [[spoiler:The Agency helped Di Ravello gain power, Zino's loyalty to Di Ravello and his involvement in framing Rose for Di Ravello's rise to power, or Di Ravello's involvement in killing Rico's family]] is never addressed in game.

** Slightly disincentivised when you realise 100% completion includes unlocking painfully slow tractors and beat up old family sedans by driving them in-game miles to the nearest chop shop.
* GraffitiOfTheResistance: A notable part of the game's aesthetic, the graffiti both appear in the liberated areas and on the rebel vehicles, and are used in many places by the game's interface.

** Di Ravello, the final boss, fights Rico in a his Golden Urga Mstitel. This can be obtained by finding all of Di Ravello's tapes.

* HighSpeedHijack: Like in the [[VideoGame/JustCause previous two games]], this is part and parcel for Rico, along with HoodHopping and OutsideRide. Unlike in ''Just Cause 2'', he doesn't even need to do a [[PressXToNotDie QTE]] for the hijack.
* ImplacableMan: Rico, [[ParodiedTrope to nonsensical levels]]. Pretty much the only thing guaranteed to down him is about 15 seconds of continuous machine gun fire from multiple sources. Hit by a passing car? Thrown off a cliff? Caught in an explosion? ''[[MadeOfIron He walks these off]]''.

** The game gives you infinite C4, but the amount of explosives you can set at a time are initially limited to 3, and can be upgraded later on.

** The Verdeleon 3. This car doesn't even spawn on roads; it can only be found in a certain warehouse in the mountains near the top of the map, extremely far from any of Mario's garages. Good luck getting it to the garage without crashing.

* LudicrousGibs: The Di Ravello Log, “Gruesome,” shows that in the riot that killed President Dante, the Medici Army had to recover his body piece by piece.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Hydra is a burst-fire rocket launcher with five tubes, the Fire Leech is a launcher firing one missile that splits into eight guided ones, one of the jet fighters has [[UpToEleven two fully-automatic, guided missile launchers on it]], and the trains have cars equipped with lots and lots of SAM launchers.
** In Bavarium Sea Heist, the Loochador is capable of pulling this off, and ''how''.

* NiceHat: Sheldon's fedora, as usual. It's so nice that Rico asks him where it is when he sees that Sheldon ISN'T wearing it.
* NitroBoost: With an upgrade, you can have it in ''any'' vehicle you drive, should you so desire.

* NotWithTheSafetyOnYouWont: In the mission “Bavarium On A Plane,” just after Rico, Dimah and Sheldon get onto the plane, they're confronted by a guard. Sheldon tells the guard “Safety's on” to distract him before punching him out.

* OrangeBlueContrast: The developers [[WordOfGod have stated in interviews]] that they kept this trope in mind while designing Medici - the game's sunburned marquis shrublands, wheat fields, sandstone cliffs, and orange gabled roofs contrast with the blue oceans and skies. [[SceneryPorn Judging by the screenshots]], it's a great example of [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools tropes not being bad]].
** Also, the orange and blue bands in the Rebel flag.
* PassThroughTheRings: The Wingsuit challenges are this, with the additional tasks of picking one or another path through the rings based on how well you can do, as well as [[AirstrikeImpossible flying close to terrain]] to maximize your score.

** [[spoiler:The final battle against Di Ravello takes place inside a volcano.]] Go Figure.

* RememberTheNewGuy: A lot of characters, particularly Dimah, are treated as if Rico has known and worked with them for years, despite never having appeared in the series before.
** Justified in that Rico at least knew most of the characters from childhood (Mario and his lines about "finishing the car" come to mind) and it's not too far off to assume that he'd earned a reputation both at home as a racer and internationally as, well, ''Rico.''

* RidingTheBomb: The last mission of Act 1, "Missile Cowboy," has Rico grapple himself onto a bavarium missile. Since he can't defuse it and he's not in any mood to drop it in the water just so Sheldon and the Agency can get their hands on it, he [[TakeAThirdOption redirects it back to the base it came from to blow it up]].

* SpiderTank: The mech suits in the ''Mech Land Assault'' DLC. They were originally designed to load heavycargo, but the Black Hand saw the potential and turned theminto weapons of destruction.

* {{Unobtanium}}: Di Ravello's plans for [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]] hinge on "a miraculous ore called Bavarium", which, according to the devs, has "very explosive and weirdly magnetic" properties, and is only found in Medici. It is, at turns, shown to be an explosive, a form of energy, and also a shield generator. One promotional video even called it a form of unobtanium.

-->'''Dimah:''' "Rico... Bavarium is in the wrong hands."

* WreakingHavok: All the physics of StuffBlowingUp are procedural now; you can use multi-tethers to pull down fuel tanks, smash through transmitter aerials with planes and through Di Ravello statues with cars, demolish bridges with rocket barrages, and generally lay waste to everything in sight.

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Aiming down sights is an upgrade that you have to unlock rather than simply being default.