History VideoGame / JustCause4

'''Rico: It always comes back to [[spoiler: the Agency]].\\

'''Rico:'''Let's take down [[spoiler:''the Agency'']].\\
''(Sheldon has a huge OhCrap look)''

* WhamLine: A big one between Rico and Tom Sheldon.
--> Tom Sheldon: [[spoiler: Destroying Project Illapa must have cost the Agency trillions.]]
--> Rico: [[spoiler: It always comes back to the Agency.]]
--> Tom Sheldon: [[spoiler: That it does.]]
--> Rico: [[spoiler: Let's take them down.]] (Sheldon laughs, not yet appreciating that Rico is serious) [[spoiler: [[SequelHook Let's take down the Agency.]]]] (Sheldon has a huge OhCrap look)
--> Tom Sheldon: [[spoiler: Son of a bitch. Alright, I'm in.]]

In this game, Rico Rodriguez is now in the [[FictionalCountry fictional South American country]] of Solis taking down yet another dictator, but his main focus is against [[PrivateMilitaryContractors the Black Hand]], who've been regular enemies of his since his time in [[VideoGame/JustCause San Esperito]], and more recently in [[VideoGame/JustCause3 Medici]].

* RealityEnsues: How does the Black Hand get most of its new recruits? Entirely voluntarily, just by offering a paid-for higher education and a generous, reliable wage, which are otherwise very hard to come by in Solis. Of course there are also...reeducation centers that brainwash prisoners into joining.
* {{Retcon}}: A minor one that doesn't actually conflict with what was said, just changes the framing to offer a different conclusion. ''VideoGame/JustCause3'' heavily implied [[spoiler:Sheldon aided Di Ravello in killing Rico's parents, taking the young Rico into the Agency's fold as compensation]]. ''4'' expands on this: [[spoiler:Oscar Espinosa ordered the hit on the Rodriguez family, Di Ravello considered it a part of his master plan and was too full of himself to say otherwise in his audio diary. Sheldon was an Agency grunt back then ordered to extract Rico, and doesn't find out the full story until Rico does.]] In a straight example, the game changes Rico from being native Medician to Solis-born, though the family emigrated when he was so young that he considers Medici his home.

* BlatantItemPlacement: In a useful fashion, the stunt rings that require the player to pass through them in a specific vehicle usually have that vehicle somewhere nearby for you to find.

* [[invoked]] CaliforniaDoubling: InUniverse. In one of the Garland King missions, "Jewel in the Sun", the grasslands of Solis stand in for [[VideoGame/JustCause3 Medici]] for filming a flashback scene, the plot describing it as Rico racing against Mario Frigo in their youth.

In this game, Rico Rodriguez is now in the fictional South American country of Solis taking down yet another dictator, but his main focus is against [[PrivateMilitaryContractors the Black Hand]], who've been regular enemies of his since his time in [[VideoGame/JustCause San Esperito]], and more recently in [[VideoGame/JustCause3 Medici]].

* SamusIsAGirl: The end of Javier's quest chain reveals that Otoronogo was [[spoiler:really a woman.]]

* BagOfSpilling: Averted, Rico starts with all the relevant Gear Mods from the previous game (such as re-reeling, wingsuit airbrake, and slingshot boost) fully-functional. Parodied when he seems to lose them after TheTeaser but gets them back almost immediately.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Mira's cousin, Cesar, honestly believes the Greys are the ones behind everything in Solis and that the Espinosa family are all reptillians. At the end of Operation Windwalker, he's utterly disappointed that the tornado device is man-made when he sees there's a USB slot in it. For that, he gets the honor of blowing up his section of Project Illapa on Mira's laptop.

* EasilyForgiven: Averted. Rico is not happy to see [[spoiler:Sheldon, doesn't give two hoots that he's been sidelined by the agency, and doesn't trust him for a minute]]. The two have to be convinced/forced to work together by [[spoiler:Mira Morales]].

--> Rico: [[spoiler: Let's take them down.]] (Sheldon laughs, not yet appreciating that Rico is serious) [[spoiler: [[SequelHook Let's take down the Agency.]]]] (Sheldon has huge OhCrap look)

--> Rico: [[spoiler: Let's take them down.]] (Sheldon laughs, not yet appreciating that Rico is serious) [[spoiler: Let's [[SequelHook take down the Agency.]]]] (Sheldon has huge OhCrap look)

'''''Just Cause 4''''' is an open world action adventure video game developed by Creator/AvalancheStudios and published by Creator/SquareEnix. The game was initially leaked on Steam before being officially announced at E3 2018.

* {{Retcon}}: A minor one that doesn't actually conflict with what was said, just changes the framing to offer a different conclusion. ''VideoGame/JustCause3'' heavily implied [[spoiler:Sheldon aided Di Ravello in killing Rico's parents, taking the young Rico in the Agency's fold as compensation]]. ''4'' expands on this: [[spoiler:Oscar Espinosa ordered the hit on the Rodriguez family, Di Ravello considered it a part of his master plan and was too full of himself to say otherwise in his audio diary. Sheldon was an Agency grunt back then ordered to extract Rico and doesn't find out the full story until Rico does.]] In a straight example, the game changes Rico from being native Medician to Solis-born, though the family emmigrated when he was so young he considers Medichi his home.

* SuperWristGadget: Rico's grapple was versatile before, but in addition to an auto-retract function it can now be used to plant booster rockets or air lifters from a distance. Any combination of those functions can be active, each of which can be tweaked with a number of modification settings.
* TheThemeParkVersion: Ruins of the old Solisians have been sanitized over the years to be this to the Espinoza family, an act Javi Huerta hates that he participated in.

--> Rico: [[spoiler: Let's take them down.]] (Sheldon laughs, not yet appreciating that Rico is serious) [[spoiler: Let's take down the Agency.]] (Sheldon has huge OhCrap look)

--> Tom Sheldon: [[spoiler: Destroying Project Illaoa must have cost the Agency trillions.]]

--> Tom Sheldon: [[spoiler: Destroying Project Illaoa must have cost the Agency trillions.

** At a random, unassuming building, the player can hear the popular Music/AHa song "Take On Me" playing from a hidden lower floor. Once Rico goes downstairs, the environment changes to [[https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/7/18131126/just-cause-4-easter-egg-take-on-me-video a black-and-white comic book]] just like in the song's iconic music video, complete with a dividing window that shows the "normal" world within the "comic" world and a woman dancing to the song.

* NonActionBigBad: While previous [[BigBad Big Bads]] in the series were TheGeneralissimo types who at least had the machismo to take on Rico man-to-man when he came calling, Espinosa [[spoiler:is a corporate suit who quietly sneaks out the back during the final battle and taunts Rico over conference call while leaving his EliteMooks behind to die.]]

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Gabriella Morales, Espinosa's [[TheDragon dragon]] has this look going for her.

* ClashingCousins: Mira and Gabriella Morales are this, with Mira as the leader of the Army of Chaos and Gabriella as commander of the Black Hand for this part of the world.

* At a random, unassuming building, the player can hear the popular Music/AHa song "Take On Me" playing from a hidden lower floor. Once Rico goes downstairs, the environment changes to [[https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/7/18131126/just-cause-4-easter-egg-take-on-me-video a black-and-white comic book]] just like in the song's iconic music video, complete with a dividing window that shows the "normal" world within the "comic" world and a woman dancing to the song.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Mira's cousin, Cesar, honestly believes the Greys are the ones behind everything in Solis and that the Espinosa family are all reptillians.