{"id":2434,"date":"2015-04-28T17:26:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T16:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2015-04-28T17:26:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T16:26:51","slug":"just-cause-3-its-been-5-years-since","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/28\/just-cause-3-its-been-5-years-since\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Cause 3 &#8211; Its been 5 years since &#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=epredator\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s been five years since I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/03\/30\/the-only-way-is-up-just-cause-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">this post about Just Cause2<\/a> in which I mentioned &#8220;Sandbox games are the closest to what we see in virtual worlds in crossover terms. Just Cause 2 is a single player game, in part because the destruction you create is really personalising your island. However the balance between \u201cgive me something to do\u201d and \u201cI am just going to find something to do\u201d may be something the VW providers and content creators need to consider in helping people find a narrative, either social or business related.&#8221;<br \/>\nWell I stand by that. The mix of ready made tasks, ongoing narrative plot live and freedom to find your own things to do as you wander around is a core theme in some of the most enjoyable experiences. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/virtual-worlds-getting-a-fashionable-boost\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minecraft<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/25\/whats-the-point-of-goat-simulator\/\" target=\"_blank\">Goat Simulator<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/07\/10\/not-just-handbrake-turns-gta-v\/\" target=\"_blank\">GTA V<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/28\/watchdogs-benny-hill-and-next-gen-hide-and-seek\/\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Dogs<\/a> etc.<br \/>\nNow we have the reveal of gameplay for Just Cause 3. Which if nothing else looks fantastically exciting \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LR4EBYeh8BQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nFingers crossed it is as good as the last one, it certainly looks it.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.feedingedge.co.uk%2Fblog%2F2015%2F04%2F28%2Fjust-cause-3-its-been-5-years-since%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><div name=\"googleone_share_1\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:5;float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><g:plusone size=\"tall\" count=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/28\/just-cause-3-its-been-5-years-since\/\"><\/g:plusone><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been five years since I wrote this post about Just Cause2 in which I mentioned &#8220;Sandbox games are the closest to what we see in virtual worlds in crossover terms. Just Cause 2 is a single player game, in part because the destruction you create is really personalising your island. However the balance between<br \/>\n            <span class=\"excerpt-readmore\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/28\/just-cause-3-its-been-5-years-since\/\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future","category-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions\/2436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}