Just Cause 2 trailer calmly explains why grappling hooks are awesome
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Nov 10th 2009 at 6:00PM } 
We've seen a great deal of media for Just Cause 2 which shows the protagonist's physics-defying grappling hook in action, but the latest Avalanche Studios mini-doc really displays the tool's destructive properties. Here's just a few uses for the game's grapple-arm, as demonstrated in the video above:
- You can use it to stick two enemies together, forcing them in an eternal bro-hug.
- You can whip an enemy into the air, then juggle him with bullets.
- You can pull down giant statues of presumably evil dictators.
- You can attach a man to the back of a small, personal jet, like a can fastened to the back of an automobile carrying a newlywed couple.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chromekreeper @ Nov 10th 2009 6:02PM
looks like a "grapple" of a time!
Sandmonkey @ Nov 10th 2009 6:03PM
Yeah, but I hope it keeps me "hooked".
Liquid man @ Nov 10th 2009 6:03PM
I see what you did there.....
Special Agent Steve @ Nov 10th 2009 6:25PM
I don't... I think I'm "trailing" behind.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 10th 2009 6:33PM
Are you 'grappling' with the pun, Steve?
Special Agent Steve @ Nov 10th 2009 6:36PM
No, it's in the headline.
Maybe I'm having trouble "grasping" your concept, but to me my "angle" seemed fine.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 10th 2009 6:37PM
I think you need to rethink your approach. That wall is tough to get a hook on...
Sandmonkey @ Nov 10th 2009 6:04PM
I bought the first one, wouldn't recommend it. but then again I screwed around for the first hour then stopped playing.
Discotheque @ Nov 10th 2009 6:06PM
This video got me "hooked" on a feeling....
..I tried.
Sandmonkey @ Nov 10th 2009 6:09PM
I think your mind was "attached" to something else there.
Discotheque @ Nov 10th 2009 6:10PM
I think it's "Just 'Cause" your mind is in the gutter
DrunkMiffy @ Nov 10th 2009 6:25PM
This conversation is gripping!
Oh, I failed :(
captain underpants and the bringdown gang @ Nov 10th 2009 6:06PM
just once I want to be able to Grapple Through somebody, or just Grapple specific parts of their body and attach it to a falling rock while the guy is attached to a telephone pole, you know stuff to show off some rediculously gnarly gibbing.
Liquid man @ Nov 10th 2009 6:10PM
Grappling hooks are awesome point blank!
They need no one to prove their awesomeness!
This game looks great so far and I hope it doesn't disappoint
Ashkental @ Nov 10th 2009 6:12PM
What's that logo at the beggining? EIDOS? is that some new engine or something? Heard that the Japanese controls it...
Nick @ Nov 10th 2009 6:16PM
This game makes me lol. I may buy it for the lols, but def not for the realistic physics. It looks more like a 10 year old boy with ADD's interpretation of the Matrix.
Chris. Simply @ Nov 12th 2009 7:38PM
It's looking a little like 'spider-man' with guns at the moment....
DamonTheMoney @ Nov 10th 2009 6:24PM
I love the look of this game!
Obviously it doesn't have realistic physics, nor does it even make sense (infinite parachute bag, wtf?). But that doesn't mean it's not going to be a badass fun game!
kojo87 @ Nov 10th 2009 8:19PM
thank you! why do games have to be realistic? they don't. i play games to have fun. not to emulate real life as much as possible.
x3r9g6 @ Nov 11th 2009 7:38AM
Yea, the parachute irritates me and it looks like they ripped off Bionic Commando.
Not going to waste my time on this unless they show better content.
Marius Returns @ Nov 10th 2009 6:26PM
Good, This game has my attention
off topic:
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xLordOblivionx @ Nov 10th 2009 6:38PM
I love you.
Adam @ Nov 10th 2009 6:43PM
Many thanks
Discotheque @ Nov 10th 2009 6:44PM
Cheers!
Marius Returns @ Nov 10th 2009 6:47PM
Love me, LOVE ME :P
See yall in the battlefield
PSN: MariusElijah
2nd Lieutenant Gunther (PSN: helghast102) (Getting a DS :D) @ Nov 10th 2009 8:22PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH?!?!?!
I missed it?! >:O
Liquid man @ Nov 13th 2009 6:01PM
Thanks a ton!
I just got my key today!
I'll be seeing you on the battlefield
DrunkMiffy @ Nov 10th 2009 6:27PM
Looking forward to it, even if I do spend 15 hours catpulting people into the sky with explosive barrels..
It'd be great if they added in some kind of physicality to the 'rope'.. If you could take the top off a car by 'grappling' two trees together.. OOH, and if there were different materials for it!.. You could make a super bungee people catapult!
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 10th 2009 6:34PM
/off topic
I just finished MW2...anyone wants to continue to bitch, you're going to have me to deal with. Campaign was EPIC.
/end offtopic
Yes, grappling hooks are awesome.
carmaction @ Nov 10th 2009 6:39PM
The amount of things you can do with the grappling hook is MIND BOTTLING!
Phil @ Nov 10th 2009 8:45PM
Yeah, mind-bottling. You know, when things are so crazy it gets your thoughts all trapped, like in a bottle?
Das Boot @ Nov 10th 2009 6:57PM
OH GOD.
TIE ONE GUY TO ANOTHER. THEN TIE ONE OF THOSE GUYS TO ANOTHER.
REPEAT UNTIL YOU HAVE ANY ARMY OF DANGLING, SCREAMING MERCS.
DrunkMiffy @ Nov 10th 2009 7:10PM
Then tie one to you, and drag them along a rail line..
Das Boot @ Nov 10th 2009 7:38PM
Fuck that. Base jump and parachute towards the water. Get just low enough to where they ALL go into the water, and grip onto a boat to give you continuous speed and altitude, so you can drown them. ALL OF THEM.
davideogamer @ Nov 10th 2009 8:11PM
OH, NOW I GET IT! They were just joking with the "other" game released this year, this is the REAL Bionic Commando!
fabsmf @ Nov 10th 2009 9:56PM
When are bad guys gonna learn to stop stacking flammable barrels everywhere?
Crayfish @ Nov 10th 2009 9:52PM
Am I tripping balls or was one of those developers named MAGNUS?
KiraXD @ Nov 11th 2009 12:16AM
lmao, thats the first thing i noticed in the video as well...
Marcus Olsson @ Nov 11th 2009 7:10AM
That's a real common name in Scandinavia
Crayfish @ Nov 11th 2009 11:58AM
So what you're saying is that Scandinavia = most manly country in the world?
Ryan @ Nov 10th 2009 10:22PM
thats it. im sold on this game. It looks f*cking amazing. Just Cause 1 was great IF you could get past alot of flaws. This game looks like it will improve on JC1s concept by alot
Devin @ Nov 11th 2009 2:01AM
This has "hoisted" my interest for this game.
jalannom @ Nov 11th 2009 6:35AM
Spiderman