I’ve now played Just Cause 2 for over eight hours. I’m at 12% completion and I’m yet to do the third story mission.

There’s an awful lot of game here.

When I’ve not just been randomly pissing about – which, to be honest, is most of the time – I’ve been doing faction missions and, when I can, unlocking new respawn locations. That’s probably the most important thing to do, really. It’s a huge map and if you die you can end up appearing miles from where you were.

It’s not just a big game, either – it’s a really bloody good one. I’m sure blowing up the same things with the same weapons should be getting dull, but it’s not. Whether it’s because it always happens slightly differently, or whether it’s just that I’m playing in quite short sessions days apart, I don’t know, but I’ve not even begun to get tired of it yet.