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Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress

Sky Fortress contains a brand new set of missions that introduce a new threat – a huge and terrifying Sky Fortress and an army of deadly robotic drones. To tackle his deadly new adversary, Rico Rodriguez will…

62 1 March 2016 ESRB M

Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress is an adventure developed by Avalanche Studios, released 1 March 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress is

Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress is an adventure game developed by Avalanche Studios and released in 2016. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sky Fortress contains a brand new set of missions that introduce a new threat – a huge and terrifying Sky Fortress and an army of deadly robotic drones. To tackle his deadly new adversary, Rico Rodriguez will use a new upgradeable, rocket-powered, weaponised ‘Bavarium Wingsuit’ fitted with shoulder mounted machine guns and auto targeting missiles - alongside his new ‘Eviction’ personal defence drone and ‘Bavarium Splitter’ assault rifle.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2500k, 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3GHz, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB). An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress launched on 1 March 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch, SuperHot.

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Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress — frequently asked questions

When did Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress come out?
Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress was released on 1 March 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress?
At minimum, Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress needs Intel Core i5-2500k, 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3GHz, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Just Cause 3: Sky Fortress?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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