I've played over 150 hours and still found new, fun things to mess around with, the most recent being grappling a truck to a helicopter and swinging it around to the speed that it starts swinging my helicopter around.
The main point to Just Cause 2 is to 'cause chaos,' a seemingly cliche way to tell the player to do whatever the heck they want to blow stuff up and have fun to progress to further missions.
Yes, if you focus solely on collecting the stupid collectables, you will get bored (it does get pretty boring) but you don't have to do that, nor do you have to focus solely on the missions. The fun to Just Cause 2 is how open it is and what all it provides for you to do. Yes, if you focus solely on collecting the stupid collectables, you will get bored (it does get pretty boring) but you don't have to do that, nor do The problem and why I think this game has such mixed reviews is that people are focusing on one aspect of the game in their review and getting bogged down in it. The problem and why I think this game has such mixed reviews is that people are focusing on one aspect of the game in their review and getting bogged down in it.