Are Just Cause 2 and GTA:IV similar?

[Freek]

NalNalas and I are having a discussion of whether or not Just Cause 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV are similar. He thinks that they're not similar because GTA:IV takes place in Liberty City, the gameplay is different, the storylines are different, no health regeneration, and there is no grappling hook. I think they're similar because they are both open-world games, they both have non-required missions that increase your progression throughout the game,  and the gameplay mechanics are nearly the same.
What do you think?

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[Twenky]

With your kind of arguments you might as well compare Saints Row with FSX because you can do whatever you want

[PJ Boy]

They are similar in some respects and different in others. It all depends on the perspective.

[Doughboy]

Honestly no
They have their similarities but they are far different imo

[CopBlock]

did you just boil it down to the broadest you could to try to connect the two? youre wrong, your friend is right.

[Operator¹]

man protagonist
you can drive cars
open world

that's about it

[NalNalas]

oh stuff freek I'm winning

[Tomcat]

hey the criminal underworld is totally the same as overthrowing a corrupt dictatorship!

[Freek]

oh stuff freek I'm winning

i don't care
i just wanted to see peoples opinion of whether or not it was similar
it wasn't a competition

[Isjix]

imo jc2 and gtaiv are different
maybe some similarities

[Freeze]

i'd say they're similar
it's almost as if gta is the realistic one, saints row is the whacky one and just cause 2 is inbetween the two, imo

[Decepticon]

They are similar in some respects and different in others. It all depends on the perspective.

[snot2]

jc2 story is designed to be a bad action movie, thats why the voice acting is bad :D

[Menen]

jc2 story is designed to be a bad action movie, thats why the voice acting is bad :D

And the explosions are Micheal Bay-Tastic

[VincentTheGuy]

NalNalas and I are having a discussion of whether or not Just Cause 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV are similar. He thinks that they're not similar because GTA:IV takes place in Liberty City, the gameplay is different, the storylines are different, no health regeneration, and there is no grappling hook. I think they're similar because they are both open-world games, they both have non-required missions that increase your progression throughout the game,  and the gameplay mechanics are nearly the same.
What do you think?

Your friend is so right that you should slap yourself.