Posted on: December 18, 2023
ark124
Verified ownerGames: 22 Reviews: 2
Finally, a worthy successor to JA2.
After waiting for more than 20 years, we are finally graced with JA3. The game does live up to its name and provides good tactical combat, varied locations and quests and avoids any politically correct bullshit. Unfortunately, the dumbing down of some mechanics, as well as some unexplainable decisions prevent it from reaching true greatness like its predecessor. Pros: - Good tactical combat. The environments are varied and most of the maps have good use of verticality. - Diverse (in a non-PC meaning) and well acted roster of mercenaries, with many banters and interjections. - Good quests, writing and plenty of choices and consequences (especially for not a full-fledged RPG). - Mercs receive skills when leveling up. - Plenty of guns and armor - Contains well executed satire of our culture. Cons: - Some dumbing down of the combat mechanics: weightless and shared ammo, incorrect weapon calibers and behavior (dragunov being fully automatic and shooting 7.62*39 ammo). - Removal of the stamina bar. Now you can just charge the enemy, get hit multiple times, and still have the maximum amount of action points. - No standard UI for vendors. In order to buy or sell something, you need to interact with special objects (boxes or crates) located near the vendor. - Uneven difficulty throughout the game. The game starts moderately challenging, then as you grow stronger, the game becomes easier. Then somewhere mid-game, something happens, which skyrockets the difficulty, and then the difficulty slowly decreases till the end of the game. - Perhaps the most annoying and ridiculous decision in this game: Bust fire damage is nerfed. If a weapon inflicts 12 damage with a single shot, it will inflict only 6 in a burst. Or even less in full auto. Why?? Who thought of this decision? All in all, JA3 is a solid game, head and shoulders above the entries in the franchise, released this century. Some ridiculous decisions, as listed above, hold it back from receiving the full 5 stars.
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