Posted on: July 8, 2019
3m1lAtGog
Verified ownerGames: 1145 Reviews: 30
Turn-based tactics, interesting skills
This game is the "lite" cousin to Jagged Alliance - less penalizing, less gritty, more arcade and stylized. You play series of missions in three different places around the world, each time utilizing 1-6 of your team members. They each collect experience points and level up, gaining cool skills that further differentiate them. The fragile and easily distracted sniper (deadly and laconic - "Target cleared" means one less bad guy, every time) plays completely different from the guy who just bashes in the doors and unloads his shotgun at close range, laughing at the enemies firing back ("Barely even nicked, no big deal!"). Still, a successful mission more often than not requires a deal of stealth and mapping out the enemies' hideout - that's when your scanner guy comes in handy, while also providing some utility skills. And the two members of your team equipped with silencers can clear a room before anyone raises the alarm. Once again, use stealth for as long as possible - then start tossing grenades, shooting shotguns and basically try to funnel the panicked enemies through a choke point where you can deal with them on your terms. If you just rush in without a plan, one or two shots can spell doom to your squad. That much is common with the more serious tactical shooters (e.g. JA). Overall, I had good fun with this game, had to replay a couple of missions multiple times to get it right, but most of all I loved the increase of power as my team learned new skills: getting Maya from situational to 100% deadly, Raphael turning into a room-clearer with the door-breaching charges and more potent grenades, ... You can really start to like these guys, with their differentiated voice acting and even their own behavior when they panic (once I had a berzerk Bear clear a full room of enemies by himself, without firing his shotgun, just jumping from one to another and beating them to pulp). There is always more than one solution to a mission. Save game before talking to people.
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