Jagged Alliance 3

JA2 is my favorite game of all times. JA3 fabulously updated the gameplay and graphics to what current gamers expect. It's not JA2 with better graphics. It's a new game inspired by JA2. 1. Biggest pro: Grand Chien world building and writing 2. Biggest con: recruitable AIM merc diversity, writing and voice acting 3. Neither pro or con: streamlining of game and combat systems 1. The world atmosphere and building are PHENOMENAL. Grand Chien feels so alive, authentic and full of hilarious comments. The dialogue about the lack of accent on Légion right before I'm about to sneak attack is such a great moment. The communist militia unwitting comments about the tactical greatness of MERC delivered with deadpan earnest voice acting are superb. 2. The one thing I felt was inferior was the recruitable AIM mercs. Not well balanced and there's too few of them. Very sad some of my favorites didn't make it, such as Buzz, La Malice or Trevor. JA2 better nailed the voice acting, personality and humor. Steroid is surprisingly bland and not over the top enough (never thought I'd say that). Fox is too unidimensional. In JA2 it felt like she was more self-aware and making fun of her own superficial looks-first persona. Igor has become an exaggerated alcoholic clown caricature whereas JA2 walked the perfect line of good-natured funny but serious/ambitious with so much to prove. 3. This game is full of tradeoffs compared with JA2: gun & ammo diversity, inventory, supply chain and squad management are less tedious but also less detailed. That's both a pro or a con depending on your tastes, age and patience. I miss the old interrupt system, but that's just personal preference. Overall: MUST BUY. Mod support tools bode extremely for the future. A Fallout campaign that would give us a taste of the isometric turn-based Fallout 3 we hoped for would be amazing. The existing desert and urban map assets lend themselves perfectly for this.

As the title says, JA3 is finally a game that comes close enough to be called Jagged Alliance. Pros: Good Graphics All the important Mechanics JA2 had are there IMP RPG Elements with Mercs leveling up and Stats raising over time with XP Skills that are used. Repair your Items JA3 manages to get the same quirkiness of your Mercs accross (not far in the game but) It seems that your decisions matter and you ll get different outcomes Cons: Bobby Rays is missing Limited amount of Weapons and Items even if you compare it to JA2 1.12 (vanilla) Invetory and its management is missing the variety of JA2 All in all it is a solid real Jagged Alliance experience THQNordic and Heamimont Games deliver here, for Veterans it has enough of JA to be a "real" JA and newcomers get to experience a good junk of oldschool round based strategy without being overwhelmed by "too much" 4 Stars because for me as Veteran of JA2 and specially JA2 1.13 some aspects are missing yet i really can say, FINALLY A NEW JAGGED ALLIANCE i love this game so far

It's fantastic. Has all the hallmarks of the original games. Even a lot of the same weapons which makes it feel very familiar. The cultural references are hilarious. Gameplay is perfect. I noticed some subtle changes to the interface that make the game more fun to play in a lot of ways than the originals. For instance ammo/inventory management is streamlined, and movement during combat doesn't require you to stand up, then run, then go back to prone. It just automatically does what will cost the fewest APs. Really great game, hope we see a lot of DLCs.

I just completed the campaign, around 63 hours in total. I loved the game honestly. In the beginning it starts a bit slow as your squad is not that good, but once they level up and you start recruiting better mercs, you can easily take out 15 or more enemies with a single squad of 6. Once you get to a second squad game really hits off. There is an entire part of the story involving ex-German soldiers that can easily be missed and that's what I really love about this game. Almost nothing is mandatory and there is so much content to explore. The story was also enjoyable, classic 80's movie type of stuff. A bunch of side quests to complete as well. Your squad is interesting enough, they are all colorful characters, you really feel like they have personalities. Occasionally they will get into a discussion with one another which was interesting to watch. All in all, great game, loved every moment of it and I recommend it to everyone.

Main focus of the game is tRPG. Mixed with cRPG elements. And it's a great mix. The map is divided into sectors. Most of them contain quests, secrets or points of interest. You can explore each sector or go through the main quest. The amount of mercs increases the replayability. Every merc has it's own style and... favorite mercs. The dialogues between them are funny. Also, some events adds replayability and your choice matters. In the most cases game has more choices than some newest RPG's (Starfield for example). I think I should explore the previous games in the series to get a fuller experience.