Game News Jagged Alliance 3 announced

[Bigg Boss]

Did anybody say Jagged XCOM yet?
Jag-Com.

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

Oh no.

 

[Gangrelrumbler]

Which attempt on making a sequel to Jagged Alliance is it anyway?

Doesn't look anything like a proper sequel to Jagged Alliance, but might be a decent game by itself.

 

[Jason Liang]

It won't be better than JA2.

Wow, the graphics look way better than JA2 to me.

... who has the JA license anyway? How come there's been like 4 completely different JA games in the past 6 years? The the copyright expired or something?

 

[mediocrepoet]

Stop! Stop! It's had enough!

 

[Alienman]

Could be fun maybe. The JA spirit comes in other forms anyhow - like Urban Strife and Project Haven.

 

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

Ah yes, that weird mixture of hype for one of your most anticipated sequels of all time and sense of dread because you know it won't be any good.

 

[agris]

The other announcement trailer did have gameplay footage 1 minute in which consisted of a nu-xcom style over the shoulder view and some npcs wandering around the map.

Negative on the nuXcom AP system tho, you can see granular 6/14 AP available, for example. Not X-com level of TUs, but acceptable.

 

[Atomboy]

Aw shiiiet, here we go again!
Hopefully 10th time's the charm!!!

 

[Maggot]

Negative on the nuXcom AP system tho, you can see granular 6/14 AP available, for example. Not X-com level of TUs, but acceptable.

It's not enough just to have AP, I want the system to be like JA2 where every turn is a representation of 5 seconds and AP is a measure of how much a merc can do within those 5 seconds and how getting shot/spending more time to aim is represented with loss/extra spending of AP. I want there to be complex simulation under the hood that can be intuitively understood with basic logic.

 

[frajaq]

did anyone call Lilura yet

 

[Generic-Giant-Spider]

did anyone call Lilura yet

I'm not telling her until I get that new vest.

 

[theLorry]

It's getting late in the year, I could use another dumpster fire to stay warm.

Now, the President’s family has pulled together all their resources, including an arrangement with the powerful Adonis corporation, to hire a group of skilled mercenaries tasked with finding the President and bringing order back to the country.​

And to everybody's shocked surprise, the company will turn out to be all evul and betray the player in 3...2...​

 

[Wizfall]

Wow...yes far from the first "sequel" but it the first time they dare to name it JAG 3
I like the cinematic, not perfect (in my mind Ivan is more beeffy among other things) but it's funny got the spirit right (Fidel is awesome voice included).

The gameplay on the other hand seems very weak ("small" map, no complex aim system etc..) and i don't like the in gmae graphics and view angle...
So not optimistic about this...

 

[agris]

Negative on the nuXcom AP system tho, you can see granular 6/14 AP available, for example. Not X-com level of TUs, but acceptable.

It's not enough just to have AP, I want the system to be like JA2 where every turn is a representation of 5 seconds and AP is a measure of how much a merc can do within those 5 seconds and how getting shot/spending more time to aim is represented with loss/extra spending of AP. I want there to be complex simulation under the hood that can be intuitively understood with basic logic.

Oh ok yeah no way we’ll get that

 

[Falksi]

Genuine lolz at 1.13

 

[mondblut]

Fuck. These cunts have no honor. Let the franchise peacefully rest in dignity. Stop raping her corpse, you subhuman shitstains.

 

[Catacombs]

did anyone call Lilura yet

She's probably dead from the hemorrhaging.

 

[Carpincho Pampeano]

Good thing Lilura is dead.

 

[Gregz]

JA2 is so sexy

 

[m_s0]

Looks a fair bit more sophisticated than nuXcom. No doubt they dumbed down stuff, but they appear to have retained at least some mechanics of JA2, such as different stances, action points, being able to aim at different body parts and spend action points to improve accuracy.

And that one scene transition showing a grid view is distinctly JA1-flavoured which is a nice nod. I think they're actually... kind of trying this time.

Kind of, because that writing sample for Igor is lazy and terrible: he reads more like Steroid than himself.

 

[Nutria]

Tropico was a lot of fun

Haemimont Tropico was good mechanically, but they also cut the heart and soul out of it. Tropico was about the Caribbean during the Cold War, but they made it generic. Jagged Alliance is about the whole subculture of mercenaries and bullshitters pretending to be mercenaries writing in Soldier of Fortune magazine in the 1980s. I don't want to be pessimistic, but this again is something that Bulgarians can't possibly understand no matter how much they mean well. And you really need to have experience with French Canadians to fully appreciate "La Malice".

So my guess is this will turn out to be a competent effort at remaking the game mechanically, but without any of the humor of the real thing.

 

[agris]

Nutria that sounds like best case scenario tbh

 

[CRD]

looks like nuxcom with skins, doesn't look like JA2 1.13 much, AP system looks simplified

 

[agris]

JA2 v1.13 isn’t the goal and shouldn’t be. It’s modder autism and has no place in the market.

I’m calling you out CRD suck it.