Jagged Alliance 3 from Haemimont Games

[Ryzer]

The problem with Haemimont games is that they are rarely ambitious, they are not bad per se but it doesn't go above "oh cool" and it never reaches the good or cult status.
It was the case for the recent tropico games.

 

[Fargus]

First user reviews are mixed, looks like performance issues and not working multiplayer (lmao sucks for multiplayer faggots i guess). But lets wait more for smoke to settle.

Im hoping for at least ok xcom clone with some ja2 atmosphere. You'd be an idiot to expect more.

 

[Stavrophore]

Non scalable ui truly doesn't bode well. Even poor as websites have vector graphic logos.

 

[bobocrunch]

Cool bottles smashed when I shotgunned

 

[Fargus]

Cool bottles smashed when I shotgunned

 

[Sacibengala]

First user reviews are mixed, looks like performance issues and not working multiplayer (lmao sucks for multiplayer faggots i guess). But lets wait more for smoke to settle.

Im hoping for at least ok xcom clone with some ja2 atmosphere. You'd be an idiot to expect more.

I changed shadows and reflections and everything is alright now

 

[Turn_BASED]

looking forward to buying this with all DLC and 1+ year of people play-testing the equivalent of the Long War mod. It will be glorious, eventually.

Cant wait to commit some war crimes after the fine folks at LoversLab have a crack at it.

 

[randir14]

God damn this game has terrible optimization for how it looks. Somehow enabling DLSS actually lowers my fps.

 

[Hobo Elf]

I was worried about shoddy optimization. Very 2023 PC gaming.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

I missed the whole thing. Why are people butthurt?
Is JA3 GURPS based?

I haven't played JA1 (I'm sorry). Is this a good game to introduce myself to the series? If not, why, and is JA2 okay then?

 

[Stavrophore]

Already we get retarded videos: "BEFORE YOU START THE GAME, LET ME TELL YOU HOW TO PLAY IT"

 

[Strange Fellow]

I missed the whole thing. Why are people butthurt?
Is JA3 GURPS based?

I haven't played JA1 (I'm sorry). Is this a good game to introduce myself to the series? If not, why, and is JA2 okay then?

1 is a very good game, and it's probably a good idea to start with it since IMO 2 eclipses it completely (I know Zombra prefers 1 so ask him for effusive commentary). If you want the best of the best right away, go with Ja2. Play it with Stracciatella, which is a non-intrusive bugfixing/stability/resolution mod.

 

[Aemar]

The problem with Haemimont games is that they are rarely ambitious, they are not bad per se but it doesn't go above "oh cool" and never reaches the good or cult status.
It was the case for the recent tropico games.

Couldn't have said it better. For example, Tropico 3 was literally a 3D 1:1 carbon copy of the first game. The rest of their games are bland at most, and forgettable, except perhaps Tropico 4.

 

[Stavrophore]

The game is already pirated.

 

[cvv]

The problem with Haemimont games is that they are rarely ambitious, they are not bad per se but it doesn't go above "oh cool" and never reaches the good or cult status.
It was the case for the recent tropico games.

Not sure what your definition of cult is but Surviving Mars is widely beloved (one of my Top 10 games of the last decade) and so are the last three Tropicos. Also people who are into Diablo-likes say Victor Vran is a forgotten gem.

Also Stranded seems to be getting great reviews as well but this one is still EA, we'll have to wait and see.

This dev is seriously underrated in my book, there's been nothing but consistently good-to-great output from them for the past 15 years. (Haven't played any of their earlier games, can't vouch for those).

 

[Raghar]

Xenonauts 2 couldn't pick a worse time to release tbh. Only 4 days after JA3, unless they have insider info that this game is so short, that people will beat it in 4 days and will yearn for more of similar stuff.

Is it actually interesting. Because if it's just a Xenonauts mk2 and just a rehash of few other games glued together without theirs own effort. Who would care about half baked game made by people with low programming skills?
On the positive side, just because people would pony money for JA3, that doesn't mean they wouldn't pony money for Xenonauts 2.

Just game development should be about art, and about making games that developer wants to play. If this is just made to earn money, who cares.

Frankly, Epic would have as promo Murder by Numbers for free at that time as well. So, that would be also competitor. OK main character is brownie, there are people with weird rainbow hair colors. But, it's for free so why not try it. Xenonauts... Well, if you played 1 is there any innovation or some reason to play 2?
And with JA3 is there sex drugs and violence, or is it just a cash grab that uses names of previous games to earn bigger profit?

 

[Fargus]

The game is already pirated.

Well, GOG is a very useful platform hehe. Thanks polish bros.

Btw for those who used I.M.P., how is character creation in this game?

 

[bobocrunch]

 

[Stavrophore]

The game is already pirated.

Well, GOG is a very useful platform hehe. Thanks polish bros.

Btw for those who used I.M.P., how is character creation in this game?

You should thank russian torrent scene.

 

[Raghar]

This game has strong anti-piracy feature. It's about 15 GB big, and I'm missing HDD space.

 

[Modron]

The size of it is pretty nice actually everyother new big release is 100-150 gigs these days.

 

[Raghar]

The size of it is pretty nice actually everyother new big release is 100-150 gigs these days.

And only 4 hour to download.

 

[Readher]

Multiplayer working perfectly fine for me and my friend. The optimization is weird, my friend has a worse PC yet 100+ FPS while I'm chugging at 40-60.

It's fun to play so far, though it's certainly no JA2 1.13.

 

[Fargus]

Raghar needs to cough up some shekels for better storage device. And faster internet.

 

[Ghulgothas]

Working through it right now, about done with the tutorial island. The first few sectors there are pretty bad when it comes to constrained environments, but the Final Fort is a pretty neat little vignette of possibility, planning and set-up.

Eager to see if there's more setpiece environments like that in the game proper.