Jagged Alliance 3

bayo000 · 14 Jul 2023 at 08:22

Forgot about this so was surprised that this is out today. Reviews seem positive and glad to see they kept lot of merc interactions from the previous titles. Little disappointed there's no online shop to order the gear from but this could be a good thing as it will force people to use whatever they can get their hands on and have ammo for. Modding tools should be out "soon" which should be great for the game's longevity. Looking forward to what modders will do, something along the lines of JA2 1.13 will be fantastic.

Jagged Alliance 3 review: a strong sequel that aims to refresh, not merely repeat

UI niggles and a wincingly unfunny tone can’t sink Jagged Alliance 3's strong hybrid of old and new design ideas.

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Jagged Alliance 3 Review - IGN

A flexible, challenging, approachable throwback turn-based tactics game in which the only thing that feels truly dated is the humor.

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Official site

Jagged Alliance 3 – Official Website

Jagged Alliance 3 is a tactical game with role-playing elements, where you fight with the A.I.M. mercs your way to a war-torn country in Central Africa.

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GF is going out tonight so I actually pre-purchased the game to play tonight without any distractions

caff · 14 Jul 2023 at 12:17

Lots of good reviews from people who played JA2 a lot too.

I'm really looking forward to a return to old-school action points and no "to hit" %. Although I understand if you're more of a modern XCOM fan, they are releasing an optional mod that allows you to turn it on if you want. A good move, keeps both old school gamers and the millenials happy hopefully

Looking forward to playing it this weekend!

Cantankerous · 14 Jul 2023 at 12:24

Watched a bit of CohhCarnage playing it as he got early access from the Devs. Game looks really good, real old school vibes with the difficulties, choices etc.

Bubo · 14 Jul 2023 at 12:44

Naughty men, all deeeeeead.

Dastactic and Edmon seem to like it. I couldn't give a monkeys what WAB thinks of it.

bayo000 · 14 Jul 2023 at 13:38

Bubo said:
Naughty men, all deeeeeead.

Dastactic and Edmon seem to like it. I couldn't give a monkeys what WAB thinks of it.

Haha yeah, it was the last review I watched so was easy to link to. Can't really stand the guy myself.

Tombstone · 14 Jul 2023 at 13:44

Watched a few hours of the game, was enough to sell me on it, picked it up on cdkeys for £20

Mr_Sukebe · 14 Jul 2023 at 18:19

Just played the first hour. Loving it so far. Reminds me a lot of Wasteland 3, but is better looking

Paul_cz · 14 Jul 2023 at 22:41

3 hours in, enjoying it.

Do not forget to set resolution percentage when enabling DLSS. If you do not do it you will be supersampling and lose performance. And reflections should be lowered from ultra for better perf.

Tombstone · 15 Jul 2023 at 00:12

Well....played 5 hours in my first session and it flew by.

bayo000 · 15 Jul 2023 at 00:25

Played couple of hours earlier. Enjoying it so far.

VincentHanna · 15 Jul 2023 at 00:39

caff said:
Lots of good reviews from people who played JA2 a lot too.

I'm really looking forward to a return to old-school action points and no "to hit" %. Although I understand if you're more of a modern XCOM fan, they are releasing an optional mod that allows you to turn it on if you want. A good move, keeps both old school gamers and the millenials happy hopefully

Looking forward to playing it this weekend!

Did they say when?

I do love a turn based strategy...

random_matt · 15 Jul 2023 at 00:47

Do you keep the same team? Or do they die and you have to select a replacement?

Hutch · 15 Jul 2023 at 07:31

looks interesting. Is it mission based? its a little hard to tell from the video. if so how long does one take?

bayo000 · 15 Jul 2023 at 10:30

VincentHanna said:
Did they say when?

I do love a turn based strategy...

Mod for hit chance? It's already on Steam workshop, was released even before the game unlocked.

random_matt said:
Do you keep the same team? Or do they die and you have to select a replacement?

You hire mercs for certain length of time. 3 days min and 14 day max. You can offer them extension but they may refuse and leave at the end of the initial contact. Some mercs may flat out refuse to sign if they don't get on with another Merc or ask for more money. If they die you'll have to hire a replacement.

Hutch said:
looks interesting. Is it mission based? its a little hard to tell from the video. if so how long does one take?

It's one long campaign, you have to keep moving and securing more areas, training militias in strategic or important places.

Cantankerous · 15 Jul 2023 at 11:15

Has everyone created themselves as a custom merc then?

bayo000 · 15 Jul 2023 at 11:33

Not yet but will do when I get to play again

arknor · 15 Jul 2023 at 12:07

bayo000 said:
Haha yeah, it was the last review I watched so was easy to link to. Can't really stand the guy myself.

ding ding ding ding
Only takes a few videos and he seems like an annoying 4 star word of your choosing.

bayo000 · 15 Jul 2023 at 13:00

arknor said:
ding ding ding ding
Only takes a few videos and he seems like an annoying 4 star word of your choosing.

Hehe. Not watched his stuff for ages and was pleasantly surprised that he didn't do any annoying stuff in this review.

caff · 15 Jul 2023 at 15:09

Cantankerous said:
Has everyone created themselves as a custom merc then?

No, just using the stock ones from the AIM catalogue. Is it worth doing? I remember in JA2 I never really liked my custom MERC, so dunno if it's different this time around.

Loving the game, it's an excellent tactical game, plus some interesting plotlines and looting to be had.

Cantankerous · 15 Jul 2023 at 17:18

caff said:
No, just using the stock ones from the AIM catalogue. Is it worth doing? I remember in JA2 I never really liked my custom MERC, so dunno if it's different this time around.

Loving the game, it's an excellent tactical game, plus some interesting plotlines and looting to be had.

You can only have one and you don't need to pay them I believe. You go through a load of questions in creation as well which I thought was cool.

The voice chat from the premade lot is great though.

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