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Thanks.

 

That plan and go tactical stuff looks interesting enough.

 

My guess though is it's a linear mission-based game rather than the free-form dynamic campaign of Jag 2. Which would eliminate most of the strategic aspects from the gameplay. For me it was the blend of tactical and strategic elements that made Jagged Alliance 2 (and XCOM) such winners.

 

Mission-based games kind of leave me cold.

 

Still, I enjoyed FO Tactics well enough, so I'll keep an eye on this.

 

If it does come out, it'll probably be a half-price b-level title anyway, so it might be worth buying even if its not great.

 

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My other big concern is that they won't have any of the personality of the JA series. It's tough to gauge that with a video, but the portraits alone lack the charm of the previous games.

 

Character personality and beautiful (for pixel art) portraits were great in previous Jagged Alliance games. Like... Conrad "obviously I didn't train 'em" with cheesy french accent or how certain NPCs don't get along. JA2 had a long list of NPCs and I think I would have liked to see more about those characters in "real" tactical CRPG.

 

JA2 had that same flair as original Baldur's Gate. Characters barely said anything (or had interaction with each other )and player had to fill the gaps. Thus often leading better characters then developers actually created ;)

 

New Jagged Alliance.. maybe from the Steam holiday sales.

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There are a few folks from the Silent Storm crew working on this, if I remember correctly, or they are using a modified engine from Silent Storm.

 

That was the previously cancelled JA3. Jagged Alliance: Back in Action is a different game entirely.

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I still think that 1999 vegas trailer was the best and they should have just released that instead of the new one. So nope, didn't bought it (yet? Maybe if it gets cheaper one day).

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*deciding not to use Morgoth's dodgy website, and despite the review scores, and the epically long load times, Nightshape purchased DNF*

 

I expect it to rawk! Like Ozzy! Old, decrpid, and having seen the abyss and survived!

 

Always bet on Duke!

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the demo was pretty stupid. and - Duke can carry only two weapons at a time? wth? :lol:

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Duke's animation looks awful... they shouldn't have included mirrors in the game

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the demo was pretty stupid. and - Duke can carry only two weapons at a time? wth? :lol:

Just shows that these days, Commander Shepard kicks Duke's ass.

 

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Just shows that these days, Commander Shepard kicks Duke's ass.

 

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I was struggling to understand ths until I noticed you are from Finland. And having been educated solely by mkreku in this respect I am convinced that Finland essentially IS the wh40k universe.

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I expect it to rawk! Like Ozzy! Old, decrpid, and having seen the abyss and survived!

 

Ozzy hasn't produced anything worthwhile in a while unfortunately :*

So Duke will relate to Serius Sam the way Ozzy relates to Br
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I expect it to rawk! Like Ozzy! Old, decrpid, and having seen the abyss and survived!

 

Ozzy hasn't produced anything worthwhile in a while unfortunately :*

So Duke will relate to Serius Sam the way Ozzy relates to Br

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ArmAIII demo is friggin amazing

I'm so buying this game the first day it's out

 

Pretty. Time to get Arma II on my new machine and see if it runs decently.

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