Jagged Alliance 3 - Open World Mercenary Strategy RPG

Jagged Alliance 3 gameplay with Splat! Let's Play Jagged Alliance 3 and check out a game where you'll lead a company of mercenaries into the mouth of hell to liberate a country definitely not for diamonds.
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[@Quoxozist]

For the record, the second game was FAR more popular than the first, was a huge upgrade as well in terms of graphics, mechanics, etc.

[@ghjong001]

Yeah, and the JA2 v1.13 mod kept the game alive for literal decades. I kept at it until my computer literally couldn't run it anymore.

[@notsoeloquent]

All true, but it never matched the atmosphere of the original.

[@thebiggestoneyouveverhad]

​@@notsoeloquent I have to agree. At the time, the first game had a dark sense of humor that really worked. I also remember the game being very difficult.

[@chitterlingsrtasty]

thats where I started. Loved it.

[@mastermaniac1911]

Yeah, I had to do a double-take with that one. XD

[@kerravon4159]

JA2 was an incredible game and is *still* the best simulation of small arms strategic action I've ever seen on a computer.

[@snippidippi]

Taking the bazooka

[@borismilojevic9795]

especially with the 1.13 mod one of my all time favorites!

[@kerravon4159]

@@borismilojevic9795 Yes, the 1.13 mod is essential, they did a fantastic job of that.

[@mathiasserpente7130]

And 2.5 Unfinished Bussiness, in general my first JA. Good times.

[@sakura7431]

Indeed

[@martinaasandersen3775]

"Unlike other strategy games such as the XCOM series, Jagged Alliance 3 will not inform players regarding the chance to hit an opponent or their responses to attack. The team believed the franchise should be about responding to unpredictable and chaotic combat situations, and an over-abundance of information may cause players to be too cautious and calculating"

[@unlustig1]

I mean, I can see value in that. I'm definitely prone to over-analyzing situations in games like that and this change could indeed lead to a different playstyle. And JA2 didn't have hitchances either. However, I bet that there will be a mod for that sooner or later :)

[@MrMeow-iq7kq]

>.>

[@eXistenZ15]

I understand that point of view, but my issue is that a shot at the hand has as many + and - as a shot at the head or torso most of the time. Then why would i ever go for the hand if a headshot is apparently the same. (played the closed beta and it didnt click for me, despite loving Xcom and other tactical turnbased games)

[@MrMeow-iq7kq]

@@eXistenZ15 i'd say a hand is harder to target than a head... so gameplay wise, its a problem since like you said... why would you target a hand over a head when its the same bonus? But otherwise that actually sounds generous. My hands are definitely smaller than my head. And I dont mean to say I have a big head!

[@martinaasandersen3775]

@@eXistenZ15 I would assume that a hand shot could disarm them or something

[@synchc]

Imagine not hiring from I.M.P. I think you missed a tab Splatty! Twenty five years of gaming and JA2 is still my fondest, and most distant, SP memory. Absolute masterpiece.

[@-NxPx-Phoenix]

thought so too, why didn't he take the personality test?

[@giampaolomannucci8281]

@@-NxPx-Phoenix noobness is the answer

[@jaroslawwasila8884]

Here i am, coming to the comment section to bitch about the lack of player avatar and poor dev decisions. Thanks. Have a much fonder outlook on what is prolly gonna be a pretty good game.

[@giampaolomannucci8281]

@@jaroslawwasila8884 it's going to suck, especially compared to JA2 it's clear enough

[@8wayz2shine]

@@giampaolomannucci8281 Ian Currie is part of the dev team for JA3. The Ian Currie who developed JA2. Not many games have the same credentials and experience behind them.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

The originial JA 1 and 2 was from Sir-tech, a legendary studio from the golden age of RPGs. Not just really hard to top that, but most things called JA were extremely disappointing too.

[@JumpCatStudio102]

This game is developed by another legendary studio (victor vran, tropico series, surviving mars) so i have high hope for this game.

[@gamingtonight1526]

@@JumpCatStudio102 Let's hope.

[@Cenot4ph]

​@Trong Hieu Nguyen they're alright, it's not like the good old 90s and early 2000s

[@rollinsomethingbutiforgot]

​@@JumpCatStudio102 we all watched the same video and this isnt the jagged alliance 3 any of us were hoping for

[@raevenrises7595]

​@@rollinsomethingbutiforgot I'm a JA2 fan and I'm excited to play this.

[@adriankoch964]

Jagged Alliance 2 + 1.13 community patch was AMAZING. Either normal or in Sci-Fi mode are great. Very satisfying inventory management.

[@anofsti]

Showing percentages in a Jagged Alliance game would be infuriating. That's one of the things I really liked was that you had to go by feeling. It makes you have to take chances and prioritize Looks like a great game, can't wait to play it. Seeing Ivan, Fidel, Ice and Tex again just makes me happy

[@disguy7059]

Very excited to see this one. Loved Jagged Alliance! Splat always has longer videos and I appreciate the in depth look at indie games. Keep up the great work!

[@KeroseneCarWash]

MASSIVE fan of the 1996 original. Still to my mind one of the best ensemble casts in a video game to date. Hard to appreciate the insane amount of work individualized voice actors take up in terms of production. Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm telling you- if the Mercs don't have their own voices, this game will be just another soulless husk. (And also like, the 8th game ruined in the series post-Wildfire.)

[@LasOrveloz]

Anything past wildfire are not worth even mentioning. Wildfire with the unofficial patches is the pinnacle of Jagged alliance.

[@KiNASuki]

For me, they must have the personality. XCOM back then is fighting enemies with meat shield, never get attach to them. JA instead is fighting enemies with friends.

[@MrBentmonkey]

Prepare to be disappointed in the lack of voices department Ace.

[@nikolambert314]

No one ever came close to same level of small details in a game.

[@veevoir]

Seems the preview version hints at voices (call with MD, Steroid "talking" before deployment but no sound) but the voice assets are not present yet. I'd expect them tho, because you are right - the cheesy one liners mercs say makes the combat 3x better!

[@kongfeet81]

I hope this stays faithful to the series

[@endlessstrata6988]

So far, pretty much.

[@skaruts]

@@endlessstrata6988 except in that it doesn't let you hire the best mercs at the beginning. Seems like it's forcing a specific progression, which is something that always hurts replayability. In JA2 it was all up to you to hire just a few great mercs or plenty of crappy mercs, or anything in between. It wasn't arbitrarily decided for you by someone else.

[@lorankaufmann2540]

Ice and Wolf were my opening Mercs in Jagged Alliance 2. Glad to see some of the old games mercs making an appearance. Especially liked seeing ol' Gus Tarballs :)

[@grodit]

Nice combo. I usually did steroid, buns and Fidel. Last one more for the lols than anything else.

[@LasOrveloz]

Ivan and Igor. then Ice and Magic. Igor shoots: "Boom! Splat!" as enemy head explodes. Ivan: "Heh. Igor, is Dolvich"

[@KiNASuki]

I'm cheap, so Grunty, Barry and Fox. Barry is infinitely cheat code, no one hate him, high int so level fast, do everything.

[@MrBentmonkey]

"you bite at ice, whos gonna feed the dawg?"

[@Ugnutz]

Buns and Barry for me

[@tehmanticore]

I'd love to see turn-based combat games like this introduce a "moving hazard" unit that moves on the battlefield after every action the characters take but before the action is resolved. They'd be things like panicked citizens, flocks of birds, cattle/horses/cars in traffic, walls of smoke, falling trees or burning cloth, etc. By default the direction they are facing/moving is completely obscured, but with higher automatic skill checks by each character ("Situational Awareness Skill" or sumthin), they can get more info about the hazard such as direction moving (i.e. possible next 3 tiles moving to), exact tile moving through, and their likely general path across the battlefield (highest skill assessment). Because the hazard moves after an action is set but before it's resolved, it could potentially move in front of the target and cause a penalty to the hit (even killing civilians), but the player or AI won't know unless they rolled high on their automatic assessment or until after they've taken the shot. It'd introduce some great realism and extra strategy into these snype vs snype fights and make them seem to have far more action going on.

[@Mgaak]

Good idea, this would create a much more lively and chaotic scenario. This could be also applied for the player characters and enemies: imagine something similar, but mix it with a mechanic of "Superhot", where only actions take time and in between them time nearly stands still.

[@KarlosJKarlos]

Never would have expected a mention of good old One F Jef (major). Learned about this series thanks to him.

[@scottcoull8747]

Man I miss ol One F Jef. Between his health problems and having two children its good to see him pop up once in a while. Snapping defeat from the jaws of victory.

[@notanm6616]

Loved Jef too! His Let's Play vids of JA2 and Silent Storm were god-tier content.

[@Titan-uy1qy]

Mr. Splattercat I would like to thank you for making these videos. I get out of work eat dinner and enjoy watching your videos. Gives me an escape from the modern day grind. Thank you so much sir. Keep up the good work. God bless. Peace

[@salonaj]

Bloody hell, this made my day. For someone who plays Jagged alliance for years, this is a video what made me happy. Thank you Splatter! Now you made me go back to JA2

[@MravacKid]

Love the "Visit Arulco" ads :) JA2 (with the 1.13 mod) is one of my favorite games of all time, and a testament to what a good community can do to the longevity of a game. I hope this edition does it justice, unlike the previous few attempts. Though, that scramble turn is something they really should have avoided... Also, any starting team that doesn't have at least a few among Igor, Ice, Blood, Thor and Wolf is doing things wrong. :)

[@jefferydraper4019]

1.13 made it a totally new game with some horribly deadly weapons.

[@Heathy87]

yeah at this point 1.13 is a whole other machine, the modding community has added an insane amount of functionality.

[@wyomingsioux]

What a hit of nostalgia! JA 1 and 2 were my favourite games in college and grad school respectively. And it looks like most of the roster from the second game has returned, albeit with a different art style. There were a number of cost efficient mercs, like Barry and Steroid, who developed relatively quickly and were deceptively good for their low level. The targeting circles are a JA convention. The smaller the radius you can achieve when adding AP to the aim action, the more assured you are of a hit. The lack of precise information was something that you just accepted back in the day. It was only later that mods added the option to view the percentage chance to hit. Looks like the devs are trying to hew to some of those old mechanics. I assume that more voice acting will be added later. Some of it, in the old games, was pretty humorous and distinctive. Steroid sounded like a Schwarzenegger-like bodybuilder. Blood Hanson was distinctly South African. I recall a character, La Malice, who had a strong Québécois accent and spoke in a funny patois. This was quite memorable to me, as I was living in Montreal at the time (where, incidentally, some of the original developers originated. Sir-Tech was a Canadian company). As for JA3’s setting, it is very much in line with the fictional banana republics of previous entries- Metavira and Arulco. “Grand chien” (“big dog”) is quite a name for a country. Fits right into the JA aesthetic.

[@mattd6931]

I loved both JA1 and JA2, but JA:Deadly Games was my favourite, specifically because it was JA1 graphics, but with multiplayer and a mission editor. Making a custom campaign with friends, or playing against them was so much fun.

[@priitraju9013]

Oh man I have been waiting for a good sequal for 20 years now. One of the most epic games I have ever played. X-Com series - great, but i really miss a good turn based tactical set in modern times without magic or aliens.

[@K3end0]

Ah, now this feels nostalgic. I remember watching your jagged alliance flashback series years ago splat. Great video as always :)

[@DavidWMiller]

I definitely would have thought that "goodbye" choice meant to execute him.

[@danfish300]

There was an article on the studios choice on not using the % indicator as part of design. It was a very considered choice to remove the frustrations of missing on 98% etc etc Not sure if I agree or not, would have to see it in practice more.

[@veevoir]

I'd rather see some indication though. Even descriptive, between "Hail Mary" and "XCOM-guaranteed sure hit"

[@souldry]

Jagged Alliance 2 is one of my most beloved games ever. I’ve literally been waiting decades for someone to make the next iteration.

[@Wikingking]

Ok, but WHERE THE F... IS LYNX?! I'm not going to play if it's missing my favorite merc. :D

[@souldry]

@@Wikingking I certainly hope that the entire roster makes a return with the addition of new faces. I’m guessing that they might have veteran merc or two make a surprise appearance for the other side.

[@THX11458]

I remember JA1 back in the 90s. I loved it so much that I secretly installed it on my computer at work so I could play it at the end of the day when everybody had left the office. Great Game!

[@Tentacl]

Man, I used to love Jagged Alliance so much. This is in my wish list and I really hope they release a good, finished product.

[@Blefiz]

Nope, jagged alliance 2 was the one which people played more

[@MHellman]

I was actually really happy when I saw this video in my feed. I loved the originals and didn't think we would see a new game in the series. Cheers.

[@user-ym9gg6mt9f]

awesome jef major shoutout, he's great. Was thinking about his lp while watching this too so I was surprised to hear you mention him.

[@Weirduniverse2]

i love this series so much. i didn't even know this was being made.

[@punsmith]

Pure nostalgia and the preview version of the game is very promising! They even nailed the cheesy humor from the past. Looking soooo forward to this! Finally a jagged Alliance 3

[@davidromeroblaya7920]

The mercs are back! I hope Haemimont did a good job because the last time somebody tried to resurrect JA, things went to hell at the speed of light. And wait a second... The Director of Operations of the Adonis Corporation is the leader of The Spartans from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri?

[@brolohalflemming7042]

yeh, Splatty also got me worried when he said "from the makers of Tropico". So now I'm wondering if ammo resupply will be via DLC and microtransactions.

[@uncle0quenchy]

@@brolohalflemming7042 no, only if you give the money in a sack to the CEO of the company

[@notanm6616]

The aiming system looks similar to how it was in JA2. You'd spend more APs to aim more, but there's never a percentage chance displayed, either. It all depended on mercs marksmanship skill, line of sight, health/gun condition, and many other factors. So that way game mechanics never give a false promise to make every shot an absolute, and also puts an emphasis on strategizing and handling more stressful combat situations better. (Until you have an entire squad with skill levels of 80-90 and over with top grade equipment, at least).

[@mrhailstone1810]

Jagged Alliance 2 is way more beloved then the first one. and rightfully so, it may be one of the best games ever made.

[@dota2fanclub]

I have this series in my steam collection but never explored. Thanks once again for your valuable exploration and time.

[@HonorableAssassins]

THIS is the splattercontent ive been missing. Nice to see you actually seem excited for a game off-stream again, channels felt very phoned in ever since you made the switch to 'after hours' streams and dayjob family friendly youtube. Now i only really pop in for videos like this, everspace 2, etc. Things i imagine youll actually enjoy. Did not disappoint.

[@thedavidalopez]

i love when it takes 3 or more min. to even start the game

[@tylermaritz1701]

A fellow man of culture I see

[@CaptHotah]

JA2 was one of the first PC games I've played. I was 15 back then. Played it for years so I'm super excited and worried for this that it might not fill that gap for me. Please be good. Nostalgia hitting hard

[@josephwade8593]

holy mother of moses thank you so much for reviewing this one, the MOMENT i saw the title i clicked and then went and added to wish list, i LOVED 1 & 2

[@agugi]

Finally. I think it's the best game ever made. I discovered it in 2002 with JA2 and JAUB. I was 30 years old at the time, and I think I played it for about 3-4 years. Then a lot of mods came out. I was still playing many of those mods until about 4-5 years ago. Now I'm 51 years old, and I can't wait to play this game. I have my MacBook with me, but when I get home, the first thing I'll do is buy this game and play it on my PC. I watched KZbin videos to see the new features. Unfortunately, it seems that creating your own character is no longer possible. I think it was a fantastic feature. Maybe it will be added later in the process, and with new mods, the game will become even better. Thank you in advance to everyone involved in its development.

[@quinceykirkland1227]

I grew up in a .45 family. My grandfather bought me a Colt Defender and my concealed weapons permit when I was 21.

[@pavelyankouski4913]

Nobody remember the greatest Jagged - "Back in action" ! The most underrated tactics !

[@Holtijaar]

I remember and frankly speaking despite it being over 10 years old it looks and plays way better than this. I think I'll replay it.

[@AllTheGoodNamesGoneReally]

I hated it from the depth of my heart!!!!!

[@reshmer3033]

@@AllTheGoodNamesGoneReally Why?

[@AllTheGoodNamesGoneReally]

@@reshmer3033 On my rig back then it ran awful, the combat was lame... Never got into it. I fear the new one is too much like Xcom from the first look of it. Or maybe I'm too old and nostalgic now...

[@reshmer3033]

@@AllTheGoodNamesGoneReally I played "Back in action" last year and I had a blast, on current rig it was no problem and put many hours into it. The new one certainly does give X-Com vibe, which I dont necesarily like aswell.

[@manio22]

Jagged Alliance 2 is my favorite game ever. Thanks Splatty.

[@SergioLeRoux]

My favorite part of Jagged Alliance was always how you could browse cool websites in-game x)

[@Trifler500]

I agree it should display a shot percentage. It can calculate based on the area of the circle filled with the enemy vs the part that isn't.

[@daddykon2344]

I'd like to see total loot drops. Whatever the enemy had, even clothes, you should get, unless you shot a rifle in half or set the enemy on fire. Looks good thow. Good vid.

[@neoachilleos6891]

I don't get why this channel only has 800k he's my favorite youtuber when it comes to games.Another great video splattercat thanks!

[@razorback0z]

Played soooo much 1 and 2. Thanks for this video, I was really hoping to get a look at 3 ASAP. Cheers.

[@PossMcLeod]

OMG I remember playing the first one of these when it first came out! So good! So many all nighters playing this game! lol. Played a bit of JA2 as well, but never even knew there was a 3! So keen to watch your vid and check it out!

[@djlim4612]

JA2 was awesome...spent an inordinate amount of time playing it during the school holidays. Sweet and simple times. Pre-ordered JA3.

[@Reoh0z]

Xcom, "95% chance to hit" Also Xcom,

[@fkfms5945]

Nice to see most of the old original JA characters still around, with some new ones. Can't wait for the release.

[@joaocspcosta]

That character description in the beginning of the game is priceless :D

[@another_blacktomcat]

Finally something that looks like an worthy successor. I loved JA2. I've already seen Ivan and Shadow, my main go tos. I hope the secret mercs are more in the line of Ira, so civilians that you can rope into the troup......wishlisted.^^

[@David-2499]

I love the slightly longer format you've been putting out recently

[@bigfish4483]

This comes totally out of the blue for me. I loved JA2 so much I even created some mods for it including alternate campaigns. Very excited to see that it is back.

[@thomasneal9291]

but... the original JA3 was complete and utter crap. This game is likely using those resources? seems a bad idea.

[@SpielkindFR]

Me yelling at the screen: "TAKE FIDEL ALREADY!"

[@Ancient-god-of-evil]

Good to see the old characters, the even got some of the original characteristics from j.a.2, like Hitman calling you ace. I really have high hopes for this game cause its a huge throwback you my youth playing J.A. and J.A.2 with my dad.

[@madhatterrx7]

Totally stoked for a new Jagged alliance, Jagged Alliance 2 is one of my favorite tactical games.

[@Kaiju-Driver]

I wasn't sold on this game until this video. Thank you for the great content.

[@DanielMarques-ie2yj]

Reminds me of the merc game Wages of War. Loved that game, especially the office set and the intelligence service.

[@madsmadsoleh8642]

yooo this brings back memories! Like Ivan carrying the whole team!! KRASHA KRASHA!

[@marcofuhrer3872]

Doesn't matter if others covered it before you, I only watch you, if it comes to new games I might be interested in!

[@Techigai]

Oh wow finally some news on this. I've had it on wishlist for a while. It's good to see you can use the I.M.P. merc again.

[@anonymousguy1794]

Loved JA2! Glad to see some of my favorite mercs are back, though I'm hoping to see Gus and Lenny later on.

[@njmfff]

My God, this series is old. I remember playing first JA game as kid on my so-called 386!

[@KiwiRaymond]

One of gaming's most memorable creations! Jagged Alliance is back baby. Woot!

[@ballenboy]

Wow, didn't expect the baldur's gate 3 turn. Seems like it could work.

[@Flusenjohnny]

I played Jagged Alliances 2 together with a friend Daylie I will never forget these times. I hope they make it a worthy successor.

[@joechernay5361]

Ahh, Ivan. "Hey Ivan, snipe that guy, will ya?" "Khorosho, khorosho."

[@Plantgrowth]

The hit percentages missing is an intentional design decision. They want you to not cherry pick shots and go with the flow, the same way older JA games did. If it's anything like the older games, the mercs will and should give you audio clues about if you are about to take an unlikely shot. I think a good compromise would be a system where the game just tells you the chance of hitting by saying High or Low when you aim. That way you'd not get a direct number but a suggestion about the odds. Should really take a peek at the I.M.P page too to make your custom mercs.

[@rachelmarie2666]

Anybody else catch the written dialogue between the guards talking about Bastien the "innocent civilian" from the beach at like 27mins in? Lol that's some cool shit. He is in fact not a good guy.

[@mikestone6078]

Oh man, I got my eyes on this since it was seriously announced. I'm trying REAL hard to not get too excited. But there's thousands of hours of fond memories playing the most demanding economics simulator based on looted weaponry ever envisioned. I'm already low-key planing my team ...

[@pedromoura1446]

the name of the country being "big dog" made me chuckle

[@kielmeakin4901]

The whole new concept of the shooting mechanics is not having % chance It changes how you play

[@LasOrveloz]

JA2 didn't have a percentage chance either, it was a cone where within the shot will land and aiming better and with better skills and better gear just made the cone narrower. Phoenix point has similiar aiming system.

[@goPJgoPJ]

I loved playing JA2 with just one stealthy merc and clearing sectors in the dark of the night.. fun times.

[@Genocidejim]

Loved jagged alliance. Can’t wait for this one cheers splatter cat

[@JujuDawg]

My man casually namedropping the Jef with one f! That name takes me right back haha

[@eckostream3541]

Cant wait for this one to come out :P That game was so ahead of its time :P

[@humanbean67]

what I find annoying is that all enemies are armed but you can rarely pick up their weapons. I can understand tho' that the guns they use in the early game are among the worst the game has to offer & also likely to be rather poor condition. Also, unless RNG only gives them 1 or 2 rounds, after which they run dry, they should all be dropping ammo. JA 1&2 was like this; early game you could gorge yourself on all the beat-up snubnose .38's you could handle AND get another 6 or 12 spare .38 cartridges to boot. There ought to be lots & lots of loot that is simply not worth your time carrying.

[@HayashiKaiji]

I remember in JA2, it was an option that you could turn on. By default it was turned off. I would imagine that it makes the run harder if the enemies didn't drop everything what they had, but I personally liked it more to have that turned on lol.

[@jefferydraper4019]

@@HayashiKaiji you get soooooo loaded up with gear after the first few game days. I liked the Urban Chaos Mod practice of just being able to sell unwanted junk onscreen for pennies on the dollar compared to hauling it around to merchants that paid more. You could get rid of just the massive amounts of junk that way.

[@LasOrveloz]

@@HayashiKaiji Not even an option. It's part of the unofficial patch 1.13 (sorta modpack) and that allowed you to turn on "drop all", even for the friendly Milita. At that point sector inventories became 10+ page monstrosities quickly.

[@Plantgrowth]

@@HayashiKaiji The original unmodded JA2 had a "Tons of Guns" option you could toggle, but I forget how it changed the game. 1.13 mod had the option to make every enemy poop out all their inventory on death.

[@MrEtheric]

@@Plantgrowth Tons of Guns just added more gun variations to the game. The FAMAS (which I loved in JA2) for example was not in the game unless tons of guns was active. The hardcore way to get guns more easily in the base game was to knock people out (by reducing all their stamina IIRC), without killing them, and then take the gun from them before they died. Seemed completely dumb to me, but the super hard core mods were build around it.

[@swordmonkey6635]

Those were HTML v1 advertising banners at the bottom of the browser window. Usually gifs for compact size (and later limited animation). Yes, nowadays that space is usually occupied by companies related to the website, but back in the day, those were primitive adds. One is a parody of AOL which was on a lot of sites back then.

[@stanislavkimov2779]

I'm happy old school beloved games are getting sequels now. The ones that look like they respect the old games.

[@Saturn2888]

Props for the Baldur's Gate shoutout! Made the game immediately now interesting to watch.

[@SirCaco]

Yeah, the fact that there's no hit chance percentage in this is absolutely wild to me. I've never seen that before in this genre. Not that I'm that well-versed in it, mind you, but still.

[@victormy8897]

I remember vividly, like it was yesterday... "Tell em'. Magic sent ya!")) And my "beginners choice" was: Shadow + Ivan. xD

[@jaroslawwasila8884]

Funny how Gontarski, after surviving aruclo, remains a "recruit" still, bet there is a reason for it but... "i forget, i forget again".

[@erichammer2751]

Several of the "recruits" survived Arulco. I guess they wanted to keep a few familiar faces in the cheap category.

[@jaroslawwasila8884]

@@erichammer2751 true, but if memory serves, M.D. was an I.M.P. scrub, imps were never the same category as A.I.M. pros... guess m feeling slightly appalled that they get to share the bag now.

[@erichammer2751]

@@jaroslawwasila8884 Nope, MD was one of the new recruits for AIM added to JA2 who didn't appear in JA1. He was, however, the second-cheapest AIM merc you could hire.

[@jaroslawwasila8884]

@@erichammer2751 ye, its been decades.

[@erichammer2751]

@@jaroslawwasila8884 Well, I cheat, I still have it installed on my HD. :)

[@renegadeleader1]

So Splatty forms a Mercenary unit and hires Duke Nukem, one of the Miami Vice, the brother from The Warriors, and Daniel Jackson from Stargate? DIS GONNA BE GOOD!

[@jefferydraper4019]

Hitman rocks!!!!! I still put Hitman in my XCOM2 games. His lines are hilarious. My son was 2 when I started playing Jagged Alliance and even he still remembers Hitmans lines when I say them now. Theres also a dynamic between Hitman, Raven, and Raider. Raider and Raven are married and were cops. Hitman was connected to the mob. He also had the hots for Raven and flirted with her on missions and Raider would make remarks about how he was going to kick his ass if he didnt stop fliting with her. Hey, you know the joke..."Why do you use a .45?" "Because they dont make a .46!"

[@Ghost-jj6ud]

Looks good! I'm predicting a pretty bumpy launch if the other games are any indication, but hopefully they stay on it and keep polishing things.

[@vforwombat9915]

"His name is Hitman Hennessey? sounds like a name i would come up with 10 years ago...." whereas now you'd call him buttman mcbuttface. you've grown so much, splatt.

[@pastfutureart]

I don't even know how many hours I sunk into JA2... glad to see the gang back in JA3. Can't wait!! I sure do hope it's worthy of the JA name and heritage...

[@misas8542]

I played Jagged Alliance 2 so much. I loved it.

[@Taikaru]

I like that they don't show percentages. In fact, if there's anything negative I saw about this, it's the HUD elements, showing cover etc. I realize folks these days are used to everything being spelled out ala XCOM remake etc., but those discarded something of the original feeling of being able to shoot anything, uncertainty of cover, hitting etc. I venture to say that's more realistic - in a real fight we wouldn't know hit and cover chances etc. Happy to see the team respecting the original DNA.

[@Skenjin]

Jagged Alliance is still a thing? Wow. I remember the first game being so hard that kid me was never able to beat even the first mission.

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for showcasing! ^^

[@PrimarchX]

This is the game, along with the actual release of Baldur's Gate 3, that I've been waiting for this year. Hope we get a 2023 release!

[@Moritz19081980]

JA2 is one of my favorite games ever. I am very sceptical tbh. But I hope for the best of course.

[@sir_micho]

I was so worried about this project since all games in this series after JA2.5 were utterly rubbish. But seeing this today I have to say that at least it's heading into the right direction. The promise is there.

[@ShadyGuy]

Hey Splatty, I think you're confusing Jagged Alliance 1 with Jagged Alliance 2 in this video. The original Jagged Alliance is a 1994 game. it didn't age very well. Then the massively popular sequel came out in 1999. In 2012 a remake of Jagged Alliance 2 called Jagged Alliance: Back In Action came out, but that didn't make a lot of waves.

[@Trifler500]

The mercs available at game start were somewhat random in the previous games as well.

[@DragonclawMakerStudio]

I love playing this game 20 years ago at least jagged alliance 2. They made jagged alliance online but it just wasn't the same thing to me. Hoping this is going to be a taste from 20 years ago.

[@jefferydraper4019]

Mods kept JA2 and JA2 Unfinished Business alive for years.

[@sachad964]

i have been waiting for this for so long, hell yeah