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i honestly don't get the discussion on the portraits that pops up again and again. in JA2, as far as we can see it, we see the face, neck and a bit of the shoulders. If you look at the JA2 portraits you can roughly categorize it: - Military --> Ivan, Igor, Len, Fidel - Office --> Buns, Grunty, Stephen, Sidney - Plain-clothed --> Lynx, Ice, Hitman, Red, Magic - Work-related --> Dr. Q, Cliff, Trevor And than there is a bunch i can't just see good enough to categorize. In-game it was just diffirent coloured pants, t-shirts and tank-tops. So how we percieve the JA2 characters is mostly dialogue, flavour text and personal memory (like how well prepared they were and having the right gear up for a war zone). For JA3 references are being made about mercenary movies. In each and every single one of those movies the mercenaries are under equipped for a warzone especially armor wise. Because if you put em all in full military gear you loose the personalities. I think most of the portaits i've seen in JA3 can be categorized the same way as JA2. For me only one of them stands out negatively and that's Magic, looking like a 70's pimp or something.

I'm looking forward to this game. As much so that i'm buying it on launch and not waiting for a sale.

i would go for an IMP character and M.D. for sure. at one point i would to hire Scope. can't actually believe that Sidney is more expensive than Shadow...

i came acros this: Classified: France '44 op Steam (steampowered.com) looks nice, haven't found any gameplay footage yet, just the screenshots

Two of my favourites are Jack 'Postie' Durham and Herman 'Turtle' Regents. I kinda wonder what the reasoning was for putting Mouse on the roster.

that's cool, what do you think of the result Grim

I like how it looks so far and am confident that i's will be dotted and t's will be crossed before launch. The devs seems to try to do right by the Jagged Alliance legacy, albeit that legacy is somewhat tarnished over the last few years. They seem to put in a lot effort to whipe that slate clean. It's not going to be a JA2 v1.13 #3 but it's going to be JA3. I hope it will be well recieved on it's release and that it is going to be a solid fundament where can be expanded upon.

I have a question which i can't really seem to find the answer for. Are the voices of Ice, Magic and Len done by the same voice actor?

We already had a topic for this one: Do you have a favorite merc? (JA1, JA2, Wildfire, etc..) - Page 2 - General Discussion - Jagged Alliance Community Since i haven't replied on the topic i will do it here instread. In no particular order: - M.D. - Ice - Raven

just wanted to share: All JA2 characters remade at higher quality using AI! : JaggedAlliance (reddit.com) spoiler alert nearly not all characters though

Thanks for sharing @Wigen, the article mentions: Its roster of 40 mercs are all fully voiced, with personalities that may clash against each other. And, in the spirit of the original games, they're hired diegetically—this time through an early 2000s version of the internet. The strategy layer is also classic Jagged Alliance: a dynamic map that tracks and simulates both the missions you deploy your mercs on, and the enemy force's attempts to retake what was once theirs; where intel you find in missions can provide hints at where and when to go to discover sidequests and opportunities. So great news i should say.

oh how i wonder 🙂

August 26th, that qualifies as soon right

So i played through Hard West 2, and i wonder if you can get the friend status on all allies in a single playthrough? Very entertaining game, like the atmosphere. It pushes you in a particular kind of playstyle when you want to get the most out of each mission (side objectives). i can see that for some people this could gamebreaking, i however got weirdly competetive. Also wished there would we some kind of newgame+ where you could play through the game again with all the cards you collected and the cool weaponry.

doesn't nature always provides inspiration, thanks for sharing.

I have it on my radar for so long, but i don't dare to buy it. I always get the feeling it's to complex.

Anyone played Underrail?

This topic exploded quickly. I think everything has been said.

Warning: you must be at least 18 years old, relatively sane of mind, and have no more than two felony convictions in any given country to gain acces to this site. So far i haven't seen any of the witty and sharp dialogue in between mercenaries. But hummor is subjective and maybe some others encountered diffirent things. Still the above line gave me some hope that they will put in the 'right' kind of humor, the one that is on par with JA2. For me the thing that made JA2 special was the interactions between mercenaries and the nagging about trivial stuff as the weather, dispite being in a very serious and life threatening situation. So the mercenaries should be real characters who portray the many cultureral you speak off. But i'm kind off afraid that won't be woke in this day and age. Which for better or worse is also subjective. For me those things outweigh some of the mechanics stuff (i think).

@GODSPEED The only humor so far, that i've seen, that was on point is at 0.41 in the trailer. The red text on the A.I.M. website reads the following:

@GODSPEED why, in your opinion, is it so hard for a developer to capture the soul and heart of Jagged Alliance and what is needed to make it succeed. I hope that when the final product releases it will be open for modding. I think it is very special for the Jagged Alliance series to have (till this date) such an active community.

Just for a few days i thought i spotted something 🤪

I hope the game gets proper voice acting. That's one of the only concern i have thusfar. Trailer looks good and i have good hopes for Haemimont Games to pull Jagged Alliance into the 21st century, in a way that truly could be a reboot for the game. For me it looks like there is passion in this project and therefore being more than just a skin for X-COM.

Thanks @Kordanor, my German is very rusty, but i could understand like 20% of it (i think). I hope you're going to cover Jagged Alliance on Kordanor's Gaming Lair

There is a sign of you Biff at 1.59 in the trailer a few M.E.R.C. Survivors and character named Biff.