Glad to see Ian Currie onboard, gives me hope that this will be a worthy successor. JA2 is a hard act to follow, for any game, really. It had so much going on in a very unique, quirky, immersive design.
I, too, still play JA2 once or twice a year for the past 20-odd years, usually with one mod or another. I've played hundreds of hours of JA:BiA, too, and although the combat/tactical game is decent the JA2 soul just isn't in there. It is close, but no cigar.
Really looking forward to a new, more worthy successor. Please make it at least somewhat easy to mod so that we can enjoy this new addition for years to come, too.