Like many games on this list, Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge underwent a troubled development, which concluded in a strange and dubious release. However, it also features a bad AI, frustrating gameplay and a bunch of bugs. But since GFI had no rights on the IP anymore, the game was renamed.Īnd how does it play? – The very first impression is “JA2 with a new graphic engine”. This game was originally developed to be Jagged Alliance 3D. What we got in the end was Jazz: Hired Guns, later renamed to Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge. In the end, no official sequel or remake were developed by GFI and Strategy First withdrew the rights on the Jagged Alliance franchise from GFI. To cut a long and strange story short: Things went horribly wrong. These two games were supposed to be Jagged Alliance 3, a sequel to JA2, and Jagged Alliance 3D, a remake of JA2, just with better graphics. In the mid-2000s, Russian developer GFI was commissioned to develop two Jagged Alliance games by the IP holder of the Jagged Alliance franchise, Strategy First. While the engine was modified to support higher resolutions, it was nevertheless absolutely outdated when WF came out. It’s main issues are the somewhat unbalanced gameplay, the rather large number of bugs and the fact that it runs on the JA2 engine.
version 6, which is a different commercial release.version 5, which is a commercial release.old releases ≤ version 4, which are free mods.There are three different releases of WF: maps, weapons, mercs), the story remains unchanged.īecause of severe problems between the developer and the publisher (Strategy First, Zuxxez Entertainment), two different commercial versions of this are floating around: v5 and v6, which are completely incompatible: v5 can’t be upgraded to v6 and v6-specific patches can’t be applied to v5.Īs with JA2 Gold, things are a bit confusing here. While the engine and the game’s content were altered (e.g. The final game isn’t a true sequel to JA2 and feels more like a remake. What started as a free mod for JA2 eventually became a commercial project. Jagged Alliance 2 Stracciatella continued continued (since 2016) Jagged Alliance 2 Stracciatella continued (2013-2016)
Jagged Alliance 2 Stracciatella (2006-2013) Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business (2001) Welcome to the timeline of the Jagged Alliance series! Timeline of the Jagged Alliance series Let’s find out by taking a look at all the official and unofficial Jagged Alliance games and some of the major mods in chronological order. Considering that JA2 is now almost 20 years old, makes you wonder… “Why didn’t they make another sequel?” - “What happened to the franchise?” To this day, JA2 is still regarded as the king of turn-based strategy. It got lots of attention and was rewarded with countless “game of the year” awards. Back in 1999, Jagged Alliance 2, the sequel to Jagged Alliance, was released.
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