{"id":8997,"date":"2013-04-24T09:53:12","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/?p=8997"},"modified":"2013-04-24T10:22:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T14:22:31","slug":"jagged-alliance-flashback-kickstarter-is-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/jagged-alliance-flashback-kickstarter-is-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Jagged Alliance: Flashback Kickstarter is Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jagged Alliance 2 is easily one of my favorite games of all time, and I know I’m not alone in this assessment. I played a long time ago (almost 14 years), but I still remember how addictive and fun its turn-based tactical system was. The tension, the\u00a0humor, the depth, the visceral experience. It was really a great game.<\/p>\n

In many ways Jagged Alliance 2 reminds me of X-COM: UFO Defense, the tactical combat part at least. But, in JA2 you control mercenaries fighting the minions of an authoritarian state, while in X-COM you play with special operatives fighting an alien incursion.<\/p>\n

Couple of weeks ago, we wrote about Full Control’s announcement<\/a> for a new Jagged Alliance game, which should be both “fresh” and “true” to the series. Well, the full title is Jagged Alliance: Flashback and Full Control, the Danish indie studio with experience in turn-based games, turns to Kickstarter<\/a> to help fund his project.<\/p>\n

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Jagged Alliance 2 - Turn-based tactical combat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As it so happens, Full Control managed to acquire the licensing rights for Jagged Alliance from bitComposer Games. But, as they say in the KS video,\u00a0have decided not to be funded by bitComposer via a traditional Publisher-Developer\u00a0scheme, so to keep its independence intact. Therefore, the Kickstarter decision.<\/p>\n

Full Control intends to stay true to what made the original Jagged Alliance games great. But, they also plan to upgrade the gameplay with the inclusion of a deeper strategic layer. There would be a clear gameplay separation into two layers: a tactical combat layer and a deeper than previously found strategy layer. So, besides choosing your next assignment and managing your squad, you’d also manage a base, add new facilities to that base, and even conduct research to unlock better weapons.<\/p>\n

The story is now set during the Cold War in the mid-1980s with a USSR vs USA showdown, on the Caribbean island group of San Christobal.<\/p>\n

Jagged Alliance: Flashback major features:<\/strong><\/p>\n