Reviews:
English:
Wertung: 8.0 / 10
„Meeting Jagged Alliance: Back in Action head on and with an open mind will show you a tremendously enjoyable strategy game; one that will keep you entertained for weeks on end.”
Wertung: 7.5 / 10
„Once I got into a mission I found it hard to stop until all my plans worked out, and even defeat often had me immediately coming back to try again.”
Wertung: 8 / 10
„Plan your actions carefully, but don’t think you can predict the future.”
Wertung: 8 / 10
„I would definitely recommend this game to anyone who enjoys strategy games with a large amount of micromanagement.”
German:
Rating: 8.0 / 10
“Oh dear me! I was doubtful to start with. A re-make in real time; can it work? And how!”
“[…] Because it’s just such fun to create your own team, devise a complex plan, and then launch the perfect attack. There’s no greater praise for a remake!”
Rating: 8.0 / 10
“I am almost totally happy and delighted with the end result that has just been published.”
“The worry that some game complexity would be lacking in this new title was entirely unfounded.”
Rating: 79 / 100
“There’s hardly another title currently jostling in the marketplace that delivers the same game feel.”
“Any gamer who is a tactical player to the core is bound to fall in love with this game.”
Rating: 73 / 100
“Because the Plan & Go mode works, because there is a vast selection of mercs and weapons, and because I have been busy trying to liberate Arulco for weeks.”
Rating: 73 / 100
“[…] The fights are simply too exhilarating and the breathtaking excitement and feeling of joy after well-planned and then successful missions is just too great.”
Rating: 71 / 100
“Just because the turn-based strategy isn’t included doesn’t make this title any easier!”
Rating: 7 / 10
“The well-designed and executed actions and quests are sheer delight [...]”
Rating: 7.0 / 10
Rating: 72 / 100
“The "Plan & Go" combat system controls work really well, and the graphics and sound are also superb!”
- “The Plan and Go System proves to be key, and is a great feature and is very easy to use.”
- “Jagged Alliance: Back In Action looks to be very promising and it was a pleasure to play.”
- “Jagged Alliance: Back in Action is enough of a revamp that it should satisfy veterans and newbies alike when it lands in February next year.”
- “Back in Action has taken the game where Sir-Tech would have wanted the franchise to be today […]”
- “It’s both simple and complex […]”
- “[...] if you’re looking for a strategy game that’s unapologetically old-school with its punitive design and intense tactical gameplay, it might be time to take the mercs out again.”
Gamescom 2011 Previews:
- „Overall Jagged Alliance: Back in Action makes a really good impression, but its modern approach and look could frighten off fans of the legendary predecessor. We particularly liked the action-timeline, as it allows us to tweak and devise perfectly executed attacks.“
- „We were pretty amazed when the press report announcing the postponement of the game arrived in our inbox. We were all the more excited at the game presentation. After some difficulties at the start of the game, we were shown a familiar, beautiful Arulco, which we had first seen several years ago. The modern 3D engine is of course remarkable, and allows the island world to shine with a new brilliance.
Meanwhile, developers Coreplay have also gone to great pains to polish the somewhat dusty original game to a high shine. The actual game principle remains untouched apart from the new Plan & Go feature. Despite abandoning the classic turn-based combat, there are still enough of the original tactical elements of the game left. Various hit zones, a field of vision, lack of ammo and an active cloaking system ensures that you, the player will really have your work cut out before Arulco can return to the pleasant and sunny island state it once was. In any case, bitComposer Games is really back in business with this remake!“
- „I more I saw of Jagged Alliance, the more the game grew on me. I had already played Frozen Synapse, but felt no particular urge to play the game for very long, and stopped fairly soon after starting. Embedded in a plot and a wider context, the combat system is certainly much more fun. Naturally, the multi-genre skill also wins you over with its sheer variety, and promises to keep boredom very much at bay. With 30-60 hours of gameplay for the first playthrough, there’s certainly a lot to do, but I can’t wait for more, and am eager to have a closer look when the game is released in Q1 2012.“
- „Overall, this presentation reassured me; although I had already bid the series a long farewell after the first announcements, I now get the feeling that JAGGED ALLIANCE: BACK IN ACTION could be really fun again. We will of course have to wait for the end product, but in Q1 2012 we may once more get to love our mercs and cry our eyes out when Shadow, Gus and Ivan die in an ambush.“
- „First impression: satisfactory “although compared to the original, the game has been downsized or simplified to a certain extent, the game still offers enormous tactical depth.“
- „It is questionable whether Jagged Alliance: Back in Action can really rival the 1999 classic, but this could be because, for the die-hard fans of the game, practically any modernization or changes to the weak points in the original would lead to the loss of the flair that is typical to the title. However, it is a good, contemporary alternative to the classic game, with superb visuals. The Plan & Go system may perhaps seem unfamiliar, but still deserves to be given a chance, particularly as it can generate the game events much more quickly and this, along with the other improvements, makes this a worthy remake.”First impression: good
AWARD (Nomination) June 2011:
Interviews: June 2011:
Previews: May/June 2011
Gamestar, Mai 2011
- “I’m crazy about the new, old Jagged Alliance! This early version is already packed with a searing and intense combat atmosphere”
Gamersglobal.de, June 2011
- “Jagged Alliance: Back in Action could become a very worthy, contemporary remake of the tactical classic that is incredible fun to play… and that would be no easy feat”
Gameswelt.de, June 2011
- “(…) there’s a good chance that seasoned tactical and strategic gamers will again be facing a real challenge with a touch of nostalgia after such a long time. I’m so excited, and can’t wait for October, because an ultra-modern Jagged Alliance has been on my wish list for ages.”
E3 Previews: June 2011
destructoid.com, June 2011
- “Now, a bit of a stink was raised last year when it was announced that Back in Action would drop the original’s turn-based combat. Trust me, this doesn’t make the game any less tactical.”
gameshark.com, June 2011
- “As a fan of the old JA, I liked what I saw (…)”
rpgfan.com, June 2011
- “As mentioned above, it feels like Baldur’s Gate, which is a compliment to this remake.”
gamespot.com, June 2011
- Nominated by Gamespot’s editors for “Best of E3” in the Strategy Genre
GameZone, June 2011
- ”The new features keep things fresh and exciting”
Gaminglives, July 2011
- “On course for a late 2011 release, Jagged Alliance has the potential to offer armchair generals the ideal theatre of war. Coming right over, sir.”
Gamescom-Previews, 22.08.2010
Interview regarding Jagged Alliance, 17.04.2010
