It’s not quite the same as creating and customising your troops in XCOM, but it’s affecting nonetheless. This combined with the perma-death element is borderline genius, as it almost immediately forms a connection to the individual character. Interestingly, almost every mercenary I took on a mission had their own personality, name, fully voiced responses to NPCs and reactions. You can hire between four and six per mission, and it’s ideal to have a good spread of skills and abilities. More experienced mercenaries come with higher attributes, and more skills and abilities, but cost more initially. You select a group from a handful of premade mercenaries from archetypes such as engineers, medics, snipers, explosives specialists and assault experts. In the preview I was given $30,000 to put a squad together. I’ve recently been saying though a preview build that offers a deep dive into all elements of the gameplay, even with a handful of assets that are yet to be added. You’re part of A.I.M, a mercenary outfit who puts together teams of hired guns for deadly missions though active war zones across the world. Sure you can opt to modify the difficulty, and there’s a suite of options to tailor the challenge, but the default mode is perma-death and autosave all the way.

Then go out and explore Grand Chien as you meet new people, earn money, grow your team, and ultimately make your own decisions that will decide the country’s fate.Jagged Alliance 3 is a hybrid of stealth and exploration, and XCOM-style turn-based combat that refuses to coddle you in any way. In Jagged Alliance 3, select from a huge cast of mercenaries all with their own unique personalities, quirks, and backstories. Now, the President’s family has pulled together all their resources, including an arrangement with the powerful Adonis corporation, to hire a group of skilled mercenaries tasked with finding the President and bringing order back to the country. Grand Chien, a nation of rich natural resources and deep political divides, is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and a paramilitary force known as “The Legion” seizes control of the countryside.

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