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  • Jagged Alliance 3 and Xenonauts 2

    From Metal Guru@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 18 20:58:44 2023
    Anybody looking forward to these two games? JA2 is one of my all time
    favorites and initial reviews of JA3 have been very positive so far.

    I didn't much care for the first Xenonauts, I found it pretty dull and
    quit after a few hours. I might give it another go while I wait for the
    prices of both games to drop, though.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 19 08:13:32 2023
    On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:58:44 -0400, Metal Guru <MetalGuru@IsItYou.com>
    wrote:

    Anybody looking forward to these two games? JA2 is one of my all time >favorites and initial reviews of JA3 have been very positive so far.

    I didn't much care for the first Xenonauts, I found it pretty dull and
    quit after a few hours. I might give it another go while I wait for the >prices of both games to drop, though.

    Not particularly, but I say that with a good deal of regret.

    The "Jagged Alliance" games are a franchise I just never could get
    into. I think that is largely because - when they were new - I was
    burnt out playing so much X-Com, and this made me look more harshly on
    the JA games than they deserved. The series felt like a clunkier, less imaginative version of Microprose's titles. It's not a fair
    assessment, but that's how I felt at the time, and I've never been
    entirely able to overcome that initial impression.

    "Xenonauts" /was/ a clunkier, less impressive version of "X-Com", and
    it had the bad luck to be released around the same time as I was
    replaying (or at least trying to replay) the UFO series, which were
    also shallow retreads of X-Com. It looked exceptionally poor compared
    to the newer X-Com games too which - for all their faults - added some much-needed excitement and visual polish to the genre.

    But in truth, the "Jagged Alliance" and "Xenonauts" franchises are
    fine... if you really dig the old-school tactical RNG combat of the
    originals and want more, more, more! of the stuff. Myself, while I can appreciate the genre it never had all that much draw for me. I can
    play them here and there, but it's not the sort of thing I get really
    excited about. I may eventually give JA3 and X2 a look; I may even
    like the games. But I'm not waiting on tenterhooks for their release.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Metal Guru on Wed Jul 19 08:15:10 2023
    On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:58:44 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Metal Guru wrote:

    Anybody looking forward to these two games? JA2 is one of my all time >favorites and initial reviews of JA3 have been very positive so far.

    I didn't much care for the first Xenonauts, I found it pretty dull and
    quit after a few hours. I might give it another go while I wait for the >prices of both games to drop, though.

    JA3 looks good. Looks like they kept the spirit of the series. Turn-based tactics are a favorite of mine.

    Still have to wade into Wasteland 3 first though.

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  • From Ross Ridge@21:1/5 to MetalGuru@IsItYou.com on Wed Jul 19 14:55:33 2023
    Metal Guru <MetalGuru@IsItYou.com> wrote:
    Anybody looking forward to these two games? JA2 is one of my all time >favorites and initial reviews of JA3 have been very positive so far.

    I was really tempted to pre-order Jagged Alliance 3, but I still need
    to get a video card for my new PC so I can play modern games and recent unexpected expenses have put that off even further. Aside from that I
    promised myself to try to make a dent in my video game backlog this summer
    by playing older less demanding games that wouldn't heat my room as much.

    I didn't much care for the first Xenonauts, I found it pretty dull and
    quit after a few hours. I might give it another go while I wait for the >prices of both games to drop, though.

    I liked it better than the Firaxis XCOM games, though it's a bit dry.
    I'll pick up Xenonauts 2 eventually, but not while its still in early
    access. From the sounds of things there's still a fair bit about the
    game that's unfinished.

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  • From Metal Guru@21:1/5 to Ross Ridge on Wed Jul 19 14:42:20 2023
    On 7/19/2023 10:55 AM, Ross Ridge wrote:
    Metal Guru <MetalGuru@IsItYou.com> wrote:
    Anybody looking forward to these two games?

    I liked it better than the Firaxis XCOM games, though it's a bit dry.
    I'll pick up Xenonauts 2 eventually, but not while its still in early
    access. From the sounds of things there's still a fair bit about the
    game that's unfinished.

    Yeah, I didn't realize it was still in early access.

    These delays are wild though - Xenonauts 2 was announced more than 7
    years ago, definitely not a good sign. They're approaching GTA6/TES6
    levels of development time and are now saying at least 9 months to a
    year before full release. And the game doesn't even look all that
    different from the first one graphically and gameplay wise, either.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Metal Guru on Fri Jul 21 10:13:33 2023
    On 19/07/2023 01:58, Metal Guru wrote:
    Anybody looking forward to these two games? JA2 is one of my all time favorites and initial reviews of JA3 have been very positive so far.

    I didn't much care for the first Xenonauts, I found it pretty dull and
    quit after a few hours. I might give it another go while I wait for the prices of both games to drop, though.


    I have looked a Xenoauts but my impression was that it was basically
    XCom with a smaller budget. As I still haven't finished that I thought
    there's no point in buying Xenoauts as well.

    JA 3, that interests me more, even though I've not played 1 or 2, just a
    bit too pricey at the moment so it's gone onto the wishlist.

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