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I'm not sure how I feel about this
Moriveth
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SE++, most of you probably know that I am a tremendous fan of Jagged Alliance. Those games are pretty good.
Apparently at Gamescom today, they announced a new Jagged Alliance game.
Jagged Alliance Online.
A browser-based MMO.
I am fearful of Jagged Alliance becoming another Farmville or something. I don't want to see someone's facebook update telling me that they gained +2 marksmanship by training Steroid for three hours.
I realize this is completely unwarranted since it could be really cool! But dammit I love the original JA (and especially JA2) so much that any sort of change to the formula sounds bad. This must be how the rabid Fallout fans feel.
Anyway, SE++, I pose this question to you: What is it that you are completely unreasonable about being changed? It could be an adaptation of your favorite book to movie form, or a change in direction for your favorite comic. What is it that, although you realize how ridiculous being, you find incredibly difficult to accept change in?
Or, you know, talk about whatever in here.
Apparently at Gamescom today, they announced a new Jagged Alliance game.
Jagged Alliance Online.
A browser-based MMO.
Tactical Turn based Action in 3D isometric graphics with parameterized maps for fresh challenges
Management of mercenary company with extended RPG system
Synchronous and asynchronous online PvE, co-op and PvP
Build up your own HQ
Players can choose to accept campaigns, which are essentially a string of missions on a specific map that need to be resolved within a given time frame.
Players can support other’s campaigns by renting mercenaries for a certain amount of time and can also bolster their roster by using their ally’s mercs.
The game can be played as a normal browser game, managing mercenaries and sending them on missions or players can dive into the action on the tactical map, improving their chances and rewards.
The game has three core layers of gameplay:
o The tactical map, where players control their mercs directly in turn based/real time combat.
o The management level, where players run their company, rent out mercs and choose missions or campaigns as well as build up their HQ facilities.
o The social layer, where players may support or fight others on campaigns or missions.
I am fearful of Jagged Alliance becoming another Farmville or something. I don't want to see someone's facebook update telling me that they gained +2 marksmanship by training Steroid for three hours.
I realize this is completely unwarranted since it could be really cool! But dammit I love the original JA (and especially JA2) so much that any sort of change to the formula sounds bad. This must be how the rabid Fallout fans feel.
Anyway, SE++, I pose this question to you: What is it that you are completely unreasonable about being changed? It could be an adaptation of your favorite book to movie form, or a change in direction for your favorite comic. What is it that, although you realize how ridiculous being, you find incredibly difficult to accept change in?
Or, you know, talk about whatever in here.
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I think the only game that was changed that got me worried a bit was the transition from Super Metroid's side scrolling to Metroid Prime's first person perspective.
That turned out alright.
Still can't play it on the wii for some reason.
Also, I've been playing Far Cry 2 a bit, which is pretty fucking awesome
The first mini boss on Talon IV actually gave me trouble until I remembered to lead the damn wasps more.
For some reason, I was completely excited about the jump from A Link to the Past to Ocarina of Time without any reservations.
I've played it before, and yeah, it is something wonderful
a surprisingly fun game too!
pretty soon they'll be making MMOs into MMOs
putting pay-to-play games inside games you already pay to play
WoW is already charging 3 extra dollars a month for an iphone application that manages your auctions
soon there will probably be arcade games you feed virtual quarters into, to play. I mean you'll get achievements and maybe a mount for them right
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I've never been able to play it, but I want to. It has a dedicated swear button, it has to be good.
yes. its a real thing. apparently your 15 dollars a month just isn't enough to manage a simple iphone app
Well part of me is happy for Blizzard for somehow being able to make money regardless of the silliest goddamn things
but the other part doesn't understand why people keep paying for these things that make Blizzard come up with those sort of things in the first place
i'm not a consumer whore, but only because i don't have any money anyway.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
I mean it'll probably be shit and I won't play for long
but I will still try it
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Seems like a good idea to me, I mean you can have a persistent game world with player interaction playing a large part in how you play the game.
I really think ID is selling people on the idea that a browser based game doesn't have to be "farmville"
I've never played Jagged Alliance, what's it about?
This is a dumb thing to say. Why should the medium matter if it functions the same way? It's not like Jagged Alliance wouldn't be perfectly manageable in a browser format.
I think you mean 4chan.
Basically a turn-based strategy game with some money management elements
you have to find a place to make money (In JA1 it's tapping sap from valuable trees, in JA2 it's various gold/silver mines around the country), and use that money to buy mercenaries. Getting a mercenary isn't a one-time fee either, you have to pay them on a daily, weekly, or biweekly basis.
In JA1 it was even more complex because you had to 'prove yourself' to some mercs before they'd work for you, so you'd always start out with crappy dudes. Also, some mercenaries hate each other and will quit or kill each other if you make them work together.
I am doing a bad job at explaining this, but it's a really good series of games with a ton of personality in them.
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They are a bit hard to get into, though. Especially JA2, which is a bit more involved combat-wise than JA1 is.
Indeed http://www.gog.com/en/search/sort/search/jagged%20alliance
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True enough. I guess with enough time the Internet might spew forth a browser game that isn't a horrible abomination.
And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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