I lost count of how many revive attempts were there over Jagged Alliance. This one is convincing, though, at least at a first glance.
I finished both Jagged Alliance 1 as a kid, and Jagged Alliance 2 as a teenager, but honestly, I don’t remember much.
They brought many of the fan favorite mercenaries, like Ivan, Scully and Shadow. Also, each mercenary has an absolutely unique perk, in addition to common ones. And they also immidiatelly introduce the relatioship system: MD asks more money if you’ve already hired Steroid. Characters also have quips throughout the mission to reflect on certain events. And those are voiced, which is doubly impressive.
Unlike most tactics of the past 10 years, Jagged Alliance 3 doesn’t use the 2-action-points system from Xcom. Instead, each character has different number of action points available. This is pretty powerful, as Ivan, always the best starting merc, can fire two bursts from AK in a single turn.
I wanted to complain about enemies not dropping their weapons. But it makes sense, as that would be too hard to balance. And by the 3rd area I already had my entire team with AKs anyway.
And the most impressive bit is that tactics actually works. In the fight for the bunker, my squad was wiped out at first. I repositioned them, and won the fight without serious injuries.
Despite each mercenary having their own inventory, there’s one nice detail that reduces the micromanagement significantly: ammo is stored in a stash, so there’s no need to manage individual magazines.
