Game News Jagged Alliance: Flashback on Steam Early Access

[Whisky]

Tags: Full Control; Jagged Alliance: Flashback; Kickstarter; Steam Early Access



Jagged Alliance: Flashback is now out on Steam Early Access. The Early Access Beta includes the first sectors of the game, including quests and enemies. The Campaign Editor is included as well.

You can read more on the Kickstarter Update Page.

 

[Markman]

Thats how you do a trailer. So much awesome

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

I didn't expect the Movie Trailer Guy to be on this one.

 

[commie]

This is the game Hobgoblin should have made.

 

[sser]

Did not expect that price-tag. Hopefully it actually has more content and gameplay than I expected, too.

 

[Oesophagus]

I like how they're using the 1.13 mod in the trailer .

And shit, this might turn out to be good

 

[Sensuki]

Ahahaha great trailer.

 

[Eyeball]

Was about to dismiss this as yet more rape of the corpse of a titan, but it appears that Shanga of Bears Pit fame endorses it. That actually seems very promising. Still not going to buy a halfmade game for 40 lolbucks.

 

[Ninjerk]

Was about to dismiss this as yet more rape of the corpse of a titan, but it appears that Shanga of Bears Pit fame endorses it. That actually seems very promising. Still not going to buy a halfmade game for 40 lolbucks.

Don't give in just yet

 

[Hoaxmetal]

Yes, we are indeed asking for a lot of money. And that’s just for the Early Access. We’d love to ask for less, but we cannot. Jagged Alliance: Flashback was kickstarted on Kickstarter. And we have our principles: We won’t fool those who backed us, who supported us. The price for access to the Beta was as high as the amount of money we are asking for here on Early Access. Anyways: Due to the history of the game we have to ask for that price. And we will never betray those who believed in us right from the very beginning.

Early access price is same as kickstarter one for beta access so there's that.

Will keep an eye on this, hoping for a game worthy of D1P. Meanwhile, JA2 1.13 is better than ever.

 

[Eyeball]

Yes, we are indeed asking for a lot of money. And that’s just for the Early Access. We’d love to ask for less, but we cannot. Jagged Alliance: Flashback was kickstarted on Kickstarter. And we have our principles: We won’t fool those who backed us, who supported us. The price for access to the Beta was as high as the amount of money we are asking for here on Early Access. Anyways: Due to the history of the game we have to ask for that price. And we will never betray those who believed in us right from the very beginning.

HahahahahahahaFUCKYOU!

 

[Sensuki]

Every other Kickstarter has done the same. It's the rule of thumb.

 

[Eyeball]

Rule of thumb up your asshole, you mean.

 

[Infinitron]

lol, people who complain about PC game prices in 2014

 

[Shannow]

Always love kids who bitch about having to pay a lot for the "honor" of beta-testing a game instead of a little. In my time beta-testers were paid (not much but anyway) for their services.

Anyway, the trailer was really so stupidly cheesy, it was great fun.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

lol, people who complain about PC game prices in 2014

Yeah, when the begthread exists, right?

 

[Eyeball]

So, are they going to copypaste the JA2 mercs onto this one? I can't really imagine a smalltime studio writing and voicing the huge number of mercs JA2 had all over again and do 1/10th as good a job as Sirtech did.

Shadow Company did a pretty good attempt at merc personality writing and voicing, although the mercs in that game were a bit more "realistic" and thus often veered towards the callous or downright creepy.

 

[SuicideBunny]

i take it nobody here has pledged or played it?

 

[Infinitron]

i take it nobody here has pledged or played it?

bonescraper

 

[Haba]

So, are they going to copypaste the JA2 mercs onto this one?

RPS: You’ve probably been asked this many times before – and I think I might even have asked you this before myself – but do you have any of the original voice actors? I imagine they’re scattered far and wide.

Lund: We don’t have any of the original ones. We investigated where they are and, unfortunately (for us), a lot of them are now voice actors in Hollywood, which makes them very expensive to hire!

RPS: I thought you were going to say, ‘one of them runs a shrimping boat, one of them is a barista in Portland’.

Lund: No, they’re real voice actors now! It’s crazy

 

[Eyeball]

So, all new cast of characters? I hope so. I don't think I'd be able to stand having Magic be voiced by somebody else since his voice is the coolest in the game (incidentally also voiced Saxx from Wiz8 and several characters in Deus Ex: HR.)

 

[Oesophagus]

(incidentally also voiced Saxx from Wiz8 and several characters in Deus Ex: HR.)

and:

 

[Eyeball]

Pleased to see Sirteccian hammy voice acting lives on in modern cinematic masterpieces.

 

[Explorerbc]

There are already a few SJW threads in the steam forums regarding both the banner and store page images. Not sure if trolling or not

 

[Whisky]

So, has anyone actually tried it? Does it live up to JA2, or at least stand on its own?