DSOGaming writes: "Jagged Alliance Online, the next part of the legendary turn-based strategy series with a full-fledged multi-player mode, is leaving closed beta testing today. The game’s publisher, gamigo, would like to thank all the testers for the feedback and is now inviting all players to to experience the quality of the thrilling PvE missions and PvP matches first-hand during the open testing phase."
Jagged Alliance started in the 90’s but has been brought back to life again with Jagged Alliance Online. Classic turn based gameplay with modern day mechanics and looks. Creating a group of Mercenaries to take up over 80 challenges across the globe.
"I’ve always enjoyed turn based games but it is always hard to find one that you really enjoy and can also sink your teeth into. Jagged Alliance Online offers a little something for everyone who are fans of this genre. There immense challenges to take on, PvP to indulge in and then the customization and RPG elements."
411mania - Jagged Alliance Online is such a nutty game to write about because it's a "freemium" game within a genre that had been more or less abandoned in the past few years. We see plenty of runners, jumpers, climbers, shooters, tower defense, MOBAs, MMOs, action-RPGs but a revival of a turn-based strategy franchise? Stranger things have happened in the free-to-play realm (like that browser-based Universal Monsters MOBA that's been in open beta for a while now), so I booted up the title with a relatively open mind.
Jagged Alliance Online (JAO) is the latest incarnation of the Jagged Alliance series and is made available on the Steam platform. It has been around since the DOS era. This recent transference has given the longstanding series a boost as seen on forum chatter, especially amongst the more nostalgic players. Even when one removes the sentimental rose-tinted glasses, one can see that JAO is part of a new generation revolution. Free-to-play (F2P), browser-based gaming with solid 3D graphics engines (take a bow, Unity 3D plug-in) all make for positive features in JAO and offer lots of excitement at first look. That said, there are problems that Cliffhanger Productions need to work out if this game is going to live up to its predecessors and its revolutionary potentials.
