Jagged Alliance: Back in Action Interview

GamerSheep interviews head of product management Stephan Barnickel on the upcoming remake of Jagged Alliance 2, thought the answers are all succinct and not very informative.

– From what I understand, the current JA in development is a remake of JA2. Why did you go the remake route and not do a full-blown third ‘˜sequel’?

That’s right. Jagged Alliance: Back in Action is a remake of JA2 with a few variations from the original and of course a new approach for the combat system. In our point of view JA2 was nearly a perfect game. The complexity of the game has been considered the standard for the genre and is it still. We think that with Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, we can reach the older fans as well as younger people who have heard about the game, but never actually played it.

The set up of a new version of the same game gives us the chance to get a deeper view in the functionality of the JA2, which provides us with the knowledge for a worthy successor, meaning JA3.

(…)

– And last but not least- will the Aliens make a return?

No. We remember the big outcry when the Sci Fi mode was implemented back in the days of JA2 and decided that we also wanted to go with a more realistic and straight out military themed setting.