Ludography
44/100
Players7 ratings
52/100
Metacritic10 critic reviews
More scores
Metacritic usersuser score
42/100
GameFAQsJust Right
3.25/5
Player reviews
38% positive431 reviews
Steam Deck
Playable
Runs on
Windows, Mac, Linux
Price
US$19.99

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2014 · Indie · Role-playing

Jagged Alliance: Flashback

Jagged Alliance is back - and it is all about the unique mix of turn based tactics, fierce battles, squad management and crazy mercenary personalities.

Released
21 October 2014
Platforms
LinuxWindowsmacOS
Genres
IndieRole-playingStrategyTacticalTactical role-playingTurn-based tactics
Developers
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Publishers
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Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action
Country
Denmark
Languages
English, German, Polish, Russian
Time to beat
21hmain story40hcompletionist

About

Jagged Alliance: Flashback is a turn-based tactics video game developed and published by Full Control for the PC via Linux, OS X, and Windows in October 2014. It is part of the Jagged Alliance series.

›Story

It is 1988 on the caribbean island group of San Hermanos. A corrupt leader has the islands in his grasp ... yet a group of rebels fights for democratic values and freedom. However, once the head of the rebels is arrested, the insurgents quickly dissolve. Arriving on the island, the player’s mission is to help the rebellion before things take a turn for the worse.

Players say

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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Jagged Alliance: Flashback is a turn-based tactics game. The game takes place during a revolt on the fictional Caribbean island San Hermanos in the 1980s. The player takes control of a team of mercenaries to try to depose the forces of "The Prince", the king of San Hermanos. The player can design their mercenary in a character creator.

The game is in real-time until the enemy is sighted, when the game changes to turn-based mode. Action points are used for movement and shooting. Guns can be aimed at different body parts.

Reception

Jagged Alliance: Flashback received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. Davide Pessach of Eurogamer said it was a poor series entry that was unlikely to be saved by modders because of how the deeply the problems run. Marcel Kleffmann of 4Players criticized the streamlined elements of the game. Though he said the combat worked well, he recommended Wasteland 2 instead.

Grzegorz Bobrek of Gry-Online said the game did not improve from the poor prerelease version and demanded that the studio fix the problems. Miikka Lehtonen of Pelaaja wrote, "As it stands, the game is by no means worth its price tag, and vague talks about future plans will not change the situation. Get Jagged Alliance 2 instead, it's still ten times better."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows21 October 2014Worldwide
Linux21 October 2014Worldwide
macOS21 October 2014Worldwide

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Jagged Alliance: Complete Edition

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