The first thing I love about this game is that you are simply given $40,000 and then set loose on the island. Your task in JA:BIA is a simple one: kill the wife of your client, a tyrannical dictator of the island nation Arulco. I'm simply going to approach this as a new game, since from my perspective, it is. On a quick side note, it was only after I started writing this review that I discovered that Jagged Alliance: Back in Action is actually a remake of Jagged Alliance 2. I never played the previous Jagged Alliance games, but when I saw some previews for this new iteration, and since Silent Storm was the last tactics game I played (all the way back in '05), I was instantly intrigued.
Whether it be a flight sim (Strike Commander still needs a remake, damn it!), action, strategy or tactics, recruiting, supplying and deploying mercs is always good fun.
Every since playing Strike Commander back in the old DOS days, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for games that allow you to run a mercenary organization.
