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* AcclaimedFlop: ''Jagged Alliance 2'', at least in the United States. While its sales across Europe were enough to be considered successful, sales across the US were exceptionally poor with only about 24000 copies sold by the end of 1999.
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* AcclaimedFlop: ''Jagged Alliance 2'', at least in the United States. While its sales across Europe were enough to be considered successful, sales across the US were exceptionally poor with only about 24000 twenty-four thousand copies sold by the end of 1999.
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* SequelGap: With ''Jagged Alliance 3''[='s=] release in July 2023, there is a whooping ''24 years'' between it and the previous main installment, ''Jagged Alliance 2''. Though quite a bit less drastic is the distance between ''3'' and the spin-off ''Rage!'' which is "merely" about 4½ years.
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* SequelGap: With ''Jagged Alliance 3''[='s=] release in July 2023, there is a whooping ''24 years'' between it and the previous main installment, ''Jagged Alliance 2''. Though quite a bit less drastic is the distance between ''3'' and the spin-off ''Rage!'' which is "merely" about 4½ years.four and a half years difference.
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* AcclaimedFlop: ''Jagged Alliance 2'', at least in the United States. While its sales across Europe were enough to be considered successful, sales across the US were exceptionally poor with only about 24000 copies sold by the end of 1999.
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* SequelGap: There is a whooping ''24 years'' between the main installments of ''Jagged Alliance 3'' and ''2''. Though quite a bit less drastic is the distance between ''3'' and the spin-off ''Rage!'' which is "merely" about 4½ years.
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* SequelGap: There With ''Jagged Alliance 3''[='s=] release in July 2023, there is a whooping ''24 years'' between it and the previous main installments of installment, ''Jagged Alliance 3'' and ''2''.2''. Though quite a bit less drastic is the distance between ''3'' and the spin-off ''Rage!'' which is "merely" about 4½ years.
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* SequelGap: There is a whooping ''24 years'' between the main installments of ''Jagged Alliance 3'' and ''2''. Though quite a bit less drastic is the distance between ''3'' and the spin-off ''Rage!'' which is "merely" about 4½ years.
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* DevelopmentHell: To say that ''Jagged Alliance 3'' had a rough road would be a serious {{Understatement}}.
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* DevelopmentHell: SavedFromDevelopmentHell: ''Jagged Alliance 3'', which was released in 2023 after ''two decades'' of attempts from various developers.
* TroubledProduction: To say that ''Jagged Alliance 3'' had a rough road would be a serious {{Understatement}}.
* TroubledProduction: To say that ''Jagged Alliance 3'' had a rough road would be a serious {{Understatement}}.
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** In 2015, Creator/THQNordic announced that it had acquired the series but made no immediate plans. In 2021, they finally announced that ''Jagged Alliance 3'' was in development by Bulgarian studio [[VideoGame/{{Tropico}} Haemimont]] [[VideoGame/VictorVran Games]], with a trailer showing pre-alpha gameplay footage.
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** In 2015, Creator/THQNordic announced that it had acquired the series but made no immediate plans. In 2021, they finally announced that ''Jagged Alliance 3'' was in development by Bulgarian studio [[VideoGame/{{Tropico}} Haemimont]] [[VideoGame/VictorVran Games]], with a trailer showing pre-alpha gameplay footage. Unlike the prior attempts, this one wasn't stopped by troubles and it was finally released in July 2023.
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** Code for enemy air-strikes was found in the game, and early versions of the 1.13 mod reactivated them, only to find out why they were removed in the first place: They tended to cause crashes, wreaked havoc with the game balance, and were far more dangerous toward civilians and enemy troops than your mercs. Later versions of the mod removed them with no plans to reactivate it again.
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** Code for enemy air-strikes was found in the game, and early versions of the 1.13 mod reactivated them, only to find out why they were removed in the first place: They tended to cause crashes, crash the game, wreaked havoc with the game balance, and were far more dangerous toward civilians and enemy troops than your mercs. Later versions of the mod removed them with no plans to reactivate it again.
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** It was planned that the first time you take Drassen, it would trigger a massive counter-attack that would almost certainly force you to retreat. It was cut for balance and pacing reasons, but added back into the 1.13 mod (where its been one of the [[BrokenBase more controversial additions]]).
** Towns would have had enemy spies that would have caused trouble in captured towns until eliminated. The removal seems like it was done fairly late in development, as dialogue from Ira and Dmitri makes mention of spies while in captured town.
** Towns would have had enemy spies that would have caused trouble in captured towns until eliminated. The removal seems like it was done fairly late in development, as dialogue from Ira and Dmitri makes mention of spies while in captured town.
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** It was planned that the first time you take Drassen, it would trigger a massive counter-attack that would almost certainly force you to retreat. It was cut for balance and pacing reasons, but added back into the 1.13 mod (where its it's been one of the [[BrokenBase more controversial additions]]).
** Towns would have had enemy spies that would have caused trouble in captured towns until eliminated. The removal seems like it was done fairly late in development, as dialogue from Ira and Dmitri makes mention of spies while in a captured town.
** Towns would have had enemy spies that would have caused trouble in captured towns until eliminated. The removal seems like it was done fairly late in development, as dialogue from Ira and Dmitri makes mention of spies while in a captured town.
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Clean-up and expansion on Development Hell.
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* DevelopmentHell: ''Jagged Alliance 3'' is up there with ''VideoGame/HalfLife 3'' in terms of third instalments that will probably never happen. First announced in 2004, there was still not sign of it until 2021, especially after being passed around by several studios.
** ''Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge'' was originally ment to be Jagged Alliance 3 but following development hell ended up being a Divorced Installment.
* FranchiseZombie: With Creator/SirTech having closed down in 2003, a variety of studios have developed ''Jagged Alliance'' games. Sadly, none of them have been able to live up to ''[[ToughActToFollow 2]]''.
** ''Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge'' was originally ment to be Jagged Alliance 3 but following development hell ended up being a Divorced Installment.
* FranchiseZombie: With Creator/SirTech having closed down in 2003, a variety of studios have developed ''Jagged Alliance'' games. Sadly, none of them have been able to live up to ''[[ToughActToFollow 2]]''.
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* DevelopmentHell: To say that ''Jagged Alliance 3'' is up there with ''VideoGame/HalfLife 3'' in terms of third instalments that will probably never happen. First announced in 2004, there was still not sign of it until 2021, especially after being passed around by several studios.had a rough road would be a serious {{Understatement}}.
** After the collapse of Creator/SirTech in 2003, the series ended up in the hands of Strategy First and Russian developer [=MiST=] Land South (later GFI Russia). ''[[VideoGame3DLeap Jagged Alliance 3D]]'' became mired as the two parties clashed over the game's direction, with GFI allegedly pushing for the removal of the strategic layer and turn-based combat system. In 2006, Strategy First pulled the series from them as ''3D'' was still not ready for release after two full years in development. GFI Russia would salvage the work done on ''3D'' [[DivorcedInstallment and release it as]] ''Hired Guns: The JaggedEdge'' Edge''. It would be one of the last games GFI Russia would release.
** Strategy First then handed the third game to Russian companies Akella and F3games with a tentative release date of late 2008, but it wasoriginally ment pushed back to be Jagged Alliance 3 but following 2010. While Project Manager Andrew Kazakov [[https://web.archive.org/web/20071207173351/http://www.jacenter.pl/readarticle.php?article_id=194 blamed Strategy First demanding graphical improvements]] for the delay, the 2008 financial crisis was particularly brutal to the Russian economy and likely had consequences on the game. Development fell silent in 2009 as Strategy First was also rocked by financial issues, and German site games-on-net reported that Akella had ceased development hell ended amid ongoing layoffs and unpaid work disputes.
** Early in 2010, German outfit [=bitComposer=] picked the series upbeing a Divorced Installment.
* FranchiseZombie: With Creator/SirTech having closed down in 2003, a variety of studios have developedfrom Strategy First with plans to develop the third game, but news on the project fell silent shortly after. It is likely that the mediocre reception to ''Jagged Alliance'' games. Sadly, none of them have been able to live up to ''[[ToughActToFollow 2]]''.Alliance: Back in Action'' and ''Jagged Alliance Online'' scared [=bitComposer=] off from continuing development on the third game.
** In 2015, Creator/THQNordic announced that it had acquired the series but made no immediate plans. In 2021, they finally announced that ''Jagged Alliance 3'' was in development by Bulgarian studio [[VideoGame/{{Tropico}} Haemimont]] [[VideoGame/VictorVran Games]], with a trailer showing pre-alpha gameplay footage.
** After the collapse of Creator/SirTech in 2003, the series ended up in the hands of Strategy First and Russian developer [=MiST=] Land South (later GFI Russia). ''[[VideoGame3DLeap Jagged Alliance 3D]]'' became mired as the two parties clashed over the game's direction, with GFI allegedly pushing for the removal of the strategic layer and turn-based combat system. In 2006, Strategy First pulled the series from them as ''3D'' was still not ready for release after two full years in development. GFI Russia would salvage the work done on ''3D'' [[DivorcedInstallment and release it as]] ''Hired Guns: The Jagged
** Strategy First then handed the third game to Russian companies Akella and F3games with a tentative release date of late 2008, but it was
** Early in 2010, German outfit [=bitComposer=] picked the series up
* FranchiseZombie: With Creator/SirTech having closed down in 2003, a variety of studios have developed
** In 2015, Creator/THQNordic announced that it had acquired the series but made no immediate plans. In 2021, they finally announced that ''Jagged Alliance 3'' was in development by Bulgarian studio [[VideoGame/{{Tropico}} Haemimont]] [[VideoGame/VictorVran Games]], with a trailer showing pre-alpha gameplay footage.
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* DevelopmentHell: ''Jagged Alliance 3'' is up there with ''VideoGame/HalfLife 3'' in terms of third instalments that will probably never happen. First announced in 2004, there is still not sign of it as of 2018, especially after being passed around by several studios.
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* DevelopmentHell: ''Jagged Alliance 3'' is up there with ''VideoGame/HalfLife 3'' in terms of third instalments that will probably never happen. First announced in 2004, there is was still not sign of it as of 2018, until 2021, especially after being passed around by several studios.
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* DevelopersForesight:
** Using the mortuary's webshop to send flowers to Meduna will give you a little video of Deidranna's response to your taunting.
** When Miguel sees Ira kill an enemy soldier, one of his barks is "Ira, you are full of surprises!". Considering that Ira has one of the highest wisdom stats in the game and has spent about six in-game months on the battlefield since the last time she and Miguel went into battle together, and will more likely than not have become one of your most competent shooters in that time... yeah, the devs saw it coming.
** Using the mortuary's webshop to send flowers to Meduna will give you a little video of Deidranna's response to your taunting.
** When Miguel sees Ira kill an enemy soldier, one of his barks is "Ira, you are full of surprises!". Considering that Ira has one of the highest wisdom stats in the game and has spent about six in-game months on the battlefield since the last time she and Miguel went into battle together, and will more likely than not have become one of your most competent shooters in that time... yeah, the devs saw it coming.
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** ''Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge'' was originally ment to be Jagged Alliance 3 but following development hell ended up being a Divorced Installment.
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* DevelopersForesight:
** Using the mortuary's webshop to send flowers to Meduna will give you a little video of Deidranna's response to your taunting.
** When Miguel sees Ira kill an enemy soldier, one of his barks is "Ira, you are full of surprises!". Considering that Ira has one of the highest wisdom stats in the game and has spent about six in-game months on the battlefield since the last time she and Miguel went into battle together, and will more likely than not have become one of your most competent shooters in that time... yeah, the devs saw it coming.
** Using the mortuary's webshop to send flowers to Meduna will give you a little video of Deidranna's response to your taunting.
** When Miguel sees Ira kill an enemy soldier, one of his barks is "Ira, you are full of surprises!". Considering that Ira has one of the highest wisdom stats in the game and has spent about six in-game months on the battlefield since the last time she and Miguel went into battle together, and will more likely than not have become one of your most competent shooters in that time... yeah, the devs saw it coming.
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* DevelopmentHell: ''Jagged Alliance 3'' is up there with ''VideoGame/HalfLife 3'' in terms of third instalments that will probably never happen. First announced in 2004, there is still not sign of it as of 2018, especially after being passed around by several studios.
* FranchiseZombie: With Creator/SirTech having closed down in 2003, a variety of studios have developed ''Jagged Alliance'' games. Sadly, none of them have been able to live up to ''[[ToughActToFollow 2]]''.
* FranchiseZombie: With Creator/SirTech having closed down in 2003, a variety of studios have developed ''Jagged Alliance'' games. Sadly, none of them have been able to live up to ''[[ToughActToFollow 2]]''.
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** It was planned that the first time you take Drassen, it would trigger a massive counter-attack that would almost certainly force you to retreat. It was cut for balance and pacing reasons, but added back into the 1.13 mod (where its been one of the [[BrokenBase more controversial additions]]).
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** It was planned that the first time you take Drassen, it would trigger a massive counter-attack that would almost certainly force you to retreat. It was cut for balance and pacing reasons, but added back into the 1.13 mod (where its been one of the [[BrokenBase more controversial additions]]).additions]]).
** Towns would have had enemy spies that would have caused trouble in captured towns until eliminated. The removal seems like it was done fairly late in development, as dialogue from Ira and Dmitri makes mention of spies while in captured town.
** Towns would have had enemy spies that would have caused trouble in captured towns until eliminated. The removal seems like it was done fairly late in development, as dialogue from Ira and Dmitri makes mention of spies while in captured town.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Jagged Alliance 2'' had a number of things cut during development, much of which has been reactivated in the 1.13 modification.
** The game was originally designed around the Sci-Fi mode as the default, with no switch to turn off its features. The toggle for it came late in development.
** Code for enemy air-strikes was found in the game, and early versions of the 1.13 mod reactivated them, only to find out why they were removed in the first place: They tended to cause crashes, wreaked havoc with the game balance, and were far more dangerous toward civilians and enemy troops than your mercs. Later versions of the mod removed them with no plans to reactivate it again.
** Item code for a Flamethrower weapon exists, but its description [[LampshadeHanging specifically notes that it was cut]].
--> Sorry, guys, but this item didn't make it into the game!
** It was planned that the first time you take Drassen, it would trigger a massive counter-attack that would almost certainly force you to retreat. It was cut for balance and pacing reasons, but added back into the 1.13 mod (where its been one of the [[BrokenBase more controversial additions]]).
** The game was originally designed around the Sci-Fi mode as the default, with no switch to turn off its features. The toggle for it came late in development.
** Code for enemy air-strikes was found in the game, and early versions of the 1.13 mod reactivated them, only to find out why they were removed in the first place: They tended to cause crashes, wreaked havoc with the game balance, and were far more dangerous toward civilians and enemy troops than your mercs. Later versions of the mod removed them with no plans to reactivate it again.
** Item code for a Flamethrower weapon exists, but its description [[LampshadeHanging specifically notes that it was cut]].
--> Sorry, guys, but this item didn't make it into the game!
** It was planned that the first time you take Drassen, it would trigger a massive counter-attack that would almost certainly force you to retreat. It was cut for balance and pacing reasons, but added back into the 1.13 mod (where its been one of the [[BrokenBase more controversial additions]]).
