10 March 2010

Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge

Overview   ( More Info )

Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge is a turn-based strategy that puts you command of a squad of specialists for hire in the genre’s biggest game-world yet: the African country Diamond Coast. Diamond Coast is a playground for the cruel and corrupt, each with their own agenda. Choose your friends wisely and buy an army of ruthless mercenaries to unleash mayhem on your foes. Choose “jobs” from different factions and complete them for cash to upgrade your weapons and hire more elite soldiers of fortune.

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Features

  • Ally with up to four different factions, each with their own agenda, for unique bonuses and missions
  • Crush your enemies with over 150 upgradeable weapons, including pistols, submachine guns, shotguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles and add-ons such as laser sights, collimator sights, silencers, improved slides and more!
  • Hire over 30 mercenaries to fill out multiple squads with various specialties and skills and unique personalities, some work together better than others - you'll need not only mercenaries with good weapon skills, but also medics, mechanics, scouts and leaders
  • Destroy everything in your path with a fully interactive world and realistic physics
  • Gain territory with brains, brawn or cold hard cash
  • Determine your own fate with multiple storylines and endings
  • ... and more!

Reviews   ( View All )

Preview on GameSquad.com
Hired Guns has everything the Jagged Alliance series has – and MORE.

Review on Games32
Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge brings the amazing gameplay up to date with new visuals and a better engine.

Review on Gamesquad.com
8.3/10 (Great) - This game is a great addition to a fine series requiring tactical sense as well as brute force. Plot twists, a myriad decisions and easy interface make the game as enjoyable as any other game of its genre.

Review on Armchair General
When the sun finally sets on a free Diamond Coast, the player is left with the warm glow that comes from playing a good game.

Product Data

  • Complexity: Medium
  • Field of Play: Tactical (Turn-Based) and Strategic (Pausable Real-Time)
  • Historical Period: Modern
  • Theater: Fictional African Country (Diamond Coast)
  • Unit Scale: Individual soldiers, squads
  • Turn Play: IGOUGO
  • Players: 1
  • AI: Yes
  • TCP/IP: No
  • PBEM: No
  • Game Editor: Script files editable in Excel
  • Manual: Adobe PDF (Download) and B&W Printed Manual (Physical), 19 Pages
  • Display Resolution: Variable (800x600 and up)

System Requirements

  • Minimal configuration:
  • OS: Windows XP SP2 / Vista
  • Processor: Intel Pentium IV 1800 MHz or similar
  • RAM: 512 Мb
  • DVD-ROM Drive
  • HD Space: 3500 Мb free
  • Sound: DirectX Compatible
  • Video: 128 Мb 3D, NVidia GeForce 5600 / ATi Radeon 9600Pro or higher
  • DirectX 9.0c
  • Keyboard, mouse
  • Recommended configuration:
  • OS: Windows XP SP2 / Vista
  • Processor: Intel Pentium IV 3000 MHz or similar
  • RAM: 1024 Мb
  • DVD-ROM
  • HD Space: 3500 Мb free
  • Sound: DirectX Compatible
  • Video: 256 Мb 3D, NVidia GeForce 6600GT / ATi Radeon X1600Pro or higher
  • DirectX 9.0c
  • Keyboard, mouse

Details

Release Date
December 4, 2008
Developer
Game Factory Interactive

Mild Blood
Mild Language
Violence

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