Jagged Alliance 3
Jagged Alliance 3 is a PlayStation 5 strategy game developed by Haemimont Games. It centers on combat encounters, turn-based tactical decisions, and turn or phase decisions, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.0 / 10
About this game
Jagged Alliance 3 is a PlayStation 5 strategy game centered on combat encounters, turn-based tactical decisions, and turn or phase decisions. Missions add map constraints, new rules, and tougher opposition, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Maps, unit states, and action feedback determine whether complex situations remain readable, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that tutorial depth, dense menus, controller pointing, and long scenarios increase the learning curve. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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AI review
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Deep mercenary tactics with a slow tempo and controller friction.
Action points, destructible cover, body targeting and mercenary specialties interact in tense firefights. Outnumbered squads need considered movement and positioning, so victories feel earned through plans rather than only lucky shots. More than forty mercenaries, villages, diamond mines and enemy counterattacks give the strategy map breadth. Different squads and reactive threats support replay, although the deliberate pace requires patience. Unique mercenary personalities and voice lines make Grand Chien more than a tactical grid. Some action-film jokes and stereotypes grate over a long campaign, however, making its tone less universally inviting. The tested PS5 Performance mode feels responsive, and R2 command combinations make weapon, reload and stance actions manageable. Free targeting and inventory remain fiddly, so dense systems carry clear controller costs.
Strengths
- Combat systems reward planning.
- Squad variety and counterattacks support replay.
Weaknesses
- Aiming and inventory are fiddly.
- Some humour and stereotypes grate.
Who it is for: Players happy to manage a mercenary roster and territory between deliberate tactical battles.
Play notes: Based on a 2023 European PS5 Performance-mode test; later patches and other graphics modes were not inferred.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension More than forty mercenaries, villages, diamond mines and enemy counterattacks give the strategy map breadth. Different squads and reactive threats support replay, although the deliberate pace requires patience. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Action points, destructible cover, body targeting and mercenary specialties interact in tense firefights. Outnumbered squads need considered movement and positioning, so victories feel earned through plans rather than only lucky shots. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Unique mercenary personalities and voice lines make Grand Chien more than a tactical grid. Some action-film jokes and stereotypes grate over a long campaign, however, making its tone less universally inviting. | Reviewed | 7.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The tested PS5 Performance mode feels responsive, and R2 command combinations make weapon, reload and stance actions manageable. Free targeting and inventory remain fiddly, so dense systems carry clear controller costs. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Haemimont Games
- Publisher
- THQ Nordic
- Release date
- Nov 16, 2023
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Strategy & Tactics · Primary genre
- Tags
- WarTop-down3D GraphicsEquipment-driven ProgressionLong-term ProgressionTurn-based TacticsResource ManagementReplayableSlow BurnStory-drivenTurn-based CombatOnline Co-opCommand-based CombatClass BuildsSolo-friendly
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerCo-opSingle player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideNov 16, 2023
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