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[Roguey]

JA3 seems to have an improbable number of female mercenaries



Anyone played it?

32 Male Mercenaries
10 Female Mercenaries

Ratio is pretty much the same as the previous entry.

90s liberal

[Finarfin]

JA3 seems to have an improbable number of female mercenaries



Anyone played it?

32 Male Mercenaries
10 Female Mercenaries

Ratio is pretty much the same as the previous entry.

90s liberal

Yes, some of the mercs are just people from the previous games it seems.

[rusty_shackleford]

JA3 seems to have an improbable number of female mercenaries



Anyone played it?

32 Male Mercenaries
10 Female Mercenaries

Ratio is pretty much the same as the previous entry.

90s liberal

That's not even close to the total JA2 roster. This is 1.13, I can't find a similar spreadsheet for vanilla JA2 but the gender ratio doesn't change much either way.

16 female, 114 male from a quick look. And I don't know if this is even the full roster.

[Roguey]

That's not even close to the total JA2 roster. This is 1.13, I can't find a similar spreadsheet for vanilla JA2 but the gender ratio doesn't change much either way.

>mods
Into the trash it goes.

I picked up that image from Lilura's blog. The bulk is AIM and then you can pick up a few more from MERC (these guys suck) and the game itself. https://lilura1.blogspot.com/2019/07/Ja ... Mercs.html

[rusty_shackleford]

>mods
Into the trash it goes.

JA2+UB has 10 females and 62 males…

[Lord of Riva]

I mean this nonsensical "90s woke" argument never made any sense but for the purpose of the curated list which is way more stringent than Twigs one this is not even the question.

[Roguey]

>mods
Into the trash it goes.

JA2+UB has 10 females and 62 males…

I reinstalled Unfinished Business counted 43 men and 9 women. I don't know where you're getting your numbers from.

And more of that 90s liberalism:

[rusty_shackleford]

I reinstalled Unfinished Business counted 43 men and 9 women. I don't know where you're getting your numbers from.

The spreadsheet in my post. You can crosscheck the wiki, you don't have access to all the mercs.

[Roguey]

The spreadsheet in my post. You can crosscheck the wiki, you don't have access to all the mercs.

This mod of yours is using every mercenary from every Jagged Alliance game from JA1 to Deadly Games to JA2 and its expansions and the SOG'69 mod. That's not an actual game that Sir-Tech made and of course a new game isn't going to have a roster like that.

[rusty_shackleford]

mod

what

[Roguey]

mod

what

1.13.

In UB you can see everyone you can hire from the start; random people will be out an a different assignment though, but it shows that.

[rusty_shackleford]

mod

what

1.13.

In UB you can see everyone you can hire from the start; random people will be out an a different assignment though, but it shows that.

1.13 adds mercs from the other games, I filtered those out.

[rusty_shackleford]

In UB you can see everyone you can hire from the start; random people will be out an a different assignment though, but it shows that.

It doesn't(shouldn't?) have the RPCs
e.g.,
https://jaggedalliance.fandom.com/wiki/ ... gy"_Palkov

[Furin]

32 Male Mercenaries
10 Female Mercenaries

Ratio is pretty much the same as the previous entry.

90s liberal

That's not even close to the total JA2 roster. This is 1.13, I can't find a similar spreadsheet for vanilla JA2 but the gender ratio doesn't change much either way.

16 female, 114 male from a quick look. And I don't know if this is even the full roster.

Even if it's not, that's still enough to warrant a change in rating. I read the biographies for all the female mercenaries and most of them are absurd feminist fantasies. Jagged Alliance 2 and 3 have been updated to not recommended and Jagged Alliance 1 has been added as not recommended.

More explanation can be found here in regard to particular characters' biographies: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Woke_ ... 754468257/

Thanks everyone!

[Finarfin]

Makes me glad to never have played any Jagged Alliance.

[Tweed]

The first game is good, but the controls are repetitive.

[Roguey]

Jagged Alliance 2 is the best tactical rpg by far, no competition.

[rusty_shackleford]

Jagged Alliance 2 is the best tactical rpg by far, no competition.

It can't be the best tactical rpg if it's not an rpg

[Roguey]

Jagged Alliance 2 is the best tactical rpg by far, no competition.

It can't be the best tactical rpg if it's not an rpg

https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-4745/
"The role-playing strategy game of 1999"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-5149/
"perfect blend of strategy, roleplaying, and tactical combat"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-5150/
"Intense Role Playing"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-4746/
"The Best of Role-Playing"

[rusty_shackleford]

Jagged Alliance 2 is the best tactical rpg by far, no competition.

It can't be the best tactical rpg if it's not an rpg

https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-4745/
"The role-playing strategy game of 1999"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-5149/
"perfect blend of strategy, roleplaying, and tactical combat"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-5150/
"Intense Role Playing"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-4746/
"The Best of Role-Playing"

Long history of games calling themselves RPG because it's one of the more lucrative genres. See also: disco communism

[1998]

It can't be the best tactical rpg if it's not an rpg

https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-4745/
"The role-playing strategy game of 1999"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-5149/
"perfect blend of strategy, roleplaying, and tactical combat"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-5150/
"Intense Role Playing"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-4746/
"The Best of Role-Playing"

Long history of games calling themselves RPG because it's one of the more lucrative genres. See also: disco communism

Especially around that time all kind of games got relabeled as RPGs, or XXX game with RPG elements. Essentially any game that added some sort of character progression besides just adding new equipment.

[Roguey]

It can't be the best tactical rpg if it's not an rpg

https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-4745/
"The role-playing strategy game of 1999"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-5149/
"perfect blend of strategy, roleplaying, and tactical combat"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-5150/
"Intense Role Playing"
https://www.mobygames.com/game/356/jagg ... over-4746/
"The Best of Role-Playing"

Long history of games calling themselves RPG because it's one of the more lucrative genres. See also: disco communism

It has everything that makes up an RPG. You can create your own merc, leveling, NPCs to talk to and get sidequests from, the choice of acting friendly, direct, or threatening.

[Roguey]

Especially around that time all kind of games got relabeled as RPGs, or XXX game with RPG elements. Essentially any game that added some sort of character progression besides just adding new equipment.

The first Jagged Alliance also called itself a role-playing game and this was in 1995 when every game journalist was saying RPGs were a dead genre (nothing but ****** Dungeon Master clones for the most part, no big hits for years).

[1998]

Especially around that time all kind of games got relabeled as RPGs, or XXX game with RPG elements. Essentially any game that added some sort of character progression besides just adding new equipment.

The first Jagged Alliance also called itself a role-playing game and this was in 1995 when every game journalist was saying RPGs were a dead genre (nothing but ****** Dungeon Master clones for the most part, no big hits for years).

I don't remember, it's possible I guess. But if we are to compare box art



"Strategic Simulation"

[rusty_shackleford]

Especially around that time all kind of games got relabeled as RPGs, or XXX game with RPG elements. Essentially any game that added some sort of character progression besides just adding new equipment.

The first Jagged Alliance also called itself a role-playing game and this was in 1995 when every game journalist was saying RPGs were a dead genre (nothing but ****** Dungeon Master clones for the most part, no big hits for years).

I don't remember, it's possible I guess. But if we are to compare box art



"Strategic Simulation"

Amusingly appears to have been advertised as an RPG in USA and a strategy game in the UK, likely reflecting market sensibilities.
Genre-fluid

[Roguey]

Especially around that time all kind of games got relabeled as RPGs, or XXX game with RPG elements. Essentially any game that added some sort of character progression besides just adding new equipment.

The first Jagged Alliance also called itself a role-playing game and this was in 1995 when every game journalist was saying RPGs were a dead genre (nothing but ****** Dungeon Master clones for the most part, no big hits for years).

I don't remember, it's possible I guess. But if we are to compare box art



"Strategic Simulation"

That's the 1994 floppy release. With the CD re-release they emphasized the role-playing elements https://www.mobygames.com/game/1038/jag ... er-319468/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/1038/jag ... er-319469/

[Faceless_Sentinel]

Modern assassins creed games being cold RPG by developers but it doesn't make them rpg games. It is bad practice to trust developers on genre of a game.

[rusty_shackleford]

Modern assassins creed games being cold RPG by developers but it doesn't make them rpg games.

Odyssey is about as much of an RPG as Witcher 3, as it's very close to Witcher 3 in most ways.
Some think Witcher 3 isn't much of one at all… I'm not sure I'd go that far, but it definitely is close to "action game with RPG elements".

[WhiteShark]

The first Jagged Alliance also called itself a role-playing game and this was in 1995 when every game journalist was saying RPGs were a dead genre (nothing but ****** Dungeon Master clones for the most part, no big hits for years).

I don't remember, it's possible I guess. But if we are to compare box art



"Strategic Simulation"

RPGs are a subset of simulations, so that doesn't really preclude its being an RPG.

[Tweed]

The first Jagged Alliance also called itself a role-playing game and this was in 1995 when every game journalist was saying RPGs were a dead genre (nothing but ****** Dungeon Master clones for the most part, no big hits for years).

I don't remember, it's possible I guess. But if we are to compare box art



"Strategic Simulation"

RPGs are a subset of simulations, so that doesn't really preclude its being an RPG.

They walk hand and hand, just read the old 80s gaming mags.