Jagged Alliance Coming To DS
While PCs are the undoubted kings of RTS games, handhelds have stolen the crown as top-dog of turn-based-strategy titles. Both the PSP and the DS have their fair share of titles both excellent and abysmal. Developers Strategy First and Cypron Studios are in the process of taking advantage of this popular trend to bring back a classic from the strategy world. For those unfamiliar with the series it was a tactical turn based game where players recruited and outfitted a team of mercenaries for various missions.
It was loved for its attention to detail as much as its humor and quality gameplay: when assembling a team of mercenaries you had to take into account their feelings towards each other. Some of the soldiers wouldn’t get a long and could cause problems on a mission. Get too many of your mercs killed and you’ll get a reputation as a careless employer and find your pool of applicants limited to the dangerously unbalanced. This classic title will be re-released on the DS in 2009.