Jagged Alliance Flashback

Jagged Alliance Flashback

Steam Deck Playable

Full Control · Strategy · Oct 21, 2014

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $4.99.

47%
Mixed
776 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Linux compatibility: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 85 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 39 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 776 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
27% of themes are praise27% are divided46% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
* The graphics are nice/ok (at least compared to the older efforts of that series or spin offs like brigade e5 / 7.62) though some things still look shabby (e.g. character portraits)
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is mostly fluid and fun, but I can't really say this to newcomers to turn-based strategy games - maybe I'm used to getting killed easily at times.There are some things that need to get used to - for example the Interruption systen which I personally do not fancy.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Linux compatibility
Players who bring up Linux compatibility mostly praise it.
This is not a 25£ game, this feels like a free linux clone of JA that somehow managed to get the official JA stamp and charges crazy money "because kickstarter".
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Graphics66 reviews
Gameplay53 reviews
Linux compatibility6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters72 reviews
44%
Interface46 reviews
35%
Audio16 reviews
38%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat85 reviews
47%
Bugs39 reviews
41%
Crashes13 reviews
46%
Difficulty12 reviews
42%
Performance7 reviews
43%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $4.99 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
47%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
24
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.