| A Guide to Digest JA:BiA[message #299575]
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Mon, 20 February 2012 18:11 
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 Shanga |
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I think the worst you can do when considering BiA is to think of it as a follow-up to JA2. BitComposer realised this and named it "JA:BiA" - not "JA2:BiA".
So maybe we should take it as a completely new branch off the franchise and see where it goes. Actually, we should do more, we should INFLUENCE where it goes. Yea, it lacks a lot of the things we considered "normal" in JA2. It lacks even a lot more things we've modded over the years into JA2. But for a start-up, completely new JA game (JA, not JA2!), it does ok. If BitComposer continues to develop it, listens to fans and opens the game up to modders, we might have something.
JA2 is the end of one line. There will be no JA3.
But if the gods smile on us, we might have a BiA2 that's actually good.
Just my 2c.
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| Re: A Guide to Digest JA:BiA[message #299583]
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Mon, 20 February 2012 18:45 
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| CptMoore |
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I never liked JA2... seriously... I found it to be aweful.
Now 1.13 is another thing, new inventory plus more guns and STOMP made this game the perfect "the sims" clone for gun and weapons equipment maniacs. (But the actual gameplay is still so boring that I never really liked playing through it. The AP system is an abomination.. in any game).
Then comes BiA along with P&G and good balanced gun gameplay. Dispite what everyone says, the game itself is the best JA ever. Granted the entertainment value (story, face visuals, speech) is below JA2, but the gameplay of BiA is much much better and more dynamic, and that is what the core of a game is. Everything else can be added later on.
So my hopes in the future for BiA are.. more guns, better inventory, and an RPG system like STOMP or better for your IMP. Seems like its possible to add guns, the R@S guy already doing his thing again. But the inventory will probably not come as it will needlessly overcomplicate stuff  and for IMP you probably have to wait for a sequel or expansion .
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| Re: A Guide to Digest JA:BiA[message #299612]
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Mon, 20 February 2012 22:19
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| CptMoore |
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@RaS
I must confess I modded 7.62/Bluesun to have all weapons available at level 1 and never played through it too. But combining all the attachements, weapon variants, ammo types was taking enough time as it is.. and was a lot of fun.
Anyway concerning the IMP, as far as I can tell the current moddability is restricted to an outside program.. with built in traits.. with limited positive stats.. nothing nowhere near STOMP.
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