Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge (Russian: Джаз: Работа по найму, romanized: Dzhaz: Rabota po naymu, lit.

The player is in command of an elite unit of mercenaries in an attempt to depose an African dictator in a fictional country of Diamond Coast.

[24] Larry Levandowski of Armchair General summarized: "Hired Guns takes great pains to emulate its spiritual ancestor, Jagged Alliance; the result is a fun game that satisfies.

The game feels like a graphically enhanced Jagged Alliance 2, which isn't bad - quite the opposite.

"[19][24] Steve Butts of IGN summarized: "Overpowered enemies, underpowered weapons, breathless mercenaries and a complete lack of range and accuracy information keep the game from competing with the other titles in the genre.

Nirvi criticized the lack of strong character personalities and attention to detail that are present in the Jagged Alliance series.