No, it's not a first person shooter. It's a series that is actually quite cool in how it simulates combat. It's turn based, so some people might be bored by it.
Combat system predates Baldurs Gate but is similar. Plan out a turn, and it executes. You can crawl, get under cover and do a variety of things. Good tactics are necessary.
I just pre-ordered the expansion of it on Steam (to save 15%, lol)...out in Septbember. I played the previous versions of JA, and they were both excellent games. Heck, JA2 is on steam now, and probably is cheap as hell. Dated now though because the graphics were more VGA/EVGA at the time.
http://www.shacknews.com/article/750...-in-september#