Funny thing is that the game I’m calling the king, the second Jagged Alliance, in gold edition, that Steam sells now… requires quite a bit of fixing after you’ll install it, but the first game, aged 21 years now, running smoothly out-of-the-box. What is more, Steam now releasing just the same version of the game as GOG – with DosBox, and everything is polished and tuned up to the perfect condition. Although the challenge of those missions in the Deadly Games makes it a very good tactical game on its own. This release contains an original game, a campaign about capturing Metavira island from the forces of the bad scientist in favor of good scientist… and standalone add-on Deadly Games, which is not holding a story, being just a list of separate missions. The father of the king of turn-based squad-sized tactical games – the predecessor of Jagged Alliance 2. It runs in DOSBox, so it works even on Win10 and machines built in 21st century -) If you're old enough to remember its first release and enjoyed it then, get it on sale, for 2,49€ it's a bargain and the game is still as much fun as it once was - and you get both JA and Deadly games. If you're under thirty, don't buy it, you probably won't like it. Yer it lacks some charm of its predecessor, at least for me. Don't get me wrong, it's not worse game than the original JA, in some ways it's better and I spent probably hundreds of hours playing it as well. Game mechanics are a wee bit more polished y'know, but the missions are in the order Gus Tarballs lays them for you, one per day and that's that. JA:DG are much more straightforward, they add multiplayer (sort of), level and campaign editor, Mickey the weapons dealer with the most stereotypical Irish accent I've ever heard. and can be played over and over again and lose little of their appeal decades after their first release. I guess it has very little potential to attract new generation of gamers and the only ones to purchase this game will be antediluvians such as myself, who have spent hundreds hours playing it twenty years ago, but it is a pity, because only a handful of games are so memorable.
Yet I like it more than JA:DG - because it has story, more tactical choices and gives you much more freedom in the way how you'd like to make your way through the game. Its mechanics lacks a lot of things that were addressed in Deadly Games and later in JA2 and a few things can be quite frustrating. But I feel most sentiment towards the oldest one, the original JA.
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Jagged Alliance has been one of my most beloved game series for some twenty years now. Its deep and complex gameplay, memorable characters, and immersive atmosphere make it a standout game that is sure to keep you hooked for hours on end.
Overall, Jagged Alliance is a must-play for fans of turn-based strategy games and retro games. The game's depiction of the tropical island setting is immersive and believable, and the game's music and sound design do an excellent job of capturing the mood of the game. The atmosphere of Jagged Alliance is also noteworthy. The game also has a strong focus on character development, with each character having their own unique skills and abilities that can be improved over time. The game features a wide variety of weapons and equipment to use, and the turn-based combat system is challenging and satisfying. One of the standout features of Jagged Alliance is its deep and complex gameplay. Some of the standout characters in the game include Ivan Dolvich, a Russian ex-Spetsnaz officer Hans Grosse, a German ex-SS officer and Grace Nakamura, a Japanese ex-Yakuza member. To succeed, you must recruit and manage a team of mercenaries with a wide range of skills and personalities. In Jagged Alliance, you play as a mercenary leader who is hired to take down an evil dictator on a tropical island. The game was ahead of its time, and it is still beloved by many niche retro players to this day. Jagged Alliance is a classic turn-based strategy game that was released in the mid-1990s.
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