Posted on: December 1, 2017

ElWrobel

Games: 506 Reviews: 9

Classic, but not flawless

Seeing as most review I've read focus on praising this title, I'll bring up some of it's flaws. Though don't get me wrong, it's one of my favorite games and fully deserves 5 stars. On to the flaws: *The astonishing bullet sponges and worthless weapons, especially in the beggining. Seeing as this game has some quite intricate difficulty settings, I don't see why they've decided to balance weapons like this, ending with some weapons becoming worthless damage wise, even when they're using the same bullet. Though this can be remedied with mods, the only ones I've been able to find are a littly dodgy and for example do away with hollow point ammo and AP rockets. Never went into the Russian territory to search for mods though, there might be better alternatives. *The incredible quicksave/quickload fest. If you've got an iron will and ballz of steel, you can play iron man mode. But let me tell you, this is not iron man as it is in JA2. That's because accuracy mechanics in this game are suspicious to say the least. For example, even with a pretty high level soldier you can completely miss a target 10 feet away when using full auto fire or score one hit out of 15 shots. But it gets better, you can stand right behind an enemy, stick the barrel of your gun into his ayuss and still miss when going full auto. AT weapons like bazookas are even worse, though IMO more reliable then full auto fire. That said, it can happen in JA2 as well, and often does, but it's far easier to recover, in SS you can recover, but it often means tedious random encounter hunting. *AI. While overall it's quite good, they often get locked, for example, you're standing hidden behing an enemy, end your turn, he starts turning around, notices you and instead of filling you with holes, he starts dancing, changing stances and so on. This always makes me laugh. IMO panzerkleins are fine, they make good enemies and if you don't like them you can mod them out. Besides, you too can use them.

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Posted on: June 12, 2012

listentoreason

Verified owner

Games: 1018 Reviews: 3

Awesome addition

I loved this game. Think Close Combat with better graphics and a much deeper RPG aspect. I recall it being a bit frustrating at first, but that was probably because I was standing in the middle of a road trying to engage a squad armed with MP-40s with my standard-issue Webley or some-such. Learning to use cover and stealth, and the gradual acquisition of increasingly better weapons (your first MG34 will be well-remembered) was a LOT of fun. Thaaat's right, you Nazi SOB... you just keep charging ahead toward that irritating sniper up on the rise. Pay no mind to the Bren muzzle in the bush just ahead of you... It gets pretty ... weird ... about halfway through; the GOG screenshots give away some of it. But it stays fun, and the weird parts mean that eventually even "Maggie", your beloved MG42, gets swapped out for something, uh, "beefier". I think the only disappointment was feeling I wasted time trying to develop something useful with land mine skills on one character? Mines just ended up using up inventory space for me. Definitely going to pick it up and replay. It's been long enough that I expect it to still hold surprises. If you played it before, I think you'll agree. If you have not - buy it!

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Posted on: February 15, 2023

Silkie341

Verified owner

Games: 264 Reviews: 5

Deeply flawed gem

The good is simple as the basic game stands up well even today but simply this wasn't play tested properly and is sometimes painful to play. The levelling is broken to frustration but with patience can be worked around. Get it on sale bearing in mind it's flaws.

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Posted on: September 23, 2013

mazgid

Games: 9 Reviews: 1

you should play it

First of all, I was waiting for greenlit in Steam for this game, but it just dont happening for a long time. So it was really surprising for me, that this game is on GOG. Should you play it? Of course you should! I cant say if that game is mental sequel to Jagged Alliance - i dont know, cause I never played it yet - but still that game is one of best and addictive games I ever played. Wishing to see S3: Silent Storm Sentinels there too, because as a sequel to S2 that game makes everything better. Also, why Im happy that Silent Storm is released in digital form, cause on the old licenced games there was protection called Starforce, which is just dont work with WinVista, Win7 and 8. All the NoCD's are just dont work correct- there is no sound, or video and there is no way to work with it. And that what it called licenced production. Still, thanks GOG.com for sharing this one of the best games with us again!

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Posted on: February 9, 2014

liartar

Verified owner

Games: 199 Reviews: 1

Game with mechanics far beyond its time

I've played this game when I was a little kid. It was very difficult for me, but still I enjoyed it very much. The thought I had when I played it, and I remember this very vividly, "this is the game of the future". I thought so, because physics and mechanics of this game are amazing. Fully destructuble environment, freedom for strategic thinking, thousands of ways to complete a mission, strong RPG element, and a very solid storyline, if you care. Unfortunately, "games of the future" turned out to be much different. Easy, with reduced gameplay, and almost linear. If you like strategies, or RPG, if you like thinking for yourself and make complex decisions: this is a game for you. Even if you don't particularly like WW2 settings (which I don't). Have fun!

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