Me and my brothers were rabid fans of Jagged Alliance (the entire series) and hungry for more, so I bought this as soon as it came out without reading any reviews. It was awful. The most helpful review on here goes into a lot of reasons in detail, like pretending the game takes place AFTER the original.. without changing the story except by deleting a few lines and poorly dubbing a few. The gameplay has been radically changed to be, if you're not a A+++ player, impossible, upping guard counts per fight from 6-20 to 30-120. And even if you ARE a A+++ Jagged Alliance pro, that's just TEDIOUS. These are decisions so startling stupid you probably will think you must be missing something. You're not. There are a few things that make me sad about these decisions. First is that they actually had some really good ideas. -The original had pretty limited viable weapon choices. Wildfire fixed that so there were more good rifles, and even the pistols and shotguns had their uses. But without a good game to enjoy these weapon options.. you won't notice. -the original AI made the original game a bit too easy once you figured out one or two ways to trick it, and the makers of wildfire dramatically improved the computer's tactical decisions. A shame you won't enjoy that either. And the biggest problem of all is this game is dirt cheap everywhere, and people see it and say, "Jagged Alliance?? I've heard good things about that!" and pick it up and are confused at how awful it is. They turn away after a few Game Overs in the first battles (the original eased you into the difficult combat) and say "well, I tried, Jagged Alliance just isn't for me." And that is the true shame. Do not buy this if you want the Jagged Alliance experience. Buy the :::real::: Jagged Alliance 2. And the newest 3D modeled Jagged Alliance isn't that hot either; Sir-Tech hasn't been topped yet.
