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I am a huge fan of the original Jagged Alliance and tried to get into this game two or three times before but gave up because of a bit of a learning curve to the user interface and also that the game tends to crash on new systems. To fix the compatibility issues, do yourself a favor and download "Jagged Alliance 2 Stracciatella," which is a collection of libraries you feed the files of the game that you download here and then runs it with wonderful compatibility with new systems, including MacOS X, which is what I am playing it on. Lifesaver! Also, once you actually learn the interface and some of the game mechanics (just look up Jagged Alliance 2 fan wiki), this game is an absolute masterpiece and the interface is actually a joy to use. This has quickly become one of my favorite games of all time, the design is simply a work of love, starting from the vision the designer had, to the wonderfully drawn animations, and attentional to detail, the personalities of all the mercs that took a lot of time and creativity. One of the things I love most about how Jagged Alliance was designed was how you run into unique events during the storyline (during the first game, without saying anything too explicitly, the kidnapping, the picking up of delivered crates, the illness etc.), (during this 2nd game there are even more really fun sidebits that have that wonderful Jagged Alliance sense of humor). Can't say enough good things about this :)
