First off, this game is HARD. Not unbeatable but very difficult even on normal settings. The AI is unforgiving and will gang up on your exposed archer with multiple units. The AI will also bypass your front lines with its special troops to take advantage of weaker supporting units at the back. Beyond the typical gank attacks from the AI, you must also contend with many scenarios that will have you saying "really?!". The game likes to let you almost win, then throw a fresh new horde of mobs from a random direction. That group of hills slightly off the road with no objective markers anywhere near it? Yeah, that is where a horde of goblin riders will pour out of to decimate your lines. In one mission early on in the game, you will rescue a group of knights and try to lead them to safety. After fighting through closed forest paths, dealing with catapults attacking you from islands, and beating back hidden scout troops scattered in the forests, you will finally find the knights. Only at the this point the game lobs a fresh new pack of goblins at you, and airships. Yes, airships to bomb you while you run to the exit. As you close in on escaping the map, suddenly a horde of goblin riders pours out from behind some random hills. Gee, thanks fantasy wars. You beat them back, and as the exit marker comes into view you see...ANOTHER HORDE OF HIGH LEVEL MOBS, including a hero character that was NOWHERE TO BE FOUND on the map initially. These sort of hair pulling scenarios are the mainstay of the action in this game. If you can get past the nearly unfair tactics the computer throws at you, underneath you have a very solid tactics game similar to fantasy general. This game is absolutely worth a couple of bucks, and it will keep you entertained for weeks. Highly recommended.
It has been a long time since I played the original Jagged Alliance and Jagged Alliance 2. Both amazing games. JA2 especially was thrilling, challenging, and had deep strategy elements combined with some real characters to flesh out the gameplay. However this is not those games. What you are getting here is essentially Jagged Alliance 2 with different shirt colors, and maybe some additional weapons ((although Im not even sure if thats the case). In addition, the developer made the game much harder. Enemies start off very superior in terms of hit points, weaponry, and skills. So what changed here? They took the same game, and made it harder. That is all. Also, its a little confusing because it seems like elements of the story have been removed, but I didn't find anything NEW in terms of the story. Long review short, you would be better off downloading the original JA2.
