I owe this game only because GOG being so generous and gifted me this tricky present. Why tricky? Because now I must buy a whole series of JA! But let's start from the beginning... I knew JA but never played it. A long time ago I tried to play JA2: Unfinished Business but that time I was too young for such a complex game. Now I was gifted with JA: Deadly Games and my first thought was that it's awful. But I only watched screenshots on game's site. When I gave it a try I was amazed! You might think that graphics is a horror until you see it live. Come and see how mercs are moving and how suggestive those moves are. See their beautifuly drawn and animated faces when they are commenting situation. Audiovisual setting is awesome. It's not about resolution but it's about making game live. Mercs have their own souls, they might like and dislike each other and you'll soon know it. You' ll certainly not like anyone of them die, they are persons not nameless grunts. I found that complexity of game is now a gem. When you're surrounded with casuals, a real oldschool complex game is wonderful experience. I know that's not full JA strategic experience but it's fine first step towards JA. The only thing that I don't like is lacking of manual. It's hard to understand mechanics of JA so you'll need to find and read one singlehandedly because GOG didn't provided it. JA: Deadly Games is not a good old game, it's great old game and I even can't imagine how great JA must be! Now don't judge this a horse crap because it's old and free. Give it a try, Woody!
