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Lucern · 03-14-2005, 04:59 AM

I'm glad to see another RPG gamer liked this game!

First off, you owe it to yourself to find and download Jagged Alliance 2: Urban Chaos mod. It's a total conversion of the original - with new weapons, some new mercenaries, new maps, etc. It's got mostly soviet-bloc weaponry, and much of the map is, you guessed it, urban. It makes for some scary "save and load" instant death combat. But that's nothing new to JA2 or Baldur's Gate lol. It's like playing a completely different campaign from the original. Ira isn't in the mod, btw

I always liked the Jagged Alliance series better than most (including BG, though I consider that a savior of the RPG genre in the late 90s), but I never really compared them. JA2 is first a turn-based strategy game, just one that lets you have an 18 member party with their own personalities, strenghts, and weaknesses. Still, that game has, what, 30,000-60,000 lines of speech?? Sir-Tech or Talonsoft, whichever made it were every bit as dedicated to making a brilliant piece of software as Black Isle.

Sadly, if I'm not mistaken both companies are defunct.

(JA 2: Urban Chaos maker's page...pretty sure it's on there somewhere)
http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/
(You'll just need the original cds with a fresh install before you load up the mod)

For the record...I liked Silent Storm before it turned into a bad sci-fi history book. The engine was every bit better, and the destructable environments and multiple stories were a couple of things I'd expect to see in any turn based strategy game from now on. I only wish the effective seeing distance was higher (something I wanted in JA2 as well), and better AI for when there are hidden snipers.

[ 03-14-2005, 05:01 AM: Message edited by: Lucern ]

03-14-2005, 04:59 AM	#2
Lucern Quintesson Join Date: August 28, 2004 Location: the middle of Michigan Age: 43 Posts: 1,011	I'm glad to see another RPG gamer liked this game! First off, you owe it to yourself to find and download Jagged Alliance 2: Urban Chaos mod. It's a total conversion of the original - with new weapons, some new mercenaries, new maps, etc. It's got mostly soviet-bloc weaponry, and much of the map is, you guessed it, urban. It makes for some scary "save and load" instant death combat. But that's nothing new to JA2 or Baldur's Gate lol. It's like playing a completely different campaign from the original. Ira isn't in the mod, btw I always liked the Jagged Alliance series better than most (including BG, though I consider that a savior of the RPG genre in the late 90s), but I never really compared them. JA2 is first a turn-based strategy game, just one that lets you have an 18 member party with their own personalities, strenghts, and weaknesses. Still, that game has, what, 30,000-60,000 lines of speech?? Sir-Tech or Talonsoft, whichever made it were every bit as dedicated to making a brilliant piece of software as Black Isle. Sadly, if I'm not mistaken both companies are defunct. (JA 2: Urban Chaos maker's page...pretty sure it's on there somewhere) http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/ (You'll just need the original cds with a fresh install before you load up the mod) For the record...I liked Silent Storm before it turned into a bad sci-fi history book. The engine was every bit better, and the destructable environments and multiple stories were a couple of things I'd expect to see in any turn based strategy game from now on. I only wish the effective seeing distance was higher (something I wanted in JA2 as well), and better AI for when there are hidden snipers. [ 03-14-2005, 05:01 AM: Message edited by: Lucern ]