![]() i tried to install it on my computer a few months ago but i couldnt get it installed Aside from that it should work OK.Ahh i love that game. That’ll remove the opening logos but bypass the freeze. Just open the folder where it’s installed, find a file called “Intro.slf” in the Data folder, and rename it to something else. ![]() (Though I have no idea what’s going on with the dual publishing from an IP perspective.)įinally: if you’re on Windows 10, JA2 will probably freeze on a black screen when you launch it. ![]() No reason to give them money when there’s an easy alternative from a different publisher. ![]() Also TopWare is sleazy in general, with stories of fake reviews and cheating the developers of games they published. It appears to lack the Unfinished Business expansion, and at one point they apparently distributed an “HD” DLC (for free, to be clear) that was just the 1.13 mod without the permission of the mod’s creators, which is rude as heck. I’d say avoid the version of JA2 published by TopWare as DLC for Wildfire, even though it’s cheaper. If I try Steam just says I’ve played it for 0 of the 5 required minutes, which isn’t true. JA2 Gold doesn’t have any Steam reviews because the publisher screwed up something to do with the store page and it’s impossible to leave a review. It can be worthwhile to bring in one of the REALLY high-end mercenaries on a 1-day contract at the beginning of the game because you will get to keep their gear (as long as you pay them for it when you hire them), and weirdly the first part of JA2 can be harder than the midgame because it is An Endless Quest To Find Rifles. You will be given a Medic on like the second map of the game, but she’s not great and it doesn’t hurt to have two medics. You will want to have someone with a Mechanical skill, and ideally a doctor, and maybe someone with good Leadership for training militia. General advice for New People playing JA2: Your mercenaries will grow and become more skilled as they do things, so don’t worry that you can’t afford the really expensive guys at the start. You don’t need to remember to drop your backpack when you get into combat and spend time comparing even more kinds of guns. If you’re coming at JA2 from NuXCOM or something, the basic JA2 experience is going to be super fiddly for you as it is. If that’s your thing, maybe try it, but I wouldn’t say it’s necessary. Regarding 1.13: 1.13 is absolutely a fanpatch made for people who have played the original, and while it adds or fixes a lot of things that were not in the release, it also makes an already extremely fiddly '90s game even fiddlier. That’s right, I’m old enough that I have it on disc. I had to buy it because my disc is scratched up. I have JA2 Gold on Steam and it works fine. Shit gets weird twenty years on, I guess. Weirdly, it looks like it might be cheaper to buy Wildfire and then you can get basic JA2 as a “dlc” for wildfire, but I haven’t tried that. Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire is a much later expansion pack that you don’t need. JA2 Gold is the original + the original expansion pack (Unfinished Business) and it’s the one you should get.
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