Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire
| Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | i-Deal Games | ||
| Publisher |
Strategy First Zuxxez |
||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
 March 2004 April 2005 |
||
| platform | Windows , Linux | ||
| genre | Round strategy game | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Mouse & keyboard | ||
| medium | CD-ROM , download | ||
| Age rating |
|
||
Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire is a stand-alone expansion of the turn-based strategy game Jagged Alliance 2 . It came onto the market in March 2004 through the Canadian publisher Strategy First , and in April 2005 Zuxxez published the game in Germany.
Action and gameplay
Wildfire is not a new game, but a modification of the original game. Therefore, the basic premise and plot of the game have not changed either. The player is supposed to free the island state from the hands of his tyrannical ex-wife Deidranna Reitman with a mercenary troop on behalf of the former ruler of Arulco, Enrico Chivaldori.
The new features of the game are an extensive revision of the existing game content. Starting with the selection of the mercenaries, both the questionnaires for creating your own character and the mercenary list were revised and partially replaced. The maximum squad size was increased from six to ten mercenaries with Wildfire v6.0 and the screen resolution from 640 × 480 to 1024 × 768 pixels. 20 new weapons and a new balancing of the existing weapons should give a more realistic impression, including new sounds.
The sectors have also been revised, objects and items have been moved and new environment details, including cover options, have been added. The number of computer opponents has been increased significantly and their combat behavior has been greatly revised, which greatly increases the level of difficulty compared to the original game. They are increasingly looking for cover and setting up ambushes.
development
Wildfire emerged from the modding work of Serge Popov. Popov tried to convey a more realistic gameplay feel with his mod, which is why he made many changes to the weapons, landscapes, structures and the game behavior of the opponents. For commercial marketing, Popov founded his development company i-Deal Games.
The then rights holder of the Jagged Alliance license, Strategy First, released the mod in version 5.0 in March 2004 as an official, stand-alone expansion on the North American market. The source code of the main game was added to this version . Since i-Deal, by its own account, was never paid by the now insolvent Strategy First, the developer ended the collaboration. In Germany and on the European market, Wildfire was published by Zuxxez, the successor company to the European JA2 publisher Topware Interactive . This version was based on version 6.0 of the previous modification, but no longer contained the source code of the game.
reception
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Wildfire's ratings were mixed.
“Why Jagged Alliance 2 Wildfire was even released remains a mystery to me: after all, the main program is already six years old! New weapons, mercenaries, revised sectors, and a better balance are all well and good, but they don't justify a full-price title. The gameplay is still bursting with complexity and an incredible number of possible courses of action, but the ravages of time are gnawing away. Increasing the resolution doesn't help much. Much worse, however, is that Jagged Alliance 2 Wildfire suffers from quite a few bugs and is therefore anything but stable. "
“If you've never played JA2, it's still worth getting, despite its 640 x 480 resolution, for its intriguing combination of strategy and RPG, rich humor and ever-changing challenges. But if you know the title well, we recommend taking a pass on Wildfire. This earnest but unimaginative release makes the game much tougher, but no more interesting. "
“If you've never played JA2, it's still worth buying for its fascinating combination of strategy and role-playing, rich humor, and ever-changing challenges, despite its 640 × 480 resolution. This serious but unimaginative release makes the game much more difficult, but not significantly more interesting. "
Web links
- Official website of JA2 Wildfire. Archived from the original on March 24, 2010 ; Retrieved January 28, 2012 . (English,archived)
- Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Marcel Kleffmann: Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire - Test, Strategy. In: 4Players. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Wildfire ( memento of March 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on www.strategyfirst.com (archived, English)
- ↑ Andrew Burnes: Jagged Alliance 2 Source Code To Be Bundled With Wildfire ( English ign.com). February 25, 2004. Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ↑ Ideal Games: News: Moscow, 8 of November - i-Deal Games ( English ) ideal-games.com. November 8, 2004. Retrieved on December 23, 2012: “ […] SF fulfilled none of it's obligation of contract and paid no single cent to i-Deal Games for the product which sales are counted in several hundred thousands USD. [...] we are searching for the distributors to republish upgraded version of our product world-wide. [...] "
- ↑ Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire for PC. In: GameRankings. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
- ^ Andreas Philipp: Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire. In: Gameswelt. April 8, 2005, accessed on July 17, 2019 (German).
- ^ Andrew Park: Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire Review. In: GameSpot. March 22, 2004, Retrieved July 17, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ a b Barry Brenesal: Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire Review. In: IGN. April 7, 2004, accessed July 17, 2019 .
- Jump up ↑ Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire. In: PC Games. May 15, 2005, accessed July 17, 2019 .
- ↑ PC PowerPlay 05/05