Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire (Windows)

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Description

Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire is a stand-alone expansion of Jagged Alliance 2. While Wildfire is technically no different from the original game (in story, gameplay, etc.), the game however introduces the following game mods:

• Over 80% of the maps have been modified (210 out of 260), including vegetation, buildings, roads, military facilities, etc.
• Modified and re-balanced items, gear and weapons bringing it closer to dangerous real-life situations.
• All military facilities have increased defensive capabilities: Added mine fields, fences, snipers, watchtowers, perimeter lighting, and alarms.
• New weapons: USP, Uzi, UMP, MP5A3, Mini-30, HK33, G36, MP7, MSG90, AN-94, RPK, V-94, VAL, VSS.
• Changed difficulty of enemies, in both significant quantity (almost double the number) and quality (AI).
• Arulco's population is now more loyal to the local government, in addition to increased support penalties for civilian deaths.
• Existing weapons’ graphics and sounds have been replaced, aiming for a more realistic approach.
• Militia options have been disabled.

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Alternate Titles

• "铁血联盟2：野火" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Jagged Alliance 2: Возвращение в Арулько" -- Russian spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Character development - Repetition
• Gameplay Feature: Squad Management
• Gameplay Feature: Targeting system
• Jagged Alliance series

User Reviews

Improvements? What Improvements?	Indra was here (20919)
Wildfire is really nothing more than a buggy "real world" mod.	kbmb (435)

Critic Reviews

PC Action	May 19, 2005	81 out of 100	81
PC Powerplay	May, 2005	78 out of 100	78
PC Games (Germany)	May 15, 2005	74 out of 100	74
GameSpot	Mar 22, 2004	7.2 out of 10	72
Joystick (French)	Apr, 2004	7 out of 10	70
Game Captain	Apr 27, 2005	68 out of 100	68
IGN	Apr 06, 2004	6.5 out of 10	65
4Players.de	Apr 22, 2005	61 out of 100	61

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Trivia

Lawsuit

Insolvency issues of Strategy First Inc. led to the inability to provide full royalties to developer i-Deal Games Studios for Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire. This prompted i-Deal to take legal action by sending an official Notification of Termination to Strategy First on the grounds of "breach of contract" on June 8, 2004. By June 26, 2004 the contract was formally terminated. No payment or settlement was officially reached by the two companies.

Release

The first release of Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire (and even many releases after that) was heavily criticized for being bug-plagued. This was due to Strategy First's decision (February 2004) to release the game before Quality Assurance testing was finalized.

Related Web Sites

• Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire (official website)
• Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire (Support page in English where you can download the most current patch for the game.)