Strategy First was acquired by Silverstar Holdings, which then ran into financial problems and was delisted by NASDAQ. Strategy First made several attempts to extend the series with Jagged Alliance 3D and Jagged Alliance 3, both of which never saw the light of day. At the moment Strategy First owns the IP and has published Jagged Alliance: Wildfire. By the time Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business was released, Sir-Tech's publishing arm was out of business and the game was released by Interplay. When Sir-Tech's publishing arm went bankrupt, the game rights were transferred to its development house Sir-Tech Canada and published by TalonSoft. The second game, Jagged Alliance 2, was also started by Sir-Tech. The series and IP were created by Mad Labs Software, who later became a part of the publisher for the first game, Sir-Tech Software, Inc., along with a transfer of IP. The intellectual property (IP) for Jagged Alliance has been exchanged between many companies. And only desperate-for-work mercs will agree to work for really notorious players. Hired mercenaries may quit unless the player discreetly pays them a bonus.

Mercs may demand a significant pay raise to consider working for the player. Bad player's reputation affects all mercenaries. If the player gets their troops killed often, regularly hires and dismisses members or generally is insensitive (such as not paying for deceased merc body shipments back home), their reputation will lower. The player has to maintain a level of reputation in the Jagged Alliance games. The mercenaries may be out on various assignments, determined randomly, so that the available pool of characters is never the same for each game. In contrast, 'Fox' loves working with 'Grizzly,' on whom she has something of a crush. 'Buns', a Danish markswoman, hates 'Fox', a medic with centerfold looks. Not all teams would work for example, Ivan and his nephew Igor, who work well together, are hated by Steroid, the Polish bodybuilder. Part of the strategy was the player's freedom to select a multi-faceted team to win the game in different ways. This contrasts the games' setting which is otherwise closely linked to such subjects as war and death.Įach mercenary is an individual with their own traits. The personalities of the individual mercenaries range from mildly eccentric to disturbed. Humour via spoken character comments is a trademark of the series.

The games feature a mix of turn-based battle simulation, 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate) elements and role-playing. The Jagged Alliance games center on strategically controlling mercenary squads, on and off the field, who complete various missions such as freeing countries from oppressive dictators.

3.2.1 Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business.

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