Jagged Alliance 2 (one of my all time favs)

[@Warlockracy]

Important links. Props to Lilura for keeping the fire burning. Tips on running the game via Stracciatella (try this first): lilura1.blogspot.com/p/jagged-alliance-2-stracciatella.html Tips of running vanilla JA2: lilura1.blogspot.com/2021/12/Jagged-Alliance-2-Windows-10.html I don't recommend this option. I had fatal crashes, saves corrupted. Had to fast forward through the battles I've already won via cheat mode -- turns out the 'kill all' cheat doesn't work on tanks. FUCK tanks. 1.13: lilura1.blogspot.com/p/jagged-alliance-2-113.html Music by hate//hope: hatehope.bandcamp.com/ Thumbnail by Alex: twitter.com/sneksucks (Their Patreon, help this nerd pls: www.patreon.com/sneksucks)

[@herbertpocket8855]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/on6YiZ54h9Z3jKc this is a great guide to the patches!

[@freddyarm7927]

warlockacy ! Review the metro series!

[@Schwalbe1728]

If I may. If you approach from the ground level, Deidranna will be in the bunker. If you use a secret entry from a hedge maze sector (I think) she will be in the throne room... and that is a MUCH more difficult fight of the two.

[@SarahHxC]

aaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@eduardnemchitskiy8816]

Hey Warlockacy, have you tried hard life mod for 7.62? I personally like it much more then man of prey, more sandboxy and much more like jagged allience.

[@SsethTzeentach]

absolutely wonderful

[@вінницькийпсихопат]

🤯

[@nicholasherman515]

I knew the outro sounded familiar!

[@DrRESHES]

Honestly, I was waiting for you, You, to review this game. Not long after Wizzardry 8.

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

I've been asking for a video about this game from you long ago, i feel like you're trolling now

[@ghostc4ke365]

Hey hey sseth

[@Zyzyx442]

When I was in the army (Consription) the lieutenant (veteran of Iraq war) came into our barracks, asked what game we we're playing and we said jagged alliance, his eyes light up and he said "Wow I love that game, I always went for the Maniac trait hahahaha"

[@FrostbringerSaLance]

My brother in law just passed away and this was our favorite game no one had heard of, thank you sir

[@Warlockracy]

Condolences

[@ranger-rj2ym]

Condolences man, hope your bro is gaming in the heavens.

[@автоигорёкместный]

Why he left us?

[@dylanbell268]

My condolences

[@dasparado]

When you see him again you will get to play JA2 only for real. (simulated reality in Heaven). Think of the fun you will have.

[@herbertpocket8855]

The voice acting is incredible, it reminds me so much of Wizardry 8’s

[@A_Simple_Neurose]

Not surprising, considering they're both done by Sir-Tech. Similar VAs or NPC bark presentation/direction.

[@HappyAspid]

@@A_Simple_Neurose To be honest. Now I even more appreciate Russian version voiceacting. Especially Fidel.

[@maxjoechl5663]

@@HappyAspid The German one was excellent, too. Though I remember some of the German player base wondering what kind of woman „Valery Rüb“ (who provided the voice of Ivan) would have to be.

[@BarTwoOne]

How popular is the Wizardry 8’s portrait modding ?

[@burgertim7878]

One of the few games where even the german dub is good.

[@AoE2Replays]

DUUUDE, i was neighbors with Marc Camacho , who voiced Shadow and Igor, and some other characters, his wife also voiced IRA! i watched him play the game as himself as a kid hahah

[@keulenbauer]

Awesome memory you got there mate :D

[@lipzxnfvcx]

Wish I was capable of forming relationships with other people so I could tell them to wake up the new warlock just dropped

[@Warlockracy]

Same

[@llab3903]

@@Warlockracy I’ll be your friend mr. Warlockracy

[@planescaped]

@@llab3903 I can be a friend for the *low* *low* price of 14.99$ a month! _Buy now!_ _BUY NOW_

[@anonopossum]

I was all but shaken awake for the arcanum video after my partner found out we both watched warlockracy

[@SecuR0M]

fat mood

[@FredGrizzly]

Fun Fact: Flo's bio is not just fluff. She has a hidden perk that gives her 10% better prices when selling/buying guns. She should be parked in tony's smelly shack and sell your surplus guns to him every day I have played way too much of this game and the various mods but it sure was worth it

[@krzysztofpaszkiewicz1274]

Wow. Years of playing this game and I didn't know that. Since I started a new playthrough yesterday this will come in handy.

[@M4ruta]

I didn't know this. It's truly amazing that a game that I've been playing since 1999 and which I have dedicated hundreds of hours to still has secrets for me.

[@st.haborym]

I only learned that from the wiki, and I can confirm it's true.

[@jakeparkinson8929]

You know that you have mind rot when you read surplus as slurpis.

[@paganarh]

haven't played this game for 15 years but "Elliot, you iiidiot!" brought instant nostalgic tear into my eye. thank you.

[@sebastianriemer1777]

"Slap! Slap!" 😁

[@scratthesquirrel5242]

for me its the line "time to take out the trash"

[@deskslam4232]

The reason why the H&K CAWS never left the experimental stage is probably because Maddog stole it while pulling out his hair.

[@jastebro9827]

One campaign, many years ago, my one mercenary decided to go for a walk. He disappeared into the jungle & spent an in-game year or so training. Perhaps with a brief break to recruit like-minded individuals who'd work for free. With idealism fueling the cause, money wasn't an issue. A few disappointed/angry mails were sent by our client, but you can't rush a guerilla war. When the time was right, a godlike character best described as a hybrid Rambo/McGuyver emerged from the wilderness & liberated the island almost single-handedly.

[@Warlockracy]

a legit way to play

[@milczyciel]

I own my familiarity with this gem of a game to my English teacher Artur. We both loved Fallout 1&2 and so he thought I could like this one too. Boy, was he right on the money! I have repaid him by discovering (entirely on my own, as I did not have internet back then) and sharing with him a "secret" about sending flower bouquet to Deidranna. He played the game for at least a year by then (it must have been 2003-2004), so he thought he know all its secrets and thought I'm trying to pull his leg. Good times. Closest I ever been to having authority/father figure sharing my hobby.

[@overtrist]

Wspaniała historia.

[@jjcoola998]

Hey a fellow commenter who also gets jealous when ppl talk about their dad being interested in their games/hobby and playing along

[@Madd_o]

No words can describe my gratitude to you for covering one of my all-time favorite games. A genre-defining masterpiece that is forgotten by most and remembered only by a bunch of nerds and a couple of companies fruitlessly trying to revive the franchise. It's one of a few games that I keep coming back to regularly and never get tired of. Once again, thank you so much making this review! It was a genuinely worthy tribute that'll hopefully introduce more people to this lovely game. _p.s. - glad I was to be of help to you earlier this year, even if it was rather indirect_

[@AdaChanDesu]

I was hoping someone, anyone, would finally make a decent video about this game - Sseth, Mandalore, the sort. Color me surprised when both someone finally covers one of the best games of all time (that nobody's ever heard of) AND it's someone I haven't heard of before, meaning I have a whole new channel to watch now.

[@frds_skce]

@@AdaChanDesu you definitely should check Warlockracy channel out. It's one of the best >100k subs gaming channel that i've been subbing of. The editing quality, the voicing and also the humor, very nice guy. The video that hooked me in is his Deus Ex video, but then there also more gems in his video, even if you never played the game it's entertaining to listen to him about it

[@j.w.5510]

I might be able to enjoy it now - I could never get into any of the older JA games but playing JA3 has really flipped a switch in my head that will let me enjoy the older titles now.

[@marclohnhardt6420]

​@@j.w.5510jagged 3 is made for the masses and its shit. Always bother me tho seeing the Fanbase doing insaaaaaane mods. And a full dev with money and more money behind throws garbage at u😢

[@Ziggsters1515]

Hell yes I loved this game as a kid, I used to watch my mom play it and all the references and heavy narrative flew over my 8 year old head cuz man say funni swear,years later I wanted to revisit and to my surprise it had a healthy and awesome modding community! I've been playing it on and off throughout my 20s and early 30's. So cool to see you cover a fav of mine.

[@автоигорёкместный]

I still play it with your mom when you are busy at your work.

[@tommysoderholm8305]

Thats one cool mom.

[@Kpiozero]

A wonderous sort of game never duplicated.

[@JonDoesex]

Wizardry 8 is similar

[@TripleAlfafa]

I think it's utterly cursed for anyone to even attempt it. Even ones that come close have a tendency to do at least two baffling things that make the game outright worse.

[@JesusChristDenton]

7,62 High Calibre duplicated it

[@burgertim7878]

They tried so many times to revive it and failed everytime, its hilarious.

[@ValCherCh]

One can only hope that the upcoming Jagged Alliance 3 will be on a similar level of quality.

[@williamlydon2554]

This reminds me of the Operation Flashpoint expansion "Resistance", where your squad and weapon supplies carry over for the entire campaign, and even moreso Bohemia Interactive's later Armed Assault 1 expansion "Queen's Gambit", which features both a mercenary team and a despot queen. Someone at BA had to have played this.

[@Warlockracy]

Resistance was a fantastic campaign.

[@aw2584]

Bro I loved this expansion so much. Up to this day I remember one mission where you had to ambush some heavy armored convoy... took me like 10 different attempts with different approaches to finally ambush them in this valley in-between two hills on a mined up road armed with RPGS to take care of tanks covering its back rear (with said mines destroying the front rear). Those were the times and those were the games.

[@coveherbert6035]

That campaign was so fun, it was hard to resist choosing the sniper rifle at every briefing and cheesing the entire mission lol

[@CrizzyEyes]

Resistance was incredible. The first time I played that initial mission, where you steal the supply truck and drive off, then I realized that we didn't have shit for gear in the next mission, so I had to go back to play it again and loot all of the gear off the Russian soldiers, was such a pleasant surprise.

[@Yora21]

I remember this game being huge in Germany when I started really getting into videogames. It was usually held at the same level as Starcraft, Tiberian Sun, and Baldur's Gate. Somehow I never got around to actually play it, but I recently played Thief, Settlers 2, and Homeworld past the first three levels that I managed to get through as a kid. Maybe not to late to finally pick this one up as well.

[@sqly3129]

You can always kite in HW, its a bit cheap but i think thats how i completed it as a child

[@Yora21]

@@sqly3129 I like to spam salvage corvettes. "So once again, what was briefly yours is now mine." Or as said by Bart S.: "Yoink!"

[@sqly3129]

@@Yora21 lmfao yes, i played remaster 1 few weeks back and i had so much destroyers last mission was kinda a cakewalk. I was speaking more about HW 2

[@feyyaznegus3599]

The voice acting in German is also excellent!

[@croncorcen]

never too late to play one of the best games ever made!

[@dgraham3559]

Used to play this on my shitty laptop years ago when I was visiting my late grandfather in the hospital, great memories and I hold it close to my heart, thanks for posting something about this game

[@BarTwoOne]

Was your grandfather aware of onscreen JA2 action ?

[@chrisstorrer]

videogames and life coexisting, thanks for sharing your memory my friend.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

I love how COMPLETELY ragtag both the player's and enemy's troops and equipment seem to be.

[@enclaw543]

Seeing this main chars portrait, voice and team is giving me hard nostalgia attack. Im glad my brothers showed me JA

[@Sigxy]

There really is something about that portrait & voice combo, isn't there? :>

[@chrisstorrer]

what brothers are for

[@jessesiet8074]

Every time I liberated a town in the game I’d also send Deidrana some flowers. Always was amused by her additional dialogue from that.

[@Alex-ip1dn]

Warlock thank you for helping to live out a ton of games I never knew existed and likely won't get around to playing. Love your work man. I hope you are well!

[@samz8691]

If I recall, only the first german release had the brothel, it was censored (so you couldnt use it) afterwards but fans modded it back in and Stracciatella has it back. The intro was also censored and originally featured a scene of a baby being injected and dying. Gus is fun, he's your mission giver in the Deadly Games expansion for JA1, apparently him calling you woody is a reference to the Novel "Lonesome Dove" where the main characters are naned Woodrow and Gus.

[@Niberspace]

so pathetic that they have to censor that stuff, meanwhile movies can get away with it all the time

[@sharmatmammoth]

Never clicked so fast in my life - JA2 deserves WAY more recognition than it has, one of the all-time greats. Glad to see you well, buddy!

[@A_Simple_Neurose]

It took me a second to realize why I felt the name "Cleve Blakemore" sounded so familiar. Even today I can chip in a tale at the old RPG table about that guy's antics and his absolutely incredible track record of involving himself in some scandal that started over less than nothing. I would not be surprised if he showed up in this video's comment section for a couple rounds. He's like robocop. He will find you, and he will impart you his justice. God bless Cleve. And God bless you if you try to play Grimoire, you'll definitely need it.

[@tobiasfunke6284]

I need the story too

[@zombie2356]

Same, need the story

[@utarefson9]

@@zombie2356 Well, for one, he considers himself a living neanderthal and as such superior to the rest of the planet. He's also built a nice nuclear bunker. He's certainly worth a mad lads style video... maybe i should try to do one myself. Though on first inspection, i had troubles finding the penis monster pictures.

[@quint3ssent1a]

I learned about Blakemore after some KZbin comment under Pathfinder video, where it was mentioned that Blakemoor's grimoire in that game was a joke about that dude. Now I know more about him and... oh fuck, this guy is a legend.

[@nektulosnewbie]

Not a Robocop A cybernetically enhanced Neanderthal.

[@1thevm1]

It's been so long since ANYONE on this godforsaken platform made a proper video on one of the greatest games ever. It's a shame JA (or Jaggy as we like to call it) never got proper resurgence as XCom did.

[@ToTheNines87368]

I’m one of the few who thinks Xcom still hasn’t gotten a proper resurgence.

[@1thevm1]

Dude, what are you talking about? OG Xcom had overwatch on by default on EVERYONE as long as you had some TUs. The lack of covers and incredible high lethality of combat necessitated camping and grenade lobbing, and the stupidity of the AI basically made them advance in pod-sized groups anyway. I agree that Firaxis' game is rather dull in its vanilla state, but Long War fixes a lot of issues about it and even more in my opinion. Still, a lot of changes were necessary, and you'd see that if you go play OG Xcom and compare them together. Jake Solomon (the designer) made a great decision to not try and replicate the lighting in the bottle that was the OG, because he knew that'd be impossible.

[@ToTheNines87368]

@@1thevm1 I play the OG game all the time with and without mods. But I apologize for having a different opinion than you lol.

[@NotSoKevin1]

Well i guess your in luck, because they just announced JA 3 and even got the original writer on board for the story!

[@AdamAmbrus]

maybe now...?

[@mogimbo]

Yup, I'm still playing this game in 2023. So much fun, character and personality. And a hefty dose of jank and cheesiness.

[@croncorcen]

Man recently i finished binging your vids and thought "i wonder if he will ever cover this gem?" Well, here we are. A one hour review of my all-time favourite! P.S.: 20$ is a big enough bribe for Pablo 😁

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

normally I just feed him a knuckle sandwich 😏

[@19Ronnie10]

Ah yes, Jagged Alliance 2... from 1.13 through Night Ops, Renegade Republic, Legion 2, DBB IoV, Deidranna Lives, Vietnam SOG '69, Urban Chaos to AIMNAS with big maps, i've spent countless hours in this great game :D

[@PresidentBarackbar]

I'd love to see some coverage of Vietnam SOG '69. I think the only video on YT on it is in Russian and I think the gameplay looks really interesting

[@motokuchoma]

When you mentioned Cleave, I looked him up to see why SirTech felt it necessary to mock him like this. I wasn't ready for what I found, calling him nuts would be a massive understatement.

[@Wind_Falcon]

Cleve is not that bad. Hes a bullshitter but he's alright compared to the much worse social media loonis that we get in droves nowadays.

[@nektulosnewbie]

Nuts and yet he keeps being right. People laughed at his claims about SoA until they found the design docs that proved his hyperbole was anything but.

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@nektulosnewbie He's like the Aussie Alex Jones of gaming.

[@VincentVanZigel]

The amount of unique portraits in this game is simply astounding. I've never played it, do they also have unique lines of dialogue? That would be absolutely fantastic!

[@Warlockracy]

Yes, all characters are unique.

[@DrRESHES]

All of them. All. Every single one of them. When you talk to Miguel a random characted says his/her unique dialogue, in this vid Fidel said the "Toilet paper roll" line, next playthrough someone else will say. you can wait for M.E.R.C site to be available so you can hear their unique voice lines. In the tactical screen you can find the "lips" button and make characters to talk to you. They either say something about the team or something like Fidel would explain why he has mental problems. (hint: something about his bf, Yes he is a closetted homosexual).

[@Trikipum]

Not only that but all characters have a past and many of their "past" blent together. So you can have characters that hate other, characters that like each other and characters that "love each other".. that makes for some super funny conversations when you play. Part of the game mechanics was managing your merc teams so you did not have troubles between them.. They never have created a game with such personality, that is why there are 1 million clones of this game but no one really got it right, not even the "real" sequels...such a shame.

[@giampaolomannucci8281]

@@Trikipum we don't talk about the "sequels", it's known :'(

[@CrizzyEyes]

Every single merc has unique dialogue. Most, if not all, have special dialogue that only occurs when they see specific other mercs. SirTech games had an absurd amount of voice acting in them. To this day I have no idea how they accomplished it in the late 90s/early 00s. I guess even if your VAs are not professionals, they can sound decent with good direction. That's the power of a good director.

[@ServantOfBoron]

Finally someone reviewing Jagged Alliance! I thought I would never see the day. This is in my top 5 games of all times. I remember scraping money to buy 32 more ram just to upgrade my 16MB pentium, because the the game barely worked with 16MB... Ahhh, lovely memories

[@sznurowadlo]

That is the one video I was waiting for. You made my day a 100% better.

[@solidzaku2]

"Send in the 3rd Army Corps!" I spit out my drink, thanks. If the banan hadn't been in place, I might have missed that.

[@jtpal12]

Thank you for being the first youtuber over 10K subs to discuss the greatest SRPG ever. This game really needs the exposure.

[@JohnDoe-cz5yz]

It's incredible(and really sad) that a game from '99 is far more complex than todays AAA fast-food of a games.

[@inkeddecker9964]

Most AAA games no a days are safe they won't do anything out of the norm it's weak. At least most indies now can experiment or push boundaries.

[@jjcoola998]

HD was a blessing and a curse for gaming development…

[@haydentravis3348]

When shit gets figured out, all the smart, creative and genius people get bored and move on to new, more interesting things. Was games, now its AI. Lucky for games, AI will make those better by default.

[@ge-8135]

All of pop culture is a shot show these days.

[@ImWatchingYou69]

I mean I get your point, but in fairness it's more complex than 99% of 90's + 00's games as well and it's not even close. This game is fucking hard lol. Makes Bioware CRPG's look like Super Mario Bros.

[@kevinczaractual]

The nostalgia really hit at "ELLLLLIOT, YOU IIIIIIDIOT!"

[@Yora21]

slap slap

[@Niberspace]

my life would be so much more fufilling if every time I achieved something I could hear that dialogue

[@ChekhovsGun]

God, would love to see a Wizardry 8 video by you. Like you say, the personalities and portraits give so much life to the party. Deaths, even if they're easily reversible compared to Jagged Alliance, feel like a major event and something to roll with instead of reloading. The often funny, sometimes quite sad eulogies from the rest of your characters help.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

What'd be funnier would be Wizardry 4, if only to see the jaws drop on zoomers at such a brutally punishing and unfair game.

[@ryanc5572]

Yeah the death animation was so powerful and soul crushing when I played it as a kid, that it brought me to tears.

[@SirCorepower]

Love seeing the classics getting played.

[@natedigger5678]

Biff and Flo actually make a great militia training team. Their morale remains permanently high, and they learn fast enough that it's great to get them early. Plus, it funnels money into M.E.R.C, so you can get the actually decent ones like Cougar and Numb quicker.

[@slaineify6102]

I've been waiting for someone to cover this game for years.

[@woskis9161]

most of your videos satisfy my curiosity in games, this one genuinely made me want to go out and play it. thank you for covering this!

[@Tarranium]

This instantly became one of my favorite videos of yours, really clever editing and timing with the explosions and showing a taste of the amazing voice acting in this game and making sure those who haven't played the game still see all the slaps Elliot gets. I don't know if you read comments, but I would love to see a Wizardry or Might & Magic vide from you!

[@Kevbo2040]

Oh DANG, this one takes me back. My friend Tommy absolutely *loved* Jagged Alliance 2 back when we were in high school and it was still a newer game. I never got around to playing it, but it was on sale dirt cheap on GOG and I picked it up purely out of nostalgia for him, since he and I haven't talked in like a decade. Watching this review might finally get me to try it out; even if it doesn't, it's another Warlockracy review that hits me right in the memories.

[@SkooterBrother]

Man i've been waiting for 20 years or so for anyone to cover this game on youtube :D I remember going to my best friends house, who was also my closest neighbour and we would spend whole days playing this game. That was probably 20 or 21 years ago and we were both just 10 years old at the time so we did not know what we were doing for the most part but we still had a blast. Maybe 2 or 3 months since first starting this game I clicked right mouse button by mistake and BOOM - that was when we realised that you can actually spend more action points when aiming xD Yeah that was mind blowing, especially because we were just making potshots and could barely hit anything untill then xD Or that you can not only fight aliens in mines but that you can also apply their blood onto your armour and make it much much better ;D That was all before we had any internet so we were just two kids having a blast playing and sometimes finding out new features by chance :D Of course 've played it as a normal adult with my normal gaming brain and it was equally good game. It's my top 1 favourite game and it is ctiminally underrated. Happy to see someone cover it, maybe that will let more people know abut it and more people will start playing it again. Such a genius game ;D Anyways... anyone up for some JA2 multiplayer? XD I've never managed to run multiplayer and i've tried many times. Probably some closed ports or something that me and my friends could never figure out sadly.

[@othername4365]

played 1/3 of the game w/o aiming 😑 way older than 10

[@genzowakabayashi2766]

Had the same story! :D Not sure if it took us 2-3 months but despite finding out it wasn't much of a trade off for us to shoot 1 less round but that's probably because our gun & character taste... You had Bull or MD who with aimed shoot can their not so great Agility can blast their gun just once. but there thing that took AGES (!!!) for me and my friend to hand a letter to Fatima. We must've been 1000h's playing the game our way, which was... getting hiring guys&gals that we like, only bottom row mercenaries, only muscle guys, dumbest characters etc. we;ve been setting challange to ourselfs before we even knew how the game was played! We need to also consider the times... 'we' were in era where internet wasn't a thing and main source of fun was still playing outside and meeting with your buddies top tier activity so we mostly played to 'one life' going with 6 AIM guys that we can afford, hitting as many sectors of Alma/Cambria/Grumm or w/e was could be a challange at that time making sure we die before other buddies will come and tell us that there is a match or something else cool to do in large number of friends

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

EVERYBODY TAKES VOICE 3, IT'S JUST THE BEST. Man, thanks for putting a highlight on one of my favorite games.

[@emergenciest]

Best game, the banter between Reaper and Shadow was fantastic

[@maxjoechl5663]

Barely ever used the two because they seemed like tryhard edgelords even back in '99. That said, one of Shadow‘s lines has aged extremely well over the years: *“The cold War may officially be over, but Russian Imperialism is still alive and well. Just go by their actions, not their words"*

[@croncorcen]

As far as i remember the banter between Shadow and Ivan was realy great too. Deep respect for the former enemy.

[@TheHalogen131]

@@maxjoechl5663 Wow, when does Shadow say that?

[@maxjoechl5663]

@@TheHalogen131 I believe he randomly says it outside of combat in the demo. Not sure about the full version. Might be contingent on having Ivan in your squad (the mercs in the English demo were Shadow, Ivan, Vicky, Dr Q and Gasket).

[@SuperCosmicSpaceMagnet]

For the sake of anyone wondering what a bartender's assistant is called, they're called Barbacks. They take care of restocking, preparing fresh garnishes, and keeping the washing-up going so that the bartender has all the glassware they need. It's a tough job.

[@Wojciech940]

It`s worth mentioning you can hire Larry through MERC (mid to late poll) and once he stays in a sector with a bar, he gets drunk and permamently loses a few dozens of skill points, as well as heath points poll if I remember correctly lmao

[@Peptuck]

IIRC he cleans up and goes back to normal after a while if you take him away from that sector. He does the same thing if you let him hold on to any medical items or other drugs too.

[@wsevolodgromov3591]

Ahh, good old memories. Thanks for nostalgia Mr. Warlockracy! I really enjoy your content, and every video bring joy in my life. Thank you, for this emotions, they keep feeling alive

[@Froy_Oi]

The joy I had when I realized you could send flowers to the Queen, I was trying to find burial insurance and it's little touches like that.

[@TheGregoryodd]

Got the game recently, having never played it back in the day. I couldn’t stop giggling when I did the personality test for the first time 😂 ; also I do love Ira and the idea of a humanitarian aid worker going rogue

[@ThomasTheSkankEngine]

I was waiting for someone to cover this game thoroughly, amazing video as always

[@alaksandutheexorkizein7634]

I love it that you show that you can send flowers to Deidranna. I remember as a kid just spontaneously trying that for 'just to see if anything happened' and it sure did. One of my top ranked moments in my whole gaming life experience ☺️

[@postpunk6947]

Oh my god, it's good to see your video again. My favorite moment in every month. Maybe any chance for Planescape: Torment video, one day? I have seen references to this game in your videos several times, I conclude that you value this great title at least half as much as I do. BTW I never played Jagged Alliance, but I trust your taste. You are my favorite gamer-KZbinr, and you are brother from fellow tribe! Slav power, it doesn't matter, Belarussian, Russian or Pole. Thank you for your content, niechaj Ty i Twoja rodzina będzie zdrowa i szczęśliwa!

[@jansenart0]

I've said it before, I'll say it again: I am happy to watch whatever Warlockracy wants to post. This is always great content and a very underrated channel.

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

It's a chad move to send flowers to the main antagonist just to mess with them.

[@Niberspace]

that must be why I didn't even know that was a possibility, because I'm not Chad enough

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

Ah, those are not Browning Hi-Power pistols, but rather Arcadia Machine & Tool (AMT) Automag III pistols. I could blather about those because they're pretty weird. They're this odd offshoot of the Auto Mag Corporation (AMC), known for their AMP-180, a rather different design of pistol, AMT's being more conventional scaled up 1911/Hi-Power style designs, and AMC's being that big pistol you see in the fourth Dirty Harry movie. Both are semi-automatic pistols designed for Magnum handgun cartridges. One of AMT's (many) pistols is the Automag III, chambered for 9mm Winchester Magnum (which is like the .357 Magnum revolver cartridge if you used a casing without the rim to make it easier to design a pistol magazine around it). AMT at one point decides that since the old .30 Carbine cartridge for the US M1 Carbine can fit in a pistol grip and is available very cheap, they should offer the Automag III chambered for it. Since the powder in the .30 Carbine cartridge is meant to burn through a comparatively long carbine barrel (a little more than twice the length), what you get is a very long and ungainly pistol which is *outrageously* loud and blasty at the muzzle, which is a funny novelty, but not nearly as powerful from a comparatively short barrel as 9mm Winchester Magnum. Both AMC and AMT had this fascination with stainless steel as a material, and they insisted on working with it for basically everything in spite of not being fully familiar with its properties (It's just like working with normal steel, right?). Their guns have a lot of common problems, particularly in the durability and reject rate of some parts. AMT made a 1911 clone called the "Hardballer", which because it had a frame and slide made from the exact same grade of stainless steel, could with enough use begin to exhibit galling issues (friction welding) making the slide not travel quite freely every time it recoils, leading to jams. This same issue happens on their Automag pistols too, which together with not unusual fitment issues is why AMT pistols can often require gunsmithing to be made to properly function. Keeping the slide rails on these pistols well greased (not oiled), prevents this from happening. They never made one for the 7.62mm NATO cartridge, though these are described as custom guns, so some whacky gunsmith somewhere in America made these 7.62mm NATO pistols, presumably by cutting a pair of the pistols apart and then rewelding them to create the extra long one, with an all new barrel for the 7.62mm cartridge (and then again for the second one). The resulting pistols would be even more loud and concussive, and the grip would feel even more like holding a large plank of wood than the Automags already do, and not have much better ballistics. These would be preciously impractical guns IRL, and considering the money they must have cost to make, a hilarious joke. He could no doubt have bought some nice old surplus M1 Garand rifles to arm all your mercs with, along with a crate of ammunition and clips to last, for less than what these goofy custom pistols probably went for.

[@TheTber123]

Fun fact: in Back in Action, Dynamo's backstory is changed so that he was an ex-general guy (I think?) who protested a little too loudly when the Queen started killing women and children indiscriminately, so the Queen threw him in prison instead.

[@chuckberry1979]

I played this Game when released and was so in love with this Game. Granted...i save scummed a few times, but all in all it was such a personal Game where you seem to knew every Soldier.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

*_"Even against the redshirts, the rocket rifle is... disappointing."_* A realistic portrayal, the real life Gyrojet guns were really remarkably shitty weapons. As the rocket projectiles build up speed as they travel, there is virtually zero recoil, and they move very slowly when exiting the muzzle, meaning that in addition to being basically harmless at spitting distance, even _the tiniest_ wind movement or drop of rain will MASSIVELY disrupt the projectile's trajectory and offset it wildly. Most guns have their accuracy assessed by measuring how many inches wide a target group of five shots is at a distance of about 25yds for handguns, and 100yds for rifles, referred to as Minute Of Angle. 1MOA is considered very good (and even less is excellent), 4MOA would be considered acceptable for an infantry rifle, with 6MOA as bad, and 8MOA as terrible. The Gyrojet typically measured the size of its groupings not in inch, but in *feet,* as bad as 12ft at 30yds for the pistols, the rifles being modestly better. The guns themselves didn't have to bear any pressure to speak of, and were made accordingly, resulting in very lightweight weapons made out of inexpensive zinc alloy pressings and simple steel tubes as barrels to point the rockets with. This is of course offset by the atrocious performance of the rockets which can at best compare to an ok .45 caliber pistol in ballistics when in protected laboratory conditions, but with an extremely awkward reloading procedure, and ammunition which was very expensive even before they became curious collectibles. The little rockets were difficult to manufacture, and sometimes the jet vents weren't cut properly, meaning a rocket was sometimes _even less accurate than normal._ The Gyrojet was some very exotic outside of the box thinking, but it was completely inferior to contemporary weapons on a fundamental level. Inferior to even old US Civil War blackpowder relics, when you start thinking about it.

[@Shishkebarbarian]

Man these videos are incredible. I never played JA2, but know of its greatness being a big fan of PCGamer in the 90s. I played JA1 when it came out but i was 10 and had no idea what i was doing, got it off a russian pc games pirate disc. You did an incredible job taking me through the game and i love your humor comrade. i love the mini history lessons and tangents you go on that really fill in the spirit of this time and game and development. it brings back fond memories. I discovered this channel several weeks ago and slowly working my way through your catalogue. we have similar taste and experience and even the games i never played or heard of are very entertaining to watch. i do hope you do a more complete video on Colony Ship. take care of your, friend

[@Nabo42]

I love that Warlockracy and I both use the same portrait and voice combo.

[@stacksmalacks8826]

It's always a good day when Warlockracy uploads. This channel is so slept on, its crazy. Can't wait to watch this 15 times while eagerly awaiting the next

[@JellyJman]

Thanks for this! Loved playing this game like 7 years ago.

[@skaruts]

I usually got Steroid and Raven, plus Shadow or Reaper and (iirc) Ivan or Buzz. Later I would get a team of cheap mercs to just stay behind training militias. This game is a masterpiece in every respect. Brilliant plot and characters, with plenty of depth and personality, brilliant voice acting and dialogues, great soundtrack that doesn't get old, great game mechanics, great graphics and animations, a brilliant mix of intelligent sense of humor with unsettling drama... Everything in this game is just right. It's among the best games every made.

[@timnil]

Another great one, thanks a lot. Sir-Tech brings back a lot of memories, those Wizardry games were tough, though 8 is just bizarre.

[@tnh723]

Tbh this is one of the best gaming videos I have ever seen on YT. Dude. You're amazing. Thank you for all these great memories

[@StickWithTrigger]

I always heard jagged alliance 2 was amazing but now...now i know it truly is amazing

[@RainbowRenegade]

Out of context those voice lines are hilarious. "I remove her like toilet paper from roll" got me dead 😂

[@adamlucas2203]

You've quickly became my favorite KZbinr. Love seeing new videos drop

[@independentconfederate6604]

I love how when the queen gets your flowers she gets so mad she has to slap Elliot like 5 times. On top of getting him to call himself an idiot.

[@Slop_Dogg]

Wow. I feel like I haven’t heard anyone even mention this series in… at least 15 years. What a flashback.

[@lewiswhitling1351]

it's been about 20 years since I played this game, and yet I still have to mutter "it's time to take out the trash" when the bins need changing

[@majimaxii]

Old comment, but I do the same when the occasion calls for it.

[@marley7868]

right the black bird line sold me so I'll come back after finishing the game thank you

[@m.streicher8286]

You just know Deidrahna's VA wasn't paid enough for that performance

[@TBRACKET]

I remember this was the only game my dad used to had in his old thinkpad, good memories indeed they don't make like they used to

[@typefac3]

Hell yeah I been waiting for this one. Thank you so much Warlockracy, you're one of my favourite creators on the platform with these consistently great videos about some of my favourite games.

[@mairidberz1450]

I have beaten this game like 20 times. I beat it almost thrice a year, when, I start playing its an addiction, cant stop untill arulco is liberated, amazing game, even more amazing thanks to the 1.13 mod ,thanks for covering it.

[@roolaing]

Never played this but I'm amazed at how immersive it is. Incredible level of depth.

[@notanm6616]

Hell yes, JA2! Being Russian myself, this has been one of my all time favorite games, probably since I was 14 or 15. So many hours, days, nights, weeks, months have been sunken into it, it's crazy how replayable this game is even today. Thank you for making a video about this masterpiece.

[@jedlin1256]

Your videos are so entertaining, that made me play a few of these great games. First Deus Ex, then Vampire the Masquarade and now Jagged Alliance 2. I bought a copy for a less than a dollar on GOG during last sale and I'm having great time with it. Thank you Warlockracy

[@jwoellhof]

this is an all time favorite. like Baldur's Gate, but with mercs. the voice acting and writing is awesome. I literally bought this on Steam a month ago and it runs great on new Windows system. So glad to finally get a copy up and running again.

[@mateogarcia3866]

I love how he narrates the stuff in the video is so unique

[@TheTber123]

Elliot is the bad guy in JA: Rage yeah One of those attempts to revive the series you mentioned He's completely snapped and gone insane, probably from a possibly untreated headshot wound Unfortunately JA: Rage killed off Igor and Raider through BACKSTORY (Ivan's backstory says Igor overdosed, Raven's backstory says Raider died)

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

Is he still an idiot?

[@benmilner9672]

I don't really play video games anymore because I am getting old, but I did play this one again recently as I often think about it. I used to play it back in high school alongside a few of my friends who were also really into it as well. It evoked a great deal of nostalgia and it's nice to see this game made an impact on other folk too.

[@lobonocturno420]

Its simply the best turn based game by far imo, hope Jagged Alliance 3 will be also very enjoyable, cant wait. 🔥

[@Dul131]

I keep on coming back to this video. I simply adore how you "tell the story" of your playtrough.

[@Nebyab]

So glad to see it finally getting some love!!

[@lennyerdody]

I fell out of my chair when you said your lifelong dream is to live in Беларусі

[@No14210]

Loved playing this game when I was technically a bit too young to be consuming anything showing heads being blown off and prostitution. I got the Dutch 1.06 version from the bargain bin, and that offered amazing value for money. It was uncensored, showing the brothel in San Mona and the infanticide in the opening cutscene. To be sure, the stuff that was cut was relatively minor, but it's still sad that the censored version is on all the downloading sites, and the original will be forgotten over time. Unfortunately the Dutch 1.06 version also had the tendency to freeze when you threw a grenade, and it had Dutch subtitles that occasionally didn't make sense in any language. Still, good times were had by all.

[@ASecretToEveryone86]

"It costs 100 dollars to fire this weapon for less than 2 seconds." - Creator of the 60s Rocket Gun, probably

[@molochi]

7.62NATO fired from a handgun would be hilarious.

[@tnh723]

this game is still one of the greatest. I spent countless hours on this in '99 and the early 2000s and countless more when we installed the HAM mod. oh, your narration and editing is double plus good. SUBBED

[@ryanc5572]

Love him or hate him, Cleve's game is a masterpiece if you love old school games like Wizardry 7. And I know Elliott's abuse was intended as humorous as a joke, but it was a notable example of how men can be victims of abuse too, contrary to many opinions at the time.

[@Warlockracy]

In this house we stan Cleve

[@sternencolonel7328]

one of the best games ever made, despite being delivered in an unfinished state. Btw. the Barkeeper "Frank" is based on a german game journalist who worked for one of the most successful (german) game magazines of that time

[@AndDiracisHisProphet]

oh yeah. GameStar, wasn't it?

[@xKingRognarx]

Я каким-то совершенно непонятным образом пропустил, что у Wizardry и Jagged Alliance - одни разработчики, а при том, что я очень уважаю первую игру, до сих пор не играл во вторую. Придётся в ближайшее время ознакомится самому.) Спасибо за видео!

[@BoloH.]

This game is a gem. Bought one of those game collections in the mid-90s, fell in love with Deadly Games. Saw a review of JA2 in a magazine and wanted it so bad, but it was super hard to find a copy where I lived. Maybe two weeks after that my parents were out of town and my mom bought me a copy from some tiny computer store in another town as a birthday gift. Never mentioned her how much I wanted that game, and she still doesn't know it was probably the best gift she ever bought for me.

[@alexanderstanfield5845]

49:22 A bartenders assistant is called a bar back. I was one for a year and a half.

[@orientalornamental]

JA2 with the 1.13 mod is a fundamental part of my childhood, and god do I miss it