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Jagged Alliance 1: Gold Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2014

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Quick resume

Experience a true classic! This Gold edition includes the original Jagged Alliance plus the add-on Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games. Take a trip into retro land and learn why this is considered to be one the best turn-based games of all times.

Global score

78/100

Genres

Action, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy

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    Pros

    • Deep tactical gameplay and strategy
    • Memorable mercenary personalities and voice acting
    • High replayability and nostalgia factor
    • Complex resource and team management
    • Includes original game plus deadly games expansion

    Cons

    • Dated graphics and user interface
    • Steep learning curve with no tutorial
    • Some bugs and technical issues
    • Slow pacing and clunky controls
    • Limited multiplayer and social features

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "The game challenges players with complex strategic and tactical decisions, requiring skill in managing resources, combat, and diplomacy."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is mainly on single-player experience with no strong emphasis on ranked or leaderboard competition; multiplayer exists but is niche."

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    • Continuation

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      "Many reviews mention long play sessions, habitual play over years, and high replayability, indicating strong desire to keep playing."

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    • Cooperation

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      -2

      "Gameplay centers on managing own squad of mercenaries; limited multiplayer or cooperative play mentioned."

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    • Creativity

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      3

      "Players customize characters with weapons, cards, and abilities; tactical creativity in chaining kills and using environment."

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      "Players customize teams, upgrade weapons, and use an editor in Deadly Games; some crafting and equipment modification present."

    • Domination

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      "Interactions emphasize managing your mercenary company and surviving challenging missions rather than exerting control or superiority over other players."

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      "Interactions emphasize managing mercenaries with personalities and mutual respect rather than exerting dominance or trash talk."

    • Escapism

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      "Strong escapism reported; players use the game as a nostalgic refuge and immersive fantasy experience."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and nostalgia, not due to obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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      "Character and mercenary customization and cosmetic options allow some self-expression."

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      "Customization of mercenaries and equipment allows some self-expression, though limited by game’s old design."

    • Fantasy

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      "Military-themed realistic setting with plausible weapons and enemies rather than imaginative fantasy."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Social connection is limited; players mostly play solo with minimal social interaction except sharing stories or modded multiplayer."

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      "Social connection is limited to single-player mercenary management; no strong community or multiplayer social features."

    • Growth

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      "Players develop mercenaries’ skills and abilities, learn game mechanics, and improve strategies."

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      "Players develop mercenary skills, manage resources, and learn game mechanics, supporting personal development and mastery."

    • Health

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      "No physical activity involved; sedentary gameplay typical of PC strategy games."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires continuous attention and strategic planning; not designed for background or casual intermittent play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Limited social interaction; relationships are within the mercenary company but lack deep emotional or social connection."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead and manage a mercenary company, making strategic decisions and guiding team development."

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      "Player leads and manages a mercenary team, making strategic and tactical decisions, exercising clear leadership."

    • Progression

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      "Players accumulate resources, units, and upgrades to strengthen their armies and expand territory."

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      "Game features resource accumulation, mercenary skill upgrades, equipment improvements, and territory control progression."

    • Relaxation

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      "Some players find the game rewarding and immersive, but the steep difficulty and tension reduce relaxation."

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    • Sensation

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      "Visuals and audio are pleasant but dated; some sensory enjoyment from animations and voice acting but not intense stimulation."

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    • Status

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      "Achievements and recognition are minimal; gameplay is focused on individual experience without social status."

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    • Story

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      "Game includes narrative elements, lore, and story missions enhancing immersion."

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    • Strategy

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      "Deep strategic gameplay involving resource management, tactical combat, and long-term planning."

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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      "Players find strong value in gameplay depth, replayability, and nostalgia at a low price."

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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