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Title: "Unternehmen Sonnenblume" - a Jagged Alliance 2 playthrough Post by: calapine on January 17, 2021, 09:08:46 AM This is Jagged Alliance Stracciatella a cross-platform (stable) JA2 runtime using the base game's files. Thus we are playing an unmodded game, expert difficulty, tons of weapons, sci-fi setting with a higher resolution.
House rule: No reloading, dead is dead. Until either Deidranna or my alter ego are dead. Buuuuut: I spent 100+ hours ingame but never progressed past the mid game. And never on 'expert' difficulty. So the outcome is open.... :grin: ================================================= Setting the scene The excellent and short intro conveys the story and atmosphere much better than I could with blahblah: There's stuff! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8ZsBBMzde4) So, the rebels are in a bad shape and need help. We accepted the contract and...ooooh, mail! (https://i.imgur.com/jY683Ym.png) Oh, noes. It's fucking spam: (https://i.imgur.com/rGGnec4.png) (https://i.imgur.com/4vyNTk5.png)(https://i.imgur.com/QRQch0Q.png) Although, I do love personality tests. Let's click the link. (https://i.imgur.com/xvki6CW.png) [Gameplay-wise this Buzzfeed-like questionnaire is the character creation screen that determines your AEs personality and skills. For the most part it's pretty easy to figure out what leads to what] (https://i.imgur.com/K3Rzaky.png)(https://i.imgur.com/nTbQyGn.png) (https://i.imgur.com/Bjb6u6G.png)(https://i.imgur.com/igs9w2u.pngg) There we go: (https://i.imgur.com/at1dywY.png) [specialites: Night Ops & Auto Weapons] ================================================= Next up: Hiring some mercs and an actual battle! Edit: Oh and I forgot, playing this with Wildfire maps, to change things up a little. Title: Re: "Unternehmen Sonnenblume" - a Jagged Alliance 2 playthrough Post by: Falconeer on January 17, 2021, 10:37:57 AM One of my favourite games ever!
Title: Re: "Unternehmen Sonnenblume" - a Jagged Alliance 2 playthrough Post by: Khaldun on January 17, 2021, 01:37:22 PM Looking forward to this one.
Title: Re: "Unternehmen Sonnenblume" - a Jagged Alliance 2 playthrough Post by: schild on January 17, 2021, 02:07:12 PM Oh please play all the way through
Title: Re: "Unternehmen Sonnenblume" - a Jagged Alliance 2 playthrough Post by: calapine on January 19, 2021, 10:32:09 AM Step 2: forming the team. The doctor: (https://i.imgur.com/1rzt94h.png) Spider is kinda adorable, personality wise. Night Ops specialist, so her and cala are going to double team in the dark. (https://i.imgur.com/FNMRTj6.png) The grunts: (https://i.imgur.com/Uc8hQOK.png) Gunter. The merc equivalent of take-away pizza. Not super special but all around solid and affordable - can't go wrong there. (https://i.imgur.com/NR0IA8P.png) (https://i.imgur.com/dnreY0z.png) He is the nephew of Ivan Dolvic, who is his uncle. Look at his fundemantionals, then. Also is cheap (https://i.imgur.com/MatfBHZ.png) The explosive guy: (https://i.imgur.com/r1XtXmo.png) Really good in the explosive department and smart enough to take over the team-mechanic role too. And look at his weekly salary! Trevor "$32,200 for two weeks" Colby can fuck right off - welcome on board Barry! (https://i.imgur.com/cnFhgHf.png) Next up: (https://i.imgur.com/rftG8Yz.png) Title: Re: "Unternehmen Sonnenblume" - a Jagged Alliance 2 playthrough Post by: calapine on January 19, 2021, 10:36:50 AM Part 3
(https://i.imgur.com/GBNYYRI.png) Team successfully infiltrates (https://i.imgur.com/CVciayh.png) The situation (https://i.imgur.com/S62pwcy.png) We move towards the treeline for cover, and... (https://i.imgur.com/7LhkJkJ.png) (https://i.imgur.com/4RIzvVX.png) But Wait, There's More! (https://i.imgur.com/rpGEwyR.png) (https://i.imgur.com/gxh60pX.png) Title: Re: "Unternehmen Sonnenblume" - a Jagged Alliance 2 playthrough Post by: calapine on January 19, 2021, 10:39:44 AM Part 4: Oh, shit.
(https://i.imgur.com/YpqQ1Pp.png) Cala moves south. The enemy still hasn't detected our team in cover. We'll keep it that way. (https://i.imgur.com/dsdOKWm.png) Encounter! 0703: An Arulconian soldier fires the first shot of the conflict. We fire back. (https://i.imgur.com/fTkEusD.png) Title: Re: "Unternehmen Sonnenblume" - a Jagged Alliance 2 playthrough Post by: calapine on January 19, 2021, 10:43:21 AM Cover works for both sides: the team lost contact with the enemy.
Trying to sneak up on them frontally and just hoping for the best would end with a shotgun load in the face (https://i.imgur.com/XLkzzxM.png) Cala continues the flanking maneuver (https://i.imgur.com/Y7idHyi.png) Last meters: Cala sprints across the street, is seen, promptly shot at and barely makes it (https://i.imgur.com/NqZ3xCx.gif) But it's worth it. Drawing the soldiers attention allows Igor to move position without getting fragged himself (https://i.imgur.com/56L0pqL.png) Barry is closing in too (https://i.imgur.com/aqpwamr.png) Surprise attack. Grunty and Spider open fire from the west. Berry from the north. Igor from the south-west, and... (https://i.imgur.com/KxR8Hoc.png)(https://i.imgur.com/601EE10.png) Cala goes full auto. (https://i.imgur.com/NeRzljX.png) (https://i.imgur.com/iVyJFmm.gif) Ta da! (https://i.imgur.com/SrstQ0D.png) Next episode: (https://i.imgur.com/Z7OsEdn.png) =========================================== This was surprisingly much work. The next encounters will be less detailed less I run out of steam by the 2nd town. Title: Re: "Unternehmen Sonnenblume" - a Jagged Alliance 2 playthrough Post by: Khaldun on January 21, 2021, 08:23:59 PM Many fond memories at any rate for this. It really had good LOS mechanics, the AI was pretty sophisticated, but I kind of loved how much personality it felt like the characters had even if on re-viewing it wasn't based on scripted cut-scenes and complicated loyalty quests, etc.
Title: Re: "Unternehmen Sonnenblume" - a Jagged Alliance 2 playthrough Post by: calapine on January 24, 2021, 01:07:43 PM (sorry for the slow updates)
Mission Diary - Day 01 Men killed: 3, 9mm hollow point left: 41, calories: 5424 (deployment overseas no reason to get lazy!) ============================================================================= Hah. Hah! Victory. Everyone dead, not a scratch on the team. Am such a good team leader. Scouted the place. The Arulco, Aruloconian?, Arulconesian?? The Enemy Forces turned half the houses into a boobied deathtraps. (https://i.imgur.com/udTWZfG.png) Sent Barry to disarm. Do not want civilians to be harmed. Also gesture probably playing well with the local populace: Brownie points are the currency of a successful insurgency. (Such a clever line! Mental note: Find appropriate opportunity to use in conversation. ) (https://i.imgur.com/hhD1RPk.png) Oh well... Looks worse than it was really. All digits still attached, he'll be fine in no time. I hope... Town is complete a complete junkyard. Met one woman, at first - understandably - distrustful... (https://i.imgur.com/94woWNx.png) (https://i.imgur.com/3a7vhOl.png) (https://i.imgur.com/4SM0dG6.png) ...but managed to convinced we are for real. (https://i.imgur.com/62Muxf6.png) ==================================== Meanwhile in Meduna... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egz3lPMlyaQ&feature=youtu.be) (https://i.imgur.com/crn2SWV.png) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egz3lPMlyaQ&feature=youtu.be) ==================================== Back in Omerta: (https://i.imgur.com/zRoNo5w.png) (https://i.imgur.com/QfVTDX3.png) (https://i.imgur.com/3jrsbRS.png) (https://i.imgur.com/VbXfrpP.png) (https://i.imgur.com/KnqllkT.png) Now, wait a moment you admittedly somewhat sexy discount-ché. I am not going to supply young women to pedo priests! (https://i.imgur.com/Bn38wDO.png) Now that totally makes sense. If think you about it what we are doing is just another form of humanitarian aid. Onwards to Drassen. (https://i.imgur.com/LWAyihj.png) |