Yesss the remake they screwed up badly but this game is a timeless classic and you can play it over and over again. I love how detailed it is... In early computer games of course the graphic wasn't that great but they put lots of time and effort in details and gameplay
It's pretty interesting to hear the descriptions of these historical small arms from the perspective of a late 90s game designer. They definitely had done some research (though some of it sounds like it came from the pages of "Guns and Ammo" magazine...). Thanks for sharing!
I always thought that the ingame descriptions were meant to sound like something from "Guns and Ammo" (maybe the Canadian edition). It's why there are so many shots at Soviet and Russian weapons.
@@Empiro3 that's one of the things I absolutely love about this game. It's a strategy game but the fact it became a cult classic, other than cool gameplay, I would attribute to how it feels like a time machine. The weapon descriptions, whole tutorial questionary thingy, San Mona city, all ooze with 90s aesthetics and feel. While the recent mods that completely overhaul the game adding more gameplay functions, details, etc, the 90s thing completely flies over the creators' heads as the weapon descriptions are nowhere as symbolic and you can get your hands on modern day gear.
I think the 1.13 has spoiled me a little. The original JA 2 had a shockingly smaller variety of weapons. Although many of the 1.13 are essentially identical to each other.
IMO the default list was a pretty good who's who of handguns that you'd see in a place like Arulco. The only problem with 1.13 extensive lists is that there's too many prototypes that didn't go anywhere.
A story about what became my most loved guns to pick up in any JA game: i was using Wildfire mod and this all happened about 8 years ago on an otherwise normal playthrough. Which when i think about it now just goes to show how much those guns made the playthrough stick out from the dozen others ive done over the years. What happened during an otherwise normal clearing of a mine complex: i saw a guy on the edge of roof on a building, took him out and his body fell off the roof. I went to take a look at what he dropped and found TWO Desert Eagles, with modifications on them. I thought "cool, lets see whats on these, maybe i can use them on my other guns". Well, these two were identical with the same attachements, both had a laser scope and a silencer. What made these special was that you couldnt attach a silencer to a Desert Eagle yourself in Wildfire, for obvious game balance reasons. With .357 hollow point ammo Ira Smythe became the bane of Deirdrannas forces as her ambidextrous trait, paired with two silenced hollow-point-slinging handcannons was Death in human form in the dark. Kind of reminds me now of playing Hitman 2 and figuring the dual silenced ballers can fling a human body straight over and across a swimming pool by the weight of headshots.
That sounds awesome. And heck yeah, stealth by night (I usually stuck to throwing knives with Shadow) is one of the coolest way to fight, especially because that way you can get away with small squads. I'm not even sure I ever played Wildfire. Only JA2 all the time, sometimes 1.13, and twice ran through Unfinished Business.
I love the progression in original JA2. From having to make do with pistols, to being amazed by your first SMGs and Mini-14, to the heavy weaponry. So satisfying to use that mortar on a cluster of baddies, or taking out tanks with the LAWs found in the weapons cache. Only the rocket rifles are a bit of a dissonant.
My personal favorites: -AK74 -C7 -Steyr AUG -Colt Commando -MAC-10(Really good when silcened for night ops due to its high damage) -FN-FAL(Combine a rod and spring with this and you'll feel sorry for whoever is on the other end of this gun)
@@rayniac211 It is! Only problem is that holds only 20 rounds. But burst fire is really just situational. The AK74 is a really good all-rounder due to its low AP cost, decent damage, and good range.
The colt commando is better than its stats suggest, that is one of the guns I look for early game, you're going to be doing most of your fighting at night then anyway, and you can only see 13 tiles assuming you don't have night goggles or night ops skill. Late game, a FAMAS or hk21 with a spring and bolt on a auto weapons expert IMP can kill three Blackshirts a turn!
@@vincentvangogh5445 but Auto weapons expert + rod and spring = 4 AP burst. C7 is really good though. Pretty much all the NATO guns are the best in vanilla
@@pattozebass9767 yeah the C7 and Colt Commando are usually my standard weapons for my mercs. You can get a bunch of Colt Commandos from Kingpins men as it’s their standard firearm if you’re able to run up and grab it from his men. Also, throwing knives in my experience can be hella useful during night ops especially when you have mercs with a stealth skill. I’ve had instances where I’ve cleared an entire sector just using throwing knives.
So much reading, but u missed alot of pros and cons. The weapons with 3 dots after pros/cons, means there are more pros/cons and u have to mouse over to see.
2:57:It is found in the game Cold Zero, as well as in Counter Strike 1.6 (and Action Zero, if we are talking about the version with 35.7 rounds) Well, it also exists in the Max Payne series, of course.
Cool video on the childhood game.Thanks for the job, man! P.S:Can I "spam" you a little bit with comments about the same weapons that I found in other games to promote your video?
2:00:Call of Duty 1-2,Black Ops 1-2,and Modern Warfare 1.Also in Silent Storm Series he is also there)Also found in the Batllefield series and E5 series games (New Alliance, 7.62)And he is also in Enter the Gungeon)
1:10:Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 1-3(I don't know about the version of 19, because I didn't play.) and S.T.A.L.K.E.R:Clear Sky Moment(There it is called "Martha")Oh, yes, also Operation Flashpoint (Resistance addon) and ARMA (Armed Assault 1)Also met in the Rainbow Six and Batllefield series (saw him in 2-4 parts)Also present in Enter the Gungeon.Also found in the Max Payne series!
18:59:Not such a frequent guest in games, although it would seem.Although in Batllefield 3-4 it seems like you can see it.Also present in the E5 series (at 7.62 I saw him personally).
16:59:Gus Tarballs' personal weapon, I saw it for the first time in my life in this game) I can't say anything about the rest of the games, maybe she met in Soldier of Fortune 2.
19:27:M79. Is found even in the Vietcong series, but as for me, it was one of the funniest versions of it in Total Overdose.Well, it was also noticed in the same Alien Shooter 2.Also from shooters, he is found in the same Xenus dilogy.And also, in the game based on the movie Scarface (which The World is Yours).
14:17:t is AKM that I have met few places, but the AK-47 is present in Call Of Duty:Modern Warfare 2. And it is possible that in Call of Duty: Black Ops 1(and maybe in the same Cold Zero.). By the way, my dad served with this weapon in his hands at one time!
Project Reality (unconventional OPFOR factions), Insurgency Modern Infantry Combat / Source and Sandstorm, STALKER (atleast on the mods like Anomaly), Door Kickers 2 (Nowheraki SWAT, though for CIA they have the AKS variant), and ooh interesting!
8:14 The reason the Type 85 does so little damage for a 7.62WP gun, is it's supposed to be in 7.62 Tokarev, a much weaker pistol round. But it would be the only thing chambered for it in the game, so they made it use 7.62WP.
6:57:This weapon is in the Conflict series, as well as in Cold Zero, and also in Enter the Gungeon,and also in GTA:Vice City) Also found in the old Chaser game.
11:58:I definitely saw him in the Conflict series, as well as in GTA 4 and Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 1-2. It is also present in the Counter-Strike series (in every game!)
13:47:It is found in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series, as well as in the classic Rainbow Six trilogy, and also in Cold Zero, as well as in the E5 series (I definitely saw one in 7.62!).And, of course, the first Operation Flashpoint, as well as Armed Assault 1-2.
FAMAS is the best CQB weapon and FAL is the best long range weapon (except SVD of course). C7 and AUG are also pretty good for short and long range respectively with C7 being a good all-around weapon for almost all situations. Actually same goes to FAL so FAL is superrior to C7. Forget it, FAMAS and FAL are the best. MAC-10 is the only good option for stealth but stealth works only in early-to-mid game. In late game your only option is to rely on combat knives in stealth. Firearms that can be suppressed and throwing knives won't reliably kill blackshirts and if I remember right even not all of the redshirts.
15:06:Well, it's not such a rarity.He is in both the Rainbow Six series and Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2, and also in the Counter Strike series! It can also be one of the main guns in the same Xenus:Boiling Point,
5:25:Well, it's easy, it's in the Counter Strike series (in every game!), as well as in the classic Rainbow Six trilogy (I saw it in Raven Shield, this is part 3 of it), and it also occurs in the Stechkin Syndicate addon for SWAT 4.And it also seems to be present in the E5 series (I definitely saw it at 7.62) It is also in The Ballad of Gay Tony addon for GTA 4, I almost forgot about it.
15:33:This one is not rare either!Used both in the Rainbow Six series and in the same COD:Modern Warfare 2(And in Black Ops 1-2 by the way, too!).And also there is in Far Cry 2 and in the E5 series.
Project Reality (for 1980s British Commonwealth, Free Syrian Army and African Resistance Fighters), Door Kickers 2 (used by Veteran Insurgents and NWS Militia) and Ready Or Not (though they use the FAL OSW)
Good video! It's been so long since I've played JA2. To this day it is my favourite game. My favourite rifle is always G11(after killing Mike). With spring and rods etc it would be action points super cheap to shoot. Just a big problem with ammo. My other guys would have C7 rifle and all with the attachments so also cheap to shoot and lots of ammo around. JA3 is coming out in 2 days man are you excited? It looks very good
@@ClanIwan Hmmmm, i liked the gore and blood in Jagged Alliance 2 but for my taste it should be even way more brutal. Almost every child play today Last of Us 2 were the blood and gore isnt bad at all imo.
17:21:Well, it's not particularly difficult here.Found in Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2 (in the EBR version), and also exists in Battlefield 2-4 (perhaps not in some).Well, there is also in the E5 series (in the same 7.62 one of my favorite guns!) and Cold Zero, Also found in Enter the Gungeon,and yet, in the classic Rainbow Six trilogy.
Speaking of which, it really sucks that there's barely any innovation in the Counter Strike "sequels", and it sucks they took out all the cool stuff they showed (Pancor Jackhammer, M60, tear gas, etc.), All because of balancing issues So instead all we got was Counter Strike 1.6 but with slightly updated graphics, details, sounds, etc. Along with a campaign, that released at the same year as Counter Strike Source came out
8:46:Oh, and it's not that rare!I saw her for the first time in games in Stalin Subway, as well as she is present in Battlefield 3-4, well, in the E5 series (New Alliance, 7.62), as well as in the Silent Storm series.
I played the hell out of this game and will always love it; but I HATED the fact that you were a "professional mercenary for hire" and your team would drop into action with the lamest hodge-podge mix of firearms imaginable (most did not even have long arms)...nothing like going into action with a single pistol and ~20 rnds. lol Yea, I know it was so you could "progress"... I played the hell out of it remember! lol :)
by the way, maybe you don't know, the AKM penetrates through a railway rail - this is 16-20 mm (in the American measurement system - 0.6-0.7 inches) We tested this at military training camps. So when they show American films, when they shoot from an AKM at a car, and only flashes are visible on it , we always laugh :)
