The personalities of the individual mercenaries range from mildly eccentric to obviously disturbed, and their spoken lines give the games a cartoon-like quality. Sharp humour via spoken character comments is a trademark of the series. A sticky phrase describes these games as ' X-COM with personality.' The games feature a unique mix of turn-based battle simulation, 4X (eXpand, eXploit, eXplore and eXterminate) elements and role-playing video game. 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.Jagged Alliance 2 was also released for Linux and is currently available on Steam and on GOG.com for Windows. From Jagged Alliance 2 on, the games were developed using DirectX for native Windows operation. The first games in the series were for DOS, but work well under all flavours of Microsoft Windows and in emulators like DOSBox. From the first Jagged Alliance installment on, the series received critical acclaim and gained a significant cult following, although this never translated to major commercial success. Jagged Alliance is a series of turn-based tactics video games. MS-DOS, Windows, AmigaOS, OS X, Linux, Nintendo DS Tactical role-playing game, Turn-based tactics, RPG
