From the moment it begins, you are outgunned, outnumbered, and overwhelmed - and it only gets tougher as it goes on. Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business avoids this problem - by making the entire game incredibly difficult. The original Jagged Alliance and its sequel had one major fault in common: They both had endgame sequences that were far more difficult than anything leading up to them. Otherwise, the game retains many of the same great qualities of its predecessor - but it also inherits some of its problems and introduces some new ones.

The core turn-based tactical combat between squads of mercenaries is still intact, though many of the noncombat elements have been stripped away and a few new gameplay features have been added. Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business is neither a sequel nor an expansion, but a budget-priced stand-alone product that continues the story of the excellent 1999 strategic role-playing game.