Jagged Alliance 2 is most likely the best tactic game there ever was. There are also very different ways/modes to play the game in. I was in the save/load crowd, where you would just run guns blazing into the enemy and abuse the RNG to death, but ofc the most prestigious are the Iron Man people who never save. I would argue it becomes much more of a strategic game in iron man and I actually don't like that. I am not the plan everything through before you act - kind of guy, I prefer much more try and error + getting into sticky situations and stuff.
RE: Phoenix - "On Death: Destroy Attacker and Revive"