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Windows
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Description

Alien Nations is a real-time strategy game similar to The Settlers III. It features three campaigns à ten missions which are told from the perspective of one of the races: the blue stoneworking Pimmons, the militaristic and wild Amazons, or the insectoid Sajiki. The main focus lies on building a settlement with working production circles. Of course there are also other aspects which need to be taken care of, e.g. security or entertainment. So the player chooses the buildings he wants to construct and chooses a suitable place for it. The main source of income are taxes, which are mostly spent on balancing running costs - the rest can be used for research. Before the player can construct new or upgraded buildings he needs to meet certain research criteria.

But of course he also needs to "build" enough fighters to win battles against the other two races. Available are five different fighters, magicians, priests who heal wounded units and more. It is possible to let units patrol between two points or divide them into groups - mass production however is no viable strategy. In most missions fighting plays no or a only small role - more important are diplomacy and trade. Some of the people's needs can only be served with goods bought from the other races. Other options are a truce or building an embassy.

Alternate Titles

  • "Затерянный мир" -- Russian spelling
  • "Zateryannij Mir" -- Russian title
  • "Die Völker" -- German title
  • "Amazons and Aliens" -- Simon and Schuster Release title

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Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
ALIEN NATION Windows    
GOG
Alien Nations $5.99  
Nations Gold Edition, The $5.99  
ebay.com
Alien Nations    
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The Press Says

GameStar (Germany) Windows Jun, 1999 81 out of 100 81
PC Player (Germany) Windows Jul, 1999 81 out of 100 81
Power Unlimited Windows Jan, 2000 8.1 out of 10 81
Gamesmania Windows 1999 80 out of 100 80
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Windows Nov, 1999 77 out of 100 77
Imperium Gier Windows Oct 10, 2001 7 out of 10 70
Privat Computer PC Windows 2000 65 out of 100 65
JeuxVideoPC.com Windows Jul 26, 2000 11 out of 20 55
GameSpot Windows Nov 21, 2000 5.3 out of 10 53
PC Zone Windows Aug 13, 2001 4 out of 10 40

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This entry was contributed by Charly2.0 (30584) and DaHero (869)
 

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