Alien Nations
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|developer = Neo Software
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|genre = Real-time strategy
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Alien Nations ({{langx|de|Die Völker}}) is a real-time strategy video game developed by Neo Software and published by JoWooD Productions for Microsoft Windows in 1999. It was re-released on GOG.com in 2009. A sequel, The Nations, was published in 2001. Alien Nations was a commercial hit in the German market, and ultimately sold close to 1 million units worldwide.
Gameplay
Alien Nations is a real-time strategy game based on building a nation and conquering others. The player may choose from 3 races – the Pimmons, the Amazons and the Sajkhi. In single-player mode, there are three gameplay modes: Introduction, Campaigns, and Never-ending Game.
Reception
=Sales=
Alien Nations was a commercial hit in the German market. Der Spiegel{{'}}s Frank Patalong noted that it was one of the construction and management simulations that "dominated the German sales charts for years", alongside Anno 1602 and the Settlers series.{{cite web | archive-url=https://archive.today/20181130165401/http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/anno-1503-wuselige-zeitreise-a-220745.html | url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/anno-1503-wuselige-zeitreise-a-220745.html | title=Wuselige Zeitreise | date=January 11, 2002 | author=Patalong, Frank | work=Der Spiegel | archive-date=November 30, 2018 |url-status = live| language=de | access-date=December 2, 2018 | df=mdy-all }} In German-speaking countries, it sold 150,000 units after two months on shelves, according to the game's Russian publisher Snowball Studios.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021223223743/http://www.snowball.ru/mir1/ | url=http://www.snowball.ru:80/mir1/ | title=Затерянный Мир | publisher=Snowball Studios | language=ru | archive-date=December 23, 2002 |url-status = dead| access-date=May 14, 2019 | df=mdy-all }} It was also a success in Russia, with sales of 80,000 units by April 2001.{{cite web |author= |date=April 20, 2001 |title=JoWood in Russland |url=https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/jowood-in-russland,1336864.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202032438/https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/jowood-in-russland,1336864.html |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |work=GameStar |language=de}} Alien Nations ultimately sold "just under a million copies" by 2016, reported Micharl Furtenbach of Red Bull.{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202033039/https://www.redbull.com/at-de/games-aus-oesterreich-teil-1 | url=https://www.redbull.com/at-de/games-aus-oesterreich-teil-1 | title=Heimat bist du großer Spieleentwickler! (Teil 1) | author=Furtenbach, Micharl | date=January 18, 2016 | archive-date=December 2, 2018 | work=Red Bull | language=de |url-status = live}}
=Critical reviews=
Oleg Hazhinskiy of Game.EXE gave the game 4.1/5 and noted its strong similarities with The Settlers series. Among differences, he praised the marketing system, but also mentioned lacking combat.{{cite magazine |script-title=ru:Наследники по прямой |trans-title=Direct Heirs |first=Олег |last=Хажинский |date=September 2001 |volume=9 |pages=58–59 |magazine=Game.EXE |publisher=Computerra |location=Moscow |language=ru}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060324170355/http://www.jowood.com/gamers/?lang=en&site=2&ScreenID=4260&GameID=thenations&pfid=PC JoWooD web page for The Nations] (archived 2005-10-04)
- {{MobyGames|id=/alien-nations|name=Alien Nations}}
- {{MobyGames|id=/nations|name=The Nations}}
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