Alien Nations

So, I really enjoyed the base type of game that Alien Nations is and the aesthetics, but the way the game plays is so horribly stressful that I just can't play it anymore. I spent about 4 hours straight trying to do one thing: get my resource income to be reliable and to be greater than my expenses. I gave up when I saw that whenever I would increase my income, the game automatically created a new threshold of dissatisfied citizens which would amount to an increase in expenses every time I increased my income. It was literally a looped program within the game that didn't allow me to gain a foothold of my income so I could start to enjoy my town. Instead, I just fought endlessly with trying to tackle this aspect and I was so frustrated I gave up and never want to play again. I've played multiple city builder type games and have never had this kind of problem. It's just stressful. The fun aspects are unable to be enjoyed, because you never have peace of mind with your finances.

This is some combination of Settlers, Age of Empires and a little bit of Dungeon Keeper and Populous 3. Of Course not as good as any of the four mentioned games, but still very worth playing. I wanted to give the gog version 2/5 since the soundtrack does not work properly. There is Only main menu music and esc menu music. The in-game music is gone in the gog version so I don't want to play this version until they resolve that issue. But - I know the game from before and it's a 4/5 game so I will try to raise the average score a bit!

I've not played this game in years and after buying it, It's brought back all the nostalgia - but has still stood up to the tests of time as an enjoyable experience. It may not have all the hotkeys and macro's of newer RTS', but it is quite an old game. I'm just glad to have it again in my collection.

Very nice and nostalgic Game, but only downside is the unavailable Gold Edition, which also features the sea and aquatic units and vehicles. Maybe this is possible for the future?

... and thats not fun.