Enemy Nations

[Sharky]

Did anyone ever play Enemy Nations in the late 90s?

 

Just Curious because this game came as a freebie on PC World Magazine, Febuary 2004 and I installed it.

 

I wonder why they are giving full games as big as that away for free.

 

Couldnt Windward Studios make any profit from that game.

 

Its an ok game in my opinion, but not original or special.

[SteveW]

Giving away software on magazine coverdisks isn't anything new. A lot of British magazines did that. Usually when a new version of a program came out, the company would give away the old version to give people a taste of the software. MacFormat used to do that. I got a bunch of programs like Bryce 3D that way, along with some old games like Damage Incorporated and Prime Target. I think magazines should do that a lot more, considering that broadband downloading speed is making coverdisks less necessary. I used to buy mags because they had good software demos on their CDs, but now I can just get it online in a few minutes. They need to start putting full programs on their CDs to make it worthwhile to buy their magazines again.

[incog]

I hated it when magazines started using cover DVD's instead of covers CD's... I never had the cash to go out and buy a DVD drive

[Sharky]

Giving away software on magazine coverdisks isn't anything new. A lot of British magazines did that. Usually when a new version of a program came out, the company would give away the old version to give people a taste of the software. MacFormat used to do that. I got a bunch of programs like Bryce 3D that way, along with some old games like Damage Incorporated and Prime Target. I think magazines should do that a lot more, considering that broadband downloading speed is making coverdisks less necessary. I used to buy mags because they had good software demos on their CDs, but now I can just get it online in a few minutes. They need to start putting full programs on their CDs to make it worthwhile to buy their magazines again.

 

Thats true! I don't buy magazines very much anymore as I use to, well not since having access to the internet. And recently just decided to buy one, and surprised they give a Full Game that size away (A FULL CD Almost).

 

Enemy Nations really in my opinoin a terrible unoriginal game, its more of a Command & Conquer vs SimCity type, but can't complain it was free.

.. Nice movie introduction though!

 

It came with 2 CDs, and the other one had trial versions of popular Windows applications (Such as Registry Mechanic). And I couldn't see the point, since you can easily find them on the net.

 

But then again, I still wouldnt buy a computer magazine without a CD attached to it.

[Sharky]

I hated it when magazines started using cover DVD's instead of covers CD's... I never had the cash to go out and buy a DVD drive

 

I didnt know they had already started..

 

I had that problem in the mid 90s, when magazines started replacing free 3.5 diskettees with CDs. CD-ROMs were quite expensive back then..

 

Now gotta look for a DVD drive soon...