The Nations

by JoWood

Product Features

• Select from any of three tribes, and choose which path you will lead them down -- a path or harmony or a path of war
• Define their laws and customs, helping them build a village for themselves
• Develop industry and farms, turning them into a treading power or a conquering power
• Will you create a legendary empire through trade, or through conquest?

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005NHE7
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,140 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Choose your tribe and create a harmonious community. Rule it honestly and fairly while discovering new lands and skills. Fight for survival and power. You are in control of the lives of the people within The Nations. Take into account that everyone in the tribes is an individual with his or her own habits and characteristics that must be nurtured and developed. Do you have what it takes to rule The Nations?

The Nations allows players to complete their goals in two different ways: While some warriors will try conquering the world in a more conventional destructive manner, not all players want follow this path. For this reason, the developers included a new option that allows peaceful players to follow a more nonviolent approach to uniting all tribes and nations.

Each nation is now made up of several different tribes. The player takes control of one of the tribes, hoping to satisfy each individual's needs and demands within the tribe. Once this has been accomplished, members of other tribes, enticed by the player's leadership, will flock to join the player's tribe. An especially enjoyable consequence may occur when an entire tribe decides to give the player total control. Use diplomacy to build alliances and exchange technologies with various tribes and nations. Acquire money by trade and use it to build your tribe and keep members happy. Can't handle peaceful coexistence? Then employ a conquer-the-world strategy and see where it gets you.

The developer has implemented an intelligent AI system that allows your subjects to think. Once the player has decided that wood needs to be chopped, lumberjacks will immediately follow the players wish, unless, of course, they are taking a break, sleeping, or are just unhappy with their living conditions.

Product Description

Choose your tribe and create a harmonious community. Rule it honestly and fairly while discovering new lands and skills. Fight for survival and power. You are in control of the lives of the people within The Nations. Take into account that everyone in the tribes is an individual with his or her own habits and characteristics that must be nurtured and developed. Do you have what it takes to rule The Nations?

The Nations allows players to complete their goals in two different ways: While some warriors will try conquering the world in a more conventional destructive manner, not all players want follow this path. For this reason, the developers included a new option that allows peaceful players to follow a more nonviolent approach to uniting all tribes and nations.

Each nation is now made up of several different tribes. The player takes control of one of the tribes, hoping to satisfy each individual's needs and demands within the tribe. Once this has been accomplished, members of other tribes, enticed by the player's leadership, will flock to join the player's tribe. An especially enjoyable consequence may occur when an entire tribe decides to give the player total control. Use diplomacy to build alliances and exchange technologies with various tribes and nations. Acquire money by trade and use it to build your tribe and keep members happy. Can't handle peaceful coexistence? Then employ a conquer-the-world strategy and see where it gets you.

The developer has implemented an intelligent AI system that allows your subjects to think. Once the player has decided that wood needs to be chopped, lumberjacks will immediately follow the players wish, unless, of course, they are taking a break, sleeping, or are just unhappy with their living conditions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Really Great Game, November 7, 2001

By 

Gary L. Buckner (Marion, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nations (CD-ROM)

Without a doubt, JoWoods, The Nations, is one of the best games I have ever played. It is a cinch to learn how to play. It contains great graphics, (the music isn't bad either,) realistic sounds and,if you have trouble or, just want to ask a question or comment on something, there is two forums in which you can do this. You will also recieve an answer to your questions, either on the web page or via email. This means a lot to those of us who have spent fifty bucks or more on a game, only to find that something was wrong and there was no where to ask about the problem or, you never got a response to your inquiry. Whichever race you elect to play, Amazon, Pimmon, or Saijaka, I think most gammers will agree that this game is a lot of fun, isn't really all that hard or simple to win or lose and, a game you never really tire of playing time after time. Now that the publishers have given some much needed Cheat Codes, this makes the game even more fun than it was. I give this one five stars for excellence and, in my opinion, there isn't many games out there which can hold a candle to The Nations.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, June 15, 2005

By 

Jessica Siler (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Nations (CD-ROM)

So far, I have really enjoyed playing this game. The only problem that I have had with it was the first time that I tried to play. It would just shut off after clicking on the "play the nations" button in the menu. I went to the website for help, and decided to download the three patches for this game. After I installed the patches, I tried to play again, and it worked the first time! This game is great, and especially for the price, but I definitely recommend downloading the patches.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Looks fun, if you knew how to play it, April 30, 2005

By 

Ears14U (Chattanooga, TN) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Nations (CD-ROM)

The game looks really great, the only downfall to it is I have not discovered a MANUAL. I couldn't find one in paper form, nor in pdf form on the cd. I contacted Jowood who wrote the game, and didn't get much help at all.