OMAC Industries has just announced that NationStates 2 is in development and should be perfected and ready to play sometime soon. NationStates 2 is the sequel to the surprisingly popular browser game NationStates. The original NationStates was created to act as a supplement to Max Berry’s book Jennifer Government and allowed users to create and manage their own countries, and use them to interact with other users.
A definite launch date has not been announced. The official press release gives a release window that begins when the Democratic party chooses a candidate and ends when the next president of the United States is elected. Pretty vague, huh? Don’t let it bother you too much. The NationStates 2 site has two sections where you can enter your email address or phone number to receive instant updates concerning the browser game.
The NationStates 2 site also has a suggestion box for users to tell the developers what they would like to see in the upcoming game. All the information states that the game is currently in a beta stage, but perhaps this gesture means that the developers would be willing to make last minute changes to accommodate users.
The official site does confirm that NationStates 2 will be free, like NationStates, but will have more features. The ability to forge alliances, wage wars, trade with other countries and make your country more unique are all mentioned, but there are no specific examples of how these features will implemented at the moment. NationStates players will also be able to reserve their country’s name and transfer their country’s freedom metrics in NationStates 2.
I grew bored with the original NationStates (like most other online games), so hopefully the sequel will be more engaging. It just seemed like, in the original, if you played for a week you would discover all of the possible choices and avenues. Perhaps there was too much repetitive text? It did have a promising concept, and if NationStates 2 can build on what NationStates started, then it might end up being a better game.
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Sweet. I might actually stay involved with the sequel if it's a lot more involved than the original.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I lost interest in the original pretty quickly.
I tried staying into it in multiple ways. The original was just painfully boring. I mean absolutely hilarious on occasion but painfully boring nonetheless.
See, I didn't find the first one hilarious. My friend Tom signed up at the same time as me, and the two of us would just like attack each other or something. It was kinda entertaining at first, but grew old quickly.
The first Nationstates was a lot of fun, for a few months at least. But meanwhile http://www.ars-regendi.com offers much more nation building features and seems to be more realistic.