<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Unhappy Gamer @ Dec 14 2005, 08:12 AM) [snapback]189123[/snapback]</div>
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And a message to other "tycoons" (i.e. developers), if you make some of your older titles as Abandonware and let people play them for free, then those people might be so overwhelmed by your talent that they will be actively looking for your new releases and will buy them when they become available.
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That's exactly what Illusion softworks did with with the Hidden and Dangerous series. A few months before the sequal was released the first game and all of its expansion packs were turned into freeware by the company and released to the public.
Hidden and Dangerous, and it's sequals, are the only games besides Operation Flashpoint that I've found to come close to re-creating the feeling and gameplay of Seal Team.
Seal Team - Back before EA sold its soul.