![]() And here the story starts to grow into an Anno worth story. On return to the Old World, you find your father is dead. She is desperate for you to return, so you catch the next boat home. That is until a tear-stained letter from your sister Hannah changes your life… She writes that your father, owner of respected shipping company Goode & Sons, has been imprisoned on suspicion of treason, pending trial. You and your soulmate Aarhantare out in the tropics, living it easy, far from any responsibility. ![]() Players still have the option to fully customize their campaign experience, including the selection of which NPC adversaries they want inhabiting their world. The campaign is also a great starting point for newcomers, as it teaches them all of the game’s mechanics and systems during its four chapters. Anno 1800 – The story so far.Īnno 1800’s story-based campaign combines the player freedom of Sandbox mode with a stronger emphasis on the narrative side, taking players onto a journey to the late nineteenth century. Initial games mainly focused on two modes of gameplay, with players able to operate in single-player or multiplayer over LAN or online connections, while later titles added in a campaign mode of several missions, each featuring their own unique storyline – plots usually focus on players becoming involved in a major incident while beginning life as the ruler of a small island. I personally thought the last one, 2205, was one of the best Anno’s to date – but Anno 1800 is one to rival this claim.Įach game in the series is mainly a stand-alone title, featuring the same level of reoccurring gameplay mechanics, though with each installment amending existing gameplay mechanics and adding new features, with expansions packs adding in further content. There are even two entries exploring the big ‘what if’ question, setting the series into the future (20). The games spawn from the 1400s till the 1800s, teaching us a little bit about history and how society developed into what it is nowadays. The series focuses on players establishing colonies on a series of small islands, conducting exploration of the region, diplomacy, and trade with other civilizations and traders while managing resources and engaging in combat both on land and sea. ![]() All aboard!įor those unfamiliar with the game: Anno is a real-time strategy, city building video game series, conceived in 1998 by Max Design. And boy, did we have fun with this in-depth simulation strategy game. We had the pleasure to play the full game, instead of the Beta-release that was playable all weekend. Ubisoft delivered another installment of the infamous Anno-series, this time centered around the 1800s, with the Industrial Revolution as the head theme. Time to fire up the coal engines, bring out the schnapps and push your little village into the Industrial Revolution.
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