dium Posted April 4, 2011 New Anno game announced. Eh? How about it? I'm excited. I've always wanted this kind of city builder for big modern cities, and that's more or less exactly what this is! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted April 4, 2011 That's a game changer. I was never really interested in Anno, not a huge fan of that genre (although I did like Settlers 2 a lot). But this new setting does tickle my interest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stewmull Posted April 4, 2011 i dunno, theres no way to tell at this point what it'l be like, but if it is the same guys making it... it should be pretty good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nappi Posted April 4, 2011 What is this crap? A future where everything isn't colorless, cultureless and shit? Looks excellent. If this turns out to be good I may have to build a killer PC to run it along with all the other outstanding high-end PC games I'm missing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted April 6, 2011 Holy fuck does that game look beautiful. Too bad it's a city builder. No matter how many times I've tried to get into the genre, it just doesn't seem to do anything for me. Still, I'll keep an eye on this, if only for the visual appeal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted April 8, 2011 Christ, I wasn't going to click the link because I am also not at all interested in city building games, but did so because of Miffy's exclamations. Man, those are definitely some beautiful screens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted March 18, 2013 Did anyone ever actually try this? Out of nowhere someone mentioned this as an alternative they've been playing to SimCity, and by all accounts it looks like an excellent, well-reviewed game. Not sure how it totally evaded my radar before but I'm thinking of grabbing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted March 18, 2013 I'd buy it, but it has this ridiculous always-online DRM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigJKO Posted March 18, 2013 But it's essentially an MMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted March 18, 2013 Who knows what kind of MMO-like designs they have in the pipeline?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted March 18, 2013 I read on the Steam forum you don't need to always be online, it has an offline mode after activation. The game itself looks and sounds great, might have to give it a whirl soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted March 18, 2013 Last time I checked they hadn't added the offline stuff yet. Do you have a forum link? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted March 18, 2013 This is what I was reading: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=33694047 I saw snippets of conversation in other forums and sites during the same search that implies what's claimed in that thread is correct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TychoCelchuuu Posted March 18, 2013 A quick perusal of torrent trackers suggests it has been cracked, too, so presumably whatever the always on stuff is doing, it's not doing enough to make the game stop working if you bypass it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sno Posted March 18, 2013 This has been a game i'd like to check out, but i can't bring myself to support something with such a gross DRM scheme. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrik Posted March 18, 2013 I dislike aggressive DRM too, but I think in Anno 2070's case that particular controversy is long over. Granted the game still needs activation, but they stripped out the always-online shit after the explosive controversy it seemingly caused, culminating in Ubisoft officially dropping their always-online shit for all future games: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/09/05/ubisoft-scrapping-always-on-drm-for-pc-games/ I guess EA figured they should explore the same road too rather than avoiding it. It has occurred to me that this game is going to literally bum my PC in the gob, but then an upgrade has been long overdue. God knows where to start though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feelthedarkness Posted March 18, 2013 I've played a bit of this, and I enjoy it. I'm not a huge strategy/city builder person, so I don't think I'm qualified to put it in any kind of perspective. It seems fairly robust in terms of building settlements, plus some combat, plus trading. There is a lot of game there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted March 18, 2013 I've played a fair amount of it and I enjoy it, but I prefer Anno 1404/Dawn of Discovery, simply because it's so much more beautiful. The game itself is essentially identical, without the little online community bits that 2070 has, which are nice but not particularly crucial. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dewar Posted March 18, 2013 I'm interested in the future setting because then you aren't tied to thinking "this isn't modeling the real world very well" or other such things that have been said about Sim City. It's on my Steam wishlist, but I have not yet partaken. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feelthedarkness Posted March 18, 2013 We had a very brief exchange about that flavor in an episode thread. I enjoy the sci-fi tropes, like making an underwater plankton farm to make specialized future goo for advanced engineers, though I understand how somebody could not care. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted April 12, 2013 I got 1404 yesterday. I am really loving it so far. I can see why Chris was in love with the visual. Great move having the tutorial start off by showing you a full, vibrant city before dumping you onto your own island. Best fun I've had with supply chains in a long time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted April 12, 2013 So who else was disappointed this wasn't about Anno 2007? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted February 27, 2014 And now i'm stuck into the campaign of 2070! It's really good. I'm not as turned off by the modern setting as i thought i would be, but i do miss the use of the word Occidental. Also, one of the supply chains ends in the production of pasta dishes, which i find hilarious for some reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites