I bought this game to gift to a friend but Steam charged me twice and gave me two copies. Now I'm considering unpacking the gift rather than trading the game for something else or cash (Steam is a headache when it comes to refunds). I loved Caesar 3, Pharoah, Zeus and Emperor. I spent countless hours playing Sim City 3000 and 4. I've not had the time to really get into the recent city builders. I bought Cities XL 2011 and it turned out to be garbage and lifeless.
I've never played any game in the Anno series. I tried Anno 1404 and a friend's house and it looked rather complicated and I didn't have that sort of time back then. I also tried the demo for Anno 2070 and finished the first mission. It seems like this game has a rather steep learning curve. But I do have a bit more time these days...
Hmm?
The Anno games are pretty complicated and do have a bit of a learning curb, but there's a really good wiki that helped make things much easier for 1404. It shouldn't take too long for that to get updated for 2070.
Here's the wiki for 1404 if you wanted to poke around. http://anno1404.wikia.com/wiki/Anno_1404_Wiki
I picked up this game last night. I've only put a couple of hours into it so far, but it is exactly what I was expecting and will definitely be responsible for wasting a bunch of my time (steam tells me I spent 127 hours on the previous game plus expansion).
The key to the Anno games has always been basic infrastructure. Figuring out a proper layout for your roads, markets and trade routes is responsible for most of the learning curve and once you have that down then it's a much more straightforward economic simulator.
I do like the setting a little better than Venice. The execution is about the same, but with all of the games I have played in this genre the future does seem a bit more interesting.
So far the DRM has been a non-issue. I often wonder how many of the posts about DRM are actually from posters who are having issues themselves.
That's good to hear. I'm waiting for the DVD version to be released.
I thought everything was released on DVD nowadays. Or do you mean the non steam version?
I've never played any of the previous installments but I saw the trailer for this and it seemed pretty interesting. Is this game a good buy at $50?
yeah also hopping for a good price on it.I'm hoping this goes on sale during the autumn sale