I get it's an empire building game first, but with the super arcadey naval combat and borderline dysfunctional land combat I'll give it only a 5/10. The campaign doesn't even introduce the player to any combat after a couple hours, so I think combat in this game is very much an afterthought. But overall the land combat/sieges looks more like a cockroach infestation of your town, with no control of units whatsoever, rather than proper combat. like wtf? There's little to no "manual" unit control, you can control placing buildings and military camps, and the armies attack from there on their own, you can't control your armies! The military camps and other objects are built instantly, at least. Instead of launching troops from a ship onto an island, first a "castle" must be insta-built on the shore. okay But once that's acquired, things get uglier: while the naval combat is a-okay, if overly simplistic - the land "combat" is even worse. So, you can't build ANY warships, or even a militia-style army, without interacting with an Orient civilization?. Spices - are only available from the Orient (southern, arab-looking countries).
That, in turn, requires spices for Townsmen to upgrade to Patricians. The city-building aspect is okay at first, but once you wanna get to the military stuff the game starts to fall apart: First, building any The city-building aspect is okay at first, but once you wanna get to the military stuff the game starts to fall apart: First, building any military (small warship or small army) - requires Patricians (lvl-3 people in your town).
Graphics: 8/10 Sounds and Music: 9/10 Pacing: 7/10 Gameplay: 8/10 overall atmosphere and storyline: 7/10 replayability: 7/10 … Expand
If you are new to the Anno series 1404 is the best place to start. And gives enough respect to religiousity for convinience which is a big surprise. Still while the story is in an artifical realm it grasped the escence of "east and west dicotomy and interaction" in mediavel times. Storyline is better than the most but still lack depth but can be forgiven because this game is not supposed to be a soup opera or an RPG. As a city builder- colonisation sim, Anno 1404 gives all the tools and challenging environment to the player in order to push them towards progress, no matter how messy and harsh that route maybe.but still gives enough room to regulate the pace of the game. As a city builder- colonisation sim, Anno 1404 gives all the Never thought lack of something would intrigue me this much like in Anno 1404. Which strategy will you choose? Whether as a well-read scientist, crafty merchant, or brave general it is up to you to build a prosperous kingdom with power and prestige.Never thought lack of something would intrigue me this much like in Anno 1404.
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