Anno 2205

This was my first Anno game. I didn't write a review when I first played through because I didn't have the perspective of the other entries. And after reading the reviews, it seems like a big deal. Here's the plain and simple. Anno 1800 was a better game up until you get near the end game, then it becomes your life. The level at which you have to min/max is incredibly, incredibly in-depth...and for a min/maxer like myself, that seemed liked a good thing.

But it wasn't for me; however, I can see how people who truly love supply chain games, it is probably the pinnacle at this time. Anno 2205 is more my alley these days. I play games mostly after work for an hour or two to decompress, so Anno 1800 after a certain point became work to me. Whereas Anno 2205 tops out before becoming your life but still has enough to do to get way more than your money's worth. So, if you like games that allow you to imbibe your preferred destressers and kick back after a long day of work, Anno 2205 is perfect. If you are someone who wants a supply chain game that truly tests your skills and mettle, Anno 1800 (and probably the other Annos) are more your style.

Amazing game....how this game has a mixed review average makes no sense to me. Yes...it's a bit different than the other Anno games...but don't we want developers trying out new ideas. Sometimes my fellow PC gamers really make me want to scream.....when developers put out the same game with a re-skin you complain...and then when they try something a new and different you complain.
Edit: This is by far my favorite Anno Game!!!!!

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☑ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
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☑ 10

It's a fun game, but as is the trend with rts games. never gets addicting due to how frustrating it can get. That can be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it. The primary difference between this Anno and others is that the effects of bad decisions are seen immediately. There's no delay, the second you screw something up, you'll know. This should make it one of the easier Annos, but combine the sheer number of mechanics and commodities with how little real estate you're given in this Anno, and you'll see the hard side very quickly. Organizing everything can take a long time, but it's rewarding to do, and this is one of the most satisfying Annos to make a bunch of progress in. Overall reccomended.

i have played all the anno and this 1 is a great starter for anyone that want to get in to the series its easy to learn and takes it slow on learning you the in and outs. compared to the other anno games its a bit more basic and not as complicated as the others later game

Long Time fan and player of every type of strategy game under the sun and whilst fighty military games have always been a safe bet its only been economic games that have me at such a level of focus for hours on end. That said many do ultimately fall flat and whilst the Anno series has never done that for me it has often become a stagnant game and sometimes inaccessible due to strange resource flow and cryptic benefits of advancement.
Anno 2205 allieviated these two main issues with simplified production chains ie 2 resource buildings produce the base material needed for a production building that gives you a boost to your workforce; Not some strange formula of 7 resource buildings *depending on placement* produce base material for 3.7 production buildings that need pairing with another resource chain to have some outcome.
Also the graphics quality on both settlements (what you'll be spending most of your time looking at), and the UI mission givers/characters is *chefs kiss*
To top it all off this game actually had a campaign with pacing and development i could be invested in and im going to finish on the joy of its Naval combat missions. (PS blow up your enemies mines when there own ships are nearby for peak serotonin release(
All in all it feels much more modern and lessons have been learned from its proud history by giving you constant palette cleansers so when you return to your main operation you get that warm sensation of home.
Finally i find the series has stabilised in regards of gameplay and i hope they revisit older titles/eras and give it this treatment.

Main problem with game - if you want play it as Anno - you woun't enjoy it at all. This game is huge set back after glorious Anno 2070. Despite being sequel it feel more like rip off or spin-off for casual gaming. Hard logistic lines? Complex industrial processess? Ecology? Deep underwater exploration and some fancy catch-and-fetch quests? Forget it. Well actially only fetch-and-catch quests left. Game feel very "arcadish", even combat part that i liked is arcadish like..well..arcade. TYI - i am not person who really enjoy pure sim-build-tycoon RTS but i enjoyed ANNO 2070 and Anno 2205 feel like..well..not Anno At all. If turn off from title and imagine that game is not sequel (and close eyes on easter eggs and some call backs to 2070 in story) You will find that it's kinda almost good casual tyconn-sim-manager. If you are starter for some tycoons - casual 2205 can be really good one to start. But hard fans...well...you can check game and yeah you will agree with all mixed reviews. The biggest nogger and bad-bone for me is absence of multiplayer. Anno 2070 was cool when i was building complex production lines coverd by my friends fleet or vica-versa - was building military force to cover my friend's waters and anno 2205 feel like "happy sci-fi farm tycoon - Farmer in Big City" kinda thing.
Don't make me wrong - game have COOL aspects - Music, graphics, it's beautiful but so primitivley casual that i spend more time taking photos of my cool city than actually building city and moving in story. Yep it have some cool moments - like building inter-continental and inter-planetary (Earth-Moon) trade lines but all "hard problems" of previous title that would make player sweat is dealing by simple sway of mouse-controller and "build more farms". Actually another thing that kinda cool - Anno 2205 is BIG. Several regions but yet they feel...empty. All logistics now is just "background beauty", all combats are simplisticly arcadish, some weapons and some ships feel like floating toys. And yet that all is beautiful. So if you search for casual Eye-candy and you are new to tycoons - try Anno 2205 by some sale. And yeah anotehr huge turn off - language lock. And also translation is painful to hear. So yeah that a turn off too
In total - i would put "Mixed" thumb in my final cause there too much problems and casuial moments and also bad-decisions to keep game of being good, but not enough to make it horrendous bad. Try it if you like to.