This was one of the fiddley aspects I didn’t like in the other Anno game I played, but here it is simplified greatly through this new interface.ĭue to the nature of things I could already play the game a while ago and also know some of the people working on this project. Setting up trade routes between these islands is very friendly and intuitive as well, using a large strategic map and sliders to decide which goods go where, how much is taken and dropped off, and by which ship.
The game really seems to boil down to empire expansion, as there are many different islands on the map that can produce different goods. These warehouses can be placed anywhere on your island. In order for your population to use a good, it must be in a warehouse.
#ANNO 1701 DOWNLOAD DEMO FREE#
All other buildings can be free standing anywhere (such as houses) or free standing whithin a radius of the production building that needs it (sheep fields, etc). All product producing buildings must be connected by a road to a warehouse. The economic model is a bit more forgiving that Caesar’s. You then pick what you want to duplicate, then click again where you want to put it. You click on it or press “n”, and your cursor turns into an eyedropper. For instance, if you want to create more of a certain type of building that already exists, they have the “copy sample” tube like in Photoshop (I totally mindblanked on what it’s actually called Edit: eyedropper!). The interface is very friendly, with lots of cool little touches. The developers seemed to have learned from a lot of past mistakes.
I tried to get into the previous incarnation of the Anno series, but it was way too fiddley. The graphics engine is also a lot more optimized than Caesar 4’s. It is so streamlined and easy to get into, yet offers very complex gameplay under the surface. From that brief time, I’m thinking that this game could potentially be a classic. I just played the demo map for about an hour.
0 kommentar(er)
