After four games with historical themes, Anno series producers decided to move to urban development in the future, but not necessarily with changes of the gameplay. Game fans will quickly recognize the interface and will have to deal with a short campaign, in fact more of a tutorial to show you about how things work. Like before, you have a ship and you must choose an island where to place your town and put up an economic chain (preferably) functional.
The future does not mean that you can not fishing or pick fruit and exploit minerals, only the final results are not silk carpets, but microprocessors. The people from the cities still need housing, food and many other ways to evolve. Related to early election favorite faction – Eden Initiative (ECOS), with a preference for environmentalists preserved nature – and Global Trust (tycoons) – opposite category, those who go to middle earth to collect the last bit of resources serves to industrialization.
The great addition is a third nation, underwater (Techs), whose cities are developing and exploiting underwater related resources. The challenge is to manage to combine all three factions, to make them live in peace and quiet on the same island and, of course, to use resources on or under land underwater unavailable. That cohabitation is not mandatory but is preferred for a more fluent; key is just to establish a proper underwater city, are easily established trade routes and, although we discuss the year 2070, all links are maintained with classic ship. Fortunately, the interface was well “combed” do not have to continually call the encyclopedia (although available).
The visual is excellently done, Anno 2070 with a high degree of detail for any type of building and landscape. Each activity is proceeding normally, see all machines at work, plants and animals developing. The music combines it excellent and voice guide E.V.E. is by far the most well done part realized. Perhaps it would have been desirable room below to go to Grassroots, and so we have a spectacular game in terms of graphics.
