Found out Anno 1800 actually added a first person camera, allowing you to walk the streets of your city. Not just the low to the ground postcard mode, actual first person, footsteps included lol.
Thanks for the informative review. For most of it I'm thinking "This is just a rehashed Anno 1404, except prettier". And I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. I love that game so much and did not care for the futuristic water one. Then you delve into some cool new feature, so it's not just rehashed. It's like 1404 plus more, which makes me happy. I guess it's 396 more to be exact! Looks lovely and I will buy it off the back of this review, which has restored my faith that they're back to their winning ways.
there are problems and bugs with it, but the biggest problem is they have no pause button which they should have. i know they want to challenge us, but this is pretty much unrealistic
@@SuperSivla Try hitting escape. This pauses the whole game. Any production building can be paused by clicking on it, then clicking in its production window that pops up in the lower right hand corner. What more could you wish to pause?
I had a ridiculous amount of fun with this game, and I hope that comes across! If nothing else, I hope the review helps you make a call on picking the game up or not. Just a heads up that the Humble Bundle link is no longer active - seems that Anno 1800 has been pulled from the Humble Store, which is too bad!
Thank you for the hard job reviewing the game PE. Was interesting to watch. Personally, as a person who played the first three games of the series, I feel like got enough since then, and it's nice to see the series moving forward anyway.
@@RyanOSullivan it was always through Uplay you can't buy it on stream to launch it into Uplay you can only buy it on Epic to launch it into Uplay or skip the extra step and buy it right from Uplay since you need it anyway.
I'm really happy to see that they added sandbox mode back into the game. It looks like they've added a lot of fun mechanics as well which I hope will help keep the game interesting. As with all Anno games, it looks gorgeous but I was really hoping they'd add a better snapping/grid system (think Cities Skylines style) to give you more creativity in road and building/city layout. Another thing is combat, it's never been the strong point but even a simple ground based combat even as an option would be a great addition but I understand that has never really been a big selling point of their games. Also, mod support, even in a basic fashion would inject so much replay-ability and longevity into the game. Great review as always PE, much appreciated.
Great review, playin it right now (first city builder) and you nailed the part about UX/UI design that no other reviewer has talked about. My only gripe is how combat feels a bit hit and miss, with your ship A.I sometimes not reacting quickly enough and the whole direction commands of boats is not the best (I wish I could follow them automatically). Anyhow, I subbed :p
Hey Party are you getting a copy of the new Warhammer II DLC early for your let’s plays and review? I still haven’t purchased it yet wanted to get your take on it first.
1701 was my first experience with this series and I've always liked it since (except 2205, which could have been good but tried to change too much imo). It's such a unique game, half city builder, half factory game with the production chains. EDIT: Also Party, 1701 and 2070 (not sure about 2205) had the same Warehouse system where all Warehouses essentially provide "access" to every item in Warehouse storage, no matter which Warehouse the items were physically moved to. 2nd EDIT: Ah, I see someone else already mentioned it. Still, really looking forward to this.
I still have a few nitpicks that I need to get used to, but other than that, Anno 1800 is well on its way to become the best Anno. Which means a lot. A LOT.
There is even a first-person-mode. (Even though the models there are not that pretty, because it's obviously not designed for that, but still neat feature)
just wondering will anno developers make a game that set in Japan's sengoku jidai? I think it's gonna be neat if they can make it... forts, villages, cities and naval battles... all rivalries and ascending to be a shogun. I'm just hoping there will be a city builder game that set in this timeline...
A few games surpass being "just a game" and make their way into some kind of art form, and Anno is one of them. It's like the difference between a paperback novel and that 300 year old first edition leather bound book that's worth more than your car. The Anno franchise is an amazing thing, and Anno 1800 is doubtless the crowning achievement of them all. It is rare for a sequel - much less a 7th Iteration - to surpass its predecessors, but years later, this game takes me to a different place and time, and that's amazing.
Its interesting that you chose the same house layout i did. The 3x2 setup seemed optimal to me for a reason i dont really understand because it technically just wastes space as house location is functionally irrelevant.
I find 4x2 is better for the most part because market pup and firestation fits in that layout perfetc and other buildings is easy to add in to the 4x2 lay out as well.
Game modes are bit lacking compared to my personal best Anno in the series, which is 1404 DoD+ Venice.IF you like 1800, i highly recommend you to play 1404.Good review
Let's be honest, vanilla ANNO 1404 was a good game. It became a gem with the Addon and DLCs and free content updates. ANNO 1800 is for me already better than vanilla 1404, fingers crossed that they will continue to add content.
@@ragor79 Yeah good point.Vanilla Anno 1404 didnt even come with a Multiplayer mode.Hope they do one big expansion like Venice and not split into many DLCs
The product teleportation between warehouses isn't a new feature. Thats a basic mechanic tha was always present in the series. Wahats new is the fact that all warehouses need to be connected to the port, the fact that buildable area isn't restricted by an "influence area" and the whole mechanics about workforce. If you want to see how old Anno's work will still enjoying a great game, try Anno 1404, its considered the best in the series (at least it was prior to this release), its graphics have aged surprisingly well and its music is even better. I missed some information in the review regarding to more advanced tier mechanics. For example, when you say its necessary to "start over" for every island, it would be nice if you mentioned that tier 4 onwards, its possible to build special ports that allow to share workforce between island, so you can have one large residential island supplied by production only islands. Another thing I think should be mentioned is that its possible to configure the campaign and sanbox to play without competitors. This is a feature present in the saga since Anno 1701 and I think its important to know as some of us do prefer to play the city/producion building part without worrying about combat nor territorial grabbing.
I really liked Anno 2205, it didn't force the war portion on me :D I wonder how this one handles the war, is it forced or can you skip it completely and still get ahead?
As far as I can tell from about 10h of playing, I don't think there's a way to avoid war in this one, unless you choose the weakest opponents at game start, who will let you bully them around constantly. But anything above easy AI will drag you into conflict sooner or later. Also there's pirates.
In the custom difficulty you can pick less agressive opponents and you can choose average, hard or off for the pirate setting, so i think you could prob. get away with very little, theres allso still the option from the previous games of buying people out of their islands but some off them will get agressive if you do.
Jesus, this game has a lot to offer, waiting on Mack's full review, fuck maybe I'll buy this right away, while waiting for Satisfactory update. Only issue I have noticed, not sure how many people actually use them. Quick buttons? opening a window or a selection through pressing keys like maybe, W;W;E, and you're placing a farm or something.
Oh no, I hope the yapping from characters isn't more than in 1404, where it's... fine, but can get a bit much when they automatically trade with you and things like that. - Also, the way you described the newspaper-bit reminds me of the mini-quests you get from the AI-player, when you have to deliver goods, or find some people and bring them to the characters, and those also become repetitive and indeed start to feel like chores after a while. - I think those can be ignored, though, without any negative side-effects other than not gaining rewards. But I'm not sure about ignoring the newspapers and if you even can. - I haven't played 1800 yet. - I've been playing 1404 for the first time (in April 2023) and I did purchase the Complete Edition of 1800 at a discount because of it (although I was interested in the latter first). But it sounds good, especially with all the extra content that came out over the last 4 years.
Anno series on the whole is a very solid franchise monetarily that has been iterated on over the decades with tweaks and additions to its core mechanics, it's generally quite pretty graphically and the music is always 10/10 in my view. However my personal view regarding it's longevity is that it's time to wrap up the Anno line as it is just more of the same now after 7 titles. As someone who has played each Anno since 1602, they quickly become stale as the game play loop is for the most part a copy and paste exercise that doesn't bring much innovation to them after decades of design to then only attach a few bells and whistles for the player to keep their attention. Add to that each title requiring an almost triple A cost of purchase at launch for what is essentially the same game, same play style just a different time period (unless you wait a few years for it to get to bargain basement pricing), I'll be doing my usual and playing older yet similar Anno titles when the urge takes me till this one gets to sell at around £10-£15 and leave those with money to burn to buy it at it's ridiculous £50 price tag.
Well, that's one easy to miss out on the best Anno game ever. My personal favorite PC game ever. And, yes, I've played every Anno game since day one 1602.
I have the worst internet in the world and i'm watching stuff like this as the download slowly progresses by 1% an hour :( edit - it finally finished, now an update! arrrrr.
@@pumpkinpie8235 you put buildings down taking the space but not rly building it so you dont pay for em, then when you got the money you press it and it builds.Its awesome for laying your citys layout.
@@JohnmarkGlaze Well not rly, he says , design a zoo using the blueprint mode, the end.Doesnt explain what it does, so people will just think its a thing where you just design some building layout, when its so much more.Its pretty much as important as the ping system is for Apex Legends, a must for all games of this type, that only they created.I bet it will be copied by all ;p
The game seems really well done and a return to what made Anno a great series to begin with, but my only concern is; what does this game add mechanically, other than the odd novel side missions that Anno 1404 didnt have?
You have to manage your workers, your city atractivitie, their are zoos and newspapers you can manipulate. Thats what i have seen so far but i havent played the game jet.
First: I played the closed and open betas. It's a great game and I pre-ordered it. I still think Anno 1404 is the best part of the series. You can forget about the sci-annos. They are awful. Second: I wouldn't call Anno a city builder. I would put it into two genres: In German we call the first one: Aufbaustrategie= Construction strategy?/ compisiton strategy?(strategy is ment in a military way as far as I know) The second one is economy simulation. Third: Anno is about being the most efficient you can be and trains you to be a perfectionist. Also the warehouse system is very very old and I am really happy they returned to it.
@@herrsarkasmus416 All "City Builders" are just resource chains building economy's TBH if you want to be stupid you can call all "City Builders" just puzzle games then no game is a "City Builder" by your logic.
well it is an anno after all, however there is a ton of new additions. Electricity and train tracks (not shown in the review) add a lot of complexity to the game, in how to place your production, how to build your city etc, it certainly made me rework my city when i first got to it. instead of simply upgrading your houses you need to make sure that you have enough of the working class below to produce all the requiered items. influence also plays a big strategic role. In the review it was badly shown, however these newspapers can have major impact on your production chains or war power, and the more you modify them the more they cost influence, you however also need influence to build ships and to expand. If you are in the middle of a war and then get a -15% production and 15% increased product needs and dont have the influence to change that, that has a really high impact. the maps are bigger, since the far away land are on a completely other map rather than being on the same which is great however that enormously increases the amount of goods you need to send in order to fulfill the needs. All in all, this is an anno game, but it is the best anno in almost every aspect. The ambience is right, the productions are much more complex ( there is now a 5th level of citizens and there needs are truly hard to fulfill). I found it was also much harder compared to the other anno games (which tbf isnt a high bar to pass):
@@PartyElite From steam:... At the request of the publisher, Anno 1800 is unlisted on the Steam store and will not appear in search. Notice: Sales of Anno 1800 will be discontinued on Steam after April 16th due to a publisher decision to make the game exclusive to another PC store. The publisher has assured us that all prior sales of the game on Steam will be fulfilled on Steam, and Steam owners will be able to access the game and any future updates or DLC through Steam. We apologize to Steam customers that were expecting it to be available for sale after the April 16th release date.
so..... the game mechanics are for the most part, especially concerning the core mechanics, nearly identical to the last 3 installments of the anno series. I wonder if you have ever played any of them before? You mentioned that 1800 is the first one that you got to immerse yourself into, does that mean that it actually is the first one you played, or have they just not worked for you, immersion-wise? Because I find that quite strange. The whole concept was basically the same, and from 1404 on, as I said, the core gameplay has changed little to none. Also... yes, warehouses have always been sharing goods across an island. Since 1602 already... That all said, i like your review, although it doesn't sound as if you've played any of the installments before this.
The core mechanics here are wildly different because now you have to manage your fucking workforce. Across multiple islands. Man rip my production hellholes.
I was not realy a Fan of City Builder Games until my oldes Frend show me Anno 1600,the first Part.After that i played 1701 and 1404 for Years.At my Anno 1800 Account i have now over 2000 Houers Playtime and never get tired to start a new Session.I was to one of the lucky Guys who become a Tester for the upcomming DLC" Land of Lions"and just can say,its just wunderfull and makes the Game much more complex and challeging.Cant w8 to play the finel Version. Sometimes i play to much Anno,i tried to find a City Builder who make so much Fun like Anno.And i try realy all what is out at the Market,but i never find one i like.Thats why i dont like it if you call Anno a CityBuilder,becouse thats not correct.There are so much CityBuilder outside,but there is just one Anno!!)
How many Anno's did you play? Did you ever play a historical one? Because I think every historic entry is better than 2070. Personally 1404 was the best
@@mrhellobunny ah thats to bad :( I ended up buying it anyways, but it sure would have made the game much more interesting. Still seems like one of the best citt builders around so hopefully i will still enjoy it
No Anno game has ever had seasons. It does rain, but is just a visual. Over Christmas it snowed in the old world and cape trelawney, also a visual thing.
only negatives i found so far is the diplomacy is very basic and the ship ai ain't amazing they will follow pirate ships without a second thought into their stronghold....so if you aren't paying attention for a sec you can lose your ship because of that lol
This is based off the review build that I was given access to! You can tell because I have a couple of shots from the 'engineers' which aren't available in the Open Beta. I hope that clarifies!
ANNO 2250 left such a bad impression on me I'm hesitant to buy the new one. Even though what I've played in the public beta was very promising. Also, Ubisoft does a lousy job with DLC/expansions so I usually wait for the 'complete' edition and then evaluate the game.
Is it just me or is the sound of this video a bit off? I mean the voice EQ, it sounds like you're surrounded by metal walls since every 's' sound is magnified and echoes slightly. It sounds extremely sharp and becomes very unpleasing to listen to once you pay any attention to it. A very good video otherwise though.
Hmmm I've been trying to nail the new mastering for the last little while now. What sounds better than before on most my devices sounds worse than before on specific headphones and speakers, and vice versa. Thanks for the feedback, it helps me pinpoint problem areas so I can fix them moving forward!
Ridiculous, only stopping yourself from playing a fantastic game. My brother said the same thing for two years. I made him open a uplay account and bought the game for him. He now says he was being a fool, and can't stop playing. Kind of like saying that you love Chevrolet trucks, but won't buy one because they only sell them at Chevrolet dealerships. Simply ridiculous. Stop punishing yourself for absolutely no reason. Lol.
@@shelbyseelbach9568 If I did not have, literally, over 150 games on my 'to do' list your argument would have more validity. But I do mean what I said, and will stick with my participles and pride. I'm not 'punishing myself' but 'loving myself' by sticking to my pricibles. Changing my principles would mean re-defining the very core of how I know myself.
@@shelbyseelbach9568 No, growing and maturing are the physical and psychological effects on people from age 0 until dead, with the largest focus on -021. What I am talking about is self awareness....a WHOLE OTHER thing. Don't come at somebody with a smarty pants response when the pants are the wrong color and don't fit.
It looks like it took of from Anno 2070 basis (which was actually beautiful) and some little little good bits of Anno 2205 (because the game was ehh and ruined great multiplayer experience from 2070).
If it makes you feel any better, you'd have to download Uplay anyway - Steam launches Uplay and the game when it comes to Ubisoft games - that's been the case for the last handful of years. What seems to be the problem? Maybe I can help?
I found the game in beta was too linear. Build x amount of house to unlock a new building set. Then make resources and build more houses for next set of buildings. There seems to be one way to min max no room for creativity. Skipping this one, will be playing imperotor Rome and Tw3k.
Anno is like sushi either you like it or you don't! It has its own gameplay and it gets more and more complex from level to level ... and has become even more extensive through the whole of the DlC.
"steam locomotives and electricity" dude, that isnt even the peak of technological development in the game, wait till you get your hands on dreadnought battleships
I don't wanna be negative. But as someone who played allot of the anno games. You seem to not have played any of the first 5 games i would say based on your comment on how resources are shared on all markets. Next to that all the gameplay i see is from the same save. Can you even call this a review? it feels more like a first impression of playing a scenario. As much as i enjoy listening to someone praising a game. The whole point of a review is to play a game allot, till the point you can turn it inside out for people. Maybe for someone who never played an anno game this review is a nice salespitch. But for someone who has played allot of the anno games like myself. This review is useless. it does not give any insight to weather the AI is any good, If the combat is balanced, If the economy is fun to play with, If the world its scope is big enough to build crazy cities, If the mechanics allow you more or less freedom in creative expression then other parts of the anno series. How do i know from this review if this game is any better or worse then the previous games ? Because if it is a worse version of something that already exists then why would i wanna buy this? The game is not even out yet and people are writing "reviews" of a demo version of the game. Just so they can get to the review party first. But can you call it a review if you have not played the entire game.. which in the case of anno would take probably weeks of playing trough all the different settings, comparing all island templates, thoroughly test all the game mechanics and push the AI to its knies to see how good it is.
battles are very light weight and poor. having to micro manage multiple islands with no pause button..and then you get the exploration dude who goes on and on...all the while your homes could be burning down to the ground..and you can do nothing about it..oh for a pause button..and then there is the new world..bare in mind whether your playing one island or another or are doing treasure hunts or in the new world...everything continues to tick on every island you have, and it also does so for the AI, and once they surpass you they will war with you, and sometimes they will use the other ai to help them...just be aware there is no pause button, everything is pretty much happening in real time...but there is loading screen from map to map or to the new world.
Hey, cool analysis. I see youtube gave you vp9 codec, would you know how many views it takes to switch to that?, my video @ is still sadly on avc and doesn't look as good as yours :(, also nowhere near as many views, oh well, that's life I guess:)
Found out Anno 1800 actually added a first person camera, allowing you to walk the streets of your city. Not just the low to the ground postcard mode, actual first person, footsteps included lol.
that's actually a easteragg^^
Enable the FPS cam via CTRL+SHIFT+R, move around via wasd. Enjoy!
Fucking finally
Weird how such an easy script, hypes people into buying it xD
#novalue
@@Schmorgus its how Ubisoft has captured idiots for decades... I am not ever buying again a Ubisoft game ever.
Thanks for the informative review. For most of it I'm thinking "This is just a rehashed Anno 1404, except prettier". And I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. I love that game so much and did not care for the futuristic water one. Then you delve into some cool new feature, so it's not just rehashed. It's like 1404 plus more, which makes me happy. I guess it's 396 more to be exact! Looks lovely and I will buy it off the back of this review, which has restored my faith that they're back to their winning ways.
Excellent! Glad I could help you make the call =). Definitely a game I have no issue recommending wholeheartedly! Enjoy!
A very nice review, I appreciate that you explained your background before starting.
Glad to hear it! I think it's important to know where an opinion is coming from!
A good, solid review. Thanks for helping me decide if I should buy this game or not, it's downloading right now!
Can’t agree more with the UI design you mentioned. I was having fun even watching those videos.
Top notch review. Will wait for a price drop though, still quite expensive here in Australia.
I love the Anno games. They're consistently great, well polished and fun to play
Just don't talk about 2205 :P
@@SkyForceOne2 loved it too. Even the moon part
there are problems and bugs with it, but the biggest problem is they have no pause button which they should have. i know they want to challenge us, but this is pretty much unrealistic
@@SuperSivla Try hitting escape. This pauses the whole game. Any production building can be paused by clicking on it, then clicking in its production window that pops up in the lower right hand corner. What more could you wish to pause?
Imagine if u where king in country, u had to do all of this without seeing from the bird perspective xD
great review. Bought a copy because of the review.
I had a ridiculous amount of fun with this game, and I hope that comes across! If nothing else, I hope the review helps you make a call on picking the game up or not. Just a heads up that the Humble Bundle link is no longer active - seems that Anno 1800 has been pulled from the Humble Store, which is too bad!
Thank you for the hard job reviewing the game PE. Was interesting to watch. Personally, as a person who played the first three games of the series, I feel like got enough since then, and it's nice to see the series moving forward anyway.
What the hell?! Cherries... more cherries.... cake with cherries.... OMG CHERRIES!!!
I think now that the game is out you can only get the game through uplay :(
that link just takes you to main page. there is no option to buy this from humble bundle
@@RyanOSullivan it was always through Uplay you can't buy it on stream to launch it into Uplay you can only buy it on Epic to launch it into Uplay or skip the extra step and buy it right from Uplay since you need it anyway.
Great review. Professional and informative
I'm really happy to see that they added sandbox mode back into the game. It looks like they've added a lot of fun mechanics as well which I hope will help keep the game interesting. As with all Anno games, it looks gorgeous but I was really hoping they'd add a better snapping/grid system (think Cities Skylines style) to give you more creativity in road and building/city layout. Another thing is combat, it's never been the strong point but even a simple ground based combat even as an option would be a great addition but I understand that has never really been a big selling point of their games. Also, mod support, even in a basic fashion would inject so much replay-ability and longevity into the game. Great review as always PE, much appreciated.
Ground combat has always been horrible in Anno. Glad to see it removed.
Great review, playin it right now (first city builder) and you nailed the part about UX/UI design that no other reviewer has talked about. My only gripe is how combat feels a bit hit and miss, with your ship A.I sometimes not reacting quickly enough and the whole direction commands of boats is not the best (I wish I could follow them automatically).
Anyhow, I subbed :p
Very good review, thanks for this. Game looks indeed great.
Great review! A very well deserved Like!
Great review and very informative! I'm glad I found this channel.
Glad to hear it - and I'm glad you found me too! =D
not sure if I'm going to buy this but I want some cake now
Me too, man - I love black forest cake.
I played the open beta and just had to have it. I've been wanting a new city builder like this for quite some time!
Played the open beta for 9 hours straight. Wanted to just "try it out". Bought it too...hard to resist.
Love your reviews! Will you do one for the new Warhammer total war dlc releasing in a few days?
Good review. Going to look into buying it game looks fun and relaxing the kinda thing I like to play after being at work.
Hey Party are you getting a copy of the new Warhammer II DLC early for your let’s plays and review? I still haven’t purchased it yet wanted to get your take on it first.
1701 was my first experience with this series and I've always liked it since (except 2205, which could have been good but tried to change too much imo). It's such a unique game, half city builder, half factory game with the production chains.
EDIT: Also Party, 1701 and 2070 (not sure about 2205) had the same Warehouse system where all Warehouses essentially provide "access" to every item in Warehouse storage, no matter which Warehouse the items were physically moved to.
2nd EDIT: Ah, I see someone else already mentioned it. Still, really looking forward to this.
The problem with 2205 was not that it changed stuff, it changed the wrong stuff in a bad way.
I still have a few nitpicks that I need to get used to, but other than that, Anno 1800 is well on its way to become the best Anno. Which means a lot. A LOT.
at first glance, the details of this game, people everywhere, even on balconies, just astonishing!
There is even a first-person-mode. (Even though the models there are not that pretty, because it's obviously not designed for that, but still neat feature)
@@SkyForceOne2 oh gosh, really?? I have to wait till the game is on sale tho.. :D
@@Saanyooo Yeah I don't know about that... you are aware that you can only purchase it via Epic-Games-Launcher or Uplay?
"This game is delicious" Ok, you covinced me :D
just wondering will anno developers make a game that set in Japan's sengoku jidai? I think it's gonna be neat if they can make it... forts, villages, cities and naval battles... all rivalries and ascending to be a shogun.
I'm just hoping there will be a city builder game that set in this timeline...
A few games surpass being "just a game" and make their way into some kind of art form, and Anno is one of them. It's like the difference between a paperback novel and that 300 year old first edition leather bound book that's worth more than your car. The Anno franchise is an amazing thing, and Anno 1800 is doubtless the crowning achievement of them all. It is rare for a sequel - much less a 7th Iteration - to surpass its predecessors, but years later, this game takes me to a different place and time, and that's amazing.
in wich anno game werent the resources teleported? i only played 1701, 1404 and 2070 before 1800, but i believe that this was always the case.
Its interesting that you chose the same house layout i did. The 3x2 setup seemed optimal to me for a reason i dont really understand because it technically just wastes space as house location is functionally irrelevant.
I find 4x2 is better for the most part because market pup and firestation fits in that layout perfetc and other buildings is easy to add in to the 4x2 lay out as well.
Game modes are bit lacking compared to my personal best Anno in the series, which is 1404 DoD+ Venice.IF you like 1800, i highly recommend you to play 1404.Good review
Let's be honest, vanilla ANNO 1404 was a good game. It became a gem with the Addon and DLCs and free content updates. ANNO 1800 is for me already better than vanilla 1404, fingers crossed that they will continue to add content.
@@ragor79 Yeah good point.Vanilla Anno 1404 didnt even come with a Multiplayer mode.Hope they do one big expansion like Venice and not split into many DLCs
@@ragor79 There are already free updates and additional DLC's (arctic for example) announced, but they'll take some time.
The product teleportation between warehouses isn't a new feature. Thats a basic mechanic tha was always present in the series. Wahats new is the fact that all warehouses need to be connected to the port, the fact that buildable area isn't restricted by an "influence area" and the whole mechanics about workforce. If you want to see how old Anno's work will still enjoying a great game, try Anno 1404, its considered the best in the series (at least it was prior to this release), its graphics have aged surprisingly well and its music is even better.
I missed some information in the review regarding to more advanced tier mechanics. For example, when you say its necessary to "start over" for every island, it would be nice if you mentioned that tier 4 onwards, its possible to build special ports that allow to share workforce between island, so you can have one large residential island supplied by production only islands. Another thing I think should be mentioned is that its possible to configure the campaign and sanbox to play without competitors. This is a feature present in the saga since Anno 1701 and I think its important to know as some of us do prefer to play the city/producion building part without worrying about combat nor territorial grabbing.
This looks amazing!!!
Don't run V-Sync if you are using G-Sync. This could be your issue.
Now add Jakob's collection, Fishboss's mods, and the latest DLC..and it is incredible. And overwhelming :D
The bad lipsyncing is normal for anno games, party. This was also the case for the futuristic titles of the series.
It's super distracting to me, unfortunately haha. Too bad, cuz the voice acting and writing is great!
It's a german game after all, maybe it syncs well with the german language.
@@Zaitekno yeah its better in german, still not perfect tho :P
Where is the humble bundle link?
I love these kind of games.... in Anno 1800 there is so MUCH to do...
I really liked Anno 2205, it didn't force the war portion on me :D I wonder how this one handles the war, is it forced or can you skip it completely and still get ahead?
As far as I can tell from about 10h of playing, I don't think there's a way to avoid war in this one, unless you choose the weakest opponents at game start, who will let you bully them around constantly. But anything above easy AI will drag you into conflict sooner or later. Also there's pirates.
@@debott4538 Ah I see, thanks. I really didn't enjoy the warfare bit of this series so gonna have to think carefully if I want to get it or not :/
In the custom difficulty you can pick less agressive opponents and you can choose average, hard or off for the pirate setting, so i think you could prob. get away with very little, theres allso still the option from the previous games of buying people out of their islands but some off them will get agressive if you do.
2205 isn't asm Anno game, it's an Anno themed game. Horrible if you have played any of the previous entries.
I will get the game soon! 😍
Jesus, this game has a lot to offer, waiting on Mack's full review, fuck maybe I'll buy this right away, while waiting for Satisfactory update. Only issue I have noticed, not sure how many people actually use them. Quick buttons? opening a window or a selection through pressing keys like maybe, W;W;E, and you're placing a farm or something.
Oh no, I hope the yapping from characters isn't more than in 1404, where it's... fine, but can get a bit much when they automatically trade with you and things like that. - Also, the way you described the newspaper-bit reminds me of the mini-quests you get from the AI-player, when you have to deliver goods, or find some people and bring them to the characters, and those also become repetitive and indeed start to feel like chores after a while. - I think those can be ignored, though, without any negative side-effects other than not gaining rewards. But I'm not sure about ignoring the newspapers and if you even can. - I haven't played 1800 yet. - I've been playing 1404 for the first time (in April 2023) and I did purchase the Complete Edition of 1800 at a discount because of it (although I was interested in the latter first). But it sounds good, especially with all the extra content that came out over the last 4 years.
downloading now
Love it and got the game! 😍
i do wish you had ground troops like (1602 a.d.) but other than that so far i'm enjoying the game
Anno series on the whole is a very solid franchise monetarily that has been iterated on over the decades with tweaks and additions to its core mechanics, it's generally quite pretty graphically and the music is always 10/10 in my view.
However my personal view regarding it's longevity is that it's time to wrap up the Anno line as it is just more of the same now after 7 titles. As someone who has played each Anno since 1602, they quickly become stale as the game play loop is for the most part a copy and paste exercise that doesn't bring much innovation to them after decades of design to then only attach a few bells and whistles for the player to keep their attention.
Add to that each title requiring an almost triple A cost of purchase at launch for what is essentially the same game, same play style just a different time period (unless you wait a few years for it to get to bargain basement pricing), I'll be doing my usual and playing older yet similar Anno titles when the urge takes me till this one gets to sell at around £10-£15 and leave those with money to burn to buy it at it's ridiculous £50 price tag.
Well, that's one easy to miss out on the best Anno game ever. My personal favorite PC game ever.
And, yes, I've played every Anno game since day one 1602.
I have the worst internet in the world and i'm watching stuff like this as the download slowly progresses by 1% an hour :(
edit - it finally finished, now an update! arrrrr.
Did he forget to mention the excellent blueprint mode?!or did I miss it.
havocgr1976 what is that?
@@pumpkinpie8235 you put buildings down taking the space but not rly building it so you dont pay for em, then when you got the money you press it and it builds.Its awesome for laying your citys layout.
he mentioned it at the 9 min mark
@@JohnmarkGlaze Well not rly, he says , design a zoo using the blueprint mode, the end.Doesnt explain what it does, so people will just think its a thing where you just design some building layout, when its so much more.Its pretty much as important as the ping system is for Apex Legends, a must for all games of this type, that only they created.I bet it will be copied by all ;p
The game seems really well done and a return to what made Anno a great series to begin with, but my only concern is; what does this game add mechanically, other than the odd novel side missions that Anno 1404 didnt have?
You have to manage your workers, your city atractivitie, their are zoos and newspapers you can manipulate. Thats what i have seen so far but i havent played the game jet.
It's on a whole nother level that has to be experienced to believe.
Shit man im so hyped now and i wanna play it really bad.... but its getting released tommorrow :(
I'm sold
First: I played the closed and open betas. It's a great game and I pre-ordered it. I still think Anno 1404 is the best part of the series. You can forget about the sci-annos. They are awful.
Second: I wouldn't call Anno a city builder. I would put it into two genres: In German we call the first one: Aufbaustrategie= Construction strategy?/ compisiton strategy?(strategy is ment in a military way as far as I know) The second one is economy simulation.
Third: Anno is about being the most efficient you can be and trains you to be a perfectionist. Also the warehouse system is very very old and I am really happy they returned to it.
If it's not a city builder then what is?
@@ambeegaming76 i said what I would Call it in my Comment
@@herrsarkasmus416 If building a city isn't a city builder your first comment is void past that point.
@@ambeegaming76 but its not only About Building a City. City Builder is Not enough. There are Strategic elements and more. Its an Economy simulation
@@herrsarkasmus416 All "City Builders" are just resource chains building economy's TBH if you want to be stupid you can call all "City Builders" just puzzle games then no game is a "City Builder" by your logic.
looks good, but very little is new since 1404, it even had ground combat (even if it was very simple).
well it is an anno after all, however there is a ton of new additions. Electricity and train tracks (not shown in the review) add a lot of complexity to the game, in how to place your production, how to build your city etc, it certainly made me rework my city when i first got to it.
instead of simply upgrading your houses you need to make sure that you have enough of the working class below to produce all the requiered items.
influence also plays a big strategic role. In the review it was badly shown, however these newspapers can have major impact on your production chains or war power, and the more you modify them the more they cost influence, you however also need influence to build ships and to expand. If you are in the middle of a war and then get a -15% production and 15% increased product needs and dont have the influence to change that, that has a really high impact.
the maps are bigger, since the far away land are on a completely other map rather than being on the same which is great however that enormously increases the amount of goods you need to send in order to fulfill the needs.
All in all, this is an anno game, but it is the best anno in almost every aspect. The ambience is right, the productions are much more complex ( there is now a 5th level of citizens and there needs are truly hard to fulfill). I found it was also much harder compared to the other anno games (which tbf isnt a high bar to pass):
One of the best soundtracks ever!!!!
Played the beta, really nice game =)
The Beta had me hooked.
no word on multiplayer steam user vs the other launcher user?
nice one
Ubisoft games always run through the Uplay launcher anyways.
The only thing that tuns me off for this game is not having construction animations. I like to watch my city grow.
As I'm cheap and don't want to pay full price I will probably wait for a sale.
2:06 - Aha, so that's why Linus Sebastian is into this game...
Very delicious cake indeed.
hat link just takes you to main page. there is no option to buy this from humble bundle
Thanks for the heads up - looks like Anno was removed from Humble...
@@PartyElite steam too...something is fishy!
@@PartyElite From steam:... At the request of the publisher, Anno 1800 is unlisted on the Steam store and will not appear in search.
Notice: Sales of Anno 1800 will be discontinued on Steam after April 16th due to a publisher decision to make the game exclusive to another PC store.
The publisher has assured us that all prior sales of the game on Steam will be fulfilled on Steam, and Steam owners will be able to access the game and any future updates or DLC through Steam.
We apologize to Steam customers that were expecting it to be available for sale after the April 16th release date.
Oh I knew about Steam (did a whole video on that) but didn't realize it would be pulled from Humble Bundle. That's really unfortunate.
so..... the game mechanics are for the most part, especially concerning the core mechanics, nearly identical to the last 3 installments of the anno series. I wonder if you have ever played any of them before? You mentioned that 1800 is the first one that you got to immerse yourself into, does that mean that it actually is the first one you played, or have they just not worked for you, immersion-wise? Because I find that quite strange. The whole concept was basically the same, and from 1404 on, as I said, the core gameplay has changed little to none. Also... yes, warehouses have always been sharing goods across an island. Since 1602 already...
That all said, i like your review, although it doesn't sound as if you've played any of the installments before this.
The core mechanics here are wildly different because now you have to manage your fucking workforce.
Across multiple islands.
Man rip my production hellholes.
this game is awesome so far
Love this game
So there is no ground forces for combat?Only ships?
Correct!
And it's about time, ground combat had always sucked in Anno games. One of the best changes they made.
I was not realy a Fan of City Builder Games until my oldes Frend show me Anno 1600,the first Part.After that i played 1701 and 1404 for Years.At my Anno 1800 Account i have now over 2000 Houers Playtime and never get tired to start a new Session.I was to one of the lucky Guys who become a Tester for the upcomming DLC" Land of Lions"and just can say,its just wunderfull and makes the Game much more complex and challeging.Cant w8 to play the finel Version.
Sometimes i play to much Anno,i tried to find a City Builder who make so much Fun like Anno.And i try realy all what is out at the Market,but i never find one i like.Thats why i dont like it if you call Anno a CityBuilder,becouse thats not correct.There are so much CityBuilder outside,but there is just one Anno!!)
Hmmmmm, that's 1602, not 1600.
Looks like an updated Venice
How would you compare 1800 Anno to 1701 AD
1800 is better.
Personally, I feel like 2070 was the height of the series, but I'm hopeful 1800 can reengage me.
How many Anno's did you play? Did you ever play a historical one? Because I think every historic entry is better than 2070. Personally 1404 was the best
@@herrsarkasmus416 Yep, I've played every entry in the series. I would say 1404 and 2070 are tied as best, for different reasons.
@@Archaneus i Really didnt like 2070
@@herrsarkasmus416 2070 had insane lategame capabilities
@@DarkWayn3 for me the Setting ruined the whole feeling
The game is an epic store exclusive so if you want to play it on steam you have to buy it TODAY.
Just buy it directly on Uplay. You will need it anyways.
Why buy it on Steam for so much when its easy to get a promo-code for Uplay and buy it for 20% off? :D
way better of a review then IGN.
No weather system and seasons (summer/winter)??!
Nope.
@@mrhellobunny ah thats to bad :( I ended up buying it anyways, but it sure would have made the game much more interesting. Still seems like one of the best citt builders around so hopefully i will still enjoy it
No Anno game has ever had seasons. It does rain, but is just a visual. Over Christmas it snowed in the old world and cape trelawney, also a visual thing.
if u want to learn to become a ERP consultant. Buy this game. Manage Production,manage cost, generate revenue
party I think u was on this pretty early only know are other Warhammer youtubers starting to jump in this
Yeah I've been on this bad boy since the first closed beta (hell, since it was first announced)! Pretty cool to hear it spreading =)
@@PartyElite yer they all jumping on the band wagon but I'm watching ur multiplayer live stream while I play total war XD
When will get a city building game where the AI build their own buildings and we just monitor the zoning
only negatives i found so far is the diplomacy is very basic and the ship ai ain't amazing they will follow pirate ships without a second thought into their stronghold....so if you aren't paying attention for a sec you can lose your ship because of that lol
Set your ship on passive
Not knowing how to adjust the ships attack stance is on you, it's there. LMFAO!
how can you give a review after a open beta and not when the original game is released with the endgame content?
This is based off the review build that I was given access to! You can tell because I have a couple of shots from the 'engineers' which aren't available in the Open Beta. I hope that clarifies!
I didn't understand your use of the saying a" canary in a coal mine", could you explain?
Great review by the way.
ANNO 2250 left such a bad impression on me I'm hesitant to buy the new one. Even though what I've played in the public beta was very promising.
Also, Ubisoft does a lousy job with DLC/expansions so I usually wait for the 'complete' edition and then evaluate the game.
So very true about 2205 and a sound plan on the complete edition :-)
Well, they've done an absolutely fantastic job of expanding this one.
yo ho go its a pirate life for me
Is it just me or is the sound of this video a bit off? I mean the voice EQ, it sounds like you're surrounded by metal walls since every 's' sound is magnified and echoes slightly. It sounds extremely sharp and becomes very unpleasing to listen to once you pay any attention to it. A very good video otherwise though.
Hmmm I've been trying to nail the new mastering for the last little while now. What sounds better than before on most my devices sounds worse than before on specific headphones and speakers, and vice versa. Thanks for the feedback, it helps me pinpoint problem areas so I can fix them moving forward!
Think it's just you.
The game is a true gem, get it NOW!
I will say compared to 2070 I felt 1800 was a bit overwhelming in terms of all the options.
2070 was one of the worst parts of the series in my opinion.
When you leave your anno game on for 12 hours and you come back and you have 120 mil dollars and your at war with every single person
Hahah
I see complaints for the ubisoft launcher I'm not sure what that means
Dunno, was a hype back then. I have no probs
I want that cake
Too bad they took it off Steam. Would have been fun to play, but I'm not splitting up my library.
Ridiculous, only stopping yourself from playing a fantastic game. My brother said the same thing for two years. I made him open a uplay account and bought the game for him. He now says he was being a fool, and can't stop playing. Kind of like saying that you love Chevrolet trucks, but won't buy one because they only sell them at Chevrolet dealerships.
Simply ridiculous.
Stop punishing yourself for absolutely no reason.
Lol.
@@shelbyseelbach9568 If I did not have, literally, over 150 games on my 'to do' list your argument would have more validity. But I do mean what I said, and will stick with my participles and pride. I'm not 'punishing myself' but 'loving myself' by sticking to my pricibles. Changing my principles would mean re-defining the very core of how I know myself.
@@LittleMacscorner some people call that growing, but to each their own.
@@shelbyseelbach9568 No, growing and maturing are the physical and psychological effects on people from age 0 until dead, with the largest focus on -021. What I am talking about is self awareness....a WHOLE OTHER thing. Don't come at somebody with a smarty pants response when the pants are the wrong color and don't fit.
It looks like it took of from Anno 2070 basis (which was actually beautiful) and some little little good bits of Anno 2205 (because the game was ehh and ruined great multiplayer experience from 2070).
Anno 1602 on steroids...I'm in.
I regret not buying it on Steam, I've never used UPLAY from UbiSoft and I can't get the damn game to download. I hate their Client so much!
If it makes you feel any better, you'd have to download Uplay anyway - Steam launches Uplay and the game when it comes to Ubisoft games - that's been the case for the last handful of years.
What seems to be the problem? Maybe I can help?
Just buy it.
I found the game in beta was too linear. Build x amount of house to unlock a new building set. Then make resources and build more houses for next set of buildings. There seems to be one way to min max no room for creativity.
Skipping this one, will be playing imperotor Rome and Tw3k.
The best part about it is trying to build a beautiful and funtioning city with only squares xD
Anno is like sushi either you like it or you don't! It has its own gameplay and it gets more and more complex from level to level ... and has become even more extensive through the whole of the DlC.
"steam locomotives and electricity" dude, that isnt even the peak of technological development in the game, wait till you get your hands on dreadnought battleships
Battle cruisers.
I don't wanna be negative. But as someone who played allot of the anno games. You seem to not have played any of the first 5 games i would say based on your comment on how resources are shared on all markets. Next to that all the gameplay i see is from the same save. Can you even call this a review? it feels more like a first impression of playing a scenario.
As much as i enjoy listening to someone praising a game. The whole point of a review is to play a game allot, till the point you can turn it inside out for people. Maybe for someone who never played an anno game this review is a nice salespitch. But for someone who has played allot of the anno games like myself. This review is useless. it does not give any insight to weather the AI is any good, If the combat is balanced, If the economy is fun to play with, If the world its scope is big enough to build crazy cities, If the mechanics allow you more or less freedom in creative expression then other parts of the anno series. How do i know from this review if this game is any better or worse then the previous games ? Because if it is a worse version of something that already exists then why would i wanna buy this?
The game is not even out yet and people are writing "reviews" of a demo version of the game. Just so they can get to the review party first. But can you call it a review if you have not played the entire game.. which in the case of anno would take probably weeks of playing trough all the different settings, comparing all island templates, thoroughly test all the game mechanics and push the AI to its knies to see how good it is.
spam click the scroll wheel on your mouse over the sea or town for lulz
battles are very light weight and poor. having to micro manage multiple islands with no pause button..and then you get the exploration dude who goes on and on...all the while your homes could be burning down to the ground..and you can do nothing about it..oh for a pause button..and then there is the new world..bare in mind whether your playing one island or another or are doing treasure hunts or in the new world...everything continues to tick on every island you have, and it also does so for the AI, and once they surpass you they will war with you, and sometimes they will use the other ai to help them...just be aware there is no pause button, everything is pretty much happening in real time...but there is loading screen from map to map or to the new world.
there is a pause button dummy. It's literally in the video above, the logo pause top right.
very good voice
Thank you!
Would you say, a good sense of pride and acomplishment can be found here?
On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, I didn't see any hints of MTX madness! Would've flagged that right away if I did.
Hey, cool analysis. I see youtube gave you vp9 codec, would you know how many views it takes to switch to that?, my video @ is still sadly on avc and doesn't look as good as yours :(, also nowhere near as many views, oh well, that's life I guess:)
Who the hell plays with V-Sync on?