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- Platform: Windows XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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A unique and award-winning combination of construction, economy, discovery, diplomacy and combat. Anno 1404 is the building strategy game which features a deep economy, wide game world and dynamic gameplay which continuously challenge the players' strategic management skills. The discovery of the ancient oriental nation inspires your creative vision for your own grandiose metropolis, as you carefully raise monumental cities and develop an idealised historical empire.
- Meet the orient!
- Build your own oriental settlement
- Get to know the culture and technologies of the orient
- Make the desert bloom
- Meet the Sultan and earn his respect
- Rise huge metropolises!Build a unique seaside with the harbour system
- Construct impressing monuments to crown your creation
- Shape the character of your city with alleyways, city walls and castles
- Enrich your settlement with dozens of embellishing objects
- Personalise the way you play!
- Configure the interface to fit your own personal needs
- Create your own adventures in the Anno world with powerful tools and share them with the community
- A strategy game for beginners and pros!
- An intuitive interface for beginners with many options for advanced players
- A thrilling campaign that carries beginners into the world of Anno
- A motivating sandbox mode that can be modified by players to any degree
- Special titles, talents, medals and other rewards that are collected in the captains log
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By El DEl
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Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I bought this February 2010. Ubisoft may have listened to the critics. The version shipped to me loaded and ran without needing Tages DRM, but had reverted to conventional loading from disk (disk then needed in drive to run).
On first installation had a bit of delay while waiting for automatic download of a couple of fairly substantial patches from Ubisoft but the game has so far proved absolutely stable and bug free. I am running it under Windows 7 with Nvidia Gforce 6800.
The game is typical of the Ubisoft range. Fans of other Anno and Settlers games will love it. Compared to some games it needs a good deal of micro managment but that's a matter of taste as some gamers prefer that degree of control and some prefer automanagement of minor issues. Very impressive graphics. Rather useless manual, but beginners should not worry too much as the easiest levels pretty much walk you through all the basic concepts, controls, etc. If you are looking for action or violence look elsewhere, and the simple bulding and trading can become a bit dull but the elements of diplomacy and some combat add breadth so overall well worth it.
On first installation had a bit of delay while waiting for automatic download of a couple of fairly substantial patches from Ubisoft but the game has so far proved absolutely stable and bug free. I am running it under Windows 7 with Nvidia Gforce 6800.
The game is typical of the Ubisoft range. Fans of other Anno and Settlers games will love it. Compared to some games it needs a good deal of micro managment but that's a matter of taste as some gamers prefer that degree of control and some prefer automanagement of minor issues. Very impressive graphics. Rather useless manual, but beginners should not worry too much as the easiest levels pretty much walk you through all the basic concepts, controls, etc. If you are looking for action or violence look elsewhere, and the simple bulding and trading can become a bit dull but the elements of diplomacy and some combat add breadth so overall well worth it.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By clb
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
For everyone, who was concerned about the drm protection. Ubisoft has removed the need for online activation with the 1.1 update. You only have to install the update, before starting the game for the first time. So there is no more limit to 3 activations.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you buy the retail edition of this game, install it and then install the game patch 1.1 before running it, it removes the drm. Also, friends have indicated that their game autopatched and as a result no more drm issues and the game can be played without the disc etc once patched
Edit: patch 1.2 also just released!
Was this review useful? Please rate it, many thanks!
Edit: patch 1.2 also just released!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great game
Great game. So much to learn though and so many different processes going on! You could lose days of your life playing this one!
Published 13 months ago by Nic
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent game and now DRM is gone
First of, the DRM that has given the game so many 1 star reviews here has been removed with an update from Ubisoft. Now there is no limit to the amount of copies you can activate. Read more
Published 23 months ago by C. Quinn
5.0 out of 5 stars
Authentic
The game is fun and looks amazing. The look o0f this game is vastly different from any rts i have played giving its own unique style.
Published 23 months ago by Mr. C. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wish there were more
Bought for my daughter. I have been playing Anno 1404 & the Venice extention since they came out. I like city building & trading but am not interested in more than minimal... Read more
Published on 15 April 2011 by RoseJane
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dawn of Discovery
As of April 2011, you get a copy sent from Canada. So to patch it to ver 1.2, go to the Canadian Ubisoft site and search for Dawn of Discovery. Read more
Published on 12 April 2011 by D. Mills
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome game play
This game makes it hard to stop playing. Like the former versions of anno the game play is incredible, with improved graphic detail and new game play options (discover of the... Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2011 by Philip Ashton
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't bother if you have a laptop
I was told by Ubisoft that this game will not work on most laptops as the graphics cards are not compatible, even if the MBs are adequate. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2010 by Gina
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hours pass like seconds....
Bought this game knowing nothing about it at all but it looked cute so what the hell right?
Barring a few hiccups (ground textures not rendering - fixed in patch 1. Read more
Barring a few hiccups (ground textures not rendering - fixed in patch 1. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2010 by Twelve
3.0 out of 5 stars
BJ
A very absorbing game, frustrating at times, but fun to play. If you like strategy games try this.
Published on 30 Oct 2010 by B. J. Lunn
5.0 out of 5 stars
Medieval Life
One of the best building/ management games I have played. Has a long Life. You can either play the Campaign, where you follow a strict set of Scenarios to complete missions or you... Read more
Published on 24 May 2010 by Qenzoody
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