Anno 117: Pax Romana

The Story just stops. As a city build and trading sim the game is great to play. Story mode ends abruptly after act 2. The compelling story lines in acts 1 and 2 just stop. Reading through the online posts, act 3 was in development but would not be ready for the holiday release. Instead of delaying the release to include the complete story arc, the story stops, cut off at the knees. While there may be a world where act 3 is released as a Patch, more likely, given the choices so far, it will be released (if ever), as as DLC for a price. I paid the full meal deal for a full meal experience. The story just stops.

I really wanted to love this Anno, I really did but even ignoring the AI ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the game is just not polished enough. I encountered several game breaking bugs relating to slotting resources (perma removing slots by trying to slot coal) and trade route ai just doing w/e they feel like resulting in duplications on trades. Trying to go over to the "new world" introduced me to a bug that made it so that the fog of war never goes away until you deploy foot soldiers on an island. Like others have also stated there seems to be a structure to this game that encourages dlcs and addons rather than being a fully fleshed out game. Stability seems to be a huge issue with this game too. I've NEVER had to "beat" a game into submission. Played in the same room with my brother and we found ourselves often having to reset the game to reinvite one other because the game would suddenly drop the connection, this shouldn't be an issue on fiber. Aside from that, this game freezes and crashes frequently. We have lost plenty of progress because the game decided it wanted to freeze/crash when one of us was upgrading in mass or swapping provinces. There was also a notable frame rate drop the longer a session was running. With what my settings are, I shouldn't really be having any of these issues. I find it hard to recommend. I do however recommend going back to 1800 for a more fleshed out experience.

Bleibt alles in allem weit hinter Anno 1800 zurück. Spielfluss ist deutlich langsamer und weniger animierend. Grafik ist toll, aber das macht noch kein gutes Anno. Ein stärkerer 1800 Klon wäre wünschenswerter gewesen, es wirkt wie ein grafisches Upgrade das von 1800 Niveau aus meiner Sicht wirklich nicht mehr nötig gewesen wäre, mechanisch scheint es hinter 1800 deutlich zurückzubleiben. Die Bugrate ist fast ein Jahr nach release immer noch beachtlich.

Офлайн игра в офлайн режиме недоступна. Убисовтовкий клиент вечно теряет связь со своими серверами и говорит, что запуск невозможен. Постоянные проблемы с запуском. По сабжу: слабее предыдущих версий

An unfinished mess. Go play anno 1800 instead. Ubisoft will never be able to make any good games again.

Great game not so great publisher. The DLC situation is sad but rest of the game is wonderful. Land combat adds much more depth instead of only sea combat. If you liked 1404 you will like this.

Releasing this game with a "Year 1" Pass and then launching two DLCs within the first year that aren't included in it is incredibly scummy. It's a shameless cash grab by Ubisoft and a disappointing, anti-consumer practice from the developers. On top of that, the game itself is bland and BOOORING. It's worse than Anno 1800 in almost every possible way. The AI is terrible, the gameplay feels shallow, the design is uninspired, and even the graphics are a step backward. This game is a huge disappointment. I will never ever give money to Ubisoft again.