Anno 117: Pax Romana

There is a high learning curve but that may be relative to how much you play similar games and your age. (Smirk) That said, the graphics (details) are incredible but if you don't have the power: the GPU, graphics card to run this game you will have to settle for lower end graphics. Even at the low end it is decent enough to enjoy the game play. In my case, moving the camera (N,S,E,W) even "dumbing everything down" is jerky which is annoying. None of this is the games fault, just be sure that your PC or gaming laptop can handle it. On the fifth of July I am upgrading from a desktop PC to a gaming laptop I know can run this game at the high end. The tutorial is helpful but could be better. Some things you'll have to figure out for yourself or watch YT vids for tips. At times there are many things "coming at you at once" and it can be challenging to manage your priorities with game characters wanting your attention. It can be a distraction, but they are usually patient and wait while you scramble about and get back to them. There is a whole lot of micro-management involved so there's a lot to keep track of. There's plenty of variety of options to choose from and lots of progression and advancement opportunities. You won't get bored any time soon. I'm enjoying it but, after 12 hours of experience in the gameplay I've only played "the tip of the iceberg" so-to-speak. If you know how to play these types of games already I suspect you will catch on relatively quickly and enjoy this. I don't think it's overly pricey. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't familiar with the genre or who's device isn't powerful.

Great setting for Anno

Maybe I'm lucky but after reading through all the negative reviews and then still buying the game while on sale; I feel the game has been great. I've had no issues with stability or the ubisoft laucher which opens in the background. The story is interesting enough for me so far and I've enjoyed the gameplay which is just Anno recycled with some added stuff. Happy with my purchase so far.

Sometimes crashes, but otherwise a great and fun game.

Hat viel Suchtpotenzial. Das Spiel ähnelt stark Anno 1800 wenn man auf die Map schaut. Zum glück ist das aber nicht der Fall, wenn es um den Rest geht. Besonders die DLCs machen einen großen Unterschied. Alleine wenn man das Militär betrachtet. Soldaten die man auf andere Insel stationieren kann, oder die Gefahr dass man von feinden Überfallen werden könnte, machen das Spielerlebnis schon besonders. Ich möchte garnicht einmal vom Städtebauen anfangen. Alles in Allem finde ich das Spiel ist eine 9,5/10.

It's a fun addition to the anno series. Armies and fighting is alright but it's not what the game is really about it's about creating a cool scenic Roman civilization. I love watching the people walking around and interacting, feeling like a little microcivilization living on my screen. At this time it's worth playing if you're interested. Like other games of the series they will continue to release new content and DLC's. I hope one is to improve combat in the game because the combat it the one not fun thing in game.

Been a long time Anno fan and I really like this one.

The huge cheque that bounced! For me this is a huge step back from 1800, i understand that took years of patches and content updates to get to where it is but I've played a while now over several games in both Latium and Albion and ultimately I find it boring, the islands feel small and cramped, very copy and paste between seeds. Latium lacks any real "feel" and while Albion feels much more atmospheric its just cramped and boring, the pirates are very easy to beat on the sea, naval combat feels really clunky, if you keep moving your ships practically invincible while other times arrows will shoot miles and home in on you like heat seeking missile. The main issue all Anno games had, especially 1800 is that at some point you just become overwhelmed with what's going on between different theatres and, its somehow dumbed down and yet even worse in 117, for example you get access to military - Barracks, walls, towers etc, you immediately get a huge diplomatic penalty with AI players called "defenceless" but I haven't had chance to build anything yet, I haven't even set up a production chain for roof tiles - needed to build a barracks, meanwhile I have no end of needs of "Waders" I have covered every single square inch of island in wader homes, researched everything I can see to increase wader worker pop but i still don't have enough, i only have 5 ships and 2 archer battalions and i can't support it. Meanwhile the AI is up to its old trick of covering their islands in a network of roads to nowhere, spaffing a few production buildings around, a handful of houses with no services and live rent free off their magic unlimited resources. Buildings feel very restrictive, fire fighters, police, medics, all have very small AOE, markets too, the thing i loved with 1800 was how free the building felt, if i wanted to build a big square in the middle of the city and ornament it i could, it may not be meta but it still worked, here its impossible. Many years of patches and content releases ahead i feel, and many $$$ needed from the player-base to feed the machine.