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Anno 1800: Shadows of Beauty

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Re: Anno 1800: Shadows of Beauty

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Post by lqet »

Beauty is really something that distinguished even the early Anno titles (Anno 1602 and Anno 1503) from other similar games like "The Settlers" or even "Age of Empires". I remember that playing these games was just so nice... lush green landscapes, beautiful cities full of half-timbered and renaissance houses, palaces, ships in full sail on a blue ocean. It was also the first time I really came into contact with classical music as a kid.

https://store.ubisoft.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-maste...

https://www.gamesaktuell.de/screenshots/1280x/2002/10/adel.j...

Re: Anno 1800: Shadows of Beauty

#12

Post by epaga »

Trigg3r wrote: post #10

I actually thought this was a "bug" with the renderer, feel silly now realising it's a feature, a great one at that, now it's been pointed out! very cool. Anyone wondering if worth some play time, it definately is!

It definitely feels like a bug to me, and would be the first thing I'd turn off. I mean, I get that from that one angle it looks flat -- but the sun moving with my camera would be way, way worse for me.

Re: Anno 1800: Shadows of Beauty

#13

Post by volfonibros »

zargon wrote: post #9
rs_rs_rs_rs_rs wrote: post #2

This makes me want to buy the game...

I would play the whole Anno series, but they’re Ubisoft games and incorporate a rootkit. There are too many good games that have a modicum of respect for their customers for me to pay money to be rootkited.

The first four are available on GOG, DRM-free.

Re: Anno 1800: Shadows of Beauty

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Post by zppln »

NamTaf wrote: post #6
hackcasual wrote: post #3

Just started playing the game a few weeks ago. It's very pretty. From a game perspective it can seem pretty simplistic at first but there are a lot of interesting systems with hidden depth

It will load up many plates for you to spin, don’t worry! Especially with the DLCs, you end up with essentially 5 or 6 maps to simultaneously play. This game is an incredible time sink; I can lose entire days to it because there’s always “just one more thing” to do.

I got actual nerve damage from playing Anno 1404 crosslegged for a 16 hours a day for a few days straight a decade or so ago...

Re: Anno 1800: Shadows of Beauty

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

lqet wrote: post #11

Beauty is really something that distinguished even the early Anno titles (Anno 1602 and Anno 1503) from other similar games like "The Settlers" or even "Age of Empires". I remember that playing these games was just so nice ... lush green landscapes, beautiful cities full of half-timbered and renaissance houses, palaces, ships in full sail on a blue ocean. It was also the first time I really came into contact with cla…

The 'feel' of a game can't be understated. I get the same vibes from KCD 2, where just walking through the environment is in itself a joy.

The thing I didn't like about Age of Empires compared to Settlers was that warfare is the main point of the game; I wish AoE had a plain city / society building mode. Actually it probably does via mods or custom maps, or there's other games that tick the AoE and city builder boxes. Settlers has war as well but I always felt it was secondary, definitely not something large scale.

Re: Anno 1800: Shadows of Beauty

#17

Post by walthamstow »

volfonibros wrote: post #13
zargon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would play the whole Anno series, but they’re Ubisoft games and incorporate a rootkit. There are too many good games that have a modicum of respect for their customers for me to pay money to be rootkited.

The first four are available on GOG, DRM-free.

IMO Anno 1404 (+ Venice) is the best version. Complex but still fun.

Re: Anno 1800: Shadows of Beauty

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Post by kthartic »

PedroBatista wrote: post #14

Played Anno 1800 a couple years ago, good game and pretty. But the original Anno 1602 still wins in the looks and style department. As most 2.5D isometric games do..

Hmm I feel this might just be nostalgia at play. I've not played any Anno games, but comparing the two side-by-side and 1800 looks leaps & bounds better to me. 1602 looks like it was drawn in MS Paint.

Re: Anno 1800: Shadows of Beauty

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Post by sudhirj »

epaga wrote: post #12
Trigg3r wrote: post #10

I actually thought this was a "bug" with the renderer, feel silly now realising it's a feature, a great one at that, now it's been pointed out! very cool. Anyone wondering if worth some play time, it definately is!

It definitely feels like a bug to me, and would be the first thing I'd turn off. I mean, I get that from that one angle it looks flat -- but the sun moving with my camera would be way, way worse for me.

It depends on your perspective. If you internalize God mode, where you spin your disk world while leaving the sun in place, it's very intuitive.
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