Anno 2070

Windle · 20 Nov 2011 at 08:21

Where do you get oil resource? Can't see it on any islands and my tycoons need plastic!

Twentyone · 20 Nov 2011 at 12:07

How on earth do you hijack the ships when you have them onboard :confused:

Souness · 20 Nov 2011 at 12:28

Windle said:
Where do you get oil resource? Can't see it on any islands and my tycoons need plastic!

Underwater I think. Dem oil rigs

yhack · 20 Nov 2011 at 12:48

So is this game like Age of Empires?

kola · 20 Nov 2011 at 12:49

yhack said:
So is this game like Age of Empires?

No

yhack · 20 Nov 2011 at 12:51

kola said:
No

Is it like Sim City 3000?

Mr Krugga · 20 Nov 2011 at 13:14

yhack said:
Is it like Sim City 3000?

I haven't played the latest instalment but you have to appreciate Anno as its own game.

It has elements known from games like The Settlers, Port Royal, Tropico, Sim City and probably a few others.

It could be described as an economic simulator and a city builder so yes, in that aspect it's similar to Sim City games.

yhack · 20 Nov 2011 at 13:23

Mr Krugga said:
I haven't played the latest instalment but you have to appreciate Anno as its own game.

It has elements known from games like The Settlers, Port Royal, Tropico, Sim City and probably a few others.

It could be described as an economic simulator and a city builder so yes, in that aspect it's similar to Sim City games.

Sim City 3000 came out in 1999 and I haven't played any game like that since. I'd quite like to play something similar again, so I might give this a go.

Huw · 20 Nov 2011 at 13:35

yhack you really must try either Anno 2070 or 1404 if you like city builders. The Anno series are, to my mind, simply unparalelled in the genre. Polished, beautiful, easy to play, deep, complex without being baffling, etc. It's just brilliant.

CaptainRAVE · 20 Nov 2011 at 15:38

Is this worth getting?

What were those voting things on the bottom left hand side of the min menu? They were greyed out in the demo.

yhack · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:09

Huw said:
yhack you really must try either Anno 2070 or 1404 if you like city builders. The Anno series are, to my mind, simply unparalelled in the genre. Polished, beautiful, easy to play, deep, complex without being baffling, etc. It's just brilliant.

I'll borrow 1404 from my friend in fancy dress drinking rum and see what it's like.

Swi1ch · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:10

Souness said:
Underwater I think. Dem oil rigs

Some islands also just have a natural oil resource. You just build the oil drillers (From the plastics production chain tab) on the island anywhere you want as long as it has the fertility.

CaptainRAVE · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:12

Can people post some shots?

Windle · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:48

CaptainRAVE said:
Is this worth getting?

What were those voting things on the bottom left hand side of the min menu? They were greyed out in the demo.

Senate and World Votes.

Both of which affect things in the game, if if you vote for Eco or Tycoon etc it'll have affects on things in game.

Windle · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:51

CaptainRAVE said:
Can people post some shots?

Purdy · 20 Nov 2011 at 16:56

Is there a tutorial when you first load it up? Not exactly sure what i am supposed to do, sort of throws you in the deep end abit.

CaptainRAVE · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:03

Windle said:
Senate and World Votes.

Both of which affect things in the game, if if you vote for Eco or Tycoon etc it'll have affects on things in game.

Windle said:

Thanks

Swi1ch · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:11

Purdy said:
Is there a tutorial when you first load it up? Not exactly sure what i am supposed to do, sort of throws you in the deep end abit.

The campaign holds your hand until you get your feet a bit wet, but after that the idea is you're supposed to figure it out. At its core, all you need to know is how to build stuff, how to produce materials and consumables and how to supply your populace. Everything after that is just more expanded on this.

Twentyone · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:56

Twentyone said:
How on earth do you hijack the ships when you have them onboard

Anyone know?

I keep getting bad rep with the guy because I'm failing

platypus · 20 Nov 2011 at 17:58

No idea sorry. Enjoying playing around with production loops in a sandbox continuous game atm.