Which Settlers games?

DHR · 10 Sep 2016 at 11:27

I have fond memories of playing 1 and 2 on the Amiga as a kid, many years ago :eek:

Figured I'd dip my toes in again but knowing what a shock nostalgia can be I'm avoiding grabbing 1 and 2.

There look to have been a load released including a remastered 3D version of 2.... Any specific ones to recommend / avoid?

Edit - The ANNO games looks pretty good too?

npjnpj · 10 Sep 2016 at 12:36

I've played them all, starting with the very first one way back when, but I find that Anno 1404 beats them all hands down.

DHR · 10 Sep 2016 at 12:39

npjnpj said:
I've played them all, starting with the very first one way back when, but I find that Anno 1404 beats them all hands down.

Think I might take the plunge with that then cheers. Is there much of a learning curve, found myself playing civilisation on the Xbox with no idea what I was doing! Been out of the game for a while now!

Bobmunkhouse · 10 Sep 2016 at 14:43

I liked settlers 3 and 7....might pick up 2 as it has a remastered version...

npjnpj · 10 Sep 2016 at 18:15

No, it's a very soft learning curve. The whole campaign is practically a tutorial to prepare you for the free-play mode. And it's great fun to boot.
But at no time do you actually feel that this is just a tutorial. I wish every game would do it this way.

LewisRaz · 10 Sep 2016 at 18:45

Settlers 2 10th anniversary is the only settlers game that exists imo

Concrete · 10 Sep 2016 at 19:06

LewisRaz said:
Settlers 2 10th anniversary is the only settlers game that exists imo

As someone who worked at Bluebyte for two years, this man speaketh the truth

No1newts · 10 Sep 2016 at 19:10

Is 3 the first one where they went without pre-defined movement paths?

If so I really liked that one, was a great game.

kration · 10 Sep 2016 at 20:17

LewisRaz said:
Settlers 2 10th anniversary is the only settlers game that exists imo

I agree too.

But the comment re. Anno 1404 has me interested...

sgavan · 10 Sep 2016 at 20:48

They are all on sale at gog.com at the moment, also like the look of anno 1404 as well

mark43 · 10 Sep 2016 at 20:58

Ooh, didn't realise that 10th anniversary edition existed. Used to love Settlers 2 back in the day, had some GoG credit and with it being on offer figured I'd grab it.

shaf · 10 Sep 2016 at 21:08

Still have the 10th anniversary on my drive. Play it from time to time.

Scotty123 · 10 Sep 2016 at 21:20

I bought 7 ages ago in a Steam sale. Played it a little, but like most Steam sale games, I don't play them more than a few hours.

I remember trying Settlers 3 I think on a demo disc back in 1998 or 99 roughly.

I've read good things about Anno 1404. Only tried 2070 (Steam sale again) and I quite enjoyed that. The latest Anno looks shiny but I've heard it's not so good and more dumbed down.

Bobmunkhouse · 11 Sep 2016 at 00:26

So people seem to be saying get settlers 2 anniversary edition...I think I might have too...

Bantu · 11 Sep 2016 at 13:47

i do think Anno 1404 is the best. Fun scenarios and a good campaign mode. Well worth it. The only settlers i played was a demo back in the 90's. 2 i think it was. loved it, but was more into C&C and AOE at the time. it felt too slow

DHR · 11 Sep 2016 at 22:39

..... Thanks a bunch guys, ended up buying 2 anniversary and 1404 :rolleyes: