Thread 2135078

Anno thread.
Anno 117 gets a timed demo tomorrow. Expectations? Personally I hope they don't fuck it up, anno 1800 was great.

>>2135078 (OP)
Looking forward to the demo. loved the setting and gameplay of 1800, I'm not that much into Rome, but the game does look interesting anyway

Anno is the last Ubisoft franchise that has stayed good

>secondary location is fucking england of all places
>black romans
not feeling so good

>>2135203
Also you can bet your ass isn't going to have a slave economy.

>>2135212
>Also you can bet your ass isn't going to have a slave economy.
Idk, 1800 was great at white-washing colonial exploitation in a ridiculous way. Journaleros and Obreros are all smiling happily while they toil away to bring tobacco, sugar, coffee and cocoa to the mainland, and get nothing in return.

Liked 1800 but Rome is boring as fuck, I want future Anno back
2070 was peak soul and 2205 was better looking than 1800, gameplay aside

>>2135299
Neither of the 2 futuristic annos were good, so I'll pass on that garbage fammer.

I've always found anno games just kind of shitty to play. I feel like they run out of content once you've learned the basics. I'm still optimistic, I'll give it a chance.

>>2135212
they'll never say "slave" but I wouldn't be surprised if your population tiers were "servant", "freedman", etc

>>2135302
hush, the adults are talking

>>2135212
Yes, Anno has romantic portrayal of the past as its tenet.
They even say so themselves, you can listen to the presentation they gave on the history in the game at Gamescom.

>>2135308
>likes the most dogshit games in the series because the glowing lights and muh grafics are le gud
>Thinks he's an adult
kys nigger.

>>2135212
>>2135306
iirc the lowest population tier is freedmen

>>2135470
ugh the game is pozzed?!

>>2135472

>>2129316

>>2135078 (OP)
I expect it to be whitewashed & woke. If they show females in administrative offices I won't touch that crap. Simple as.

>>2135470
Please tell me this is photoshopped.

>>2135078 (OP)
what time does the demo start?

>>2135561
>>2135472
>>2135470
least obvious raid, fuck off you already made a thread discussing your nigger keep it there

>>2135212
it's rated T

>>2135566
12 CEST

how long till someone cracks the time limit?

demo is up

>1 hour and first two tiers
What's the point
Plop down a lumberjack, plop a food building, plop a service building and a market, do a rudimentary three building "chain" for some basic good. I don't have to download the game to know exactly what I'll be doing. The first two tiers are the least interesting part of Anno.

Hope there is a crack of the time limit, wish they have you like 4 hours

>>2135584
>>2135648
doubt it, it's a big studio, and if someone did crack it they'd just update it real quick

>90GB for a demo
pathetic

>>2135651
does make me wonder if it is just the full game with a basic lock on it

>>2135652
There's no way they're that dumb. Cracking the time limit might happen but the game beyond the first two population stages just isn't gonna be in there.

the latium NPCs I've met so far seem nice enough

Performance could be a bit better as I am floating around 90 with everything maxed out, but drivers on release might address that.
Game is still fun, although there is a very noticeable console-first philosophy behind their UI design. Nothing mods can't fix though.
Gonna give a couple more runs a go before deciding on whether to pre-order it or not.

>>2135630
okay, you pointed it out
everybody saw it, if some retard doesnt' see it and buys the game then it's just natural selection
can we now leave the malding behind and focus on actually analyzing the rest of the game?
it's woke yes got it

>>2135689
I like the art style
any pics of the opponents if there are any?

>>2135698
nothing that I could find in Latium, starting a Albion game now to see if there's any there

>requires ubisoft connect account
they're still doing this garbage? no thanks

I only played 1404 (which I liked) and 2070 (which I didn't). I want to try 1701, was it good?

>>2135689
why is there a chinese boy

>>2135698
>>2135699
best I could find is the scary welsh lady but she's not a governor
>>2135712
that's actually a woman, though I have the graphics cranked down a bit so all the models look a bit off

>>2135741
Where the black folk at.

>>2135741
no pirates?

>>2135805
not that I came across, wouldn't be surprised if they where turned off for the demo

Never played Anno before but this game has my eye, what's a good place to start in the series and anything I should know before jumping in?

>>2135813
1800 is great to start with, but if you play it you cant play the previous ones anymore because its that good at QOL
if you have time to play all of it start from 1404 or 1701

>>2135805
The not-Boudicca in his picture is the Albion session pirate who apparently gets salty if you Romanise.

Is the optimization garbage or what? It defaulted to Ultra but it sounds like my GPU is going to kill itself.

>>2135836
Optimization is always garbage now. You'll just be told "your PC is a potato, upgrade".
I'm thinking of refunding. I can afford to upgrade, but I don't know if I really want to jump through a hoop because game dev said so.

>>2135836
7800X3D, 4090, 4k resolution.
Getting 70-90 fps. With performance as is, I expect less than 30 when looking at an endgame island.

I fucked around with cheat engine and found the address for gold accidentally (It's just in there as a 4byte value), but didn't have any luck with the demo timer. might try again later

>>2135299
You're right, Anno 2070 had the most soul before 1800.
But can't blame Ubisoft for stepping back from futuristic titles after 2205. It just wasn't interesting and things became too abstract.
They'll have another crack at it some day I'm sure.

>>2135966
Can you pause the timer by pausing the game and then just build a mega island with infinite money?

>>2135990
On the one hand 2070 let you make hyper industrial mega polluted shitholes where you pump out oil or whatever but on the other 1404 gave you stuff like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDiTSNfk6A

Both good games but i think the aesthetics of 1404 edge out 2070 for their respective time periods

>>2135299
Anno only properly worked in New World colonialism context. Starting from quasi-medieval 1404 the series looked outright silly with those perpetual islands which are just there to exploit.

Some screens

>>2135712
greeks are DLC and they needed a bottom

>>2136067
Any idea why there are so many fat fucks in this game?

>>2136074
Just fat my shit up senpai

>>2136075
Last one
Thinking i might get BF6 now and wait for this to age a little bit. Not impressed with the demo

>low poly shit
why does this game look like something from 2005?

>>2136039
The islands work in 2070 because they're meant to be the high ground left above water after global warming floods the planet. The old world, Africa, etc. areas being islands in 1800 is nonsensical.

>>2136082
साआर

>>2136096
You basically have to accept that the Anno world is made up entirely of archipelagos. Which I'm fine with, if they lean into it.

>>2136082
enshittification

Also it's very clearly built for consoles.

>>2136082
the British just look like that

>>2135990
>>2136037
>>2135299

I had this dream Anno game dreamed up of basically it was a solar system trading game but I agree with >>2135990 it becomes too abstract. Like trade ships and space combat but it'd be hard to make all the planets/moons feel important and interconnected. I thought 2205 would go that route but instead they did their poor DLCs rather than full moon/planet expansion.

The other idea that would work would be a ww1-coldware/modern setting focused on freeways, airports, etc. Large project could be giant projects or something simple like a space race. Now that I'm thinking about it it'd be even better now with the re-addition of ground combat. Aircraft carriers, Anti-aircraft guns, nukes, troop transports, beach fortifications, Saving Pvt Anno.

>>2136120
I'd love an Anno '45 where it's immediately after the setting's equivalent of WW2, and you are tasked with rebuilding but the area is divided between NATO and the Soviets so you have to manage two populations.

>>2136120
>>2136121
The Anno devs do not like to portrait "negative" parts of history. That's fairly common knowledge among the community. War is minimized and never the focus. Slavery, drugs and suffering in general is kinda brushed over or ignored.
That's a stylistic, deliberate choice on their part. We'll never see a cold war style Anno I don't think.
That said, if the devs were to make such a game (and best not call it Anno), it could be super interesting. Devs are German, they certainly have family members remembering living in the GDR, the older ones among them first hand.

>>2136124
So don't portray it as negative?
You know, Rome had a bunch of slavery...

>>2136075
>Brits: Luv em
>Romans: 'ate em.
>Simple as
Lmao. Is it maybe some issue with your settings?
What preset are you playing on?
Though it's kinda neat how everyone on Albion is that NORF FC guy.

The most comical woke shit in 1800 is the female arctic explorers. I'm expected to believe women were climbing mountains in the arctic. Women as crew on ships that are on months long voyages is absurd too. They'd all be raped and pregnant by the second week and the ship would need to turn back.

>>2135991
nope game timer is always running

>>2135470
Lmao it's over.
If they want to be inclusive make a game in the future.

>>2136125
yeah, almost all whites. This is very problematic for the modern world's agenda.

Game looks visually great, but my only issue was with the UI being a bit obtrusive/clunky.

Overall very happy that it's a lot like 1800. Here's hoping the optimum chain charts get leaked so I don't have to spend so much time thinking of how many buildings are required per chain.

>>2136075
>>2136074
>>2136073
>>2136071
>>2136069
>>2136067
KEK
why are they all norf FC

>>2136082
the anon posting the screencaps said he is running on low settings >>2135741

>>2135078 (OP)
just getting started and it fucking ends. great demo.
I still hate the ui and was fighting with the construction menu popups being in the way of the rest of the menu.

>>2136232
just realised there was no combat either

>>2136249
good

>>2136124
That one is not historical but 2070 is a postapocalyptic setting where resource shortages, nuclear war and climate change presumably made most of the mainland uninhabitable and people live on islands now so there's that. The game is pretty environmentalist so I guess that checks out with the more liberal sensibilities and not necessarily in conflict and even the capitalist megacorp is portrayed as a somewhat reasonable while the greens are not all good and have eco terrorists.

>100gb demo
>requires ubisoft connect
>can only play for an hour
I can deal with 1 and 3 but holy shit why won't they ditch their god awful launcher

UI is not great in 117.

>>2136274
The best part about 2070 is you can be a Captain Planet villain.

>>2136574
made for consoles, please understand

UI is fuckin trash, voice acting is eh, giant "funded by the german government" logo in a game with a black roman officer in Briton. Real crazy choices... I really liked everything else, though. Being able to build diagonally was sweet. The added radius effects to building was cool and helped break up my usual commie blocks

>>2136777
>"funded by the german government" logo
Based, it's about time we put the rest of the world on notice.
You WILL look at this logo every time you start up yet another great entry of one of the best game series.

>>2136814
>published by ubishit

>>2135078 (OP)
>rome slop
yaaaaaaaawn

>>2136574
both use/readability and I also hate the colour. how does that match with the rest of the game?

>>2136777
the UI is for consoles and I fucking hate that, give us a PC UI instead of using one for both
>>2136814
I mean yeah, people need to know where the government money went and to stop people from bitching that germany has no impact on gaming

>>2136777
>voice acting is eh
German voice acting is alright, though
and i won't play Anno in any other language

>>2136777
>>2136896
they should have done latin and celtic voice acting

So it looks like production buildings offer bonuses to nearby houses? Like the Hats and Clothing ones.

>>2135966
https://cs.rin.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3351273#p3351273
Timer can be disabled easily, but saving is still not available in the demo.

>>2137155
thats amazing, i always wanted to have production close to my city but never felt like it worked

>>2135299
I've had a dream of them doing a crossover game, Anno 800 + One Piece. Basically manage the foundation of a kingdom and send a call for Pirates and Adventurers to sail the Grand Line for wealth or power.

Main gimmick I recall was
>Marine bases and Pirate bases were randomized and always fighting. Various versions

I remember 1800 had a bug when the highrise DLC released that unlocked all the achievements for you and they said they couldn't fix it. Killed my desire to play. I hope one day this series is freed from Ubislop

But is it gurt lush or not?

>>2137155
>>2137200
Some have tradeoffs, like garum gives an income boost but a happiness penalty because it smells or some workshops having fire risk. I've also noticed on the tech tree that some nodes give buildings new effects. Like from early techs fisheries don't do anything by default but they can have more income or weavers also giving tech points.
So yeah, it's encouraged that you actually weave in your production buildings into the settlement instead of just squeezing them in the corner somewhere.

>>2137197
fantastic, now I can actually play instead of speed running

Is there a way to get the demo to keep working without ubishit launcher so I can play when it's over.

>>2137316
No. It is literal DRM. You'll have to wait for a crack after release which won't be for some time.

>>2137328
Hopefully the demo will give them a headstart on it like it did for that metaphor game.

We wuz Britannic Romans n shiet

>>2137328
>>2137335
is empress even still active?

>>2137328
>>2137335
>>2137375
Unlikely. Empress didn't release any update after Anno 1800 DLC "Land of Lions". I suspect we won't get Anno 117 from him/her.

>>2137375
I shit you not, Empress started a tranny cult.

>>2137375
no
been dead for years

>>2135470
this looks shopped, its shopped right?

>>2137499
lmao no

>download the demo
>Ubisoft Connect forces itself onto my computer and tells me to register a Ubisoft account
>nope.webm
>uninstall
>remove the game from my wishlist
If a singleplayer game requires me to create an online account, I'm not playing it. It's that simple. Not like I haven't got other shit to play.

>>2137506
that's so cool anon thanks for telling us

>>2137509
You're very welcome. Maybe one day you kids will learn from my example and stop rewarding this kind of bullshit.

Is there an overview of NPCs, opponents/competitors and neutral parties yet? I remember 1800 let the community vote on certain character concepts.

>>2137506
Where did you download the demo from?

interface sucks

too many memory leaks

used way too much GPU power for graphics not much better than 1800

looks like we are paying for a new game that is pretty much just a 1800 mod

>>2137961
Yep

can't wait to buy this game on discount in 3 years

>>2137221
Home...

>>2136074
Why is everyone morbidly obese?

>>2137961
>looks like we are paying for a new game that is pretty much just a 1800 mod
Rest are legit complaints but this is just asinine and false.

>>2138188
they used real british roses for the models

>>2138188
diet of beans on toast

Well thats about as far as you can get in the demo, apart from a few military buildings unlocked by research

>>2138870
Second island needed to max out level 2 resident needs

After playing the demo I think I'll wait for a sale and just play anno 1800 for longer.

>>2136069
>>2136074
It looks like Fable. I mean the character design not the graphics, although it may be time to upgrade anon.

>>2136069
>>2136071
>>2136073
>>2136074
>>2136075
90% of the people in these pics are morbidly obese. Did you tweak some setting or is this just how it is? The population looks even fatter than modern day Britain.

>>2139287
According to state of the art French historiography (pic related), Romans were by and large skinny and morose, while Celtic people were mostly fat and jovial.

>>2139073
praying that ubisoft goes bankrupt and the anno devs are freed from that garbage launcher