Anno 2070

• OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
• CPU: 2.0 GHz
• RAM: 2 GB
• Graphics card: 512 MB
• Memory requirements ( HDD): 5 GB

Anno 2070 is the fifth part of the Anno computer game series and the first part, which plays in the future. The game was developed by Related Designs and Blue Byte, announced on April 3, 2011 by Ubisoft and released in Germany on November 17, 2011.

• 5.1 ratings
• 5.2 Awards
• 5.3 criticism 5.3.1 copy
• 5.3.2 Key dealer
• 5.3.3 Non- availability of the ark in offline mode

Gameplay

The scenery of the game, the three fractions ( Ecos, Tycoons & Techs ). The most noticeable changes compared to the previous games is that you play for the first time in a future scenario and not in the past.

The actual gameplay is similar to its predecessors designed: still explored and settled as one player alien islands, builds complex economic cycles on, maintains diplomatic relations with and cares for his people. This is divided into different layers; the needs of an ethnic group are completely satisfied, so these increases on to the next stage. In this more present needs are, so that the game becomes more complex, the higher the population level increases.

Raw materials needed to produce goods needed by the people, may not necessarily be always extracted only on an island. In places, the island does not have the fertility needed, so you have to look for either another island or special seed purchases in appearance, ensures the specific fertilities on islands.

If one possesses. A particular commodity in excess, so you can, sell at players against the currency of the game credits This increases the sphere of influence in appearance, which affects the diplomatic part of the game. The diplomacy in the game has been changed compared to Anno 1404 only a little; so you can request missions of players who give the player as a target, a certain amount of floating debris to fish out of the sea. If such a job is completed, you will receive at the appropriate NPC influence points, ensure the special bonuses. In addition, you may be about to cash donations or in case of war seek a truce. All these actions have a cooldown, so you have to wait a certain time before you can start some action again.

The war against other players is not a central element of the game of Anno 2070; Instead, the game focuses on trade in goods. Nevertheless, the combat system has been greatly changed compared to its predecessors. So battles are now running mainly at sea from just a few various flying units can penetrate into the interior of the islands. The fights are happening quite slowly and are difficult to compare with those of a pure real-time strategy game.

Overall, Anno 2070 is quite more complex than its predecessors, is less inclined to the idyll of the game world, but more on innovations in the form of some new products, commodities and needs, for example, energy and health food.

Ark element

The game includes a first as, Ark. ' designated play internal depot. This allows for storage of resources and the use and storage of artifacts. This so-called ' Items' put on activation ( capping ) part considerable game world extensive building, construction, and ecosystem modifications ready.

Moreover, given by an online synchronization of the ark with the Ubisoft account of the player an exchange of those goods and objects between different games and game booths.

One of the main criticisms directed as well to the unavailability of the ark in offline mode, so essential game content and modifications omitted.

Game content

At the beginning, there are two playable factions, between which one must decide at the beginning of the game: the " Ecos " (Eden Initiative) and the " tycoons " (Global Trust). While the " Ecos " use regenerative forces of nature, set the " tycoons " in energy generation by heavy industry. Industry and pollution for the first time have an impact on the appearance of the islands as well as on the population and agricultural production. Later in the game it is also possible, with a third group, the " techs " ( SAAT ) to colonize the sea floor on special underwater plateaus and there dismantle new resources. Sometimes artifacts are found in sunken buildings. In this sense, there is no change between the three groups, as the player can build any time building all fractions. In this way created by " Tycoon " building technologies contamination by the " Ecos " should be able to be undone.

In Anno 2070 the production chains have also been simplified. Instead of an Artificial Intelligence for more allies to develop, which does a structure according to the same rules as the real players, simple scripts are now used that defy completely about the game rules.

Fractions in detail

Global Trust ( Tycoons ): Director: Skylar Banes. At Global Trust is a more profit than be blank on nature conservation organization. The workers or the "population " of this company are made on the whole to a comfortable and luxurious life, which is expressed in a demand for goods such as prepared food, champagne and jewelery. The population is immune in certain extent against environmental pollution, but also to environmental improvements in the area of ​​taxation of activist. Since the efficiency of the factories of the tycoons of polluting production methods result, environmental pollution with this fraction is unavoidable. For tycoons have coal plants less energy problems as Ecos. Tycoons can compensate with the help of certain buildings impact on the environment, but the environmental conditions do not improve. Special materials of this fraction are concrete slabs and steel.

Eden Initiative ( Ecos ): Head: Seamus Green. Unlike the Global Trust the Eden initiative is designed primarily for nature conservation. The workers or the "population " is made on a semi-natural and eco-friendly life, which manifests itself by needs for health food, fruit drinks and Communicators (a type of mobile phone). The Ecos are very sensitive to pollution, but it also have a higher tax reward for good environmental conditions. Since the factories of the Ecos are less economical than that of tycoons, they have little or no negative impact on the environment. However, the Eco's not a very effective power plants beginning of the game available, so it can come to power shortages. Ecos can compensate with the help of certain buildings on the environment and even improve the environmental conditions. Special materials of this fraction are wood and glass.

S.A.A.T. ( Techs ): Head: F.A.T.H.E.R. ( A supercomputer ). The S.A.A.T. ( Abbreviation for Scientific Academy for Advanced Technologies - Scientific Academy for Advanced Technologies ) is a separate group, since it has only facing science. The S.A.A.T. is the only one of the three factions which can not be selected at the beginning. Instead it is the first fraction, which can be purchased by credits. The population is made up of lab technicians, researchers and geniuses and calls for " student food " such as functional drinks ( caffeine drink). The techs do not respond to environmental influences as strong as the Ecos, but stronger than the tycoons. The buildings of the techs affect the environment, but these, like the sensitivity of the techs behaves on environmental pollution. The techs have no buildings to compensate for environmental damage. By Techs explorations of upgrades and also the manufacture of aircraft and submarines are possible. The latter are required for the development of underwater plateaus. Special building material of this fraction is carbon.

Add- ons

The first add-on named Anno 2070 - The deep sea has been published as announced on October 4, 2012. As new features and enhancements coming among other deep-sea trade, a new submarine and an aircraft carrier, a new disaster ( tsunami ) and a new level of civilization for the techs ( genius ) added. Under this level of civilization and the construction of a geothermal power plant is possible. By means of a special device, it has recently become possible to transfer energy from other islands and underwater plateaus on a selected island or a selected underwater plateau.

Reception

Ratings

Reviews Anno 2070:

• Gamestar: 90%
• Gamona: 90%
• PC Games: 89 %
• GameFAQs: 90%
• 4players: 82 %

Reviews Anno 2070 - The deep sea:

• Gamestar: 90%
• GameFAQs: 84 %
• 4players: 85%
• GBase: 8.0

Awards

• German Developer Award 2012: Best Strategy Game, Best Game Design

Criticism

Due to the time product activation and the relevant account - binding to a Ubisoft account, the title came in advance in the criticism. The additionally required a permanent Internet connection ( always-on ) for unlimited game content enhanced the displeasure of the purchaser as to the game mechanics also significant - not least the fact that Ubisoft stressed immediately before publication in the periods that it would only " a temporary Internet connection required for one-time product registration at first start the game needed ", which merely reproduced a portion of the restrictive product policy.

Although also a games is after activation via the Internet without constant Internet access possible - the so-called ' Offline mode ', this can however below only games with limited game content to. A permanent internet connection for full game content is therefore absolutely necessary.

Copy protection

One of the other criticisms is also the copy protection used by the game from combination of Tagès and Solid Shield v2 from the same manufacturer. This created upon activation of a Prüfsummenschlüssel the hardware used, and after modification of the computer system by changing the component - requires re-activation - such as replacing the graphics card. The game is therefore - in addition to binding to a Ubisoft account - linked directly to the hardware used. The number of ( re-) activation is limited to the version of copy protection used in Anno 2070 to a maximum of three activations.

Prominent public learned the use of copy shortly after the release of the title. Thus failed the testers of the Dutch hardware Guru3D.com portal to the copy of the game, as they wanted to Anno 2070 subject to a review concerning the gaming performance. In a usual during reviews component change - for the purpose of testing the Spieleperformace on different systems, here is the graphics card - refused the copy in a row using the Game Recalling a renewed activation - a renewed re - activation due to hardware changes was hitherto not known, only a activation to a maximum of three systems. Since it can activate the game only three times a serial number, the game refused to use and settled unlock no longer due to the three previous activations.

The addressed in consequence support of Ubisoft could not help here, so they turned directly to the developer Blue Byte, the manually took out the graphics card from the copy protection rating and their ability to provide assistance. The editors were so angry because of this problem that they immediately spread all future appears Ubisoft titles from their review portfolio and now refused to review PC titles of the publisher. It was revealed therefore that even a change in the components consume a maximum of three activations, because the copy evaluates a component replacement as a new installation on another system.

The publisher Ubisoft Blue Byte, respectively, the developer responded then and changed the copy protection from going round that in the future no reactivation is required at least for changing the video card. Furthermore, the number of re-registration was increased to four, also triple forfeited made ​​and no longer used activations after 30 days. Furthermore, when exceeding the limit at Ubisoft may be evidence of ownership of a legal copy of resetting the be requested.

Key dealer

In addition, Ubisoft has massive problems with unauthorized sellers that offer deeply discounted CD keys, but have their keys acquired illegally. These are regularly blocked by publishers and the defrauded customers not offered any compensation. It merely noted that eBay dealer, which also offer game currency for various MMORPGs or can be paid in order to specify a foreign company headquarters and make the distribution of the digital copy as an ISO file via BitTorrent or unofficial FTP server as not are trustworthy classified.

Unavailability of the ark in offline mode

One of the main criticisms of the game is the unavailability of the ark in offline mode. Use of the Ark - a game internal depots, which allows storage of resources, the use and storage of items and in addition allows an exchange of goods and items between different games and game booths also through online synchronization with the Ubisoft account of the player - is excluded, so essential game content and modifiers omitted. This has a particularly detrimental effect here, since a number of the items mentioned artifacts can only be activated within the ark, to provide their gambling internal global impact.

Next it came to publication for problems where players their centrally collected in the ark artifacts - their development can make the game much more time -consuming and expensive - partly or completely missing.