okay But once that's acquired, things get uglier: while the naval combat is a-okay, if overly simplistic - the land 'combat' is even worse. So, you can't build ANY warships, or even a militia-style army, without interacting with an Orient civilization?. Spices - are only available from the Orient (southern, arab-looking countries). That, in turn, requires spices for Townsmen to upgrade to Patricians. The city-building aspect is okay at first, but once you wanna get to the military stuff the game starts to fall apart: First, building any The city-building aspect is okay at first, but once you wanna get to the military stuff the game starts to fall apart: First, building any military (small warship or small army) - requires Patricians (lvl-3 people in your town). Graphics: 8/10 Sounds and Music: 9/10 Pacing: 7/10 Gameplay: 8/10 overall atmosphere and storyline: 7/10 replayability: 7/10 … Expand If you are new to the Anno series 1404 is the best place to start. And gives enough respect to religiousity for convinience which is a big surprise. Still while the story is in an artifical realm it grasped the escence of 'east and west dicotomy and interaction' in mediavel times. Storyline is better than the most but still lack depth but can be forgiven because this game is not supposed to be a soup opera or an RPG. As a city builder- colonisation sim, Anno 1404 gives all the tools and challenging environment to the player in order to push them towards progress, no matter how messy and harsh that route maybe.but still gives enough room to regulate the pace of the game.

As a city builder- colonisation sim, Anno 1404 gives all the Never thought lack of something would intrigue me this much like in Anno 1404. Never thought lack of something would intrigue me this much like in Anno 1404.

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