Anno 2070 PC Game Review 2012

Accustomed to dealing with the economy of large colonies from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries to develop its industry and maritime trade, take a leap into the future and is in itself a very interesting change. But not content with this, the guys from Related Designs offer us the opportunity to enjoy it is by far the best delivery of the strategic set Dean Anno , with its powerful new options and their side multiplayer , will enjoy as never to genre fans have no excuse for not immediately take this title from Ubisoft.

Difficult to balance
food, work, leisure, media, medical, low taxes, little quirks … sound familiar? Surely, more than one every day we wake up thinking it would be wonderful to meet as many of these desires, and like us, the inhabitants of the futuristic world that has Anno 2070 will be demanded exactly the same. So, as usual in this series dean management of urban centers , we expand our empire gradually taking every inch of ground offered little islands of this world, swamped by the bestial sea level rise caused by the global warming , a process in which we must balance our economic interests of management with the social demands of citizens.

But like many of you already know, this time the game has entered a new element to consider: pollution . And now, every structure we build will take its toll on the environment. Some buildings , for example, will have little impact pollutant, but others, however, cause the sky turns a gray and gloomy that denote high levels of air pollution. Something we should not take a joke, since its effects will be felt at the level of happiness of citizens, not in vain, nobody likes to live in an area in which it is impossible to sing in the rain because it can be acidic and as in the fields, which will be seriously reduced productivity due to pollution.

Solutions to this dilemma ¿? Anno 2070 has a number, though this can be summed up in the presence of two major factions with ideologies and methods of work completely different from one another: Echoes , which focuses on sustainable development with minimal impact on the environment, and the Tycoon , which with its technological might want to show that progress and industrial expansion will never be defeated by the problems of pollution. Another great new feature that does not stop at the merely aesthetic, since apart from the logical differences in the design and type of structures with which we meet, we have to deal with some very high levels of pollution by the Tycoon, in exchange faction to be the improved ability to generate power, and conversely if we speak of environmentalists: low energy production in exchange for fresh air.

However, as we said, not everything is black or white in the game, as they always have several alternatives to develop our cities the way we want. And is that Anno 2070 gives us the possibility of combining structures of both factions to maintain a better balance in the energy-pollution aspect, to the extent that we can even move much of the industry and agriculture to the outskirts of the islands or even others, if we see fit and we have the resources to maintain the harmful effects of pollution away from the public.

At this point, we must remember that most buildings have a radius of influence to bear in mind when meeting the demands of citizens, will always want to be near a recreation center, a hospital if they fall ill and so on. But this time, we have included new features that we consider before building certain buildings, such as the distance between some energy-generating structures either because they must be far apart or necessarily close to the homes of citizens, or among the most polluting buildings and farms where food is grown, because as we said, the productivity can be impaired to the point of ending the crops or fishing, for example.

Explore the ocean floor
With so many problems on the surface and sometimes so little space to build everything you need, the vast seabed has become another area to conquer. And for that, we’ll have to resort to a third faction in the running, is acting as a support group that technological breakthroughs will give us the option of traveling under the oceans. But this does not mean that our colonies will expand completely under the sea with our citizens living near the fish, as these areas, limited to specific points on the ocean, simply offer new ways to get resources such as oil or algae to produce food .

And speaking of the ocean, we must not forget that the trade between islands, with the possibility of straightforward shipping routes to automate the buying and selling resources, it becomes a key to the development of our cities. Of course, this aspect does not reach the complexity of the series titles such as Patrician , but thanks to the fertility rates of the land, which may or may not accommodate certain products, and limited mineral resources with which we are, itself is essential to successfully overcome any challenge that is presented on screen.

Anno 2070 Rating
Conservative in some respects but in others quite novel, Anno 2070 has become its own merits in the best delivery of this strategic set to join Dean a fantastic single-player experience with a powerful competitive and cooperative multiplayer. And although we miss a greater depth in their system of fighting and diplomacy, there is no doubt that this is one of the best games of urban management in the market.