actually it is possible to transfer, for example, your artisans to other islands so they can work there... Its available with a commuter harbour when you have engineers :)
At 6:34 I mention you have to start again when you go to a new island, I should have clarified that you do not start the game again but you do start the entire production again on the new island. It is ofc a lot easier and faster as you will probably have a lot of materials and money on hand.
well..not quite.. after the artisan population level, the engineers at population lvl4 you can build an extra harbour to share workers across islands.. so you dont have to start from scratch at new islands at all ;)
Hey mack awsome WAB and i love this game too. Question, will you be reviewing emperator rome when it comes out? I dont know if you like grand stratagy games so a heads up would be good if you do.
@@nochsoeiner yep ^this. The only thing you must do is ship over the required materials and ensure you have one built on each of the islands you want to commute between.
Summary It’s a game that can be played by even someone new to the franchise, this was my first go at Anno which is why I customised the game making it a little more forgiving for myself and I do recommend you tweak it a bit if you are new to the game. Now however I am ready to up the difficulty and really test myself against the competition. Aside from the few annoying things like find the missing person quest or the cone shaped navigation marker in the mini map the game is brilliant. Watching your island grow is so much fun and it all looks and sounds really great. It’s such a flexible game too, you can basically do whatever you like, power, economy or both. It’s one of them games that does not come along very often that is a pure joy to play, deep but pretty much easy to play. Don’t rely on the tutorial though, it’s pants, I have a linked a decent video in the description that should help.
Great review but just wait until you unlock engineers and start making advanced things (no spoilers) but some have multiple ingredients paths but there is a little modern help coming too. Thanks for the review I'm loving the game as I have with some of the previous ones but there was a few that were shite.
I bought this never having played an Anno game before and I gotta say I absolutely love it , spent 10 hours in and it only felt like 20 mins had passed lol.
Quick tip: If you hold down the mouse button when you place houses, you can build more than one at a time - And use the upgrade tool the same way to upgrade a bunch of houses at once too. ;) And when you do the "find this person", or "find the dogs" quests from your citizens, you can either read where you can find them in the quest charter, or click on the quest where the timer is, and it will send you to where you can find the person. It's the easiest quests in my opinion, and I rarely spend more than a minute on them, usually seconds.
1602 was my first anno game. Bought it on ebay. Big box pc game before PayPal existed etc so had to send a postal order and wait about 2 weeks to get it 😂 The music in 1602 👌
SO anyone thinking about buying this from uPlay please take note. The purchase can fail in this way: you will be charged and the game won't show up in your library. Then your told the purchase never closed and you have to wait 5-7 days to get your money back and try again... I not the only one dealing with it...
Wow, went to buy this then saw the price! $69 USD, thats $110 Kiwi dollars for a damn game. And it's not even the full game, that's an extra $30 if you want all the deluxe stuff as well. Bugger that, Ill wait for the sales.
I played the first anno game when it first came out (back in the last century). And it was the best world building game I had played. Now that technology has moved on and i don't have my mechanic computer anymore, just my electric console. I'll not be able to play this fine game. But when I saw that you were reviewing this game I knew you would lap this right up Mack. I just wish a could get to play it myself. It does look great.
Anno 1800 is so beautiful, it sets the standard for beautiful art direction and graphics in a City Builder. Back in the day Age of Empires 3 did the same for RTS when it came out, compared to the blocky nature of Warcraft 3 AOE3 was on a whole different level. It was like a Constable painting that you could actually play in. AOE4 dropping that art direction and returning to AOE2's was particularly devastating for me, I had waited SO LONG for AOE4, and I envisioned a game that exceeded Anno 1800 and was at least on the level of Total War: Warhammer 2.
ugh same. AOE4 was such a letdown. Idk why they went back to AOE2 timeframe. I thought they were doing it chornologically. Would've been so cool to introduce more new gameplay mechanics
As long as you make adequate provisions to take care of riots, fires and illness there is hardly any issue with having multiple islands. You can pretty much ignore the warnings. Just make sure the docks are set to sell and over stock of goods. I'm on my 6th new game and I now have city layouts and farm layouts burnt into my brain. Top tip is to "claim" as many islands as you can early on. You don't have to build straight away, just throw down the docks and maybe some cannons. I then specialise each island and create a round robin supply route with ships. Soap and sausages come from one island and supply all the others. That also helps keep my main island less polluted and better for visitors later on. I have had several warnings from the game for playing way too long though XD
Fun fact. When Sunflowers studios and Max design(the original Anno developer) was closed many of them merged with Bluebyte during the ubisoft takeover. So the Anno series has mainly been made by the same people since 1998.
I'm playing the Anno series since Anno 1602 back in 1998 (Anno 1800 is the 7th one) and I always found it brilliant and fun except a couple of bad ones, and somewhat underrated and not very well known, I hope with 1800 it will get more credit. Not getting this at day one, but definitely there are a couple of hundreds of hours with this game waiting for me down the line
As an old time 1404 and 1701 anno fan, after playing 2070 and 2205, I'm really happy how 1800 turned out. They got back to their roots and understood what made the old time games great.
Anno 1404, old but still gold. 10 years anniversary in June this year. Till today considered the best Anno title of all. Maybe this latest one will change it? I will definitely go for it. This era might not be as cosy as 1404's end of the Middle Ages... but the devs have got better and better and more experienced as well over the course of ... Anno, and thus I'm expecting even more complex production chains and economy management, a more versatile gameplay overall, plus yet more stunningly looking, animated little details everywhere plus, last but not least, better graphics, also of another era. 2019 :) E.g. what a beautiful shot that was... 8:55 Anyways, 1404 can still stand its ground, it has aged pretty well, it kinda reflects what good games looked and sounded like back then when games were once great and not everything was bound to shops and microtransaction hells, required internet connections in order to play it and so on and so forth... when gamers were still treated like customers here and there and not like stupid cash cows. Maybe that's why players are still fascinated by Anno 1404. It has its very own, nostalgic charme. And looks great for its age. Actually more kinda cute. :) I hope, the latest Anno can also create a milestone of its own and in ten years from now we might say again: _'Look at this beautiful game! That's how games should look and feel like: beautiful and immersive.'_ Anno brought me back to Ubisoft's fold. Who supports the development of such great games and publishes them - despite all the money greedy trash they also made in the last few years - can't be bad at heart as a company. They still make gorgeous games ever and anon, so they can't have forgotten yet, how to create good games, at least not how to find and work with proficient, devoted developer studios and have them creating the one or other gem for them. Clap on all sail and full steam ahead, Anno 1800! ;) PS: 13:24 If you have or want to do these _'Where's Wally'_ quests, there's a postcard view (in 1404 it's F1 by default) which helps a lot finding stuff in your settlement which you would otherwise easily miss (like looking under trees, bays etc.)
Always felt intimidated by 1404 but 1800 looks like an HD, polished remake of 1404. It's a game I read guides for, start learning the game with ALL easy settings ON, and I'll be hooked. Thanks, Mack. Buying this. Nice AAA hope here.
1602 AD was my first PC game. The "Modern" Anno's I really didn't enjoy but, Anno 1800 took me right back to my childhood. Fantastic game but, be warned this is one of those games that you look down and say, "Shit it's 2AM, I probably need to sleep."
Press ctrl shift R to get into first person mode. and this is a first person mode that works really well. The citizens feel really alive and react to stuff as it happens around them.
Mack, you mentioned that Steam is still taking a high 30% cut, but I've heard that is the industry standard; I heard that the microsoft store takes the same 30% (as an example). If that is true then isn't steam being good by taking the 30% and offering support to those who use their store front? Like didn't Epic even say they can't keep the small % they take forever and that it will eventually raise? Maybe i'm mistaken but I don't think Steam is being ridiculous with their cut if all this is true. Anyway love the content thanks for the informed reviews.
I was interested in this game but I had to stop the video and disregard the game 47 seconds in when you said it's not available on Steam. Thanks for the review, I'm sure it was great, like all your content tends to be. Cheers!
As someone who is a long time anno player I have to say 1800 is one of my favourites in the series. Blue Byte knocked it out of the park with this one and it's a triumphant return to form after Anno 2205
You know Mack, I follow your channel now for a loong time.. and still from all the Game-Reviews out there (cause you're not the only one for my decisions), your opinion is the most important for me and gives me my final conclusion! Although I love to play with Gamepads.. ;) Nevertheless thank you for your work, time and passion, Mack! Best regards from Austria, Roland.
There you go, a AAA game that the dev's knew the priorities .... love it! Mack you put the . on the ! Cheers and good health and bon apetitooooo hahaha fried chicken!!! yum yum
Loving this game so far, been a fan for awhile and this is right up there with 1404/dawn of discovery for me! Been gaming since the 80s and I mainly love rpgs, but man.. this series here is the most relaxing series ever for me, I just love playing the sandbox mode for hours and relaxing. The pace of the series just hits the right spots for me. The previous Anno was the only one I wasn't big on, this one could be the best yet though!
Always the best review videos on there. Every time im not sure about a game i want to buy i look for one of your videos. And im dissapointed and all mixed up when i cant find one! But i 100% follow your recommendations and im never dissapointed. Keep it up!
Anno games are fun at first but ultimately they come down to the same building routine that is optimal. For example x amoint of houses in a squar so that you can fit a fire station and church to keep in range. It becomes this regimented block that you have to build in the same way every time to run smoothly. That then starts to get boring.
Mack you can literally click the quest and it will zoom in on the area you should be looking. Once you know that the "find this guy or animal" quests take about ten seconds.
I am at that point in my life where I have the money and energy to buy and play any game I want, however I have no time to do it. The only way I can enjoy games is with youtube videos. I do buy the games in anticipation for...probably retirement :). Anyway, I digress. I really appreciate your reviews, you are up there with the biggest youtubers. Just wanted to say thank you for helping me enjoy the little free time I have and helping me decide what I buy and hoard.
Very happy about this review. I've played ANNO since 1602 A.D. and have requested an ANNO review for a while. I can't believe at the end you mention you want to start over when you're probably at the midway point of civilization..there is so much more to uncover at that point and based on my experience, it should get a lot harder to grow when you get further on. Mack I will be getting this and if you need co-op players hit me up.
I think you should try Anno 1404 and maybe even the more futuristic ones if u like this one that much. I never played this so I don't know the degree to which they are different , but I can tell you that at least anno 1404 is also damn good and its in a time period that usually fits this kind of games even better , the discoveries time as we call them in Portugal (1400/1500) . and if u liked the gameplay that much …imagine it in space around the idea of colonization of worlds. id definitely enjoy watching u mess around with those ^^
Praise be Mack, I've been waiting for this review before I bought it. Thank you m8 for reviewing it. You and exclusively games are the only trustworthy reviewers I listen to anymore.
First time I've played a game like this since Settlers when I was a teenager, like you Mack I watched tutorials on utube beforehand, it still took me ages to really get the hang of it but when I did, holy crap this is ace!
I would have put a negative for the lack of tutorial, I've finished the story and I'm still struggling with things... some very simple too like I still can't work out how to make a patrol lol. You need to be an octopus with 8 arms to play this game because it's not like other city builders there is so much shit too do and I'm loving it
Steam also promotes and markets products on its store. They also have the clientele and dedicated users. Its ridiculous to think they take a massive cut.
I loved playing 1404 and 2070. Although you needed a really good rig to play them and even then I found that it took several years of hardware iterations for them to be played at their full potential. I would be interested to see if 1800 works out the same way.
@@thetrustysidekick3013 Yeah I have a CPU from 9 years ago and a graphics card from 4 years ago, and Anno 2070 runs great with high to ultra settings (1080p). These games are usually well optimized.
Even though I have spent 100's of hours playing Anno, I was on the fence with this one. But I decided to take the plunge after the positive review and comments. My first impressions are that it is better than 1404 and 2070. I am loving it. A big thank you to Mack and the comments for helping me decide.
I've played some of 2070 but I couldn't get into it much. I think I played one of the other ones too years ago but forget which. I usually prefer sci fi games, but city building sci fi isnt as fun as a time period like 1800.
Thanks Mack! Great review, I like your enthusiasm and it's obvious you enjoyed yourself while playing this one. The last city builder I enjoyed was Caesar IV , time to give this one a try!
I've enjoyed this series very much and I'm pleased to see this iteration keeps all the good bits and improves where needed. Those "find this person in the crowd" quests are still around, can't help but chuckle at all the hours I spent looking for monks, nuns, spies, and such from Dawn of Discovery (Anno 1404). Great review Mack, thank you!
You said you never plaid an anno game before, in that case, i highly suggest you take a look at anno 1404 (with its expansion) it is probably the best title of the series. Closly followed by 2070 and 1800.
@@samuraisokolata That's a deal breaker for me 😪 as petty as that may sound. I take great time and care in city builders with my own designs and grid systems get boring fast. Ashame it looked awesome. Will have to wait for Ancient Cities instead.
Searched for your comment because I feel the same. Maybe we should roleplay this one, pretending we are Americans. They like grid patterns in their cities.
Not specific to this game but GOD FORBID a game developer makes a good tutorial/campaign mode. Theres nothing quite like buying a game and then spending hours on youtube and forums (yea, I love waiting hours for someone to post some snarky response to a question like "How do I do X? Theres no tooltips or other explanation." And dont even get me started on developers and their complete lack of putting out game manuals for incredibly complex games. When you have to google stuff like "how do I make an axe to chop trees down?" its pretty stupid. Sure, gather rock, gather sticks, open crafting menu.....until it doesnt tell you how many sticks or rocks you need or even that you need x, y, or z before you do something like get a drink of water. You used to be able to, at the very least, look up the manual on developers websites but not anymore. You're SOL unless want to deal with forum posters who answer questions by telling you to do something totally unrelated to your question. And NO, I dont want to spend hours trying to mix and match mats so I can make 1 cloth. Tell me wtf I need. Experimentation is great and all when its in a system that rewards it but otherwise you're just guessing the exact required numbers for each material that are needed to do the most basic tasks of a game. I seriously shouldnt have to google "How do I open the Character development screen because I cant find the hotkey in the options. Additionally, its 2021 and shame on any developers that refuse to put in keybinding options after making the most fail-riffic keymap they could come up with. "Huh? millions of games over the past 30 years have used E or F to open doors? Pssh, screw that nonsense. We're going to us Shift+T."
anyone could have bought it on steam before it came out. "Notice: Sales of Anno 1800 will be discontinued on Steam after April 16th due to a publisher decision to make the game exclusive to another PC store. The publisher has assured us that all prior sales of the game on Steam will be fulfilled on Steam, and Steam owners will be able to access the game and any future updates or DLC through Steam. We apologize to Steam customers that were expecting it to be available for sale after the April 16th release date."
Also you can get -20% discount on every buy on Uplay as long as you have 100 club points! That's why it makes no sense to buy Ubisoft games anywhere else than Uplay.
This may be the first game I really want to play on my new gaming PC. I find my self playing my switch a lot more since im more of a single player gamer. It'd be great if this was on Steam.
I really like your review. You are funny but you talk in a very honest way and just sound like an ordinary gamer. You really explain the game well and in depth making it fun yet informative. I will be buying the game now. ive subscribed
If you played 1405 and 2205 would feel like reskinned version. But Annos are always fun to hook to. Annoying find the guy ones use to be in those too lol, never changed I guess.
Does this have the editor outside the game like 1602 AD does where you can create your own campaigns, setup your islands the way you want and just play it?
actually it is possible to transfer, for example, your artisans to other islands so they can work there... Its available with a commuter harbour when you have engineers :)
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I'm glad I saw this. I needed it. xD
Yes you can you just have to get that far in the progression
Easter Egg: *Ctrl-Shift-R enters first person mode*
And Blue Byte, thank you for creating an absolute masterpiece! 🤯
At 6:34 I mention you have to start again when you go to a new island, I should have clarified that you do not start the game again but you do start the entire production again on the new island. It is ofc a lot easier and faster as you will probably have a lot of materials and money on hand.
well..not quite.. after the artisan population level, the engineers at population lvl4 you can build an extra harbour to share workers across islands.. so you dont have to start from scratch at new islands at all ;)
Hey mack awsome WAB and i love this game too. Question, will you be reviewing emperator rome when it comes out? I dont know if you like grand stratagy games so a heads up would be good if you do.
Mac or Mack? Keep doing what your doing and I hope you make a decent dime doing it ☮️🖖
@@nochsoeiner yep ^this. The only thing you must do is ship over the required materials and ensure you have one built on each of the islands you want to commute between.
That you had to explain that... But yeah, hahahaha, ahhh gotta love the new world we live in..
Summary
It’s a game that can be played by even someone new to the franchise, this was my first go at Anno which is why I customised the game making it a little more forgiving for myself and I do recommend you tweak it a bit if you are new to the game. Now however I am ready to up the difficulty and really test myself against the competition.
Aside from the few annoying things like find the missing person quest or the cone shaped navigation marker in the mini map the game is brilliant. Watching your island grow is so much fun and it all looks and sounds really great. It’s such a flexible game too, you can basically do whatever you like, power, economy or both.
It’s one of them games that does not come along very often that is a pure joy to play, deep but pretty much easy to play. Don’t rely on the tutorial though, it’s pants, I have a linked a decent video in the description that should help.
Great review Mack ! thanks.
Great review but just wait until you unlock engineers and start making advanced things (no spoilers) but some have multiple ingredients paths but there is a little modern help coming too. Thanks for the review I'm loving the game as I have with some of the previous ones but there was a few that were shite.
Have you played the Tropico 6 yet ?
I’m glad Mack found a game that ticked all the boxes 👍
Nice with a positive review ✌🏼
Thanks for the mention!
Such an underrated channel
@@delecmad I second this
Dropped you a sub
NP you saved me valuable hours.
*Hail Darren!*
"Sorry if you guys can hear that banging. My girlfriend is beating me chicken."
I LoL'd hard on this part....
Good to see that Blue Byte are still around after 30 years and making good, deep games. Some credit to Ubisoft for not dumbing it down.
Yeah anno was and still is my favourite game franchise
I bought this never having played an Anno game before and I gotta say I absolutely love it , spent 10 hours in and it only felt like 20 mins had passed lol.
have you tried league of legends with friends? that is rly fun as well. Wonder what your thoughts on the 2
@@Mysteryboy0007Anno and LoL gameplay wise is as far as it's gets
Thanks Mack, I was waiting specifically for your review of this!
Can't fking wait to play thid. Finally another good rts
Quick tip: If you hold down the mouse button when you place houses, you can build more than one at a time - And use the upgrade tool the same way to upgrade a bunch of houses at once too. ;)
And when you do the "find this person", or "find the dogs" quests from your citizens, you can either read where you can find them in the quest charter, or click on the quest where the timer is, and it will send you to where you can find the person. It's the easiest quests in my opinion, and I rarely spend more than a minute on them, usually seconds.
1602 was my first anno game. Bought it on ebay. Big box pc game before PayPal existed etc so had to send a postal order and wait about 2 weeks to get it 😂
The music in 1602 👌
SO anyone thinking about buying this from uPlay please take note. The purchase can fail in this way: you will be charged and the game won't show up in your library. Then your told the purchase never closed and you have to wait 5-7 days to get your money back and try again... I not the only one dealing with it...
You should try anno 1404 it is also really fucking awesome and has aged really well. Plus it has a cosyness to it
I just bought it there now! Wooo!
Still have my gold edition but it's a retail copy
make sure to try the imma mod :)
I would go for Anno 1602, and than 1404
I didn't get very far in it because of a glitch that shut the game down after 40 minutes.
This is my first Anno game as well and once you get you on it's hard to switch off. It's incredible addictive.
Wow, went to buy this then saw the price! $69 USD, thats $110 Kiwi dollars for a damn game. And it's not even the full game, that's an extra $30 if you want all the deluxe stuff as well. Bugger that, Ill wait for the sales.
Have you bought it yet tightarse ?
I played the first anno game when it first came out (back in the last century). And it was the best world building game I had played. Now that technology has moved on and i don't have my mechanic computer anymore, just my electric console. I'll not be able to play this fine game. But when I saw that you were reviewing this game I knew you would lap this right up Mack. I just wish a could get to play it myself. It does look great.
Anno 1800 is so beautiful, it sets the standard for beautiful art direction and graphics in a City Builder. Back in the day Age of Empires 3 did the same for RTS when it came out, compared to the blocky nature of Warcraft 3 AOE3 was on a whole different level. It was like a Constable painting that you could actually play in. AOE4 dropping that art direction and returning to AOE2's was particularly devastating for me, I had waited SO LONG for AOE4, and I envisioned a game that exceeded Anno 1800 and was at least on the level of Total War: Warhammer 2.
ugh same. AOE4 was such a letdown. Idk why they went back to AOE2 timeframe. I thought they were doing it chornologically. Would've been so cool to introduce more new gameplay mechanics
"I have never seen a banana before"
LOL you killed me ...
As long as you make adequate provisions to take care of riots, fires and illness there is hardly any issue with having multiple islands. You can pretty much ignore the warnings. Just make sure the docks are set to sell and over stock of goods. I'm on my 6th new game and I now have city layouts and farm layouts burnt into my brain. Top tip is to "claim" as many islands as you can early on. You don't have to build straight away, just throw down the docks and maybe some cannons. I then specialise each island and create a round robin supply route with ships. Soap and sausages come from one island and supply all the others. That also helps keep my main island less polluted and better for visitors later on. I have had several warnings from the game for playing way too long though XD
The game warns you for playing too long? How exactly? And why?
Fun fact. When Sunflowers studios and Max design(the original Anno developer) was closed many of them merged with Bluebyte during the ubisoft takeover. So the Anno series has mainly been made by the same people since 1998.
I'm playing the Anno series since Anno 1602 back in 1998 (Anno 1800 is the 7th one) and I always found it brilliant and fun except a couple of bad ones, and somewhat underrated and not very well known, I hope with 1800 it will get more credit.
Not getting this at day one, but definitely there are a couple of hundreds of hours with this game waiting for me down the line
Is it is it is it!
Lets read the words, the words... of the developer!
Love you mack
As an old time 1404 and 1701 anno fan, after playing 2070 and 2205, I'm really happy how 1800 turned out. They got back to their roots and understood what made the old time games great.
Anno 1404, old but still gold. 10 years anniversary in June this year. Till today considered the best Anno title of all. Maybe this latest one will change it? I will definitely go for it. This era might not be as cosy as 1404's end of the Middle Ages... but the devs have got better and better and more experienced as well over the course of ... Anno, and thus I'm expecting even more complex production chains and economy management, a more versatile gameplay overall, plus yet more stunningly looking, animated little details everywhere plus, last but not least, better graphics, also of another era. 2019 :) E.g. what a beautiful shot that was... 8:55
Anyways, 1404 can still stand its ground, it has aged pretty well, it kinda reflects what good games looked and sounded like back then when games were once great and not everything was bound to shops and microtransaction hells, required internet connections in order to play it and so on and so forth... when gamers were still treated like customers here and there and not like stupid cash cows. Maybe that's why players are still fascinated by Anno 1404. It has its very own, nostalgic charme. And looks great for its age. Actually more kinda cute. :) I hope, the latest Anno can also create a milestone of its own and in ten years from now we might say again: _'Look at this beautiful game! That's how games should look and feel like: beautiful and immersive.'_
Anno brought me back to Ubisoft's fold. Who supports the development of such great games and publishes them - despite all the money greedy trash they also made in the last few years - can't be bad at heart as a company. They still make gorgeous games ever and anon, so they can't have forgotten yet, how to create good games, at least not how to find and work with proficient, devoted developer studios and have them creating the one or other gem for them. Clap on all sail and full steam ahead, Anno 1800! ;)
PS: 13:24 If you have or want to do these _'Where's Wally'_ quests, there's a postcard view (in 1404 it's F1 by default) which helps a lot finding stuff in your settlement which you would otherwise easily miss (like looking under trees, bays etc.)
Still playing this game all these years later, one of the best PC series ever.
Always felt intimidated by 1404 but 1800 looks like an HD, polished remake of 1404. It's a game I read guides for, start learning the game with ALL easy settings ON, and I'll be hooked. Thanks, Mack. Buying this. Nice AAA hope here.
1602 AD was my first PC game. The "Modern" Anno's I really didn't enjoy but, Anno 1800 took me right back to my childhood. Fantastic game but, be warned this is one of those games that you look down and say, "Shit it's 2AM, I probably need to sleep."
I friggen love this video. u sir should be voice actor. SUBSCRIBED. (was on the fence but I decided to buy anno. thank you)
Press ctrl shift R to get into first person mode. and this is a first person mode that works really well. The citizens feel really alive and react to stuff as it happens around them.
Mack, you mentioned that Steam is still taking a high 30% cut, but I've heard that is the industry standard; I heard that the microsoft store takes the same 30% (as an example). If that is true then isn't steam being good by taking the 30% and offering support to those who use their store front? Like didn't Epic even say they can't keep the small % they take forever and that it will eventually raise? Maybe i'm mistaken but I don't think Steam is being ridiculous with their cut if all this is true. Anyway love the content thanks for the informed reviews.
It's nice to see you finally play an anno game on here! You should give anno 1701 a go it's really good.
I was interested in this game but I had to stop the video and disregard the game 47 seconds in when you said it's not available on Steam.
Thanks for the review, I'm sure it was great, like all your content tends to be.
Cheers!
As someone who is a long time anno player I have to say 1800 is one of my favourites in the series. Blue Byte knocked it out of the park with this one and it's a triumphant return to form after Anno 2205
So why doesn't Ubisoft make this an exclusive on Uplay? Doesn't make sense to use Epic over Steam?
$$$ exclusivity money
Because Epic can almost buy out Blizzard at this point :p
Can't believe you missed Tropico 6! Plays very similar but the campaign is well written and funny
commenting to help you with the algorythm
awesome job you do mate!
So its basically just Anno 2070. But with the multicontinental gameplay of Anno 2205.
That alone makes it worth it for me.
@Wurzelbert84 Have you played it? How's the missions? Anno 2205 had abbysmal missions and I hope they didn't brought it over to 1800.
Good thing I got it on Steam before it was removed. So this is more of 1404 and it was my favourite anno game.
You know Mack, I follow your channel now for a loong time.. and still from all the Game-Reviews out there (cause you're not the only one for my decisions), your opinion is the most important for me and gives me my final conclusion! Although I love to play with Gamepads.. ;) Nevertheless thank you for your work, time and passion, Mack! Best regards from Austria, Roland.
There you go, a AAA game that the dev's knew the priorities .... love it! Mack you put the . on the ! Cheers and good health and bon apetitooooo hahaha fried chicken!!! yum yum
Loving this game so far, been a fan for awhile and this is right up there with 1404/dawn of discovery for me! Been gaming since the 80s and I mainly love rpgs, but man.. this series here is the most relaxing series ever for me, I just love playing the sandbox mode for hours and relaxing. The pace of the series just hits the right spots for me. The previous Anno was the only one I wasn't big on, this one could be the best yet though!
Always the best review videos on there. Every time im not sure about a game i want to buy i look for one of your videos. And im dissapointed and all mixed up when i cant find one! But i 100% follow your recommendations and im never dissapointed. Keep it up!
Someone should send P.M Thresa May a copy of this! Maybe she'd learn how to sort out some Trade Deals!
Oh she still wouldn't have a clue. That woman is beyond useless.
mintydog06 by design. The idea was to frustrate people into abandoning brexit.
Anno games are fun at first but ultimately they come down to the same building routine that is optimal. For example x amoint of houses in a squar so that you can fit a fire station and church to keep in range. It becomes this regimented block that you have to build in the same way every time to run smoothly. That then starts to get boring.
Mack you can literally click the quest and it will zoom in on the area you should be looking. Once you know that the "find this guy or animal" quests take about ten seconds.
I am at that point in my life where I have the money and energy to buy and play any game I want, however I have no time to do it. The only way I can enjoy games is with youtube videos. I do buy the games in anticipation for...probably retirement :). Anyway, I digress. I really appreciate your reviews, you are up there with the biggest youtubers. Just wanted to say thank you for helping me enjoy the little free time I have and helping me decide what I buy and hoard.
I fucking love Anno, spend so much time in Anno 2070 already and this yet again an other hugely dangerous time sink.
Very happy about this review. I've played ANNO since 1602 A.D. and have requested an ANNO review for a while.
I can't believe at the end you mention you want to start over when you're probably at the midway point of civilization..there is so much more to uncover at that point and based on my experience, it should get a lot harder to grow when you get further on.
Mack I will be getting this and if you need co-op players hit me up.
Wow you must be old to have lived in that era :O
@@NatoRadeX lol yea... well not really lol. 25 ain't that old.
I think you should try Anno 1404 and maybe even the more futuristic ones if u like this one that much. I never played this so I don't know the degree to which they are different , but I can tell you that at least anno 1404 is also damn good and its in a time period that usually fits this kind of games even better , the discoveries time as we call them in Portugal (1400/1500) . and if u liked the gameplay that much …imagine it in space around the idea of colonization of worlds. id definitely enjoy watching u mess around with those ^^
Just found this channel and it just sounds like Sir Davos explaining games to me. Consider me subbed.
EXACTLY!!!!! I love it!
Anyone here remember Empire earth? you start out as a cave man and work thru the ages. it was hard but so much fun.
Real shit begins after oil and railways. Overwhelming but satisfying.
Praise be Mack, I've been waiting for this review before I bought it. Thank you m8 for reviewing it. You and exclusively games are the only trustworthy reviewers I listen to anymore.
Wouldnt it be awesome to use this type of platform in redeveloping SimCity 4
Just play cities skylines
First time I've played a game like this since Settlers when I was a teenager, like you Mack I watched tutorials on utube beforehand, it still took me ages to really get the hang of it but when I did, holy crap this is ace!
I would have put a negative for the lack of tutorial, I've finished the story and I'm still struggling with things... some very simple too like I still can't work out how to make a patrol lol.
You need to be an octopus with 8 arms to play this game because it's not like other city builders there is so much shit too do and I'm loving it
First Anno i liked after Anno 1404!Very good game!I feel i can play this game all day!Great job BlueByte!
The only one I really didn't like was 2205.... I loved 1404 and 2070 tho. But I gotta say 1800 blows all of them out of the water for me - even 1404.
Steam also promotes and markets products on its store. They also have the clientele and dedicated users. Its ridiculous to think they take a massive cut.
Hi Mack,
Will you be doing Dirt Rally 2 at some point ?
I loved playing 1404 and 2070. Although you needed a really good rig to play them and even then I found that it took several years of hardware iterations for them to be played at their full potential. I would be interested to see if 1800 works out the same way.
M y 2015 laptop running a 940m runs 1404 on ultra and 2070 at high with no problems.
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Yeah I have a CPU from 9 years ago and a graphics card from 4 years ago, and Anno 2070 runs great with high to ultra settings (1080p). These games are usually well optimized.
Even though I have spent 100's of hours playing Anno, I was on the fence with this one. But I decided to take the plunge after the positive review and comments. My first impressions are that it is better than 1404 and 2070. I am loving it. A big thank you to Mack and the comments for helping me decide.
I've played some of 2070 but I couldn't get into it much. I think I played one of the other ones too years ago but forget which. I usually prefer sci fi games, but city building sci fi isnt as fun as a time period like 1800.
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Cant believe you have never played anno before. Fantastic games. Might be worth playing some of the older ones. Would love to see some WABs on them.
Excellent, probably going to pick this up. First new game of 2019, first thing that's looked remotely interesting.
So how was it?
I think anno 1800 is for the more experiend players that have played anno 1701 or 1404
Thanks Mack! Great review, I like your enthusiasm and it's obvious you enjoyed yourself while playing this one. The last city builder I enjoyed was Caesar IV , time to give this one a try!
Bought it earlier, 6 hours in, 2:36am already, worth every penny.
I've enjoyed this series very much and I'm pleased to see this iteration keeps all the good bits and improves where needed. Those "find this person in the crowd" quests are still around, can't help but chuckle at all the hours I spent looking for monks, nuns, spies, and such from Dawn of Discovery (Anno 1404). Great review Mack, thank you!
You said you never plaid an anno game before, in that case, i highly suggest you take a look at anno 1404 (with its expansion) it is probably the best title of the series. Closly followed by 2070 and 1800.
More like ganno
Can you place diagonal roads? I want to feel like the city is mine and not a constant grid system.
Sadly no, but I don't think that it takes away from the game.
If you pan your camera 45° then the roads are diagonal
@@samuraisokolata That's a deal breaker for me 😪 as petty as that may sound. I take great time and care in city builders with my own designs and grid systems get boring fast. Ashame it looked awesome. Will have to wait for Ancient Cities instead.
@@wosterlee loooool
Searched for your comment because I feel the same.
Maybe we should roleplay this one, pretending we are Americans.
They like grid patterns in their cities.
I think on the quests to find someone you just click on the quest and it jumps to the location he is
Not specific to this game but GOD FORBID a game developer makes a good tutorial/campaign mode. Theres nothing quite like buying a game and then spending hours on youtube and forums (yea, I love waiting hours for someone to post some snarky response to a question like "How do I do X? Theres no tooltips or other explanation." And dont even get me started on developers and their complete lack of putting out game manuals for incredibly complex games. When you have to google stuff like "how do I make an axe to chop trees down?" its pretty stupid. Sure, gather rock, gather sticks, open crafting menu.....until it doesnt tell you how many sticks or rocks you need or even that you need x, y, or z before you do something like get a drink of water.
You used to be able to, at the very least, look up the manual on developers websites but not anymore. You're SOL unless want to deal with forum posters who answer questions by telling you to do something totally unrelated to your question. And NO, I dont want to spend hours trying to mix and match mats so I can make 1 cloth. Tell me wtf I need. Experimentation is great and all when its in a system that rewards it but otherwise you're just guessing the exact required numbers for each material that are needed to do the most basic tasks of a game.
I seriously shouldnt have to google "How do I open the Character development screen because I cant find the hotkey in the options. Additionally, its 2021 and shame on any developers that refuse to put in keybinding options after making the most fail-riffic keymap they could come up with. "Huh? millions of games over the past 30 years have used E or F to open doors? Pssh, screw that nonsense. We're going to us Shift+T."
Still not on Steam. I liked Anno 2205 quite a bit and I would buy this, but I’m a Steam guy. Oh well.
Great review Mack! Was waiting for you to do this video before considering picking the game up. Thanks!
Finally some footage of the naval action! Yep this is on the buy list. Thanks Mack!
Mack, have you ever considered being a UX specialist?
This Anno looks like Tropico x Banished x Patrician, if the carrier AI is good I'm sold! Thanks for the review, Mack!
anyone could have bought it on steam before it came out.
"Notice: Sales of Anno 1800 will be discontinued on Steam after April 16th due to a publisher decision to make the game exclusive to another PC store.
The publisher has assured us that all prior sales of the game on Steam will be fulfilled on Steam, and Steam owners will be able to access the game and any future updates or DLC through Steam.
We apologize to Steam customers that were expecting it to be available for sale after the April 16th release date."
In my country its 60 Euros on Ubisoft store and 42 USD on Epic store for standard edition ...
Also you can get -20% discount on every buy on Uplay as long as you have 100 club points! That's why it makes no sense to buy Ubisoft games anywhere else than Uplay.
Really liking the campaign for this, it's slow but it teaches most of the game mechanics well which will be good for sandbox / multi-player
I used to really like playing Caesar IV as a kid and this seems a lot like it
Your street placement deserves a bell Mack, what the hell are ya thinkin!
"Deep as a puddle of piss" - that I'm keeping ;)
I may even nick the accent for it!
This may be the first game I really want to play on my new gaming PC. I find my self playing my switch a lot more since im more of a single player gamer. It'd be great if this was on Steam.
Those naval battles though, anyone else having cossacks flashbacks ?!
I used to love Anno 2070 so this will probably be a must buy when I finally get a PC in 2 weeks
As a Scot, I just see this as "I know".
great review mack, not my cup of tea but will defently be telling friends about it.
Great review Mac, love your work.
Nice that it is return to form. Anno 2170 was just the black sheep
If you can find the time you should try the others in the series as well. I have many hundreds of hours in 1404 (Dawn of Discovery) and 2205.
I like a game that makes you a historical conqueror of the world.
I've never rally touched an Anno game too.. But this one looks like it might be my first. Thank you for the review.
I really like your review. You are funny but you talk in a very honest way and just sound like an ordinary gamer. You really explain the game well and in depth making it fun yet informative. I will be buying the game now. ive subscribed
Thanks for another honest review, Mack. Always look forward to your content.
Thanks for the link to the guide. I was getting trounced in the tutorial!
Hmmmmmmm! Purchase maybe in order, cheers mate. Choking the Chicken gag, shall I or shouldn't I? 🤔
"bananas, what the f*ck? never seen a banana before"
If you played 1405 and 2205 would feel like reskinned version. But Annos are always fun to hook to. Annoying find the guy ones use to be in those too lol, never changed I guess.
Does this have the editor outside the game like 1602 AD does where you can create your own campaigns,
setup your islands the way you want and just play it?