Is the ultimate edition worth it?

[Firanai]

I wanted to get the game now that it's on sale, but I've seen that it has mixed reviews. Is the game with all the dlcs good enough?

[Red Dragon]

Well it seems you have already bought it, so what do you think? I heard it's very different from former ANNO games but then I thought heck for 14$ I can't do much wrong, I'll definitely get that value out of it.

[bersarin]

I would say so. I was very dissapointed with the origininal release. DLCs and patches added much needed complexity and variablity.

[Red Dragon]

I've been playing it for a few hours today and must say I rather like it so far. It's different in some ways to Anno 2070 and obviously to Anno 1404 but I can't see how it is necessarily worse. In fact I feel it finally cut some of the most obnoxious nonsense of the former titles - namely transporting goods manually with your ships, which IMO was always tedious AF.

Traderoutes are gone in favor of spaceports, which I won't complain about either and overall I feel it's all rather well-integrated.

What I fricking hate are those RTS missions where you have to use warships. One of those cases where the game would be better if this garbage would have been just cut entirely. There is no damn law that says Anno needs combat. I'd rather have no combat at all than crappy one.

[ALDC]

Originally posted by Red Dragon:

I've been playing it for a few hours today and must say I rather like it so far. It's different in some ways to Anno 2070 and obviously to Anno 1404 but I can't see how it is necessarily worse. In fact I feel it finally cut some of the most obnoxious nonsense of the former titles - namely transporting goods manually with your ships, which IMO was always tedious AF.

Traderoutes are gone in favor of spaceports, which I won't complain about either and overall I feel it's all rather well-integrated.

What I fricking hate are those RTS missions where you have to use warships. One of those cases where the game would be better if this garbage would have been just cut entirely. There is no damn law that says Anno needs combat. I'd rather have no combat at all than crappy one.

I have bypass the stage that requires combat by gaining another Corporate Level.
Only the first combat mission is forced, the rest can be played peacefully.

[Red Dragon]

Originally posted by ALDC:

Originally posted by Red Dragon:

I've been playing it for a few hours today and must say I rather like it so far. It's different in some ways to Anno 2070 and obviously to Anno 1404 but I can't see how it is necessarily worse. In fact I feel it finally cut some of the most obnoxious nonsense of the former titles - namely transporting goods manually with your ships, which IMO was always tedious AF.

Traderoutes are gone in favor of spaceports, which I won't complain about either and overall I feel it's all rather well-integrated.

What I fricking hate are those RTS missions where you have to use warships. One of those cases where the game would be better if this garbage would have been just cut entirely. There is no damn law that says Anno needs combat. I'd rather have no combat at all than crappy one.

I have bypass the stage that requires combat by gaining another Corporate Level.
Only the first combat mission is forced, the rest can be played peacefully.

I haven't played Anno 2207 since I last wrote, which is when I just got an optional mission with a time limit to use the warships. Technically I can just choose not to do it, but it implies that I will not gain some very useful materials like carbon tubes and whatever the other resource was.

How does increasing the corp. level let me avoid them entirely (without missing out on the resources?). And how exactly can I play those missions peacefully - am I not simply given a bunch if warships that I have to use for clearing the map if I accept the mission?

[Tobijon]

you can use other missions if you dont want to do the combat ones, there are plenty of missions you get on the map for those, and you can buy them at the trader (though they are very expensive). after the first combat mission the storyline combat missions all have: do the combat mission OR level up your corporation

[Firanai]

To answer the question, I adquired the ultimate edition for 12 euros and after several hours I'm enjoying it. That said, this is not a game for everyone. For starters, it's not an rts or a city builder, it has elements of both but it's something else: a corporation management simulator. Your main objective is to balance your budget and grow till you become the number one corporation in the world. Despite my enjoyment, I've got to confess that I found the game a bit simplistic at times. The combat, research, and other aspects are very barebones. I can't imagine how the game looked before the dlcs. In conclusion, I'm happy with my purchase. It's a nice game to pass the time and relax, but I wouldn't reccomend it getting at fullprice. Wait for a sale.

[ALDC]

Originally posted by Red Dragon:

I haven't played Anno 2207 since I last wrote, which is when I just got an optional mission with a time limit to use the warships. Technically I can just choose not to do it, but it implies that I will not gain some very useful materials like carbon tubes and whatever the other resource was.

How does increasing the corp. level let me avoid them entirely (without missing out on the resources?). And how exactly can I play those missions peacefully - am I not simply given a bunch if warships that I have to use for clearing the map if I accept the mission?

Please view the image screenshot.
You can just choose the peaceful route and gain a corporate level to avoid the combat mission.

http://games.volume.at/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Anno-2205-Preview2015-11-2-17-1-4.jpg

[Red Dragon]

Originally posted by ALDC:

Originally posted by Red Dragon:

I haven't played Anno 2207 since I last wrote, which is when I just got an optional mission with a time limit to use the warships. Technically I can just choose not to do it, but it implies that I will not gain some very useful materials like carbon tubes and whatever the other resource was.

How does increasing the corp. level let me avoid them entirely (without missing out on the resources?). And how exactly can I play those missions peacefully - am I not simply given a bunch if warships that I have to use for clearing the map if I accept the mission?

Please view the image screenshot.
You can just choose the peaceful route and gain a corporate level to avoid the combat mission.

http://games.volume.at/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Anno-2205-Preview2015-11-2-17-1-4.jpg

Thank you!

And yes I saw that, but you only get 10 of the special resource, whereas if you do the military mission thoroughly on a higher difficulty you often get 100+ of the resource. Now that I can pick higher difficulties and it's no longer a completely brain-dead excercise I actually don't mind as much as in the beginning.