Best Anno Game for Beginners

[Ps_TresTres]

I'm new to city building/simulation. I was recommended Anno 2205 because I dislike having to draw out water/electric to each housing district. I know this has water/power, but only doing roads sounds awesome.

Would you recommend another Anno game for beginners?

[Nenne.]

Anno 2205 is the best for beginners. everything is pretty easy and dont have to plan and think to much ahead. You can say it is made for todays generation
When you get a hang of it then you can try out 1404 or 1701. 2070 is a good one too.

[Informer]

I would say anno 1404 or 2070. I think if you start with anno 2205 it doesn't give you the real anno experience. Even anno 2205 isn't a bad game, many players don't see it as a real anno game. So if you really want to play a anno concept, I would go for anno 1404 or 2070.

[Daniel]

Anno 2205 is very good for beginners. It gives you a lot of options to choose your difficulty, so it can be a nice and forgiving game, perfect for beginners, or so hard, that even veterans to the series have big trouble reaching their secound sector.
But Anno 2205 isn´t a city builder. Your cities are the most important part, but Anno 2205 is more about building up complex production complexes then optimizing your infrastructure, even though your infrastructure is in Anno 2205 more important then in the previous titles.

[Ozgamer]

get retro baby and go back to the start anno 1602, be a real fan lol, and yes i'm just that old i played the first one when it came out.

[Ps_TresTres]

I watched a walkthrough on 2205 and it seemed "doable" enough. 2070 is always on sale though!

[Juba]

I would say go for 2070 1st. the campaign is much better than 2205 and offers a great learning experience then hit 2205.

[fabius1]

Anno 1404 is the best so far. But more hard to master.

[wildrems]

1701, still good looking with all the core ANNO experience., then 1404 that add more mecanics. and finally 2070.
2205 is not a ANNO game, its mainly a city builder with ressoruce management, without any RTS in the mix.