Is there any chance for continuous/sandbox mode?

[hal451]

Yes, I know you can continue playing after the main story, but I would really love to be able to just build without the tutorial/guided missions.

[Cythal]

You can. The trick is do the mission up to the point where it unlocks the first space port upgrade. This enables the asteroid delivery to either get the rare materials delivery achievment or through the app if you enjoy that. You get 500 each with the achievment. Connecting the spaceport to the global trust station with 10 graphene from the delivery without playing the confict sector mission for temperate zone unlocks arctic sector which you can then enter and continue as normal.

The issue is that if you need Graphene and Iridium which are the main rewards for temperate conflict sector you will have to rely on the arctic sector mision as that will not advance the mission. Or play the mobile app.

Another problem is that the basic game sector projects for any other sector apart from your starting sector will not unlock. This is in addition to assignments if you have enabled them in your hard mode settings. But Tundra sector project is enabled even if you have not completed the first temperate conflict mission to advance the tutorial.

I have tested this and entered the lunar region and built investors without ever advancing the tutorial.

If you can live with the limited way of getting rares and rely on level ups or buying rare from the local trader then you can play the whole game without the tutorial.

At the very end when you have transfered your first energy to your first spaceport and built a headquater, if you then complete that temperate conflict sector, all the following mission after it will complete themselves automatically with the occasional cutscenes here and there.

[gigamoi]

I think he meant "without the main quest line".
Well, I think they could implement that quite easily. But how would it be different from what we currently have? It would still be the same maps and the same (boring) gameplay.

[hal451]

Originally posted by gigamoi:

I think he meant "without the main quest line".
Well, I think they could implement that quite easily. But how would it be different from what we currently have? It would still be the same maps and the same (boring) gameplay.

Yeah idk... I was just so disappointing in 2205. Haha I was so excited when it was announced after putting over 500 hours into 2070, I was really looking forward to hundreds of hours with this game, but there is just nothing to do.

And the thing is, it's really not a bad game. It runs great and looks gorgeous. There's just zero replay-ability.

[UncleRuckus]

I was just trying to decide if I'd buy this game and you say no sandbox mode? That's the whole point of Anno for me!

It seems Ubisoft finally killed this awesome franchise. Surprised it hung on so long, 2070 wasn't bad but it was going in the Ubisoft direction... down.

[Ozgamer]

This was the killer for me. I love anno, but they killed it. Since i moved to mmo survival game wurm unlmited, anno 2205 is just a bad memory. I wasted 108 aus with season pass for this rubbish, never again.

[BDK]

Nope(tm).