Anno 2205 - Has no multiplayer and will not have multiplayer in this installment

[Rick]

I will not be purchasing this, due to the removal of Multiplayer, also because it's still uses Uplay (Steam is enough)

https://youtu.be/PzB6NOhxCvw?t=31m45s

Single player is awesome and all, but multiplayer is something that has been a main piece of the series. Removal of that is a mistake.

Research the game before purchasing this.

Dev's, I, for one and I know many others who would also purchase Anno 2205 (And future installments) if Uplay was striped out (You are using Steam to sell this, it has enough protection), and Multiplayer was incorperated into the BASE game, I'm not buying DLC content to play with others. It's a core feature and should be included in the base game, or as FREE content later.

Best of luck everyone.

['norabseven]

Wow, yeah, So not buying this now. The most Time I spent in anno 2070 was in multiplayer with friends.

If this doesn't have Multiplayer. I will NEVER EVER EVER get this game. I was a MASSIVE fan of the other anno games and got multiple people involved in 2070, but without multiplayer they have lost around 11 sales of the people i know.

We will just stick to 2070...

[fredreed2000]

Hamedar well that's your decision but honestly more and more developers are moving away with adding mutliplayer so the fact that this title doesn't have mutliplayer isn't a big deal because I never really cared about that feature so If you want multiplayer well stop your damn crying and grow up.

[MajorGG]

TBH, I don't mind the no multiplayer thing, but sandbox is gone. It's Ubifa*s, what did you expect? Time to learn, my friend.

[Vexare]

I can live without multiplayer - especially since there's only campaign mode play with the base game. But they really need to add multiplayer with Continuous Play / Sandbox mode like 2070 had for certain. Multiplayer and Sandbox were where a majority of players spent most of their hours in Anno 2070 and why it was so popular. They did make a big mistake leaving them out I'm afraid. Bad marketing decision.

[MajorGG]

Originally posted by Envie:

I can live without multiplayer - especially since there's only campaign mode play with the base game. But they really need to add multiplayer with Continuous Play / Sandbox mode like 2070 had for certain. Multiplayer and Sandbox were where a majority of players spent most of their hours in Anno 2070 and why it was so popular. They did make a big mistake leaving them out I'm afraid. Bad marketing decision.

It's smart marketing, they'll just release that in 3 stage DLC's. Each at $39 or something.

[Vexare]

Originally posted by MajorGG:

Originally posted by Envie:

I can live without multiplayer - especially since there's only campaign mode play with the base game. But they really need to add multiplayer with Continuous Play / Sandbox mode like 2070 had for certain. Multiplayer and Sandbox were where a majority of players spent most of their hours in Anno 2070 and why it was so popular. They did make a big mistake leaving them out I'm afraid. Bad marketing decision.

It's smart marketing, they'll just release that in 3 stage DLC's. Each at $39 or something.

No, it's not smart marketing if it doesn't come in the base game and enough players are complaining and upset about that. Will those same players come back to buy it later on with additional cost for the multi-player DLC? That's somewhat risky.

I will say, however, that if Ubisoft did their statistics and found a majority of players did NOT play Anno 2070 multiplayer, then catering to the majority who play singleplayer with a more solid base singleplayer experience does make sense.

Let's just hope they don't charge that much for a multiplayer DLC pack. That would seem pretty excessive to me. I would not buy that.

[MajorGG]

Originally posted by Envie:

Originally posted by MajorGG:

It's smart marketing, they'll just release that in 3 stage DLC's. Each at $39 or something.

No, it's not smart marketing if it doesn't come in the base game and enough players are complaining and upset about that. Will those same players come back to buy it later on with additional cost for the multi-player DLC? That's somewhat risky.

I will say, however, that if Ubisoft did their statistics and found a majority of players did NOT play Anno 2070 multiplayer, then catering to the majority who play singleplayer with a more solid base singleplayer experience does make sense.

Let's just hope they don't charge that much for a multiplayer DLC pack. That would seem pretty excessive to me. I would not buy that.

Umm, veterans, or who truly enjoyed Anno series won't buy that, of course. But the kids, who are enjoying this dumbed down version will jump on the hype train. Matter of fact, they probably bought the season pass as well.

[Vexare]

Originally posted by MajorGG:

Umm, veterans, or who truly enjoyed Anno series won't buy that, of course. But the kids, who are enjoying this dumbed down version will jump on the hype train. Matter of fact, they probably bought the season pass as well.

I honestly don't think those numbers of players is that high in this series. This game has always been a niche market appeal type game that doesn't even really fit in the hardcore RTS crowd's genre to start with. It's very casual and that appeals to a lot of players and maybe that's why they decided to go the route they went. We're not Ubisoft marketing so we don't know those figures or reasons.

[Hooch]

Originally posted by MajorGG:

Originally posted by Envie:

No, it's not smart marketing if it doesn't come in the base game and enough players are complaining and upset about that. Will those same players come back to buy it later on with additional cost for the multi-player DLC? That's somewhat risky.

I will say, however, that if Ubisoft did their statistics and found a majority of players did NOT play Anno 2070 multiplayer, then catering to the majority who play singleplayer with a more solid base singleplayer experience does make sense.

Let's just hope they don't charge that much for a multiplayer DLC pack. That would seem pretty excessive to me. I would not buy that.

Umm, veterans, or who truly enjoyed Anno series won't buy that, of course. But the kids, who are enjoying this dumbed down version will jump on the hype train. Matter of fact, they probably bought the season pass as well.

If it is the case that Ubi makes a higher profit margin by offering only sp mode, what sense does it make to add mp? I think you are making an emotional case there instead of a logical one.

It is true that if mp would yield a higher profit then it doesn't seem to make sense to make that change with 2205 by removing it. But if it is not the case, and the opposite is true...then Ubi is doing exactly what they should be doing.

And considering that the Season Pass only cost some players $39 or so (vs $35), getting it is very sensible.'

btw, refering to people who bought the game and Season Pass as "kids" is stupid. It's an attempt to devalue a particular demographic. Don't be "that guy" be better than that.

[🐺-Wolferatus-🐺]

Anno 1404 didnt had multiplayer as well only after addon venice you got multiplayer. why shouldn`t they do the same with 2205?

[Honorable_D]

They didn't do multiplayer (at least at launch) this time around because they've stated that VERY few people used the ANNO 2070 multiplayer and it just wasn't worth the time/money investment to try it out for 2205.

[Hooch]

Originally posted by Honorable_D:

They didn't do multiplayer (at least at launch) this time around because they've stated that VERY few people used the ANNO 2070 multiplayer and it just wasn't worth the time/money investment to try it out for 2205.

Interesting. And that would make sense.

Is there a link for that announcement?

[feEddy]

Pretty disappointed. I thoroughly enjoyed the multiplayer (especially co-op) in 2070.

At least add a co-op campaign.

[donald23]

Originally posted by Hamedar:

Dev's, I, for one and I know many others who would also purchase Anno 2205 (And future installments) if Uplay was striped out (You are using Steam to sell this, it has enough protection),

Erm, you got it backwards. It's sold on UPlay and partners. Steam happens to be just another store where they sell it.

[Hooch]

Originally posted by donald23:

Originally posted by Hamedar:

Dev's, I, for one and I know many others who would also purchase Anno 2205 (And future installments) if Uplay was striped out (You are using Steam to sell this, it has enough protection),

Erm, you got it backwards. It's sold on UPlay and partners. Steam happens to be just another store where they sell it.

Well, perhaps he's just thinking that if it is sold on a platform like Steam, then using Uplay is unnecessary.

But I think that's still a mistaken view as it may take a bit of extra work to remove Uplay as a launcher from the game and make it stand alone (regardless of how small a task that is) and it removes the game from their platform, one in which they want to grow and make popular like Steam.

There are plenty of games sold on Steam that use 3rd party launchers and DRM. Uplay isn't unique in that way.

I'd be curious to know how many players still have technical issues with Uplay. It's gone through a lot of changes over the years. I know some still have issues...I myself experienced some login issues the other day...that was annoying, but solved after a bit. I know others have had similar experiences. But for the most part, I think most Uplay users don't have any major complaints about it. It's a vocal minority probably.