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Although Anno games do have land and ship combat, those elements are pretty basic, and I like it that way. I do include all AI, Pirates etc in my games, but I avoid wars. Its near impossible to get the pirate to play nice, but on the easy settings they're just a tiny annoyance and provide the motivation to properly defend my trade ships. Combat is so basic its really not worth wasting time on.
Having been part of the Anno franchise for over 10 years, one thing I've never felt is a need for an active pause. Nothing about this franchise is remotely that stressful or fast-paced.
Past Annos have had a Slow Time (which is roughly half speed) button, and I'm baffled as to why this would ever be removed. But even on normal speed, I've never seen any event that could not be recovered from short of downright flubbing production chains while at low funds. And that situation requires almost intentional effort.
Is Anno an RTS? Technically yes and technically no. Anno involves strategic thinking, but more in the vein of logistics than anything else. Strategic placement of production chains isn't really a thing until you start getting into the min/max mindset. And for most people, I doubt that will ever actually be a thing. Since "Real Time Logistics" isn't really a genre (more of a sub-genre, actually), Anno gets tagged with RTS.
But I've yet to see an argument in favor of active pause that made me consider thinking it should be considered.
The statement "don't like it, don't use it" is dismissive and isn't actually an argument. All I've seen so far for why people want it boils down to "i'm not good at managing one of the least stressful and easiest games on the market". I was talking about this with a coworker who also plays Anno and he made a statement that really sums this up well.... "If you can't handle Anno without an active pause, you probably shouldn't be playing anything more eventful than Solitaire." Anno really doesn't have enough going on at any point that would necessitate an active pause.
The Expedition and Newspaper taking up the entire screen and not pausing the world while they're open.... that needs to be fixed. I should never be rushed to read through an expedition or newspaper. Especially the newspaper since it comes up with no way to opt out of it automatically opening.
You don't think that "i'm not good at managing one of the least stressful and easiest games on the market" is dismissive? Even when plenty of people have stated that it is stressful for them, especially more so with the two worlds? I do.
I'll dismiss you... Don't like it you don't have to use it, why ♥♥♥♥ on someone else's parade because you don't find it necessary for your style of play and your being less stressed out than your fellow players when it's being suggested as an option, an option that YOU don't have to use yourself.
I've never seen the wisdom in people that believe that if they don't need it, nobody needs it. I don't need a wheel chair but my brother does, should I not give it to him because I don't need it? You just dismissed people with your whole paragraph.
Perhaps you need to be less dismissive and more tolerant of how others might want to play a different way than you do.
Here, let me be even more dismissive of you
There are some that don't find that to be an issue, so you shouldn't either or maybe you're playing the wrong game and should play nothing more exciting than Solitaire.
See how that works? No, I don't guess that you will.
*Someone criticizes it
*OP says 'just make it optional'
-Literally every suggestion thread in the history of video gaming
Dark Souls games are stressful. Bullet-hell games are stressful. High energy pvp games are stressful. Nothing about Anno is stressful. As I pointed out in my post, Anno is one of the least stressful games that exists. Nothing in Anno requires fast reaction times or immediate attention if something happens. There is nothing stressful about this game.
People that don't like reality tend to be dismissive when reality shows up.
It's not crapping on someone else's parade. It's stating objective reality. There is no necessity for active pause. You've done nothing but regurgitate what's already been said.
Neither have I. So it's a good thing that's not what I'm doing here. You think I am because you don't like the reality of the situation and I'm pointing out that reality. I'm one of the biggest advocates for more options for players. But I don't support options that are counter to the vision of the developers and/or brings something into a franchise that has no necessity.
Hyperbole doesn't help your case.
Perhaps you need to step back and re-examine how you're in any way getting stressed while playing one of the least stressful games that exists.
Again, I'm not being dismissive. I pointed out the reality of the situation, and it turned you into a broken record that's stuck on "NU UH!! UR DISMISSIVE!!" You have presented nothing new, you have not countered anything I've pointed out. The first line of my post points out that I've been watching this thread for two weeks. If I was being dismissive, I wouldn't have even posted at all.
If you want to stick your fingers in your ears and yell "la la i cant hear you", that's up to you. It means you won't be able to consider any other view point than your own, though.
The only people saying this is fine are trolls. Using them as an example does not help your argument.
You will, of course, cherry pick from this post the same way you did from my initial post. You've already plugged your proverbial ears and have no interest in any viewpoint other than those that agree with what you've already decided. And, of course, you will accuse me of this, because that's what people with their fingers in their ears do.
You already proved you disregard what's said in favor of dismissing viewpoints that don't conform to what you want because you completely ignored where I pointed out that previous Annos had a Slow Speed button and remarked that the removal of that doesn't make sense.
Because it's an OPTION that is...
1 - Unnecessary
2 - Contrary to the franchise
Neither of those are nonsense. Not liking the reason doesn't make the reason nonsense.
As someone else pointed out, if they add an active pause, they will have to balance the game around that being available. That will change how the game plays from bottom to top. That is not nonsense, that is understanding how game design works.
*OP posts suggestion
*Someone makes valid points
*People who agree with OP ignore valid points and bash anyone who doesn't agree with OP
*More people make valid points
*More people ignore the valid points
*Eventually the thread dies
Personally, I like the option to zoom into street mode and walk around my town. There is a lot of detail in the game, birds flying, people working and even trees moving in the wind. There are cats walking in the streets as well.
I also like to plan a city in detail, calculate the radius of a utility building, use blueprints etc. It can easily take a while to have the street layouts right before I even build the first houses and have people move in.
For that I would need an active pause.
Comments like this show a lack of respect for others since they indicate "Cool games are only for cool people like myself. Others who are below my standard should not play them (nor other cool games)."
For me it is not about where to place the product... It is about I am learning the game and going bankrupt because I am bleeding cash at an unbelievable pace.
The active pause will give me time to find out what is wrong and fix it before I go bankrupt. Which has happened to me.
Also what is your problem anyway.. Not everyone wants to be you. Just because you don't want to use an active pause it dose not mean others don't. We are asking for an option to turn it on. You can just leave it off. How dose it even effect you. Are you offend there is a easy game when you only play the harder version... I don't understand why you even should have a say.
This is an request for the developer to make an active pause an option to turn on.
If you don't like it don't use it..... It is that simple...
Commenting on how easy the game is and that people don't need an active pause because it is so easy.... Is just rude
Wrong. It is neither dismissive nor arrogant. You completely ignored where I pointed out how this game is not stressful.
People who plug their ears and refuse to consider other viewpoints while also bashing people making valid points.
Good. That would be a boring world.
Lets make something clear. This has absolutely nothing to do with what I want or don't want. I want a lot of things in Anno. One thing I want is maps like in 1404 and 2070. I don't like this sessions/multimap thing they're going with. But I see the benefits of it. Being able to consider the opposing side, to actually think about a different viewpoint, allows you to better understand why something has been done the way it is. If active pause was added, I would probably make use of it, simply because it's there. It's going to be interesting to see how that statement is taken as implicit support and I'll be called a hypocrite by people who don't understand that you can be opposed to something being added but still use it if it is. See, my stance against it being added has nothing to do with what I want. No Anno game has ever had it, no Anno game has ever been designed with it in mind. It's addition will change how balance is handled. That's one reason why it shouldn't be added, it will fundamentally change how the game is played.
Because it will result in how the game is designed.
Don't resort to trolling.
That's an incredibly closed minded thing to say. I'll give you two reasons why I, and you, should have a say.
1 - Public forum
2 - We both own the game. Or, if you don't, you should still have a say if you're interested in the game.
Unlike yourself, I don't think anyone should be silenced, even those I don't agree with. Doesn't leave a good look for you that you feel anyone who doesn't agree with you shouldn't have a say.
And people have stated that it's not necessary. Even the devs have stated they aren't in favor of it. I know they said they'll consider it, but they've made it clear, across multiple Anno titles, that active pause does not fit with how Anno plays. Yes, this isn't the first Anno where people have asked for this.
There's that regurgitated dismissive line again.
It's not rude, it's pointing out a fact. By all objective measures, Anno is an easy game. There are things that can be done to make it more difficult, which is standard practice for games. But it's not rude to point out that the game is easy and doesn't need active pause.
But, yet again, no attempt was made to consider the opposing viewpoint. You don't like that someone has pointed out a reality of the game and therefore you resort to attacking the person instead of addressing the points. But hey, credit where it's due, CityBuilder at least didn't advocate for silencing me. Have to be a pretty scummy person to advocate silencing others.
Of course it's arrogant to say "it is dismissive if you tell me don't like it, don't use it but it's ok if I tell you can't handle it, don't play (anything except Solitaire)"
No one is stopping you from playing the game the way you want. Active pause is not part of the game, and your comment is implying that someone is preventing you from using it.
No, we wouldn't. I've already explained this, as have others. It repeatedly gets ignored because you don't care that it would change how the game is balanced. So no, we would not both get our way if it was added.
Not sure why you're assuming I'm trying to decide what you're accusing me of. I'm not. I don't want the game to be balanced around something that would fundamentally change how the game is played. But this will be ignored again in favor of making baseless accusations and people saying I shouldn't be allowed to post.
I never mentioned multiplayer.
You didn't quote what I said. You're adding things I did not say. I didn't say don't play Anno. Making things up that I didn't say doesn't help your argument, in discredits it.
No one can give a good reason why active pause is necessary. When someone points out why it's not, instead of countering the reasons given for it not being necessary, the person is attacked, misquoted, told they shouldn't be allowed to have a say, etc. Since this is all you have in your arsenal, there's clearly no concern about active pause ever being added. It never will be when this is how you ask for it.