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Dawn of Discovery
Released On: Jun 17, 2009
82
8.7
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
82
91% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
9% Mixed
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3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
82
91% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
9% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Anno 1404 is the best Anno yet and one of the best strategy games in a long time. Tons of games are addictive, very few of them for the right reasons – but this game is both.
The massive game world and highly detailed units provide hours and hours of entertainment for anyone who can appreciate a slower paced and highly cerebral RTS.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 92 User Ratings
8.7
88% Positive
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
12% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
0% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 92 User Ratings
8.7
88% Positive
81 Ratings
81 Ratings
12% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
Requisite whining about copy protection aside, this is a solid title that offers some fun and addictive game play, with lots to discover and plenty to do. It’s ridiculously easy to sit down with the intention of playing for a few minutes, only to look up and see that two or three hours have gone past. There’s a lot of character in the animations, the voice-acting is superb and the setting is fantastic. Dawn of Discovery deserves to be checked out by anybody who has an interest in exploration and the classic city-building titles of old.
Though Anno 1404 has no big improvements in the franchise´s formula, its awesome gameplay makes this game recommendable for those who like RTS games.
Much like its predecessor, Anno 1404 is an entertaining and friendly city building game with astonishing looks and enough content to last long into the winter months; and, again like its predecessor, its combat still lets things down.
Dawn of Discovery is a work of art. The game has a solid gameplay, superb technical features and requires only middle-class hardware to work properly. However, the lack in multiplayer features is a minus to the global quality.
There is a certain charm to Anno 1404's dinky people going about their business, and a lot of pretty detail to revel in, but this familiar collection of well-worn elements only preaches to the converted, offering little to attract new believers.
Dawn of Discovery (aka Anno 1404 outside USA) is the most charming and addictive city-building game ever created. DoD has absolutely stunning graphics, whimsical art design, endearing characters, complex city-building and trade mechanics, and immense replay-ability! Oh, and the music is so good, and the sound design creates such alive environments. Everything is good about this game. I have zero complaints. Related Designs has totally outdone themselves here. This truly is sleeper hit. If you have even a slight interest in city-building and historic sim games, play this game.
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I really was amazed of this game as a kid and the idea but never had good PC to play it. When I tried it for the firs time, it was hard and not that much fun. There is a lot of micromanagement in this game so Ill try anno 1701 first.
Also game isnt that much deep as it seems. Also you are lacking control all the time in the game and need to tweak something.
Still its a rock solid game with a good graphic and music and for the hard core fans. Im more for the easier pace games like civilization
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I know Anno 2070 also and both games have the same mistakes, the campaign is bad, in this case embarrassing, because the characters are so bad written. You cant take your village to the next mission, but get a designed village.
The gameplay is not bad. In the beginning it looks complex and fun, but later on you realize, that there is no variety, because you need to to build the same things over and over again to level up your citizens.
The graphics and music are good.
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Boring and deceptive game. I really wanted to like this. It has amazing graphics, good music, and it is charming. I wanted so bad to like this because i liked games like Settlers in the past. But this game is bad.
The main issue with this game, is that there is really no freedom or creativity in strategy/city building. You have to min-max your cities in a certain pre-determined way, especially at higher difficulties. The game may seem complex at first, but it is not, this is not a strategy game, this is a puzzle game. Once you figure out how to layout your cities and in what order to build your production chains, the game gets very repetitive and unfun.
And this leads to the next problem, this game is complex but is not deep. If you need to make some army units and need weapons, you will need to make whole production chains in order to make those weapons, but this is just busy work. The difference between just making a "base" in Age of Empires to make units, and making a whole production chain to make the same units in Anno, is just that it takes more time and takes memorization of the chains, nothing more.
In the end, this game is a colossal waste of time. Fun to look at, but very shallow experience. Avoid.
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Summary (Also known as "Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery") Dawn of Discovery takes place in the year 1404, when King George's land is suffering from severe droughts and brutal famine. Aware of his people's distress, the king calls on his two sons, William and Edward, to acquire new territories in order to produce enough goods to satisfy the needs o...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- DS
- PC
- Wii
Initial Release Date: Jun 17, 2009
Developer:
- Blue Byte
- Related Designs
Publisher: Ubisoft
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