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PC Anno 117: Pax Romana

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PC Anno 117: Pax Romana

Unread postby icycalm » 12 Feb 2025 20:27

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/anno/117-pax-romana

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3274 ... Pax_Romana

Ubisoft Mainz wrote:From the award-winning Anno series: shape the Roman Empire in 117 AD. Will you encourage economic growth or expand through dominance? Lead with rebellion or unite cultures? The cost of peace is yours to decide.


Live Action Teaser: Governors Wanted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJNzvo3 ... XVyolQO3wj

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I have played an Anno game. The last one, 1800. In fact we had around 10 people playing multiplayer on Expert: https://www.youtube.com/@insomniacult/search?query=anno

It was fun for a couple of days, and looks great (very underutilized era too, so was glad to see it in such detail), but it shares the same flaw with all city-builders: too little war, and therefore too little challenge. I don't expect 117 to be any different. Sure the graphics will be even better. And they're saying it has curved roads. Whoop-de-do, good job programmers, that was very quick half a decade after the last game. Curved roads, you blew my mind. But yeah. I think city-builders will finally be fixed by people like me with real-time VTTs. Programmers will never do it. But the moment someone like me gets the right tools in his hands, we'll get Age of Anno, Anno Annihilation, and so on.

This is funny though:

The Scroll of Fame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0XI_vruUGE

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TBA 2025.
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