Anno 2205

 PC
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Nov 2, 2015
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 45 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 45
  3. Negative: 1 out of 45
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  1. PC Gamer
    Nov 10, 2015
    73
    An ideal gateway into the city management sim, but with too little room for forward-planning.
  2. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2016
    70
    After initial delight and ten hours of fun Anno 2205 became a bit boring. [13/2015, p.40]
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  3. Games.cz
    Dec 3, 2015
    70
    Very good building strategy offers a rich environment and the need to constantly balance the economy. Initial city construction is fun for everybody thanks to that. However, Anno 2205 loses pace after a few hours and only true fans would stay. It would need much more diverse content.
  5. Digitally Downloaded
    Nov 18, 2015
    70
    Anno 2205 is a stellar city-building experience that rewards and demands precision in planning. It makes the compromises that real city management requires central to its mechanics, and the strong environmental theme helps to make it contextually relevant today.
  6. Multiplayer.it
    Nov 17, 2015
    70
    Blue Byte tried to renew the Anno series, but the game lacks on content.
  7. God is a Geek
    Nov 15, 2015
    70
    Anno 2205 offers plenty of enjoyment, but may not appeal to the hardcore strategist.
  8. Eurogamer Italy
    Nov 13, 2015
    70
    While gorgeous to look at, Anno 2205 feels like a simplified version of the city builder the series used to be. New players will find it entertaining, but veterans may be a little disappointed by the lack of depth.
  9. AusGamers
    Nov 12, 2015
    70
    Even if some of it feels a little extraneous, like trying to keep investors and executives happy with god knows how many future toys and bits of entertainment, Anno 2205 is still absorbing.
  10. We Got This Covered
    Nov 6, 2015
    70
    Anno 2205 is a gorgeous looking economy builder with an impressive scale and scope. A few poor gameplay decisions tarnish the overall experience, but it will no doubt still have city-building devotees glued to their computer screens.
  11. IGN
    Nov 4, 2015
    70
    Anno 2205 is an engaging and strategic city builder with unique challenges in each of its attractive biomes. But ultimately, it manifests as a never-ending treadmill of trying to supply the picky, luxury-loving consumers of the 23rd century with more techno-garbage.
  12. USgamer
    Nov 3, 2015
    70
    Anno 2205 is a satisfying city builder for those who may think that Cities: Skylines can be a bit complex. It looks great, building your cities is a breeze, and managing resources is easy. Unfortunately, once you've finished the campaign, there's not much left but more optimization and expansion. No mods or DLC make this a rather finite game.
  13. IGN Spain
    Nov 2, 2015
    70
    Is beautiful and huge. However, this is a title whose first game is the best, while in the second, even though trying to do something different things, is noticeably dull.
  14. games(TM)
    Dec 9, 2015
    60
    We were able to sit back and twiddle our thumbs more than we’d like – it all just feels a little dumbed down.
  15. COGconnected
    Nov 18, 2015
    60
    There’s definitely a market for this game, but I completely understand why so many long-time fans are so upset. It feels like Ubisoft basically tried to dumb down an amazing series to gain more popularity, and I’m not so sure expansion packs can fix this.
  16. Metro GameCentral
    Nov 11, 2015
    60
    A minor entry in the venerable city building series, which has some interesting ideas and visuals but too little in the way of gameplay depth.
  17. Hardcore Gamer
    Nov 9, 2015
    60
    Anno 2205 is functional and fun, but with the singular exception of its visuals, it either had so little ambition at the outset or was so scaled back in development that it’s regrettably a missed opportunity.
  18. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 9, 2015
    59
    Despite all the gameplay faults, Anno 2205 could become a major hit... if it had been a Facebook game. [Issue#204, p.70]
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  19. Kill Screen
    Dec 4, 2015
    55
    Glorious though Anno 2205’s cityscapes may be, a game that justifies the banality of numerical mechanics through visual sensation alone is inevitably one that provokes the question of whether or not it needed to exist at all.
  20. GameSpot
    Nov 23, 2015
    50
    It's a shame that Anno 2205 takes the game so far into the future and does so little of substance with that premise. Not much has changed from Anno 2070, and what has is almost always worse. Anno 2205 still has a sturdy core of satisfying city planning and construction, but so much has been cut out as to make the game barely worth playing at all.

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User Score
6.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 332 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 147 out of 332
  2. Mixed: 83 out of 332
  3. Negative: 102 out of 332
  1. Traslogan
    Nov 3, 2015
    3
    By any other name this would be a nice city-sim game, but as an Anno game this has simply just went on a 10-mile hike out of its comfort zoneBy any other name this would be a nice city-sim game, but as an Anno game this has simply just went on a 10-mile hike out of its comfort zone in the worst possible direction. We've lost our random-maps, story-mode is mandatory, no sandbox, the AI is now completely non-existent as an actual opponent (100% story and menu based), the few features that have been kept from the previous games haven't even been explained by the extremely lacking tutorial / story.

    I don't even know how a developer could see this as the next logical step in the series, even if it was serving as a reboot (which it isn't, judging by release times and the fact that it's simply continuing the naming conventions of the previous games).

    For anyone who wanted more of the same, you're better off scouring for mods for the previous games (Anno 2070 has one or two big mods out there if you can find them).

    Aside from its severe issues actually being an Anno game, it brings its own serious host of issues:

    The in-game economy is extremely volatile. Without extensive pre-planning you are simply screwed over every time because the game fully expects you to max-optimize all of your buildings before they are really usable.

    The AI that pops up as dialogue (Not like it pops up anywhere else now) is extremely spammy and even if you try to cancel its pop-ups, it barely gives you a minute before the spam continues.

    In general bugs, there isn't too many and that area seems okay, other than the time I got my ship to sail through islands because obviously the pathfinding simply did not care.

    The loading times are pretty bad too for the new multi-map mechanic. I'm running Anno 2205 on SSD with an i7 skylake and a 980Ti in my rig, but I still wait 20-25s for a map to load, and many times it ends up with a story cinematic over it and the game simply will not run smoothly and I end up with a jittery cinematic as if I'm trying to run this on a 20-year-old PC

    To note, the lead-developer of this Anno installment is the same one working on the previous 3 titles. The same person who knew the success formula to Anno has managed to completely override it into this strange product that no longer relates to its predecessors. It's as if Call of Duty decided its next installment would be better with RPG stats and isometric 3D.

    This is no longer Anno. If you want Anno, you're out of luck.    … Full Review »
  2. JackPaladin
    Nov 3, 2015
    4
    Great graphics. Above average sound and music. Greatly simplified game mechanics. And they have removed multiplayer; conflicts and battlesGreat graphics. Above average sound and music. Greatly simplified game mechanics. And they have removed multiplayer; conflicts and battles with other AIs; Trade routes; diplomacy; random maps; and all buildings can now magically be moved to any other location without cost or penalty. It's a tablet version of the game for the casual crowd.… Full Review »
  3. Randomehro
    Nov 5, 2015
    3
    Unfortunatelly, Anno 2205 is a big disappointment. I was expecting a game similar to Anno 1404 or rather 2070 with expanded features. The gameUnfortunatelly, Anno 2205 is a big disappointment. I was expecting a game similar to Anno 1404 or rather 2070 with expanded features. The game was changed radically. Here are main problems with this game:

    - The mechanics of this game has been massively simplified, and is a real offense to the IQ of every Anno series fan. The game is boring, there are no enemies on the map, no threat, no need to transfer resources between islands, unlimited resources, less freedom to construct harbors, no need to carefully plan the structure of your city, no need for careful balancing of the resources.

    - No mutliplayer! I loved to play Anno 1404 Venice and Anno 2070 with my friends on custom randomly generated maps.

    - No sandbox mode.

    - No factions! Really?! WTF! The whole complexity and depth of the game was destroyed.

    - Overpriced. This game should cost $15 for what it offers.

    + The only good side is improved graphics.    … Full Review »
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