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| Archipelago Citybuilding |
Title:
Dawn of Discovery (a.k.a. Anno 1404)
Platform:
PC
Who:
You the colonial city-planner, Birds-eye.
What:
Island-based real-time strategy citybuilder.
When:
Released June 2009.
Where:
Randomly generated temperate and desert islands.
Why:
Simulate a romantic and fading section of history.
Significance:
Dependence on resources, commodities, and logistics makes this game a great tool for teaching both economics and history. Not to mention great micro-management practice.
Pros:
Simplistic yet insanely steep learning curve. A great sense of achievement for overcoming the impossible. Hundreds of hours of challenging gameplay. As real-time strategy as it gets.
Cons:
Extremely time consuming. Eight hours of gameplay and barely having one scenario finished can be mentally draining. Ubisoft's DRM prevented the game from being popular.
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