Anno 2205 Review -- One small step forward, One small step back 

You got me.

He got me so good, I was wondering how autoplay mysteriously got turned on.

I sound like I have a whole sock stuffed in each nostril in this video. Holy crap that's not good.

That abrupt ending definately got a hearty laugh out of me, great job XD

that ending bit, you got me! killer. hahah.

Hello there! I write this comment representative for all i would write: i found your channel yesterday and since have been watching many of your videos. i love your work, your long and indepth videos, i hope you keep it up :D now i gotta go, watch some more :P

I think the kind of videos you make are THE type of content patreon is good for. Review and analysis of games take alot of time and effort to make while not generating many of loyal viewers, since most will only look for a specific game they're thinking about purchasing. The only RU-vid channels I know who are successful in this field on youtube views alone thanks to their personality are TotalBiscuit and AngryJoe. In my opinion your videos are of high enough quality to justify a patreon (I binge-watched them all after finding your hearthstone one through reddit) and i would probably become a patron if I wouldn't be a poor student with no disposable income at all.

I love your videos, Joseph. Please keep up the quality, and I'll keep watching!

I rarely comment on videos, but after discovering this channel yesterday I must admit that I've been binge watching your videos to an unhealthy extent. You're very well spoken and prepared for every video. No nonsense, all point. This is a very welcome change to RU-vid.

Best new channel I've found in a while. Just wondering how long you can keep up the pace you keep making and releasing these long and thoughtful videos.

I found your channel when I looked up "The Witness", and I must say that I really like your style. Your videos are informative and at the same time interesting to watch even if you don't know anything about the game, and you have a very pleasant tone of voice. Looking forward to new reviews and critiques! :)

14:06 As someone who hasn’t played the game, I think it makes more sense that the community buildings would put out the same amount of supply no matter where they are since the location doesn’t effect what they can do, but the demand is higher if it’s harder for a consumer to get ahold of the product. I hope that helps

Great review, and a great lesson about buying games before they're finished. Keep it up man, I love how often you put these videos out.

thanks for all the effort you put into these videos. glad someone recommended this channel to me.

this review has fking amazing quality !! i cant believe u have only 1315 suscribers ! Please keep doing reviews ! (sorry for my english). Its the first time i comment a video in like 3-4 years. Good job!

You really make wonderful, thoughtful and balanced videos. Keep it up!

subscribed. you actually got me when you faked the video ending

I very much appreciate the quality and meticulous nature of quality you have here. I really think, for viewer happiness and channel success. Weaving in smaller videos with the bigger drops will help keep your channel growing! But this is really good mate!

Really insightful, and indepth review.

That fake ending, great job

I'm pretty close to finishing all your videos now and you are doing a very very goos job (and the fake out end of the video did get me, very well done).

Man I love your videos. The first one I watched was The Witness one and I'm on a marathon right now! Keep up the great work!

Found your channel today. Good find, awesome work!

I have now seen every peice of critical video essay this man has done on videogames: Dear Sir, holy. fucking. shit. I love your style. you talk fast, but your speech is less dense. this allows you to let us think about what you're saying while you keep saying it. Everything is well developed, and every concept is self examined to make sure it makes sense. I love your work, and i hope to meet you at a book signing one day.

This guy is awesome! Thank Joseph!

What I really missed with 2205 are the big endgame buildings you build in stages by funneling ungodly amounts of ressources (and time) into their production. I know they have the special projects for each map, but they didn't feel as satisfying to complete, and the postgame modular corporate HQ you can build is basically the Palace from 1404 with a new slap of paint.

What an amazing review. I really feel like I could make an informed decision about purchasing this game. You could almost turn some of that content into tutorials. Can't wait for more.

Got me. I recently discovered you and am irremtly binging. Love it!

Great content, love watching them

Love your channel. I can't wait to hear what you think about Fallout 4. I thoroughly enjoyed all of your videos and am very happy I stumbled upon them! Thanks for your work!

joeseph I'm a drunk game developer and I love you and your videos. watched the whole danganronpa stream you did and it was a treat

Great review, I love these long-form analysis/review videos.

Yep, you totaly got me . And a nice review .

You got me. I was spooked that autoplay mysteriously turned back on.

You made me STAND UP at 25:00! I was just getting comfy haha. Well played.

Really glad I found this channel, not super interested in this game or genre but the backstory you give and the talking points make for an enjoyable half hour. Keep it up

damn bro, I just found you a week ago, and now you are definitely my favourite youtuber.

Ok, you got me with the autoplay bit. You win.

You got me good xD. Even clicked the play button to get to reaper of souls vid.

You actually got me. I had to pause the video for a bit after that because I was shocked I actually fell for that...

How have I never seen this video until now?

I think it's pretty logical that the demand for something increases, the further away it is. A factory in real life wouldn't produce less just because it's on the outskirts of a city.

I found this video because I thought it was just me and not Anno. Now I know I’m not crazy. By the way I never write comments hardly ever but I had no idea this was your first review until the end, easily could’ve fooled me. I’m late to the party but keep it up!

Try Anno 1404, it's a lot like 2070 and is also very good.

This channel needs to be known by more people

You are without a doubt my favorite youtuber lol

I like this video. You well explain pros and cons of the features and changes in 2205 with relatively calm attitude, which is very different from other purely emotional rants on Steam review. I would recommend this video for new and old anno players who can't make their mind whether they should buy the newcomer. Good job!

wow I did not know you wrote novels! I might check them out, I would love that you do a video discussing them and also promoting them. I am a sucker for a good read!

Well played sir, well played...

You got me, especially since the next video in my queue is the Diablo one

You got me, the diablo 3 and reaper of souls critique is literally up next and i scrolled down hella confused with 2 mins left in the video. gg

Bruh, you seriously did get me cause that video is up next for me n everything XD

Dude your laugh is fucking contagious, great video even if I'm almost three years late to this one.

That end was really good

Settling conollys sounds awesome.

After testing the currently new anno 1800, I am glad they changed some of this stuff.

Wow you actually got me xD

You got me all right. The time spending missions you described (collecting flotsam, towing etc.) are very similar to the ones in 1404 (in which I am currently in), with combat missions in the map instead of separate areas. The pixel hunting was for NPC's wandering in your city in there and the general area was highlighted in your minimap when mousing over the quest/task text. Slottable items were a big part of trade and combat in 1404, are there any for combat ships in 2205?

I have no words to express how incredible that fake ending was, it really got me.

You did get me with that autoplay thing, because I got so triggered by it "being on" that I flew into a fit.

I am indeed watching from the future

Nice preview. keep the good job, ill be waiting for the fallout 4.

haha you got me there and even the next video was spot on it was the exact same for me.

Heard Sam”s voice and I immediately looked up for Covenant to kill, or a control panel to accost.

God damn it you actually got me. Even though I never turn autoplay on.

I've been slowly going through your videos, and I must say they're superb. You seem very switched on when it comes to how a game works and how it should work. Very methodical. Have you considered looking into game development?

This was very helpful, Anno 2205 is £13.59 atm... am very tempted, also the season pass is pretty direct from uplay £12

in Germany every old house that suvive the last couple hundret years has a stone or wood text on it saying "anno1800" or something when the house where build.

Oh lord, I know I am late to the party but you got me so hard with that fake ending of yours. OK, fine I'm subscribing.

Worth a moon

This channel is great.

But will it fill the Pharaoh-shaped hole in my heart?

0:15 i don't know if anyone has noticed but if you add up all the individual numbers of each titels name it always adds up to 9. 1+5+0+3 =9 1+7+0+1 =9 1+4+0+4=9 and so on

8:09 Wait, so 200 years from now you have to build an experimental fusion reactor? Like the ones we are building RIGHT NOW? In the PRESENT? And where are the Mars colonies?

Very good video:D

Before a random ad on Steam, I don't think I've ever even heard of the Anno series. This does make me curious, though.

The concept for freezing the poles isn't as ludicrous as you think. It may be unfeasible, but it's being looked into by scientists, as far as I know.

How did he know up next is diablo 3 and reaper of souls..

You have got to be kidding me. I wanted to play 1404 and had no idea it was called Dawn of Discovery. I'm less than 20 seconds in and already liking this. Thanks, man.

The next video actually was the Diablo III video for me. This was uncanny

Hey, loved this review and your Fallout 4 Analysis. Any chance you played The Witcher 3 ? Would be interested to know your thoughts on that

you magnificent bastard at the 25 min mark!!!

shit, that mike drop in the end

Unfortunately, my watching this on mobile resulted in me not getting got. This is a great video, i never play or enjoy these types of games, but felt i understood your descriptions of how each element you discussed worked nonetheless. Great job!

Lunar Ticks. Nice. I would have gone for LunarTech myself.

I might have already wrote you this comment, if so, I apologise: it used to be called "economic RTS", and Sunflower (guys who made first Anno... i mean Max Design, was the dev, but Sunflowers was the publisher and everyone percieved it as their games) and Blue Byte (guys who made Settlers, yes, they got the Anno franchise later) basically founded the genre. It has relatively little to do with "city-builders" as Skylines or SimCity, as well as being distinctive from management/tycoon games. The genre's core used to be "multiple-faction battles, but with strong emphasis on complex base-building, production-chain creation and management, and resource transportation management", the original intention behind it being somewhat like "red alert, but it can take up to 5 hours to build up your economy chains and background to the point you will be able to produce comparatively small number of units, then you have a bit slower and maybe more tactical warfare with some of the other factions". Basically, I percieved the main point of the games (when they still had it, which was... right up to about 2070 which was the first one that started losing it) was "everything in one large space, everything connected together in one large system" - all your colonies, resources, everything, contained on one map with numerous islands for you to create logistic routes between, and defend and disrupt enemy's... i actually like how i described it just above - everything in one large, varied, interconnected space - fits the philosophy of the original game design as well as philosophy of play as well as what the player should be trying to achieve within the game (within his empire). All this playspace segmentation, as you basically point out but not really seem to realize, makes the separated systems and spaces practically pointless. as well as it makes the series lose its unique (and rare) identity. You lumping it together with city-builders mainly on the basis of them having similar/the same viewpoint and general control scheme and some common tropes is kinda of cheezing my onions, otherwise I like the video.

I am a big fan of the series, but Anno 2205 is the only one I havn't played yet. What always fascinated me about Anno is how everything played on one map, the trade routes, the other players, the trading, the building. Everything happened in real time like cogs in a machinery. The fact that islands, trade routes, other players and combat are completly seperated takes these elements and removes them from the thing that binds them together. In older anno games I had to create trade routes between islands on the same map. I had to create a shipyard, build the production chains for ships and maybe even research them. I could freely load goods on and off them and ship them whereever I wanted. Active trade with other players on the islands or use it to create a new colony on another island. Here it's a single menu where you move a slider, and that is it... In older games these ships and trade routes could be intercepted by roaming pirates. These pirates have their own island that if you want can be attacked and eradicated if you have enough of an army. You could send escorts for your trade ships and had to make sure you build enough trade ships to transport the wares, but not too many to hurt you financially. There was way more depth in it and again it was fascinating to me how all these elements works so well when put together on one big playground. In the end I will probably play it at some point, but this one fundamental design choice kinda ruined it for me. But again this is a very subjective thing and probably doesn't affect many other people.

Ubisoft: One step forward, eight steps back.

Great video breaking down game features. I would say that Anno 2205 is more like a utterly different game. It has only few main thoughts common with 1404 and 2070 (which was great and I am still playing it nowadays). 1800 looks great since it seems to get back on the horse with great features from 1404 and 2070 taking those few few little quality of life logic improvements 2205 brought with itself. However... As you said. Anno 2205 is city builder. The two older ones mentioned before are great RTS. So it is almost like a different genre. I would not set Anno 2205 as "Anno" succesor. The video is great by the way!!

hi... I'm the arch-angel Ram full Than... you can make an underwater wheel that harnesses gravity ... perpetual motion wheel. Picture a weightlifting bar with a ten pound weight at each end, a collapsible air bag inside each weight that when filled with air can bobber the weight its next to, only enough air to fill one of the air bags, put a pipe around the bar with about a half inch play (for air(and bar slides through too) to travel through from top to bottom), connect the pipe to an axle at its center. the pipe has squash air bag plates at both ends (which is 6 or so inches shorter than the weightlifting bar to allow for the one full air bag space) you will need 6 of these to make 12 ended wheel-( 1 ten pound weight and airbag at each of the o'clock positions)= wheel. between the 11:30 and 12:30 gravity pulls on the 20 pound bar down (the six inches) pushing the air to the bottom air bag. which was at the 5:30 to 6:30. all the air bags are going up on the same side... and the weights without air in there bags are going down on the other side( pulled by gravity). every time the side with the air gets to 11:30 gravity takes it back to the bottom airbag that was empty and waiting for it... I'm thinking this will collapse the power structure of the world. Power to the people ?

The scary part about being got is that your Diablo 3 video was actually next on my Autoplay.

Please review the new anno 1800 as soon as it releases :)

17:45 - "they're objectively awful" yooo :-)

Anno is very close to the old Zeus Master of Olympus/Caesar/Pharaoh games in terms of supplying villagers and leveling them up etc

Fun fact for all years the anno series was set in the digits add up to 9

Great review, brought up a few points I didn't think of. What are your thoughts about the removal of research? It feels like the modular system in 2205 was meant to replace research but fell short, as research was a decent chunk of the game in 2070.

8:26 got me good. Kudos

Anno 2070 will always be a GEM for me no matter what other anno comes out

Yes, you got me, twice in fact.

You should talk about Blueprint Tycoon on Steam, it's a very interesting take on the whole city-builder optimisation problems. The entire game is about debugging and optimising.