The MOST RELAXING game I've ever played!

[@FWSeba]

A NEW ANNO IS COMING: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJWbkqykiqaVotE Thank you everyone for watching! I'm totally overwhelmed by this video's success ♥️ I love reading your comments and ideas. Also check out my newest video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3_CZmqkfamDfJIsi=TWslahmJoNf4KUce

[@lucymul1449]

The sum of all Anno games is always 9... 1404=9 1602=9 1800=9

[@lucymul1449]

haha.. ok.. i need to listen better 😛. But I do like your video a lot. Big like from me

[@FWSeba]

@@lucymul1449 thank you 😊

[@maggyfrog]

by chance, have you played this other old game called "stronghold"?

[@FWSeba]

@@maggyfrog maybe, I don't really remember

[@smartperson7356]

It's relaxing to see someone describe how much they like a game like this, thank you.

[@FWSeba]

No, thank you!

[@Lokishand]

Back in the day my whole family played Anno 1602. You could walk around in our apartment and hear the music and the sounds coming from every room.

[@FWSeba]

That's so wholesome. I remember many of my friend's dads playing it back then

[@Lokishand]

@@FWSeba yeah it got so far that we told our parents what we needed on the shopping list in the style of Anno. "Your people require Cocoa!"

[@Pendragon667]

Ah...Greensleeves. Good memories. I still love this game til this day.

[@flakcannonhans6170]

adopt me pls

[@jessebrockman8782]

"your people are staving" is still seared into my mind from that game

[@channel_lurker]

as a kid, my first anno game was 1503, i kept going bankrupt as a kid. i kept comming back but i kept losing. then 6 years later i found a copy of anno 1404. bought it and once again kept going bankrupt. dozens of failed city states later i finaly, FINALY started making enough gold too survive, and this little city of particans and mud roads became my gateway into a new world. and my favorate game ever :)

[@FWSeba]

Sounds a lot like my story..🥹

[@Bendaak]

Anno 2070, to me, is the best of the series. I guess I have a lot of nostalgia for the game because it got me through a tough break up over 10 years ago. I still remember playing coop with 2 other friends and building the end-game monument. It was able to calm and de-stress me. I also completed Anno 1800 several times coop with a friend. I’ll always be a fan of this series.

[@Itschotsch]

Anno 2070 is indeed one of the best imo, but I understand when people say they like their Anno to be set in a historical setting.

[@joshdean197]

I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment and approach to the game. If I’m honest it’s helped with my own enjoyment of the game. Thanks for sharing mate, you have touched another Anno lover.

[@FWSeba]

@@joshdean197 that's so great to hear, thank you 🥺

[@terraincognitaband7273]

that intro from 1602 was and will ever be one of my favourite key moments in childhood. (in par with the sunflowers logo)

[@FWSeba]

It's pure nostalgia, right?

[@sniif]

Ich muss ehrlicherweise sagen, dass die Anno-Reihe einen richtig besonderen Platz in meinem Herzen hat. Obwohl ich erst 17 bin habe ich doch einiges von der Anno-Reihe mitbekommen. Angefangen 2013 mit Anno 1404 auf einem alten PC, der alle 5 Minuten abstürzte, ich nicht mal lesen und nur Straßen bauen konnte zu den Brüchen mit der Tradition in Anno 2070 und Anno 2205 und dem Aufstieg zurück in die Vergangenheit mit Anno 1800 und seinen zahlreichen DLCs. Ich habe jedes einzelne Spiel jeweils mindestens 300 Stunden am Stück gespielt und kann sagen, doch schon vieles mit dieser Reihe miterlebt zu haben. Ob das Spiel nun "entspannend" ist, hängt glaube ich ganz davon ab, was man in diesem Spiel erreichen möchte oder nicht, zu gut kann ich mich daran erinnern, in Kindheitstagen in Anno 1404: Venedig mit meinem besten Freund stundenlang das Piratenszenario zu spielen oder einfach mal einen Endlosmodus auf entspannt durchzuballern - das hat viel Spaß gemacht und war auch "relaxing", zumal man damals sowieso die Zügel beim Spielen lockerer gelassen hat. Heutzutage sieht das für mich zumindest ganz anders aus, Anno 1404 (

[@FWSeba]

Dankeschön :) Ich glaube, sobald das neue kommt, mache ich noch ein Video dazu

[@Tedpikel]

Having never played Anno before, I recently grabbed 1880 in a sale and then 1404 soon after. So glad I did. I was surprised by just how chilled out they were. They closest thing I can compare to them is Banished, but that is quite stressful.

[@amegatron07]

Thanks for the video! Should definitely try the series. For some reason, I never payed attention to it, even though the game of my childhood was Caesar 3, so I totally understand your nostalgic feelings and vibes.

[@GamingInfested]

about 15 years ago or so I tried Anno, played it fair bit. it stuck inside me, went for different games but everytime I see Anno title in store I get some nostalgia

[@CP.Biscuit]

Fantastic video! I've had Anno 1800 for a while but haven't downloaded it yet, given my limited phone data plan. After watching your video, I'm definitely making the download happen. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@FWSeba]

Thank you for your kind words, have fun!

[@franziskapipp6091]

Wonderful video! I love how many facettes you point out, makes me appreciate the game so much more 😊 can't wait to play it again. Also, your voice is so soothing, I'll definitely check out more of your videos!

[@FWSeba]

Thanks a lot ♥️

[@rendyandrian7149]

Anno 1800 with no pirate and competitors is the calmest game I've ever played. Even Tetris feels more hectic. Yet, beneath calm surface there are so many planning and optimizing production and supply chain. And it's addictive as hell.

[@vodkavecz]

Yeah, the futuristic setting doesn't really work for the Anno series. With the DLCs 1800 already reached the 1940s era too. Going back, I don't think any other middle age era would be that much different from Anno 1404. What I'd like if the next Anno game would go way back to the roots of civilization. The first foragers settling down at a suitable location, discovering new technologies like domesticating animals and growing crops. And then each tier would push them forward in time, up to classical ancient era. What I'd do away with in a sense is boats tho. Replace the flagship with scouts, and trade ships with caravans. And the sea with untamed wilds. Where islands are habitable areas. Of course the sea can be a part of the game too, but later, when the people can build boats big enough to cross it. The neat thing they could do is the area you build at could determine what kind of architecture and needs your people need. They could advance in the analogue of hellenistic, egyptian, mesopotamian, far eastern, etc styles. Kinda like how 1404 had the occident and the orient on the same worldmap.

[@FWSeba]

Sounds interesting 🤔

[@howardmarkert8150]

Anno 801 Set in either Scandinavia or Britain, Anno 900, anno 702 set in China

[@uh60rider2000]

I came late to the franchise. Anno 1800 is stupendous! I love this game, but I stopped playing it last year due to IRL issues. After this video, I think I'm going to load up a new Anno 1800 game and give it a go. thanks for the video. It really brought me back.

[@FWSeba]

That's so great to hear, have fun!

[@immortaljanus]

I confess I had to quit playing Anno for the moment but I'm definitely returning to it at some point.

[@antonbotha2857]

Excellent description of the Anno games. I started with 1404, tried 2070, skipped 2205 and is addicted to 1800.

[@FWSeba]

Thank you!

[@DLxDaemon]

Anno #8 being focused around the time of Henry the 8th... maybe??? Anno #9 simply being Anno 9, sounds prefect... Anno 2025, I'm with you "nope"

[@gentlesirpancakebottoms6692]

I started out with Anno 1602 after Anno 1503 had been out for a year I think. My mom let me pick one of the cheaper ( a bit older) games at the local games store one day and I chose Anno 1602 as I was already a fan of RTS games and enjoyed Age of Empires 1 & 2 immensly. I though I just picked another rts game which seemed interesting. But what I got was something completely different. And despite me being too young to be good at the game, skipping the tutorial text and playing it too much like I would a normal RTS so I never got far and my cities went bankrupt I still loved the game for its concept and atmosphere:P I liked it so much that I saved up money to buy Anno 1503 a year later. And holy shit it still has some of the most beautiful isometric 2D art and graphics I've ever seen. It might look a little bit static by todays standard. But the colour and details is so great. And it still looks mostly full of life and movement everywhere. And the atmosphere and soundtrack was a step up from 1602 which was already great! I like the newer Anno titles too. And Anno 1701 was kinda a remake/reboot of 1602 I felt. But Anno 1503 is still my favourite. Escpecially now that I'm old and mature enough to actually understand and play the game properly. And I think it deserves a remake as well. And by remake I mean keep it mostly as it is despite visually improvements true to the original games tone and atmosphere. But there is room for a lot of quality of life improvements to the rescource, trade and micro management. And also the military part. I feel like a game like Anno 1503 doesen't benefit from individual soliders. But rather platoons or companies like in Anno 1701 or Age of Empires 3. As the warfare conceptually was great but tedious in practise. To me Anno 1503 had the most classic RTS influence, but is/was also the most free form city builder where the relaxing mentality of "lets see what happens" truly shines.

[@FWSeba]

It's so cool to hear all of you guy's stories connected to Anno!

[@Doongie4ever]

I only have Anno 1800 for the PS5, after watching your video I'm going to play during the winter break.

[@FWSeba]

Great decision!

[@dimasdwiki6146]

2070 was my favorite before 1800 released, imo it is an upgrade of 1404 with different factions which i absolutely love, it still has my favorite OST, when playing Anno i love playing with Hard AI and get punished for playing too slow since to this day Anno 2070 has the most aggresive AI in the series til this day, even in Anno 1800 i have combat overhaul mod to make the AI very aggresive, i guess i'm the exact opposite of you yet we love the same series for opposite reason, i love this series so much! My hope for next Anno is called "Anno '45" set in 1945s (because it still 9 when you add the number, 4+5=9 silly i know).

[@AbsurdShark]

I slept on Anno until 1800, and i was angry at myself for doing so. Before trying these games, i thought it was not for me if its not a "proper" rts. How wrong i was. Now i love both 1800, and 1404.

[@Silly2smart]

Well-presented and nicely explained. Thanks!

[@anonymusug727]

Until Ann Harlow cones and ruins your Routes 😂

[@cmacdhon]

I really enjoyed your awesome video!

[@FWSeba]

Thank you!

[@stellarcon96]

I have not played this game, nor have I finished the review. I don't need to. Having played Civ since.. well, since it played on a Mac SE30, I can empathize. Different games true! But I celebrate someone who approaches their fav city builder game the WAY I do. Nukes, caravels and howitzers be damned! Take your spies and missionaries and stick 'em where the sun don't shine! Just give me a happy populace, good trade and growing amenities and, well - I may not win, but I'm.. cozy. All good. Thanks FWSeba!

[@FWSeba]

No, thank you!

[@DarthBludgeon]

I've been a fan of the Anno series since 1602 A.D. (the game, not the year 😉) If I may add... one of the best of the genre of all time was Industry Giant II, from Jowood Studios out of Austria. Has yet to be matched in it's niche.

[@matthew4031]

100000000% AGREE. Love this game. I've only played 1800

[@kcflick6132]

That's how I play every game lol

[@ManJackThe]

Thanks for the video, lovely (re-installing 1404 right now)

[@FWSeba]

Yes, good, let the Anno flow through you!

[@steveescher1554]

Anno 1800 makes me feel extremely rushed and it is one reason I don't play it too much. You constantly have to keep progressing at a fast pace.

[@FWSeba]

Try playing without CPU -enemies and don't build too many citizens, that should help

[@steveescher1554]

@@FWSeba Yea, I constantly feel the need to make citizens happy. They did I great job at balancing the game in a way that keeps you progressing, but sometimes I like to just chill. Ill try today. 1404 was my favorite.

[@dangilboa6496]

I love Anno, but the "Most relaxing game" title goes to an even less known game called "Book of Travels" but these are two completely different games, and there is a reason Book of Travels is played by a rare few. Excellent video, thank you.

[@FWSeba]

Thank you!

[@karolinavandongen6536]

Of course it's relaxing game... until you turn around and your city starts randomly burning behind your back or your investors cause yet another riot 🤣 Love it though :)

[@krashd]

Nice video, but it would have been better if you showed clips of the version you were talking about, as describing 1404 while there is only footage of 1800 on screen does not give me - an Anno noob - any idea of what the game is like.

[@FWSeba]

I see your point and actually thought about doing it that way, but I decided on prioritising aesthetics and variation.. that made it a lot easier as well. I can tell you though that the main gameplay loop is always the same, especially since 1404, so don't worry!

[@thomasdrinkmoore9827]

I played 1604 the most :-D So long ago...

[@AlrightMikeGames]

This guy gets it.

[@dadrobo1177]

I played Dawn of Discovery a lot, which I believe is 1404 ?

[@FWSeba]

Yes it is!

[@neil1922]

How about... Anno 117: Pax Romana set in Rome

[@FWSeba]

That sounds highly unlikely, to be honest 👀

[@eldraque4556]

i've been doing it all wrong

[@FWSeba]

How so?

[@eldraque4556]

@@FWSeba not relaxing

[@scuzzy2142]

Anno 432 and do a Roman Anno?

[@FWSeba]

Uhh, interesting!

[@scuzzy2142]

@@FWSeba I love anno. Clicking in several hundred hours and rising. I also can't stand future anno. Rome would be good for building on the frontier and brining roads, tech, and culture to the barbarians. Kinda similar to the 1800s

[@wurzelbert84wucher5]

A bit like Settlers 2 :D

[@Doppel_Adler]

10:10 looks good

[@1992zorro]

It's a lot of beautiful things but relaxing?! You're always racing towards resource optimisation. Are you sure "relaxing" was the right word?

[@FWSeba]

Well, the way I play it I go with the flow. I don't care much for optimisation. Bare minimum survival is enough for me.

[@E_Proxy]

Ok I'll buy anno, not understand any mechanics and never play

[@LudoTechWorld]

And you managed to make a video that feels as warm and cozy as Anno, great work!

[@FWSeba]

Thank you 😭😭

[@mrmcniceman]

Spending hours and hours together and my man is shitting on my musical taste :D

[@Kintabl]

I'm also long fan of Anno series, since Anno 1602. IMHO Anno 1800 is the best. For the next Anno I would like something like Ancient Rome/Greek or back to roots Portugal exploration era. Building an Portugal empire with Anno 1800 settings would be so good. You start with Portugal map building your main town/capitol, you start to explore new maps in atlantic ocean, coast of Africa, South America(Brazil), India, China, Japan. And every new map bring new resources and expantion od production line. And then you move all the diferent products and resorces from all over the world back to your main city.

[@WekBenHelix]

Living in the moment isn't cringe. Fuck this modern internet where sentimental and healthy human behavior is "cringe". No wonder depression is so ubiquitous. Great vid--Anno is amazing.

[@FWSeba]

Thank you!

[@Pooter-it4yg]

I was sad when they finally pulled the plug on 1800. I particularly wanted a South-East Asia instance - the Princess would have made an ideal introductory character to it. Some tips for anyone new to the franchise: The best way to learn how 1800 works is to play 1404. In 1800, get to Enbesa as soon as possible, obtain a white flag and start trading watches from Archie to Ketema - thereafter money is no problem. Get hold of Costume Designers from Eli - no need to ship cotton (until you get into really fancy stuff later.) In the opposite direction don't bother shipping sewing machines until you're ready to colonise Manola. In the Arctic you can buy most of your regional needs from the Inuit camp. Old Nate gives you enough gas to construct two airships - do it and ignore the rest of the quest until you've used them to claim all the gas plateaux. The AI characters will have airships by other means but only you will be able to power cities without oil. Isobel sells aluminium - enough for all your postal needs. Set up a New World hacienda farm solely to produce fertiliser to ship across the globe (put in a sell order at the harbour to get rid of the alpaca wool).

[@DasPuppy]

Dude.. I feel EXACTLY the same about the series. Like. Exactly! Down to hating German dubs and this being the only game I play in German. My partner is English, so almost all of my media is in English. I didn't play the future ones. 1404 was my fave. I was hyped for 1800. I play slow, don't build pretty, don't build huge - just relax. Literally everything you say I agree with completely! Einfach gemütlich. Und dann sind Stunden einfach weg.

[@FWSeba]

Scheint, dass ich einen Anno-Zwilling irgendwo habe 😂

[@DasPuppy]

@@FWSeba Das dachte ich mir genau auch so XD

[@freakman420]

I'm going to have to try this now. I've been looking for a game for so long. And the way you described this, it sounds like something perfect for me

[@FWSeba]

Glad I could help!

[@AlrightMikeGames]

A month from now, you're gonna be like "I'm 937 hours into my 3rd playthrough....."

[@moonlightaffairs]

I got the same feeling for Uncharted waters 2 from Koei 😊

[@chris6291]

I'd never played another Anno before, found this and it sat on Steam for a couple of years. Then I finally played it and it became one of my favorite games of all time. I've put more time into it than I would admit, and look forward to something else from these brilliant developers that scratches my itch for more. I'll try it in German next for a change up! Nice video.

[@FWSeba]

Thanks a lot, glad you like the game!

[@dbz9393]

playing anno is like putting on a warm jumper, eating a bowl of delicious ramen and drinking a hot cup of tea on a cold winters night

[@FWSeba]

Exactly.

[@pedronabais1456]

my bigger problem with anno 1800 is yhat with yhe new world yhere are so many islands that feels stressful to always need to change islands and world to keep the lohistic chain going

[@ageb4budde]

That game stressed me out. May e I tried to do too much too soon. But the creative mode seemed too dull. Weird.

[@lardstehbread]

I've only played Anno 1701 and 1800 but I love them both so much

[@olahaldor]

Your summary of all the games, and then can't pick between 1404 and 1800.. I agree 100%!! :D

[@HanakoSeishin]

Anno - relaxing? Rarely games stressed me out so much as the last two missions of Anno 1404. Putting warfare, time limits, and no active pause in economic strategy games is a crime against humanity.

[@FWSeba]

It's relaxing the way I play it 👀

[@F1fan4eva]

What a great video! You articulated every feeling I get playing the game that I myself couldn't describe it as well. I love love love playing 1404, and I play pretty much with your exact gamestyle. You've convinced me to load up my continuous save file.

[@FWSeba]

Glad you enjoyed the vid, have fun in 1404!

[@jeremymullins1294]

relaxing?? This is the most nerve-racking game I've ever played! haha. I'm just not cut out for resource management.

[@RC15O5]

1404 is the only game of this series that I have played so far. The entries set in the future have potential, but this trend towards "dystopia is inevitable" with the bleak gray brutalist buildings and monocolors everywhere, is not really inevitable. People are craving a return to artistic architecture, many are beginning to return to God and religion. An integration of old values enriched by growing technology could be a great Anno-style games set in the future. It would be cool to see something incorporate a new renaissance, and you dismantle gray husks and replace them with architecture including neo-art deco, neo-gothic, and neo-byzantine, and other revitalizations; or just build stuff anew like previous games within this third millennium renaissance. Look to Russia's latest war cathedral, and Parisian suburb Le Plessis-Robinson. The future doesn't need to be bleak, and the human spirit demands a pleasing-to-look-at home.

[@LeftoverPat]

Thank you for making this! I played 1800 on the free weekend recently, and you totally summarized my feelings

[@mattipiirainen7440]

I think that 1404 was killed by those very creepy smiling faces in the corner. I don't know whats wrong with me. They just rub me the wrong way.

[@FWSeba]

I love them 😅

[@RisingDivinity]

I started this series on 2070 after having never heard of Anno before. Guess it is still kinda niche. I went in expecting some kind of strategy/management but was blown away immediately by the piano music and the opening screen. It felt like the beginning of a children's storybook and as the game continued to be developed I loved taking part in the real time events. No other game quite captivated me in the same way. I guess there's a certain 'intensity' to Anno games based further forwards in time. Anno has definitely been a weird mix of constantly working to improve or reach a goal whilst also finding time to catch glimpses of your creation and really coming to appreciate what went into making it. I liked 2070 for seeing residences grow taller and taller whilst seeing the landscape transform based on my decisions and 1800 was an incredible and exciting journey of industrialisation. Steam engines will always make my heart race. I guess at the end of the day, as much as I would love to see another sci-fi or even post apocalyptic Anno, we are in agreement: Anno is great because it's not following the trend of many other games. It's cozy and yet complex, filled with unforgettable characters whilst you manage potentially millions and through it all it's just content to keep doing things it's own thing in it's own way.

[@XMarkxyz]

I want Imperial Rome Anno, everything is made better by making it roman, also V century bC Greece would be very nice and fitting with the city-state island and navy usual scope of Anno, and you could have a colonie like with the new world system

[@timothy_synth]

Gib 2205 nochmal eine Chance. Hat für mich das beste Endgame neben 1404. 2070 ist ebenfalls ein kleiner Schatz

[@marcosbrolio]

Problem is the ubi launcher, I got a lot of peoblems with it, cant buy nothing, problems to lunch games, not loading

[@Fernandoenf2]

You sold me this game man , I wish there would an anno set in the classical age Imagine commerce with Phoenicians or Greeks

[@FWSeba]

I'm glad you like it!

[@lloydbenham]

I'm a bit of a digital hoarder, always buying games knowing I will never have the time to play them. I do take time to try games that are relaxing and can be played in short sessions. You've inspired me to try Anno 1404, thank you for sharing your opinion!

[@FWSeba]

You're welcome, glad I motivated you to try it!

[@Kokopilau77]

I snagged 1602 by chance and immediately fell in love with the series. Logged the most time in 1701. Unfortunately, my computer wasn't able to run the later iterations l as I switched over to the xbox and PS4. Might snag one of them on the Steam Deck thougj as I'm feeling that itch of leading a group of preschoolers in an earlier century management sim

[@FWSeba]

I can highly recommend 1800! It has so much from the old ones but also refreshing new mechanics

[@8xpdhpckkg]

Dude, it feels like you're my twin brother from another mother! I feel the EXACT same way as you do.Thank you so much for this love letter to the Anno series.

[@FWSeba]

@@8xpdhpckkg thanks bro ❤️🥺

[@heatherharrison264]

I have the four earliest ones, and I especially like 1701 and 1404. They have been liberated from Ubisoft's DRM systems and are available on GOG. Anno 1800 looks good, but there is a lot of DLC spam, and it is infested with Denuvo anti-tamper. I refuse to buy a game that has intrusive DRM - you don't own the game; you are merely renting it, and if the DRM servers go down, the game won't work. If Anno 1800 ever gets packaged up into a final, complete edition, and it is released without the DRM, then I will buy it. Considering that Anno 1404 is the latest one that is available in a totally clean form, I bet it will be a while.

[@Holdmyown1983]

Girl bye

[@Augustus_Imperator]

I would love to see an Anno 9 split between ancient rome (main) and ancient greece + ancient egypt honestly, I think there is so much to do and unpack production wise and architectural wise and the traveling through archipelagos would seem so natural being set in a "mediterranean sea", and I think it would really fit well with the high contrast kind of cartoonish style (something akin to caesar 3), I guess we'll see if the future brings it to us 😀

[@FWSeba]

That sounds really interesting!

[@wavydavy9816]

I bought this game years ago. Every so often I decide I'll try it out. Then, about 20 minutes later, I give up. That's how long it takes for me to realise I don't know my password for their website (which is unnecessary), for them to send a new pasword to my email account, to access that, paste it over, try again, and 'Congratulations _now_ you've only loaded the web page, but bear with us please, in no time at at all you could be playing the game..... Oh. He's gone'

[@FWSeba]

Yeah that's Ubisoft for you right there. Let's hope they fix it by the next iteration

[@Sarnarath]

Looks amazing!! It's hard to find a relaxing game that isn't boring to players, i think that's also why a lot of people still play OSRS 20+ years later.

[@Cyon2012]

What stands OSRS for please?

[@Sarnarath]

@@Cyon2012 Old School Runescape, basically everything before they introduced the wilderness changes in 2007 + things that were approved by the players via poll.

[@Cyon2012]

@@Sarnarath Ok, thank you. I have never played RuneScape but if it is relaxing perhaps I should.

[@Hakucho64]

You should try Anno 1800 the board game!

[@hefewe1zen940]

I like the style and appreciate German gaming tradition but it's Ubisoft.. many including me, will just pass on it

[@FWSeba]

I see your point.. but you're missing out

[@GrndAdmiralThrawn]

I remember playing 1602 AD, Age of Empires, and Civilization IV as a kid. Good times

[@DaeViZ0n3]

Anno1404 is an amazing game still! I love it for the exact same reasons you do

[@FWSeba]

That's so nice to hear!

[@iank.2162]

Is it me or is he pronounces anno in a really non PG18 way? It is nice video though

[@FWSeba]

Åññø 🤔

[@vanyadolly]

Agreed. I came across Anno 1404 entirely by accident, and I've never played a game so charming, gorgeous and absolutely addictive. Although I think I need a few more hundred hours learning the ropes before I can call it relaxing. 😂 The NPCs add some stress, but at the same time they're such fun characters that the game feels lonely without them.

[@donaldmeulemans6458]

Or 333…bc , so an early greek one?

[@Pendragon667]

Personally for me Anno 1602 is my "feel good" games of all Anno's in the series. Its graphics ooze a certain charm, the music is just nice and it's mechanics weren't as complicated or convoluted like in later installments

[@threethrushes]

You are more eloquent in a second language than most native English speakers!

[@FWSeba]

Thank you :)

[@kajlglagoli4874]

Anno Pre-Domini 333, set in the time of Alexander, would be interesting :D

[@FWSeba]

Damn, sounds cool

[@marekavro]

damn that part about anno 1404 and your shitty laptop is SO RELATABLE :D i can clearly remember how i downloaded GAME BOOSTER (prolly a spyware/malware) just to get decent fps in lategame xddd Very nice video btw, sending regards from czech republic to my fellow anno enjoyer

[@FWSeba]

Thank you so much, fellow laptop specialist ♥️😂

[@DaeViZ0n3]

Anno … 1080 1170 1260 - mein Favorit 1350

[@michaelyork4554]

1602 AD is very fun, except when you find gold, then, unless you get cocky, you will eventually win, but it still takes some planning, and execution.

[@Vipre-]

All these years and I never put together that the digits in the titles always add up to 9. Was this meant as an intentional easter egg?

[@FWSeba]

As far as I know, it was intentional, yes

[@Formally-known-Prince-Andrew]

Man, i seen this game and thought thats right up my street so i bought it and came to the conclusion im just thick😂

[@FWSeba]

It takes a lot of time getting used to if you're a first time player, stick with itnl!

[@LCTesla]

I like these games but I don't experience them as relaxing, especially not Anno 1800 and especially with all DLC. There's so much micro-management and so many things to pay attention to, especially when you have multiple islands scattered across multiple regions.

[@FWSeba]

@@LCTesla I absolutely see your point, but immersing myself into this micromanagement and shutting off the outside world is exactly what makes it relaxing for me

[@LCTesla]

@@FWSeba going back to the older games can definitely help as those suffer from overcomplication a lot less than anno 1800 (esp with its DLCs). But after writing this comment I also went to look into whether there were ways to introduce active pausing or slower game speeds in the game, which made me find a 0.25% game speed mod. A lot more playable to me with that one.

[@FWSeba]

@@LCTesla There's also one that boost production per facility, which makes it less cluddered

[@henriktw4051]

Ein tolles Video! Mein Anno Favorit ist und bleibt 1503 wegen der Story Kampagne und der Vielfalt. Mittlerweile bin ich bei 1503 dabei reale Orte und Sehenswürdigkeiten die ich besucht habe nachzubauen wie z. B. das Fischerdorf "Schleswiger Holm". 1800 ist auch ein toller Teil hat mich aber nicht zu 100 % abgeholt. ich fand 2205 trotz seiner Brüche mit Anno Traditionen ziemlich cool weil ich als Sci-Fi Fan das Setting mega interessant finde und mein Gott war das von der Grafik her ein Hingucker! Ich hab auch nie verstanden wieso man Anno mit Zeitraffer spielt; das macht das schöne entspannte cozy-feeling doch wieder kaputt?! Egal bei welchem Titel; Anno ist so eine Serie zu der ich seit 15+ Jahren immer wieder zurückfinde! P.S.: Anno nicht mit der eigenen Musik spielen? CRINGE

[@FWSeba]

Das freut mich zu hören, besonders das mit der Musik 😅

[@Owlpunk]

I'm German, so it's always weird when people call certain series "niche". Anno was HUGE here, at least up until 1404 (which is regarded as the best one by many).

[@FWSeba]

Denke ich auch 😅

[@Owlpunk]

@@FWSeba Ich sollte echt aufhören Kommentare zu schreiben, bevor ich nicht das ganze Video gesehen habe, lmao. Hab nur den ersten Satz gehört und den Akzent nicht gleich erkannt, und mir dann kurz darauf vor die Stirn geschlagen, weil du ja quasi das gleiche sagst, lol. Anyway, gutes Video, liked&subscribed, I guess.

[@FWSeba]

@@Owlpunk danke!

[@EliotJohnson]

Nice Narration on this video. I have this game in my library and have played it a few times. Seems to be a bit of a resource hog on graphics, but I will agree with you, It is a relaxing game

[@FWSeba]

It's very well optimized though, and especially CPU heavy. So maybe turn down population density and draw distance to improve FPS.

[@FWSeba]

Oh and thanks! 😅

[@EliotJohnson]

@@FWSeba I will try that. Thank you :)

[@SomePotato]

I always thought of Anno as being huge. But then I live in Germany.

[@FWSeba]

Yeah, Germany is particularly fond of Anno

[@uckuzu]

As a very seasoned gamer, Anno as a series is absolutely unmatched in many fields. I wish Stronghold could keep producing as a series with this reliability.

[@glockenberg]

My favourite character is 1404 Narrator ( french by Benoît Allemane, Morgan Freeman dub ). The cosiest way to be reminded to take a cup of coffee.

[@godkingemperor9782]

Just like you I started with anno 1503. and just like you I HATE the futuristic Anno games, I really did try to like them, but I cant play more than 20 minutes without getting bored and quitting. meanwhile i can play for Hours on anno 1404 and anno 1800 two of my favorites.

[@Double-Mjay]

hearing that 1404 was your youth made me feel old. Mine was 1602, but I get that you feel 1404 was very well rounded overall.