"1503" ... become one of the classics !!

"1503" is without a doubt become one of the big classics in the games scene. A (for that time) very extensive gameplay, which guarantees many hours of fun and very lovingly animated gameplay give this game a special charm!

Game options:

As the foundation of the game, there are introducing Games (3x), endless games (9x), scenarios (10x), and various campaigns. The guarantee of fun! The launch games are, of course, intended for beginners and for people who do not know 1602, the predecessor. The first campaign Nova Flora is quite demanding, but luckily there are tools on the net in order to regulate the game balance. This is necessary because the financial problems are otherwise insurmountable, especially for beginners.

Game concept:

In most games, in 1503, you will need to build a warehouse at the beginning. These are commercial stations, which lie directly on the coast. Once an office is there transferred the goods from the ship into the office and you can start to build their city and the industry. Here, be sure to note that the basic needs of its inhabitants are always well satisfied. Otherwise, the residents are angry and migrate, or fall back to a lower level of civilization. Newly added drawn residents begin in the pioneer stage and get off after a certain time and provided needs to be settlers. With the rise of course also increasing the requirements and the need for further supply industry and thus then turns the cycle of Anno economy: Not enough population earn too little money and too many inhabitants are there, they are supplied not good enough and get angry ! A good balance is the most important thing here!

Features:

- Six climate zones with different animals and resources

- 50 different animal species inhabit the map

- 150 different inhabitants

- 350 different, authentic buildings

- 9 different cultures

- Pirates and Venetians as an additional game element

There is already some experience necessary to be able to recognize how many troops you can afford to go without bankruptcy. The balance sheet indicators provide only approximate here. Once you have a city with more than 1,000 inhabitants, one can quickly go bankrupt than you think. In such a case you should to save money immediately all non-vital building put into sleep mode. Unneeded buildings should also be building fundamentally demolished because in sleep mode cost money! In particular, with the number of vessels and the armed forces should therefore be very careful.

For all beginners here: Do not be disappointed if one is inferior to the computer opponents in the first few games, or their own economy provides catastrophic results. That's just so later (with more experience) everything runs a little better, and then it is really fun.

Patience is another important factor in Anno 1503. Quick players and Action freaks are out of place. If the economy is flourishing, sometimes you have to wait a quarter hour to back some money has accumulated to be able to continue to make sense!

This time can then be used to observe one's own site (the buzz at the various market stalls is nice to look at), or something even to look on the world map. Especially interesting are the different climates. In the northern Polarmmeer (if climate is present) can eg whales in the sea, which can then be there chasing a whaler! In the hotter areas but there are also lions, giraffes, elephants and more.

Later, when the city is bigger, you will be forced the utilities to outsource to other islands. Then allowed between the main island and the islands supply merchant ships go back and forth, which then transport the goods produced. Here one must note that not everything is growing on every island. Once you are near the island have been, but you can at any time at the bottom of the screen to see what grows well where.

The fight against the enemy or is relatively easy to water, there are only six different ship types. On land there are, however, a large number of units and weapons. Since some training is necessary to find the right mix. Caution: Military units cost quite a lot of maintenance!

Conclusion:

Great, complex building simulation with combat element. The focus is however significantly build, less the fight. Wonderful graphics and beautiful and varied animations. Relatively difficult economic component balance is difficult to achieve. A game that is fun again. Also runs on older computers (