Anno 1404 is not the new advancement system of the inhabitants, the duties of the trader and the Messenger and additional challenges in the East, even after several dozen hours boring. Later in the game only the development of a single new product branch takes loose for several hours, which, however, by numerous incidental tasks no second boredom.
The beautiful graphics, numerous surprises and details as well as the complex, but not complicated goods system do the rest.
The copy was known to remove the patch. Despite dream graphics hardware requirements are quite moderate: on which computer ANNO 1701 was, 1404 is expected to run smoothly, at least in medium graphics level.
Overall, Anno 1404 is for me as a fan of the first hour the best ANNO ever.
Strong buy recommendation!