Fantastic long-term game fun

I own the game since release and have both the campaign played as spent many hours in the endless game and motivation moderate with no end in sight! The typical Anno-addictive has already taken me by the test of the demo and purchase the full version was made immediately.
The campaign is staged varied and exciting, the cutscenes are atmospheric and aesthetic despite simple animation. The story is quite predictable, but it fits with the crusade theme perfectly in the contemporary context. The German actors are very good and contribute a lot in the Anno atmosphere, whether it be the bad guy Guy Forcas, the friend and helper Lord Richard Northburgh or a Far Eastern Sultan. Apropos: The new Orient setting fits very well in the Anno world and for the full satisfaction of its own people, it is absolutely necessary to also drive trade with the Orient or to hoist its own oriental settlement. So you come early in contact with the new nation.
In endless game makes the whole quasi infinitely fun until you have first met the requirements of the last aristocrats, pass many hours and many trade routes must be planned. Very positive is also the typical usually pretty stress-free structure, so that one also times that can go quietly to work and not immediately everything ends in chaos, when one has just busy with a side order or the settlement of a new island.
Graphically, the best is ascended, what you can get to see the time in a building / strategy game: An incredible real animated water, an atmospheric vegetation and scenery as well as a fascinating detail in the cities and settlements. on the trees can be virtually each leaf recognize animals enliven the islands, various fish and whales inhabit the lake and clouds float in the highest zoom level slowly over the islands. Of course, for the full enjoyment of a relatively current graphics hardware are needed, but also to medium quality settings everything still looks quite chic.

Bugbear DRM:
I find this form of copy protection even suboptimal, but apart from the basic dislike which I can understand in part, the whole thing is in reality not so bad for me are. I change rarely something to the vital components of the PC as GraKa or system board, and until I have done that 5 times the installation boundary already determined by Patch lifted ... And besides, it's just pleasant: No DVD is required to play and automatic update check at startup. Although I would be all over Steam rather, time you has no installation limitation, but you can not have everything. Nevertheless, I think the developers of this game earned the money!