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Anno 1602 A.D.

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Anno 1602 A.D.
Description
A Whole New World! It is the year 1602 and you find yourself in command of a sailing vessel, navigating the waters of the uncharted island world of Anker. You have aboard your ship no more than an handful of trusty followers and a limited supply of food and building materials. You are here to begin...
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4.6

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1998, Max Design GesMBH, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 2 GB HDD...
Time to beat
23.5 hMain
39.5 h Main + Sides
62.5 h Completionist
38.5 h All Styles
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Description
A Whole New World!

It is the year 1602 and you find yourself in command of a sailing vessel, navigating the waters of the uncharted island world of Anker. You have aboard your ship no more than an handful of trusty followers and a limited supply of food and building materials. You are here to begin a new life. As you select which island to settle, your future is already sealed, for each one has its own special characteristics.

Your goal is to create a whole new world. Explore, construct, settle, trade and defend - that is the challenge that lies before you!

ANNO 1602 A.D. takes you into the world of construction strategy games. Build a realistic, living world for yourself according to your own ideas; your chosen strategy will decide the development and destiny of your towns and villages. Prove your diplomatic skills in your dealings with natives, your comrades and pirates too. Start by building up farms, plantations and small workshops to produce, then use your business acumen and begin to generate trade with your fellow players.

But beware, for with riches and prosperity also comes envy and anger! Train soldiers and build defensive structures to protect your property and wealth, or perhaps it may be wise to put your negotiation skills to use outside of business?

So as you can see, there's plenty to do in the world of ANNO 1602 A.D. - exactly what is for you to decide.

ANNO 1602 A.D. includes Anno 1602: Creation of a New World and its expansion Anno 1602: New Islands, New Adventures.

© 1998 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Anno, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
23.5 hMain
39.5 h Main + Sides
62.5 h Completionist
38.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'1998-09-24T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
671 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone (Animated Violence)

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Posted on: December 7, 2016

Lotchryk

Games: 207 Reviews: 3

Not for warriors

As for many, this is the game of our young years. All is great as many people mention. There is one thing though - Game fighting AI is....well, doesn't really exist. I remember doing so much damage to my opponent just with few units. Program can give you feeling that army is added for fun, but not actually properly implemented. Score - war aspect of game 1/5 , economic and building 5/5 - in average 4/5 (don't ask for maths :p )


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Posted on: December 4, 2021

glengar

Games: 27 Reviews: 1

A classic

(Basing this off the American 1602 A.D.) I purchased this off my uncle at a yard sale when I was 8 or 9. My mom and I fell in love with the game. It's just brilliant. I have fond memories of fighting the occasionally buggy LAN to play with all three of us shortly after getting DSL. The thing I want to emphasize is just how relaxing it is. Even though it's multiplayer and is competitive, the soothing vibes of the graphics and the music just make it feel sunny. You largely tend to your own islands and interface with the other players as-needed. The trading mechanics are great, too. Like, really, really great. I want to play it now. Need to go visit my mom and see if she'd be up for it.


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Posted on: January 9, 2024

TSense

Verified owner

Games: 123 Reviews: 1

Works fine right out of the box

1602 is the oldest and the most basic of the Annos and it does what it does well. But I suppose anyone looking into this game knows this and played it before. If you want the main gameplay loop and nothing else to get in the way, play this one. I am running Windows 10 64bit and all I had to do was downloading the offline installer, run it and start it up. Not sure how well it does in the launcher, but I had 3 guides ready how to make it run on modern systems and didn't need any of them.


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Posted on: January 23, 2016

War_Gamer_Gizmo

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Games: 85 Reviews: 2

Win 7, 64 Bit, works fine

I struggled to play some nice old games for a long time now. Finally I got lucky in finding this website. Never thought that such an old game would run easily under 64 Bit, but somehow they managed it. Played Anno about 50 hours now and had a game crash once. That's a great result I think because old games just used to crash sometimes ever since. There might be some trouble with the ingame sound because when the speeker told me to check my trading routes I sometimes had lags for 1-2 secs. But that's an issue I can live with for playing such an old diamond of games. Because of the little issues I rate this 4 stars.


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Posted on: April 1, 2019

Lorgarmor

Games: 63 Reviews: 7

A real gem

This is one of the first games I played completely on my own and I loved every single minute of it. A milestone and the start of one of my favourite franchises in gaming (2205 did kind of suck though). It's relaxing but difficult at the same time, such a great experience.


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