Anno 1701 A.D.

Having to use Ctrl Alt Delete with Task Manager set to "always on top" to be able to alt tab Ships and some other things in water seem to have low fps animations which looks off compared to the smooth water There's no shortcut key to for placing roads The keybind used to let you place more than one of a thing at a time is hidden? (it's holding Left Shift) You can't adjust the tracked resources in the top left The in-game cutscenes are not skippable The water is too darn pretty! ò_ó

This was one of my favorite games in the series, a classic of the Anno series. But currently the GOG version is unoptimised for newer machines and systems plus crashes happen occasionally during the game. I would recommend buying the Anno History Collection on Ubisoft Store since most of the titles in that list has been optimised for the latest systems so if you want a hassle free experience of the classic Anno series then I would start there.

Under WineSkin, latest version (WS9Wine1.7.55) does not work, but engine version WS9Wine1.5.27 works just fine. Installation fails (error around 90%), but despite it I had no problems playing multiplayer with it. Still, you prolly can extract files from installer manually, if anything is missing for single player games.

I played Anno 1602 when it was released, and I really liked it. It was hard at first and made me struggle a lot. But overall despite the struggle, or even because of it I really have great memories to that game. I played it until I had achieved everything leaving me with a positive feeling to really accomplished something. When I got this game for Christmas after it came out I played it and the magical spirit for this game was gone. I played through this game entirely without resistance. I saw everything and though I had already seen it. When I finished this game I had no big memories connected to it. There was no struggle, and no moment of "Ah, now I got it". Everything here feels streamlined and blunt. I have to admit, building trading routes is better than in 1602, but gameplay wise it is the same but without the magic to experience it for the first time or giving me any nostalgic feelings I have with the first game. For me this was a disappointment. I am not comparing this game with 1503, because 1503 really did try to do something new, and I wouldn't say I played it enough. This is also the last game of this series that I played.

It's the first 3D Anno game and really great. But if you played Anno 1404 and later you'll miss the mouse controls like drag the camera with right mouse button and the quick menu. I doubt it that Anno History Collection will brings it. Anyway, ... it's a good game.