Anno 2205

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 19 expert reviews

Excellent:

7
Good:

6
Average:

4
Bad:

2

Pros:

Takes city-building to the moon and the Arctic
Tons of detail crammed into every building
Environmental variety

Cons:

Repetitive endgame
Campaign story is nonsense

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Last revision on October 3, 2019

Reviewers Liked

Takes city-building to the moon and the Arctic
Tons of detail crammed into every building
Environmental variety

Reviewers Didn't Like

Repetitive endgame
Campaign story is nonsense
No compelling late game goals

Expert reviews and ratings

Imagine a future where global warming has melted the Earth's ice sheets, and all that's left is a fractured society desperate to pick up the pieces and build anew on the few islands that remain. This is the setting of Anno 2205, a game where you side...

By GameSpot on November 23, 2015

Developer: Blue Byte Publisher: Ubisoft Platform: PC ( Steam & Uplay ) Copy provided by publisher.Welcome to the year 2205. In a backstory that will hit the real world soon enough, people have used up the vast majority of fossil fuels that the Earth...

By WCCFTech on November 12, 2015

An ideal gateway into the city management sim, but with too little room for...

By PC Gamer on November 10, 2015

Anno 2205 is functional and fun, but with the singular exception of its visuals, it either had so little ambition at the outset or was so scaled back in development that it’s regrettably a missed opportunity.

By HardcoreGamer on November 09, 2015

Anno 2205 is polished, clever, and Tages-free, but falls prey to the same repetitive, micromanagement-heavy end-game grind that's always plagued the series.

By PCWorld on November 09, 2015

ouch!) Developer: Ubisoft Blue Byte Publisher: Ubisoft Platform: PC I'm so excited! And I just can't hide it! Anno Anno Anno Anno Anno I want you! Apologies, I've had that spinning around inside my head for the last week while reviewing Anno 2205 (and...

By Bit-tech.net on November 06, 2015

Anno 2205 is an engaging and strategic city builder with unique challenges in each of its attractive biomes. But ultimately, it manifests as a never-ending treadmill of trying to supply the picky, luxury-loving consumers of the 23rd century with more...

By ap.ign.com on November 05, 2015

The hit city builder series takes off into space! In Anno 2205, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. Anno's masterful economic gameplay is back and taking strategic city-building simulation to new...

By ign.com on November 04, 2015

The year is 2205, and humans have exhausted pretty much every fossil fuel planet earth has (or had) to offer. You, random corporation owner, enter the business world with one overall goal in mind: join the Lunar Licencing Program, jet off to the moon,...

By CriticalHit on November 03, 2015

A step further With Anno 2070, Ubisoft gave the popular city building franchise a firm nudge into the future, and not just with its setting. Breaking new ground - or land so to speak - Anno 2070 tasked the player with colonizing not just a single area...

By Hooked Gamers on November 03, 2015

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