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In order to tax our test devices as much as possible, we embellished almost the entire starting island with buildings. The same goes for the impressive 'Postcard View.' Our benchmark sequence takes place in the beautiful 'Walbruck Basin' sector, complete with a dense forest, high mountains and tons of water. The 'Camera Sequences' option would seem a good choice here, but during the air tour sequence the performance demands drop significantly, rendering the scene a poor representation of the real gaming experience.

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Unlike in our review of The Sims 4, we chose not to use a manual camera tracking shot for the Anno 2205 benchmark instead we used the 'Rotate Camera' feature hidden in the bottom right corner.

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On the plus side, the game's file size is quite moderate (~13 GB download). The user must assign the program-exe to the dedicated GPU to attain the expected level of performance. Warning: Even with the brand new driver, notebooks with graphics switching (Optimus for Nvidia, Enduro for AMD) use the processor's chip. When this happens, usually it helps to change the window mode (Alt + Enter) or briefly select a different resolution. The only thing that got on our nerves was the fact that the mouse often has issues when a 4K display is set to 3840x2180 pixels (only part of the screen is reachable). The little bugs in the realm of sound (radio messages sometimes cut out mid-sentence) are forgivable, as are the fairly unobtrusive appearances of better texture and polygon levels. Both during gaming and in the benchmark tests, we didn't experience any crashes or significant drops in performance. In our experience, the engine (specially designed for Anno 2205) runs without any errors. As far as we can tell, all of the options are correctly applied. Excellent: The game doesn't need to be restarted after settings changes. In general, Anno 2205 requires a very powerful system the results from our benchmark tests underscore this fact.

Because anti-aliasing is already activated on the Medium preset, the game demands more of the hardware than comparable titles do. The five presets (Low to Ultra High) take care of the 'small stuff.' With the exception of anti-aliasing, all of the levels are well-balanced. Alongside resolution and image mode, the graphics menu contains 14 further possible adjustments.įor those who don't feel like going through the lengthy process of tuning, Anno 2205 offers the option to adjust the overall quality in one go. The game also deserves praise for its numerous settings options. Still, this doesn't do much damage to the generally exquisite visuals. Even at maximum details, the surface, waves and breakers aren't completely convincing. Thanks to the well-designed and successfully executed introduction, Anno newbies should be able to quickly figure out both the city-building aspect and the economic simulation (the combat system is just generally simple).īut back to the graphics: If we had to critique something, it would be the look of the water. Because the game difficulty varies depending on the sector, the player is constantly confronted with new challenges. Over the course of the unending campaign, the player isn't just exposed to idyllic island worlds: You can also inhabit the arctic, and even colonize the moon. The graphics splendor is enhanced by an optional day and night cycle, as well as distinct weather patterns and regional conditions. The studio's competition rarely dreams up so much hustle and bustle. Blue Byte has created a fanciful place where dozens of cars roam the streets and cheerful people stroll about in the park. The closer the player moves the camera towards the unfolding scenes, the more visible the developer's efforts become.

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While older games in the series often displayed objects and people at unrealistic proportions, characters and vehicles are now properly sized in relation to buildings. From the carefully designed houses to the authentic-looking vegetation, every detail is simply world-class. Whether from far away or several times magnified with zoom, graphically the title looks superb from almost every point of view. No doubt about it: Anno 2205 is one of the most beautiful strategy/city-building games ever made.

For the original German article, see here.

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