OK, I personally think 1404 with the interesting and challenging campaign including the Venice dlc was the top, afterwards I think 1800 is the next best. My most controversial opinion is that both 2070 and 2205 where good and well made games, with some flaws of course but that doesn't mean its bad. Shure some disliked the setting and I was septic as well.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Never played the futuristic ones. What appealed to me with the anno games was the atmosphere of sails and settlers.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago

They bring that atmosphere to the future settings very well actually

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree on 2070 and 2205. I really enjoyed them and I chalked it up to me liking sci-fi enough to be able to bear it.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah a setting change like that was very risky, but the next is also going to be very interesting going into the opposid direction.

I quite like SciFi so the setting itself wasn't a problem for me. 1800 goes into the steampunk direction, would appreciate a full on Steampunk Anno. And a Dieselpunk version would be cool as well.