

You see, Anno is all about balance – the balancing of numbers and an economy.īuilding a residence will attract workers to my land, as well as generate a basic income into my coffers. Thankfully, I never was, and after having chosen my starting area out of the three on offer, I learnt very quickly that there’s a lot more to the game than making sure my buildings are placed neatly and effectively. I fully expected to be overwhelmed by everything it had to offer. Having never played any Anno game in my life, I had no idea what to expect beyond the fact that it’s a city-builder at its core. No, the proper infrastructure has to be set up first… A fine balancing act Thing is, getting to the moon isn’t as simple as shooting a rocket at it. That’s the premise for the new Anno in a nutshell really. You, random corporation owner, enter the business world with one overall goal in mind: join the Lunar Licencing Program, jet off to the moon, find that which our blue planet no longer has, and send it home to solve the imminent energy crisis. This will save you a lot in maintenance costs in the long run, since you have to produce less energy and energy production will be cheaper.The year is 2205, and humans have exhausted pretty much every fossil fuel planet earth has (or had) to offer.
#Optimal layout for temperate zone residences in anno 2205 upgrade
Use them on your upgrade factories (especially accumulator on production buildings/calculator on energy buildings). In addition to production modules you can add 5 additional workforce/logistics/energy (or maintenance reduction on energy buildings) modules. This way you will have good control over your balance and production and you won't kill the balance as you can by rash expansion.

If you have spare goods - either sell them via World Market (if it is profitable) or add more residences, till your consumption goes back to zero/+1/+2.Įxpand slowly, but constantly. Take note how much area an production module need and plan accordingly (you can see maximum amount of production modules you can add by hovering your mouse over button, prompting you to place the module).ĭo not over-produce goods. If you need to expand your production - add production modules instead of placing another production buildings. A 10-20 minutes of forward planning can save you 2 hours of moving stuff around later. Pre-plan your building layouts, especially residential blocks. These provide you with sidequests during the mission, which can increase your rewards and experience. However, far-away houses draw more information than close-by ones.ĥ) During combat missions, look out for the double-arrows on the minimap.

This means that you can build it almost everywhere and it will still provide information (or security, maintenance etc.). You can speed up the game with +, and in the options you can set a right-click menu that's very handy as well.Ĥ) Provision centres such as the infodrome work the same as logistic centres. You can move around buildings freely with M, you can copy them with C. They require less roads, cost less to upgrade, provide a bit more revenue (see video for examples).ģ) Be aware of some 'advanced' features of the game. Factories far away cost way more logistics than those close by to your transport centres.Ģ) Residence complexes seem to be much more efficient than normal residences. The distance of your factories from the transport centres matters. So I made both a video as well as a written list (in case you don't like video formats), in order to explain these mechanics.ġ) Logistics are not just a statistic for you to manage. r/SimCity - For the SimCity franchise and related city builder gamesĪnno 2205 has some mechanics that differ from the previous installments, which are not necessarily well explained in the game itself. r/tycoon - For tycoon/business simulation and city building games r/impressionsgames - Older similar city-building and economy games r/anno1404 - Previous Anno title set in the year 1404 r/anno2070 - Previous Anno title also set in a futuristic environment More information here.Īlso check out the game's Wikipedia article.įor game help about things like the production line, building order, combat, check out the Anno 2205 Wikiaįor technical help check out the official Ubisoft Forums Tundra DLC - FebruOfficial Website What is this game?Īnno 2205 is a city-building and economy simulation game. The game was released November 3rd, 2015. The game is similar to SimCity or Caesar III, gameplay-wise somewhere in between the two. It is set in a futuristic setting, where the player is the head of a corporation building cities on Earth, space stations and moon bases. This subreddit is for the sixth city-builder economy-simulation game from the Anno series.
