Anno 1602
Anno 1602 (also known as 1602 A.D.) is a mix of City-building and RTS (Real-time Strategy) elements created by Max Design and published by Sunflowers Interactive. The game supports both Single-player and Multiplayer modes, and it serves as the first title in the series of Anno. It takes place in the modern period of history where the player assumes the role of the king with a task to establish his colony by constructing building and gathering resources on a series of small Islands. The game deals with combat, exploration, trade and diplomacy. It focuses on economic, rather than combat and strategy elements. At the beginning, the player starts the game as an unnamed European nation in 16002 A.D. with an objective to expand his power into the New World. As the game beings, the player must find a nearby island, colonize it and start building up his economy. Anno 1602 offers prominent features such as Building Types, Create Factories, Gather Resources, Find new Civilizations, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#1 Anno 1404 – Dawn of Discovery
Anno 1404 or also known as Dawn of Discovery is a brilliant video game that blends in City-Building, Real-time Strategy, MMO and Economic elements beautifully. The game features both medieval and renaissance era settings and allows you to build your own settlements, explore islands, construct buildings, get into diplomatic ties with neighboring settlements or wage wars against the enemies in order to conquer their lands or to defend your own. The city building element of the game allows you to build massive structures like monuments, research labs, and other facilities and rule over them, maintain them etc. The economic element allows you to set up trade routes and economically grow your settlement, acquire necessary resources and manage them wisely. Just like other games in the Anno Series, Anno 1404 or Dawn of Discovery offers a similar Sandbox style gameplay, wonderful visual details and other great things to make you love this game. Try it out and it’ll amaze you with all of what it has to offer.
#2 SimCity DS
SimCity DS is a City-Building, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by EA Japan and published by EA Games for Nintendo DS. It is the first game available to play on Nintendo platform in the series of the SimCity. The game uses dual screen mode to show off additional interfaces and uses the graphics of SimCity 3000. To get into the world, the player needs to select his location in the region, choose his one of five characters and start playing the game. There is a chance for the player to create his dream world in his style. The game features lots of building material to construct different structures, offices, houses, amusement parks, and restaurants. The primary objective of the player is to keeps his citizens happy and earn money from them by offering the best services. Build roads, airports, rail station, and harbor to transport people to their desired destination. The game rewards you with money as you fulfill your money and you can also earn money from citizen by renting your house, by transporting people, and more. With brilliant gameplay, excellent mechanics, and addictive visuals, SimCity DS is the best game to play and enjoy.
#3 Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery
Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery is a Real-time Strategy, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Keen Games and published by Disney Interactive Studios. The game introduces three different modes such as Multiplayer, Story Mode, and Continuous Play. The player starts the game with a ship stocked with useful items to start the journey. He must explore the world to find an exotic Island, suitable for settlement and building a first colony. If the inhabitants are satisfied with the territory that the player has created, then the player will move up to the next level. There are a series of stages, and each stage offers unique theme, objectives, and goals. The player must control the workers, create different buildings, recruit armies and attack military buildings. After beating the enemies, the player can collect all resources and items. In Story mode, the player has to complete specific tasks to progress through the game. With brilliant mechanics, and incredible graphics, Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery is the best game to play and enjoy.