#ANNO 1602 REVIEW PC#

The motifвЂ™s malleability is highlighted for example on вЂњA Beautiful DayвЂќ, which sees the theme enhanced through the addition of a descending three note figure, and the resulting six note motif later returns on вЂњApples in TreesвЂќ. What is remarkable about this motif is that on various occasions throughout the soundtrack, it will be developed by adding different secondary phrases to the first three notes. In the case of Anno 1701, itвЂ™s a memorable, heroically ascending three note motif that is presented against emphatic percussion on вЂњA New WorldвЂќ, perfectly capturing the feeling of sea-faring and departing for new, undiscovered lands. BodyДЄs is customary for Dynamedion soundtracks, the albumвЂ™s first cue presents the scoreвЂ™s main theme. The results were made available to eager soundtrack collectors only as part of gameвЂ™s limited edition in 5.1 dolby digital sound on a bonus DVD. Consequently, the score for Anno 1701 would benefit from such a live orchestral recording. However, what had changed since the previous Anno game was the fact that Dynamedion had demonstrated with their excellent work for SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars that recording a live orchestral game soundtrack was a viable option of a German game developer.

Although Anno 1701 was created by a new developer, the gameвЂ™s soundtrack was to be composed by the same team that had been behind the previous two Anno scores: Pierre Langer and Tilman Sillescu of German game sound production company Dymedion. Like its predecessors, the game was a resounding commercial - and critical - success, even spawning a board game and a novel. The player controls a fleet of ships, on a mission to find and colonise uninhabited islands, before building up settlements and keeping the townsfolk happy.ДЇrom the first game in the series, Anno 1602, being released in 1998, the franchise made the leap from bitmap graphics into the third dimension with Anno 1701, which saw the light of day in 2006. Since the very first instalment, the Anno games have always set themselves apart from the Settlers franchise through -, amongst other things - an element of conquering.

#ANNO 1602 REVIEW PC#

Enter the Anno series, a number of PC titles that bear similarities to the Age of Empire series, but with a stronger focus on the economic aspects on setting up your dominion, rather than militaristic conflicts. Since the early 1990s, the long-running Settlers franchise of computer games had proven that if thereвЂ™s one thing that German PC gamers like, itвЂ™s a good nation-building simulation with a period flavour.

Anno 1602 review