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Anno 1404: Gold Edition

Anno 1404: Gold Edition includes Anno 1404 and its add-on Anno 1404: Venice. Anno 1404 and its add-on are an award winning combination of construction, economy, discovery, diplomacy & combat. Raise monumental metropolises and develop an idealized historical empire in the Orient and the Venice of the Renaissance. The game also offers multiplayer support, allowing you to share this experience with your friends. Create your own nation with a unique blend of simulation and real-time strategy as you journey across the globe to explore, trade, and learn technologies to expand your empire and to make

Release date
January 14, 2016
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Blue Byte, Related Designs
Publisher
Ubisoft
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★ 8.8/10GOG · 674 ratings
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★ 5 / 5
This game and especially its expansion have endless possibilities and deep gameplay. Colonize; trade and warfare are a few of the tools the player has…
★ 5 / 5
Ubisoft burdened the amazing Anno series with limited, on-line activations complicating game saves and Anno re-installations. This was a shame since Anno1404 has years of…
★ 4 / 5
This game was my first entry to the Anno series. It is one of my most played game ever with over 500 hours (believe it…
★ 5 / 5
I own the game via Steam. Unlike it's sequels 2070 and 2205 you don't need Ubisofts Uplay Software (more a DRM hellhole) to install or…
★ 5 / 5
If your new to Anno 1404: Gold Edition, it includes the base game + the expansion. Unlike the previous three Anno games featured in the…
★ 5 / 5
1404 is really the peak of the ANNO series. For those unfamiliar it's a city builder, but with less focus on placing houses and commercial…
★ 3 / 5
First of all the Anno series is amazing and each game in it is worth playing, in my opinion. 1404 is the most modern historical…
★ 5 / 5
While it isn't the History Edition (which works without the memory limitation that was imposed back when the game released, AFAIK it's still restricted to…

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★ 3 / 5
The game is great, don't get me wrong, 5/5. Also getting to avoid any Ubisoft launchers is pure joy. But as far as I was…
★ 4 / 5
i wish there where some options like placing farmfield keybind.. and other little things.. on steam they have it but not here on gog sadly..…
★ 1 / 5
Freezes on win 11 game is good but needs to be updated to not do this
★ 5 / 5
I find 1404 to be the best from the pre-1800 period. Excellent gameplay, very balanced and satisfying. Having 2 different nations at the same time…

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