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When it comes to developing on the PC platform, Ubisoft shows its most schizophrenic: on one side continues to remove conversion from the console - which would cost little - saying that PC gaming is not nobody buys them, and that piracy covers some 90 % of the market, on the other hand develops exclusive PC of great value, certainly not with a very low budget, continuing to delight fans of the genre particularly strategic. Suffice it to mention the series of Year, The Settlers and Heroes of Might & Magic to figure out what we're talking about.

Whatever the reason for this attitude very little understood, here we are finally in front of the review version of Anno 2070, the first chapter of futuristic for a series which until now had - literally - been sailing the seas of the distant past: the first in the eighteenth and then in the fifteenth century , perhaps reaching the pinnacle of quality in the general historical background in strategic management, at least with reference to the latter years of PC have depopulated especially MMOGs and indie scene.

In a land where the land has been gnawed by expanding oceans, two opposing factions seek to impose their philosophy of life in Eden, and Global Initiatives Trust, but these are not the only politically self-contained groups that populate the game between pirates who seek to sow terror and fanatical scientists of technology, the variety in this respect is assured but the main dualism is right between growth and environmentally sustainable way of doing things "old school", that is, without giving too much importance to pollution and indiscriminate exploitation of resources. The single-player campaign, not for nothing, seeks to give the player a taste of the various pros and cons of both approaches, then it is left free to choose when they want to start a single mission - they are in various degrees of difficulty - Match or continuous, that is a kind of sandbox randomly generated map, to go forward without a purpose other than the generic dominance over the other occupants of the islands, they are controlled by the CPU or by players in the flesh.

Setting and the mode, Year 2070 is a close relative of the chapters that have preceded it, both in terms of technology - that is, the graphics engine - which of gameplay. On the first point, if the surprise compared to the wonderful medieval villages that could be created in the Year 1404 is here quite faded from the generic techno-futuristic design, the game of Related Designs is still a good treat for the eyes and almost smooth line - stumbled only in cut-scenes in real time - even on a more up-machine (see the box Hardware for details). The game mechanics, ditto, have not been distorted because there was not the slightest need, once again everything is based on the needs of various segments of the population and the need for the player to meet these needs to expand the city on various islands that make up his nation.

As usual, in other words, you will be faced with an ever-increasing complexity of management, as we want to evolve in whole or in part a national, if the first colonists settle for fish and tea, over time you have to find ways to produce (or import from other nations) food such as yogurt with fruit and pasta, while it is imperative that citizens receive adequate information available to television and have concert halls, convention centers, and so on. Not unlike what happened in any SimCity, it is also important to place hospitals and fire stations - to avoid disaster - but, of course, about the various aspects of production of consumer goods that have relevance here in Maxis games there ever been. The addition of a "life cycle assessment", alongside the traditional financial statement, is just one of many details that make the difference between Year 2070 and the previous chapters, but suffice it to mention the structure constantly open to the multiplayer elements of Achievement and Persistence Ark's online to understand that we are faced with a modernized game in all its aspects, even if not revolutionized. It's up to you, of course, decide whether or not the new setting is the ticket price to be paid