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Description

1701 A.D. is part three of the ANNO / A.D. series and combines the most successful aspects of 1602 and 1503. In this strategy game, you have to build up your own settlement and fight against pirates and other competitors. The AI players have an own profile and act very differently, from war declarations over trade agreements to alliance pacts.

The main challenge of 1701 is to build up a settlement from simple pioneers up to aristocrats. You need to construct and manage a blossoming economy and supply your inhabitants with special buildings and goods. Pioneers need almost nothing and aristocrats want access to all the available goods, slowly introducing the learning curve.

The player has the choice of different game types: Tutorial, Scenarios (10), Continuous Play (main part of 1701), the Playground (a place where the player can build all that he likes without paying any costs or check out the needs) and Multiplayer (up to 4 players).

Alternate Titles

  • "航海新世紀" -- Taiwan title
  • "Anno 1701" -- European title

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Must be one of the most stupid concepts in RTS warfare... Indra was here... Bronze Star Contributing Member (13175) 2.33 Stars2.33 Stars2.33 Stars2.33 Stars2.33 Stars

The Press Says

FOK!games Nov 19, 2006 95 out of 100 95
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network Dec 13, 2006 92 out of 100 92
GamesFire Nov 15, 2006 92 out of 100 92
PC Powerplay Oct 25, 2006 91 out of 100 91
4Players.de Nov 02, 2006 88 out of 100 88
PC Action Nov 22, 2006 88 out of 100 88
GameZone Sep 11, 2006 8.5 out of 10 85
PC Games (Germany) Oct 30, 2006 82 out of 100 82
Yahoo! Games Dec 12, 2006 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Eurogamer.net (UK) Oct 30, 2006 7 out of 10 70

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Trivia

Well, they did say the plot is in the "New World" and historically that refers to the Americas, and seeing the specific geography detail, actually refers to the Carribean. Though oddly enough, despite meeting the Chinese and the Indians there in the 1700s, you also see Gorillas, Elephants and Zebra's among others, which are native animals only in Africa and Asia.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Jens Schneider (103) on Nov 28, 2006.
 

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