There is an opinion that the best games for tablets, in theory, are turn-based strategies and meditative economic simulators. It’s funny, but neither the first nor the second in the tops do not glow.
Will Anno: Build an Empire, announced yesterday by Ubisoft, have a chance to prove that, at least for economic simulators, all is not lost yet?
Unlikely. But about everything in order.
In a mobile game developed jointly by Ubisoft and the independent studio Mi’pu’mi Games, the user will have at his disposal an island on the territory of which he will be able to build a city. It is assumed that then the player will also be able to explore new territories, engage in trade and build new cities.
Our colleagues with Toucharcade.com They assure that Anno: Build an Empire is not the first game released under the Anno label on mobile platforms. There was also Dawn of Discovery – Harbor, a spinoff of Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery, which was released once for the Nintendo DS, which, in turn, was a project “based on” the original series of projects for the PC.
So, in theory, Anno: Build an Empire is the first completely original title in the Anno series for iOS. However, blog readers Pockettactics.com we compared the screenshots of the mobile project and the browser–based Anno Online and came to the conclusion that the novelty is a port of the latter. This statement is supported by the fact that Anno: Build an Empire will require a permanent connection to the network.
In other words, Ubisoft decided not to reinvent the wheel, but simply to transfer the working model to a new platform. Is it good or bad? We do not undertake to judge, just note that this means the following: we will probably talk about a full-fledged original economic simulator for mobile platforms for a while yet. The age of time managers continues.
By the way, Mi’pu’mi Games is a strange choice for Ubisoft. The team’s portfolio includes porting the classic Hitman trilogy to the previous generation console, creating models for the Wizard Of Oz builder and developing a casual role-playing game for iOS Cute Kingdom.