![]() At the time of writing only a handful of people online owned the add-on, making this impossible to test, but it will be interesting to see how the more tranquil pace of Anno survives on competitive online servers. There's also a decent multiplayer mode which can be played by up to eight people over the internet or local area network in versus or co-op mode. Naturally, others can do the same to you but this, and the option to buy Council membership in rival cities offers interesting new ways of expanding control without resorting to naval combat. In Oriental bases you can also send out a belly dancer as a distraction or create false prophets to cause more widespread confusion. Depending on the level of the building you occupy you can launch arson attacks, sabotage the water supply, spread disease or sow dissent in the marketplace to (eventually) start a revolt. Spies are available once you've built an Operations Base, but once done they can take care of policing your own city or creating mayhem in an opponent's. Perhaps the biggest change with Venice is the addition of Spies to your diplomatic toolkit. There's also a new sounds and music, making the city building side of things curiously hypnotic when you've got bigger issues to take care of. Visually not a lot has changed – it's still great to look at, with your hoard of animated townspeople going about their business. ![]() There's also a new island type (Volcano) adding to the trading and tactical possibilities of your old European and Oriental cultures. ![]() Venice is an add-on pack featuring 300 new quests, 60 new items and a series of new scenarios based around Venetian culture. It neatly combined the city-building tranquillity of The Settlers with the gunboat diplomacy of Age of Empires to make a deep and absorbing game. ![]() O f all the RTS/Sim hybrids, Anno 1404 was one of the most enjoyable. ![]()
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