Visually, it's impressive enough, with exploding ships and mines causing great ripples in the crystal blue waters. "Combat" involves clicking on enemy ships and buildings until they explode, while occasionally using a special ability like a missile strike to make them explode even harder. No effort is required to build this fleet new ships unlock automatically as you progress through the game, and you start any combat mission with all available vessels. Occasionally, you'll be required to embark on a combat-focussed side mission, during which you take control of a small fleet of ships and assault a fortified rebel position. The game has an expensively produced but paper-thin story that sees a bunch of rebels attempting to protect the moon from colonisation by committing acts of terrorism on the encroaching corporations. More problematic is what Blue Byte have focussed on instead of greater strategic variety, namely a bunch of secondary systems that are all half-baked in their execution. This is fine on the first play-through, but means there isn't much replay value on offer. Each structure and product is chained together linearly, leaving little opportunity for creative thinking or exploring alternative business approaches. But it is definitely a puzzle, and this becomes increasingly apparent as you progress. The slow piecing together of this economic puzzle is fun. There's a peaceful, orderly bustle about Anno 2205's depiction of the future that is oddly relaxing, despite the rather ominous undertones. Even the comparatively humdrum living areas are chock-full with flying cars and meandering pedestrians. Aluminium is mined from the Arctic ice by hulking mechanical spiders. The rice-paddies that feed your workers are irrigated by tiny hovering drones, construction robots are themselves pieced together from superheated metals in complex assembly lines. While Anno 2205's city simulation isn't as well interconnected as a game like Cities: Skylines, each individual piece is strikingly detailed. It helps that the cities themselves are delightful to watch in motion. Zipping around and tinkering with your economy is all part of the fun though, effectively communicating that feel of a high-flying executive jetting across and even beyond the globe, spinning all of their financial plates to keep them upright.
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