I got this game in the Activision bundle over the holiday sale period.

And oh boy is it good.

It is basically taking City simulation games to a new level. Not only is it fun to play, you will literally not even realise time going by. I looked at my clock one night, check back again what felt like 20 mins later, turns out 4 hours went by.

If you liked Sim City, and like to build citys and watch them grow, collecting resources and also deciding to be friendly with allies or destroy them, I would highly recommend this game

I play this game way too much trying to make everything look perfect and symmetrical.

Anno is fun but Civ 5 gives that where did the hours go feeling so much more

I bought this late 2011 IIRC. Amazingly fun game. Love all the stuff they thought of with the modern civbuilder game. It's basically Anno, but with more stuff you have to care about such as underwater resources and the health of the planet.

As an Anno fan from 1602 this game was a lot of fun for me, haven't played it in ages though.