REVIEW : ANNO 1800 Docklands (PC)
Docklands is the eighth Anno 1800 DLC. It is the first DLC of the Season 3 Pass. It adds a modular harbour construction Docklands which enables you to optimise your harbour and trade goods with away traders via the Export/Import feature. It also combines a set of adornments that you can use to decorate your harbour area.
Official description
Bring global business to your city by building an iconic detailed harbour complex – a sprawl of bustling quays and sheds. Customise its unique look and optimise the focus of your economy, exporting your fruitful production surplus to the world. Build a reputation in exports, and become a market leader!
New Content
- Monumental Docklands – Renew your harbour, and make a title for yourself in the business of overseas exports with the “docklands” – a great sprawl of shoreside warehouses.
- Optimise Your Playstyle – Tailor the look and function of your “docklands” with modular maritime offices, each allowing a variety of logistical benefits.
- Nostalgic Beauty – Renovate your harbours, and fill the new space with a raft of great new maritime decorations.
- Lead The Market – Pinpoint your desired goods and transport them to your connections overseas, becoming the business leader of your sector.
Things are evolving in the world of Anno 1800. Following the earlier content updates for the city-builder, new content is getting via the Season 3 pass for the game. The first release of the DLC is now available, and it brings a whole lot of trade with it. Anno 1800: Docklands gives players the choice to turn their harbours into global trading hubs. This is done via the new modular warehouse district called the Docklands.
Each added module will bring a different effect. If you require faster repair times or an elevated loading pace, there are modules for that. Whether you are starting a new game, or are deep into a current one, the Docklands DLC can be integrated naturally into Anno 1800.
The new edition also adds a new trade mechanic in the form of import and export contracts. Players will be capable to specialize in which type of industry they prefer to see taking place in their harbours. The companies you partner up with can also be chosen.
Together with the Docklands DLC, Anno 1800 is getting a free game update as well. This will include enhancements to the trade route menu, the choice to turn harbour quays into roads to connect buildings, and more cosmetic DLC decorations to make your city more beautiful.
Looking ahead
The next Season 3 DLC will come in the form of Tourist Season. The spring DLC will include the Tourist residential tier into Anno 1800, and modern hotel buildings for guests to check-in. Travel is necessary, so the new bus routes will be key as well. With plenty of tourists visiting, you might just unlock the new Tower memorial.
Following the Docklands and Tourist Season will be High Life for Anno 1800. That DLC will bring modular skyscrapers into the play.
They will operate as an alternative, space-efficient housing for people, and will help you unfasten the largest building of the game, the Empire Tower. The update will also add the Multi-Factory, which can improve the number of goods you can produce, making it ideal for selling said goods in the new Mall building.
