Anno 1701 (DS)

gameplay, value for money

71% of reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Disappointed with the package as it arrived woith no instructions or packaging just a cartrage on its own leaving you to try to work out the controls for yourself.

This is a very involved game, and seemed to me quite complex. If you like games on the PC such as Civilisation etc, then it probably would appeal more. I found the icons to be small and hard to distinguish, and I kept failing the same challenge, and...

I loved this game, I highly recommend it. Only slight flaw is that there is only one story mode then you are stuck with the continuous play.

Last year I heard that Settlers (my favourite game of all time on Amiga/PC) was to be released on the DS - so I got a DS in anticipation. Unfortunately (nearly a year later) after several delays, it was released and lambasted by critics due to the...

On the PC, I love the Cossacks series and seriously considered counselling to overcome the addiction (well, my wife considered it for me). Up until now I have loved Animal Crossing on the DS, largely as I'm on a mission to have one of every fruit...

I actually got this game while I was in Germany, as I heard a lot about it while I was there. I love strategy games, so this was an interesting game to look at for me, as until now I've never found a really great one on the ds (well except for AW DS). ...

Put simply, I'm loving it as a strategy/sim game on 2D isometric view. This is a well executed game, revolving around the idea of building a small empire on various islands. The game mechanics is simple, but well designed so that it keeps you thinking...