Anno 117: Pax Romana Preview — A Multitasker’s Dream

I have just completed my second preview period for Anno 117: Pax Romana, and lo and behold, I am still not a pro. I am learning that the Anno series will humble those who deem themselves strategy or city-building aficionados. Ahead of the game’s November release, I have pumped another 10-15 hours into Anno 117: Pax Romana, and even though I still wouldn’t deem myself an expert, I can’t wait to dive into a hundred more hours.

First things first, I played this game both on my ROG Xbox Ally X in docked mode and on my PC with an NVIDIA GeForce 4080 GPU. I am still in awe of how truly stunning Anno 117: Pax Romana is. Even though the Xbox Ally X is not as powerful, the game is still beautiful, but jumping to PC for sandbox mode had me regularly zooming in to watch my little folks work away. It doesn’t run quite as smoothly on the handheld, but it was more than functional. If you can see Anno 117: Pax Romana at 4K, though, I highly recommend it.

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