Playing as a Roman governor in strategy game Anno 117: Pax Romana, you develop infrastructure, feed your people and expand your territory

I have spent hundreds of hours on Civilization and its sequels, but I haven’t played many other strategy games beyond Amplitude Studios’ works, such as Humankind and Big Huge Games’ Rise of Nations.

When I had a chance to preview Ubisoft’s Anno 117: Pax Romana, I did not know what to expect aside from it being a historical strategy game, but with a more focused era. I was expecting something Civ-ish, but I was wrong.

Anno 117 is different to anything I’ve played before. The coming PC game puts players in the role of a new Roman governor during a relatively peaceful 200-year span.

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