Dawn of Discovery/ANNO 1404 PC Demo Arrives

by Chris Faylor, Jun 17, 2009 12:15pm PDT

Related Topics – Demo, PC, Dawn of Discovery

A 1.68GB PC demo for Related Design's upcoming strategy title Dawn of Discovery--known internationally as ANNO 1404--is now available on FileShack.

The download offers up two campaign chapters and the "continuous game" mode, each restricted to one hour of playtime and sporting limits on attainments and civilization levels.

Published by Ubisoft, Dawn of Discovery is due in North American retailers next Tuesday, June 23, with Wii and Nintendo DS editions arriving alongside the PC release.

A list of the system requirements were also provided, and follow below:

OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Processor: 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent
RAM: 1 GB
Graphic Card: DirectX 9.0c-compatible with 128 MB with Pixel Shader V2.0
HDD: 2 GB
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compatible
DirectXÃ‚Â®: Version 9.0c
Controller: Keyboard, Mouse

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By: lordkosc x Show Full Post

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loved the demo, if you liked 1701 , then 1404 will be even more fun.

its not a game for beginners sadly, and really makes you think once your cities get big / and have multiple trade routes set up.

Jun 18, 2009 12:20pm PDT

loved the demo, if you liked 1701 , then 1404 will be even more fun. its not a game for beginners sad... : lordkosc

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Having never played any of these games, this Demo is not user friendly at all.

You are just dumped into a map and are pretty much on your own, no idea what your objectives are and what to do. I sailed around a bit and started a lame settlement, after 3 building I get a message I cannot build anymore there and have not enough resources for another base. I sail around a bit more and decided this Demo stinks.

Uninstall after 10 minutes. You aren't missing anything here if you are looking for a new title...

Jun 18, 2009 5:00am PDT

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Having never played any of these games, this Demo is not user friendly at all. You are just dumped in... : StriderNL
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- I remember when I played my first Anno game. I am not a big fan of tutorials and I skipped it. Everything... : basharhassan

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I have high hopes for this. Although I find it weird with the "1 hour play max". Does that mean i have to restart after one hour if I want to play more or does that mean I can uninstall it after one hour?

Jun 17, 2009 1:45pm PDT

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I have high hopes for this. Although I find it weird with the "1 hour play max". Does that mean i have to... : Johnnsen
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  The former, certainly. : famine101
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    It just seems to me as if they expect it to get boring. :| : Johnnsen
    - Well if they allowed you to play more than an hour why buy the game? Or at least that's probably what the... : Stucky_101
    - Imagine a simcity demo.. same deal : prokat

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By: famine101 x Show Full Post

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I was waiting for this.

Is it rad?

Jun 17, 2009 12:46pm PDT

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I was waiting for this. Is it rad? : famine101
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- Yes, it is. Then again, I'm an uber-fan of the series. : IndigoAK
- It's a lot like Anno 1701 (anno #3) but prettier and the interface is better. : prokat

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