Dawn of Discovery
Dawn of Discovery (Known as "Anno 1404" in Europe) is a city-building and economic simulation game with real-time strategy elements. Released in 2009, it was developed by Related Designs, produced by Blue…
Dawn of Discovery is an adventure developed by Blue Byte, released 23 June 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Dawn of Discovery is
Dawn of Discovery is an adventure game developed by Blue Byte and released in 2009. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The campaign begins when the player is sent to administer a fief granted to him by the Emperor, in the Occident. The Emperor is unwell and Lord Richard Northburgh, cousin and treasurer of the Emperor, is building a magnificent Cathedral to pray for the Emperor's health. Meanwhile, Cardinal Lucius is making preparations for a Crusade against the Saracens of the Orient, aided by Guy Forcas. In the first few chapters of the campaign, the player learns the basics of game-play and the economy by assisting Northburgh and Forcas with supply and construction tasks, as well as meeting some of the other main characters. As the Crusader ships leave the harbour, Northburgh begins to uncover clues to a…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Dawn of Discovery holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 152 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 3GHz or comparable (dual core recommended), 1 GB (3 GB recommended) of RAM and DirectX®9-compatible graphics adapter with 128 MB RAM (DirectX®10 with 512 MB recommended). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB.
What it launched against
Dawn of Discovery launched on 23 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine and The Sims 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine, The Sims 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dawn of Discovery yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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