#13
'ANNO 1602'
also called '1602 A.D.' (US) for the PC released in 1998.
This city-building game could very well be the game I have played the most hours of all time. In fact, I think there is only one other game in existence that can take that crown, and it hasn't been mentioned in my list just yet. Since 'Anno 1602's' release in wonder-year 1998, I have played this game nearly non-stop and though I have shifted to 'Anno 1404' recently (which I had since release, but it took a while to stick) with a friend of mine, I have still played it plenty this year. This game is timeless to me, it is in my very veins.
The player takes control of a ship, and must colonize an island for the land from whence it came. This starts off simple enough, with settlers merely demanding food to survive easily provided by a few fishing-huts. However, to expand the settlement, the population begin to demand more goods and more public buildings as they advance and become more prosperous.
The challenge in this game is to build a settlement large enough and prosperous enough to build the large Cathedral and Palace buildings, only available when your settlement has become a city with plenty wealty inhabitants sustained by your network of islands providing all the goods the populace needs and supported by the vast trade and defence provided by your fleet.
#12 Hint:
Today most known for it's multiplayer aspect, this first game in the series revolved around a campaign that followed three different paths of three different characters from three different countries fighting to reach the same goal.
