Anno 2205 Steam In Home Streaming Review

Hey Gamersworldbd readers! The Gaming Wiz here with another Steam streaming review. Today we’re going to check out the recently released Anno 2205 with thanks to Ubisoft for providing the review copy.


This is unusual because the review code was naturally for Uplay. So, I had to add Uplay to Steam, stream that and then start Anno 2205 from the Uplay launcher. I’m not entirely sure how this will affect performance versus streaming it directly from Steam.

 First thing’s first. If you’re new here, you may want to read up the system specs and the testing methodology. The highlights include the main host PC, Core i7 6700K, an EVGA Superclocked Geforce 980 4GB with the ACX 2.0 cooler and 32GB Ripjaws DDR4 2400MHz RAM. Intel NIC. Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit. The Surface Pro 3 is the i5 model and the Razer Blade is the 2014 model. And the NUC is D34010WYK, with a Core i3-4010U, 8GB RAM. Finally, everything is connected to an ASUS RT AC87U Router.

Surface Pro 3 10 Feet, 5GHz, Wi Fi AC, “Balanced” Setting:

Since I’ve never tried streaming another game launcher before I was pleasantly surprised that Uplay started streaming instantly with no issues. I had no problem selecting the Games tab and launching Anno 2205 from within the Uplay launcher via Steam streaming. Goes to show the stability of the Uplay client and the versatility of Steam In Home Streaming.
As I was preparing to further sing praises of Steam and Uplay, Windows 10 decided to download a firmware update in the middle of everything which made me lose my Wi-Fi connection on the Surface Pro 3 (thanks Windows 10!).
After restarting I launched Anno 2205 with no issues and had a solid gameplay experience. Due to the nature of city building gameplay, input lag really wasn’t that important but I didn’t notice any. The touchscreen controls worked well for selecting stuff and placing down buildings. But you couldn’t drag and drop nor place down roads efficiently. So, I connected a wireless mouse to it and started playing. Most of the controls are accessible with the mouse but I’ve yet to find a way to rotate buildings without the keyboard. If you’re reading this Ubisoft or Blue Byte, please give us a way to rotate buildings with only the mouse!

I noticed that the graphics weren’t quite as sharp and crisp as playing natively but I didn’t face any graphical glitches or compression issues.
After completing all objectives in the starting region and having amassed a sizable income, I switched to the arctic region and started building there.
Next up I had a ship combat mission (which is too simplistic in my taste). There were some compression issues as the camera panned across the ocean. But once I took control of my units, those issues became less apparent.
Overall, I had no complaints in building, managing, waging war, jumping between regions whatsoever. A very good experience so far playing Anno 2205 over Steam In Home Streaming to the Surface Pro 3.