: A common criticism of the base game was that military combat was strictly cordoned off into separate naval battle maps. Frontiers directly addresses this by allowing military conflicts to happen directly within your regular, built-up sectors. Optional enemy invasions force players to defend their massive coastal industrial zones and trading ports in real time. The Three New Strategic Sectors
represents a specific moment in strategy gaming history. It is the black sheep of the family—the one that tried to modernize and lost the hardcore fanbase but gained a casual one. Anno 2205 Frontiers-RUNE