Actuallt, with all the negative remarks, I'm pleasantly surprised. It does feel like an ANNO game for sure. Slower paced of course, being an online flash game, not necessarily a negative thing. Good for casual plays, it has a nice city/civilization builder vibe.
eirak: lol the endazu defense deck comments. You obviously havent played much calipeth viper or rakta magic decks. There are no defenses involved there.
hmm, controls are awkward. Screen is moving all over the place when you use your mouse. Would benefit from a better field of view (zoom out) so that the screen doesn't need to scroll.
In your settings (button in the right corner) you can deactivate the adviser. Without the adviser, you can do whatever you want from the start.