Oh no, you!
I prefer the left road. The right one leads to a perception of being awkward AND stupid.
Never played the futuristic ones. What appealed to me with the anno games was the atmosphere of sails and settlers.
1602 was the best Anno. Fight me.
They ruined each other. I preferred both when they didn’t affect each other - Your neighbor didn’t get her news and science lessons from a crackpot blog, and your favorite online community wasn’t based on identity politics. The only identity that mattered was your username.