If you can handle hearing people complain about needing homes (whiners!), then you'll really enjoy this game. I thought it was great, and was challenging enough to keep it from being boring, especially since you can play the benevolent or a malicious god...
There's a ton of interesting ideas and creativity to be found in Black and White. The problem is that there's not really much of a game to be found here. Instead it comes off more as a sandbox in which you get to play with some of Peter Molyneaux's toys. Its fun to tool around in the world here but the job of obtaining more worship quickly becomes repetitive and boring.
Description:Spiritual descendant of the Populous games, Black & White is a 'god' game, where you play a fledgling diety, called upon by people in need.
Entering the 3-D world, you can manipulate objects, move people and boulders, and cast miracles. To assist you, you will discover a creature with its own intelligence and personality. Both Spiritual descendant of the Populous games, Black & White is a 'god' game, where you play a fledgling diety, called upon by people in need.
Entering the 3-D world, you can manipulate objects, move people and boulders, and cast miracles. To assist you, you will discover a creature with its own intelligence and personality. Both you and the creature will evolve during the course of the game, becoming benevolent beings, cruel tyrants or somewhere in between. As you both develop, both the creature and the land itself will change, depending on your alignment.
Although the main purpose of the game is to work your way through the five lands of Eden and win the faith of as many of the tribes as possible, the game is somewhat open ended in the aspects of wandering around exploring and developing your creature.
The creatures in the game feature their own artificial intelligence and will grow like a child, both physically and emotionally. They'll learn from your example and put together their own moral codes based on what they witness and learn. You can pet or scold your creature, nurture it, spoil it, or abuse it. In the end, Black & White is part strategy game, part role-playing game, part child rearing simulator, and part self-examination of the player's personality.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Electronic Arts Release date : 25 March 2001 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 5030930024611
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Took me a while to find this music file on my PC, but I was determined to find it since it was so well done. Despite a few hilarious sing-along moments, the rest of the game doesn't really have anything nearly as good."
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“There's a ton of interesting ideas and creativity to be found in Black and White. The problem is that there's not really much of a game to be found here. Instead it comes off more as a sandbox in which you get to play with some of Peter Molyneaux's toys. Its fun to tool around in the world here but the job of obtaining more worship quickly becomes repetitive and boring.
The one saving grace is the humorous chaos you can cause with your godlike powers. Don't like a certain villager? Just pick him up and toss him in the ocean.” read more
"Since you're a god, the world reflects your behavior: you can have blue skies, green fields and singing birds or perennial storms and fireballs falling on your screaming worshippers.."
“If you can handle hearing people complain about needing homes (whiners!), then you'll really enjoy this game. I thought it was great, and was challenging enough to keep it from being boring, especially since you can play the benevolent or a malicious god...” read more
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