Black & White

Black & White
by Electronic Arts

Black & White
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Product Summary

Brand: Electronic Arts
Format: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2001-03-28
Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me
Model: 14146
Publisher: Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of Black & White

Customer Review: It's a great game.
Summary: 5 Stars

I never got the game in the mail... but I've downloaded the demo and I've also played it before on a friends computer. I think it's a really fun game.
I'm not good at reveiws so that's pretty much all I have to say. Get it and try it out for yourself. You won't be disappointed.

Description of Black & White

Product Description The worlds of Eden cry out for guidance. The many tribes need enlightenment, and they'll kneel before your temple to worship you as their god. As you're influence spreads, you will grow in power and learn to cast wondrous Miracles in order to protect your worshippers and dispatch your foes. You will face many challenges and embark upon mighty quests that will test even your holy powers. But with the faith of the people behind you and with the help of your saintly Creature, you will overcome those who would rule the realms unjustly. You will become supreme god of the land. Features: Raise a kind and gentle giant to do your bidding. Perform benevolent Miracles and bring peace to the land. Preside over 5 different lands from high atop your Citadel. Seek sanctuary in a home fit for a god. White Congratulations! You've always seen the glass as half full, and you're already on the way to sainthood... With qualities like these, you're well on your way to role-playing as a Good god. As this epic tale unfolds, you can choose to create wondrous miracles, rule an empire of happy citizens and send your giant Creature to shape a world of goodness and to carry out your every will. Black You little devil! You've got a mean streak as long as the River Styx, and as much compassion as a lump of clay. With qualities like these, you're well on your way to role-playing as an Evil god. As this epic story unfolds, you can choose to rule a realm of darkness and despair with powerful miracles and godly actions. Terrorize your followers and send your giant Creature to stamp your twisted decisions on the world. System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/XP Pentium II 350 MHz or equivalent (500 MHz Pentium III recommended) 64 MB RAM (128 MB RAM recommended) 4x CD-ROM drive (8x or faster CD-ROM)
If you've ever wanted to play god, Black & White should definitely be on your short list. This highly anticipated game takes the concept literally, letting players navigate and influence a lush world using only the "hand of god" as an interface. Players can use the hand to uproot trees, hurl rocks, rescue (or punish) followers, and control all aspects of the camera as it zooms, dips, and swerves over the completely 3-D environments.

The game gets off to a slow start, but things pick up once players get to choose their creatures. Creatures are giant animals that serve as your physical link to the mortal world, and they have a sophisticated artificial intelligence that lets players teach them how to act. In the beginning, there's only a cow, ape, and tiger from which to pick, but the choices expand as the game progresses. And for a limited time, Amazon.com customers can download a bonus creature--a magnificent horse. Click here for details.

Ultimately, creatures grow, and their appearance gradually changes to reflect both their tendency toward good or evil and the treatment they've received from the player. Deny the animal access to food and it will lose weight. Pet it each time it eats a villager and you'll soon have an evil juggernaut that strikes fear into people's hearts. Most of the game's fun comes from spending time teaching your creature and simply watching the crazy things it does of its own volition. Best of all, players and creatures don't have to have the same alignment, making it possible to be an evil god with a glowing, beloved, benevolent creature. It all depends on why you choose to reward or punish the creature.

Unfortunately, Black & White tries to be too many things at once, and there is rarely any real focus. It's difficult to enjoy training a creature when villages need protecting, villagers need direction, and buildings need to be built in order to expand the player's influence and ultimately win each level. It wouldn't be so bad if the villagers were half as smart as the game's creatures, but they require a lot of micromanagement to work efficiently. The single-player campaign gives players plenty of time in each mission to overcome these shortcomings, but prepare to spend many long hours administrating your holdings for every hour of pure joy that Black & White is capable of providing. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

  • Great graphics and animations
  • Exceptional creature artificial intelligence
  • Plenty of keyboard shortcuts, greatly simplifying the complex camera controls
Cons:
  • Managing villagers and buildings can be a chore
  • The manual is completely inadequate considering the complexity of the creature AI

Black & White is a role-playing game unlike any other you've played before. You play the role of a deity in a land where the surroundings are yours to shape and its people are yours to lord over. Be an evil, malevolent god and the natives will worship you with fear in their eyes. Play as a kind, benevolent god and they will worship you with love in their hearts. Your actions decide whether you create a heaven or hell for your worshipers. Then select a creature from the land to act as your representative in the world. Raise it to gigantic proportions and teach it to do your bidding--whether the animal grows into an evil colossus of mass destruction or a kind and gentle giant is up to you. Progress through the game's rich storyline performing powerful miracles to battle other deities and become the world's supreme god.

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