Black and White 2

[Djohaal 121]

Hmm, looks like Lionhead is going to finally pull it out.
They re-made the official site, news are poping up almost weekly and the boards are lively
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I'm interested in the game, but the latest videos are a little dissapointing. The lighntinig miracle isn't really that epic with that funny eletricity sound, and the heal looks like yellow fart pouring from the hand. Release date is fall, 2005. More or less around october.

[toxicpiano 125]

I played the first one which was great, never got past the fourth world though...

BLOODY HELL that looks good!

[Djohaal 121]

The fourth world was easy to tell the truth, all you had to do was ship all the villagers from the egyptian town in land 3 to it. You had heal and food miracles what means you could keep people worshipping you ad-infinitum, and that was what I did, set them to worship me 24/7, and created a barrier around the temple site and the destroyed town. As soon as I got rid of the fireballs and lightning they were free to roam.

[confused04 14]

I LOVED Black and White and its completely creative and innovative system.  I mean, no interface whatsoever to speak of! The creature A.I. was in the Guiness Book of World Records for being the most advanced, but hopefully this new game will have an even better A.I.

 

I did beat Black and White, multiple times in multiple ways.  I was disappointed at the shortness of the game, but BW 2 will not dissapoint, with its 10 seperate lands. I've been watching this game for several years and if you guys wish, IGN has several clips of the miracles (which have multiple modes... thats awesome).  The graphics are incredible... and... well, my 50 bucks are waiting to be spent.

[confused04 14]

Sorry to post back to back, but I think its warranted since its been awhile and Gamespot has updated their preview to show something very intersting. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/blackwhite2/preview_6129173.html

 

You can get your creature to cry by beating his beloved teddy bear!!! OMG! That's going to create hours of mindless fun.  I've gotta be a jerk sometimes.

[Djohaal 121]

The montage video:
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Is specially awesome, it shows quite a lot of the game. The new city-building aspect sounds promising and amazing in my opinion (we can have skyscrapers, now where is dusktrooper? )
And the new creature's AI will be in the guniess as the most complex AI in video games.
Considering the game is in alpha stage already, almost anything they promise from now on will be in the final version.

[toxicpiano 125]

roll on versions 3, 4 and 5!

[confused04 14]

Thing is... when is it released... officialy they say late Sept, more probably early Oct (TO MY ABSOLUTE DISMAY since I'm in classes by then, sorry for the brief CAPS).  But Gamestop has it shipping in February of 2006.  That would be terrible if I have to wait that long... I'm impatient...

 

Anyways... I like how the terrain REALLY reacts to your alignment.  Supposedly the game did that in BW, but it was so minor that it wasn't that much of a big deal.  The one thing I am VERY concerned about is the volcano miracle... seems kinda unbalanced.  That one video showed how it destroyed the entire city.  I mean... if it were that easy.

 

The creatures look STUNNING (except the cow, why on god's green... Eden... would they keep such an oddball creature. I'd rather have an ostrich... hmm... I really want one now....)  I hope my computer can handle it.  Seems kinda massive and the pics of the islands and water are unbelievable!

 

Can't wait to get my hands on this, I am sure this will take away time from homework, but thats ok, its money well spent.

[K_m_H 0]

My B&W disc is scratched . I felt a sudden urge to play it and tried to install... stupid CD's.. Oh well the second seems to be atleast as good as the first one so I might concider buying it although i veeeery rarely buy a new game. The last two I bought was Sc4 when it was released a couple of years ago and GTA-SA a few months ago.

 

Edit: Yay the disc works again

[Brutus 0]

I was a huge B&W fan.  Started a clan before the origional even came out.  Like Confused04, I was also disappointed by the shortness the first B&W.

I'm glad to hear B&W2 will not be as short.

[confused04 14]

Hey Black and White fans, the game hits shelves THIS Wednesday (October 5th, it ships the 4th so.... ya...).  And the reviews are trickling in and generally they are positive.  Btw, if you are getting the game for SURE, reserve it in the next two days to get the bonus cd.  Anyway... enjoy the game.