MobyRank MobyScore
Macintosh
79
3.9
Windows
90
3.7

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 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.

Alternate Titles

  • "黑与白" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "Hei yu Bai" -- Chinese Title
  • "B&W" -- Short-form
  • "Black and White" -- Informal Title

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User Reviews

Lionhead...what happened with this one? Windows Aaron Jones (16)
One step closer to 3D reality...and God-Hood Windows Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari Bronze Star Contributing Member (12749)
A grand experiment with user interfaces and AI - but nothing more. Windows Dave Schenet (130)
Populous The Beginning meets a Virtual Pet (with some bad consequences) Windows Kic'N Bronze Star Contributing Member (4176)
You may like it with just the black Windows Matt Neuteboom (941)
An exercise in AI but really not enough of a game Windows Shazbut (130)
Its good, but not really THAT good Windows Jason Walker Bronze Star Contributing Member (1753)
Nice in theory, bad in practice Windows James Glover (36)
One of the worst strategy game created lately Windows El-ad Amir (111)
Where's the fun? Windows Santa Bronze Star Contributing Member (817)

The Press Says

GameGenie Windows 2001 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
CyberJoy Windows Jul 16, 2001 5 out of 5 100
GamePro Windows Mar 28, 2001 5 out of 5 100
IGN Windows Mar 27, 2001 9.7 out of 10 97
Svenska PC Gamer Windows Apr, 2001 96 out of 100 96
4Players.de Windows Apr 04, 2001 93 out of 100 93
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Windows Mar, 2001 92 out of 100 92
Armchair Empire, The Windows 2002 9 out of 10 90
ActionTrip Windows Apr 09, 2001 90 out of 100 90
WomenGamers.com Windows Apr 27, 2001 6.125 out of 10 61

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Obscene Hermit 11 Big John WV (22715)
Mar 18, 2009
HOW-TO: weather system 1 And Wan
Mar 03, 2009
Naming your Villagers from your email program 2 JudgeDeadd (2107)
Mar 02, 2009
Black & White Multiplayer Hints, Tips & Advice 3 stvedder Bronze Star Contributing Member (5134)
Mar 01, 2009
Creature Changer Crashing 1 And Wan
Mar 01, 2009

Trivia

There was an interesting feature included with the game. If you registered your game at www.bwgame.com, the weather ingame would match the weather in your area.


This entry was contributed by Kabushi (43658) and Ray Soderlund (3507)
 

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