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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Black Mirror Windows $19.99  
Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster 2: Chess in the Black Castle Windows $24.99  
Delta Force Black Hawk Down Team Sabre Windows $19.99  
Black Mirror (Jewel Case) Windows $15.00  
Baldur's Gate 2: Ultimate Collection (Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal) Windows $9.97  
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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 (12559)
Populous The Beginning meets a Virtual Pet (with some bad consequences) Windows Kic'N Bronze Star Contributing Member (4152)
You may like it with just the black Windows Matt Neuteboom (939)
An exercise in AI but really not enough of a game Windows Shazbut (129)
Where's the fun? Windows Santa Bronze Star Contributing Member (810)
One of the worst strategy game created lately Windows El-ad Amir (111)
Nice in theory, bad in practice Windows James Glover (35)
A grand experiment with user interfaces and AI - but nothing more. Windows Dave Schenet (130)
Don't believe the hype! Windows Nick Seafort (22)

The Press Says

Thunderbolt Games Windows Apr 02, 2003 10 out of 10 100
Power Unlimited Windows Apr, 2001 95 out of 100 95
GameSpot Windows Mar 30, 2001 9.3 out of 10 93
PC Games (Germany) Windows Apr 06, 2001 92 out of 100 92
ActionTrip Windows Apr 09, 2001 90 out of 100 90
Game Informer Magazine Windows Jun, 2001 9 out of 10 90
JeuxVideoPC.com Windows Aug 18, 2006 17 out of 20 85
Christ Centered Game Reviews Windows Jun 01, 2005 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
JeuxMac.com Macintosh Jun, 2002 4 out of 5 80
FiringSquad Windows Apr 21, 2001 78 out of 100 78

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Trivia

Lionhead released a patch allowing you to create your own soccer pitch for your people to play in. When you have installed the patch, you can build the pitch with eight scaffolds from your workshop. And when your people have nothing to do, they come to the pitch and play for a while.


This entry was contributed by Kabushi (40043) and Ray Soderlund (3507)
 

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