Black & White 2
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Published by

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Developed by

Lionhead Studios Ltd.

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Gameplay

City building / construction simulation, Real-time strategy, RPG elements

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Description

The sequel to Lionhead's open-ended god game, Black & White, attempts to offer more focused gameplay and larger scale. The player assumes yet again the role of a God and chooses if he will be Good, Evil or something in between.

As a deity that interferes directly with mortal affairs, the player will help his followers, the Greeks, survive and prosper in a mythical land. A good god will improve the city of his followers and eventually attract the inhabitants of neighbouring hamlets, be they neutral or even hostile. An evil god will recruit armies and conquer them.

The player once again has an animal avatar of his choice (between Lion, Ape, Wolf and Cow) which can be trained or left to its own devices. Its A.I. is much more advanced now and revolves around "lessons" learned. Each action it considers to do can be encouraged or discouraged by the player (by slapping or petting) so that a creature does something always/frequently, occasionally, rarely or never. The Creature can harvest, build, entertain, fight, specialize in one of these fields or just wander aimlessly, eat rocks and trees, gag and poop randomly. Depending on its alignment it will also eat or help villagers accordingly.

The divine being can also summon Miracles powered, as always, by faith. The ultimate goal is defeating the ruthless Aztecs by conquering or befriending the other two races (Norse and Japanese). The player also discovers three kinds of scrolls in the game. Gold ones are those that advance the plot, Silver ones are optional quests granting Tribute points which can be invested in buying new features and Bronze ones are tutorial scrolls.

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Screenshots

Black & White 2 Windows The soldiers are capturing an enemy town.

Black & White 2 Windows But they will grow with time!

Black & White 2 Windows These Norsemen have been lured to us by our glorious city. Accept them or let them starve...

Black & White 2 Windows A grand view of the starting island.

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Alternate Titles

"黑与白2" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
"Hei yu Bai 2" -- Simplified Chinese title

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User Reviews

From God game to city builder, with a very unpleasant transition	Windows	Matt Neuteboom (989)
I'm sure it wasn't the developer's fault...	Windows	Indra was here (20891)
Not as good as 1, but still fun	Windows	Kiara Cunningham (15)
Sick of the guy upstairs not answering? Make a house call!	Windows	Kain Ceverus (34)

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Critic Reviews

Game Informer Magazine	Windows	Nov, 2005	8.75 out of 10	88
Deaf Gamers	Windows	2005	8.7 out of 10	87
PC Powerplay	Windows	Oct, 2005	86 out of 100	86
Game Chronicles	Windows	Nov 09, 2005	8.3 out of 10	83
GameSpot	Windows	Oct 04, 2005	8.2 out of 10	82
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Oct 14, 2005	16 out of 20	80
Appletell	Macintosh	May 22, 2009		80
Games4Mac	Macintosh	2008	70 out of 100	70
4Players.de	Windows	Oct 12, 2005	70 out of 100	70
Macworld	Macintosh	Feb 23, 2009		70

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Trivia

Development

Peter Molyneux says in the readme.txt of Black White 2 that the development of the game began on 12/02/2002 and it ended 1.254 days later (and more than 20,000 take away dinners later).