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 Re: Black and White 2
Posted by rival on Thu Oct 6th at 7:17pm 2005

I just ordered Black & White 2. It looks like an immense game - Rome: TW style battles, pretty great graphics and my favorite: a complete physics engine.
It should pop through my letterbox in between 5 to 7 days, ill post screenshots as soon as i can.

Has anyone else been eagerly awaiting this? Anyone getting it? If so, what are your thoughts?

http://www.lionhead.com/bw2




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Posted by azelito on Thu Oct 6th at 7:31pm 2005

I remember Black&White... It was nice, but I'm not too excited about this. Suppose I'll get the game if it shows out to be a huge success or once the price has gone down.



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 Re: Black and White 2
Posted by rival on Thu Oct 6th at 7:42pm 2005

about 272.06,- Krone.

http://www4.cd-wow.com/detail_results_3.php?product_code=21703&subcat=pc&affid=11622&tduid=7c34ee720a63172954bf28dfcaa37567




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 Re: Black and White 2
Posted by azelito on Thu Oct 6th at 7:52pm 2005

Holy f**k, that's really cheap. Nice effort converting it into Swedish currency aswell! It's "Kronor" though. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">



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Posted by French Toast on Thu Oct 6th at 8:33pm 2005

...must...order...now!



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Posted by rival on Thu Oct 6th at 8:40pm 2005

? quoting azelito
Holy f**k, that's really cheap. Nice effort converting it into Swedish currency aswell! It's "Kronor" though.

oh well, im no language expert. also, 'effort' ? that is the lastest conversion rates!




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 Re: Black and White 2
Posted by azelito on Thu Oct 6th at 9:20pm 2005

? quote:

? quoting azelito
Holy f**k, that's really cheap. Nice effort converting it into Swedish currency aswell! It's "Kronor" though.

oh well, im no language expert. also, 'effort' ? that is the lastest conversion rates!


Oh yea, I mean like: "That's more of an effort than anybody else would have made, checking up the lastest conversion rates."



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 Re: Black and White 2
Posted by FatStrings on Fri Oct 7th at 2:32am 2005

i never played the first but the concept of gameplay interests me
it has unlimited possibillities




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Posted by Crono on Fri Oct 7th at 2:52am 2005

I preordered it in August some time ... it's being shipped to my house suppose to get it any day ... I don't think I'm overstepping any bounds, but if someone wants the Tiger creature, let me know, I'll host the patch. If you buy the Collectors Edition in the UK you get it already.


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Posted by MisterBister on Fri Oct 7th at 7:09am 2005

I noticed that its already been released in the less legal way.
I think ill have a look at it before buying. I bought black and white 1 and got pretty dissapointed.





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Posted by Y2kBen_2000 on Fri Oct 7th at 3:11pm 2005

I remember there was a time, before I had the game, I saw a tips and tricks guide for it and it just made the game sound so much fun, I felt that I had to have it ther, then , and now; not now then really. But I slowly forgot about it untill I found oit on the 10$ shelf at Walmart, packaged with its expansion pack. I got it, was pretty fun at first, but as the game became repetitive, and the villagers being so stupid not knowing when to stop cutting down trees, the game just became annoying.
Unforunatly, I can't play the old game any more, doesn't want to work with my Pent 4, no matter what I try.



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Posted by French Toast on Fri Oct 7th at 8:28pm 2005

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I had to have it ther, then , and now; not now then really.


Hah, nice <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by Myrk- on Fri Oct 7th at 10:07pm 2005

Some images in this post have been automatically down-sized, click on them to view the full sized versions:

I'm suprised no one has posted an image, so I have.




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 Re: Black and White 2
Posted by Natus on Sat Oct 8th at 12:30pm 2005

/want!
oh god this looks so damn awesome :3



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Posted by azelito on Sat Oct 8th at 12:48pm 2005

Yea, I remember now. It looks f**king amazing and the creatures actually tear down walls and s**t... Man, I might have to get this anwyay.



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Posted by ReNo on Sat Oct 8th at 12:59pm 2005

Reviews haven't been hugely positive so far from what I've seen - 1up gave it 50% and Eurogamer gave it 60%. The more "generous" game review sites (eg. IGN and Gamespot) are giving it from 80% to 90%, but to be honest from the problems pointed out in the more critical reviews, it doesn't quite sound like it deserves those scores. The game doesn't really appeal to me too much but hopefully one of my flatmates will pick up a copy for me to check out <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by MisterBister on Sat Oct 8th at 1:40pm 2005

Ive been playing the game for three hours now, and I must say im very dissapointed, again.
Since you have armies, the focus has been removed from your pet.

Making armies move and stuff is quite a pain since you have to select each army separately, as far as i understood..

During my three hours of gametest it seemed like the only thing i was doing was creating a bigger city, and nothing else. I tried using armies to attack enemys and such, but that was boring too. The armies was moving too fast for me to keep track on them and i had problems giving them orders.

You dont need to convince other villages with your powers anymore, i dont even think you can. Just keep building a bigger city and they will join you soon enough.

The mystique of the game has been reduced even more with all the menus, metres, numbers and dialogs that tells you exactly what is going on. I kinda prefer if you remove those parts.

The creature is less fun to play with aswell. You can now easily give it orders to do exactly what you want it to do. For example, if my pet eats food from a field. I only need to encurage the creature once to make it understand that it always should eat food from a field. This makes it much easier to teach it right from wrong, which i thought was the most funny thing i Black and white 1.
I have always been amazed by AI and because of this, i like to unleash the creature and let it roam the lands while studying it. However as i mentioned, they have added dialogs and info boxes to everything included what the creature is thinking, all the time. This removes the mustique and fun of just sitting and watch the creature.

Some might find the game really fun, but i dont, and im glad i didnt buy it.
If you have any questions regarding the game then ask me.





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