Black & White 2.

[Axyon]

So you'll probably really like this game. I just felt like the creature felt more "real" when you didn't have any meters or anything telling you exactly what you needed to do. I was in the minority with that opinion, I think, so that's why Lionhead made these changes.

It's not that I need the game to hold my hand as to exactly what my creature is doing..but if they do have a meter (like they did in the first one) I'd like it t make more sense than just a percentage positive or negative. I guess when I play Black & White I kind of try to form my creature into a certain kind of animal with certain behaviors in mind and it was kind of hard to shape it with the praise/punish system they had in place. With better direction cues on what my creature is doing and praise/punish info then I'll be able to mold his behavior easier.

I'm not exactly looking for a real pet in my creature. I'm just looking for some AI to shape and mold for my purposes in the game.

What you described is exactly what the game has - there's a neutral section that the action initially lies on, then you can either caress or slap your creature into two sections either side of the neutral - to encourage or discourage.

Alongside that there's also text that'll say what he thinks. Say he eats a villager, that means the bar will start on "I'll occasionally eat villagers". You can stroke him so it goes to "I'll eat villagers often" or even "I'll eat villagers, even when I'm full". On the flipside, you can slap him so he'll either rarely or never eat villagers. It's simple and effective.

 

[Sui]

Ordered from Gameplay \o/

I just can't stand all of you talking about a game that I don't have

I'm also going to buy Ninja Gaiden tomorrow, plus on Saturday I'm going to the cinema with loads of mates. Heh, I'm looking forward to this weekend.

 

[Fliko]

My Mom is driving home with it as I type this.
When I phoned walmart to ask if they had it, I started to shake when they said "Yes." I did a dance before I phoned my Mom. Literally

 

[AmishSlayer]

Well I just picked it up from Gamestop. Installing now

 

[IchI]

Hmm, well I think I will be buying it tomorrow before I have my lectures. I was reading EDGE and they basiclly said that the game is good, but its also a lot more ordinary. I cba to go into detail. But anyway, its definatly worth a buy

 

[bam23]

I hope it runs on my posXP computer.

 

[Frank]

What computers are you playing it on? I've heard the system specs are ****ed up

Just quoting myself

 

[AmishSlayer]

I've got a friend that's running it on a system that's something like AMD 2500 with a 9800 and he can run it on high decently. I don't know his exact system specs but that's what he's told me.

 

[Fliko]

Played all last night. Awesome game.
I can run it with everything on. Well, except for a few blanked out options.

 

[AmishSlayer]

Man...I just finally quit B&W2 after playing for 4 hours straight. I'm on the 4th island (there's 8 I think) fighting the Japanese...they built this Siren Wonder...I thought...so what? I'll just see if I can win this decisively and make EVERYBODY in my main town into a soldier and go dominate their town. I approach the town's walls with a massive force when the enemy god uses the siren wonder. A Shiva-looking woman, thing, whatever comes out of the ground and stuns ALL my troops. After like 30 seconds they were ALL converted to normal villagers that weren't under my control (I think the siren works in an AOE and I bunched up my forces to make them look cooler...whoops).

Note to self: Be more careful around wonders.

 

[Fliko]

Man...I just finally quit B&W2 after playing for 4 hours straight. I'm on the 4th island (there's 8 I think) fighting the Japanese...they built this Siren Wonder...I thought...so what? I'll just see if I can win this decisively and make EVERYBODY in my main town into a soldier and go dominate their town. I approach the town's walls with a massive force when the enemy god uses the siren wonder. A Shiva-looking woman, thing, whatever comes out of the ground and stuns ALL my troops. After like 30 seconds they were ALL converted to normal villagers that weren't under my control (I think the siren works in an AOE and I bunched up my forces to make them look cooler...whoops).

Note to self: Be more careful around wonders.

I'm currently surrounded by a huge enemy force in land 7 I believe. All I can do is hopelessly fireball their armies.

I'm waiting for patch though.... according to the guys at Lionhead, the saves won't work if you update.

 

[aeroripper]

Doesn't run the greatest and has lots of bugs... a lot of people with 9800 Pro's are having majorly low fps even with decent systems.

One thing i think they forgot to mention is that you almost need a MONSTER system to get through the same without any hiccups. I think there's some major technical problems with the engine that I *hope* will get fixed in time, but I sincerly doubt it seeing as how a lot of these engine problems were not fixed in the first black and white.

EA also makes me mad because they have crappy technical support.

 

[Fliko]

Doesn't run the greatest and has lots of bugs... a lot of people with 9800 Pro's are having majorly low fps even with decent systems.

One thing i think they forgot to mention is that you almost need a MONSTER system to get through the same without any hiccups. I think there's some major technical problems with the engine that I *hope* will get fixed in time, but I sincerly doubt it seeing as how a lot of these engine problems were not fixed in the first black and white.

EA also makes me mad because they have crappy technical support.

Whats with everyone and low FPS? I think everyone just has a crappy CPU.
I run it better then I run Counter-Strike or Half-Life... Literally, more FPS and all.

 

[bam23]

Whats with everyone and low FPS? I think everyone just has a crappy CPU.

So? Not everyone can afford to dish out hundreds of $ for something that will soon become obsolete every few months.

 

[destrukt]

few months ? lol, just because faster hardware comes up in a months, doesn't mean the current hardware becomes obsolete; and if everything becomes obsolete in a few months, and has your attitude, noone would buy any hardware till it stops advancing

 

[Fliko]

So? Not everyone can afford to dish out hundreds of $ for something that will soon become obsolete every few months.

My current hardware is old, and I run a Radeon 9600 Sapphire. I saved up for about 2-3 years to get this computer.

 

[TheSomeone]

A game like B&W2 isn't really demoable, without spoiling some aspects of the game.

Spoiling some aspects of the game?

"Oh noes! I shouldn't have played this demo! Now I know what the game is going to be like!"

Or did you mean spoiling as in ruining?

 

[bam23]

few months ? lol, just because faster hardware comes up in a months, doesn't mean the current hardware becomes obsolete; and if everything becomes obsolete in a few months, and has your attitude, noone would buy any hardware till it stops advancing

Which explains my pos computer :E

 

[Lucid]

Oh my lord, Bought it, Installed, on World 3...

AMD 2500 Geforce FX5200, runs on medium settings very well...
This game is awesome... Spent my first moments just throwing shit around.

 

[Kyorisu]

Amd Athlon 3000, Radeon 9600 pro.

Plays brilliantly.

 

[h00dlum]

Tried it earlier today..uninstalled after 20 mins of play. Didint like the first one so this was not my cup of tea. Age of empires 3 ftw..

 

[Fliko]

Tried it earlier today..uninstalled after 20 mins of play. Didint like the first one so this was not my cup of tea. Age of empires 3 ftw..

Don't like it?
Guess if you don't, you don't.
I'm tempted to start a screenshot and story thread... should I do it?

 

[AmishSlayer]

Don't like it?
Guess if you don't, you don't.
I'm tempted to start a screenshot and story thread... should I do it?

I'd partake. I gotta start getting some screens of my creature in action (last island my creature got 600+ kills )

 

[bam23]

So, which creature did you guys get?

I got the cow, fun to watch.

 

[Raziaar]

So, which creature did you guys get?

I got the cow, fun to watch.

LOL. A COW!

I dont have the game, but if I got it, it'd be that!

Danimal:

 

[Fliko]

So, which creature did you guys get?

I got the cow, fun to watch.

Wolf... I regret it. He never eats, put it this way.... I can't see his stomach, literally.

 

[Cole]

Wolf... I regret it. He never eats, put it this way.... I can't see his stomach, literally.

Have him eat mcdonalds for a month lol.

 

[AmishSlayer]

Wolf... I regret it. He never eats, put it this way.... I can't see his stomach, literally.

He seems to like to eat enemy soldiers a lot I just have him eat lots of grain though, there's not much wildlife.

EDIT: This game has some marginal flaws such as the UI and (according to my friend that is going the Good route) that the pacifist route to taking towns can take a LONG time. The game isn't as centered around the creature as I'd like and I really dislike the fact that you just buy the upgrades to your creature with tribute. It also REALLY bugs me that apparently all the creatures that you CAN'T use are the ones I actually want (Minotaur, Jaguar, Gorilla, Jackal - According to FAQ on planetblackandwhite.com). THOSE are cool creatures. I think the cow cannot be taken seriously...honestly...an evil cow? I wanna see dino's, crocs, snakes, birds, etc. unique stuff that can be cool.

Even with all these flaws, I still have fun with it and I'm glad I got it (although I sold some old games so I only paid $30 for it). I'll probably sell it to EB for whatever when I'm done with it after a couple playthroughs.

 

[Jintor]

As far as i see, if you didn't like the first, you won't like the second.

I shall wait for reveiws. Then get it regardless.

'Aquire' more like it.

 

[Alig]

Doesn't run the greatest and has lots of bugs... a lot of people with 9800 Pro's are having majorly low fps even with decent systems.

If they have a 9800 GPU, they don't actually have decent systems.

So, which creature did you guys get?

I got the cow, fun to watch.

I picked the Wolf, although i really didn't want the Wolf, my mouse cursor ****ed up during a few parts of the start (and still does) so i couldn't see which i was picking. I'm using an X800Pro, rather old drivers, 2x/4x aa/af, 1280x1024x32, high settings, Logitech MX1000 mouse and v1.1 of the game (not warez either)...Please, if anyone knows anything about this let me know

Also, how the hell do i pick my "Unique" Tiger i get when i spent an extra £5 to get the Collectors Edition? Thanks.

 

[Lucid]

I have a Lion.
He's a stuck-up POS.
But totally badass... Swipes at enemy soldiers and destroys towns.
I named him Leo, Destroyer of Worlds.

 

[Frank]

Don't like it?
Guess if you don't, you don't.
I'm tempted to start a screenshot and story thread... should I do it?

I'd very much like to watch some personal screenshots...

 

[CTTcrew_MrBlue]

Here is my creature, I have only played as a good god the whole way through so far and have yet to take over a town by force .
My pet is at 100% good alighnment at the moment I think,( where ever he walks flowers bloom from the earth ).
I have just started the 5th world and are currently surrounded by japanese troops.



Playing with his teddy

The japanese army at my doorstep..

 

[Raziaar]

Flowers wherever he walks?

Damn gargantuan hippy.

 

[Frank]

Just wait till HE starts to blossom...

Nice pictures Mr. Blue... what are your specs?

 

[CTTcrew_MrBlue]

Is he going to get all flowery?? :E Top stuff

My specs are
xp 3200+
2 gigs of OCZ platinum
x800 XT

runs pretty well with everything on high.

 

[Absinthe]

Damn the reviews. I liked the original, so I think I'll pick this up.

 

[Alig]

Reviews mean nothing, if you need someone else to make your mind up for you, you'll never get through life. I've only played the game for 1.5 hours yesterday and it was ace, just wish i was at home and not living at my birds this week

 

[Absinthe]

I wouldn't go so far as to say reviews mean nothing. They don't make my decisions for me, but they often make good indicators.

 

[Frank]

But every review is an individual oppinion so it doesn't really say all that much though some people are good at looking games and movies from different points of views, so it might be alright from time to time...