Black - White 2 Description:

Black & White 2 review:
5 stars (Not a Strategy Game) - I've been wanting this game ever since Creature Isle came out a few years ago. Now that I've got it, I love it. It has all the great aspects of the first game, and it imporves on all its flaws. There are so many features in the game, I can't explain them all. The graphics are superb, but if your computer can't handle them, you can always tune them down. The creature is back and better than ever. The only complaints I have with this game is the lack of creatures to choose from, and no multiplayer. The former is not much of a problem, as we will always get expansions with more creatures, and the latter is coming later. One complaint I've heard from other players is how the game isn't too good, because it's military system is too simple. But the thing is, it's not a strategy game. Sure, there are RTS elements in it, but the game in no way revolves around it. So final word, this game is very nice!
3 stars (Fun, but not perfect) - First of all, just let me say that the graphics in Black & White 2 are beautiful; everything is rendered with breathtaking detail. (In fact, on my relatively new system, I had to update my graphics card drivers because there were these big black rectangles over various parts of the land. The update fortunately fixed this and other problems.) Second, let me say that graphics definitely do not make a game, and Black & White 2 is no exception.



I was a fan of the original Black & White, and bought BW2 the day it came out in stores. I took it home and played for a few hours, and, after getting past all of those irritating tutorials (which I think should have definitely included a "Skip" button), began to grow frustrated with the very monotonous gameplay. I'm playing Land 7 now, and haven't experienced any of the excitement of either a god game or a strategy game (BW2's promise was to be the best of both worlds). Even Black & White's system of winning people by Belief has been removed. Now you either have to make your town "Impressive" enough to make others want to live there, or send out armies to defeat those other towns. In theory, it sounds like fun, but in reality, it's quite dull. If you want to be a "god of peace", then every level, you have to build a whole bunch of impressive buildings so people will come to live in your town. If you want to be a "god of war", then you have to raise a large army and go capture the enemie's towns. The army part wouldn't be as bad if the worlds weren't so large and the gameplay was much (MUCH) faster.



Black & White 2 tries to be the master of two genres, but it fails miserably. If you want to play a god game, find Populous 3. If you want to play a strategy game, buy Age of Empires or something. Leave Black & White 2 alone.
1 stars (Terrible) - First off your creature selection is next to ZIP! There are only 5 choices in this game.In the first game there were 18. 0/5 Stars



Your influence is now determined by building outward on your influence ring. So rather then being nice to your people just start building. I usally build all way to the enemy city then threw fireballs at them. 0/5 Stars



Computer AI is terrible. Kill the first few waves with Fireballs then they quit attacking. You can usally just walk into their city and take it over. 0/5 Stars



Trides :( In the orginal game there were 8 tribes. Now there are only 4. The tribes have different look but they are really all the same. In first game every tribe had a different bonus unique to it.



Overall the game play is just bad. You are no longer even competing against other gods. Ends up being pretty boring. Only reason I'd give them 1 star is for the graphics. They are pretty good. This is just a bad bad game. I don't remember the last time a company took an awesome game and made it so horrible. Don't bother even buying this till it's on the $10 rack.