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3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 14
Date: November 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is ok but it needs a bit more of a twist, it is to easy to start another game. i know a game is good when it is hard for me to start playing another game for at least a month. i recomend it to people who play all the games they have no matter if they like one better

a useful review...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Black and White is a great game in that at the time, there was nothing quite like it. It does seem very much like Populous, but with more of a feeling of being deity-like, in that you can take more control over a lot of the environment.

You can play 'skip the person' across expanses of water, or with most anything else. Sacrificing people to bolster your power, having them worship you, and toppling the other deity's worship base by flinging fire at their towns until they feel that worshipping you would be better.

Now, the game gives you a pet that you can beat, torture, starve, or have torment the population.

This may all seem fun and good, but it does have consequences. Your pet becomes darker, your people fear you so they will worship, and the tone of the game just goes more towards... well, you know.

The overall mission of the game is to gather followers, which will involve granting them food, making it rain, gathering wood, etc. Your followers will make demands of you, which if you grant will have their loyalty not diminish.

You will be given powers eventually(make rain, food, you get it) which you can teach your pet. This will enable it to use the powers in positive ways, and if it uses them poorly you can punish it. Sometimes this involves a painful leash, or you can be more corporal with your punishment by slapping it around.

Now enters your rival will come to make your day unhappy by stealing your followers, and in doing so taking some of your power. Now is the time for your pet to shine, as it can be told to attack the other town, or the other pet.

It does give a fair amount of control with the environment, and this just makes for an amount of fun. For some, like me, the temptation to just play with everything is just too overwhelming that as you get a few levels into it(each level will take an hour minimum), it begins to become like a tricky game. Now, there are enough variations across the different levels(like an 'unkillable' person, which is very important) that it does not become old very quickly.

I only came by to re-buy a copy as I've lost my license key...

Not with XP

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: December 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Will not run on XP no matter what I did. I give up! It's going back! I was really excited when I got this as a Christmas gift as it was one of the things I really wanted. However, it WOULD NOT install on XP. I have a kickin' vidcard, tons of memory and hard drive space. :P~ *sigh*

It should NOT be stated that this operates on XP...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This absolutely should not be considered to work on xp...there are sound issues, mouse issues...what a friggin mess. I finally got the original to work...it would still switch to desktop after one click but I could alt+tab back into it with success. Don't have 5.1 turned on...you won't get any sound. As for creature isle....no matter what I've tried it will always crash back to the desktop after clicking within the game...terrible compatibility issues.

XP compatible

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have windows XP and the game works great for me. My friend had the problem of it not working, though, and we found that his computer was too fast for it. If you have anything over a 2.0 processor the game will not work.
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I really enjoy this game. You become a god and must decide whether to help the people or punish them. You also get a creature to care for and train. Creature Isle, the expansion included, adds many new adventures to the origional game by letting you learn new miracles, play games with your creature, and much more. This game is a lot of fun and i highly recommend it.

simple as black and white.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: April 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In this game you are a god. You get followers, towns, and a creature. As you play through the game your alignment will change, depending on how you act. If you are good to your villages (feeding them, giving them wood, protecting them,) and if u never kill, then your alignment is good. If you are evil to your villages ( ignoring them, sacrificing them, etc) then you will become evil. Your creature is like a physical extension of you. Usually he will become the same alignment as you(but he does not have to). You can teach him all sorts of magic abilities (miracles) that are granted by your followers worshipping you. He will use these miracles as he sees fit.

The controls of the game are a little complicated, but you will get the hang of it. You can use the mouse, the keyboard or both to move around.

This game has ok replay value. Just because the game is over does not mean u have to stop playing. Online games are still going and there are skirmish games also available.

A sequel to the game is being created. BUT the release date has not been set, and the estimates are around August of 2005. Someone said to wait for that game, but thats a long time away. You can buy this and help with the wait. THe expansion pack and the game normally costs 9.99 each. With this combo pak u save $5, which u can use to buy a McDonalds value meal or something.

I don't kno if this is XP compatable, there is a rumor that a patch is required. NOTE i said rumor.

I hope this review helped

Does not work with XP

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game does is not compatible with XP although the box states that it is. After several tries with EA Tech support I was able to get disk one Black & White running after downloading patch 1.2. I was not successful with Creature Island though and have not managed to play it. I do not recommend buying this game if you have Windows XP as your operating system; it is a waste of money and time.

Totally ruined my hopes

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: April 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have the original version of Black and White, it was a compelling game with great graphics at the time it was made. When I got my new PC loaded with XP. It would not work. The box (which I saved for some reason) did not indicate XP as a compatible OS. I was upset but kept it anyway, just in case. Then the Deluxe was offered and I read the box carefully; XP compatible it said. I was excited to get home only to be disappointed once again. They say they are going to fix it but I think not as B&W2 is due out this year. Save your money. Then wait, don't buy B&W 2 until you read the beta reviews to ensure you wont be disappointed again by Lion Head Studios (EA is not to blame, they just finance the operation the programming is done at Lion Head Studios. DONT BE SNOOKERED OUT OF $15

Excellent in every way

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First off, i have had no compatibility issues using Windoze XP w/ a 2GHz Athlon XP. Secondly this game is one of the best i have played. Sure the graphics are really outdated but its the gameplay that makes a game worth the money. It is so very engaging because of the level of flexibility you have in how you play. Of course, you do follow through a quest but you do so in your own time and in your own way. You get to take care of a creature, cast miracles, steal villages from other gods and best of all: you can throw people. Its a great game that I would reccomend to anyone who enjoys good god games.

This game rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best of the world, if you have tried Black & White and Creature Isle you should try the new MOD for BnW CI named Bnw : Eruption, it's been made my players of BnW not by Lionhead, all of you who said BnW doesn't work on Windows XP, you should buy a new computer cause her it works great on Windows XP Professional UK, if you still have some problems don't install the update from Windows Update named : KB824141
if you have allready installed it, uninstall it. For all of you still wondering if they should buy it, DO IT NOW THIS GAME ROCKS!

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