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Black & White

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Black & White

Mar 25, 2001

Main game

3.45 average rating based on 548 ratings

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Play the role of a deity in a land where the surroundings are yours to shape and its people are yours to lord over. Be an evil, malevolent god and the natives will worship you with fear in their eyes. Play as a kind, benevolent god and they will worship you with love in their hearts. Your actions decide whether you create a heaven or hell for your worshipers. Then select a creature from the land to act as your representative in the world. Raise it to gigantic proportions and teach it to do your bidding--whether the animal grows into … More
Play the role of a deity in a land where the surroundings are yours to shape and its people are yours to lord over. Be an evil, malevolent god and the natives will worship you with fear in their eyes. Play as a kind, benevolent god and they will worship you with love in their hearts. Your actions decide whether you create a heaven or hell for your worshipers. Then select a creature from the land to act as your representative in the world. Raise it to gigantic proportions and teach it to do your bidding--whether the animal grows into an evil colossus of mass destruction or a kind and gentle giant is up to you. Progress through the game's rich storyline performing powerful miracles to battle other deities and become the world's supreme god. Less
Release Dates
Mar 25, 2001 (Worldwide)
Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 24, 2001 (Japan)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jan 2002 (North_America)
Mac
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User Stats
990
In Collection
107
Wish Listed
8
Playing
91
Backlogged
How Long Is Black & White?
Main story: 14.8 hours
Main + extras: 10.0 hours
Total completions: 3
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Holy cow I used to love Black & White. When I installed it for the first time in 2001 I'd never seen anything like it. It's really an RTS but with so much more depth, as you choose your light or dark (Black/White) moral path and with your hand of God you're controlling villages and villagers, performing miracles and handling everything in between by simply picking it up. It just feels great, physics are fun and responsive and blew me away at the time, and you're left with so much freedom to play around and explore the limits of the game.

Creatures is a whole other thing, and also a totally wild and unexpected part of the game, where you obtain and train a giant cow, wolf, ape, horse or other exotic animals of your choosing. It's like a giant tamagotchi that wreaks havoc on whatever village you want it to. People can worship you or hate you and picking up villagers and throwing them across the land is super fun, but also you surely realise the consequences of your decisions. No idea if it holds up today but back in '01 I thought Black & White was awesome!