Black and White 2

Darum · Post by **Darum** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:30 am

Akela wrote:I prefer strategy games more, they are more intellectual and I get to watch mass killing

yay for virtual mass killing!

Akela · Post by **Akela** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:45 am

Darum wrote:
Akela wrote:I prefer strategy games more, they are more intellectual and I get to watch mass killing
yay for virtual mass killing!

Me + Boredom =

Short Tail · Post by **Short Tail** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:42 pm

I got it and I am very pleased with the changes they have made. I got a wolf (of course) and can actualy tell now that the things I am doig are good or bad. (pulling up trees and taking recorces from the supply center count as evil) I also enjoy being able to lay out my city and make it as impressive as possible so it will convert people without having to got capture their village. Another good thing is your creature asks if he should do things often, or not so much, or not at all. I trained my wolf to be good and only kill invading armys, so I now have a nice good white wolf. If you liked the first one, I would sugest you get this one. It is a blast. (if you like that kinda game)

Renorei · Post by **Renorei** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:45 pm

Petard wrote:I got it and I am very pleased with the changes they have made. I got a wolf (of course) and can actualy tell now that the things I am doig are good or bad. (pulling up trees and taking recorces from the supply center count as evil) I also enjoy being able to lay out my city and make it as impressive as possible so it will convert people without having to got capture their village. Another good thing is your creature asks if he should do things often, or not so much, or not at all. I trained my wolf to be good and only kill invading armys, so I now have a nice good white wolf. If you liked the first one, I would sugest you get this one. It is a blast. (if you like that kinda game)

Yeah, games like this are more my style than shoot and kill games. I'll have to get this eventually. It occured to me that I like games where I am God. I like roller coaster tycoon, sims, b&w, and other such games in which I watch the action and command it from above. Weird.

Kzinistzerg · Post by **Kzinistzerg** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:20 pm

... oh, can anyone tyell me how on earth or whatever plaent they use i can get a skirmish game? i can't gifure out how to. B&W 1 have the skirmish option which was fun...

Akela · Post by **Akela** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 3:05 pm

There is no skirmish. It's supposed to come out later in a patch but I've lost a lot of faith in Lionhead, BW2 should have been much more than it was, I feel more like a mayor than a god.

Meh... BW2 is OK but I went back to the Dawn Of War after about three days.

Short Tail · Post by **Short Tail** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:44 pm

did you get winter assault? I bought it when I got B&W2 and I have to say the baneblade=teh shiz

Akela · Post by **Akela** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:47 am

Yes, I've had it since the day it came out. The Baneblade is all bark and no bite, the Steel Legion Stormblade is better.

Morkulv · Post by **Morkulv** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:56 am

Renorei · Post by **Renorei** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:18 am

I would lean more towards trusting the box.

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:48 pm

Yeah, the box knows how the game runs. but check on websites about the stress peformance so that way you can get good hardware without going broke.

Renorei · Post by **Renorei** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:11 pm

Anyone remember that glitch in the original B&W that allowed you to have infinite food for your people? That was so cool!!

Akela · Post by **Akela** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:33 pm

Oh, that glitch. If I remember correctly you would take food and then rapidly right click on the store house repeatedly.

I really liked how the influence ring increased with the rising population. Nothing like that in BW2, it's limited to the area around structures. Seriously, what's the point of a Volacano miracle if you can only use it in you own city?

Kzinistzerg · Post by **Kzinistzerg** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:12 pm

it also has to do with popultion and impressivenss. ;)

white · Post by **white** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:32 pm

I've played B&W2 some, and SOMETHING scales up the influence around structures other than the structures themselves.

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:33 pm

Is there a sample video of how this game is played? I like to see the wolf in action.

Akela · Post by **Akela** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:38 pm

Here you go Fig http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/bla ... 0white%202

Ralith Lupus wrote:I've played B&W2 some, and SOMETHING scales up the influence around structures other than the structures themselves.

Not enough to make a difference. You can't get nearly enough to cast into enemy territory.

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:56 pm

Akela wrote:Here you go Fig http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/bla ... 0white%202

thanks....now to see what this game is like.

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:26 pm

I might get the game once it lows down in price sesne I have a much better computer now.

Kzinistzerg · Post by **Kzinistzerg** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:49 pm

sooo.. for any of you that hAVE B&W2, where are you?

i'm on the 6th island-about 3,000 impressiveness from winning the land. that translates to about 15 or 30 minutes of gameplay. where are you?

Short Tail · Post by **Short Tail** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:28 pm

7th land at the very begining and I still don't have any wonders

. you can cast epics within the area of influence around your soldiers. Also land six ruined my wolf. He started at 40% good and finished at 28% evil. Stupid people sending their non-stop attacks. (even after I built walls)

Akela · Post by **Akela** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:39 pm

I'm on the 2nd japenese land, I can't beat it because enemy soldiers walk right through my walls.

Kzinistzerg · Post by **Kzinistzerg** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:45 pm

you have to build the walls, you know...

akella: that's what fireball miracles are for. ;
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Akela · Post by **Akela** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:47 pm

Not quite, I have built solid stone walls and they walk right through them, just as a ghost goes through a solid wall.

Kzinistzerg · Post by **Kzinistzerg** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:27 pm

alright, lat night i beat the game.

[spoiler]after beating it, i got the movie with the aztec god. weird, huh? but wtf? i got catapulted back to level three1 i kep my creture and tribute, but... wtf?[/spoiler]