black and white review

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Average Ratings

Addiction Level	8.9/10
Graphics	9/10
Value for Money	7.1/10
Reviewer Rating	7.9/10
Overall Rating	8.1/10

78% Recommended7 out of 9 Reviews

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By XENO. on 30th Jan 2003

XENO.'s Ratings

Addiction Level	10/10
Value for money	10/10
Overall value	10/10
XENO.'s recommendation

Good Points

1. Brilliant Graphics. 2. High quality creatures. 3. Everything.

Bad Points

1. You can't skip the in-game videos. 2. The patch takes ages to download.

General Comments

Black & White, it says it just by the name. There are good and evil in the world and you are to decide which one will rule eternal. As soon as you have installed the game you get some brilliant pictures, and tips on how to play the game, and this is before you've even click new game. The graphics are a real head turnner and the quality of sound is imense. I could just sit and say good things about the graphics all day, but that would not be much help to anyone. So, when the game does load up there is one problem, you can't skip a really long video that to be perfectly honest is a bit crud. You know the kids not going to die but thats how it goes. The tutorial is excellent it teaches you all the basic camera moves and positions you'll need to play the game well. Also the tutorial doesn't stop there, when you obtain a creature, a woman called Sable, teaches you how to use him to the best of his/her ability. After that a giant creature teaches you how to use one-shot miracles and how to fight, the creature that teaches you changes depending on what creature you choose. When you finally reach land two you will get another tutorial from a friendly god called Khazar, isn't his turtle pretty! The story line is a brilliant, with twists and turns every step of the way. To advance through the story, you must complete gold-story scrolls, but there are many silver-story scrolls which could provide a new creature that you can swap to, or a one-shot miracle despencer, or maybe something totally different. The temple is your focus point, if it gets blown up, your dead! Talking of miracles the selection is huge and each one comes in three different levels, you can make food and wood appear out of thin air, if that is your type of play. However, for all you destructive forces out there who what to rain terror down from the sky in a hail of flames and vengence, then the are powers such a fireball and lightning bolt which with fry buildings, and people, when struck by your awful wrath. The most powerful weapon of the gods, is Mega Blast. In it's simplest form it delivers one beam of focused energy to the ground, blowing up anything below it, but the real fun starts when you get the extreme version of Mega Blast. This delivers one beam right in the centre of where you targeted it, followed by a malestrum of beams that will destroy a temple! However, you may only be able to use this power once as it requires a hell of alot of worshipedd energy. I think i have covered all the brilliant points of the game, oh and did i mention the graphics being sooooooo good!? So i did..... damn! KABOOM!

Total Respect: +2