I know I have......monday 4/2/01 I ordered it and I cant wait to get it in the mail......oh God this is almost as bad as the time I was waiting for Diablo 2

Shit! i was thinking "hey, this is probably a really cool game... i'll buy it sometime when it comes down to $20 or something..." but today i was at rage3d.com sifting through the forums and read a thread that was a bunch of black and white stories. well this game has officially grabbed me by the balls!!!! i'm going to start begging for change on the corner tomorrow or something to get this game ASAP!

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14756 hehe, i particiularly liked the one where the dude's tiger starts break dancing i have to see that! actually there's a shot of a similar thing at the lionhead studios site but i'm sure no pics do it justice

Heh, they dance to MP3's on your comp, and dude whats really cool is their personalities, heh this game got me by the balls, the neck, and hell the rest of my important body parts which I cannot mention Anyways I really like how the creatures respond to your input and also that I like to be God MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA HEHE

My little bro has it and says it rocks! I am going to his house tonight and stea... ummmm I mean borrow it for a bit hee hee

lol, at that rage3d forum i just read a post about this dude whos wife is on the computer like 10 minutes a month and he came home and was shocked to see her playing it. what was even more shocking was that his sweet wife had her (cow i think) looking all evil and slapping the hell out of it

What the HADES is this game?

quote:Originally posted by mellojoe:
What the HADES is this game?

http://www.lionhead.com/hidden/whiteentry.html or
http://www.lionhead.com/unshocked/index.html

basically you play as god and have a giant creature that does your bidding (if it wants) and if it pisses you off you can knock the crap out of it, train it, whatever... also you rule over a bunch of humans and you can either rule them by force or by kindness etc... it's got some f00kin kickass AI!!!! ajtkl;ajtkl;jaklt;jaklt bleargh!!!!!!!! i must own this game tomorrow!!!! i'm so tempted to sell a share tomorrow but then i'd be paying an extra $30 for selling it damnit! life sucks! LOL
someone please donate to my "i need black and white" fund!!

WE NEEEEEEED THIS GAME TO LIVE, WE NEED TO GET THIS GAME, LIVE DAMNIT LIVE

Whoa since when am I down to 8 posts

Monday, monday you will be mine!!! gwuhaha

anyone know what creatures you can get? or is it open ended and can you "make" your own?

does anyone know if it will run on a
p2 400mhz
64MB of ram
RIVA TNT

quote:Originally posted by K()th:
does anyone know if it will run on a
p2 400mhz
64MB of ram
RIVA TNT

Minimum Spec: 350 Mhz, 64 Meg ram, 8 Meg 3D Accelerated Video Card

I'm running it on a slightly faster system so I don't know how it would perfrom with those settings.

MrWhite: Mmmm, the only three creatures you can get at first are the ape, tiger, and cow. Supposedly each of the creatures has different starting capabilities. Like the ape is supposed to be smarter and more curious, the tiger more ferocious and a better fighter, and the cow strong and peaceful. Ummm, I hear that you can "unlock" some other creatures but when I tried using those patches nothing much happened that I could tell. I also hear talk of you being able to get access to different creatures later in the game.

Anyways, it's a bada$$ game. It's VERY addicting and time seems to fly when I'm playing. However, I do have a few complaints. Like, the save game times get VERY long the more you play in a certain world. There is no way to skip past certain stupid intro and cut scenes that are really annoying if you've already seen them once. And the games seems to require a lot of micromanagement to the point where I've found it hard to take care of things when you start to expand. But that may just be me not knowing how to play. For example to cast spells you need people who aren't working to worship at your temple. The problem is that these people don't stop to get food, so you need to provide it. To do that you either need to pick it up from somewhere and transport it (slow and costs you to neglect other thigns) or cast a food miracle (spell). To cast spells you need the energy those worshippers provide. But if you're using that energy to cast stupid food spells, then you won't be able to use it for other things. My idiot creature refuses to learn how to take care of that so I have to do it myself. Then there is the problem with running out of wood. Wood seems to be in scarce supply. I think I need to find some way for my creature to go around growing forests or something (there's actually a forest spell). Oh, and a lot of those miracles (spells) require "hand" gestures with the mouse and are difficult to cast.

My creature generally "tries" to do what I'd like him to. But sometimes he just sits around or does incredably stupid things, at which point I beat the crap outta him. :-) But it's hard to watch over him and maintain your towns at the same time. However training your creature is actually very well designed and the AI is quite impressive. That fool can even cast spells that you teach him!

Well despite all those rants, the game really is very fun. I'll wait on passing a final judgment on the qualitiy until after I've had it for a couple of weeks. If it lasts that long on my HD then I'll give it a thumbs up.

One last thing... for those of you without the $$$ to buy the game, there are other ways (unmentionable due to the AUP) to get it on the internet... look around.

My instructor at school bought it and brought it in. I'm normally a FPS player, but this one looks cool. It's not as restrictive as games like Star Craft and other "similar" games. The game is totally open, and what happens is based solely on your choices you make.

We ran it on a PII 350MHz w/128MB RAM. It had a crappy video card, but it still ran really slow. The minimum is a PII 350MHz with 64MB of RAM and an 8MB video acclerator. However, the recommended is a P3 500MHz w/128MB RAM, and a 16MB or better 3D accelerator.

I think I will give this one a try, as soon as I can find it. All the stores around here have been selling out as soon as they put it on the shelf.

quote:Originally posted by kred:
One last thing... for those of you without the $$$ to buy the game, there are other ways (unmentionable due to the AUP) to get it on the internet... look around.

are you talking about getting a warez copy? i've heard from many sources that if the game detects it is a warez copy, then over time it becomes corrupt and eventually unplayable...

quote:Originally posted by kred:
One last thing... for those of you without the $$$ to buy the game, there are other ways (unmentionable due to the AUP) to get it on the internet... look around.

If you know of where I can get at least a DEMO, would you email me? I can't even find any kind of playable demo.

jpdimag@comp.uark.edu

If you know any info I can look up online (and not just a site with screenshots), I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

there isnt a demo, but the closest thing is the bear- winamp plugin. go to http://www.planetblackandwhite.com/gameinfo/winamp/

basically, the bear dances to whatever music you're playing too bad it only worked once on my radeon and all the textures were wrong i'll try it again later...

Why isn't this in the gaming forum?

quote:Originally posted by BoogyMan:
Why isn't this in the gaming forum?

I was going to say that too, well im betting it will be moved soon enough

i'm sure it has something to do with overclocking! um... uh... i just cant think of it what it is right now

bwhahaha
Posted by kred:
My creature generally "tries" to do what I'd like him to. But sometimes he just sits around or does incredably stupid things, at which point I beat the crap outta him. :-)

Hmm Ok someone said something about oc'in a cow didnt they

Well I had to overclock my system to make the game look good so it DOES in fact have to do something with overclocking........that and this is basically the only forum thats really alive in Sharky

As someone who has the game, I'd have to say it is one of the better games ever made. The AI is amazing, and the freedom within the game is superb. You get a choice of 3 creatures to start with, but 16 are playable in the game. (You can switch at certain parts of the game.)

My friend just bought that game, and well, he has not been around much since he got it. He says that it is be best, most unbelieveably good game you will ever play, no matter what type of game you like. If my parents would actually let me get computer games I would get it ASAP...

I think I might have to go out and buy this game from what every one is saying. It sounds really cool. Only one problem for me...if I get it I know that I will probably never get any homework done, so maybe I'll wait a little while until finals are over....AAAAARRRAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!! I can't wait that long!!!

quote:Originally posted by Kero-chan:
there isnt a demo, but the closest thing is the bear- winamp plugin. go to http://www.planetblackandwhite.com/gameinfo/winamp/

basically, the bear dances to whatever music you're playing too bad it only worked once on my radeon and all the textures were wrong i'll try it again later...

Thanks for this. However, I was kind of hoping Kred would send me an email with the information he had. *wink wink* I do not want him to get in trouble, but I am curious as to what he was talking about.

I do not mean that I want to steal company software.

i bought the game last weekend and i havent left the house yet.
matterof fact the only reason im here and not playing is because my bro wanted to look up some info on o,cing.
shut off your com and go and buy it,you wont be sorry.

quote:Originally posted by mellojoe:
Thanks for this. However, I was kind of hoping Kred would send me an email with the information he had. *wink wink* I do not want him to get in trouble, but I am curious as to what he was talking about.

I do not mean that I want to steal company software.

Mmmm, sorry it took me so long to respond, I've been kinda busy playing the game (it's that addictive).

But yeah, somebody mentioned **warez** Of course I would never advocate using that sort of thing, but I'm SURE that it is available in that form of distribution. It would probably take somebody a long time to download though, but if you were to do it over a T1 connection, you might manage it pretty quickly.

Oh, and I saw somebody mention something about the game recoginizing whether it is a **warez** copy. Of course, I wouldn' know for sure, but I guess there'd probably be a crack to download that would take care of that. But I don't advocate doing anything like that either.

Since this forum isn't really the place to discuss that sort of thing, feel free to email me about it.

Here's my addy: kred@springmail.com

And in regards to OCing, I'm running it on an OC'd p3 700. See my sig for details.
I had to get this on topic somehow right?

quote:Originally posted by Kero-chan:
are you talking about getting a warez copy? i've heard from many sources that if the game detects it is a warez copy, then over time it becomes corrupt and eventually unplayable...

i think talking about "warez" in the context i was using is ok... i mean, its not like i'm saying d00d! w4r3z r00ls u sUx0r for bUy1nG th3 g4m3! lol

Hehe, I hear it's great too, but by your description... Sounds like a computer version of those little characters that you control on a little handheld thing. I forget the name... they had many. You know... the handheld little eggs where you grow your guy up and feed it and beat it ect.

Glad to hear you're interested in the game RPG, but please post it in the gaming forum from now on.

I just traded Tribes 2 for Black and White at EB (great store)..

I'm gonna boot it up tonight

argh, now im regreting that i ordered tribes 2 instead of b&w.. noo... its not here yet, i wish there was some way i could switch.. ah well, im sure tribes 2 is going to be just as cool

This game is the reason I'm buying a new rig (well, kind of) I've been following DEV for about 2 1/2 years, I think it's safe to say I'm EXTREMELY excited to play it... I still gotta wait til the 20th to get paid and buy my vid card ...

Kick ass game! 'nuff said.

Just don't expect to do much else once you get it

Which one should I buy: Tribes 2 or Black and White? It's not that I don't have the money... it's more like I don't have the time for two great games.

Yeah, I just got B&W and played it some over the weekend.
One question though. Why would they employ the same method of 'camera control' that completely ruined Force Commander? I mean, it does get easier after a bit, but sheesh, I've been panning through mountains and all.
All in all, I'm liking it. I'm seeing some graphics glitches, especially in the temple, even after I upgraded to the 11.01 NVidia drivers, must be my TNT2. I loved Populous, and Dungeon Keeper, this has the best of both and then some. Looking forward to actually accomplishing something, i.e. how do you tie that kidnapper to your leesh, where the heck are all the sheep?

This is the BEST game out right now!!!! Playing God has never been better! Ive trained my cow to eat the villagers!!!!! This is too cool!!! I have to get off this web site and go play it now!!!!!!

nice game but the camera control is too f***** dumb!!!!
why can't they have something like the control in earth2150 or something
it's still acool game i just stopped my cow from kicking up and stomping on animals and trees