Talk:Black & White (video game)
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- Incorrect Name?
Should Black and White be renamed to Black & White? This appears to be the corrent title on the official EA Games Website
- Quite so... seems to be all correct now. (Darric, 06 Sept 2005)
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[edit] Unplayable on Windows XP
It may or may not be notable that there is no way to play this game on a PC with Windows XP.
Yes it can, after downloading the patches, and following the advice on the offical forums http://allboards.lionhead.com Check out the sticky thread in the "Black And White" forum. Grymsqueaker 13:44, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
I have just installed an original 2001 release version of this onto a PC with Windows XP SP2 and DirectX 9c; It installed and ran fine (well, all of Land 1 and a bit of Land 2), with no patching required. Jaruzel 12:35, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
If you have Windows XP: Media Center Edition 2005, don't install the patch i've tried it countless times and it totally stopped the Black and white 1 Game from working, it works without the patch fine. Fire Monkey (talk) 16:38, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article has too much opinion
Speaking as a good god, I think it's actually not too hard to be a good god. One way to build influence is to build up villages, which takes wood. Casting "Miracle Wood" is a "good" action.
[edit] Not Unplayable upon release
It was possible to play through and win with the original release. There were a couple of really annoying bugs, though.
Your worshippers would sometimes consume all the food at the worship site in one gulp. Fixed by patch.
The longer you played a level, the longer the load and save times become. Still a problem, although improved by patch. (Opinion: this game has the absolute worst load/save game feature of any I've ever seen).
Creature poop never decays, which means a level will become covered with creature poop unless you fireball it. Still a problem... and never fireball poop while your creature is watching, because that's a behavior he'll emulate, without regard for the fact that the poop is next to your temple or within one of your villages.
[edit] Unplayable upon release
Shouldn't there be some sort of mention about the fact that the game was unplayable upon release as it wouldn't let you complete one of the later levels?
I'd write it myself but I don't have enough information about it. I just remember Peter Molyneux being all hype-happy about it, and then turning around and saying 'well yeah, we need to fix that'. That one experience completely let down my faith in him and Lionhead. Only for it to be compounded by Fable's complete failure.
Didn't Peter Molyneux say that Fable would enable you to build your own teleporter using common household materials? Probably, since he generally over-hypes his games to the heavens. --Dan 16:36, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
When black and white was released, there was a bug on the last level. What was meant to happen is that a curse on your creature was removed, but the bug prevented that curse from being removed. You could still complete the game, but you would just end up with a completly useless creature. Thats what i remember about it, anyway.
- Also, it's not playable if you have Windows XP and I think 2000, not to mention others the game it's self mentions. It think someone should add an entire Technical Difficulties section. Gopherbassist 12:59, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Writing style
This article is of a slightly below mediocre standard and needs to be written in a less informal tone. Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 22:10, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ape not Orangutan?
According to this Prima guide here, the initial monkey creature is an 'Ape' and there is another darker monkey creature called a 'Chimp'. How should we edit this? Seriphyn 09:40, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- There is an Ape and a Chimpanzee and A Mandrill IIRC,I've not played for AGES!However,I've not played in full,IMHO,just get the Lion if you're a player,the best Creature...Ever.121.7.56.203 16:19, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Zipcode for weather?
I just seen that in weather section, I had never heard of that, what is it talking about?
[edit] Dancing Pets
I heard that the animals could dance to arbitrary music.
- Does an in-game Winamp interface count? Nifboy 08:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:29, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
