Games Review: Black & White 2

The original Black & White is a strategy game that separates those who play into two camps: those who loved him completely open nature and those who find a little opening
and meanders its own name. For those who expect Black & White 2
the good news is that the result is less open and more structured. In fact
this time it is a more coherent story
making it feel like a different game. But it comes at the expense of some of the free-form game
you can creatures of the original.

Like its predecessor
Black & White 2 combines different genres of games in a single set. You are going to build sophisticated cities
advancement and soldiers in combat
and if there were not enough
will interact with their giant creatures
a kind of pets that could also serve as " executor. It is both Black & White 2 is surprising that all mixtures at the same time as it does. Even if it is a little more in some areas from time to time.

Black & White 2 is regarded as a god Thursday because you play well
a god. More specifically
you happen to be the god of Greeks
but that does not mean that you are a Zeus or Hera or the traditional pantheon. The property is in a fantasy world which is occupied by the Greeks
Norseman
Japanese
and the Aztecs. The Aztecs began on Thursday bagged the Greek capital
but not before you're able to spirit away a handful of survivors to a distant country in order to start from scratch. This story is a great improvement over the first part
because it provides a reason to see the end
and an enemy raised to take.

as a god
you have a mutual respect for its people. They worship so that you can not exist
and in return you give them and make sure to flourish
thus increasing its influence in the world. It does not mean that you must be a good god
but as the game takes its name from the fact that there May be a good and benevolent god or an evil
bloodthirsty god. For example
requires you to Manna to feed its divine miracles
and this objective can be achieved in getting their followers to worship in an altar
or to randomly select a trailer with his hand all-powerful and launch it in the sacrificial fire. You can take and manipulate objects in its effects
and is also a way to impress people. If you need to construct a building quickly
you can start a three-and-drop in building foundations. Or
if you are a god more patient
it is only to pick up and drop a trailer beside what you want to do
and they receive by pressing.

That said
is that his most important work in Black & White 2 includes the construction of cities. In fact
the city is to build a large part of the game
and can easily spend hours creating each city. There are two main strategies
and both are based on building a great city. You can try to dominate your enemy of peace by building an impressive big city that will not lead people to their side
or you can create a great city that has a large population
which supports a large army
which in turn can be used to crush the other party. Or
as is often the case
you can use a mixture of both to achieve its means
the conquest of peace in some cities
while the conquest of others by force.

challenge of the layout of the city
of course
is that you build something complicated in space. Often
you have a limited number of land to develop
since it is usually the terrain that prevent the expansion of the city in certain directions. Beyond that
you must build a city that can be defended
which means that maintaining the city in defending against the ground
or build walls to keep the IL. As in any city-building games
is a large number of buildings and structures that you need to put in place to support its population
fields to generate food
housing
markets
and much more. The choices that you have a cascading effect on the city. Place a series of slum house its growing population and a desolate city. On the other hand
the placement of houses will be an inefficient use of the limited space available to them. The idea is to establish a balance between its needs and create something functional and enjoyable (at least if you are going to win the Pacific). In the meantime
if you're looking for a militant victory
you still need to create an infrastructure to support large armies. This means that the fields to produce more food
home support workers
arsenals
and much more.

The real act of building the city is easy
thanks to the intuitive control system that allows you to interact with the rest of the world with his all-powerful. The game tells you everything you need to know useful with pop-up buttons
and can meet the needs of their followers by collecting only what they want and place it in the world. The need to build more housing? Just take an existing house
move his form you want to mount a new
and the Foundation said the ground right now. Or
if the need to establish a certain way
just take an existing road and leave the new way you want. The whole system of control is so elegant almost thought you never have to take on the keyboard.

Although the city is building in the heart of Black & White 2
which is also believed as he went a little too long. The first two cities that you can build interesting
but after the last part of the game
you realize that you repeat the process again and again. Most of what you do is to wait until the structures under construction
or for people to race or for a group of immigrants to make their way slowly map to participate in the city. If you are looking for a peaceful victory
trying to shoe horn as many buildings as they can within their borders
a process that you have repeated before at all levels. This process can be extensive
especially on levels where you are on the defensive all the time. The enemy may God send you a natural disaster in its own way
which forces you to build defenses
and that everything that has been slaughtered. And while you can lock a number of new buildings during the game
it is a point where you have locked in place and almost everything is still under construction a copy of what he has built before.

Game Info.
Publisher: EA Games
Developer: Lionhead Studios
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Release Date: Oct 4
2005
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ESRB: TEEN
ESRB Descriptors: Crude Humor
Use of Alcohol
Violence

Minimum System Requirements
System: Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz or equivalent
RAM: 512 MB
Video Memory: 64 MB
Hard Drive Space: 3500 MB
Other: DirectX 8+ based
DirectX 9c+ (supplied with install)

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