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So hey people, a thread about B&W2, seeing as it’s coming out soon and all that. The 7th of October apparently.
I know what most of us are thinking, namely that will they have fixed the massive problems that went with the original Black and White. I mean, I myself could never actually get past the 3rd island, you know, the rubbish one where your creature was taken away from you for no good reason, and you had to resort to lobbing stones at the nearby town in order to gain influence.
And the constant barrage of “We need more wood!” “We need more houses!” I’ll tell you what you need, alright mates? You need a good kick in the face.
But apparently they’ve fixed quite a lot of hat horrible stuff for the new one, plus the graphics are brilliant now. Oh, and your creature can get fat and hunch over and just groan at you, brilliant!
Screenshots [URL]http://www.lionhead.com/bw2/screenshots.html[/URL]
My personal favourites are these yokel ones:
[URL]http://www.lionhead.com/bw2/screenshots/lion_norse_town2_1024.jpg[/URL] Raarrgh
[URL]http://www.lionhead.com/bw2/screenshots/wolf_snowmountain_1024.jpg[/URL] Look at that one at the front, the wimp.
[URL]http://www.lionhead.com/bw2/screenshots/Battle.jpg[/URL] I’m gonna train all my little civvies to do that on command.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
OS - Windows 2000/XP
Processor - Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent 1.6 GHz
Memory - 512MB RAM
Hard Drive - 3.5GB
DVD-ROM - 8 SPEED (PC CD-ROM version also available in USA)
Video Card - 64MB with 1.1 Pixel Shader*
Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX - Version 9.0c
Input - Keyboard, mouse
Some more doodads.
[URL]http://pc.ign.com/articles/647/647694p1.html[/URL] Bit of a hands on preview shenanigan.
[URL]http://media.pc.ign.com/media/016/016987/vids_1.html[/URL] If you can be bothered have a look at that 33 mb one, its 6 minutes long and dun got loads of nice footage.
Review
[URL]http://pc.ign.com/articles/654/654547p1.html[/URL]
So aye, talk in here if you want, me and mikelar will, got it?
I know what most of us are thinking, namely that will they have fixed the massive problems that went with the original Black and White. I mean, I myself could never actually get past the 3rd island, you know, the rubbish one where your creature was taken away from you for no good reason, and you had to resort to lobbing stones at the nearby town in order to gain influence.
And the constant barrage of “We need more wood!” “We need more houses!” I’ll tell you what you need, alright mates? You need a good kick in the face.
But apparently they’ve fixed quite a lot of hat horrible stuff for the new one, plus the graphics are brilliant now. Oh, and your creature can get fat and hunch over and just groan at you, brilliant!
Screenshots [URL]http://www.lionhead.com/bw2/screenshots.html[/URL]
My personal favourites are these yokel ones:
[URL]http://www.lionhead.com/bw2/screenshots/lion_norse_town2_1024.jpg[/URL] Raarrgh
[URL]http://www.lionhead.com/bw2/screenshots/wolf_snowmountain_1024.jpg[/URL] Look at that one at the front, the wimp.
[URL]http://www.lionhead.com/bw2/screenshots/Battle.jpg[/URL] I’m gonna train all my little civvies to do that on command.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
OS - Windows 2000/XP
Processor - Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent 1.6 GHz
Memory - 512MB RAM
Hard Drive - 3.5GB
DVD-ROM - 8 SPEED (PC CD-ROM version also available in USA)
Video Card - 64MB with 1.1 Pixel Shader*
Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX - Version 9.0c
Input - Keyboard, mouse
Some more doodads.
[URL]http://pc.ign.com/articles/647/647694p1.html[/URL] Bit of a hands on preview shenanigan.
[URL]http://media.pc.ign.com/media/016/016987/vids_1.html[/URL] If you can be bothered have a look at that 33 mb one, its 6 minutes long and dun got loads of nice footage.
Review
[URL]http://pc.ign.com/articles/654/654547p1.html[/URL]
So aye, talk in here if you want, me and mikelar will, got it?
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From what I've heard, it's town micro management, when in realty, you wanna get tasty with the beast.
I want to be able to make a big monster thing and set it loose on other towns, online, now.
J Nash wrote:
> Although to be fair 76% should mean it's still good. I expect they
> were only focusing on the bad features so that they didn't fall into
> the trap of getting all excited and moist at it all and giving it a
> great score, only to regret it later on.
>
Yep, they're the gits that gave DOOM 3 an insane 94% - I mean duuuuhhhh
> Although to be fair 76% should mean it's still good. I expect they
> were only focusing on the bad features so that they didn't fall into
> the trap of getting all excited and moist at it all and giving it a
> great score, only to regret it later on.
>
Yep, they're the gits that gave DOOM 3 an insane 94% - I mean duuuuhhhh
I expect it'll be good. There's always short-comings with all games, but that's why we patch things!
My PC isn't the best, but if it runs as well as HL2, then i'll be happy.
I'm weighing up whether or not to get a 360 or a new PC, both have some exciting prospects, but Black and White 2, FEAR and Empire at War might just swing it.
My PC isn't the best, but if it runs as well as HL2, then i'll be happy.
I'm weighing up whether or not to get a 360 or a new PC, both have some exciting prospects, but Black and White 2, FEAR and Empire at War might just swing it.
New Nvidia drivers are out kids, suppose to sort out some graphical issues in Black and White 2.
[URL] http://nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html [/URL]
[URL] http://nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html [/URL]
Anyone got this yet? I heard from a guy on another forum at some shops in Ireland have it on shelves.
I'll be looking to get a dvd version as some muppet made a 4 disk version.
I'll be looking to get a dvd version as some muppet made a 4 disk version.
My GAME had it on shelves.
Theres no multiplayer :(
Chippxero wrote:
> Theres no multiplayer :(
Seriously? They let you build towns and a big monster and then not allow you to smash them together? That would be my first priority when making such a game:
"Hmmm, how can this be fun?"
"Let people smash monsters and towns together in a big, fun, fight?"
"No, I don't think so. Sack the multiplayer department, we'll just make them grind offline for no reason."
Seriously?
Buh, that would be the only reason to get the game, surely?
> Theres no multiplayer :(
Seriously? They let you build towns and a big monster and then not allow you to smash them together? That would be my first priority when making such a game:
"Hmmm, how can this be fun?"
"Let people smash monsters and towns together in a big, fun, fight?"
"No, I don't think so. Sack the multiplayer department, we'll just make them grind offline for no reason."
Seriously?
Buh, that would be the only reason to get the game, surely?
They said they're releasing multiplayer as a patch or something shortly after the release, because they wanted to work on getting the single player 'perfect' in time for release.
I'd prefer to get okay at the game in general before i went online to be honest. Obviously then I'd only hurl swarms of cows and pregnant women at the enemy walls anyway, but still.
Oh Chip, do you get to name your creature? I'd call mine Ugly or no_knees or Fina.
I'd prefer to get okay at the game in general before i went online to be honest. Obviously then I'd only hurl swarms of cows and pregnant women at the enemy walls anyway, but still.
Oh Chip, do you get to name your creature? I'd call mine Ugly or no_knees or Fina.
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