Black and White 2 goes gold

Zell · Post by **Zell** » 04 Oct 2005, 18:53

So, I just got an email from EA games telling me about this game...
With all the awesome titles being released soon, I actually forgot totally about this game, so I thought maybe I'd remind you guys?

Heres a little test to see what kind of ruler you would be in this game... pretty lame, but I can't wait to be what this certificate says I am...

http://blackandwhite.blocmedia.net/usa/ ... dm24.76115

Here's a review: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/bla ... id=6133841

What do you guys think of this game?

Oh ya, and apparently it's been released today...

EDIT: And I searched for another B&W2 thread, and there were none.

crabstick · Post by **crabstick** » 04 Oct 2005, 20:28

Been waiting so long for this, loved the first, so this is a must, cant wait.
thanx zell

Post by **Anakha56** » 05 Oct 2005, 06:43

Thanks Zell if its been released I am definitly buying it.

Belix · Post by **Belix** » 05 Oct 2005, 13:05

hope it's much improved from 1. 1 had great idea's, but did not work in practice. I remember all my creature managed to get right all of the time was put out fires...

qwiksilva666 · Post by **qwiksilva666** » 05 Oct 2005, 13:28

i have the first one and my tiger can do anything....hes learned all the villigar tasks (man that took long) and nearly all the miracles..(took veeery long aswell..)

jus stay bk on a stage where you have everything in control and have crippled the enemy so much all they can do is chill...dont click on a gold story scroll otherwise you progress in story....
if this is done you have all the time you need to get a little worship going for spell power...slap the learning leash on and cast away...till your creature get 100% for every miricle...takes time but worth it...the villger tasks come naturally he will see you do stuff and copy over time...(like dumping trees in your stock to get wood)

i have to have alot of disciple breeders coz all my tiger eats is my people

the best meat in the game in my opinion.

Post by **Anakha56** » 05 Oct 2005, 13:36

1 had one stupid problem with it... everytime your creature ate fish it was considerd evil... some1 explain that to me?

qwiksilva666 · Post by **qwiksilva666** » 05 Oct 2005, 14:01

well...my creature never ate fish...he fished...but never ate fish.
evil is the way to go...so maybe i should force feed hime fish to get his evil rating more evil.

style121 · Post by **style121** » 17 Oct 2005, 14:15

So has anyone received their copy of this game yet? Ordered mine ages ago and it still hasn't arrived, due to shortage of stock. Its driving me nuts man

Post by **Anakha56** » 17 Oct 2005, 14:19

nope not yet am still waiting.......

Post by **Kronos** » 17 Oct 2005, 14:33

Sorry to go off topic, but I'm stupid. Can someone, maybe Zell, explain the whole "Goes Gold" thing!?

This is not the first thread with this "Goes Gold" tail, and I just don't get it.

HdB · Post by **HdB** » 17 Oct 2005, 14:38

It just means the game is done, and should be published soon.

Not sure why the specific term 'Gone Gold'.

Zell · Post by **Zell** » 17 Oct 2005, 16:15

Dunno either. The name of the article in Gamespot was "B&W2 Goes Gold". I also saw another thread like it and figured it meant that it was completed.

Richard_ · Post by **Richard_** » 22 Oct 2005, 12:15

qwiksilva666 wrote:i have the first one and my tiger can do anything....hes learned all the villigar tasks (man that took long) and nearly all the miracles..(took veeery long aswell..)

jus stay bk on a stage where you have everything in control and have crippled the enemy so much all they can do is chill...dont click on a gold story scroll otherwise you progress in story....
if this is done you have all the time you need to get a little worship going for spell power...slap the learning leash on and cast away...till your creature get 100% for every miricle...takes time but worth it...the villger tasks come naturally he will see you do stuff and copy over time...(like dumping trees in your stock to get wood)

i have to have alot of disciple breeders coz all my tiger eats is my people the best meat in the game in my opinion.

For some strange reason my creature kept forgetting everything I taught him! I must have taught him about fishing and grain harviesting about 10 times, and he just kept forgetting it after a short while!

Post by **Anakha56** » 01 Nov 2005, 07:38

well i have been playing Black&White 2 now for 3 days, and I am loving this game. Only 4 problems with it so far. 1: How the b*****n hell can i teach my creature miracles? There's no learning leash and it would help me so much if he could just cast the heal and water spell... 2: How do i get hand signals to work for spells? 3: Wheres the skirmish mode? and 4: my textures are all ugly looking cause im playing on a fx5200 any1 wanna donate me a powerful card?

This game is lovely so far, am loving the whole army thing...

Leigh · Post by **Leigh** » 01 Nov 2005, 07:54

I pre-ordered this and got it ages ago... too bad my laptop has a f**king ATI card that just doesn't work with the game, despite being more than the required specs.

$50 down the drain!

Post by **Anakha56** » 01 Nov 2005, 08:01

what card is it?

SLIP · Post by **SLIP** » 01 Nov 2005, 12:04

The test seas that I am a destructive God..

That's probably why I killed the three little dudes with the big boat in B&W1...What a Sh|t song.....

Moses · Post by **Moses** » 01 Nov 2005, 12:38

Anakha56 wrote:well i have been playing Black&White 2 now for 3 days, and I am loving this game. Only 4 problems with it so far. 1: How the b*****n hell can i teach my creature miracles? There's no learning leash and it would help me so much if he could just cast the heal and water spell... 2: How do i get hand signals to work for spells? 3: Wheres the skirmish mode? and 4: my textures are all ugly looking cause im playing on a fx5200 any1 wanna donate me a powerful card?

This game is lovely so far, am loving the whole army thing...

You buy your creature miracles with tribute. You buy hand gestures with tribute. There is no skirmish mode. Do you have the original? I'd think these questions would be easily answered by giving the manual a once over.

Post by **Anakha56** » 01 Nov 2005, 12:51

ahh lass i did give the manual a once over it said nothing about skirmish however, i did buy the friggin hand gestures but they dont work as well as BW1 (or is it me? ) i didnt read anything about creature spells, but i did speed read the manual as i was watching the cricket inbetween swapping the 4 cd installation.

Whats really got my back up is that there is only 9 lands to play on not 11 like advertised

also the spells that are availible are weak. and where are the silver scrolls? yes i see a few of em but not as many as BW1, i think 2 has slid backwards when compared to 1 *sigh*

Moses · Post by **Moses** » 01 Nov 2005, 12:59

I disagree. Black and White 2 was awesome. There are plenty silver scrolls. Gestures work fine for me, although you can cast miracles easily from the tool bar. The miracles aren't weak. A water miracle can double the size of trees. Fire will kill any army. Have you tried the Earthquake miracle?

Post by **Anakha56** » 01 Nov 2005, 13:06

havent got that far yet...

i am just missing the miracles that were availible from BW1 aka grain and wood they were lovely. i am enjoying the fact its easier to use what with the creatures and the citizens looking after the food by themselves, but i really enjoyed teaching my creature miracles now i have to buy them? that just doesnt sound right. have you found 11 lands to play on? or are there only 9? also can you play as different civ's when u finish the game or are you always greek? also why oh why is there no skirmish mode. that was the most fun i had in BW1...

here's hoping a patch will bring in skirmish mode and a few more miracles...