Gaming History: Black and White "The last great God Game"
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- Black and White - The first creation of Lionhead was also its greatest. Black and White was a strange mix of strategy, pet simulation and puzzle that may have had issues, but at least in this one you could see the trees grow. Also, you could train a giant cow to terrorize an island of defenseless human beings.
(Game Description) Black & White is a god video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows in 2001. The game was published by Feral Interactive in 2002 for Mac OS. Black & White combines elements of artificial life, strategy, and fighting games. The player acts as a god and takes control over villages. The goal is to defeat Nemesis, a god wanting to destroy all others and take over the world. A primary theme is the concept of good and evil, and the atmosphere is determined by the player's behaviour. Black & White features a unique element: a creature who acts as the player's servant, and whose personality is shaped by its interaction with him. Multiplayer is supported over a local network or online.
Peter Molyneux led the three-year development of the highly anticipated game, originally to feature wizards instead of gods. Black & White was written from scratch using a great deal of custom software, and the intention was to have the main user interface free of icons, buttons, and panels. Versions for games consoles were in development, but cancelled.
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And I remember when it came out, that the graphics blew everyone's mind... :) Still to this day, this game has a special place in the hearts of many of us.
squashedeyeball lol I’m still waiting for black white 3
i never heared of sacrifice and will check it out. But till know i wait for game that can compete with black and white 1.The graphics are acceptable, one can get used to them after a short time. I prefer to get used to graphics and play games like dungeon keeper 2 and Black and White 1 instead of picking a game with good graphics and nothing else to offer. The ladder is the common case into todays released games sadly :( (black and white 2 included)
I realize Im kinda off topic but does anyone know of a good place to watch new movies online ?
@Callan Alexis try FlixZone. Just search on google for it =)
@Abel Emiliano yea, I have been using flixzone for months myself :)
Peter Molyneux. Proving that imagination is at the core of producing good games.
Gregory Ashton and that sometimes there is such things as bad imagination
do not forget than he also love to lie a lot XD
A benevolent cow, one that shines with an udderworldly light.
I played it a bit when I was younger and it was very charming. Just got to play it again now and god I'm hooked! After reading some guides, the creature raising thing is quite complex, more than I originally thought. And it takes a lot of time and care to raise it properly, or at least to make it do what you want it to do on its own. The music is also very climatic, simply wonderful. The video is spot on about village micromanagment, though. It gets tedious, specially when you have several villages and just flying through one you start hearing their demands over and over. However, they mostly need you to build and procreate. You can provide them with woods and they'll be sort of fine by themselves mostly. There's an interesting guide I found somewhere on the internet that states that if you're micromanaging your villagers or giving them everything yourself, then you're doing it wrong because they get used to that and become lazy. Anyway, pretty complex and fascinating game.
i love the game too! :)
i like to build big cities xD if you want you can check one out /watch?v=cKO19W9MubM&t=0s
Pro tip: never set Female villagers as breeders. Female villagers can work jobs while being pregnant (they do drop out briefly for the baby) so you should only ever assign men as breeders. One male breeder can knock up a ton of female villagers while they mostly stay productive.
Have to say Lionhead was really onto something at one point. This game and even the second were very memorable. So was the first Fable. Those games had a certain charm to them. Could tell you were playing a Lionhead game by their art, the voices, the humor, the music...all created something that makes me feel rather nostalgic now. First B&W came out when I was in middle school. lol Me and a friend played it together. To top it off they closed their studios on my birthday. :(
A bunch of the vets at Lionhead opened a new studio "Flaming Fowl Studios", Worth a look, they're just getting back into business so their website doesn't show too much, but a start.
@@Peppens Nice. Do you know if they brought back their old composer? Russell Shaw? I really liked his music.
@@LucidDream Unfortunately no, I really enjoyed his music as well. From what I can find he's done working with game studios, his primary focus now for music is on the big screen.
The second fable wasn't all that bad. Heck even the 3rd had some neat ideas , unfortunately they were terribly executed..
Those wonderful games I fondly recall today, Dungeon Keeper or Black and White, amongst many others, often have one thing in common: Peter Molyneux. People can attack him all they want, but he personifies two aspects many game developers lost today, two expressions of utmost importance, gaming's heart if you will, and that is creativity and imagination.
The pet monkey I had from this game was the closest to a pet I ever had. I put so many hours into playing with it, even just looking at it while it stands there minding its own business.
i always get the monkey too :)
i made a video of him fighting an evil turtle xD /watch?v=yYFwmfFzrSY
This game will forever be one of my favourites. I check every year if anyone is going to remake it. It would wipe the floors with god games.
My father let me play this when I was a kiddo, and I have never forgotten it. Every so often, I come on YT to find an obscure let’s play (or a video like yours here), just so I can see it. What I wouldn’t give to play it again. 😭😭😭
Awww!!
I do the same! I'm always looking for a new playthrough or new tricks/cheats/trainers. Many have disappeared throughout the years but you can find a forum with many still active! I just searched 'Black & White Lionhead Studios forum'.
So I bought physical discs and found patches online(through the forum site) or you can find it on myabandonware.com. Make sure you follow instructions and 'readme's.
Hope you get to play again. 😊
One of those games I always wanted to play, never did, and now I can't because they're not longer available. Thanks for the history lesson.
Well,since you can't buy it anymore cracking it doesn't seem that bad.
Same. I just haven't bothered with trying to find it
you can get it at www.myabandonware.com/game/black-white-a33
yeah just crack it its a hidden gem in the old era of gaming its worth it
If you're still interested in playing, and don't have a copy on hand, I recommend joining the Black & White discord discord.gg/8jJZSr
I played this game a lot when I was about 11/12, I loved it but once the game really got going and you had to compete against other gods, I just had no idea what I was doing! I remember hearing "deeaaath" whispered a lot... creepy!
that happens when one of your villagers dies! fun fact: if you press "p" when you hear it, and search for the dead villager, and then throw him/her into a teleport miracle. They come back to life xD
check it out if you want: /watch?v=cKO19W9MubM&t=58s
11:55-13:26 I think you've just nailed down the problem with most old and even more recent God games, *too much micromanaging.* You as the god are yes responsible for the cycles of nature, maintaining the order of the world, such as bringing the rains, creating the cycles of seasons, and setting certain guidelines or sacred laws, everything else should be left up to *your mortals, weather they interpret your actions and words as good or outright defying you should be a part of the experience.* Like take your "avatar" (servant?) cow's mechanics and apply them to the villagers, maybe with some tweaking ofcourse to compliment the existing ones. I'm not saying *the mortals* don't need or want you as their deity, but rather as their "God" these beings *can and should be able to not only take care of themselves (when you've done your part in maintaining natural forces) but go one step further and let them be proactive,* like they one day decided to build another temple in your honor or actively make war on enemies, or even do things that you hadn't even thought of before! *Who knows maybe some mortals might even impress you so much you decide to ascend them to demigods, that should be an engaging mechanic,* a way of your mortals to give back, a return on your investment. And not just in them carrying out your will (as they may interpret it) but even rebel against you, do things to spite you, maybe even at some point grow bold, *some may even outsmart or outwit you, sure you might be upset but at the same time you're pleasantly surprised.* After all myths are full of clever or bold mortals challenging and even beating gods, not often in the sense of killing them, more like outsmarting or denying a god something, tales of heroes and the like. (even if at your expense!)
edit: I'm thinking *a tweaked version of the "nemesis system" from the middle-earth series could be interesting in creating memorable mortal followers.* Sort of like heroes of myth ranging in their abilities and accomplishments, from a guy who can talk to animals and uses that to con people into believing they are a chosen "prophet" of the gods, to a badass warrior who could even slap away your godly hand because he's just that powerful, *at some point even a god has to fear his own creations,* that would add an element of tension and temperament to the experience!
i like to promote villagers to demi-gods by making them immortal xD (not for any good reason tho)
if you want you can check it out /watch?v=cKO19W9MubM&t=0s
This guy is literally replaying my chidhood games.
"Ooooh, we've got this notion that we'd quite like to sail the ocean..."
I'm amazed that there hasn't been another sequel or at least a "remastered" version of the first two.
This is a game meant for VR if there ever was one..
If you found the villager micromanagement annoying than you'd probably like #2 quite a bit. The villagers are a lot smarter and can function by themselves, they won't necessarily be super efficient but they weren't totally clueless. You also had a option to train villagers into warriors and have them auto defend your settlement or raid other villages.
1 tumb up is 1 prayer for B&W3
a game that badly needs a remake.
I was rollin around laughing at the creature fight at 14:53 because of the child who kept getting trampled and squealing while the other villagers gathered around and cheered on the fight... absurdist comedy
so many memories!! The ddeeaatthhh sound used to freak me out, and the stupid bugs- but i did like that you could double tap the resources into the granary and it would give you multiple resources
i also used to spend heaappss of time on the first island getting my worshippers to turn all the rocks and things into glowing artifacts so i could biff them at other regions and get followers by distance lol
same for me :D
i also like to build big towns :D if you wanna check it out /watch?v=cKO19W9MubM&t=0s
Speaking about the quest with the sailors: if you give them a woman you will receive a better reward at the end ;)
i didn't know that! what reward?
I love this game!! I used to hallucinate with the possibilities!
The ambience would literally play when I'd go to bed at night, along with the sound of leaving your influence. I could play this game over and over, no matter how many times it crashes or how buggy it is.
I just LOVED Black and White! It was my favourite game through 11 years. ... / Greeting from Denmark
same!
Interesting video, particularly enjoyed the history of Molyneux and Lionhead/Bullfrog :)
The game might have dropped out of fame, bit instill play it. :)
You can even get it as a 1 download install for multiplayer by just googling black and white 1 multiplayer.
Always going to have a special place in my heart.
for me too!
this is what i just built a day or two ago, if you wanna check it out :D /watch?v=cKO19W9MubM&t=0s
I encourage you to check out the project called Eden Universe, it will be a combination of Black and White and Populous
Still the best game intro scene
peter molyneux the todd howard of the 2000s
For the old Molyneux era thing it's clear why things were swell. He had capable people around him doing the heavy lifting of his ideawork and restraints in place to not go so overboard.
I didn't play the first black and white, but I played the second a lot and I had a lot of fun.
Did you know that during the development of this game, a joke was played that fooled the mayor of Guildford into believing the hand could be controlled by a glove?
This might have been the first game I ever played, I’m not sure. All I know is, I loved it and I still do. It’s sad that it’s so unknown (or maybe I ask the wrong people if they know the game).
I recently heard about Lionhead Studios being closed. It’s a shock to me, because I always kind of hoped for a third game. It feels like it is official buried now.
Just torrent the game. You cant buy it anyway.
Problem is getting it to work with win10
Normally I'm against torrents but considering your choices are either A) Download it via torrrent or B) Buy a used physical copy, I'd say torrents are justified. Either way Lionhead won't be seeing any money from you so go for it.
Edit: Also for Win10 I've heard the fan patches and a No-CD crack will get it to not only run in Win10 but also at widescreen resolutions.
www.play-old-pc-games.com/2013/03/08/black-and-white/
Go to BWFiles
There you'll find a fan patch
I have a problem with getting the picture centred at 1920x1080, it's infuriating..
One of my favorite "i don't understand what to do" game... still locked in it... ^^
i love the game :)
That opening scene always creeped me out. The parents are so obsessed with loving each other that they don't notice the kid running off. It really left a dent on me personally for some reason.
My very first PC game on my very first own pc, I think it was one of the reasons I lost total intrest in Consol gaming back in the day :D
I have and played the sequel. It lost a lot of charm and was more of an RTS/Sim City than a god sim. There is still a creature, but it plays such a minor role in the objectives that it could be completely ignored.
A representative of EA actually reached out on reddit to me. They currently don't hold the/enough rights to be able to republish the game.
The game always frustrated me a bit since I was able to pretty much buy the last copy for sale in my country (Netherlands) except the cd key wasn't included :/
So Microsoft owns the Black and White ip? Or they share it?
Great Great Game.... Awesome experience.... Nice Memories !!! Thank you Peter Molyneux
If you are interested in this game you can find the game here: www.myabandonware.com/game/black-white-a33
And a guide for installation over here: bawsite.com/installationguide.html
The sequel is also available
"Benevolent cow" 08:00
xD unlike all the real cows, who are extremely malevolent :P
I love you
You needed a CD to unlock the other creatures?
I unlocked them just by doing quests a certain way in the game...
Some specific creatures weren't included in the base game and had to be patched in, like the horse and the leopard. And then there was creature isle, with the crocodile and chicken and stuff.
I disagree with you on the part of the villagers. They did everything on their own, except at a slower pace. If you were impatience, sure, you could assign breeders or farmers or carry the wood to be cut.
What I remember most about this game was spending hours on the initial tutorial level, screwing around by throwing boulders into houses, throwing people into the water and letting them drown, encouraging my cow to eat people or even to eat its own poop, and lots of other terrible stuff.
"Uh oh. We're dead. We're all dead."
I love the 'actor' characters in this......
I got far but didn't finish this......plus I missed way too many Easter eggs PAUSE and creature features
I always wondered...who is the 'actor' who sacrifices people? (One per year I think) I killed him and there was a mass suicide? Killed the whole settlement..whoops
Won't lie, wtf happened to games today? Everything is the same exact rehash of CoD or Halo for the most part.
Money happened. it's too expensive to build a creative AAA title.
And too risky. It costs more or less the same, maybe a bit more, but no one will give it the green light because there's no guarantee it'll sell. But make something proven to work and you'll get your funding. The same thing happens to movies.
Look at indie games on steam, that couldnt be farther from the truth. Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock, so like DoD and Halo!
Halo is dead. Now it's just BF and CoD.
There are still good games out there. Something like Alan Wake.
"Dumb as the night"... 😂😂😂
Where can i buy this game? I cannot seem to find it anywhere... this and black and white 2
8:00 How nice! A cow with an udderworldly glow
This game blew my mind when I was a kid, it was so strange. It is good to be bad in games ^^ (had to wait 3 years before I owned a computer that could run it though) A game I could play a single map for 12 hours straight with always something to do. Loved B&W2 as well despite its faults, but I hate the lack of opposing GOd. I think one of the flaws of the B&W is not letting you choose from any animal from the beginning, and maybe have enemy animal be random. And I never enjoyed the sequel with necromancer God. I liked the first game because the universe was so much fun with different Gods with funny personality. I know its heresy but I loved Fable 3, I played a evil sexy lesbian bitch that ruined everything and took all control for herself. Was fun.
10:30 yeah I liked the city simulation and expanding a lot, which Is why I prefer B&W2. But fck it was annoying, and difficulty and tedious at times, and sometimes the villagers just stop producing food.
i love B&W too! also the sound track was much better than that of B&W2!
i especially love the singing stone melody, and of course the Sailor's song xD
if you want you can check out a creature fight near the singing stones :) /watch?v=yYFwmfFzrSY
I struggled so hard to get this game to work and it was everything i hoped.
Second game just lacked something.
constructive criticism: cant really understand what ure saying since the voices in the game are heard too.
Have you been ignoring the remakes and mods all these years?
Yes
@@GaminGHD thanks for the great uploads,
Did you ever try the multiplayer? And yeah, it's a shame you can't buy the damn thing anywhere. Same with The Movies.
"Shines with udder-wordly light." Lol. Sorry for being easily amused.
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Does anyone know where I can get this game? I really miss playing this one and I've been struggling to find it. :(
I made a portable version with extra creatures:
mega(dot)nz/#!9pkjGIZA!PcRhy1hmgrf3IK_cUwIt9_uxDLZ3bQo5T0Gqind7Txk
Just make sure to go to Setup.exe and select your resolution, then go to runblack.exe to start it.
Citizen Kabuto!
my favorite game
this game was a a diamond in the rough, the tutorial was great but then it turned into a disappointing RTS i remember the controls been very wonky.
the controls are great if you have a clickable mousewheel!
well I do like ur video but u said that u have to build everything well I was building on the 3rd land and I saw houses that I didn't put down on the opposite side of my village and but it was only three houses wich is weird and I stay in one area and slowly work my way around so I do think the villagers do build just not a lot
it's only in the beggining i think bassicly to get you started
Black and White 2 was so much better
I like both
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All the fables were good idk what your talking about
PP SAUCE I agree
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The second game improved on this in every way
I disliked the increased focus on the peoples while making the creature less important & more predictable. Miracles suffered too.
It was a fun town building simulator, but what the original game really needed was more autonomous villagers, not more interaction with them.
i don't think so the bond with the creature was lost you didn't train him the miraclees you bought them with the currency the building system was a bit better but the armies weren't a good addition with me and on the creature part before it felt like a real pet for example it says your creature will eat more of that food but it doesn't say what it ate so you have to quickly observe your surrounding to find the most likely thing so it felt like a real pet you couldn't just see his mind and change stuff at any time the grapgics were better tho i just think that the god part was kind of undermined
Loved the first game, hated the second i can't remember why.
The second game felt rushed, unbalanced, and watered down.
I BLAME EA.