The Black and White series was originally hyped by the always passionate Peter Molyneux. Back in 2001, the first Black and White was being hyped up to be the...

The Black and White series was originally hyped by the always passionate Peter Molyneux. Back in 2001, the first Black and White was being hyped up to be the greatest game of all time. Since then, a sequel was released in 2005 called Black and White 2, which was even more forgotten. Was this a worthy sequel to step the genre forward, or did the series once again fall short of expectations?

  • Schal330@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    4 months ago

    I was absolutely excited for Black and White when I was younger. In school we had to write an article for English class and I chose to write about Black and White’s upcoming release. I got a good mark from it and my English teacher was equally intrigued.

    The game came out and I sunk a good amount of hours into it. Was it the best game? No of course not, but it gave me great memories. I don’t think I’ll ever go back and play it again as it won’t live up to the nostalgia, but it would be interesting if someone attempted to tackle this kind of genre again.

    • Axiochus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      4 months ago

      I remember playing with the little black and white marbles in the logo, or am I misremembering? I have tons of fond memories of the game.

      • Omega@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        4 months ago

        It was definitely in the second game. During the loading screen, you could move it around and the marbles would fall out and swoosh around in the box.

    • Amanda@aggregatet.orgEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      Oh oh!!! I had the same experience but with an AMAZING anticlimax. So when the game came out it was only available for purchase in a localised version, with a horrible Swedish dub.

      For context, Sweden has an official policy of not dubbing essentially anything for anyone over maybe seven years old. No other game I know of was translated even (except the sims), and certainly not dubbed. We made fun of how terrible and corny that version was for years. It sounded like morning cartoons for babies, probably because the same cast who did Sailor Moon and Pokémon did it.

      I’ve never played the real version, and only sparingly played the horrific dub because the family computer wasn’t good enough.

  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
    23·
    4 months ago

    Someone needs to give this type of god game/digital pet game another go. This is the sort of stuff that would be perfect on VR.

    • morbidcactus@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      The Universim from the brief looks I’ve given it seems to fit the bill to me, my partner’s been playing it and it’s made me want to replay bw2, I’ve got all my disks but can’t find my cd key so… Prey 2006 same thing.

        • morbidcactus@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          Same, the big box should still be at my parents so have some hope, they gave me a lot of the stuff they still had in my room when they moved, but not everything, maybe it’ll turn up when I finally unpack all my stuff.

  • edwardbear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    4 months ago

    Ooooh, we’ve got this notion

    That we’d quite like to sail the ocean

    So we’re building a big boat to leave here for good.

    • Nilz@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      12·
      4 months ago

      We’re not keen on sinking so we’re all sittin’ here a thinking

      Cos we built it too big and we’ve run out of wood

    • graymess@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      Black & White 3 should open on these guys finally reaching new land where the next god begins.

      • edwardbear@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        As amazing as this would be, I don’t think I want a Black and White 3 in today’s market. You probably will get 1 type of creature and additional creatures are gonna be a micro transaction.

        • graymess@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          You forgot the holy battle pass for exclusive creature skins. That’s too pessimistic. Maybe it’s been a while since I played them, but I think Black & White 1 + 2 had the scope of what an ambitious indie game is capable of today. Or a (these days) rare “AA” budget game. A modern B&W could be similarly scaled to the originals, but expanding on them creatively. Though of course the IP would never be granted to indie devs if anyone still holds the rights of Lionhead Studios.