This game and the sequel (Black and White 2) were masterpieces.
I miss Lionshead, that studio was always willing to try new things instead of continuously rehashing the same games endlessly.
Peter Molyneux was the creative force behind some of my most favorite games as a youngster: Populous, Dungeon Keeper, Black and White, Fable… all really interesting games that were really different from anything else at the time.
I really enjoyed this game. It’d be neat to see a remake, or even an homage. It’s actually strange there hasn’t been one. There are tributes to pretty much every game genre in existence from modern Doom style “boomer shooters” to a whole host of “Harvest Moon but not”s. You’d think the “you are literally God” genre would at least have more than a few old titles in it.
I still have this exact edition of the game (Sold Out) plus its expansion. Shame its such a ballache to get running on modern machines. The PC I had when I bought it could barely run it.
……..why?……why must you show me something i miss so much?…….something that never will be on steam so the gane can actually run on modern PC’s?
Same goes for black and white 2 but the first one is such a work of art, if you have the patience to really delve into it.
But its been abandoned, i heard its technically abandonware because Microsoft doesn’t know what to do with it.
Id say its easy in concept but harder in execution, what they should do is remake B&W 1 in the same vain as the spyro remake trilogy but the updated controls of 2, but keep everything else the same (maybe some waya to adjust diffficulty and better creature combat)
Use that as a test to see just how many people enjoy it then if enough do, make sequels.
Kinda weird to just post a pic of the cover like this.
That said, this game was mindblowing at the time.
This game and the sequel (Black and White 2) were masterpieces.
I miss Lionshead, that studio was always willing to try new things instead of continuously rehashing the same games endlessly.
Peter Molyneux was the creative force behind some of my most favorite games as a youngster: Populous, Dungeon Keeper, Black and White, Fable… all really interesting games that were really different from anything else at the time.
I really enjoyed this game. It’d be neat to see a remake, or even an homage. It’s actually strange there hasn’t been one. There are tributes to pretty much every game genre in existence from modern Doom style “boomer shooters” to a whole host of “Harvest Moon but not”s. You’d think the “you are literally God” genre would at least have more than a few old titles in it.
I loved this game.
It needs a remake along with the sequel. I miss it so much.
Loved the game but hated how clunky it was. FEED the villagers not EAT the villagers.
The Black and White series is, without a doubt, my absolute favourite game series in my childhood and teens. Such amazing games.
Ahhh, What a game!!!
Loved this and B&W2.
My brother and I would spend countless hours messing around with our people XD
[Let’s all hear the sailor song again !](https://youtu.be/q0x4Kw_y4fg?si=w9FErPIVE4AJR-ZT)
Yup thats the game.
Anymore context besides just Karma farming?
I heard about this game back in the day. Always wanted to play it. Never could find it.
I has a sad.
“We’ve got this notion that we’d quite like to sail the ocean, but we ain’t sailing nowhere till we get some wood!”
“We need more wood!”
I still have the official guide book for Black & White 2 at home ^^
Here’s a game worthy of a remake.
wish we had both black & white games on gog or steam
I still have this exact Sold Out version in a pile of old games to my left.
I still have this exact edition of the game (Sold Out) plus its expansion. Shame its such a ballache to get running on modern machines. The PC I had when I bought it could barely run it.
That was a great game, spent a lot of time with it.
First time in my life I got Molyneuxed. That dude said you could do some crazy shit in this game, which you absolutely could not.
Still a fun game though.
Any way to play this (or part 2) on a modern system?
Only played the second one. It was pretty good
This was peak gaming
EA, if you want an easy score, remaster this and B&W2. You’ll make bank
Talk about a game that needs a reboot/remaster. Did anyone else ever notice that “good” people would always end up with evil pets in this game?
……..why?……why must you show me something i miss so much?…….something that never will be on steam so the gane can actually run on modern PC’s?
Same goes for black and white 2 but the first one is such a work of art, if you have the patience to really delve into it.
But its been abandoned, i heard its technically abandonware because Microsoft doesn’t know what to do with it.
Id say its easy in concept but harder in execution, what they should do is remake B&W 1 in the same vain as the spyro remake trilogy but the updated controls of 2, but keep everything else the same (maybe some waya to adjust diffficulty and better creature combat)
Use that as a test to see just how many people enjoy it then if enough do, make sequels.