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 | Black & White 2: Battle of Gods Expansion Pack |
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Expansion pack; requires Black and White 2 Black and White 2: Battle Of The Gods takes the player back to the world of Eden to face a host of new challenges in a much darker, more sinister game world. The Aztecs have not accepted defeat lightly -- by making a huge number of human sacrifices, they have managed to raise their own evil deity. Now the player must face this new foe & stop him from taking over the entire world. Call on 4 new miracles to boost your godly campaign Build up your villages - and alter your alignment - with three new player buildingsProduct Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3909 in Video Games
- Brand: Electronic Arts
- Released on: 2006-04-24
- ESRB Rating: Teen
- Platform: Windows XP
- Format: CD-ROM
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .53" h x 5.75" w x 7.75" l, .30 pounds
Features
- Become a nameless god whose very existence depends upon having devoted worshippers
- Go head-to-head against a new undead god, and battle an army of undead skeletons and an undead new creature
- Choose either good or evil, each of which will give you a variety of miracles and bonuses
- Train your creature to do what you want, from fertilizing fields with its manure to knocking down enemy walls
- Battle across new isles against an all new enemy AI using new miracles and new building units as support
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Description
Who, if we are being honest, hasn't wanted to be a
god now and again, if only for a little while? Black & White 2:
Battle of the Gods once again makes you into a nameless god whose
very existence depends upon having devoted worshippers. Predictably, Black
& White 2 picks up after the events of the original Black
& White. Just when you thought you had gotten Eden under
control, the Aztecs raise a new undead god through huge numbers of human
sacrifices, complete with an army of undead skeletons and an undead new
creature to lead them.
As
before, you must crush this rival god on various isles by nurturing
your followers and building a flourishing civilization that lets you
either convince the Aztec god's followers to defect to your side, or
allows you to take them over militarily.The core gameplay in this
expansion remains pretty much unchanged from Black & White 2,
though you do get a few new islands to battle it out on, some of which
are actually huge when compared to those seen in the original. If you
still have any old games saved, you can actually import your creature
from Black & White 2. But don't fret if you either didn't
play or didn't keep any old games on your hard-drive, as this expansion
lets both old and new players hit the ground running. First, you select a
starting package that is either good or evil, which will give you a
variety of miracles and bonuses. You can also elect to start off as
neutral and fine-tune your own starting package if you know specifically
what kinds of things you want. There are two new creatures to choose
from as well, which bring the total number of creature options to six.
Whether you import an existing creature or start anew, you'll begin Battle
of the Gods with a ton of tribute points that allow you to purchase
the buildings and powers you will start with.
It is easy to
improve the cities of your followers, as virtually the whole game can be
played without messing with the keyboard. The mouse allows you to do
pretty much everything, from laying out cities to picking up and
dropping citizens around the map. The Battle of the Gods
expansion includes a handful of new buildings that add a few more
tactical options, such as a blacksmith that can upgrade your soldiers
and hospitals, letting you save the manna you would normally spend on
healing for use on other miracles. The mouse also allows you to punish
or reward your creature for its behavior at the click of a button, so
you can quickly train it to do what you want, from fertilizing fields
with its manure to knocking down enemy walls.
It's possible in Black
& White 2: Battle of the Gods to simply assimilate your
enemies' followers peacefully by building a city of such grandeur that
they want to defect. However, the sheer size of some of these maps can
make this a long and drawn-out process, since you would require such a
huge and impressive city. And besides, who really wants to be a
completely peaceful and benevolent god? Instead you send your creature
into the fray to defeat the enemy god's undead creature and crush the
Aztec armies, thereby letting loose the platoons you have been building
in order to seize and capture defenseless Aztec towns.
One other
change is the addition of more mini-game challenges that you can pursue
for additional tribute points, and which let you unlock new buildings
and powers. These challenges provide short diversions from the main
focus of the game, as you solve puzzles, participate in ice curling,
target practice on zombies with lightning bolts, and more. Whether you
pursue a peaceful or militaristic approach, you'll find that it'll take
you hours of enjoyable gameplay to get through each map, and, especially
for those of you who already loved the unique world and gameplay of Black
& White 2, that is all that need be said.
There are two new creatures
to choose from, which brings the total number of creature options to
six. View larger. |
Send your creature into the
fray to defeat the enemy god's undead creatures. View larger. |
Who hasn't wanted to be a
god now and again, if only for a little while? View larger. |
Customer Reviews
More of the same, but that's good.
This expansion pack provides a
few new items to build around your city and provides three more maps to
conquer. If it weren't for the fact that Black & White 2 was so
addictive to begin with, this would be a really disappointing product.
If you're looking for skirmish or multiplayer action, this expansion is
not for you. In fact, this expansion is probably only for the purely
addicted players, and even then, it only amounts to a little over two
hours' worth of play time.
As a side note, the custom maps that
you can design with Lionhead's map editor or download from various fan
sites do not work with this expansion, which means that you can use the
new items in only the three maps provided with this expansion.
Great Add-On to a Legacy
As a fan of Black & White
from the beginning, this was something I just had to have. The game
plays pretty much like B&W2 except there is definitely a much darker
feel to the expansion. A few new very cool miracles, and a few new cool
buildings. About the buildings, you must be careful which ones you use
as each has either a positive or negative effect on your alignment. For
example, the hospital is a structure only a kind and caring god would
build for his minions. It inevitably pulls your alignment toward the
good and your villagers recover much quicker from fatigue, in turn
giving you production boosts.
On the other hand, the abattoir is
butcher's shop and helps to pull your alignment towards the darker end
of the scale. For some reason the creators of the game felt that killing
of animals for food was evil. I didn't get it. But anyway. If you build
some of these, be sure to build a few animal pens close by for an
unlimited source of meat for them to kill. Also, you must drop a few
villagers in there. They will then become disciple butchers. Without
butchers, a butcher shop has no production value whatsoever.
And
while we are on the evil thing, let's talk about another new building:
the blacksmith's. Thankfully, you do not have to drop villagers in a
blacksmith shop to have disciple blacksmiths. The cool thing about them
is the more you build (up to 10), the greater experience level each new
army becomes. If I am playing with a more military approach, I like to
build the armories, then go ahead and automatically drop 10 blacksmith
foundations. Then each army is spawned with the highest experience
rating. Unfortunately for good players, the blacksmith shops have a
small draw on your alignment. I have noticed it's not too much to worry
about. If you keep building wonderful things like signposts, flagpoles,
hospitals, granaries, and dovecotes (a dove house in the middle of a
village really helps boost happiness), your alignment will flow toward
the good accordingly. But it you need super armies, who really cares
about alignment, right?
I loved Black & White, I loved Black
& White 2, and Battle of the Gods is the latest to make that very
prestigious list. It does only offer three more lands to conquer, and
one bonus level which I have yet to figure out how to access. It is well
worth the money.
Waited too long
I loved the first game and
have no idea why I waited this long to pick up the second, enjoying it
thoroughly.
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