Black & White is a computer game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts and Feral Interactive. It is a God game released in 2001, which included elements of artificial life, strategy, and Versus fighting games. The game was followed by an expansion, Black & White: Creature Isle, and a sequel, Black & White 2.
The player takes on the role of a god ruling over an island populated by various tribes. The player's control over ...
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Black & White is a computer game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts and Feral Interactive. It is a God game released in 2001, which included elements of artificial life, strategy, and Versus fighting games. The game was followed by an expansion, Black & White: Creature Isle, and a sequel, Black & White 2.
The player takes on the role of a god ruling over an island populated by various tribes. The player's control over the island is manifested in the Hand, an animated on-screen hand which can move or throw people and objects, tap houses to wake their occupants, cast miracles, and do many other things. Use of the keyboard and buttons in the game is purposely low; to add to the sense of realism, the (usually) mouse-controlled hand can perform every function in the game. In later patches, the Hand can also be controlled by an Essential Reality P5 Glove, a consumer-level virtual reality glove that is no longer for sale.
Generally speaking, the goal of a level is...
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