Black & White Hands-On

I can't believe that CGO website still uses that layout. I can't read the article cuz that fugly website gives me a brain hemorrhage just looking at it.

ARRRGGGGHHHH! MY EYES!

There needs to be some kind of common sense rule that keeps people from publishing "hands-on" previews for games that probably won't come out until Gore is re-elected in 2004.

Jesus Capitol C.... how long is Black and White going to be delayed? I understand "when its done" but Black + White falls into the same mold as games like DNF + HALO which though they will certainly shock the fuck out of everyone when they're released, any enthusiasm you might have had has completely evaporated and since been replaced by meaningless screen-shot montages... Overall you should consider yourself lucky if the product is still focused on the same platform (a'la Halo)...

Just put the damn game out... After all this time it better help people with their physics homework for all the work that's been put into it... As it stands I expect these games release date to = a quarter past never.

I really hope this doesn't turn into another "VE special" aka a fucking useless waste of HDD space (with nice visuals for Apache to pleasure himself over before giving it a 90%+ score). Almost every other big game released recently has been a total POS so please please please can we have some substance with the style this time, Mr Ex Bullfrog Game God.

Is there a giant masturbating bear in this game?

In case some of you guys are too dim-witted to understand why there are "giant cows" and the like, is because of the game's concept. Many religions throughout time, believed that certain animals represented or actually were Gods. The point of the game, is that you get to play God.

However, since you yourself exist in another world (this real world), you have no substantial physical representation in the Black&White world. So, you find an animal like a cow or a tiger, and you start casting your godly magic on it. I assume that your magic starts out weak at first, but with the more worshippers that believe in you, your power grows. Therefore, your "giant cow" or "giant tiger" is mearly a puppet for your followers to actually see, worship, etc... all the while, believing that it is the actual God.

The game is all about feeding the power hunger in you. People have been known to enjoy huge amounts of power... in fact, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely".

I bet most the guys around here play as an evil God, who strikes down their dissident followers with bolts of lightening.

Quote from the Black&White "Hands-on" review:
For example, you physically show it affection by rubbing it and praising it, or you can abuse the creature by punishing and hitting it.

Yeah, ok, now if that didn't sound a bit weeeiiirrrdddd. In my country, we call "the creature" your "johnson" or "cock-n-ballz".

this game just freaks me out to no end. its just so damn strange i dont think there is any real way to tell if it will be fun or not unless you actually play it.

i do like giant cows... bonus!

whats the release date, please dont say 2002 :)

Gee, this game looks really boring.

Ok, giant fighting cows aside, this game sounds pretty damn fucking cool.

Even more surreal, as your creature grows it installs a web page on your hard drive and starts to list the things it likes to eat and stuff it likes to do. You can also upload the page to the web. Also, if you are playing music during the game, your creature will recognize it. When you punish your creature while listening to lets say...The Doors, then the next time Jim Morrison's voice rings through your speaker or headphones, your creature will get upset and even angry. Maybe you were petting your creature while listening to Beck. He'll add that to his web page and enjoy listening to Beck every time you play his music. (How Pavlovian.) They've added more little delights, but listing everything would ruin the fun.

Thats fucking cool. Play NIN or creature starts whimpering, play the beatles it get happy.

pc zone (uk) exclusive review: 95%

that's all I can find online. now, can anybody find a scan of the review?

Is this the spread your influence that makes the cow big?

A giant f'ing cow? This games looks WEIRD.

Haha. the cow in the first shot there reminds me of this:

http://www.emotioneric.com/emotionfill/unctuous.html

wow. a