This game is one of a kind.It adds a mixture of RTS and city management like if rome:total war met sim city.I really enjoy the depth in wich you can build and measure your city.Many people argue that it contains a lack of strategy while in honesty battles arent exactly strategic but the way you build your army is where the strategy.In this game you have to mange the population make sure they are happy and the population will grow wich means you must make your city grow along with it.You cannot win this game by just building a barracks and clicking the build soldier button.You have to draft people without jobs already such as farmers,miners,builder,foresters,and breeders(yes they make babies).this is a risk also because these people at the same time could be working to improve your economy while you just have them waging a war that might not even be necessary.The only time i really used an army was for defense.i won many of the lands through building a great city while still having an army for defense and the occasional skirmish.Another aspect of the gameplay i really liked was the freedom that made you feel as if you were a god such as picking up a rock and throw it at a wall that has actual physics and will bounce of causing mass casualties.
When the original Black & White hit shelves, back in 2001, it was a very ambitious title. Combining god-game, with pet-simulator, with city building. And it pulled it off with surprising fluidity. The only problem, was t... Read Full Review
I loved Black and White's originality and sense of abnormal gameplay, and I expected the sequel to improve on those magnicifent factors, or at least not lose the arresting feel to it. But BW2 really went off the prequel... Read Full Review
