Talk:Black & White (video game)

message: doesnt mention populous. inconceivable.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.240.25.160 (talk) 03:36, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: populous

message: It may or may not be notable that there is no way to play this game on a PC with Windows XP.
Yes it can, after downloading the patches, and following the advice on the offical forums http://allboards.lionhead.com
Check out the sticky thread in the "Black And White" forum. Grymsqueaker 13:44, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unplayable on Windows XP 

message: I've been sorted though old magazines to throw out... just opened PC Gamer UK, issue 59 (August 1998). It's got a scoop on page 19, with a large picture of a giant. Not a monkey, or a cow, or anything like that. It's a humonoid creature with no mouth, wearing a loincloth! According to the article, it's appearance would still change according to your actions.
Should probably be mentioned somewhere.91.105.6.48 (talk) 12:06, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That picture is probably the Ogre mentioned in the list of  Creatures - all the creatures   change as you play them. Any material added to the article needs more sourcing than a picture or it is original research and not allowed. PC Gamer publishes a LOT of pre-release hype from design teams that never actually makes it in playable form in the actual release.-- The Red Pen of Doom 12:32, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Giant 

message: Shouldn't there be some sort of mention about the fact that the game was unplayable upon release as it wouldn't let you complete one of the later levels?
I'd write it myself but I don't have enough information about it. I just remember Peter Molyneux being all hype-happy about it, and then turning around and saying 'well yeah, we need to fix that'. That one experience completely let down my faith in him and Lionhead. Only for it to be compounded by Fable's complete failure.
Didn't Peter Molyneux say that Fable would enable you to build your own teleporter using common household materials? Probably, since he generally over-hypes his games to the heavens. --Dan 16:36, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, it's not playable if you have Windows XP and I think 2000, not to mention others the game it's self mentions. It think someone should add an entire Technical Difficulties section. Gopherbassist 12:59, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unplayable upon release 

message: This article is of a slightly below mediocre standard and needs to be written in a less informal tone. Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 22:10, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Writing style 

message: According to this Prima guide here, the initial monkey creature is an 'Ape' and there is another darker monkey creature called a 'Chimp'. How should we edit this? Seriphyn 09:40, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is an Ape and a Chimpanzee and A Mandrill IIRC,I've not played for AGES!However,I've not played in full,IMHO,just get the Lion if you're a player,the best Creature...Ever.121.7.56.203 16:19, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ape not Orangutan? 

message: I heard that the animals could dance to arbitrary music.
:Does an in-game Winamp interface count? Nifboy 08:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dancing Pets 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:B&wbox.jpg

message: Wasn't there a test in the A.I. where the creature did something that surprised the developers? If so, this should be included. P.S. I don't have the time but there a lot of typos in the article, such as periods after )) . Lots42 (talk) 11:17, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not only that, but according to the article on Richard Evans: "The artificial creature in Black & White holds the Guinness World Record for most intelligent being in a game.[5] Black and White is Number 1 in AIGameDev's most influential AI games.[6]"  Surprised that that's not mentioned anywhere on the page.Stoopdapoop (talk) 07:00, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creature surprise 

message: While digging through the online print archive, I located the following print preview material for this game: 
*Computer Games Magazine Preview 
*Computer Gaming World Preview 
*Computer Games Magazine Preview 
*Computer Games Magazine Preview 
*Computer Games Magazine Preview 
*Next Generation Magazine Preview
One or more print reviews for this game may also be found in the archive. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 09:49, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference material 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I'm not sure if it's just on my end, but the awards section seems somewhat randomly ordered. At the moment it shows awards in 2001, then 2002, then 1999 and so on. Would it be ok to organise that section by the year? I may have missed something for why it's organised like that though.--Stikman (talk) 18:25, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks as though it's grouped by the awarding organisation (Bafta etc) although I had to stop and work it out. No objections from me, your way sounds clearer, although an alternative would be the existing order with some more intelligent formatting so the year isn't emphasised first. Scribolt (talk) 18:53, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah yes, I can see how it's set out now. I'm thinking if the table template used is changed (i.e. from 'awards table3' to 'awards table2') it would let people sort it by year, result etc, which could make it a bit clearer depending on what the individual was looking for. If there's no problems with that, then I'll just change it. --Stikman (talk) 19:28, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awards section 

message: I was reading the article and it says (pretty clearly) that the Playstation version of the game never existed. But I distinctly remember having had friends that owned that version of the game as well as even playing it (briefly) myself. So what gives? Is this a matter of article vandalism, or did I somehow end up in an alternate reality or something? Because I'm 100% certain the PSX/PS1 version did in fact exist, or at least it did in Sweden (games being available in Swedish was a pretty big thing/draw at the time.) Captain Seasick (talk) 21:29, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: You'll have to find some credible evidence. It would be interesting if it really was available for PlayStation in Sweden, but I haven't been able to find anything about it (but I'm also searching in English). -- Primium (talk) 23:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  PlayStation version; did it really not exist?