Black & White: Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Dean Evans
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Book Reviews of Black & White: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Book Review: It is a great book, but...don't read too much before playing
Summary: 4 Stars
Black & White: Prima's Official Strategy Guide by Dean Evans, is a great book, you can see every detail of the game here, you will know what to do, where to do and when. You will get info about everything, from villagers to wonders, disciples, creatures. Just don't use it before playing any level or it won't be as fun as it should be, but read about the level just when U are going to go to the next level and you will see what you are missing. The book is very good, use it as a help when you are stuck, but don't to play the whole game or the fun will be lost.Book Review: It wa a pretty good info book
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked it largely do to the help it gave on some of the harder miniquests in the game, though I was a little dissapointed with the fact that there was so little left in the game to do, though that was the programmers' fault and not this author's. Id have to say, this was one of the better strategy guides Ive purchased in a whileBook Review: Helps you out when your stuck in the game!
Summary: 4 Stars
There are a TON of challenges in the game of Black and White that will help you out a lot. I often got stuck on these, but this strategy guide helped me figure out how to solve the challenges and tells me what to expect later in the game!Book Review: Not angelic, not totally evil
Summary: 3 Stars
If Dean Evans (the author of this book) is a programmer for Lionhead Ltd., he should sue--he isn't credited in the manual...anyway...The Good: You are taken step by step through the quests for the most part, with useful details (like the EXACT locations of all nine sheep in land one).
The Bad: Other prime information is left out (like which actions determine the alignment of you and your creature/titan). Considering that raising a creature is at least half the game, one would expect the strategy guide to spend the majority of the time on the mechanics of training, alignment, etc. Instead, only 10% of the book covers creatures, and only superficially. Half of several pages is used for tables of "stats" for creatures, when in fact these "stats" only mildly affect the game. An example: p. 95 "Should you choose [the sheep as your titan], you'll have a lot of work to do if you want to shape it into a more terrifying attacker....Think of it as a challenge." But then on p. 94 "...as _Black & White's_ creatures don't differ wildly in their mathematical genetics, whatever beast you start with can eventually be transformed into a rampaging titan." So which is? Is one creature more difficult to use, or are they the same? This might seem like a minor point, but this is a sort of information I expect from a strategy guide. I expect more than the "missing manual" for a game.
The ugly: Is it worth it? Yes, if for nothing else than to aid you, when you are ready, to fully explore some of the quests. Is it a great strategy guide? Not in least. Again, I would call it a strategy guide in name only; it is essentially some information that should have been in the game manual. If you want REAL hints and tips (the sort of thing one expects to find in a strategy guide), check the message boards.
Book Review: Book by a programmer of the Game offers some Insights
Summary: 3 Stars
This book was actually writen by one of the programmers of Black & White. I offers some hints (read: clues) as one might expect, but because of the nature of the game, they can't be very specific. Instead, it has processes and general ideas of behavior. Fun Fun. I'd try to learn the game myself before buying this though...
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