Black & White 2 (2005) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Black & White 2

In the game, the player takes the role of a god called from the void (nothingness) to help those who invoked them. However, the player is not an omnipotent style god, but rather a god who rises and falls with…

73 7 October 2005

What Black & White 2 is

Black & White 2 is an adventure game developed by Lionhead Studios and released in 2005. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player comes upon a scene of a Greek city being devastated by a huge Aztec army after being summoned from a "pure prayer". After the player saves a certain number of people, their people are transported to a new land with a handful of refugee worshipers, the player must re-establish a power base from which to eventually defeat the Aztec empire. To do so, the player must conquer the Norse, the Japanese and the Aztecs, either by peace or war. Throughout the game there is a theme of "The prophecy", which states that a tribe will be destroyed by the mightiest power in the world but will receive a god who will lead them to glory and dominance of the world.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Black & White 2 holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 80 votes.

What it launched against

Black & White 2 launched on 7 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy). All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy).

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer