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Highly recommended.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Getting fed up with Black & White, I reinstalled this old game to give it another shot.

It's older, but vastly better. The graphics look convincing enough, and produce convincing worlds in three themes. The music is nice and non-intrusive. The control system is menu-based, with arrow keys used to change angle of view--you can also go to a world view that shows movements of people and locations of buildings and landmarks in real time.

Strategy is based around your shaman and the braves of the tribe. The latter are the grunts. They build, can be converted through specialised buildings into warriors (who fight), priests (who can convert enemies to your cause or stop your men falling prey to rival priests) and fire-warriors (who can throw ranged fireballs). The braves, when in huts, charge the shaman with mana for spells. The system for charging and firing spells is wonderfully intuitive, and has a pleasing element of strategy, since the more powerful ones require lots of time and mana to power up (do I go for a Land Bridge to reach that island, or will I need a Swamp to block that pass from enemy attack?). Once you and your enemies get boats and balloons, you really need to think about strategy. And the Shaman isn't much use in combat against massed forces, so you do need to use combined arms tactics. And when you get a nice suite of apocalyptic spells (Rain of Fire, Tornado, Volcano) ready and release them in the middle of the enemy settlements, it's very impressive. Huts sink into streams of magma or are torn apart by moving land, tornados suck up buildings and throw all the pieces into the sea.

There are several gimmick levels (one where you have 15 minutes to stop the enemy summoning the Angel of Death, one where you don't have your shaman), but these feel challenging and a nice change of pace rather than unwanted interruptions.

A note of praise goes to the voices. Though the words are nonsense, the tones of the voices convey both the unit type and what they're doing (the priest sounds urbane and cultured, the spy sounds sneaky and devious). It's not easy to describe, but it is a great function.

Bad points? One outstanding one is that you can't create groups of troops to select with a keypress. This means that selecting characters in the middle of a big brawl can be a bit awkward.

In short, this one has a good control system, sound strategy, and incredible gameplay.

I love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is such a great game and one of my favorite ones. The graphics are OK, but I don't care how good or bad they are. You are the shaman and you have to take over other tribes to become the most powerful shaman. The first level is so easy because the other tribe won't attack your settlement, but they will on the on the other levels. I'm not exactly sure about these things because I only have a demo version that was on my Simcity 3000, but if the demo is so good then the actual game has to be better. I saw a lot of spells and stuff that were not available on demo version and they looked pretty cool. You can also turn your braves into warriors, priests, firewarriors and more. Some of the spells are the lightening, the landbridge, the earthquake, the tornado, the magical shield, the swamp, the swarm, and more. Buy this.

Want full-version

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have the demo version of this game and I love it! I would love to get the full, but I can't get it now. I would recommend it to anyone.

The Best Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I recieved this game as a Christmas gift, and I instantly became addicted to it. While there are a few glitches in the multiplayer, the graphics and response time are amazing! After I finished all 25 levels I wanted more! I could easily spend many hours playing this game, and if I ever got tired of it, I'd just download Undiscovered Worlds. The best part about it is the multiplayer. It's alot of fun to play real people over the internet, and there are so many sites with helpful hints, so many strategies. It's a very challenging game, and it never gets old!

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