Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| GameSpot | 9.3/10 |
| IGN | 9.7/10 |
Critics initially awarded Black & White with high praise, averaging 90% at both Metacritic and GameRankings, based on preliminary gameplay. Some critics, after spending more time reviewing the game, altered their judgement: Black & White was selected by GameSpy as the most overrated game of all time in an article published in September 2003, who cited a lack of true interaction with the game's townspeople and poor use of the much-lauded creatures among reasons the game ultimately disappointed. and IGN mentioned the game in one of their podcasts discussing overrated games. Some of the game's awards and accolades include:
- E3 2000 Game Critics Awards: Best of Show, Best Original Game, Best PC Game, Best Strategy Game
- E3 1999 Game Critics Awards: Best Original Game
- BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards 2001 for Interactivity and Moving Images
- The Electronic Multimedia Awards. (EMMA) Gold Award Of Excellence
- ECTS 2001 for PC Game of the Year Power Unlimited Benelux,PC Game of the Year CD Action Eastern Europe,PC Game of the Year PC Games Germany,PC Game of the Year KwVideogiochi.it Italy,PC Game of the Year PC Hemma Scandinavia, PC Game of the Year Solo Juegos.com Spain
- PC World (US) for Best game of 2001
- Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, Nominated for six awards. It won Computer Game Of The Year and Innovation in Computer Gaming
- THE GAME DEVELOPERS CHOICE AWARDS (US) four awards. Excellence in Programming (won), Excellence in Game Design (nominated), Game Of The Year (nominated), Game Innovation Spotlight (won)
- Gamespy, Gamer's Choice Of The Year (Strategy)
- GAMES MAGAZINE (USA) Game Of The Year
- NY times, Reviewers choice of the year's best video game.
- PC Gameplay UK, Game of 2001
- Cnet's top five games of the summer, #1.
- CGW, voted number one by readers of CGW.
- Tied highest PC game review score ever on IGN.com (9.7/10) (with Half-Life 2 and BioShock)
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