Being An Evil God

[Greeninja]

There really isn't any reason to be evil. Being evil just restricts your points and makes the nuggets start protesting, sure it makes the temple look cooler, but that's it! I want there to be more pros to being evil.
Isn't one of the main things in game being able to choose to be good or evil? There should be pros and cons to both, but I don't see really any pros to being evil.

What would be cool is:
Some sort of evil cult worshiping you, doing evil deeds to please you, like sacrificing people at the temple.
A fear meter. Unhappiness causes them to revolt and protest, but what if a fear meter could make them be too afraid to defy you?
Building looking different for being evil (not just the temple).
Evil powers. For example, one that makes any nuggets in an area be forced to work for an amount of time.

Wouldn't things like this make being evil better? I think they would, what do you think they should add about being evil? These are only a few examples, but I really want to see a more fleshed out evil route. I think being an evil god would be awesome! I've always wanted to play Black & White, but because idk how to get it to work I've been hoping they add more features for being evil.

[FinalKingdomHearts]

They are too prone to fearing you, making you evil.
Even if they are happy.
Unhappy nuggets protest.

The one pro of being evil is more points from sacrificing nuggets.

[City Builder]

Originally posted by manvivicc:

They are too prone to fearing you, making you evil.
Even if they are happy.
Unhappy nuggets protest.

The one pro of being evil is more points from sacrificing nuggets.

Yeah I think this shows that they've lost their path in the God game world unless they have something up their sleeves for later on. Let's wish the Great and Powerful Oz the best but I suspect it's just another old gray haired man behind the curtain.

[tripodalt]

their is a single point to play god power in this game is refill tree and water and optionally chang seasons
this before modern era where nothing matter else the deposit restrictions
let play not touching god power and you get a basic simcity in easy version
govrnement mating reserch direction all this fall flat because no game changer
can just make a bit quick for lot of micro

[Holy Athena]

This isn't a God game.. I don't care what the store says or what the developers say... there is literally no reason to use your powers, or to be good or evil...

[tripodalt]

if you dont use power the game not start
i atempted and the two first nub never meet alone by themself without help

[City Builder]

Originally posted by Holy Athena:

This isn't a God game.. I don't care what the store says or what the developers say... there is literally no reason to use your powers, or to be good or evil...

There is very little need to use power on, only really the first power so that you mate, other than that, little use for power except when game developers cause you to use power so that you get something for doing so.

It's really not a God game, they've lost sight of what a God game should be, never the less it's a fun game.

[tripodalt]

i remind black & white gameplay nothing can be done without using powrs
the first time i played universim i just ignored all the powers this not possible because first mate
but after the nuke patch even telsa can be ignored and all the long of the game i not used it else for shooting alin ship with lighnining
as result i completed all possible building and get a stable 400nub city without any problems
so what to make more i had all and not water shortage as in previous version i just pumped four diferent lakes

[Etermes]

I agree, in my opinion is a city builder with limited God powers,

I have played B&W and other games, since 80's and this game would need more to be a God game, Faith system is weak for instance

[tripodalt]

even you use the power at max you can it will not impact a lot the gameplay or in the worst direction yes you can kill evry people and loose the game with such powers
in rare case you can make happy people if you dont provide them enought but its an endless task and far more than just building the goodness they need
noway to make them still live with god powers if you have not the basics
and the worst when you reach pop cap the god power are useless to make they reproduce more
my opinion is the devs had played black & white too and decided to make a clone but after some time they changed of strategy when their media was already complete so it keep an obsolete feature out of mean

[whilan_the_wolf]

There really needs to be more fleshed out here. You've got a good list going. I would also add the following:

Nuggets fight each other which causes more injury but they can also defend themselves from wolves attack (say a 5% change they will kill the wolf instead of dying to it even if they aren't a hunter)
Nuggets will also launch attacks against the other town (same as the orator attack on your town except in the reverse)
In addition to your forcing Nuggets to build certain buildings. We could also have nugget taskmasters (possible new building?) that can force nuggets to go where we want them to.
Nuggets will also tend to refuse trades more often if you are evil and even attempt to steal resources from other exile towns (with a chance to fail of course cause nuggets are stupid)
Also possible force converting of Exile towns into your own.

Naturally some of these could also have a good alignment alternative.

Also can we get that meter at the temple to stop sliding back to good. I've had it almost all the way to evil and both my crime and unhappiness was at the highest and it will still sliding back to good without me doing anything.

[tripodalt]

mention than evil side mean more criminal and corupted police

[whilan_the_wolf]

I got a few more ideas for this thread.

The music changes to be more sinister if you are evil.
This is a long shot one as the VA for the narrator is probably gone but just in case. The Narrator reacts more to your civilization being Evil or good.
I swear either I had this or someone else did in this list but I don't see it, the ground also changing to be more cracked.

I know this isn't black and white so I'm not expecting a full copy but this IS suppose to be a god game. I think we need to focus a little more on the God part, a lot of the building and age progression has been done but, the god aspect really needs to be touched on again.

[Dave]

Evil actually doesn't affect protesting at all. Protesting is purely based on crime.

[Dave]

Evil makes nuggets build things faster and carry more items. So it has its benefits.