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Populous - The Begining (PC)

 

Newest Review: ... changed. Being a prequal to these two, Populous the beginning is different. You are not a god, you are instead a women ... more

 ... shamen with a mission to become a god. She has many powers and spells, but she is person who you can actually move and control unlike the two other outings. Also, you can control your minions, such as the braves and warriors and send them to do your biddings. Unlike the former populous' everything is under your control. The graphics were amazing for 98, the year it was released but to say they are now is again perhaps overdoing it. But again they are not half bad. The engine is also amazing and often betters ma...more

Edward_H
Premium Review Populous - The Begining (PC): A new beginning for Populous (763 words)
by Edward_H - written on 11/03/01 (Very useful, 162 readings)
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Populous 3 the beginning is the latest in the series of god games under the title populous. If you can think back along time, almost 8 years you may remember populous 1. It was pronounced one of the best games ever, and was indeed the first real god game to grace the computer monitor. The master at the head of the Bullfrog team who produced Populous was a man called Peter Molyneux, a man renowned now for making great games. Well a sequal and 7 years later, Bullfrog have realeases the third populous. Now without Peter (who has gone on to form Lionhead studios, making Black and White), have a different team managed to come up with the goods to make this Populous ...

dooyooexpert
Premium Review Its now a budget game, so if you have a few quid buy it! (615 words)
by dooyooexpert - written on 01/02/01 (Very useful, 55 readings)
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"Populous: the beginning" published by the brilliant games company "Bullfrog" was and still is an excellent game. But why then did it not even reach the game charts when it came out, who knows. The fact is that the game as been on sale now so long that it as become a budget title, generally meaning you can buy it for a fiver. When I bought this game just as it was released about 3 or 4 years ago it cost me £35 and I felt that the game was worth every penny. NOW ITS ONLY A FIVER! ABOUT THE GAME This game is a real time strategy (RTS) game with some amazing 3D landscapes. When I first bought the game my PC ...

H%40rry
Premium Review Populous - The Begining (PC): Does the Population Love Populous....? (585 words)
by H@rry - written on 20/01/01 (Very useful, 73 readings)
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Bullfrog have made many other games in the past and almost all of them have been hits. Theme hospital, theme park and theme park 3D are just some of the titles that bullfrog have made. However bullfrog have come up with the new game called populous the beginning. Populous is a 3D resource management strategy game where you build a village train up Warriors and try to defeat an enemy tribe. Populous is set in a special dimension where you are a shamen (a female witch who has magical powers) who must defeat other tribes to gain total victory. Populous uses a unique 3D landscape system which enables you to be up to zoom in and out spin around 360 degrees and ...

 

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