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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 ...
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 ...
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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