Populous - The Begining (PC) Reviews

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 ...  Read the complete review

"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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

I have just bought this game at a budget price and considering its over two years old I am very impressed. I remmeber spending hours on the old amiga version with its basic graphics and frantic build up the earth and flatten it again to destroy the enemy. This version is light years ahead. You scroll beautifully over a 3d landscape to ...  Read the complete review

I have been the owner of the game Populous for a while now and played it many of times and I 100% agree with Dooyoo member TaNK in his Opinion about the game that when you play it over again it can get very boring! Nothing is different!!! The game has a unique and powerful 3D engine which brings you a 360 degree, fully rotating globe ...  Read the complete review

Populous is great game at first, but then get into the same routine over and over again. It follow the same route that many great games have followed in that they have no real diversification. You can only do so many levels of killing out and enemy in the same way before it becomes so boring that you just give up. Apart from that it is a ...  Read the complete review

After reading loads of reviews about this game I decided to buy it and find out how good it really is. I was firstly disappointed, as I thought this would be enjoyable to play and that I would be hooked from the first day. I find myself playing this game only because I don’t like wasting money and I hope fellow gamers reading my ...  Read the complete review

You begin in cavesman era with tribes and each person within the tribe is lead by a sharman. You have to lead your tribe up the levels of power and revolt againest other tribes. There are over 20 spells which you use to destroy your opponants. Over 10 buildings to choose from to build within and house your troops. Tactical play is ...  Read the complete review

This game is really quite annoying because of the weird camera angles which you use.The game in general is quite monotonous, in that although as levels go on you get more buildings etc. (as with every game!!) it continued to bore me.It is a clever game and good idea but i feel that it is a game that you either love or hate, and to be ...  Read the complete review

I love this game. The graphics are beautiful, you can rotate the whole globe, and watch the mountains move below you. Watch the detailed sky, with clouds moving on in the wind. The gameplay is easy to learn, and there is a built-in tutorial section which teaches you the basics: casting spell, training warriors, building huts, and ...  Read the complete review

This was the first game I bought when I acquired a PC and it's still one of my favourites. Not that I was biased, but having worn out two mice on my Amiga many moons ago on an earlier incarnation of the game, I was really hoping this wouldn't be too different. I wasn't disappointed. Firstly it was really easy to get into - I ...  Read the complete review

Populous is great game at first, but then get into the same routine over and over again. It follow the same route that many great games have followed in that they have no real diversification. You can only do so many levels of killing out and enemy in the same way before it becomes so boring that you just give up. Apart from that it is a ...  Read the complete review

Populous:The Beginning is a god game, basically on each level of the game you control a tribe that has to conquer the other tribes on the planet. And as you progress through the levels you get new spells and buildings. I would recommend you play the tutorial, as it is good at explaining the various aspects of the game. Overall, the ...  Read the complete review

This game starts off well. As far as these types of games go, the gameplay is fairly easy, you don't have to study a manual for hours before you can play it, you can just get sraight on in there! The graphics are quite good and so is th general idea but I found that I got frustrated rather quickly! The game is divided into sections ...  Read the complete review

In Populus: The Beginning you get to control a tribe. Led by their shamen their goal is to destory the other tribes in the game. You have a total of 26 spells at your disposal for use as you seen fit. They do various thngs from creating bridges across water to creating a hurricane where you want it to. Many of these spells have to be ...  Read the complete review

I like Populous : The Begining although it is nowhere near as big as it's predecessors. Even the Amiga Populous had more levels. I like it because of the cutsey 3D graphics. The spells are fun and it's easy! I have just got in on Budget at £12.99 but I kicked myself when a day later I found it in a compilation package ...  Read the complete review

This game is another re-run of the type of game where you set up a village and then an army and then you try to take the world over (on each level). A simple God game. That is it's main problem, it's too simple, and therefore rather boring. Plus points for the game are that the graphics are cute and the 3D effect of ...  Read the complete review

You are the Shamen. A woman that keeps coming back from the dead, with amazing powers and magic and –BUT you need followers. You start off with some followers and get to convert more. Followers help you by fighting, gathering resources and creating a base, and when they worship you get ‘mana’ which allows you to cast ...  Read the complete review

I’m in 2 minds about this game. On the one hand it’s a good god game with sweet graphics and a bit different to most god/strategy games. On the other hand, maybe it’s just me, but I found it a bit dull. It just didn’t grab me and suck me in. The game started of promisingly, a tutorial explaining how I ...  Read the complete review

For those who don't remember the original games, some background is needed. Populous was the very first God Game, while Populous II is still close to being the best. What made both of them so good was the they were huge, in effect infinate in size, with massive campaigns - Populous II had several thousand levels in the main game, and ...  Read the complete review