Populous™: The Beginning
Bullfrog Productions · 2024 · God Game, Grand Strategy, Isometric, Strategy RPG, Strategy
PC
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About Populous™: The Beginning
✦ AI summary
Guide your shaman and tribe across 25 planets to construct mystical cities, cast devastating spells, and reshape the world itself as you conquer enemy tribes and ascend to godhood. True 3D visuals and direct control over individual followers give you unprecedented power to command resource gathering, construction, and military tactics in this innovative real-time strategy experience.
Shaman, the path is laid before you. Your destiny is to become a god! But it will not be easy. Not for you, and not for your followers. To become a deity, you must conquer all 25 planets of the system and defeat every other tribe and their shamans. The ultimate struggle will be a difficult one, as you build mystical cities, unleash devastating spells, harness volcanoes and tornadoes, and shape the face of the planet at your will. Remember, your apotheosis awaits!
In the third part of the Populous series, you control your shaman and the tribe of her followers in a difficult quest to conquer all 25 planets of a star system and ascend to godhood. For the first time in the series, the world is presented in true 3D, which at the time amazed both the players and the gaming press. The level of control you exert over your followers also takes you to a new level: you can order individuals or groups to perform certain tasks like gathering resources, constructing buildings, or attacking your enemies.
Populous: The Beginning takes a slightly different approach from the previous installments of the series but this is not, by any means, a bad thing as it kept the series fresh and innovative. It was a bold move for Bullfrog but the proof exists in the fact that, after all these years Populous 3 is still a great strategy god-game.
In the third part of the Populous series, you control your shaman and the tribe of her followers in a difficult quest to conquer all 25 planets of a star system and ascend to godhood. For the first time in the series, the world is presented in true 3D, which at the time amazed both the players and the gaming press. The level of control you exert over your followers also takes you to a new level: you can order individuals or groups to perform certain tasks like gathering resources, constructing buildings, or attacking your enemies.
Populous: The Beginning takes a slightly different approach from the previous installments of the series but this is not, by any means, a bad thing as it kept the series fresh and innovative. It was a bold move for Bullfrog but the proof exists in the fact that, after all these years Populous 3 is still a great strategy god-game.
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Best game Ive ever played, you can kill stuff and spawn a volcano. 10/10
amazing. ahead of its time.
Still old... BUT THE RTS IS HERE! The multiplayer was supposed to be quite good, and the space solar system thingy is pretty cool. Quite a fun game.
Game won't start. I get an error whenever I start the game: "A 3D device with the required capabilities could not be found [...]". I suspect that it's to do with a 1998 game engine, not working with 2026 hardware.
Good old Classic
I grew up with this game, first played it on the playstation 1 long ago, lots of good memories playing this especially the funny english voiceover on the ps1.
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