Populous: The Beginning Review
This isn't a Populous for the 3D-accelerator age; it's a game that takes inspiration from the original, but little else.
Currently, I'm running off of a Nvidia GeForce mx440, a fairly obsolete video card. so, while i'm saving up for a good one, I dug up Populous, the Beginning. I remembered being addicted to this game for hours at a time, ... Read Full Review
6 of 6 users found the following review helpfulCame out in 1998 and I've never stoped playing it since. I had played some other RTSs before but nothing compared to Populous. Its gameplay hooked me up as soon as I played it for the first time. The golden word for Pop... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpfulyes where is my new 2010 populous game I wonder I played this game in 1998 and to tell you the truth I enjoyed it so much words fail to describe the village building and planing, casting terran spells to make a la... Read Full Review
0 of 3 users found the following review helpfulA really good game that of course has some flaws but it makes it up in fun game-play. Tactics is always needed to win but you can still relax a bit and do not have to do much micromanagement in battle. Spells are real... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulPopulous the beginning was a great game back in the time. It consist great graphic, amazing game play and replay value. I played the game online after finishing it, and I enjoyed it even with the high pings. Its out-... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulThis game starts out easy and managable, but before you know it you are immersed in deafeating you rival tribes and wrecking everything you can lay your Tornado spells on, with an army of braves and warriors, preists and... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulI've never played the original Populous games, so I'm unable to compare this one against them: I understand that they're pretty different, though. Either way, I'll be reviewing Populous: The Beginning as if it were a who... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulWhat else to day? Even after 10 years, this game still rocks. I still have it. The amazing battles, spells, sceneries are just wild as me. This game was an insta-classic games, and it was the best in the series. It wa... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulI think this game is one of the most underrated game of all time. Although it was different from the previous titles, it was a very unique, fun, and addictive game, and still is. In this game you control a shaman, who... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulPopulous the Beginning is a god/strategy game that was made by Bullfrog way back in 1998, following the success of the series previous two titles. While The Beginning can be quite simplistic at times in that there really... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpfulThis was one of the first games I really got stuck to. Alongside Age of Empires I then had my two favourite games. With the quite chaotic and most amusing gameplay a strategy game ever have had, populous gives you al... Read Full Review
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