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Populous™: The Beginning

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4.5/5

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4.5

334 Reviews

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Populous™: The Beginning
Description
Includes Populous the Beginning and the Undiscovered Worlds expansion. 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 trib...
Genre:
Strategy - Role-playing - Fantasy
Tags:
Fantasy, Strategy, Role-playing, Classic, Management, show 5 more... Real-Time, Resource Management, Building, Supernatural, Good Old Game
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( 334 Reviews )

4.5

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Product details
1998, Bullfrog Productions, ...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 2 GB HDD...
Time to beat
23.5 hMain
30 h Main + Sides
32.5 h Completionist
26.5 h All Styles

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Description
Includes Populous the Beginning and the Undiscovered Worlds expansion.

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.

© 1998, 2012 Electronic Arts Inc.

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Time to beat
23.5 hMain
30 h Main + Sides
32.5 h Completionist
26.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Role-playing - Fantasy
Tags:
Fantasy, Strategy, Role-playing, Classic, Management, show 5 more... Real-Time, Resource Management, Building, Supernatural, Good Old Game
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'1998-11-30T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Bullfrog Productions / Electronic Arts
Size:
394 MB
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Posted on: April 20, 2012

Whitheaven

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Games: 91 Reviews: 4

Why so ugly...

Gog games are always gog games. They don't make the game really playable on newest machine. Well, graphism are just ugly... I remember it was a little bit more beautiful with my old PC... Disappointed...

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