Populous™: The Beginning

Worship Stone Heads, Vaults and the occasional Totem Pole. Produce villagers (Braves), train them, and turn them into a deadly army. Convert Wildmen to your tribe, or send out Preachers to indoctrinate your enemies. And when everything is in place, lay waste to your opponents along with your trusty Shaman and her myriad of amusing spells that can even transform the battlefield (Earthquake and Volcano on a 3D plane? Bring it!). If only you could remap certain keys and allow adjustment of the framerate to be as smooth as possible, but alas, it cannot be done. But that doesn't mean it's a bad game - it does offer a lot of enjoyment for the first-time player, like it did back in the late 90's. Mess around with your armies or your spells - and remember, NOTHING beats creating a backdoor with the Landbridge spell!

Best Populous Game in series!

This is my favorite game in the world. It's one of the best RTS'es there is. It's one of the best God-games there is and the graphics look surprisingly good for a game that is 18 years old (much like dungeon keeper 2 still looks awesome too).

This game is quite an alien, and I don't think anything ever tried to go in this direction. It is an STR, but it's also a god game, with a round(!) planet as level. I don't know hoe to describe it, but it really as, let's say a soul. Not in the sense, the ambiance and graphics, no, in the sense, you will have the feeling that something live under your cursor. An emerging civilization will be your tool, your care, your success. Even black and white in the same genre did not manage to give me this thrill (Probably I've never get along with the pet mechanics). Pros: - Living follower, and a self management IA not so bad for a game of this time. - Few units, but well rounded - Lots of magic power to play with - A LAN (or even internet) mode! Yes it's painful to start, but with friends, it's awesome. - Audio is still good today Cons: - A bit of pixelsoup, and you will probably have to look on the internet to avoid the rainbow color bug. - IA is not so challenging. But if you want to suffer, some crazy guys put on the internet some map which will make you cry, not because enemies are overpowered, but because they will strike you at the more painful moment - You could sometimes hate your followers in the rare case they act as morons

This game was amazing also the first pc game I ever bought for myself. stayed up all night some nights playing this wonderful game.