Populous™: The Beginning

This is my first review ever. I never reviewed anything else, for anyone else. That said, you can easily guess that, if I'm writing this, it must mean something. Oh and it means. I bought my first computer in 1998 (fantastic overpowered PII 350mhz), and the only contact I had with games so far was in my Sega Megadrive. However, my cousins had an IBM computer for years, and a Spectrum which I discovered later, and my contact with a computer was very very brief and crude. Well, I was just a kid, and computers were something I always loved. So, when I first experienced Populous: The Beginning, it was a fantastic and brave new world: -It was a strategy game. I never had played a strategy game before. -The interface was very nice and easy. Seriously, not too many buttons, not intrusive, easy to work with. The game controlled like anything else I had experienced so far. -The maps are always a sphere, which changes completly the relation you have with the map, and it really gives the feeling of being a god (a commander can't rotate a world to look at whats happening at something 3000000000 km can he?) - The graphics... oh... those are top notch. Fantastic textures that still look good, and funny, cute animated sprites for characters, make a unique blend. -You have LOTS of powers at your disposal: how fun can it be to whipe an entire village with a tornado just because you feel like it?... And that's not the only thing you can do. -The difficulty scales in a fantastic way through the campaign, never being too easy nor too hard on you, which leads to some epic satisfaction after beating a level. Oh... I hope I said everything. I wasn't counting on this to be so long... well, buy it. Really. GOG deserves it, and you will be hooked up for a long time with this title!

This and Roller Coaster Tycoon were among the first real PC games I played. I had an amazing time playing this game as a child, and it still surprisingly holds up very well to this day.

I wish Bullfrog was still around because they consistently made the most enjoyable and creative games I've played in my life. I haven't bought the GOG version of Populous: TB because I still have the CD, but this is a must have for anyone who loves god-sim games, terraforming, and strategy that does admittedly involve some race to hit hotkeys to start building, but also a well placed spell at the right time. The core game has some pretty challenging scenarios, but once you beat the game, you have to really challenge yourself with the Populous: Age of Chaos mod (Google it for download). Absolutely great game, highly recommended.

This game is amazing! I played it on ps1 and have made it so far and then i found it on gog and dungeon keeper as well, but it seems to not want to work even though dungeon keeper worked and it had the same requirements. this is still brilliant and i am hoping this works on another pc or laptop.

i've been playing this game for what seems an age xD, it was the game that introduced me to gaming, the game that without a doubt has had the most influence on my life, and too this day i still hop on the mess around in the infamous last World, to lay waste to my enemys. if you like God-sims this is definitely the game for you, but take your time with it, explore the game and dont use cheats if you get stuck on World 15 ;)