Teen
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Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
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2.9
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Description

The "3" in the title not only indicates that it's the third part of the Populous series originally created by Peter Molyneux, it also stands for the 3rd dimension. Part 3 is now 3D accelerated, but this is not the only change the game underwent since part 2: you don't anymore simply lower and raise land to gain bigger houses which can defend themselves stronger. Now you have to chop trees to build your huts. Depending on how many men are in the house, the faster its population and the house itself grows. You can train your men as fighters, priests etc. New spells can be added to your spell inventory via shrines scattered all over the world.

The funny thing is that this world is really a little planet; you can scroll around it.

Alternate Titles

  • "Populous: The Third Coming" -- Working title
  • "Populous: El Principio" -- Spanish title
  • "Populous 3" -- informal title

Part of the Following Group


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Populous: The Beginning PlayStation $6.65  
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Populous: The Beginning    
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User Reviews

Better Then The Windows Version! bart simpson (2) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars

The Press Says

Super Play May, 1999 83 out of 100 83
Absolute Playstation Apr, 1999 81 out of 100 81
IGN Jul 12, 1999 7 out of 10 70
GameSpot Apr 08, 1999 4.1 out of 10 41

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Trivia

The music for Populous: The Beginning is encoded as MP3; several music files can be loaded into Winamp (or your player of choice) and played!


This entry was contributed by robotriot Bronze Star Contributing Member (6380), Adam Baratz (1362) and DreinIX (9294)
 

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