Populous: The Beginning is the third part of the Populous series originally created by Peter Molyneux. This is the first part with 3D graphics. Gameplay also received a major overhaul; the player no longer simply has to lower and raise land to gain bigger houses which can defend themselves stronger. Now the player has 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. It's possible to train men as fighters, priests, etc. New spells can be added to the shaman's spell inventory through the act of prayer at shrines scattered all over the world. Most spells take the form of natural disasters such as tornadoes and volcanic eruptions.

Each level is represented by a tiny planet that the player can scroll around freely. Aside from the single player campaign it's also possible to challenge other players online.

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Alternate Titles

"Populous: The Third Coming" -- Working title
"Populous: El Principio" -- Spanish title
"Populous - A l'Aube de la Création " -- French title
"Populous 3" -- informal title

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The Press Says

Svenska PC Gamer	Nov, 1998	92 out of 100	92
Jeuxvideo.com	Sep 24, 2010	18 out of 20	90
All Game Guide	1998		90
GamePro (US)	Jan 01, 2000	4.5 out of 5	90
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov, 1998	85 out of 100	85
Game Revolution	Dec 01, 1998	B+	83
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Mar, 1999		80
Game Informer Magazine	Jun, 2008	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot	Dec 11, 1998	7.5 out of 10	75
Strategy Gaming Online	Jan 14, 1999	7.4 out of 10	74

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Trivia

Celebration

At the end of each level, if you win you're followers will celebrate and start cheering and dancing madly. At first they will run around crazily and start praising the heavens. However, if you have a large group of followers standing next to each other, there is a good chance that they will form a congo line and start congo-ing in unison, and more followers will continue to join at the end of the line. Also, if you have fire warriors, they will shoot fire into the sky for a display of fireworks.

Music

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!

Awards

Computer Gaming World
- April 1999 (Issue #177) – Runner-up as Best Strategy Game of the Year
PC Player (Germany)
- Issue 01/1999 - Best Remake in 1998

Information also contributed by Matt Neuteboom

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