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WOW!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you like "Black & White", you'll LOVE this game! it is so cool I can't get enough of it! I know the box looks weird but trust me, the game rocks!

Pretty good stuff.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: December 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

O.K., so maybe it's not the best game around. But it certainly worth the few dollars it costs these days (the intro movie alone's pretty cool). Become the shaman of your tribe and build, magic and war your tribe unto total dominance. Hey it kept me ocupied, for a hundred hrs or so.

Populous, a horrible spin on a good idea

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: October 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game thinking it would be much like the old one. With a range of spells the molded the landscape, and relativly little control over your people. How wrong I was.

The game took advantage of the booming RTS trend. All the spells you can cast are now only usable through a unit in the game that is called a shaman. And your following are no more then pesants. If they need a house, you have to tell them to build one. Otherwise they stand around waiting. If you need a warrior, tell them to build a barracks, then order a couple pesants to train. All in all, the game amounts to an RTS with ONE military unit and then some guy who can cast spells. Imagine Warcraft with only footman, and you have Populous.

awesome game, but...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: August 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this is an awesome game, but when i got a new computer it couldnt run the game, and now i cant find it.

The Awsome game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best! I have so much fun playing it with my sister but she hhogs it and she doesn't let me play. but wen i do play it is so much fun!!!!!! I hope peolpe get it but get 2 if they have sisteras cause their mean

Where it all began!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am frugal when it comes to purchasing video games and pc games, at full price. I always wait for the reviews and play the demos before I ever buy a game. Back in 1998, when I got my first computer, I had subscribed to a pc gamer and the demo for this game was on one of the discs. I tired loved it and went and bought it. This is my all -time favorite game. I have had and played all sorts of games from pc, nintendo, xbox, playstation, dreamcast, etc., and they all have some great games, but I always find myself going back to this one game. I play it over and over and never get tired of it. Surprisingly there is a whole community who thinks the same and am so happy about it. With new levels being created for online play. Visit strategyplanet.com/populous and you will find a whole world of newness for this game. From the expansion that came out for it to the matchmaker for the online multiplayer option to the Age of Chaos mod for it. I could go on and on on this game. This game is the one that truly made me enjoy pc games and video games.

A time tested, addictive and VERY fun game for even dated macines.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Based loosley on populous II, Populous the beginning has got to be the best game I have played in a long time. It may be dated (1998) but you will be incredibly surprised. The game is in full 3-D, with the exception of the shaman(your character) and your folowers, which are sprites. My only gripe is the lack of a random map to play on, as in the game it is only the campaign that you play. And even bottom line computers can play this game in full detail level. It still is a very fun and challenging game for almost everybody.

populous

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I think this is a great game for all of you people that like
playing action/strategy games. this game gives you some tough competition and can get REALLY hard. its fun mucing around with all of the spells and different units. the landscape in this game is amazing. I think if you wanted to get it i would look for a lower than £14 deal coz then you are deffinenally getting your moneys worth. i think this is a great game.

I love this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My huband bought the demo several years ago, and I became addicted. When we bought the full game, and it got broken, we bought another one, we even bought one for my sisters in law. This game is fun, we have never had a problem with it. I especially like the fact that the Shaman is a woman and she can kick ...! The spells are fun, but some take a while to charge.
Have fun!

Definatly not for those who like to be God

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Okay I only got to play this game in a Demo, but I totally fell in love with it. (I was particularly partial to setting enemy tribespeople on fire, and yes you can do that) But What I really liked about this game is that it had a bit of realism to it. I mean the shaman (the player character) did not have unlimited power, so if you want set someone on fire you have to at least be in eyeshot of them. Now I know that that may seem tedious and stupid, but really for those who get tired of being 'God' in games this is a good alternative. The buildings don't take long to build, the people multiply quickly, and worshiping totems makes sense considering most ancient cultures did. I know there aren't many bad reviews, but I am just this game has awesome graphic, realistic powers, and you get to set people on fire. It can't be THAT bad.

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