1. Populous: the beginning
A Review By:
Uzoma Okeke

2. Basics Type of game: Developed by Bullfrog, Published by EA
RTS
Developed by Bullfrog, Published by EA
Minimum Reqs.
Pentium 133, 16mb ram, 1mb video ram, 100mb hdd
Recommended Reqs.
Pentium 200, 32mb ram, 110mb hdd
Current price:
$5.99 on PlayStation Network

3. About the Game Third Populous game made First attempt at an RTS
Prequel to other titles
First attempt at an RTS
You play the overseer (it is an rts)
Main character is a shaman

4. Story of the Game
You are attempting to become a god and must obtain all the abilities of other tribes and towers that bestow the abilities upon you as well as conquer the other tribes whose shamans are competing for the same task.

5. Game Layout User interface Tribal music
3d view
Small map for quick access
Shortcut tabs available
Moves
Constructing different buildings
Tribal music
Matched artwork
Sound effects dead on for abilities and voices

6. What’s Hot Different from most rts games
Focus on main character versus helpers
Helpers contribute to his strength
Ability to increase the Shaman’s strength

7. What’s Not Doesn’t have a system of countering abilities
Shaman can be too powerful at times
Slightly buggy (in a non helpful way)

8. Overall
The game is worth playing and at its current price, worth buying as well. Has enough levels to keep you playing for a while and has support of multiplayer too. Not to mention that anyone can play this game.
The major flaw is the abilities not having a method of countering each other. Once you dive deeper into the game, you find yourself only using 4-5 moves. If that were fixed somehow, I feel the game itself would be better