Populous: The Beginning

Populous: The Beginning is a Godgame/Rts game which involves the control of one female shaman which fires devastating spells, land making spells and troop boosting spells. It is the prequel of the other Populous games (1 and 2). In those games the shaman was a God, In this game you have to try and become a god by beating the other tribes.
 There are 25 Single player levels to get through each on different planet against 3 other tribes (Dakini,Chumara,Matak), you will also control a maximum of 199 followers involving Braves, Warriors, Preachers, Firewarriors and Spies. I shall be discussing what each follower does further down below. From Level 1 and onwards you steal buildings and spells from the enemy tribe and use them against them. The victory condition for all the levels are conquest, you have to kill every single unit of the enemy. Make armies of warriors, preachers and fire warriors and you will be unstoppable.

As you can see in the picture on the left a spell has been cast, this is the volcano spell and causes the most damage to buildings and followers, it is the ultimate spell. Offensive spells can be cast like earthquake, tornado, lightning or the mighty Angel of Death. Defensive spells like landbridge, erode and flatten can be used to help boost the land and production around you. Also a mix of both offensive and defensive spells such as Blast, Swarm, Invisibility and Magical shield can be used to help you and your followers to achieve the victory needed.




Multiplayer
By playing Populous online you can face 3 other players either in a team or free for all, the basic maps are really fun but you can try fanmade map packs even even attempt at making your own to play. The website listed below can help you, there is a wide range of services available from downloads, support and forums.
I have personally been playing populous since 2000 originally first on the PS1, But then I discovered  a pc version of Populous and found an online lobby in 2007 which people played Populous the beginning online. Before people played on the POPRE servers they use to play on the EA servers, however i dont know much about them, if you do decide to play on POPRE make sure you come have me a game. :)
Populous the beginning can be downloaded from POPRE and the lobby can also be downloaded

Populous Tribal Conquest
This is a fanmade sequel made by wildman productions, it is currently being developed.

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