Populous: The Beginning: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Populous: The Beginning (1998) is a real time strategy (rts), role-playing (rpg), strategy video game developed by Bullfrog Productions, available on PS3, PC, PS1, PSP. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 75/100 on IGDB.

What is Populous: The Beginning about?

Populous: The Beginning is a strategy and god-style video game. It is the third entry in the Populous video game series, developed by Bullfrog Productions in 1998. The PC version of the game was released November 30, 1998 and a PlayStation version was later developed and released on April 2, 1999.

Unlike earlier games in the series, which cast the player in the role of a god influencing loyal followers, The Beginning took a radical departure and placed the player in the role of a shaman, who directly leads her tribe against opponents. Throughout the twenty-five missions of the campaign, the player leads their tribe across a solar system, dominating enemy tribes and tapping new sources of magic, with the ultimate goal of the shaman attaining godhood herself.

Populous: The Beginning was the first entry in the series to use true 3D computer graphics; Bullfrog waited four years after Popul

Key details

Populous: The Beginning was released in 1998 and supports single player, multiplayer. Platforms: PS3, PC, PS1, PSP. Developer: Bullfrog Productions.

Should you play Populous: The Beginning?

A solid 75/100 aggregate score makes Populous: The Beginning a safe pick for fans of real time strategy (rts), role-playing (rpg), strategy.